I Object || Yoonkook

Four

Forty minutes after the food was delivered, and after Taehyung and Jungkook had gorged themselves to the cusp of a food coma, it became very clear that buying so much food may have been a bit overboard.

No matter. They still ate a fair amount themselves and somehow do end up making the containers fit into Jungkook's fridge.

Now everything is neatly stacked and easily accessible to take back out for Jungkook to offer to his guest when he awakes.

After the food is put away, Taehyung goes back to the living room, falling onto the couch with a bounce.

He's laying on his back with an arm thrown over his face, covering his eyes.

Jungkook follows behind shortly after, lifting his friends legs to lay them over his lap.

They are quiet after that, digesting their food as well as their day. It still doesn't seem quite real to either of them.

Like it was all some sort of strange dream.

But it did happen and these things, the consequences that will follow, cannot be ignored by either of them.

The air around them feels heavier the longer they sit in silence.

"I can hear you thinking," Jungkook says finally with a dry chuckle, casting his gaze to his friend.

After a few beats, Taehyung removes his arm from over his face and props himself up on his elbows to look at Jungkook directly.

He has his lips pressed into a frown and Jungkook can tell he's deciding not what to say but how to say it.

Organizing what he wants to say. What he's feeling.

"I have a plan... I've had it for a while," he begins. "Financially I'm not worried. That was the first thing I made sure to set up. I've got my own savings of money from investments I've made on my own. I can take care of myself. I know I can."

He furrows his brows, frowning for a moment before continuing. "The actual breaking-away-from-the-family part, that I don't think I really thought too deeply about. About what that actually meant..." he raises his eyes to meet Jungkook's. "I've been the only person besides you that I could count on to take care of me for as long as I can remember. But, it's still..." he trails off, casting his eyes away from Jungkook's again.

"Scary," Jungkook voices with a sympathetic smile.

Taehyung nods, looking back at Jungkook. "Yeah. Really fucking scary."

Jungkook knows Taehyung can do it. Can be independent and live on his own. So does Taehyung. But it's still uncharted territory.

It's only been a few years that Taehyung really started to seriously think about getting away from his parent's money.

It was when his marriage was set up that he got completely serious about it.

Despite it being intimidating to think about him being completely disconnected from his parents, Taehyung has already spent the better part of his life basically on his own.

He practically raised himself but that doesn't mean this new chapter of his life is going to be any easier.

Being ignored by your parents is different than cutting them entirely out of your life.