save me; kv

chapter 42

jeongguk put the suitcases inside the trunk and gets inside the car now. both of them don't say anything and don't look at each other.

"you punched him.", taehyung says.

jeongguk has no idea if taehyung is maybe mad because of that. he doesn't know what taehyung thinks about what he did, but he's kind of scared that he's mad now.

"you punched him.", he repeats.

okay, he's definitely mad.

"yeah.", jeongguk says, looking down.

"you fucking punched him.", taehyung says and starts laughing. jeongguk frowns. "that's so cool, oh my god.", he says and laughs his ass off. jeongguk just chuckles at that, can't believe that he just thought that taehyung probably got mad.

taehyung leans in and cups jeongguk's face to place a kiss on his lips. "thank you. i love you.", he says while staring deeply into jeongguk's beautiful eyes.

jeongguk stares at taehyung in full admiration. those damn features... then he pecks his lips once again before taehyung leans back and they start driving home.

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it's 7 pm and already dark since it's still winter and taehyung and jeongguk are outside, decided to go for a walk.

taehyung is wearing a thick jacket as he clings to jeongguk's arm, while they're walking and talking about random things.

jeongguk said that he's gonna show taehyung more of the city now, since it also has his pretty sides.

they're walking down a street right now, still close to jeongguk's apartment as someone suddenly calls them. or only jeongguk.

"hey.", the stranger calls and jogs over to them. "stay behind me.", jeongguk says and pushes taehyung (not too harshly) behind him.

he already grabs his gun from under his jacket but so that the other can't see. but taehyung see it and his eyes grow wide when he realizes that jeongguk is carrying a gun with him. is he always doing that?

jeongguk already got mentally ready to yell at the man, telling him that he has no drugs and that he should leave him the fuck alone. he's tense.

"hey, um.. are you jeongguk?"

jeongguk relaxes a little bit when he realizes that the stranger is not mad or anything and he doesn't look like he's about to yell at jeongguk to get him drugs.

"yeah, why?", jeongguk asks.

"i started selling drugs here like one month ago and i heard a lot about you. all of your old customers are mine now.", he says with a nervous chuckle.

how is a nice guy like him seeling drugs? taehyung wonders.

not that jeongguk isn't nice but, well.. taehyung knows that usually jeongguk isn't nice to strangers. he has a scary and dangerous appearance and maybe he can be dangerous, but deep down he's a very good kid. but he doesn't let others know that.

"cocaine?", jeongguk asks, since most of his customers were cocaine addicts. "cocaine, heroin, fentanyl"

jeongguk's has an impressed expression on his face. "fentanyl?"

"yeah."

"you're not working alone i assume.", jeongguk says and the other shakes his head. "no, me and some other friends."

"can you do me a favor?", jeongguk asks. "sure.", the other answers. "can you give me your number and if anyone tries to reach me again, i'll tell them to come to you."

"yeah, sure.", he says and jeongguk takes out his phone and the other types in his number. taehyung already came out of his hiding place again, standing next to jeongguk again now, clinging to his arm.

that's why they've been so quiet lately jeongguk thinks. after he got stabbed in stomach, no one bothered them again. it's because of this dude here right in front of him.

"okay, thank you. then um.. bye. and take care of yourself. it can be dangerous sometimes, y'know?"

"yeah, thank you. goodbye!", he says and also waves at taehyung before leaving. taehyung doesn't like him. or he's just being jealous.

the other knew what fentanyl is and taehyung didn't. pff.

"did you really just got his number?"

"don't be silly taehyung.", jeongguk says slightly annoyed.

"but... you got his number. and you told him to take care of himself-"

"you clearly heard why i got his number right? and i said that because i already was where he is right now, i just gave him a tip."

"but-"

"taehyung, i just got his number so that no one bothers us anymore and i can protect you. so stop that shit now.", jeongguk says, clearly annoyed by taehyung's behavior.

taehyung doesn't say anything anymore and just walks quietly next to jeongguk. his grib on his arm also loosen and he lets go of jeongguk completely, thinking that he's mad and doesn't want to have him close right now.

jeongguk feels guilty as he feels that taehyung lets go of him. he shouldn't have snapped at him like that. even though taehyung was clearly exaggerating, he knows how extremely sensitive taehyung is, so he should've taken that into account.

"tae.", jeongguk says and stops walking. taehyung also stops walking and sighs heavily before turning around. jeongguk pulls him close and wraps his arms around his waist. "i'm sorry baby. i know you're sensitive."

"no, ggukie, i am sorry. i-i'm not used to being jealous and i don't know how to deal with that. it was obviously my fault so don't worry.", he says, looking to the ground.

but jeongguk cups his face, basically forcing him to look into his face. he chuckles, seeing that taehyung's eyes got teary.

he loves his little crybaby so much.

"don't cry, beautiful."

"i'm not crying.", taehyung says and has to laugh himself.

"mhm.", jeongguk makes and taehyung hits his chest playfully.

"let's keep walking or we won't get anywhere.", taehyung says and starts walking again. jeongguk shakes his head ans chuckles. he takes two big steps to reach taehyung.