11 TRUSTING 101

Jungkook watches Taehyung sleeping. The younger fell asleep after Jungkook placed some ice on his wounds and sang him a song.

As he kept staring, Jungkook can't stop thinking about Taehyung's current state. After what happened, he found out that the younger is very good at masking his true feelings. It made him wonder what the other really feels about him. Yes, it may be too early to even question it, but he couldn't help it when he's sure about his own feelings for Taeh.

To add, Jungkook's very worried about his safety. With him gone most of the time, what would happen if Eunwoo gives Taehyung a surprise visit. He started feeling helpless as he knew that he can't be at Taehyung's side all the time...not with his line of work. He thought about his other job option, but quickly dismissed it afterwards when he remembered who he would be working for if he decides to choose that route.

As he was deep in his thoughts, his phone rang. He exhaled loudly and stepped out of Taehyung's room to pick up the call.

J: What is it now?

??: Are you back?

J: Yes.

??: So, where are you? Shouldn't you be here at home?

J: I'm not going there.

??: Why not? Jungkook, we haven't seen each other for months!

J: So what? What didference does it make if I come home, huh?

??: You have responsibilites that you have to face, Kook.

J: From what I remember, I didn't agree to any of those. Can you please just let me live my life the way I want to? How difficult is that to understand?!

??: I'm stuck in the middle of all these!

J: And whose fault is that?! You had a choice too. But you decided to take the easy way out. You shoildn't have said yes to this.

??: Please, come home and let's talk about this.

J: I don't want to! Stop forcing me. Stop trying to control my life!

??: Controlling your life? How can you say that when I can't even get you to come home.

J: For the nth time, that is not my home. Don't even think that I'm going home to you anytime soon. I'm sorry, but I can't deal with you right now. I'll call you some other time.

Jungkook ended the call and pressed on the bridge of his nose.

"Is that your wife?" Taehyung said, dreading to ask Jungkook the question. He was leaning on the door frame of his bedroom.

"What?" Jungkook asked, surprised at Taehyung's question.

"Are you married, Jungkook? Because it sounded like you are." Taehyung said as his eyes begin to water.

"No. I'm not. I swear I'm not." Jungkook said as he walked towards Taehyung. "Are you hungry?" He asked.

"Stop changing the topic. Who was that and why did it sound like someone was asking you to come home?" Taehyung asked. "Please tell me Kook while it's still early and there's no strings attached between us, because I'm a good overthinker you know. And there are so many assumptions that I can think of with what I just heard."

Jungkook held Taehyung's hand and asked him to sit down on the couch.

"You see this?" Jungkook showed Taehyung his call history on his phone. Taehyung nodded as he saw the caller ID labelled, "DON'T ANSWER" on it.

Jungkook pressed on the number and turned the speaker on.

??: Wow, changed your mind and decided to listen to what I have to say now?

J: Not really. If you keep on forcing me to talk about appa I'm not talking to you.

??: Jungkook, I want you to go home because I miss you. Not to talk about him.

J: And I'm supposed to believe you?

??: Of course? I'm your mother!

J: Exactly what I wanted you to say. Now, being my mother, can you just be happy for me? Okay?

E: I am! But, Kook...

J: Bye eomma. I'll call you soon.

E: You're such a brat! I swear —

Jungkook ended the call.

"Why did you end the call?! That's your mother! Call her back." Tarhyung said, panicking.

"Nope. Not gonna." Jungkook said.

"I'd do anything to even get a chance to talk to my eomma again." Taehyung said.

"Not when your eomma is my eomma. But, we're veering away from the main topic. Now, do you believe me?" Jungkook asked.

Taehyung sat on Jungkook's lap sideways and buried his face on Jungkook's neck.

"I'm sorry if I have trust issues." Taehyung said.

"It's alright. I'm not going to do anything to ruin that trust, Taeh." Jungkook said as he kissed Taehyung's forehead.

"I'm sorry it's just that I notice that when we're together and you get a call, you step out." Taehyung said. "You did that too when we were in Malta."

"My conversations with my mother bring out the worst in me, Taeh. I don't think I'd make a good impression if you would end up hearing me spewing all the curse words in my limited vocabulary." Jungkook said.

"I don't think you have a limited vocabulary. You can even speak Maltease." Taehyung said.

"I just memorize the basic sentences I need to know in all the countries I fly to. I can't speak nor understand Maltease." Jungkook chuckled.

"I'm still impressed." Taehyung said.

"Okay, what other languages do you want me to learn to impress you more...hmm?" Jungkook asked, teasing Taehyung.

"Nothing more. The Jeon language is already impressive enough." Taehyung said with a small smile.

"Jeon language?" Jungkook asked with eyebrows raised.

"Yeah. Your words, your actions. Everything's just admirable." Taehyung said.

"God I want to kiss you right now but it'll make your cut hurt." Jungkook said.

Taehyung pulled away and softly kissed Jungkook on the lips. Jungkook didn't move his lips as he didn't want to hurt the latter.

"Why aren't you kissing me back?" Taehyung pouted.

"Because of your cut. I might hurt my bear." Jungkook said.

"It'll hurt more if you don't kiss me back." Taehyung whined.

"Fine." Jungkook said as he kissed Taehyung softly as well. The kiss was quite brief but the younger loved it. The gentleness spoke of love.

Taehyung changed his position and straddled Jungkook instead. He then buried his face on the latter's neck again and held him tightly.

"I missed you so much." Taehyung said.

"I missed you too, bear." Jungkook said hugging back. "Now, what do you want to eat? I'll cook for you."

Taehyung pulled back. "You can cook?"

"Yeah. You can't?"

"It's not that I can't, but I'm too lazy to do it myself." Taehyung said. "Plus, I don't do groceries too. My cupboard is filled with ramyeon, junk food and water."

"Well, if you'd allow me, we can change that a bit so that everytime I come home, I can cook something for you." Jungkook said.

"So, you'd stay with me everytime you're here?" Taehyung excitedly asked.

"If that's okay with you, or you can stay with me at my place too." Jungkook said.

"I'd love that." Taehyung said.

"Good. Now, I can go to the store and buy some ingredients, but I have to change first." Jungkook said.

"i love seeing you in your uniform though. It's hot." Taehyung said, making Jungkook chuckle.

"I don't look hot in normal clothes?" Jungkook asked.

"You have a point there. Come to think of it, you look hot even without it." Taehyung said before he started leaving soft kisses on Jungkook's neck.

"Taeh, you have to rest." Jungkook mumbled.

"Ssshh. I'm very well rested right now." The latter said before biting on Jungkook's earlobe.

"Fuck, Taeh, you gotta stop, love." Jungkook said as he was starting to feel hot all over.

"I missed you, Kookie." Taehyung whispered breathily on Jungkook's ear.

Jungkook slowly shifted Taehyung beside him on the couch and made him lay down. He hovered over the latter and then looked at him.

Jungkook then kissed Taehyung's bruises on his face and then pecked on the cut on the latter's lips.

"Lie still and don't move. When I say that you have to rest, you have to rest. Leave everything to me." Jungkook said before kissing Taehyung's lips then trailed downwards, leaving kisses on the latter's clothed body.

Taehyung closed his eyes and the next thing he knew, Jungkook was already giving him the best head he's ever had.