Breath of the Sea

Chapter 14

Jungkook P.O.V.

Once I get back to the house, Yoongi is in the kitchen scrubbing inside the oven

I stare in shock momentarily "What are you doing?"

"I'm cleaning the oven, honestly are you stupid?" He says not even looking at me

Rolling my eyes I stand next to him as he gets up

"Why are you cleaning the oven though?" I ask looking at him

"That's the last thing we have to do. We need to clean the kitchen and the bathrooms" he says, gesturing to the bucket of cleaning supplies on the counter

I sigh, realizing there's no way to get out of it and proceed to grab some stuff to clean the bathrooms and get to work

After almost an hour, I finally finish cleaning both bathrooms and go back to the living room to collapse on the couch

"You alright?" Yoongi asks while sipping soju

"Yeah ...I just can't help but feel like Tae is hiding something from me" I say gazing at the ceiling

"Hiding what from you?" Yoongi asks curiously

"He had to hold onto the doorway when saying goodbye to me, and I just feel like his illness has gotten worse but he doesn't want to scare me" I say glancing at him

"Well, you're probably right. I know that's not what you want to hear but he probably doesn't want to scare you and feel bad for him. I know his family pretty well, and he's the type that doesn't like when people pity him so he doesn't always say what's wrong" Yoongi says turning towards me

"What should I do?" I ask

"Just treat him normally and if he needs a moment let him have a moment. He is fully aware of what he's capable of doing. As I'm sure you're aware, this illness is a nasty one. It pretty much kills your lungs very slowly while the person just suffers. Sure there are medications that can slow down the progression, but eventually it won't work anymore. The only thing that can stop this disease would be a transplant ...but you need a new set of healthy lungs and it's not like those are just laying around ready for use" Yoongi says looking at the floor

I'm honestly surprised he knows so much about Tae's illness but I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate me asking about it

"I just wish he would have told me his feelings earlier" I say sadly

"Do you really think you would have accepted him? You were pretty horrible to the people that confessed to you when you just wanted to get them in bed and leave" Yoongi says glaring at me

I feel bad about how I used to be. The player of the school, everyone wanted to be me or hated me ...I could have anyone I wanted, but I would just use them until I was done and then toss them aside. No wonder Tae never confessed his feelings to me

"Jungkook, just focus on what you have now. If there's something you want to do, then you need to do it. With his illness there's no telling what state he'll be in the next time you see him" Yoongi says, before ruffling my hair and leaving the room

I nod as I process what he said... I need to find out when the exact date of his birthday is so I can do something special for him

I want to text him but looking at the time is is currently 11pm, today really passed quickly ...I wonder if Tae is still awake right now

I decide to text him

'Tae, I don't know if you're still awake now... but I wanted to know what day your birthday is next week'