call me home. ⚂ taegi

s i x !

The next morning rose, Yoongi still exhausted from the night prior. His snores filling his entire condo, and his bed covered in blankets. A large lump in the middle of his bed was himself, the epitome of sleeping beauty.

The condo next to him belong to Jimin. The man who currently was cooking breakfast for himself and the pup who was drawing quietly by the counter. The songs coming from the kitchen radio were faint, being too early to play loud music.

"... Minnie," Joon calls out with a soft hush.

"Yes, baby?" Jimin asks, his back facing the hybrid. An apron wrapped around his bare waist.

"... Do I have to wear this cone?" The hybrid asks, "... I-I feel dumb."

Jimin sighed, glancing over at him. He had a cone placed on his neck, so it would prevent him from harming his healing tail - it was necessary, said the doctor. "Yes you do, and no you don't look dumb. It's the only way you'll stop hurting yourself."

Joon placed his pencil down, his fluffy ears flattening at his rejection. "But-But I've stopped," he lowers his head, "I swear I did."

"Baby," Jimin turned off the stove and walked over to the man. "Last night, you did it again."

"What do you mean?" Joon shook his head, "No I didn't!"

"When I came home, you bit your tail till you bled again," Jimin says, "You left blood all over the bedsheets. We have to go back to the hospital floor after breakfast to patch you up properly."

As soon as those words hit Joon's ears, his lips trembled. His hands clenched into soft fists, and his eyes watered. "I'm-I'm sorry," he whispers. "I-I can't remember. I didn't mean to! Why can't remember?"

Jimin took his chin by his fingers and lifted his head for him to look into his eyes. "It's okay, Joonie," he says reassuringly, "You were just scared, that's all. I'm sorry I left you alone for so long."

"How about after we get you bandaged, we go outside and buy you a nightlight?" Jimin asks, walking to the other side of the counter to wrap his arms around Namjoon. "So you feel safer sleeping when I'm not there. You can pick any one from the shops, and some pastries from the bakery. Without wearing the cone, okay?"

Joon took a moment before nodding slightly. Jimin runs his fingers through the hybrid's hair and pets the ears on top of his head. "Let me check your tail first, darling."

Joon felt Jimin's hands left his tail up from it's resting position. Bandage wraps covered the fur and soaked blood from his bite. "Does it hurt?" Jimin asks.

Namjoon pursed his lips before nodding. "... Lots."

Jimin nodded, cupping Joon's cheek and pressing a soft kiss onto his temple. "Go eat first, and I'll help you get dressed. The. quicker we get out, the more time you'll have to pick out a nightlight."

Jimin sets two plates on the counter and the pan he used to cook. "When we go to the hospital floor, I want you to stay close to me."

"... Why?"

"We brought in new hybrids last night," Jimin says, pulling out a chair next to the hybrid.

"You might get hurt around them, they're not home-hybrids like you."

[unedited]