CHAPTER 5

A few weeks passed by.

Everything was okay as usual. Taehyung had completed his shooting, and only some editing was left, then the movie was all set to release.

Jungkook and Taehyung were coming back from the shooting site of the last scene, which was a beautiful beach. It was 8:30 in the late evening, it had taken them more time in the last scene, and they had to meet the rest of the guys at Sunshine. The six now always had dinner together at Sunshine Restaurant, if not lunch. They were getting closer, but it’d take a few more barriers to be broken for the six to become best buddies.

Jungkook was scrolling on his phone and Taehyung was looking out the car window, when he noticed the girl. She was a young female about 16, Taehyung guessed, wearing a mini skirt and crop top. He saw 5 silhouettes hovering over her, touching her everywhere. It was late in the evening, so the number of people was very small. The girl was looking out of the dark alley, searching for help, when their eyes met.

“STOP!”

The car screeched to a halt and TaeKook were thrown forward. Jungkook groaned, rubbing his head. “Ughh...why did you do that, Sir?” Jungkook still called him ‘sir’. But Taehyung had already opened the car door and was running across the road towards the girl.

Jungkook looked at where his boss was heading. “Oh, shit. Driver, diall 911 and remain at standby”, he said before running off after Taehyung.

Three men stood watching, while the remaining two groped the girl’s bre*sts and hips, grinding their male parts on her v*gina. One of them slipped a hand inside her.

“Let me help-", Jungkook started, but Taehyung cut him off. “I’ll call you when I need you. I can handle this” Jungkook looked into his eyes, and saw rage. He knew he could handle this. Up to some extent.

Taehyung removed his suit jacket and handed it to Jungkook. He rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and loosened his tie. Jungkook watched him unbutton the top two buttons, couldn’t help but thinking how hot his boss looked.

“Hey, get away from her!”, Taehyung said, angrily.

The men turned around and looked at Taehyung. They smiled crookedly and two of them started coming towards him.

“Ay, look! It’s that superstar”, one of them said.

“Somebody should start minding their own fu*king business”, the other said. Taehyung’s eyes went to the girl, who was trembling. Her eyes silently begged him to save her.

The two attacked.

One of them started throwing a punch, but Taehyung blocked him by his fist. The other came rushing towards him, but Taehyung dodged him easily.

They started fighting, managing a few blows to Taehyung’s face. He finally brought the 2 down. Seeing this, the other two came towards him.

Taehyung started fighting them too. A couple minutes later, they were down too, unconscious.

“Woah. This is over quickly than I thought. I guess I wouldn’t have to call the driver after all”, Jungkook said, grinning.

The last man left the girl and pulled out a pocket knife.

“Oh, God. I spoke too soon”

Taehyung stiffled a chuckle.

Taehyung dodged the first blow. He hit the man on his neck with his foot. The man stumbled a little but regained his posture.

He’s strong, he thought.

The man came swiftly towards Taehyung’s face, but quickly changed aim, catching Taehyung off guard. The man sliced Taehyung’s chest.

The girl screamed.

Taehyung hissed in pain as blood slowly spread across his chest, visible through his white shirt.

The man grinned. He started to come towards Taehyung again, but suddenly sirens wailed in the distance and a police car stopped in front of the alley. “Just in time. There, officer!”, Jungkook said, pointing towards the man.

Two officers came and handcuffed the man, taking his knife. They called a team to pick up the unconscious men.

They asked Taehyung if they could send him and the girl to the hospital, but he shook his head. “I’ll be fine. But...t-take the girl. Get her the best doctor. I’ll cover the f-fees”, he said. The police nodded. A policewoman draped a shawl around the girl and gently lead her towards the car.

Their eyes met, and she hugged Taehyung. He was taken back by this gesture, but patted her soft head. “Be careful next time. Not everyone will save you” The girl nodded and stepped away to get into the car. The policewoman was asking her family’s number.

“Arghhh....”, Taehyung groaned in pain, clutching his chest.

The voices faded then appeared again.

...………...

Jungkook helped Taehyung into the car as the driver held the back door open. Jungkook closed his door and went around the car to sit. “And thanks. If you hadn’t called the police at that time, Taehyung would’ve been seriously injured”, he said to the driver. The driver smiled, nodding. “It’s my duty”

Taehyung grunted in pain.

“Let me open your shirt. It’s soaked with blood”, Jungkook said.

“I’m fine. I’ll apply medicine when I reach home”, Taehyung said.

“At least apply pressure on it to clot the blood”

Taehyung pressed the wound, applying pressure.

Soon, they reached his home. The driver asked if he could be of any help, but Taehyung shook his head. “You can go home, Dan. Come tomorrow morning to pick me up for work”

“But, you’ll need time to heal”, Jungkook said.

Taehyung shook his head again. “I’ll be fine” Dan bowed and left.

Jungkook took him inside the house as Taehyung told him the password. He laid him on the bed.

“Wait here”

Jungkook left and came back with water and a towel he found in the bathroom.

