After kissing Jin and saying goodnight before going to bed, Ae Ri said, "I am happy that you have returned home, Appa." and then placed a kiss on his cheek.

Jungkook looked on as Jin kissed and embraced her goodnight from the doorway.

When Ae Ri came over to him, he took her hands, walking with her to her bedroom, "did Appa come back home because I wanted him to?"

"Yeah, he did. Are you happy?"

"I'm glad because Appa and I have spent a lot of time having fun together at his other house. Now we can all have fun together with you and the dog. Will he still want to play with me?" Ae Ri asked as they approached her room.

He gave her a nod, "sure he will, but Appa isn't feeling well yet, so give him some time. He might not feel like having fun right now, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to have fun with you."

"Ohh, okay. But what's wrong. What's wrong with Appa?"

"You don't need to worry yourselves. It's only a stomach bug; he will be back to normal soon."

She nods her head as Jungkook picks her up, kissing her forehead and putting her to bed, tucking her in and reading to her one of her favorite stories until she falls asleep.

When he returned to his room, he saw Jin moving about the room with a towel wrapped around him.

"Everything okay?"

As Jin glanced at him and spoke, "I left some clothes in the closet, but they aren't there, and my other clothes are in the apartment until we have a chance to go get them. Are you aware of what happened to the clothes I left here?"

"I took them out and put them in our guestroom down the hall."

"What does that mean? Were you never expecting me to move back in? Or are you telling me I need to sleep in the guestroom?" Jin was staring back at Jungkook, hands-on-hips.

"I just moved your stuff; it's not like I did that today; it's been since you moved out. I'm going to sleep in the guest room; if you want me to put your clothes back here, I will." Jungkook sighed.

You can't let me sleep by myself. Are you serious, Jungkook? Look what I just went through, I need you by my side, I need to feel you," Jin moved towards Jungkook, tying his arms around him. "I need to touch you; I need you to touch me, I need the memories of him to be removed from my mind, please don't let me sleep alone, I can't be alone, not right now, please. I need you." Jin was looking up at Jungkook with tears in his eyes as Jungkook stared back at him.

Jungkook closed his eyes, taking another deep breath; he hugged Jin, "tonight, I will sleep in here."

"Thank you," Jin whispered in a sniffle but grew confused as Jungkook walked away. "Where are you going?" Jin asked nervously."

"To get your clothes, you need to get dressed. I assume you are going to work tomorrow?"

Jin glanced at his feet, "I must go, I have missed some important stuff, and I am facing an important meeting tomorrow-"

"Don't explain anything to me, and I will go get your clothes." Jungkook turned and walked out of the room, not entertaining Jin further about his work.

*******

Jin lay on his back in bed, eyes narrowed, tears running down his cheeks. He thought about the other people Namjoon may have attempted or done something as he did to him. He became afraid to think about it. What ifs plagued his mind, wondering what would have happened if Jungkook did not come to his rescue; he couldn't sleep wondering so many things.

He turned on his side to look at Jungkook, who was on the far right side of the bed, with his back turn towards him.

"Jungkook, are you sleeping?" The question did not elicit any response from Jungkook.

Scooting toward the side where Jungkook layed, he placed his arm over Jungkook's abdomen and rubbed his hand on his stomach, inching towards his member, but was stopped when Jungkook's hand came and stopped him.

"what are you doing?" Jin was startled by the annoyed tone Jungkook had used, so he turned and spoke to him.

"I need you," Jin says in a whisper, wiping away the tears running down his face.

Taking a deep breath, Jungkook sat upon Jin's bed, tapped the light switch beside the bed, and considered him. "I am not in the mood to be sexual with you. If you want me to sleep next to you while you sleep, I'll do that; if you want me to hug you while you sleep, I'll do that too. But I don't want to have sex."

"I know that we are going through some challenges in repairing our relationship, but is your attraction to me gone? Are you seeing someone else-"

"Oh my goodness, Seokjin, seriously, not this, not right now. I had done everything you had asked of me since before leaving the hospital, and I have brought you back home. I have allowed you to do whatever you wish. I am now sleeping right next to you-"

You said you didn't want to share the bed with me, you wanted to sleep in the guest room, and you only returned after I begged you. Even now, you deny me sex with you, Jungkook! You have never done that before! I know that our marriage is troubled, but we are working on it every day! I am pregnant with your child, so if you cheat on me, please be honest with me. Let me know whether my efforts in improving our marriage are for naught."

Jungkook shook his head in disbelief, "Seokjin, just because I do not want to have sex or I am not in the mood to have sex does not mean I am cheating and further, we have been separated, we are working on our marriage, yes, but we are not together."

"So you are cheating, wow, I knew it, I fucking knew it. All this time, I am here thinking we are going to get through this; therapy will help us, I have been working hard at being a better parent for Ae Ri, but here you are cheating on me. Cheating on us, I have never cheated on you Jungk-"

"I am not fucking cheating on you! Not wanting to have sex does not equate to you cheating me. You choose your fucking job over me every damn time. Have I once accused you of cheating because you chose work over your daughter or me?"

"That's not the same thing, and you know it! Not everything you have to bring my job into. I am not stupid, and never have you ever refused me for sex, irrespective of how mad we've been, and no matter what had occurred since when we started dating to the time, we have been married. You have always been attracted to me. Is it because I stopped exercising, has it to do with the fact that I am pregnant, or does it have to do with the fact that he touched me? What gives you the right to be turned off from me now?"

"You are being so ridiculously unreasonable right now; it's unreal," Jungkook told Jin as he sat up from the bed. "You are acting up with the idea I am cheating; it's difficult to avoid your absurdity," he said as he stood up, causing Jin to stand and walk around to him.

"I am not being ridiculous, and you know it-"

"It is ridiculous for you to be making such a statement; we should probably not even be discussing it right now; that is how unreasonable you are being. I do not desire to have sex with you, Seokjin, because I am not well, I am feeling sick, and this is not about you. I am not disgusted by or unattracted to you; rather, I am not well."

Jin's eyes scanned Jungkook, then turned to worry: "W-what are you saying? What is wrong?"

"A few months ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer," Jungkook sighed and sat on the bed.

Jin's eyes widened with alarm. "What?!"

Upon glancing down at his feet, Jungkook took a deep breath and replied, "I have been doing treatment, it is curable and not at a bad stage, they caught-"

Jin slapped Jungkook as he screamed, "a few months, how could you not tell me this?" his tears rolling down his face. "How can you do this to me?" he repeated, placing his hand on his chest.

Jungkook rubbed his jaw, stood up, and pulled Jin into a hug. "I'm sorry, it wasn't the right time with the separation to tell you."

He pulled out of Jungkook's arms and glared at him, but then softened his gaze as he began asking him questions, "I am your husband! I deserve to know, and we have Ae Ri. w-what if something happened to you? What stage is it, what treatment are you doing? What doctor are you seeing? How are you feeling? What can I do?"