Pastel Palette ㅡ Taekook

thirty-seven❗️

"Tae? Taehyung, what's wrong?" Jeongguk asks, his voice wavering in fear.

"Bring Taehyungie home please..."

"Tae... don't be like this. Come on tell me what's going on?" He crouches down in front of Taehyung's frail figure, too careful not to scare the latter.

"B-big Taehyungie is scared... Little Taehyungie is, too. Please daddy, go home..."

"Holy fuck. Shit, okay let's do that, but d-daddy has to carry you home, okay? Would you be a good boy and latch your arms around daddy's neck tightly?" Taehyung nods slowly and he entrusts his whole being to Jeongguk. It's not that far from his apartment, anyways. He could feel Jeongguk's breath fanning his hair, and he couldn't help but snuggle in closer.

"It's okay. You're okay, little one," Jeongguk whispers in assurance. As soon as they arrive inside Taehyung's apartment, Jeongguk lays him on his bed, asking him if he could dress himself on his own. When the little starts undressing, Jeongguk excuses himself and goes outside to call for help.

He dials the first person that his mind could think of - Yoongi.

["This better be good Jeon, what the fuck do you want?"]

"Hyung... It's Taehyung..."

["What the fuck did you do to him?! I swear to God if you hurt him again I will fucking cut your balls off!"]

"No! God, no, hyung! It's just that... I think he's turned little?"

["Fuck. Fuck, Guk. Okay, fuck. Where is he?"]

"I left him inside the room to let him get dressed. Hyung, I'm so lost. What the fuck is actually going on?"

["Jeongguk, do you, perhaps, know something about age regression?"]

"I do know a little about it, hyung. But it's the very first time I ever encountered someone who's into that. I don't know what to do."

["Wait, before I entrust Taehyung to you and let you be his caregiver just for the night, what happened before he slipped into little space?"]

"Okay, so we went out for dinner, and then when we were walking back towards his apartment, a drunk man approached us and started talking shit about Taehyung. He was insulting him and I might have done something impulsive in front of him..."

["Jeon Jeongguk, please don't tell me you knocked that man out cold..."]

"Wait, is that motherfucking Park Jimin?"

["Yes. Yes, it is, Guk. Now please, tell me what you did."]

"I punched him on the face and made him apologize to Tae... I snapped out of my anger when Tae started sobbing and the moment he faced me, God, hyung, I was so scared when he started talking to me in third person."

["You fucking punched a stranger in front of Taehyung? Holy shit, Jeon Jeongguk! Didn't I tell you not to use violence and sort things out calmly whenever you encounter things like that?! Ugh, Min Yoongi! Talk some shit out of this kid! What? Why the fuck are you silent?!"]

["B-babe, you actually said that one to me, not to Jeongguk... and I may or may not have punched Jeongguk on the face back then so I really don't have a say to that..."]

["Okay, that's it. I'm out. I'm done with you two."]

"Wait, where are you? Yoongi hyung, I can't do this alone!"