He started unbuttoning Taehyung’s shirt. He removed his shirt and stared at Taehyung’s beautiful torso. He blushed and shook his head. Now was not the time. He wet the towel and patted it on Taehyung’s wound, soaking blood.

“Aaah!”

“Sorry, it’ll hurt for a while only”, Jungkook assured him.

Jungkook continued soaking blood.

“Shouldn’t I take you to a hospital?”, he asked.

“N-No. The news will spread all over media”, Taehyung said.

“Won’t tell police tell?”

“I’m sure they’ll love a fat check to keep quiet”

Jungkook put the towel and water aside. “Where’s your first aid box?”

“It’s in the bathroom. Inside the first c-cupboard”

Jungkook brought the box and pulled out some ointment for the wound. He poured a liquid on a cotton swab and dabbed it on the wound.

“Aaah!”, Taehyung winced with pain.

“Don’t worry. After disinfecting the wound, I’ll apply bandage”, Jungkook said, continuing his work.

“Aah. H-How do you know all about this stuff?”

Jungkook smiled. “Being homeless teaches you a few things”

“I-I’m sorry”

“Don’t be. I’m okay now”

Jungkook took out a needle from the box. “Uh, what are you doing?”, Taehyung asked. “Gotta stitch the wound, right?” Taehyung eyed the needle. “Yeah, but are you sure you know this?”

“Of course! I stitched several wounds of mine. And some were very deep too”, Jungkook said. Taehyung chuckled. “Just be careful”

Jungkook nodded. He carefully stitched the deep cut on Taehyung’s chest. The skin of his hand touched his chest, and a shiver went down his spine. He tried not to think about Taehyung’s warm skin.

“Aah, it hurts!”, Taehyung winced. “Don’t worry, just relax” Taehyung pursed his lips to suppress his pain. He finished stitching and wrapped bandage around Taehyung’s chest. “All done!” Taehyung smiled and winced at the same time. “T-Thank you”

Just then, Taehyung’s phone rang. It was Jimin.

Taehyung picked it up, “Where the h*ll are you!? We’re waiting for you and Jungkook”, Jimin said.

“Uh, we won’t be coming”

“Why not? And why do you sound exhausted?”

“We...we have some work to do. Yeah, much work”

It was silent for a while. Taehyung knew he couldn’t hide anything from Jimin, but he prayed Jimin buys the excuse.

“Alright. You both owe us”, Jimin said.

Taehyung sighed with relief.

“Yeah, we promise. I’ll buy you your favourite milkshake”

Jimin chuckled. “Okay. See you tomorrow, Tae”

“See you, Chimchim”

Taehyung ended the call. He knew whenever he called Jimin ‘Chimchim’, Jimin feels at ease.

“Why didn’t you tell him the truth?”

“He doesn’t even let me out of his sight when something happens to me”, Taehyung chuckled, “Jin and Joon hyung would nurse me all day and Jimin would sing songs to make me feel better”

“That’s sweet”, Jungkook smiled.

“Yoongi also seems like a guy who would care for his ‘loved one’, despite being cold like me”, Taehyung said, using air quotes.

Jungkook punched him playfully. “What ‘loved one’? He’s like my older brother”, he said. Taehyung laughed. “Ow. I was joking”

Jungkook saw him laugh for the first time and it made his heart beat fast. He had seen him chuckle sometimes, but not laugh. It was kind of refreshing.

He looked away, fearing Taehyung could see the blush on his face and hear his heart.

“I should probably go...”, he said.

“It’s very late. Why don’t you stay the night?”, Taehyung said.

“Really? Are you sure you won’t be uncomfortable?”

“I’m sure. And what if my wound starts bleeding or something? I would need you then”

“You’re right. I’ll sleep on the floor then”, Jungkook said, innocently.

“What, no!”, Taehyung chuckled. “Sleep with me on the bed”

Jungkook’s heart began racing again. Sleep with his boss? What was he thinking! It was not that kind of sleeping. He would put a distance between them on the bed.

“Take my pyjamas from the closet. I can wear more” Jungkook took his pyjamas and went to the bathroom to change. When he came out, Taehyung stared at him. He looked soo cute.

“Um, I should go change too”, he said. He tried to get up, but his chest ached.

“No lie back down. You need to rest. Just remove your pants”, Jungkook said.

Wait!

What did he just say!?

Jungkook and Taehyung blushed heavily.

“Ah, I mean-"

“I know. I’ll cover my legs with the blanket”

Jungkook nodded and looked away as Taehyung removed his pants. When he was done, Taehyung cleared his throat and Jungkook came to lie on the bed. They put a very large distance between them. They both were practically sleeping on the edges.

“Good night, sir. Wake me up if anything’s wrong”, Jungkook said, pulling his blanket over him.

“Okay. Good night”

Then there was silence.

A good 15 minute passed, when Taehyung spoke.

“Jungkook?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t call me sir from now on. Call me by my name”

“Okay...Taehyung”

Jungkook and Taehyung were blushing madly. They both slept with a small smile on their faces.

Neither of them mentioned the fact that it was only 11 in the night and Taehyung could’ve sent Jungkook back in his car.

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