Bookworm | Taekook

13

TH POV

It had been a week since my ever so graceful fall, and my scrapes had reduced to pink and white patches. My bruises had already turned green. Most importantly, Jungkook was more attentive to me than ever. That day, it seemed like a switch had been flipped. Maybe he felt guilty for making me fall and took it on himself to care for me while I healed up. Whatever the case, I can't say that I didn't like it. It felt absolutely wonderful being with him.

"Tae! Do you want to hang out after school?" Jungkook asked. This would be the fourth day in a row.

"Of course." I didn't mind it being the fourth day in a row.

I smiled as he proceeded to tell me about this book he started reading. I didn't pay much attention to the words themselves; or rather, I couldn't. All I could focus on was his bright smile and the glimmer in his eyes.

Lost in my own-cough beautiful cough-world, I almost didn't notice his lips stop moving. Almost. I mentally panicked, hoping to find a way to pretend I knew exactly what "we" had been talking about for the past few minutes.

"You must really like it." I smiled, hoping to save myself.

"I really do." He smiled warmly and I almost sighed in relief. "But I asked you if you've read it." He chuckled and watched my face heat up and my expression become flustered.

"U-um, no, can't say that I have..." I laughed awkwardly and kept my head down.

"You don't have to walk with me, you know." He looked at me with doubt in his eyes.

"No!" I shouted, probably too loud for a public setting. I mumbled a quick sorry before I continued. "I want to walk with you." A little smile crept onto his face and it made my stomach do a flip.

* ~time skip~

"Taetae~ it's time to go!" Jungkook trotted beside me and slung an arm across my shoulders.

"Let's go!" I excitedly skipped, but quickly calmed down since Jungkook was having a hard time keeping his arm around me, and heaven knows I wanted that to stay how it was.

"What should we do today?" Jungkook looked down at me with a smile.

"I don't know... we could go to my house this time?" I suggested.

"That sounds nice. Do you have any video games we could play?" 

"You know it! Do you like Xbox or PlayStation better?" This was a very imperative question and I was surprised it hadn't come up sooner. The answer to this question could very well determine if this relationship would work out or not.

"I prefer PC." Oh. My. Lord. He's perfect. 

"Thank the Lord, you're allowed to enter my house. Good answer." 

"You ever heard of Overwatch?" My head shot towards him.

"Yes! Of course!" I was smiling so brightly I'm sure Jungkook was creeped out.

The rest of the walk to my house was fairly quiet, but it was comfortable. We stayed close to each other and ended up holding hands. Unfortunately, we had to separate our hands so I could unlock the door. 

"You can go up to my room, I'll go make some snacks and bring them up." I smiled and scurried off into the kitchen. I got out some packaged cookies and mixed some strawberry milk. It took maybe 10 minutes.

When I walked back to the stairs, Jungkook was still standing there, staring at my wall.

"What are you doing?" I followed his gaze and my eyes landed on a picture of myself. Young, broken, alone. My body tensed at the thought of Jungkook seeing that side of me. So, I quickly removed the photo from the wall and placed it face down on the table against the wall of photos. "Let's go upstairs." I said flatly and made my way to my bedroom.

A/n:

I've realized that I am actually the worst at updating so I'm going to be more attentive. 

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed!!