Taehyung was lonely.
Some time had passed by since Hoseok had left the others for a nap. Of course he understood why their sick guest needed some rest, but after he had disappeared upstairs, everyone had become pretty quiet.
It wasn't an awkward silence at all, but the cheerful mood was gone.
Yoongi had started to listen to music with his earphones plugged in, while weirdly laying sideways on the armchair that had become his quiet kingdom.
Jungkook was rolling on the floor, his back facing the soft, grey carpet. He was staring up to his phone, which he was holding horisontically ー judging by the small sighs and gasps he let out every now and then, he was probably playing some kind of a mobile game.
Jimin was reading a book on the couch, sitting in the same exact spot where Hoseok had been some time ago. He even had the ravenette's blanket covering his legs all the way to his thighs. With his tiny hands, he slowly flipped over a new page on the book with light pink covers, those were decorated with white letters, spelling out the title; 'The most beautiful moment in life'.
Jimin himself looked a bit different, since he was using his black and round reading glasses. They suited him well though.
Namjoon was murmuring something to himself, very quietly I might add, while watering all the house plants they had. Most of them were there only because Namjoon had wanted to get them, and because of that, he was always the one to take care of them.
At one point he had disappeared somewhere, maybe he had went upstairs to water his special little bonsai tree, Namu. Yes, he had even given a name to the small plant that he kept in his room.
Jin was taking a shower at the moment, he had informed everyone about it before locking himself in the bathroom, so no-one would try to break in while he was there, butt naked, washing himself. That had happened way too many times already.
What about Taehyung? Well, at first he had thought of painting something, maybe giving it to Hoseok afterwards ー only if it would be pretty enough though. But after going through his painting tools for three times to pick a brush and a color to start the painting with, he gave up.
He was missing a source of inspiration and he had no idea what he should paint.
And so, he had ended up pacing around his bedroom, feeling pretty lonely and almost a bit frustrated due to having nothing to do.
"I should go check on Hoseok..." he though out loud, finally stopping the never ending circle he had been walking on for way too long.
Sliding open the white door that led to his bedroom, he sneaked his way through the empty hallway. He didn't really need to be quiet, but something in him didn't want to get caught while trying to go check the guest room and the guest inside.
It was just a paranoid feeling, yet he gave in.
The calming sound of water raining on the bathroom floor was enough to cover the small creak that Taehyung accidentally made, when opening the guest room's door.
Carefully, he stuck his head inside, not wanting to scare Hoseok if he was awake. But he sure wasn't ー you could barely even see him under the blanket.
What he still found weird, as he fully entered the room, closing the door after him, was the fact that Hoseok had left all the lights on.
It couldn't be that he didn't find the switch, it was right next to the door. And he couldn't have been that tired to just pass out on the bed without caring about the lights, right?
It was odd, but Taehyung decided to let it be. Hoseok seemed to be sleeping well, which meant that it was Taehyung's time to leave. The empty space next to the quite adorably sleeping boy did look pretty tempting, but he was their guest. Taehyung's guest. He had to have some manners at least.
Just as Taehyung was about to turn back to the door and leave Hoseok be, he heard something. It sounded like a whine... A small, quiet whine.
"Hoseok?" he asked whispering.
"N-no, d-don't!"
"Hey, what's wrong? Hoseok?"
At this point, it was not just whining anymore; you could clearly hear Hoseok softly cry out words like 'stop' and 'don't', which was making Taehyung very concerned of what was going on.
Without thinking of it twice, he sat on the bed, next to the boy that was almost crying in his sleep. Just seeing that made the Taehyung's heart ache in pain. He didn't know what Hoseok saw in his dreams, but it sounded like a nightmare.
Nightmares could get realer than the real life itself, Taehyung knew it a little bit too well by himself.
"Leave m-me alone...!"
And so, Taehyung also knew what could make the painful scenes inside the poor, sick boy's little head, go away.
He could already see tears forming in the corners of Hoseok's closed eyes, wetting his pretty, long lashes. Not being able to watch him suffer anymore, Taehyung got down next to Hoseok and wrapped his arm around his shoulder.
While his arm was holding Hoseok closer to him, he was using the other to softly stroke his fluffy black locks, those had gotten even messier due to the boy tossing around in the bed.
"It's okay, I'm here..."
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A/N
i guessed you guys needed something soft after the chapter before this one 💕 love y'all
💕 stay safe
ー hyun
