For Love~ [Taekook Texts]

85. Stay

He suddenly got up and walked towards Jungkook. Even with his frantic mind running for answers, he made sure to be gentle when he lifted Jungkook's chin up. He leaned in closer, "Open your mouth Kook." Jungkook gulped, but some sort of reassurance built within him when he heard Taehyung call him by his nickname, and not his actual name. He opened his mouth.

Taehyung stood up straight after two seconds and asked, "Did you order the drink yourself Kook? Or was it given to you by someone?" His face was one of determination and he waited for Jungkook's answer, without even blinking.

Ara silently gasped on listening to Taehyung's question. Her lips trembled and her brain ached to text Mr. Jeon but she couldn't act suspicious. She stayed rooted to her spot. 

Jungkook shook his head, "It was given to me, Tae." Taehyung let out a small, almost indecipherable sigh. But Jungkook caught it. The older was about to step away from him, but Jungkook held his hand before he could do so. He asked in a small whisper, "You trust me, don't you?"

Taehyung looked into Jungkook's eyes, as deep as he could, to try to read them. Lucky for him, he knew Jungkook so well, he didn't really have to do that. But, he needed to, just to be sure. What he saw in those beautiful irises was nothing but sincerity, love and hesitation. Taehyung didn't know why he was hesitating. He wanted to nod his head and kiss Jungkook and tell him yes, that he trusted him. But he didn't. He just stepped backwards and shook his hand away from Jungkook's grip.

Jungkook looked at him with wide eyes and Taehyung could practically see his heart shattering. But he gave him a look, not one that said 'I trust you.' but one that said 'Don't worry.' and that's all that Jungkook needed.

Taehyung turned towards Ara now, his gentle eyes turning stone cold. He stared at her hard and spoke in a gruelling tone, "You drugged him, didn't you?" His voice was low, but so dangerous, Ara felt a shudder run down her spine.

She didn't say a word.

"SAY IT. YOU DRUGGED HIM!" Taehyung repeated, his voice way louder this time.

Ara subconsciously tried to create a wider distance between herself and Taehyung. Then, she spoke, "What makes you think I did?"

Taehyung let out a scoff followed by a scowl. He spoke, in an even lower register. "You want to know what my theory is?" 

He looked at Ara for an answer who simply shrugged. But he caught something others would have missed: the way her eyes moved, they weren't fixed at one place. She was nervous.

Taehyung continued, "Well here, listen. Jungkook could not have just suddenly gotten sick. He was fine when we reached here and he hasn't had anything else but that drink." Taehyung looked at Jungkook for a second, for confirmation. Jungkook nodded his head.

"The only possible way that he could have fallen 'sick' is by getting drugged. You spiked his drink then brought him up here. I know he was drugged and not drunk because his mouth doesn't smell of alcohol at all." Taehyung saw the way Ara kept blinking and tried her best to resist herself from looking way. Her foot had also started softly tapping the floor. All of these were clear signs of hesitation, anxiety and nervousness. Taehyung was telling the truth.

Now gaining more confidence, he spoke again, "I don't know what happened when you brought him here but I know for a fact y'all didn't fuck." Ara looked at him with squinted eyes and a frown. 

'Why is he so sure that we didn't have sex?' She thought.

On the other hand, Jungkook too was intrigued to know why. He knew he had been drugged too, because he didn't remember anything that happened in the past hour. But he was afraid that under the influence of the drugs he would have done something wrong, something capable of breaking Taehyung's trust and heart. He himself wasn't sure about what he had done or not. So he wanted to know why Taehyung was so confident.