Our Life Outside of Rules

8

Jungkook woke up in the hospital. He sat up on the uncomfortable hospital bed and looked around at the cream white walls. He began recalling the events that lead to this. He sighed and held his head. "God Damnit..."

"You're lucky you're not dead," his father said, arms crossed and face stoic. Jungkook bit his lip and sighed.

"Yeah... Whatever.. Why are you here?" Jungkook questioned his father.

"I'm your father. Why wouldn't I be here?"

"You want something."

"I guess you could say that." The older man sat next to the bed on the plastic hospital chair. "You know of my condition, correct?"

"Yes, I do."

"Then you know I don't have a lot of time left. And you know you must marry soon." Jungkook nodded. "If you don't fix your relationship with Namjoon before next month, you will have an arranged marriage. This isn't your choice, so you don't get to complain." Jungkook nodded again.

"I understand..." Jungkook sighed, thoughts bouncing off the walls of his mind, left and right. The day Namjoon broke up with him, he realized that he needed to be better, that he needed to change.

"Good. Then I'll be on my way now. I have a meeting in twenty minutes and I don't wanna be late." The elder walked out, closing the door behind him.

Jungkook looked at the I.V. in his arm and sighed. "I won't be able to get to him before next month..." He hadn't realized that his eyes were welling up with warm, salty tears before they started falling. He wiped his tears. The future C.E.O. of the Jeon company couldn't be a crybaby. He sighed shakily.

Me- Namjoon.. I know you hate me right now but I need to make up with you... This doesn't mean that we need to get back together but I just need to get this off of my chest. I'm sorry for what I've done to you... I've abused you, mentally and physically.. I've just your feelings.. I've cheated... I just wanted to let you know that I'm sorry... So sorry... But sorry doesn't fix everything, does it..? I want to talk to you.. In person.. But I'm currently in the hospital and I can't leave. So please let me know what I can do to make it right while I'm here. I also want to let you know that I'm going to get married next month if I don't make it right so... No pressure or anything... 😅

Namjoon read the text and arched an eyebrow. "Since when did you use emojis?" He sighed and set his phone down. He looked at Jackson, asleep on his shoulder and smiled. He held the other's hand. "You're so handsome..." Namjoon smiled softly and moved Jackson's hair to the side, revealing the rest of his glowing face.

Jackson's eyes fluttered open and he smiled. "Why are you still awake, silly? It's late~"

"I'm sorry, I couldn't sleep..."

"It's okay, I'll help you get to sleep." Jackson cuddled close to Namjoon. He held him close and kissed the top of his head. "Sleep~"

Namjoon smiled and blushed. "Goodnight~" He fell asleep on Jackson's chest. Jackson yawned and fell asleep soon after.

Namjoon woke up in the morning, laying in his friend's lap. He sat up and stretched. His thoughts were blank as he stared unknowingly at Jackson. He smiled then closed his eyes again as the other began to wake up.

Jackson looked at the "sleeping" figure next to him and pushed the hair out of his face. "So pretty..." He looked at his pink lips. He leaned in and planted a small, chaste peck on his lips. Namjoon opened his eyes and looked at Jackson.

Just as the two were about to share a tender kiss, Jackson's little sister came running down the stairs. "Big brother! Let's play Mario Kart!!" Jackson sighed and looked at Sara.

"Not now, bean. Maybe later? You should get breakfast first, okay?" Jackson gave Namjoon an apologetic look and Namjoon nodded in understanding.

Sara groaned then reluctantly accepted. She trudged to the kitchen and made herself some breakfast.

"Namjoonie, what do you wanna do today?" Jackson asked, unknowingly staring at the other's plump and beautiful lips.

Namjoon bit his lip, "I'm not sure... It's early, why don't we go and get some breakfast at the cafe?" Jackson nodded.

"Alright. I know you don't have any extra clothes, so you can use mine." Namjoon blushed as he imagined wearing Jackson's clothes. He nodded and Jackson took him to his room then handed him some clothes. Namjoon walked to the bathroom, showered, and changed. He walked out and Jackson was already ready. The two walked to the cafe, which was surprisingly close, and ordered some breakfast.

They sat in the corner booth. Namjoon laid his head on Jackson's shoulder and played on his phone.

"I don't want to pry or anything..," Jackson said, "but how can you pay for your phone?"

"Well, after my parents died, they left me all their money. Which wasn't a lot. So I used it to pay for my phone and SIM card and stuff."

"Ah... Alright." Jackson went to get their food then sat back down.