honey bunny ×TaeKook×

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"Taehyung?" Jungkook called. A day had passed and the moon shined outside the glass doors. Jungkook felt strange being able to see it at this time. Once the sun had set, he'd retreat to his cave to sleep safely hidden. You'd think he'd live in a burrow, and some rabbits hybrids did, but he preferred avoiding being completely covered in dirt.

Speaking of dirt, Jungkook was dirty.

"Yeah?" Taehyung walked back into the and handed Jungkook a water bottle. He'd seen them before when humans would litter. So the concept of drinking out of one wasn't so foreign. He took a sip and sighed contently.

Jungkook shrugged. "Just want to say you name."

Taehyung tried to hide his smile and instead corrected him. "Just wanted to say your name. That's how you say it."

"Just want-ed to say yoh-are...name?" Tae nodded. Day two of teaching Jungkook meant patience. Pronunciation wasn't a huge issue right now. Jungkook smiled widely. Every correct thing he did, he was told so by his host. It felt like he was making Taehyung proud.

Tae sniffed the air and made a face. "You smell nasty, bro."

"Where is nasty? I have to smell?" A burst of laughter made him pout and scrunch his face up. "Why....are you laugh?"

"No, I don't have any 'nasty' that you can smell." He caught his breath and explained. "Nasty' means 'gross' or....hmmm...'yuck'." Jungkook nodded slowly, trying to make sure he remembered that. "What I meant was that you," he tapped Jungkook's chest, "smell," he sniffed, "nasty." He hoped he'd explained that well enough.

And oh, he explained loud and clear.

"Yah!" Jungkook angrily yelled, "Not nice! You do not smell...of plant! I smell of plant!" He tried to double-check and subsequently took a sniff of his arm. His face fell slightly. "I do not smell of plant? Oh, no!" He looked up at Taehyung. "I do smell nast-ee!"

Tae had to work hard to hold in his laughter. Assuming rabbit hybrids naturally want to smell like leaves and grass, the scent had rubbed off of him. The only scent left was that of the rest of the wilderness. Dirt, sweat, dirty pond water, and so on.

Come to think of it, Jungkook was literally dirty. How didn't I notice this? He asked himself. Jungkook was covered in dirt and some small grass and leaves were stuck to his legs. I let him sleep in my bed!

"You know what?" Taehyung pulled him off the couch and up to the bathroom. "Let's get you clean."

"Get is....grab or do?"

Taehyung smiled and looked over his shoulder while he turned the shower on. "Yeah, sorta. Was that how I explained it?" He shook his head, "Whatever, you'll get what that means eventually."

Jungkook flinched at the sound of the showerhead blasting water onto the floor of the tub. But curiosity always took over. I mean, it's the reason he's limping and walking with a cane. He walked as fast as he could up behind Taehyung and stared with his mouth open. "You have water in you-are home?"

Taehyung smiled, "Yep. If I turn that, it'll make it come out of there." He pointed and explained. The words he spoke were more so to keep him from smiling at the wonder on Jungkook's face. It gave him a fuzzy feeling to be the one introducing new concepts to Jungkook. "Now's the hard part." He sighed. Jungkook just looked up and laid his ears back on his head, confused and expecting an explanation for the sigh. "How are we gonna do this?" Jungkook just cocked his head, the little 'pap' of his ears whipping over his head and hitting his shoulder echoed in the room.

"What do?"

"It's 'do what', Kookie."

"Do what?"

"Yeah, you got it."

"No, I mean, what we do what?"

Tae stopped to quickly decipher whatever it was his guest had just said and raised a finger. "Wait a sec." He leaned down and turned the water off, happy with the full tub. Honestly, it would've been more efficient to let the tub fill from the spout instead of the showerhead, but he really just wanted to show Jungkook all of the gadgets and gizmos he's never seen before.

"Do what?" He impatiently bounced on his good foot, eager to learn more.

"We gotta get you clean."

"Oh!" Jungkook shook his head. "I can clean!" He raised his palm and stuck his tongue out far. But before he could lick his hand, Taehyung whimpered in disgust and grabbed his wrist.

"No, this is," he quickly came up with an excuse. Sure, he could let him do his natural thing, or he could stop him from smelling like spit on top of everything else he smelled like already. "This was is...more fun."

"Fun?" Jungkook wondered aloud, thinking to himself before remembering the word he learned yesterday. He wanted to have fun. "Fun! We clean in water for fun!"

Taehyung couldn't help but laugh quietly and smile. This guy was way too cute. "Yes, we can get clean using water."

Jungkook got something correct! So of course clapping echoed through the bathroom following Taehyung's voice.

Taehyung walked over to him and sighed, his face was red and he looked up at the ceiling. "You're gonna need to take off your clothes."

Jungkook pointed at the shirt he had on. "Clothes, correct?" Tae nodded, and Jungkook smiled.

Taehyung grabbed the bottom of the shirt and lifted it over his head, holding in a chuckle when Jungkook had to lean down in order to get his ears out. "Can you take off the rest?" Jungkook didn't exactly know what was asked of him but nodded anyways. He just assumed he'd take off the rest of the clothes and figure it out.

The shorts were kicked off and thrown somewhere, leaving Taehyung to uncomfortably stare around the bathroom. His eyes had to wander anywhere that wasn't Jungkook naked less than a foot infront of him.

Jungkook on the other hand, was back to his natural state. He didn't mind the clothes, but this was what he spent his whole life in. He wasn't too phased by it.

Taehyung pointed at the tub. "Go ahead, get in." Jungkook did as instructed and hobbled over, sticking his foot in and the other one followed. Then his cane, too. "No, no, no! Not the cane." Jungkook raised and eyebrow and Taehyung just guided him to sit down. The cane was snatched away when Jungkook wasn't looking. "This doesn't belong in the tub. Okay?" Jungkook pouted but nodded.

"Now?"

Taehyung sat on the ledge. "Now, I'm gonna clean you so you'll know how to do it yourself."

"But I know how to clean me!" He pulled his arm out of the water and raised it to his face, tongue already out.

"No!" Jungkook froze. "If you're gonna stay here, you can't clean yourself like that." He felt bad making him repress his natural instincts, but the instincts in question were gross. The boy in the bath pouted again, but didn't argue.

Tae grabbed the washcloth and grabbed Jungkook's arm. Dirt began to color the water a bit, and Jungkook stared at the changing bath. "Wah! This on me?" Tae only nodded before reaching for the other arm, which Jungkook happily let him take. "Woah, I am nast-ee."

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Also ace is having a comeback next week the same day as seventeen :'( my poor boys arent gonna get a win this time. Damn it why didnt ace's company wait til next month smh

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