Placing his palm upon his mouth, Jin tried his hardest to suppress the giggle that was threatening to jump out of his lips as he pressed himself more against Mr Kim's work desk.

"Hyung~", Little Taehyung called out, his voice stating the fact that even though he was tired, he was not going to give up anytime soon.

"I know you are here... right?"

Jin closed his eyes and shuddered out a silent laugh, hand firmly placed upon his own plump lips.

"Hyungie~~",The younger whined once again and the older could clearly imagine the adorable pout he had at that moment.

Jin bit down on his lips. Taehyung was evidently exhausted. He pondered if he should show up or not but before he could do anything, Taehyung declared,-

"Okay! Now you find me! Hmph...!"

And with that, Taehyung stomped out of the room.

Little Jin let out a breathy chuckle. He knows exactly where Taehyung hides all the time when he is unable to find the older.

Taehyung likes to turn the tables. So, whenever it becomes too difficult for him to find his hyung, he hides himself and lets Jin find him.

What makes it easy for Jin is the fact that,the younger always, and like always hides in Jin's room only!

This is why, when Jin tiptoed inside his room filled with stuffed toys and a huge pillow castle, he couldn't help but admit how naïve his Taehyungie is.

Crawling inside the pillow castle made by him and Taehyung, Jin giggled softly and called out the younger's name.

"Taehyungie..."

Silence came as a reply and Jin thought maybe the younger was really mad at him.

It was quite dark inside the pillow castle, so he couldn't really grasp the younger's presence. Blindly, he crawled a bit more, until his head collided with one of the large, soft pillows.

This time, Jin pouted a little.

"Taehyungie, where are you?!", he complained, his cheeks puffing up as he extended his left hand, trying to reach the younger.

"So you finally came...."

Jin flinched at the answer. Not exactly at the answer, but at the voice that uttered it.

It clearly wasn't his Taehyungie's soft, velvety voice.

It was a deep,rough and edgy voice that made Jin froze on his spot.

He knew this voice.

Maybe he would never be able to forget it.

Disgust filled his gut as he scuffled back, desperately trying to get out of the pile of pillows but unfortunately, he noticed that there was no way out of their precious castle.

It was too dark. Too suffocating.

"I knew you would come back, Seokjin. You had to come back to me..."

Jin whimpered. He tried to scream but his voice refused to come out of his throat.

The darkness swallowed him even more and he frantically scooted away from the source of the voice,even though he was not able to see anyone, anything.

"....Cut the act Seokjin! Both of us know very well that you need this chance....",the voice snarled at him.

Jin felt like he was going to get buried under the pile of pillows. He felt as if countless hands were preventing him from screaming for help.

Trembling with fear and utter disgust,he gasped for air and cried out a small plea.

"Tae~!"
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Jin's whole body jolted as his eyes became wide open.

"-here... I'm here..." ,he heard a deep, warm voice murmuring near him.

He blinked rapidly, trying to adjust to his surrounding.

There was a wide glass door infront of his eyes, covered with a light curtain. The sunlight was seeping through the cream coloured curtain, providing the room a warm, bright atmosphere.

Something soft touched his temple as his eyes trailed towards the wall beside the glass door.

On the pastel pink wall, there was a large, gorgeous picture of Taehyung, which was taken by Jin three years ago.

Jin stared at the picture. The wide, genuine smile on Taehyung's face was calming him from within.

Only then he realized that he was wrapped up by Taehyung's long arms and the younger was planting warm pecks on his temple and cheek, murmuring reassuring words against his ear.

He breathed out a "I'm fine..." as the violent pounding of his heart lessened into a normal rhythm. Gulping, he turned around and faced the younger who was frowning at him with worry and concern splayed all over his face.

"Angel, you were whimpering...!", Taehyung muttered while stroking Jin's arms with his fingers to soothe him.

"Just....", The older rubbed his forehead with the heal of his palm as he slowly tried to get up.

".....a bad dream."

Taehyung followed Jin's action and sat up on the bed.

"What dream?!", his brows joined together as he sat on his haunches infront of the older.

Jin avoided his gaze as much as he could.

"I... don't remember it clearly...", he mumbled, trying to free his limbs from the tangle of their fluffy blanket.

Taehyung grabbed him by his waist and softly pinned him on the surface of the bed before sitting on his hips.

Jin gasped out at the younger's sudden action, his doe eyes gazing up at him questioningly.

"Enough, hyung... You've been upset since coming back from the army, we all know that... But... something had happened that day when you met Mr Lee, am I right?"

