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[seventeen] promises

taehyung's focus

it was 11:47 when taehyung finally opened his eyes. he lay there for a moment, memories of the previous night came flooding into his mind causing him to sit upright on his bed. he turned over onto the empty space next to him, assuming jungkook had already woken up

I was in bed asleep with a murderer! oh fuck

"jungkook?" jungkook was leaning on the windowsill, looking out at the cloudy grey sky, threatening to rain, with a cigarette between his index and middle finger. he brought the cigarette his lips, breathing in the toxic fumes before crushing it onto the windowsill and dropping out of the window onto the busy street below. he wheeled around, back resting on the wall behind him, with his right foot against it, facing taehyung with a lazed expression

"good afternoon" jungkook crossed his arms

taehyung rolled his eyes, "I was tired" he exclaimed. "what time did we get here?"

"quarter to five" jungkook answered, the smoke still pouring out of his mouth

"do you never sleep or what?" a wide eyed taehyung questioned

jungkook let out a low chuckle, but didn't answer the ridiculous question

"right we've got be out of here by half twelve so if you want a shower or whatever be ready by then" jungkook commanded

taehyung simply let out a groan and fell back onto the bed

who do he think he is bossing me around? I'm his hyung!

— – -

after debating whether taehyung should shower or sleep for an extra half hour, he finally pulled himself off the tacky bed and padded into the tiny bathroom

he showered, used the horrible hotel soap that irritates your skin and rinsed, feeling less clean than he did before.

"got any body lotion?" taehyung shouted, poking his head out of the door to jungkook, careful not to expose his naked self

"do I look like the kind of guy to spend forty minutes pampering myself?" jungkook said raising his eyebrows

"oh– uhh I don't know you tell me?" taehyung said with a note of sarcasm hanging in his voice. "have you got anything that could smoothen my skin at all?!" taehyung urgently said

"let me check, you just put a load of random shit in the toiletries bag" jungkook rooted through the 'toiletries bag' glancing at their labels, "and no, I'm just a shower and go kind of guy"

taehyung was shivering from the open window letting in a harsh gust of wind, causing goosebumps to appear on the boy's tanned skin

"this'll do won't it?" jungkook passed a white bottle to taehyung

"yeah, thanks" he read the label reading: 'body lotion, for sensitive skin'

— – -

after another twenty minutes of taehyung in the bathroom 'pampering' himself, he eventually came out, smelling like fresh lilies, smiling to himself

"fucking finally" jungkook muttered

the room was tidied and the bags were packed, leaving the room looking as if no one had been here

"grab your shit and let's get out of here" jungkook heaved the heaviest bag pack onto his back

he motioned for taehyung to do the same

they walked out of the motel, handing back their key, and shoved all their luggage into the boot of jungkook's boot

jungkook started the ignition and drove out of the crappy motel's car park, the car jerking slightly from the potholes

"where are we even driving to? where's the destination?" taehyung perked up, scratching the back of his neck

"far away, like I was thinking how would like it if we escaped to another country" jungkook smiled

"like a holiday?"

"sure like a holiday, only a lot of traveling though" jungkook had his eyes trained on the road

"what we people at home think, what about my mum?" taehyung felt a jolt of guilt writhing like a snake in his stomach

"tell you're mum, we're going on holiday, and not to worry you'll be safe with me" jungkook suggested

"and I will be safe with you?" taehyung said to him making sure his safety is ensured

"taehyung, I would never do anything to harm you, you'll be safe if you stay by my side, promise me you'll never leave me" jungkook rested his hand on taehyung's thigh, he felt butterflies tickle his stomach and a pinky blush colour his puffy cheeks

"I promise, kook" taehyung said, letting jungkook's hand stay on his thigh

taehyung admitted in his mind having jungkook's hand rest upon his thigh was nice, in fact, it was more than nice. he felt protected when he was with jungkook, though he'd done bad things, taehyung trusted him to look after him

jungkook pulled into a nearby garage effortlessly, "want anything? you haven't eaten breakfast" jungkook asked whilst he tanked up is car

"yeah, a breakfast bar, sausage roll, and a snickers please" taehyung repeated this order twice to make sure jungkook wouldn't forget it

"right. okay" jungkook nodded, walking towards the garage station

jungkook came back holding a large feast of snacks. whistling as he strode to the car

"ahh thank you, I'm starving" taehyung said with a relived expression

"here's your order sir" jungkook said with his famous bunny smile

"why thank you, your highness" taehyung replied in an equally posh british voice

"didn't know what drink to get you, so I bought this" jungkook held up a take away cup of boiling hot coffee

"thanks that's loOvely"

jungkook chuckles "cheers, to our escape" he says clinking his sparkling water against taehyung's coffee

"cheers" a boxed smile was broadening across his face full of gratefulness

the pair ate their feast, discussing absolutely everything you could possibly imagine, laughing as if their troubles never existed.

it was nice to laugh with jungkook, to find out little bits of information about him fascinated taehyung.

maybe he isn't so bad as he seems

{sorry this chapter is a bit crap, to be honest, I was a little tipsy writing and publishing it😅😅}