JUST FRIENDS | Taekook

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When Taehyung got to the living room, he flopped onto the couch.

"Where's my phone?" He mumbled to himself.

He looked around the place, looking everywhere. That was until there was a knock on the door.

He signed and went to answer, "Hello?" He opened the door.

It was the office lady from school, "Hello, where's Kook?"

"Oh, he got sick. Come in, please. Be quiet though, he's asleep in his room." He opened the door wider and stepped to the side.

"Oh, that's kind." She stepped inside, looking around thinking:

'How does he afford this? I don't think he has a job..'

"You can sit on the couch. Do you want anything to drink, Miss?"

"Just a glass of water, please." She replied, sitting on the sofa.

"Okay." He grabbed a glass from one of the cupboards and filled it with water from the sink.

Walking over, he heard the lady ask, "Isn't it kind of you to care for him? How did he get sick, anyway?"

"Our friend booked us off school so that we could go on holiday and I guess he ate something bad when we were there because all of a sudden, he was just sick. I took him to the doctors and they gave me some medicine for him. They said it was only food poisoning so it shouldn't be that serious.." He gave her the glass of water.

"Thank you. How long has he been asleep for?"

"Well, I got him to fall asleep earlier. I came in here looking for my phone and then you knocked." He giggled.

"Oh, I'm sorry. How is he feeling?"

"Pretty good. He was very badly sick the other day.." He lied. "But now he is feeling a lot better, we might be able to get to school in a day or two!"

"That's nice to hear." She smiled, genuinely.

"Well, it's kinda boring here on my own while he's asleep. Want to stay a bit?"

"If I wouldn't be a nuisance." She smiled, taking a sip of the water and placing the cup back onto the coffee table.

"I can get a board game, what do you like to play?"

"Chess? I'm amazing at it."

"Yep." He got up and walked over to the cupboard next to the book shelf, looking through the different games before finding chess.

"Oh, goody!" She rubbed her hands together.

He set out the game, "Okay, you or me first?"

"Younger first." She chuckled.

"Alright, then."

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Near the end of their game, a tired boy walked out of his room.

"Babe?" He mumbled, hopping over and still half asleep.

"Yes?" He turned around to look at the boy.

"Miss Jung? When did you get here?"

"Oh. I arrived a bit ago, sweet." She always called these two boys nicknames and they didn't mind it. These three had always been close.

"Oh."

"Come here, Kook. Sit next to me..." He made grabby hands for the other.

Kook waddled over and sat behind the older, backhugging him.