"What's wrong, Tae?"

Taehyung looked up at the familiar voice and saw Jungkook sitting next to his legs. He blinked in shock as he stared at the smiling face of the person he was just thinking about.

"Jungkook?"

Jungkook's smiled brightened and Taehyung realized the older was actually there. He immediately tried to get up but Jungkook shook his head and put his hand on Taehyung's leg making him stop.

"Calm down. I'm not going anywhere."

Taehyung sighed in relief and nodded before laughing slightly.

"I guess I don't have to worry about losing your number now that you're here, huh?"

Jungkook chuckled at him as he laid down next to Taehyung making him blush.

"Jungkook what are you-"

He got cut off by the door opening revealing a confused nurse and the police officer from before.

"Um, who.. who were you talking to, Taehyung-ssi?"

The officer asked trying to sound as casual as he could. Taehyung looked to his side and saw Jungkook's eyes closed in blissful sleep making him smile uncontrollably. He turned back to the officer with the smile in place as he silently pointed at the sleeping guy next to him. The officer and nurse looked at each other and then at Taehyung before coming closer to make sure that there was someone there.

But they saw absolutely nothing. Not even a speck of dust for Taehyung to talk to. They looked at Taehyung who was smiling fondly at the empty spot next to him and then shared a concerned look before excusing themselves.

"I don't think he was attacked, sir. It seems like he must have hurt himself."

The nurse said as soon as they closed the door of Taehyung's room behind them and the officer nodded back.

"You're right. This 'Kookie', I'm guessing is either his lover or significant other who has either died or just dumped Taehyung-ssi."

The nurse agreed and walked off with the officer as they talked about shifting Taehyung to a different facility if his condition happened to worsen at any point.

Taehyung, on the other hand, had his gaze fixed on Jungkook's face that he missed so much last night. He kept tracing his finger on Jungkook's face who still had his eyes closed but when Taehyung's fingers reached his lips he bit it lightly, making Taehyung yelp in surprise.

"Yah! I thought you were sleeping."

Jungkook turned slightly and engulfed Taehyung in his embrace as he giggled.

"I was just pretending."

Taehyung giggled as well as he hugged Jungkook back. Jungkook pulled back a little as he spoke curiously.

"You like to pretend too, don't you?"

Taehyung raised his eye brows at him first but then looked away suddenly feeling embarrassed.

"I_I'm not sure what you're talking about."

Jungkook slowly sat up so his shoulders were on same level as Taehyung as he stared at the younger with a serious face now but his tone still remained soft and the smile in place.

"I'm talking about your favourite hobby, Tae."

Taehyung gulped as he looked down at his hands in his lap.

/How did he find out? Is he going to leave me again?/

"I'm not-"

Jungkook cut him off before he could make up anything.

"You said something else to me when you actually thought I was disgusting at one point. You even called me a piece of shit. What else was there? Oh yeah son of a bitch."

Taehyung's eyes went wide at the words coming out of Jungkook's mouth as he stole a glance at the older and saw him looking back at Taehyung with something similar to disappointment. Taehyung felt his eyes watering up as he recalled all those times that Jungkook just mentioned and tears dripped on his curled and bandaged hands as Jungkook kept talking.

"I almost forgot the most important one."

Jungkook chuckled without any feeling.

"Your nick name for me was the most unique one. Toy kook. Wasn't it?"

Taehyung squeezed his eyes tightly and pressed his lips in a thin line as he tried to keep himself silent but his shoulders had become stiff and pulled close to his body that it still gave him away.

Jungkook turned towards him and bent a little forward to see Taehyung's face. When he saw Taehyung in tears he straight up laughed in his face.

"Are you.. crying? The almighty Taehyung, is crying? What a day!"

Taehyung couldn't hold it in anymore and a few sniffs and sobs escaped his mouth as he mumbled his apologies.

"I'm sorry, Kookie. I shouldn't have said that to you."

/I don't know when did I tell him that but it was a mistake. I should have kept my mouth shut./

Jungkook chuckled again as he rested himself on his propped elbow on Taehyung's lap and stared up at the younger's tear stained face.

"What are you sorry for? You're the one crying, not me. I'm happy. Look. It's a good thing that I left you or else it would have been the other way around."

Taehyung sobbed with as much restraint as he could put on himself and opened his eyes to look at Jungkook but immediately turned his face away when he saw the shit eating grin on his face which made him want to cry even more.

"That was before I fell in love with you, Kookie. Please forgive me. I won't say anything like that to anyone again. I promise."

Jungkook only shook his head in response with the grin still in place.

"Nope. You even killed my wife and my child. Why should I forgive you?"

Taehyung whipped his head at the older in shock as he his mouth hung open at the accusation.

"I didn't kill her. It wasn't me, I swear."

Jungkook shrugged his shoulders casually at him.

"Yeah you did. You even thanked God for doing it for you. Didn't you?"

Taehyung felt ashamed again as he realized it was the truth and shut his mouth continuing with his weeping while mumbling apologies again.

After a moment of staring at Taehyung crying, Jungkook got up and smoothed his shirt as Taehyung saw him with teary eyes.

"Well, I'll see you later then. I have a lot to talk to you about, after all. Bye toyhyung."

Jungkook blew a kiss at Taehyung and left through the door. Taehyung never saw him open it and leave as he dropped his head in his hands and cried his heart out.

"I'm so...ory. *hiccup* I'm sorr..y. I'm so *hiccup* sorry ko..okie. *hiccup*"

/Told you karma's a bitch.
Please, not you too.
I said it first. What do you mean 'too'?
Please, leave me alone.
No way. I want to watch it all again.
No no no./

Taehyung shook his head as he covered his ears trying to stop the voice in his head from talking and the memories in his head from playing again but he couldn't. He kept saying 'stop it' but nothing worked and eventually he lost it throwing the things on his side table down and removing his drips from his arm.

"I SAID STOP IT."

He threw his pillow away and flipped the mattress over before kicking the bed frame with his bandaged feet which made him bleed again since he opened his recently dressed wounds.

"I SAID I'M SORRY. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?"

He yelled again as he breathed heavily with tears in his eyes and stared at the door waiting for Jungkook to come back. After a moment a nurse came rushing in and Taehyung lifted his head with a hopeful expression, expecting Jungkook but when he saw the same nurse with two male nurses, his eyes started to tear up again.

"Please send him back. Tell him I'll even drop to his feet until he forgives me. But please. Please bring him back."

Taehyung fell on his knees as he cried and held his thighs. The nurse thought he was calm now so she approached him carefully before whispering the other two to set the room right.

"What's his name?"

Taehyung sniffed as he looked up and saw the nurse coming close to him. He didn't care about the other two people in the room who were setting his room back in its previous state while keeping an eye on him. He only watched the woman as she stopped near him and when he didn't move at all she crouched down to his level and asked again.

"You have to tell me his name so that I can talk to him properly, Taehyung-ssi."

Taehyung sniffed again as he rubbed his eyes with his arm and looked at her.

"Kookie. No, Jungkook. Only I call him Kookie. You can't."

The nurse held her hands up and nodded.

"Okay okay. I'll call him Jungkook. Now why don't you get up on your bed and tell me everything you want me to say to him from you, hm?"

Taehyung stared in her eyes for a while but then nodded slowly wiping his face once again with his sleeve still sniffing.

"Okay."

Taehyung was settled in his bed once again and his drips were reconnected while he was distracted by the talk about Jungkook with the nurse. He didn't make much sense in his sentences but one thing was clear to the nurse from his words. Taehyung had never felt the pain of losing someone he loved and now that he did, he was unable to handle it.

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