rainbowshamebow (Ao3)
busy schedules make it easier to get sick. taehyung would know
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taehyung was, for once, glad to have his own hotel room. normally when jungkook was put in a separate room from him or with a different roommate, the two would sneak around and find a way to end up in the same bed together at the end of the day. today, however, taehyung didn't think jungkook would be wanting to sleep next to him.
taehyung sniffled grossly, wiping his nose with a tissues before throwing it in the trash can already full of tissues. he was currently sitting on the edge of his bed, trash can on one side and a box of tissues on the other.
to say he felt gross would be an understatement.
his body was still shaking and sweaty from the dance practices that had gone over the scheduled time, leaving them with less time to themselves. his nose had been running and irritated ever since he woke up that morning, leaving him feeling stuffed up and miserable all through the day.
his body didn't stop there with a simple cold, however. halfway through dinner, his stomach began to protest the idea of putting any more food in it with a sharp cramp. he had gasped quietly, slowly lowering his chopsticks. he didn't touch them at all after the warning, not willing to risk more pain.
the rest of them had been joking loudly, hoseok's laughter easily filling the room. taehyung didn't have the energy to put forth the effort to bother keeping up with conversation. the worst part was that his silence wasn't really noticed.
to be fair to the others, they were well aware of how he got after too many dance practices. it was different for each one of them; they most likely had assumed he was simply worn out from the countless of hours of dancing. they were right about that, though the sickly feeling that had slowly crept up over the day was another reason for his silence.
jungkook had sat next to him, practically inhaling his food at what would be a concerning rate if taehyung didn't know that was how jungkook was. he couldn't count the number of times jungkook got tummy aches after eating too fast.
taehyung took the opportunity to rest his head against jungkook's arm. he felt so drained and miserable that all he wanted was to sleep.
"you must be exhausted," jungkook commented quietly, looking down at taehyung.
taehyung nodded gently, curling further into jungkook's side. he was a bit of a cuddly mess when he was sick.
jungkook cooed softly, bringing a hand to rub taehyung's back. "you worked so hard today and you did so good, taetae." he frowned, seeing taehyung's half full plate. "are you not hungry?"
taehyung felt his stomach twist. "no. just wanna sleep," he mumbled, "you can have it if you want."
jungkook contemplated for a second, hesitant to take the food taehyung needed. but it was obvious the older wasn't going to be eating any of it, so jungkook decided it would be fine.
after dinner was finished, jungkook walked taehyung to his hotel room. he let taehyung lean on him, more than willing to carry his weight.
when they reached his room, taehyung clung onto jungkook, arms circling the younger boy's waist. "don't want my bunny to leave."
jungkook smiled softly, petting taehyung's hair. "i know, i don't wanna leave either. but you know what management said."
taehyung pouted. in his opinion, management could go fuck themselves. taehyung wanted to cuddle with his boyfriend until he felt better but no, they had to keep up an image, what if someone visited, etc etc.
