Next day
Taehyung woke up from his 12-hour deep slumber. He squeezed his eyes shut and scrunched his face in discomfort when a sharp pain hits his head. The young CEO guided his hand towards his forehead, feeling a rough sensation of some kind of fabric under his sensitive fingertips.
He furrowed his eyes in confusion but it didn't last long when he started to remember the incidents from last night. Taehyung sighed and raised his sore body from the mattress. He sat there on the bed casually. Bending his knees a little and placing both of his forearms over his knees as he stares outside the balcony.
After a few minutes, the door of the bedroom ajar opens, walking in Jungkook with breakfast in his hands. "Good morning," The blonde head gritted with a straight face as he walks towards the nightstand and placed the tray of breakfast over there. "How are you feeling?" He asked after turning his head towards Taehyung.
"If I exclude the sore muscles and an ugly headache, then I'm feeling pretty fine," Taehyung replied. The younger one from the two rolled his eyes.
"Of course, you didn't take any medicines yesterday. You were sleeping like a dead." Jungkook said while shaking his head with a sigh.
"Yeah, I remember sleeping last evening and just woke up— what's the time?" He asked while looking for a watch.
"It's 7 in the morning." The blonde replied.
"Shoot!" Taehyung suddenly let out with wide eyes.
Jungkook looked at him weirdly, "what?"
"Jimin," Taehyung replied with visible anxiety lacing through his face.
"Jimin what?" Jungkook asked again.
"Jimin knows I was in the police station. What if he visit the police station and didn't find me? Did he call you? Does he know you bailed me?" Jungkook rolled his eyes and turned around to walk towards his closet. Not interested in the older's continues blabber and unstoppable questions.
"Isn't it kinda weird for him to know that you bailed me? Because we just met and—"
"—and already fucked." Jungkook finished the sentence for Taehyung even though the older wasn't really going to say it.
Taehyung pursed his lips and gulped. "Y-Yeah, that too but Jimin doesn't know that." Taehyung trailed off. A prominent blush spreads over his cheeks as he looks down at his lap.
"I don't know. Why don't you ask your husband what he knows." Jungkook said with a shrug. His back facing Taehyung as he was deciding which blazer should he wear today. He was already dressed up in his slacks and plain white shirt.
"So he really didn't call you?" Taehyung asked in a small voice.
"No," Jungkook replied instantly.
"Does that mean. . . he didn't visit me?" Taehyung mumbled to himself while looking down at his lap with confused eyes.
Jungkook let out a heavy sigh that caused his shoulders to move upwards and then back to their previous place again. "Again, I don't know. Go and ask him." The blonde head said in a slightly rude tone as he finally choose a blazer for him and took it out from the hanger. He ended up choosing a plain black blazer to go well with his slacks.
"But I don't want to," Taehyung whined out as he slumped his body over the mattress again. "Too tired," He breathed out.
Jungkook looks over his shoulder and he was kinda surprised to see how the older was acting like a child who doesn't want to go to school. He cleared his throat and shrugged on the blazer over his shoulder.
"As much as I enjoy you watching being all cute and shit, you need to move your ass before your husband finds out you're here," Jungkook said, surprisingly in a slightly awkward tone as he sprayed some perfume over his body.
Taehyung blushed again at the statement and slowly raised his body. He looks at Jungkook through the full mirror that he's standing in front of and the other lad also looks back at him through the mirror.
"Thank you for taking care of me," Taehyung thanked the younger man, genuinely feeling grateful for what the younger has done for him yesterday.
Jungkook puts the perfume down over the dresser table and turns around. He looks at Taehyung with a blank stare, "At the rate you're living your life, if no one takes care of you, you're expiring from the earth soon." He said in a sarcastic way while still maintaining his straight face.
Taehyung let out an airy chuckle, his upper cheeks puffing out like apples as his lips form into a box shape. Jungkook felt a weird tingling sensation inside his stomach and his heart abnormally beating in his chest, almost suffocating him as he watched the older chuckle ever so attractively.
He looks even more breath-taking when he smiles.
