annie_cresta (ao3)
Jungkook hurt his foot before their London concert, resulting in a panic attack.
Fortunately, he's got the best boyfriend, that's just like a blue mold...
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Taehyung wakes up that day feeling good.
He opens his eyes slowly to see the rising sun lighting up his hotel room through the window. Only after a few seconds, he registers an arm outstretched around his waist and looks to the right to gaze at Jungkook's sleeping form. A soft smile appears on his face immediately and Taehyung leans down to kiss the other boy's hair gently, suddenly overcome with affection and joy, so much that he feels like his heart might burst.
This happens sometimes. When he just looks at Jungkook for a little longer than usual or when the younger smiles in the most genuine way or when they kiss so softly and slowly like there is nothing else for them to do. Taehyung just suddenly really remembering that they're a couple now, realizing he's confessed and it went well. And now they're here.
This is all a bit new. It's only been a little over a week since the older has told Jungkook about his feelings. So, it's only natural, right? To have a little trouble believing that it's actually happening. After years of suppressing his feelings and thinking the other would never reciprocate, you gotta understand Tae was a little apprehensive to believe he'd been wrong and that he actually got the boy.
The maknae then stirs in his sleep, bringing Taehyung back to the present. I can get used to this he thinks, smiling, I mean, I'm not definitely not letting you go.
Jungkook finally wakes up, groaning quietly and turning his body Taehyung's way.
- "Hi." – he smiles at the older and, not letting him reply, kisses him quickly.
It's gonna be a good day, Taehyung thinks.
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Turns out, he was wrong.
Jungkook hurts his foot.
Taehyung isn't there to witness it, though.
It's a couple hours before their first concert in London and they're all scattered around the building getting ready. He's actually in the bathroom, when his boyfriend decides to do some exercise before the show. When he gets to the room, he's told by Hoseok-hyung that the youngest wasn't careful enough in his exercise, resulting in him hitting his foot on something sharp, he isn't even sure what. There was blood, apparently, and Namjoon-hyung with Yoongi-hyung immediately took the boy to the manager to be taken care of.
Somewhere along listening to Hobi-hyung, Taehyung forgets how to breathe. He sits down in a chair, although it looks more like he falls onto it.
The hyung looks at him sympathetically, - "I'm sure he'll be fine, it's our Jungkookie after all. Don't worry too much, Tae"
Taehyung just nods weakly.
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A few minutes pass and Jin-hyung and Jimin all but burst into the room, worry painting their faces. They look at both Tae and Hobi-hyung, in search of any new information, but they have none.
The four members sit like that, anxiously awaiting news. Three of them holding a conversation, as to not focus on their nerves. Taehyung just stays still, staring at his own hands, painfully aware of every sound; his hyungs voices, the chair Jimin's sitting on scraping the floor as it moves a few centimetres, footsteps in the corridor outside, surely of some staff, Hobi-hyung's bracelets jiggling as he brushes through his own hair, and wishing each of those sounds to be the door opening. The others all glance his way every so often, but decide to just let him be. That is, until Jimin's had enough of his friend's silence and he leans down so as to be in Tae's line of sight, eyes open wide and peeking up at him like a puppy.
