In the middle vmk

THIRTY NINE

Jimin closed the door to the bedroom and turned back to Taehyung who was mindlessly staring at the couch. He had carried Jungkook to their bed since he looked tired and was on the edge of falling asleep.

Now Taehyung and Jimin were engulfed in silence, both males not knowing what to say now Jungkook wasn't in the room. The oldest wanted to ask about the bullies and what had happened to them, but at the same time he got the feeling that asking about it now wouldn't be the right time.

So he kept silent as he picked up the first aid kit and placed it back where it belonged in the kitchen. Taehyung didn't move an inch and kept staring at the couch as if it was the most interesting thing he had ever seen in his life.

The truth was that he wasn't even looking at it. His eyes were glazed as he remembered Jungkook being on the ground, getting kicked by some kids. Rage would burn bright in him whenever the image popped up inside of his brain. He couldn't begin to think about the reason Jungkook was getting beat like that.

He didn't understand why it happened but he didn't want to ask his boyfriend the reason since it would only trigger him again. So he kept silent as he stared at the couch as he heard Jimin walking back into the room.

The older glanced around and his eyes fell onto the backpack lying discarded on the ground. It was in a bad state and it was barely zipped. He walked towards it and noticed some page sticking out of notebook, the page stuck in the zipper. Jimin crouched down and tugged at the page, trying to get it loose.

He smiled once he got it out although it was ripped a bit. The page seemed blank at one side but once he turned it over, a gasp left his mouth. On the entirety of the page was a drawing, though it was rough at the edges, it was clear who the drawing meant to portray.

He jumped up from his place on the ground and went over to Taehyung. Rolling his eyes at the still frozen statue that was his boyfriend, he shoved the drawing into his chest. Taehyung flinched at that and lightly glared at the smaller.

"Look at it", Jimin merely stated before turning on his heels and going back over to the backpack. Taehyung frowned and glanced down at the drawing. He lightly stretched his arms and looked at the paper that was crumpled and ripped.

"Turn it round you loser", Jimin rolled his eyes once he noticed how Taehyung was giving him a confused look. Taehyung's eyes widened once he looked at the backside of the paper, the crayon lines portraying a person he knew all too well. It was as if he was looking into a mirror.

"Seems he still looks up to you even after hearing about your past", Jimin hummed, coming over to stand beside his boyfriend who was staring at a drawing of himself.

It was drawn from his side profile and he was wearing some bandana he liked to wear during work since it got his bangs out of his eyes. His eyebrows were furrowed and he was biting his lip as if he was doing something that needed his full focus.

"You're probably folding clothes", Jimin snorted, recognizing the expression Taehyung makes when he is struggling with something, "You suck ass at that".

Taehyung wanted to respond something witty as well but he was too fascinated by the drawing to even come up with something. Jimin raised an eyebrow as he noticed how Taehyung's hands began to shake, making the drawing tremble as well. Before he could say anything about it, the drawing was shoved back into his hands and Taehyung was on his way to the bedroom.

"Taehyung- wait!", he tried to stop him incase Jungkook was asleep but Taehyung had already opened the bedroom door and stormed inside.

"Hyung?", Jungkook groggily asked once he noticed someone coming inside the room. The lights weren't flicked on but he heard someone moving towards the bed until he suddenly was enveloped in a hug. He flinched at the sudden contact but relaxed once he smelt the familiar scent of cigarette smoke and cheap cologne.

"Taehyung hyung?", he asked in a small voice when the older didn't say anything and just kept hugging him. The hug hurt a bit since his arms were moving against the bruises but Jungkook didn't want to ruin the moment.

He wanted to call out to the taller again until he felt something wet on his skin. Taehyung had his head tucked underneath the younger's chin and Jungkook now realized that the older was crying. He heard sniffing and panicked a bit, not knowing what had caused his boyfriend to suddenly start crying.

"What wrong?", Jungkook asked again, his hand now moving up to stroke Taehyung's hair in a comforting manner. He had never been in a situation where he had to comfort someone else. It was usually the other way around.

"Fuck I love you", he heard the older's low voice mumble. Hus eyes widened at the words, his hand freezing in Taehyung's hair.

"Me?", he asked in shock. He hadn't expected a declaration of love to suddenly be thrown at him. "Why?"

Jimin stepped inside the room and flicked on the lights, the drawing still in his hands. "Because of this I think".

Jungkook's mouth fell open and his cheeks had a faint pink dust on them. "Oh gosh you found that" , he muttered, "That personal".

The drawing was crumpled which kind of saddened him since he had really liked the drawing. But that wasn't important right now. It was honestly embarrassing how they had found that. He had drawn it when he was waiting for Jimin and Taehyung to get off work. It was right after they started dating and he had gotten fascinated by Taehyung's side profile.

What they didn't know was that the drawing wasn't the only one he had ever drawn of them. But it was better if they didn't know about his sketch book. That would be humiliating.

"It was stuck between the zipper of your backpack", Jimin informed him. He didn't want Jungkook to think that he had been rummaging through his private belongings.

Taehyung hummed from his spot on Jungkook's chest, "One of the bullies was staring at it".

"You handsome so of course he staring", Jungkook pouted. He didn't like the thought of those stupid boys finding his drawings. Why couldn't he have private things.

Taehyung's cheeks reddened at the younger's words and he coughed out of embarrassment. "Anyway- it's a really nice drawing".

"You only say that because you are the drawing", Jungkook murmured. Jimin snickered at that. He dropped the drawing on his nightstand and crawled into the bed as well, joining his boyfriends.

"I agree with Taehyung. It's a really nice drawing Gguk. You are very talented", he said once he reached the other two, cuddling into Taehyung who was still hugging Jungkook tightly.

"Thank you", Jungkook decided to take the compliment instead of denying it. He didn't feel like talking about it any longer.

"I'm getting sleepy", Taehyung murmured now heat was radiating off his two boyfriends which he was squashed between.

Jimin frowned, "But I made food for when you guys got home". Jungkook's perked up at that, "Food? What you made?"

"I made enchiladas", the oldest said, these words also making Taehyung wake up again.

Taehyung practically jumped from between his boyfriends and stormed out of the room while yelling, "What are we doing in bed then? Let's go eat!"

Jungkook cheered, trying to lift his bruised up arms into the air, "Food!!"

Jimin rolled his eyes, "I swear just two minutes ago everyone was depressed", he muttered before following Taehyung into the kitchen so he could bring some food to Jungkook.

1300 WORDS IS THE MOST I CAN WRITE LOL I AM NOT ONE OF THE LONG CHAPTERS WRITERS.