Jungkook bites down on his lower lip hard because he can feel his lips wanting to tilt upward against his will. Scared he'll accidentally break into a smile in front of the older, he looks away immediately and lets out an annoying sound. "Move, you asshole. I need to leave for work too." He let out in annoyance and threw a towel towards Taehyung without looking at him who dodged it, now chuckling rather loudly.
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"Hey, Jack. How you doing?" Jungkook gritted his assistant who was waiting for him in the hallway with some files in his hands.
"What doing? It wasn't really convenient for you to leave me yesterday here in such a complicated situation like this, Mr. Jeon. Do you know how hard it was for me to handle everything for you and to delay the date of the case?" Jack, also known as Jackson Wang and Jungkook's assistant, whined out his grievances as a heavy frown masked his feature.
"Wow, so I still have the case?" Jungkook let out in shock. But the shock was more like sarcasm than relief. Like he didn't care if he actually loses the case from his hand. "You did a good job, Jackie. I should raise your salary." Jungkook said with a charming smile as he takes the files from Jackson while still walking.
Jackson widened his eyes after hearing what the attorney said, "Really?! Uhm, thanks, Mr. Jeon." He thanked the blonde head while slightly bowing though Jungkook can't see him because he is following the blonde head from behind.
"Of course, You deserve it. Now tell me, after my disappearance, did Mr. Kim Jimin try to look for me?" Jungkook asked while reading something from the file. Thick brows furrowed and focused on the white sheet.
"Uh, I really didn't stumble into him after you were gone. But I heard from his assistant that right after his meeting, he rushed out to look for his husband and didn't come back since." Jackson informed the attorney who raised an eyebrow at hearing the information.
Jungkook halted on his spot and raised his head from the file. "My my, since when did he start to show care for his husband?" Jungkook mumbled to himself, eyes thickly knitted together as he think of some possibility. He turns his head to his right and looks at Jackson who was staring back at him weirdly.
"You're like a real gossip queen. Good for me. Keep collecting gossip like this and update me." Jungkook said to his assistant who cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"I-it's not like that. I was just—"
"When's the next date of the case that I left?" Jungkook asked, cutting his assistant off through his mid-sentence.
"It's tomorrow," Jackson replied dumbly.
At the same time, Jungkook's phone made a ding sound, indicating he got a new message. He fished out his phone and unlocked it, raising his one brow after seeing what the message was about.
He smirked and shook his head. "Kim, you bastard."
Taehyung:
Kim Taehyung xxx-xxx-xx just transferred 20 million won to your bank account. Click the link to view more.
Seen, just now.
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Taehyung was working in his office. After having breakfast, taking his medicines, taking a heavenly shower, and then changing the bandage, Jungkook dropped him off at his place where he changed into new clothes to attend the office.
Taehyung was currently in his office cabin and doing some work on his laptop. People of course asked him about his forehead but he just brushed them off and locked himself into his office. Drowning himself into work to get his mind off of everything that is going on around him.
Suddenly the door of his office slammed open, revealing Jimin. Taehyung was shocked to see Jimin here but it's not like he wasn't expecting the older to show up.
"Jimin," Taehyung trailed off as he slowly stands up from his sitting position. But what surprised Taehyung the most was seeing the visible worry in Jimin's face.
"So it was true," Jimin breathed out as he stared at Taehyung face in concern. The older dashed forward and cupped Taehyung's face, taking the said guy aback by shock.
What's wrong with Jimin?
"Are you an idiot?! How did it happen? Are- are you okay?" Jimin let out as his worried eyes scans Taehyung's face carefully. Taehyung didn't say anything, he just looks down at Jimin in shock. Shock to see the concern the older was radiating for him.
"God, Taehyung. Are you looking yourself to get killed?" The older was kept babbling out words of concern for his husband. Sometimes checking Taehyung's whole body to see if he was injured somewhere else.
"I'm okay. Don't worry. It was just a minor accident." Taehyung babbled out like a robot. His mouth was sure moving but his whole body was frozen on his spot from too shock and confusion. He just stared down at his husband in awe.
It's like he's again seeing the Jimin when they were just friends and not married.