Jin tried to wriggle out of Taehyung's grasp but the younger was having none of his efforts.

He toppled himself over Jin,tangling their legs together and pinning the older's hands on either sides of his head in the process.

"Something must have happened that day, I can sense that. It has been more than a week, hyung and you're still not ready to tell me what exactly made you postpone the project?"

Jin wetted his lips and looked away from the younger's face, his throat getting dry in anxiousness.

"I n-need to get up, Taehyungah.... Let go of me-", he answered curtly.

A wrong move.

It made Taehyung even more concerned and determined to know the truth.

"No way~ You're going to tell me everything today, otherwise I'm going to imprison you here for the whole day....", he chided stubbornly.

"Taehyungah...", he glared at the younger, only to be replied by a tap on his nose by Taehyung's own.

"Please hyungie ~ I always tell you everything. Then why don't you-"

"Don't you have anything to do today?!",Jin scoffed with the intention of not melting right away because of the younger's deep,whiny tone.

A rather big pout graced Taehyung's lips as he looked at Jin with shocked eyes.

Blinking a couple of times, the younger shook his head.

"You are getting a holiday? Or are you thinking of cancelling your schedule? And......what exactly for?!", Jin's lowered, gruff voice made Taehyung still in his place.

"Hyungie.... Actually-", Taehyung tried to explain something to the older but his beeping phone interrupted him.

He groaned. Ignoring the ringtone completely, he smiled meekly at Jin as he murmured a soft "Mianhae" but before he could say something else, Jin jabbed Taehyung's ribs with his fingers gently.

"Get off!", he said sternly and though he didn't want to be that rude, his voice sounded unfamiliar and rough to Taehyung.

So he reluctantly did what he was told to do and looked at his hyung while sulking.

Getting up from the bed, Jin said in a calm yet strict tone,-

"You know I don't like it when you handle your profession irresponsibly because of me. You should understand Taehyungah,it bothers me!"

"But hyung its-"

"Enough.", the older gestured Taehyung to stop.

"I'm doing whatever you want me to do, ain't I? You've asked me to take the medicines and I'm doing that, right? What else do you want?!", he raised his voice without even realizing it.

"Angel listen-", Taehyung's hurt plea landed on deaf ear when the older scowled at him.

"And if you think that giving me nicknames would do any favor to you, then you're absolutely wrong Kim Taehyung."

Taehyung's phone went off once again, breaking the briefest of brief silences between them.

"Take that and get ready. I'm making breakfast...", Jin announced and took long strides towards the door.

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The next couple of hours went by peacefully as Taehyung took a quick shower, got ready for his work and went to the living room to feed Yeontan.

They ate in complete silence as Jin served the breakfast, occasionally stealing short glances at each other.

As Jin was just about to do the dishes,he felt a lingering gaze on his back and turned around to find Taehyung looking at him like a kicked out puppy while fidgeting with his sling bag.

Jin sighed, frustrated.

"Listen Taehyungah!", he sighed once again and took a deep breath to steady himself.

"You need to understand this... I don't want to be the reason of your downfall, got it? I am not ready to take that blame."

If Taehyung was hurt before, he couldn't understand how he was feeling at that moment when his hyung said those words to him.

"Nobody would blame you, hyung...",he breathed out shakily.

Jin rubbed his own face and frowned a little as the answer stumbled out of his tongue.

"But I will, Taehyungah....I will blame myself if anything happens to you because of me."

He couldn't say how much he blames himself for his own failure. He couldn't confess how much disgusted he is with himself, how much he has started hating himself since the day he was treated so pettily.

"So please... Have some mercy on me and please stop thinking about me once in a while! It'll be a favor to me if you spend that time for your own benefit, alright?"

Taehyung clenched his jaws. Tearing his gaze from the older's, he strode towards him and gave him a soft kiss on his temple before turning around and rushing out of the apartment without even sparing him a single glance.

Exhaling a heavy breath, Jin thought what he did was right for his Taehyung. He shouldn't underestimate his work and Jin can understand that better than anyone else at this stage of his life.

Only if he knew that the reason behind Taehyung's little wish for a holiday was not a result of his idleness towards his career. He wanted a full day only for himself and the love of his life.

Taehyung wanted to spend the whole day with Jin without any interruption because it was his birthday and unfortunately Jin,for the first time in his life had forgotten about it.

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Exams are in 4 days......

But Taejin is more important 😌

Also HAPPY FESTA ARMY!!!
It's been 6 years! Woah! I feel so proud of my boys 😭💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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