𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞.||Jungkook&BTS

|70|- The driver and the instructor

For the first time in a while when he finally got the opportunity to sleep next to Ellie, Jeongguk couldn't fall asleep.

The more he thinks about the open window in her room from earlier, the less he likes it and his unconsciousness hits harder. Even though he knows this house couldn't possibly get any safer, he still can't let himself sleep with the thought that someone may be walking around.

He leaves a sigh and pulls Ellie's body to his naked chest. Head resting in the crook of her neck, he inhales her sweet scent. Lavenders.

He closes his eyes before a loud smack comes from the hall just behind the door.

Jeongguk's senses are on full mode and his muscles are flexed as he jumps from the bed and runs towards the door.

He jumps on the figure inside the hall and pushes the person to the ground, ready to punch him until he hears a screaming. Taehyung's screaming.

"Jeongguk! It's me!"

Jeongguk lets go of his neck and jumps up to his legs, blankly staring at boy on the floor with heavy breaths.

"Shit, I am sorry! What the hell are you doing at this hour?!" he shouts at a still very shocked Taehyung.

"What's going on here?" sleepy Yoongi appears at the end of the hall to check what's happening between the two.

"It was dark and I tripped," Taehyung explains between sharp breaths.

"And the loud sound?" Jeongguk snickers.

"My phone fell. It really wasn't even that loud."

Jeongguk watches Taehyung shutter and he swears he saw fear behind his eyes for a moment.

"Jeongguk? What's going on?" Ellie's surprised voice comes from behind him and he sees her freshly-awaken state when he turns around.

"Get back inside," he orders her, trying not to look at the surprised look on Yoongi's face as he sees his little sister behind the door of the younger's room.

"Why did you come off so much?" Yoongi asks, doubtful eyes scanning Jeongguk's.

"I don't know?! I thought someone was here!" he tries to lower his voice because of Ellie but he's still very much pissed off from what happened.

"Who else would be here, Jeongguk? We agreed it's still safe here," the older tries to comfort him while Taehyung just keeps staring at the youngest with unsure eyes.

Jeongguk's fists clutch into balls as he bites his lower lip with stare at the floor. He hears the other boys appear at the end of the hall as well after hearing voices coming from here.

"We'll talk about this tomorrow. Everybody go back to sleep," the leader tells his brothers and they lazily stumble back to their rooms.

"Is everything okay, Jeongguk?" he asks once the hall clears out.

"Yeah, I am fine," he snickers, angry that his hyung thinks there might be something wrong with him.

"Is this because of -"

"It's not because of her," Jeongguk growls, forehead furrowed along with his eyebrows.

"Try to get some sleep," his hyung pats his shoulder and squeezes before walking back to his room.

Jeongguk watches after him and sighs while entering his own room where Ellie's lying under the sheets.

"Is everything okay?"

The same question again.

He doesn't answer, only crawls under the sheets and with an arm resting on Ellie's hip, he presses his forehead to hers.