*Jungkook*

« We should get all cleaned up ». Tae was still lying in my arms, his head resting on my shoulder. After this physical exercise we were both rather sweaty and sticky. « I need to get you into clean pyjamas, love », I told Tae.

Right after we had both succumbed to the pleasure, Tae had stretched himself out on the bed. He had closed his eyes. His face was all flushed. I had pushed my fingers through his hair and kissed his temple but his eyes stayed closed. He must be exhausted. Making out must have drained all the energy from him.

Carefully, I had cuddled myself against him, letting him know that I was there for him if he needed me. Tae, who was always looking for skinship even in the warmest days of summer and even when feverish, had instantly slung one arm around me. His head came resting on top of my shoulder.

As I kept talking to him in a calm voice, he opened one eye lazily. « Ready for the shower? », I tried to ask him again. This time he nodded and a tiny smile formed on his lips. I leaned down and kissed his cheek. Noticing that Tae would not get up by himself, with one arm I took hold of his knees and with the other I grabbed his upper body. Tae's head was pressed against my chest. His eyes were closed again and he was mumbling something.

Luckily Tae was not that heavy and I was able to lift him up and carry him into the bathroom. A bath tub would have been nice now. I imagined the hot steamy water, the bubbles and the sweet smell of bourbon vanilla. How easy it would have been to wash Tae in a bathtub. And not just wash him... my mind was drifting off again.

I shook my head. I had to focus on the task at hand: showering Tae and getting him in his new pyjamas.

"Can you stand, love?", I asked. Tae was standing on his own feet now, leaning awkwardly on the sink. "Mmhm", he answered, his eyelids flittered a little. I was not convinced.

Afraid that he might lose hold and fall, I kept one arm slung around his waist while I kicked the door of the shower open and fumbled on the tap, trying to get the water to the right temperature.

When I had nearly steadied the water temperature somewhere between warm and steamy hot, Tae stumbled and his body crashed into mine. Protectively, I wrapped my arms around him as we both fell into the shower.

The hot water jet splashed right into my face. With Tae's body on top of mine, I tried to moved out of the jet and pushed my now soaking wet hair out of my face. Argh! I hated it when water ran over face and into my eyes. I blinked until I got all the water out of my eyes.

Tae was still on top off me, his limbs were rather limp. "You all right?". He did not respond. His fever must have gotten worse. How stupid of me to give in to his request. If we hadn't made out, he would not be in this state.

I was mad at myself. Not just mad. I was furious. I could have smashed something.

But what I had to do now was not smash something. Most of all I needed to calm down. I took in a deep breath, closed my eyes and counted to ten. 6...7...8...9... At 10, I let out the breath I had held in. Immediately I felt calmer.

Right! I had to get Tae into the shower, clean him up and get him dressed. Since we were already in the shower, The first part of it was easy. I pulled Tae from me and sat him down on the floor. I closed the shower door so that I would not splash water all over the bathroom, and, manually, I directed the water jet on Tae's body. It took me nearly ten minutes to get him all soaped up and rinsed. When I was done and as wet as Tae, I pulled him out of the shower and rubbed him dry with his super fluffy grey towel that he had received from Namjoon hyung for his birthday last year.

Clumsily, I dragged Tae back to the dorm, where I lay him on a clean big towel. I changed the sheets and pulled a fresh blanket over him. Then came the hardest part: the search for new pyjamas.

After having pulled through all of Tae's clothes, I could not find clean pyjamas. I sighed and grabbed the next best shorts and shirt I found. The shorts were orange and the shirt was yellow with a huge pikachu face printed on the front. I did not even know he had such colourful clothes in this wardrobe until that day... Well, they sure were not amazing, but they would have to do.

When Tae was all dressed again and I was sure that he was asleep, I swiftly showered and put on some new sweatpants and a shirt. Then I climbed back into bed. Lying down next to Tae, I studied his face.

He looked awful. Of course his face was as handsome as always but he was all pale and he shivered. He looked really sick. Carefully, I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed his ear.

