Vkook Soulmate AU

Part 8

Some rays of sunshine that made their way through the blinds disturbed Taehyung's peaceful sleep. The boy shifted uncomfortably and the texture and warmth of the surface underneath him was different from a bed. Tae's eyes shot open in confusion as to where he was, but relaxed once his gaze fell upon the younger boy underneath him. Taehyung rolled to the side of the bed so Jungkook wouldn't be crushed by his weight. He admired the boy sleeping next to him. His muscular body was in contradiction with his young face, but in Taehyung's eyes that only made him more charming and beautiful. Not any guy could pull off being both cute and sexy. He ghosted his fingers over the marks that decorated Jungkook's tummy, chest, shoulders, neck and jawline.

"Pretty", Taehyung whispered while caressing Jungkook's cheek like he was a piece of art. Going over last night's events, Taehyung was definitely confused, but he strangely didn't regret any of it. He thought he wanted Jungkook to be his best friend, but the closer he got to him the more he wanted to kiss those pretty pink lips.

Jungkook's doe eyes fluttered open, but his brain wasn't awake enough to process what was happening. "Kookie", Taehyung purred his name, trying to fully awaken him. "We need to tallk", at that Jungkook shot out of bed and sat on the edge with his back facing Taehyung. His eyes were wide, cheeks red and burning while looking at the small bruises on his body.

"There's nothing to talk about. You just thought it was your soulmate again. It's okay.", Jungkook faced the older and smiled painfully, trying not to break down. Taehyung gave him a pitiful look. He could see right through him. It wasn't ok.

"Wait, what do you mean again?", the older stared at Jungkook's back intensely. He could see him tensing up at the question, but didn't answer. "Jungkook, did I do something when we were in Russia?", he was starting to put the pieces together and the maknae didn't like it.

"What? N-no, of course not.", he stuttered and gave a nervous laugh. Why couldn't he lie? When Taehyung didn't say anything Jungkook turned to look at him. He could basically see the wheels turning in his head. Jungkook refused to think about it.

"Maybe we should talk about it with our hyungs", Taehyung suggested.

"No, there's nothing to talk about!", Jungook raised his voice in what seemed to be annoyance, but the truth was he was just scared, scared of being judged, scared of being rejected. Taehyung opened his mouth to say something, but closed it back again sighing. He jumped out of bed and dragged the younger in the kitchen where JIn was making hangover soup and the rest were waiting patiently at the table.

"Hyung, stop!", Jungkook tried to pull back, silent tears falling freely. He was such a crybaby.

"Look who's finally awake. I swear you two are worse than Yoongi sometimes.", Jin said playfully, but once his eyes fell on the shirtless maknaes, his smile faded. Everyone was looking at them. No one dared to speak. Jungkook let out a small broken sob, choking back his tears. He could feel their gaze burning holes into him. he could feel the disgust that was probably showing on their faces. He couldn't look them in the eyes. Not anymore.

"We need to talk. Now", Taehyung squeezed Jungkook's hand reassuringly, but was it to comfort the younger or himself? He didn't know.

"Ok...sit down", Namjoon spoke calmly. It was a delicate situation and he didn't know what to start with. After all, he was a kid too.

"I did this to Jungkook", Taehyung spoke when no one said anything. "And I don't think it was the first time either."

"Russia?", Yoongi asked, but he already had all of it figured out. Tae nodded, looking at the younger who was really interested in playing wit his fingers. Jungkook felt exposed, disgusting. He wanted to cover up his shame.