삼십오 | CHAPTER 35.
just a few days more

"Who said I was talking about you?" Jeongguk lied causing the other to raise his brows as he was surprised.

"Oh I misunderstood― I am sorry." the brunette muttered under his breath looking down at his book but again focused at the other when he spoke.

"For God's sake, please don't say sorry, it annoys me now." Jeongguk let the stem of the rose fall on the ground while rested his head on the wall behind, a small sigh leaving his lips.

Time passed with the both boys reading a few lines before stealing glances at each other. Sometimes they did it at the same time making it very awkward, for both of them.

Only the lamp on the nightstand between their beds were on causing dim lights to reflect on their faces as they were facing each other with their eyes wide open. Sleep was non existent at this point.

"Look away." Jeongguk huffed and the other just pressed his lips in a thin line and rolled his eyes, "You, look away."

They both sighed and laid straight, deeply focussing on the ceiling up.

"Where I wanted to kiss you to sleep, hug you, cuddle with you― look at us, there is a whole fucking mile between us." Jeongguk couldn't just keep quiet anymore. His breath hitched and could feel the pain in his head increasing. He started to feel more cold than he was already feeling.

Taehyung could figure out that Jeongguk wasn't okay from his voice.

His voice was broke as if he was shivering.

"Are you okay?" Taehyung asked worried immediately sat up and turned on the lights.

The brunette walked to Jeongguk's bed and sat beside him who refused the other to be this close to him and pushed him lightly, "Keep a distance."

"Gguk, you are burning―" Taehyung panicked checking Jeongguk's temperature with his palm on his forehead and saw how Jeongguk was shivering.

"I'm fine." Jeongguk lied and turned to the other side back facing Taehyung who sighed, "Gguk, don't act like a child. You have fever―"

"It's you who is acting like a child, babe. It's not me." Taehyung decided to stay quiet instead of arguing as he didn't want Jeongguk to take stress at the moment but who was he kidding?

He was the reason Jeongguk was stressed.

"I swear to God, you are so annoying Kim Taehyung. Why did I ever fall in love with you?" Jeongguk asked when Taehyung forced him to sit up.

"I will check your fever. I have a thermometer―" Taehyung was cut off by Jeongguk who grabbed his hand and pushed him away, "No need to be caring. Just go and don't irritate me."

Taehyung didn't dare to say anything and just sat on the edge of his bed and stared at Jeongguk who covered his whole body with the blanket.

3: 54 am.

Taehyung still was awake and was checking up now and then on the sleeping boy in front. Good that Jeongguk's fever subsided and his temperature wasn't that high now.

Mentally keeping notes that he won't let Jeongguk attend classes tomorrow and also make him take the medicines, the brunette slowly walked to the other's bed and settled beside Jeongguk.

"Oh Gguk―" Taehyung slowly pulled the blanket a little lower so that he could see Jeongguk's face and started brushing his long, slender fingers along the other's smooth raven strands.

"I am so scared Jeongguk. What if you leave me too like Jimin did? I can't pull myself together again. I can't go through that pain again." Taehyung whispered caressing the other's cheeks and choked back on his tears.

Swallowing the big lump in his throat, the brunette Taehyung slowly ended up laying beside Jeongguk and covered them both in the blanket.

Wiping the tears that were rolling down his cheeks, Taehyung pulled Jeongguk close causing him to open his eyes for a moment but again, fatigue and weakness took over and he drifted off to his dreams again but made sure to drape his arms around the brunette.

The brunette was glad that Jeongguk didn't wake up. He doesn't want the other to know how much he is already attached to him.

Taehyung just didn't look away from Jeongguk's sleeping face that was looking red and puffy.

He cried.

"I know babe, I am very selfish. I am just thinking about myself. About me getting hurt. But it's you who is getting hurt. I am so sorry." Taehyung muttered under his breath and debated if he should just walk back to his bed or stay close to Jeongguk for a little longer.

"Just a few days more and our chapter will be over, Gguk."

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