𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 || taekook

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j.jk :

"Good morning.", I heard my mothers voice whisper in the morning sunlight. I felt oddly rested... too rested. "What time is it?", I asked while trying to turn to look at my alarm clock. "It's 10am.", She said nonchalantly.

Panic struck and I got up from my laying position into a sitting position. "I'm late! I'm late! I'm gonna fail! Ughh! I'm la-", I mother placed her index finger on my lips and shushed me. How can she be so chill in this chaotic situation?

"Kookie, you're not late.", She pet my cheek and ran her fingers through my hair. "Taehyung told me you are sick and weren't feeling well after school. He instructed me to take extra amazing care of you.", She smiled sweetly and pecked me on the cheek.  "I'm going to make you breakfast.", She continued while getting up.

She walked to the door and was almost out when I stopped her. "Is that what he actually said? Extra amazing care?", I asked curiously. She turned to look at me and nodded before leaving the room.

I smiled to myself a bit and laid back down. Taehyung wanted to take extra good care of me? He cared about my well being? I don't deserve him, honestly.

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k.th :

6:30am, I woke up the next day to an annoying, all too familiar, sound of my alarm clock going off. I remembered that I sang myself to sleep, it sounds insane, but it calms me down when I feel stressed, anxious or scared. I brushed my teeth and hair in my bathroom, when I entered my room once again, I flopped on the bed.

My limbs felt weird. Like they weren't working right. Something felt heavy on my chest too, this feeling of wanting to protect something, but what was that something?

I dressed up quickly into a pair of jeans and a black hoodie, I was feeling basic today. There wasn't anything special going on either, so why bother to look extra nice? Jin always tells me to dress to impress, but who am I trying to impress? And who does Jin have to impress if he has Namjoon?

I dragged my backpack out of my room and down the stairs into the kitchen. I plopped the heavy book filled bag onto a chair, I took a seat in front of my father and started eating my cereal.

"Good morning to you too Taehyung...", Yoohan said with a monotoned voice. He didn't lift his gaze from the newspaper for even just a second. "Scientists are looking into the dodo birds DNA...", My father nodded his head, interested in the topic. I hummed in response and placed my cereal bowl into the sink.

"Did you drive it?", He asked dryly again, at least this time he lifted his head a bit. "What?", I narrowed my eyebrows. Shit. He knows. "My Toyota?", He growled in annoyance at my tone. "Cause if you like it you can have it.", He shifted his attention back at the news paper and threw the keys at me.

They nearly fell on the floor, but I managed to catch them. "Thanks, but what are you going to drive to work?", I asked in confusion of his sudden generosity. He needed a car, his job was pretty far away, and I could just walk to school. "I'm going to buy a new one. I'll take the train for now. You should try riding a train, they relax your mind.", He was trying to give me life advice, I guess.

I rolled my eyes, threw my backpack onto my shoulder and left the room. I sat on the couch where Miyoung was sitting, she was typing something on her laptop. "Morning.", She smiled and looked back at the screen. "Morning.", I said dryly.

The silence in the room was tranquil. Too calm. "Can you do me a favor?", I lifted my gaze up at Miyoung. Her expression was shocked, but curious. "Depends on what the favor is...", She smiled. "Don't make Jungkook go to school. He was feeling... sick after school yesterday. ", I  explained. "Of course, I'm glad you care about him.", Her smile on her face was bright and genuine. I bowed as a silent thank you.