"Just a minor accident? Really? It could've been a mild accident if you weren't lucky." Jimin scolded his husband and let out a puff of heavy sigh. He placed his hands over his hips and then looks up at Taehyung.
"Right, where were you last night? I went to the police station and they told me someone has already bailed you?" Jimin asked and Taehyung finally came out of his bubble of shock and confusion.
'Someone? That means Jimin doesn't know anything?' Taehyung thought to himself.
"Do you even have any idea how worried we were the whole night? When I found out someone bailed you already I tried to call you so many times but your phone was coming switched off. Then I went to mom's house (Taehyung's parent's house) and then look for you there too but you weren't there too. We almost filed an FIR for your missing but the police said they can't write an FIR before 24 hours of someone's disappearance and we had to wait."
"Where were you?!" Jimin let out again, but this time a little loudly when he saw Taehyung was keep zoning out.
"Huh? I— I was at my brother's." Taehyung blurted out after fumbling inside his head to look for some good excuses.
"Namjoon?" Jimin asked in confusion. A slight hint of shock also presents on his face.
"No, the other one," Taehyung replied instantly and passed by Jimin to walk towards the long couch situated in the corner of his office and sat down there.
Jimin also turn around and followed his husband there. "You were at his place the whole time? But, last time I checked he doesn't like to invite people in his house." The silver head said as his brows knitted together in confusion.
"Yeah but I'm still his brother after all. Seeing me like this, he couldn't just leave me by myself. And he's also a doctor so he probably thought it's more convenient for me to stay at his place and he treated me too." Taehyung explained. He's pretty surprised by how perfectly he was lying this time even though he never practice these words or even planned to tell such a story.
He's just saying whatever made-up stories coming to his head.
"Understood. But he should've at least informed us." Jimin complains and sits down next to Taehyung on the sofa.
"You know him, he doesn't like to make a fuss. If he informed you or my parents that I was at his place y'all definitely show up there. But you yourself just said he doesn't like people coming over. So that probably was the reason why he didn't inform anyone." Taehyung babbled out whatever excuses were coming to his head. He was pretty impressed by himself how smoothly he was lying.
"But hey! I'm perfectly fine now and that's what all matters, right?" Taehyung asked to change the topic and slightly smiled down at Jimin. His face turned into a shock one again when he saw Jimin smiling back at him.
"Yeah, I'm glad you're fine," Jimin said and scooted closer to Taehyung until their shoulders were brushing against each other. Jimin held Taehyung's hands and looks up at him, watching how the older's expression didn't change even slightly. It remains confused and puzzled as before.
The silver head sighed and looks down at their intertwined hands. "I know what you're thinking, Tae." Taehyung's inside sparkled with joy when he heard Jimin calling him by his nickname after so long.
It felt surreal.
"I know you're thinking why I didn't show up at the police station earlier and I also regret it, I really do," Jimin said as he looks up at his husband with upsetness lacing through his orbs.
"I don't know what happened to me, Tae. I was never like this with you before, you know that. But I seriously don't know what happened to me. Why am I acting like a bad guy? Why I'm acting like I don't care about you? It's not me, you know that, right?" Jimin asked as he stared up at Taehyung with agony and pure confusion.
He looks lost and mistaken.
"I seriously don't want to treat you like that, Tae. You were my best friend. Someone who I never imagined living a second without. Someone who I cared for. Spend years together, happily. Shared food, bed, even clothes. But the situation just made me—" Jimin halted on his sentence when he realized he almost exposed something he definitely shouldn't have.
At least, Not yet.
Taehyung frowned and squeezed Jimin's hand subconsciously. "What situation?" The latter asked.
Jimin sighed and shook his head with an awkward smile. "Nothing. I just—" he paused taking a deep breath. "Just don't hate me, Tae." The silver head said, almost begging.
Taehyung turns his body towards Jimin completely and places one of his hands over his cheek. "I never hated you, baby. Even though I tried to. But I love you too much to hate you." The younger ones among the two adults said. The pad of his thumb caressed Jimin's cheek.
