14| hug

the loud pang of the gun echoed through the whole room, resonating even through the halls, but no one was there to hear it. except for jeongguk and taehyung and the probably dead male behind the smaller boy.

as the loud sound reached taehyung's ears, a small shriek left his lips, he closed his eyes, cupped his ears with his hands. he felt the weight on him from the disgusting male was gone, his hold loose, the knife fallen to the ground.

when jeongguk was sure that choi was dead, he put the gun back into his belt, before walking towards taehyung. "princess." he called out, frowning when the trembling male didn't move. while rolling his eyes, he reached his hand out towards the male, but the moment taehyung felt a slight touch on his arm, he flinched away.

"d-don't touch me!" he said, hiding his face.

jeongguk raised an eyebrow. "c'mon we need to go." the mafia leader took a hold of the blond's wrist, who immediately pulled away again, a small whimper leaving his pink lips.

"y-you'll h-hurt me. e-everyone hurts me." the male spoke, leaving jeongguk to frown. "c'mon princess, we need to leave before anyone sees us." jeongguk said, a sharp undertone evident, making taehyung flinch once more.

"g-go! y-you will hurt me!" jeongguk raised an eyebrow and poked his cheek with his tongue.

"i won't hurt you"
"l-leave me."

with a deep sigh, the ravenette crouched down, doing the exact opposite thing of leaving taehyung. he placed his hands on the smaller's cheeks, forcing him to face him. taehyung tried to move away, shaking more, but jeongguk held him on place.

"hey, hey calm down, look at me." he whispered, but taehyung still hectically tried to wriggle out of his hold, whimpers leaving his lips, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"taehyung, please, it's me jeongguk." taehyung hears the words, yet in front of him was still the disgusting man— choi minho. not jeongguk, not anyone else.

the ravenette was persistent though and slowly wiped some tears that were rolling down the blond's cheeks away.

that was when taehyung felt it— the difference. choi had wiped his tears too, his hands were rough and felt disgusting on his skin. the ones who just wiped his tears away were soft, the touch barely there, but taehyung could feel it lingering on his warm skin.

his breathing evened a little, his chest heaving up and down slower. "do you recognize me?" jeongguk asked quietly and taehyung finally opened his eyes and stared into jeongguk's. it were barely ten seconds, but it felt like an eternity that their eyes were locked.

jeongguk searched for something in the blond's eyes that assured him; yes he recognizes him, but the next thing happened too unexpected for jeongguk to follow, taking him off guard for
a moment.

because taehyung was hugging him.

"j-jeon." taehyung cried quietly into jeongguk's neck and the older was still looking bewilderedly at nothing in particular.

he didn't know what to do, it's been ages since someone hugged him and if they did, they wouldn't be here anymore. what is so different about taehyung?

why doesn't he want to push the blond away, like he did to everyone else. in fact he enjoyed taehyung's touch and also liked that his body was so close to his. jeongguk likes taehyung's presence. he likes feeling the male and having him near.

so he hugged him back. "it's okay, princess, you're fine." he whispered quietly, his breathing hitching when taehyung tightened his hold.

"put your coat on, we need to leave? i bring you back to yoongi." jeongguk said and taehyung nodded, slowly letting go of jeongguk and the blond almost whimpered because he didn't want to let go.

was it because jeongguk made him feel secured? safe? warm?

taehyung shook his head. even if jeongguk had hold him, reassured him he was fine just now— he can't forget that the black clothed male is the reason he is here in first place. his kidnapper to say the least.

"princess?" jeongguk asked when the blond didn't move and taehyung looked up, finding jeongguk holding the coat for him. he quickly looked away, just took the coat and put it on.

"thank you." he said and got up, but stumbled a little as his legs seem to give up. jeongguk was quick to steady him. "are you alright?" he asked, one hand around taehyung's waist, the other holding his shoulder.

taehyung looked at jeongguk with no emotion, pushed his hands away. "i'm fine." he said monotonously. his eyes fell on choi's lifeless body and he shuddered lightly, quickly averting his gaze somewhere else. "can we leave, please?"

jeongguk nodded, confused by taehyung's sudden behavior. he thought when taehyung hugged him... he wanted it. but who would want to hug his kidnapper? so what was jeongguk expecting when for one second he thought taehyung hugged him because he wanted it, not because he did it out of the situation. he needed something to hold on in the moment, jeongguk was there, so he was the one getting hold onto. no strings attached.

jeongguk turned to taehyung, an angry frown plastering his face as he turned his ear bud on and contacted yoongi. "suga?"

"you fucking asshole! where is taehyung and how can you cut off the connection in a situation like that?!" the mafia boss wasn't faced by his hyung's words. he didn't even care.

"he is fine, choi's dead though and someone has to take care of the body."

