Bully | Taekook

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"babe, wake up," jungkook whispered to tae, who was sleeping next to him.

he placed a soft kiss on his lips and tae slowly blinked his eyes open.

the blank expression on his face quickly turned to a smile when he saw jungkook staring down at him.

"good morning," tae said, stretching his arms out.

"happy birthday," jungkook said, happily.

"jungkook, my birthday's tomorrow."

"i know. we can still celebrate today, too."

"what do you mean?"

"well... i've had this thing that i've wanted to do with you. it might not exactly be the most fun thing, but i think it could really help us both out in the-"

"what is it?"

"i've had us on the waiting list for a while now and i really want us both to do it."

"what is it, kook?"

"it's... therapy. but, before you freak out-"

"therapy? why? i'm fine. we're both fine."

"tae, it's completely normal to see a therapist. after everything we've been through i think it could really help us out. and i know that you've had some issues with depression and stuff in the past and i really want you-"

"jungkook, i don't cut myself anymore, okay? i would never do that now. you know that. if i'm with you, then i'm fine."

"well, what if you're not with me, huh? then what? what if we break up, or i die, or i have to travel for my future job or something?"

"easy. we'll never break up, you're not gonna die, and i can travel with you."

"taehyung, you're missing the point. if we're ever apart, i need to know that you're safe, happy, and healthy. i love you and if anything ever happened to you because i wasn't around, i don't know what i'd do."

"jungkook, i'm fine. nothing's gonna happen to me."

"no, you're not 'fine'. and neither am i. we both need this, taehyung. and if you can't do it for yourself, then do it for me."

"what am i even gonna do? just go and talk about my problems? i can do that with you."

"tae, they know how to help you. they have way more knowledge about this than i do and if there's anything that's weird or hard for you to talk about, then they'll listen. they're not gonna judge you."

"...so, we're gonna go together?"

"well, we'll go at the same time and the same place, but we'll have different therapists."

"i don't wanna go," tae said, pouting and looking down at his lap.

"well, that's too bad," jungkook said, leaning tae's head up and pecking his lips, "cause you're going."

"ugh- fine," tae said, crawling out of bed.

"and if you hate it, then we never have to go back, okay?"

"o-okay," tae said, feeling a bit of anxiety about it.

"our appointments are at one, but i was thinking we could leave early and get some brunch before if you want."

"yeah, that sounds good," tae said, running over to their closet to change.

jungkook walked over and joined him.

"i'm gonna change," tae said, confused.

"i know. me too," jungkook said, smirking.

"here, wear this. it looks cute on you," jungkook said, handing him his big puffy jacket.