The touch of my lips on his skin made his eyelids flitter. "Hyung", he muttered. "I feel horrible. Every...", he shivered then went on," Everything hurts". I moved closer to him, wrapping my arms around him. "I know. You are sick. Let's call the doctor. Shall we?", I asked in a sweet voice. "Yes. P...please, hyung".

I kissed his forehead. Then pulled out my phone and called the doctor. On the phone, he informed me that he was currently in the hospital but that his shift would soon be over and that he would come next to the dorm for a house visit.

Nearly an hour passed until there was a knock on the door. All this time, Tae had been asleep, his head smooched against my chest, arms slung around me. I did not let go off him. My fingers brushed over his hot and sweaty skin and my lips blew kisses on his face.

As Tae was lying next to me, looking so pale and fragile, I was afraid. For the first time in a long while I was confronted again with the idea that human lives were fragile and could snap in an instant. Tae could be pulled out of my life as fast as he had entered it. This thought hurt awfully but it was important to have these feelings. Because without any feelings we would only be machines. Cold hearted beings unable to love. In that moment I was sure that I loved Tae and that I wanted to spend every single moment with him until I breathed my last breath. There would be no one else but Tae. Now and always.

The sudden knock on the front door pulled me out of my thoughts. I kissed Tae on the lips, woke him up gently and told him that the doctor was there to check in on him. Then I went to open the door.

In the door frame stood Mister Park. The doctor was an old man in his fifties. He had short hair. It was all salt and pepper. But for his age he still had a lot of hair. His eyes were hidden behind glasses that made them look twice their size.

"Thank you for coming, Mister Park". I showed him to the dorm. Whenever someone was sick we called Mister Park. Jin hyung had been consulting him for the past 4 years and he seemed to be very qualified. I trusted him with Tae's life.

After a quick consultation, the doctor came to the same result as we had: Tae had caught some - not so mild - flue. He prescribed Tae the medication he needed and asked me to get them as quick as possible so that he could start the treatment already this evening. I promised him to go buy them straight away. As I showed Mister Park to the front door, I thanked him once more.

Right after he had left, I pulled over my coat, grabbed some money, kissed Tae and left for the next drugstore.

When I came back, relieved that they had had all of the medication in store, I ran into Jin hyung in the kitchen. "Oh, hi", I greeted him, out of breath from running. "Hi", he said, "Tae looks horrible. I just checked in on him and he is all livid". Jin shook his head in concern. "I called Mister Park earlier", I told him, showing him the bag from the drugstore and explained what the doctor had told me.

"So you got his medication?". I nodded. "It is weird though, he did not look as bad this morning. I mean he was already feverish but he was not THAT drained out", Jin continued. I did not dare to answer. Ashamed and angry at myself for giving in to Tae's delirious request, I kept fixing some "interesting" spot on the tip of my shoes.

"I know that look", Jin suddenly grinned at me amused. "You two finally had sex! ", he blurted out. Shook, I looked up at my hyung and wildly shook my head in denial. "No! We have not yet done it!", I added swiftly, feeling the heat rise in my cheeks. But Jin only rested his hand in his palm and looked at me, waiting for me to continue.

Knowing that Jin was in a relationship with Namjoon hyung, I was not too afraid to tell him. Maybe he would even be able to give me tips. Nevertheless, I did not tell him about the way Tae had acted last time we nearly had had sex in the shower. The thought of him backing away from me after I told him I loved him still hurt.

When I was done telling Jin about my first experience with a blowjob next to the Han River and the things we had been up to until earlier today, he just giggled. "Oh you know, Joon and I, we experienced the same situation last year. He was sick too and while the fever clouded his mind he acted all naughty. Finally, I gave in and we ended up calling good old Mister Park, just like you did", he chuckled again at the thought of it. " Namjoon is always so kinky when he is sick", he added.

"Kinky?", I asked. "Yeah, all kinky", Jin hyung answered. A smile formed on the corner of his mouth and I could have sworn that he slightly blushed. "By the way what are your guys' kinks?", he eyed me expectantly.

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I took some time to write this and there is no smut in there. Sorry please hang in with me >_< But it is important to get on with the story and we do want the boys to get in the new dorm fast, don't we?

Do you have any requests that I could eventually bring in in the next  chapters ?

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