"gosh, i would've killed you if something happened to tae."

jeongguk sighed. "sure you would. now bring someone here, we're getting out."

he turned his ear bud off and looked to taehyung who was hugging his own body, lost in thoughts.

"princess?"

"it's taehyung. just call me taehyung please." taehyung closed his eyes, gritting his teeth. no, he doesn't want jeongguk to stop calling him that and he had slight hope jeongguk would say the same thing he said on the day they met.

"i don't care what your silly name is and i call you what i want, you hear me? you got to tell me nothing."

he wanted him to say that again, so he has an excuse to let him call him by that pet name.

but jeongguk just huffed this time. "fine. taehyung."

he didn't say anything else and walked out, taehyung opened his eyes, then trailed behind him. no words were exchanged.

"oh my god, tae, i was worried sick!" jimin ran to his best friend, hugging him tightly, when they all successfully returned from their mission.

taehyung hugged back with a smile. "i'm fine."

"dude, you fucking scared us." hoseok chuckled and taehyung smiled sheepishly.

"i'm glad you are back taehyung." jin patted his hair.

"i won't let you take him to anymore missions with you." jimin said, holding his finger up in front of jeongguk's, squinting his eyes at the latter.

taehyung looked to jeongguk, finding the man already looking at him, so he quickly looked away, cursing at himself for blushing.

jeongguk didn't look away though, eyes glued to the blond. "no one is gonna touch him. ever again."

taehyung felt his whole body bath in warmth by these words. he was expecting a "it's his own fault" or at least a "i won't take him with me, he's only a burden" — but never... this. but never had anyone of them thought that jeongguk will say something like that to someone he barely knows.

never had anyone of them ever expected jeongguk to sound possessive over a person.

everyone looked to taehyung then, who just looked down. he was feeling uncomfortable, felt like wanting to disappear in the exact moment.

"okayy, this is awkward, i'll order pizza for us." hoseok interrupted the tension. "yeah, i'll come with you." namjoon said, running after him.

"and we need to talk." jimin and jin said in the exact moment to taehyung. taehyung looked up, to them with a sheepish smile, before jimin took his hand and dragged taehyung with him. jin looked to jeongguk, shook his head and went after the small boys.

"jeongguk." yoongi ripped the mafia boss out of his thoughts. "we need to talk too."

"did choi touch you?" jimin asked taehyung, who just nodded. they're in taehyung's room, wearing comfortable clothes and sitting on the bed. "gosh i'm glad he doesn't get to set a step on this planet anymore." he scoffed.

"jeon was there before he could do something serious." taehyung shrugged.

"you must be terrified." jin said quietly and taehyung lowered his head. "in that moment, yeah, but no. i'm already used to it. my fiancé—

"don't call that fucker that." jimin rolled his eyes and taehyung chuckled.

"he also always touched me and i'm used to it by now."

"i'm sorry taehyung, this won't happen again." jin said and jimin smirked. "yeah because our heartless jeonggukie has become possessive over you." he nudged taehyung's shoulder and jin grinned by the blond's red cheeks.

"what is it tae? what happened?" seokjin continued to mock. the blond tried to keep a stern face. "nothing happened, he just shoot him before he could undress me."

jimin rolled on his tummy, head resting on his hands. "aaaand then?"

taehyung remembered the hug. it was a simple hug, but he felt so much in it. "nothing happened then."

"you seemed to be thinking about something though." jin lay his head on jimin's back. taehyung sighed. "i hugged him. but it was out of the situation."

jimin and seokjin's eyes widened. "WHAT?!" they quickly sat up. "yeah, but it was just a hug, nothing special—

"did he hug you back?" jimin asked impatiently. "i— euhm yes." and it felt good.

"he hugged you back?!" seokjin asked bewilderedly. "that's what i said." taehyung rolled his eyes. "it's just a hug, calm down and it was out of the situation."

"just a hug? it. was. jeongguk. he threatens everyone who even dares to glance at him, he doesn't let anyone touch, speak, hug him. not even jin and he's his brother." jimin said, shaking taehyung's shoulder's.

taehyung looked at jimin annoyed, before pushing his tiny hands away. "hyung, i was in shock and clung onto jeon and he just held me— nothing more."

jin and jimin switched looks and rolled their eyes. "fine, okay, nothing happened." jimin mimicked and taehyung pinched his arm, which led to him screeching out a loud "ow".

jin eyed taehyung though now with an unreadable look, as he thought of something.

jeongguk hates skin ship, yet he had let taehyung hug him and even hugged him back. he doesn't let anyone enter the room with the piano, yet when he found taehyung there, he didn't do anything to make him leave, instead stayed himself. jeongguk hates everyone, never cares for someone, yet taehyung succeeded at making him care about him within a few weeks. jeongguk cares about taehyung.

he cares about...

taehyung.

"oh my god. tae, what have you gotten yourself into?"

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