my brother's friend; kv

chapter 7

"you can leave now if you want. i'm okay.", taehyung wipes his last tears away after crying for a while on jeongguk's lap.

jeongguk doesn't know what to say.

"you sure you okay?"

"yeah. sorry for causing so much trouble.", he says, still sitting on jeongguk's lap like his body is perfectly made for it.

"you didn't. none of this is your fault tae-taehyung." after hearing everyone calling him "tae", the name is stuck inside his head.

but he thinks that it'd be weird to call him that since he's not that close to him.

"you can call me tae, it's okay.", taehyung giggles, proving him wrong.

jeongguk just stares at him, while taehyung is looking down at his own hands.

he admires taehyung's beauty, never seen a prettier boy than him, but he doesn't compliment him.

"i should look what your brother is doing.", he says, still staring at taehyung who just looks down at his hands.

he nods and goes down from jeongguk's lap.

jeongguk stands up to leave the room, but before he can walk through the door, taehyung stops him.

"jeongguk?"

"hm?"

he turns around.

"thank you", he says with a weak smile finally looking up to jeongguk, their eyes meeting.

jeongguk just nods before giving him a weak smile too and leaving the room.

taehyung really doesn't want him to go, but he's too shy to say that.

he wants to enjoy being close to him again. the comfort he has brought.. no one ever could do that before.

jeongguk goes downstairs with a sigh.

"is he okay?", namjoon asks.

"yeah, i guess.", jeongguk replies.

"what happened at the party?"

"jackson. he pressed him against the wall and touched him and shit. sorry that i didn't react early enough. my ex girlfriend she was getting on my nerves.. ugh.", jeongguk says frustratedly.

"what did you do then?"

"i beat the shit out of him. if taehyung wouldn't have stopped me i don't know what would've happened to jackson."

namjoon is surprised that taehyung being harassed affected jeongguk that much. but he doesn't complain. he's glad it did.

"thank you so much gguk. i know i can trust you. and don't worry about not reacting early enough. i'm sure that he's more than thankful."

jeongguk nods with a weak smile at the encouraging words of his friend.

"you know... i don't mind if you spend time with taehyung."

jeongguk furrows his brows.

"why would you say something like that now?"