Jimin looked up at Taehyung and showed him a tight smile. Taehyung felt hurt when Jimin didn't reply to his confession but he was happy too because Jimin was talking to him normally. Which is rare because the smaller male didn't talk to him like this since their marriage.
He was feeling too happy and giddy inside.
But then his smile dropped when he remembered something. He really doesn't want to ruin the moment right now by asking something like this but curiosity got the best of him.
"Jimin," Taehyung called, the said male hummed in return.
"Do you—" Taehyung gulped, suddenly feeling nervous. "Do you want a divorce?" He finally blurted out.
Jimin snapped his head up and looks at Taehyung with wide eyes. "W-What?" He stuttered out, too deep in shock.
Taehyung sighed and gripped Jimin's hands tightly. "Jimin, you know it very well that the way you're talking to me right now is really rare. So I was wondering if you ever thought of giving a divorce." The CEO asked, feeling rather nervous inside right now because he doesn't know what Jimin's answer could be.
He just wishes it's not something that will break him completely.
Jimin fished his mouth open and shut for a few times before biting down in his bottom lip and squeezing Taehyung's hands back.
Silence erupted the whole room. Jimin looking down at his lap while squeezing Taehyung's hands as his life depends on it. On the other hand, Taehyung was growing anxious as the second passed by.
"I never wanted a divorce from you, Tae." Taehyung snapped his head up with wide eyes. He was genuinely surprised by the answer because the whole time he thought Jimin always wanted to get separated from him but he was the selfish one who never wanted a divorce.
"W-What? Really?" Taehyung stuttered out. His tone came out in surprise. Eyes wide and lips tilting upward in a big smile. Jimin smiled back too and cupped Taehyung's face again.
"Yeah, Tae. I'm serious." The smaller male replied.
Taehyung felt like he was on cloud 9. What the fuck is happening? First, Jimin was behaving nicely with him, and now? Now, he also doesn't want a divorce? All the things felt too surreal for Taehyung to believe.
But, if Jimin really doesn't want a divorce from him then why did he treat him like that? Taehyung really wants to ask that right now.
"But then why—" Taehyung was cut off through his mid-sentence before even he could ask the question when something unexpected happened.
Taehyung widened his eyes, his heartbeat started to pick up its pace and his whole body was literally shuddering when he felt Jimin's soft and plumpy lips placed over his own.
Taehyung can't believe that Jimin, his own husband was kissing him. It's so weird when he puts it up like that but it was really a shock for him that his husband was kissing. After literally a year later.
Taehyung couldn't help himself, not after when he got to experience the softness and warmth of his husband's lips again. So he did what he felt like doing worthwhile right now. Without a worry in the world, he kissed back.
Taehyung placed his hands over Jimin's waist and pulls him closer until their clothed chest colids with each other. He closed his eyes and tilted his head to deepen the kiss. Jimin also reach forward and wrapped his hands around Taehyung's neck. Kissing him back passionately.
While they were busy devouring each other's warmth and presence, they didn't realize the door of Taehyung's cabin opening but before the person could step in, they halted on their spot and widen their eyes at witnessing the scene in front of them.
The person tightens their grip around the doorknob. Body heating up with rage and jaw clenching so tightly that the veins of their neck were popping up one by one.
The person couldn't stand the scene in front of them so they slowly closed the door shut but didn't move from there. Hands still gripping the doorknob tightly like they would be satisfied if the metal material breaks into pieces right now. But it's not possible.
"Fuck," The person breathed out in anger and slowly stepped back from the door. They stared down at the floor in silence with their hands formed into two tight fists for a few minutes straight before a slow and very dark chuckle started to resonate from that person, causing their shoulder to shake slightly.
"Bad boy, Kim. First, you made me feel the way I never wanted to feel, now you're again making me feel the way I never wanted to feel again. But now it's the other way around and more dangerous." The person gritted out the last words. Anger is visible through their tone of voice.
"Guess you're really asking for it, Kim? You're asking for me to show you my bad side." Jungkook said to himself as he stared at the closed door with red eyes and a mischievous smirk spreading over his lips slowly.