Taehyung hastily sat on the hospital bed as he heard the door to his room sliding open.
Loud voices welcomed him, immediately eliciting a soft smile from his lips.
"Hey, you good bro?" Hoseok stood next to his hospital bed while the rest of the boys surrounded him as well.
"Yeah." He scratched the back of his head, feeling sorry for leaving in the middle of the game.
He was rushed to the nearest hospital where his injury was immediately checked by the physician.
Coach Rain contacted his mother who hurriedly went to the hospital, looking like she's on the verge of breaking down after hearing the news that her son got hurt during the game.
Taehyung was given immediate treatment by the official medical staff of the soccer team but was advised to be taken to the hospital to have his injury checked properly.
The doctor had to put a cast on his left knee after finding out that he had fractured his patella.
"Bro, we were so worried about you during the whole game." Jin uttered, making Taehyung smile.
"But I heard you won, huh?" Taehyung grinned, trying to show that he's okay and everyone doesn't need to worry about him.
"Yeah. Jungkook's a monster on the field." Namjoon uttered, shaking his head at the memory.
Taehyung stopped, hearing the ravenette's name. He just doesn't show it but he's been wanting to ask where Jungkook was because he's not with the rest of the boys who came to visit him.
"I still can't believe how he scored three consecutive goals at the second half." Yoongi agreed, making everyone snicker.
"Damn, boy. I hate to admit it but without him, we might have lost the game." Jin muttered and everyone silently agreed.
"We should thank Taehyung." Jimin suddenly said, making everyone look his way.
Taehyung furrowed his brows as he looked at Jimin who went on the side of his bed, smiling at him knowingly.
"Stop it, Chim." Taehyung whispered low.
"He made us all motivated to get back on those fuckers and win." Jimin added, winking at the brunet who just rolled his eyes at him.
"Where's Jungkook, by the way?" Taehyung wasn't able to prevent himself from asking.
"He's talking with your mom outside." Hoseok informed which made Taehyung scream internally.
He thought Jungkook didn't come to visit him. It made him happy to know he actually cared for him.
"How long will it take before they remove your cast?" Jin asked.
Taehyung shrugged his shoulders. "For a month or less?" He answered, unsure. He sighed, thinking of the games he will miss.
"I won't be able to play for a while." Taehyung sadly uttered, but Hoseok was quick to uplift his mood.
"Don't worry, my friend. We're going to make sure we'll win all the future games for you." Hoseok grinned, making Taehyung shake his head and smile.
"You have to. Even though you'll be missing the ace of the team, you have to make sure you'll win." Taehyung poked his tongue out when he heard the boys groan.
"Ace my ass." Yoongi scoffed as the boys laughed out.
They were teasing and goofing around when the door opened, revealing Tessa with her usual warm smile and Jungkook following behind.
Taehyung felt his heart beat a thousand times when he finally saw the ravenette whose eyes were glued on him as well.
"Thank you for keeping an eye on my Taetae." Tessa smiled gratefully at the boys who quickly returned the warm smile.
"You must have been really scared, huh?" Jimin asked, walking his way near to her.
"My heart almost fell off my chest." Tessa answered.
Taehyung shakes his head. "Seriously, stop." He chuckled, darting his eyes on the ravenette who silently sat on the couch to his left.
The boys and his mom talked and joked for a long while, but Taehyung couldn't focus his attention to them.
He glanced at the ravenette, only to see him intensely look at him as well.
"It's good to know it's nothing serious." Jungkook uttered in a low voice, enough for Taehyung to hear.
He gulped, looking down on his clasped hands.
"Yeah. Thanks to the immediate treatment made by the physician." He whispered back.
Taehyung looked up when Jungkook stood from the couch, only to sit on the stool right beside his bed.
"You're too stubborn, Tae." Jungkook stared at him in the eye, making Taehyung gulp.
"If you just listened to me and didn't play regardless of your injury, this wouldn't have happened." Jungkook uttered in a serious tone that had Taehyung looking down.
He tried laughing off the feeling away. "I'm okay, really. It's just a fracture." He uttered, almost a whisper.
Taehyung glanced up, seeing Jungkook leaning a little towards him and whispered low.
"If you were mine, I would tie you up and keep you locked in your room if I have to, just to make sure you won't get the chance to play and hurt yourself." Jungkook gazed at him with too much intensity that made Taehyung breathe hard.
"If you were mine..." Jungkook repeated which made the butterflies in the brunet's stomach go wild.
Taehyung felt his palms go wet from sweat as he tried looking away. His eyes darted to the boys and his mother, noticing that they were all staring at the two of them.
He blinked, feeling his heart erratically beating off his chest, realizing that he totally forgot that there were other people in the room.
"Uh.." He gulped, not knowing what to say.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Namjoon suddenly uttered, breaking the silence.
"We still have to practice. Yeah. Let's go." He said in a rush, walking out of the room.
"Yes, God! Why did we forget about that?" Jimin stood, stretching his arms up.
"Do we? I thought coach said we're done for the day?" Hoseok asked in a confused tone.
"We do, Hoseok. We do." Jin dragged Hoseok out while the rest of the boys followed.
Hoseok turned to look at Tessa who's going out with them as well.
"Aunt too?" Hoseok asked which made Yoongi roll his eyes.
"Just move your ass, Hobi." Yoongi uttered as they went ahead.
Tessa laughed. "I'll be walking you out. Yeah.." She said, looking at the two people who were left inside the room before slowly closing the door behind.
An awkward silence filled the room as Taehyung tried to grasp what on earth just happened.
He doesn't know where to look, feeling Jungkook's presence even more now that they're alone.
The suffocating silence made Taehyung uneasy, so he tried breaking the ice.
"Don't you need to go with them for the practice?" Taehyung asked, snapping his head to Jungkook's direction.
His eyes widened when Jungkook suddenly met him with a kiss, his lips eagerly pressed on Taehyung's soft ones.
It was too sudden, and Taehyung didn't see it coming.
He felt his world spin when Jungkook's lips moved and molded against his own, making him lose strength as he closed his eyes, letting the ravenette take the lead.
He trembled when Jungkook cupped his face, deepening the kiss as Taehyung get drowned with all the emotions he's pouring in their connected lips.
It's full of desperation and need.
Full of unsaid feelings.
Taehyung responded with the same intensity, letting himself get carried away by the heated kiss.
Both of them were panting for air when they slowly pulled away, eyes held captive by the other in close proximity.
The silence filled the space between them as they stared at each other's eyes.
Taehyung couldn't comprehend the emotions he saw in the ravenette's eyes.
He just felt that it's too strong, and he's afraid.
He glanced down on his hand, breaking eye contact.
"I- What are we doing?" He asked in a low voice.
He heard Jungkook sigh as he slowly pulled away from him.
"Best friends shouldn't kiss." Taehyung uttered still not looking at the ravenette.
"And besides, you have a girlfriend, Jungkook." Taehyung added, though the words barely left his lips.
"Do you even know why -" Jungkook couldn't keep his frustration from showing as he tried to calm himself. "I can't do this, Tae." He said, making Taehyung look his way.
"I don't think I could stay by your side as your best friend."
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