Taekook Oneshots {Requests Open}

Overheated

This was requested by the beautiful Oooooolookitstaekook 💓😘 thank you so much for the amazing request! Love you~ 💜

This is based off Burn the Stage and Kookie's collapse 💔😔 so if you are sensitive to that, please refrain from reading. Much love 💫💖

Exhaustion.

That was the only thing Jungkook could feel.

The flashing lights of the stage made his vision blur, or perhaps that was the fact that he was millimetres away from passing out. He felt sweat dribble down his forehead as if it had rained, and he could hear the rush of his heartbeat.

Yet somehow he carried on.

He carried on until the music finally came to a stop and a roar of cheers blasted in his ears. He could do it. He could pretend to be okay.

Little did he know, someone had their eyes on him. Someone was watching him struggle with a broken heart- and that someone was his boyfriend Taehyung.

Tae sighed. He wanted to reassure Jungkook, to let him know he was watching him, yet he didn't know how to do it with the cameras still on. He couldn't exactly put his arms around him.

Taehyung thought hard, and then gently nudged Jungkook's hand with his own. He had his pinkie, first finger and thumb up, creating the "I love you" sign.

Jungkook, even in his current state, seemed to understand, and nudged Taehyung's hand in response. The tiny action sent warmth flooding to Tae's heart. It showed him how much Jungkook truly payed attention to his every move, how much he cared about him.

***

Tae desperately tried to follow Jungkook back stage as he was taken into a nearby dressing room, but he was pushed back.

"The cameras are on, Taehyung," said a staff member urgently.

Taehyung's eyes widened. "What? You can't film him when he's like this! He's going to be so overwhelmed, I have to-"

"No, Taehyung," she hissed back at him. "I'm sorry, but it's too risky. Haven't you seen all of the Taekook theories online? If you're standing next to him the whole time then people will get even more suspicious!"

Taehyung felt his heart crumble. He glanced at the door desperately. He hated feeling like this. What kind of a world was it when you couldn't even take care of your exhausted, sick boyfriend who was determined to push himself even further?

The staff member must've seen the look in Taehyung's eyes, because her face softened and she let out a sigh.

"Alright, Taehyung. You can go in- but stay in the corner. Out of sight from the cameras."

Taehyung accepted this offer almost immediately, darting towards the door in a matter of seconds and flinging it open. The sight made him feel as though he couldn't breathe.

Jungkook was slumped on a couch, eyes closed and forehead dripping with sweat as medics fanned him frantically and the other members watched on in worry. It made a bitter rush of jealousy invade Taehyung's stomach. Jimin, Yoongi, Hoseok, Jin and Namjoon were all allowed to be seen on camera, concerned for Jungkook. Whereas he was made to fade into the background, to act as though he didn't give a shit about the maknae. Which was so, so far from what he actually felt.

When the camera man finally backed away, Taehyung rushed to his boyfriend, grabbing his hands. They weren't boiling hot, as Tae had initially expected. They were cold and clammy.

"Kookie, baby," Taehyung whispered desperately as Jungkook didn't even look up at him, simply stayed slumped with his eyes closed and mouth slightly open. "Please, please, please try and take it easy, okay?"

"TAEHYUNG! You're due in on stage in less than 2 minutes! Hurry up!" A staff member shouted, grabbing Taehyung by the arm and beginning to pull him along. The action was only to hurry him up so he wouldn't be late, but Taehyung felt as if the staff member was purposely trying to drag him away from his boyfriend.

"I love you Kookie!" Taehyung shouted as he turned the corner. The roar of the crowd was deafening- but Tae was sure he heard a weak "I love you too" being muttered from somewhere behind him.

***

Jungkook got through to the end of the concert- somehow. He managed to hold onto the last shred of consciousness he had as he waved goodbye to the fans. This was for them, he reminded himself. This was all for ARMY. He could look strong for them. He could do it. He could.

However, the exhaustion and heat began to overwhelm him like a tidal wave, and before he knew it, he was out of it completely, stumbling blindly along beside the medic who held him up before collapsing completely, his body going limp and eyes closing as he was laid down on a mat by strong, gentle hands.

Everything was all a haze- a blur of voices, the mutters of camera men, the murmurs of concern from the members. Jungkook's mind was spinning, not having the strength to open his eyes and reassure his members. He stayed lying there, his chest rising and falling as he slipped further into unconsciousness.

***

Taehyung pushed through the people huddled around the door. There seemed to be crowds and crowds and crowds of them, all of them merging into one huge clump blocking him from his boyfriend.

He finally managed to squeeze through and looked over Jin's shoulder- and froze.

Jungkook. Lying there. Unconscious. Passed out. Surrounded by staffs as they pressed ice packs to his head and camera men who documented the whole situation for the world to see. It broke his heart. It shattered into millions of pieces as if it was made of glass.

His eyes burned as tears clouded his vision. He couldn't stay here. He just couldn't stand and watch his boyfriend suffer.

He turned and clumsily made his way out of the room, almost tripping as he shoved past all the people. As soon as he was sure he was alone, out of sight in a dark hallway, he sank to the floor and sobbed.

His tears were a mixture of sadness and anger; sadness that Jungkook was in such bad condition, and anger that he couldn't even be by his side through it all.

I just want to know he's okay, Taehyung prayed silently as tears ran down his face. Please.

As if his prayers were answered, a sudden murmer of voices was heard from the other end of the hallway. Taehyung gasped, shooting up as he hurriedly wiped his eyes, not wanting anyone to see him crying. He tentatively peered round the corner to see who it was, and his breath hitched in his throat as he saw the very person he'd been crying on the floor for moments ago.

Jungkook was walking out of the room, looking very pale and weak, but still conscious as a staff member held his arm. He glanced in Taehyung's direction, meeting his boyfriend's eyes; and then at the cameras. He walked on, over to the room where all the other members were waiting.

But it was okay. Taehyung knew Jungkook had seen him waiting. Jungkook knew that Taehyung cared, even if the fans didn't. Taehyung knew he was going to be able to kiss Jungkook to his heart's content when the cameras finally went away.

And that was all that mattered to him.

I'm so sorry for how messy and rushed this was 😭 I just really wanted to get an update out since I've been lazy for ages 👉🏻👈🏻 anywho, please vote if you enjoyed 💘 and make sure to drop a follow to support me 😚💜

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