My Daughter's Teacher | Taekook

Fear

On Saturday morning Jungkook vaguely remembers soft lips being pressed against his forehead, but in his half-asleep daze, he couldn't be sure about anything. It was early hours of the morning, still way too early for him to pry his eyes open so he just ignores the act and rolls over to fall back to sleep. When he wakes up fully a couple of hours later, Taehyung is not laying beside him. Jungkook notices his phone is still on the bedside table so assumes he must be still somewhere within the house even if it was really out of character for Taehyung to be up before him on the weekend, in the time they've been living together this has never happened before. He decides to check the bathroom first thinking maybe Taehyung had woken up with the urge to pee really bad, but the bathroom was empty. He checked the kitchen next, empty. The living room, empty. The study was also empty, there was no sign of Taehyung anywhere in the house.

Now Jungkook would usually be one to panic, but seeing as Taehyung's phone was still there and his car was in the driveway he assumed he must've just walked to the shop down the road to pick up something, although he couldn't for the life of him think what Taehyung would need so urgently at eight am on a Saturday morning. 'Have hope, Jungkook. Don't panic, he's not gone, just stay calm.' He repeats to himself like a mantra in his brain as he walks back up the stairs and heads back to his bedroom. Instantly he checks the wardrobe for signs of clothes missing, he can't be sure if anything is gone apart from the Gucci weekend bag that he had bought the elder for Christmas, he hopes Taehyung had just put it somewhere safer than at the bottom of the wardrobe and hasn't actually packed it and left.

The bathroom was the next thing to properly check, there were no signs of his toothbrush or shower supplies which made a fear spark in Jungkook's chest, of course, them things would be the items you grab when making a quick getaway. 'Stop panicking, he's not gone. He wouldn't leave you, he loves you, he loves Asami. He said forever, why would he leave?' He's desperately trying to believe the voice in his head, but as the seconds pass by it's growing harder and harder to.

An hour goes by and the house is still dead silent, no sign of Taehyung returning for anywhere he could've walked to. Jimin must've picked him up, or Hoseok, he must've called them and told them how he wants to leave without making a scene, they would do anything for him after all. There were no good thoughts left in Jungkook's head, all were bad, all pointed their way towards the fact that Taehyung had run away. He decides to phone his mom, the first sign of panic she was always the one he would run to, she always knows what to do. The dialling tone seems to be haunting him, it rings for so long he's almost convinced she wasn't going to pick up. He almost cries in relief when he hears his mom's 'hello?' sounding through his phone, gripping the phone in his hand tightly as he tries to get his thoughts in line.

"Baby bun? Are you there?"

"I- Uh- Yeah, I..." Jungkook doesn't know what to say, his brain seems to be running so fast that he can't function properly.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Mrs. Jeon asks quickly, knowing all the signs of when her son was definitely not okay.

"Tae's gone." Jungkook manages to say, the words hitting him as soon as they fall out of his mouth.

"What? What do you mean he's gone?"

"I woke up this morning and he wasn't here. His phone is here and so is his car, but the bag I bought for him for Christmas and his toothbrush and shower things are gone, I think some clothes are missing as well but I don't know if they're in the wash or not, I never know what's in the wash because Tae usually does all that so I can't be sure if anything is missing or if it's just my mind telling me-"

"Kookie, breathe."

"How can I breathe, mom? Tae's gone, the only thing keeping me together in this world is gone." Jungkook cries, trying to keep his voice down as to not alert Asami who was asleep in the next room.