taehyung awoke to a pleasant surprise — park jimin, alive and well in a wheelchair right beside his bed.

"j-jiminie!" taehyung shouted happily, sitting up quickly and throwing his arms around his best friend who he hasn't seen for the longest time. "you made it!" he cheered with tears prickling at the back of his eyelids.

"of course i did, tae," jimin chuckled, returning the hug right away. "i had people waiting for me back here. you knew i was always a fighter, right?" he asked, to which the younger nodded without hesitation. taehyung never doubted jimin's chances of waking up, never believing for a second that he would succumb to the darkness.

a loud cough from the other side of the room brought the two males out of reunion bubble. taehyung tore his gaze away from his friend and looked towards the direction of the sound, tensing when he sees a green-haired doctor leaning against the wall, wearing a bored expression. "hello, i'm here too," the unfamiliar man declared bitterly, erupting a giggle from jimin.

"ah, that's the doctor who has been in charge of me when i was in the coma," jimin explained. "he's also my, uh, how should i say this—"

"i'm his boyfriend. full name's min yoongi," the doctor interrupted smugly as taehyung was rendered speechless and simply gawked at him.

"your b-boyfriend?" the lavender-haired boy could only utter, completely taken aback. "what the hell? since when?"

"yeah," jimin mumbled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "we met last year but only got together a few months ago. remember when i texted you about how i was bleeding outside, in the middle of the night? that was when i met him."

"and you never told me you guys started dating?" taehyung frowned.

"i wanted to! trust me, i was going to, but i just could never find the right time," jimin protested. "besides, aren't you also not telling me something?"

taehyung stiffened and glanced away instantly. "w-what do you mean?"

"oh, you know," jimin trailed off with an innocent facade whilst yoongi smirked knowingly, already seeing where this is going. "your boyfriend, jeon jungkook? oh hey, speaking of the devil," he trailed off as the door was then pushed open, revealing jungkook himself with multiple bags in his hands.

"took you long enough just to get food, kid," yoongi complained, walking towards jungkook to help with the bags.

"the elevator took fucking forever to arrive, okay?" jungkook retorted with a roll of his eyes before he noticed the furiously blushing taehyung next to a widely grinning jimin and rose a brow. "what happened here?"

"you're not one bit surprised or relieved to see me not in a comatose anymore?" jimin questioned the younger, momentarily directing his attention over from taehyung to jungkook.

"well, not really," jungkook spoke. "mr. min over there basically preached about how he believes that you'll live and all that cheesy stuff so i had to put blind faith in you, that's it," he replied nonchalantly, earning a small gasp from jimin and a groan from yoongi.

"aw, yoongi-hyung, you really did that?" jimin cooed, hastily rolling his wheelchair over to where yoongi stood so he could backhug him and chant i love you, hyungie over and over.

while the two had their moment, jungkook took the chance to approach taehyung, who was no longer as red-faced as earlier. "how are you feeling?" he said, sitting down on the mattress and gliding his fingers gently over taehyung's cheeks, smiling as taehyung immediately sank into his touch.

"the best," taehyung responded genuinely. jungkook removed his hand from taehyung's face and instead sneaked his arm around the older's waist to bring their bodies closer together.

"that's good." the ravenette let out a satisfied sigh as taehyung snuggled into his side.

"when did you find out about jimin's relationship?" taehyung decided to ask.

"a couple of days ago," jungkook answered, his free hand weaving into silky strands of purple. "i mindlessly went into jimin-hyung's room and saw yoongi-hyung there and he told me he was jimin-hyung's boyfriend."

"i see." taehyung was secretly gleeful from the way jungkook addresses jimin with formalities now, somewhat glad that the kidnap incident managed to bring jimin and jungkook close.

as jimin and yoongi offered to prepare the food, taehyung and jungkook silently relaxed in each other's embrace, content with the way things have been going.

"hey, tae?" jungkook spoke up after quite a long stretch of time. taehyung hummed affirmatively. "i love you. i know it might be too early to say that but fuck it, i just really wanted you to know."

taehyung remained silent for the next few seconds until jungkook began to get worried.

"y-you can't just say something like that out of nowhere!" taehyung bashfully said.

"i felt like saying it," jungkook claimed with a shrug, teasing the other male with a playful smile. "can i not tell my boyfriend that i love him?" he queried with a pout.

taehyung blushed profusely but flinched when accustomed negative thoughts started rushing through his brain. "i... jungkook, you shouldn't be saying that so casually. there are things you don't know about me yet, things that i am very ashamed of and i don't want to scare you away in the future when you do happen to find out about those things."

"kim taehyung," jungkook huffed, placing both of his hands on the shorter's tensed shoulders. "i love you. i'll say it however many times it's needed 'till you understand that what occurred in the past doesn't matter anymore, i'll still love you for who you are and nothing can ever make me leave you," he claimed, unaware of taehyung's chest swelling in fondness.

taehyung whined, slumping his shoulders in defeat and burying his face into jungkook's bicep. "i love you too," he grumbled into the fabric of his lover's shirt, the feeling of his face burning up returning.

jungkook affectionately beamed,  trailing two fingers down to taehyung's chin to gently lift his head away from jungkook's sleeve. "that's nice to hear, because now i know you won't mind if i do this," he cut himself off, leaving taehyung confused for a split second before he registered a pair of lips suddenly landing on his own.

taehyung made a strangled noise from the back of his throat at first, slowly melting into the kiss and kissing back softly afterward. his heart was beating out of his ribcage at this point and his head was throbbing like mad, yet, all he could focus on were jungkook's addicting lips.

it seemed like a perfect eternity until they both needed to part for air.

"do that again," taehyung panted out, his mind in a haze.

and as the younger's lips swiftly molded together with taehyung's for the second time, taehyung realized falling in love might not be as bad as he previously thought; especially with jungkook, the person who he's willing to open his heart for once again.

"oi, quit sucking face and come get the food!" yoongi exclaimed with jimin still clinging onto him.

taehyung laughed and pulled away from jungkook, about to get off the bed and skip over to where the food is situated at but suddenly got pulled back on to jungkook's lap. "i forgot to tell you something else," jungkook leaned down to whisper in taehyung's ear, sending shivers down the smaller boy's spine.

"y-yeah?"

"we never finished our romeo and juliet project," jungkook revealed, causing taehyung to freeze in horror. "and it's overdue."

end.