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Next day on the dining table, Taehyung served breakfast to his son who was very excited for the first day of his school making the blonde giggle.

"You know what Gguk....sometimes i think if you are Einstein born in disguise because you never troubled me like any other kid who would throw tantrums before going to school." He giggled making the brunette chuckle.

"Shouldn't you be happy about it,Mom?"

"Yeah...but i also wanted to experience a whiny baby." Taehyung teased the boy sitting beside him as he reserved himself.

"You already had faced enough, Mom...I don't want to make your life harder with my childish acts." Taegguk's voice immediately turned stern making Taehyung confused.

He looked at his son only to see his eyes glaring at someone. The blonde immediately followed his gaze and saw Jungkook walking towards them wearing a blue suit with a white shirt underneath. He still looked as young as ever with his bunny smile on display.

Taehyung immediately looked away and scolded himself for letting his breathe hitch. The blonde ignored Jungkook who came and sat beside him and stirred the oatmeal nervously, doing breathing exercise secretly because in no way he will let his heart beat faster than normal after looking at Jungkook.

''Tae, you again forgot about my breakfast?'' The ravenette asked looking at the table but Taehyung only sighed and started eating his breakfast while Taegguk chuckled to himself.

When Jungkook saw that none of them was ready to talk to him, he picked up another spoon and started eating from Taehyung's bowl making the blonde look at him wide eyed while Taegguk looked at the scene confused.

''What happened? why ain't you eating?'' He asked. Taehyung was about to say something but closed his mouth immediately and looked somewhere else, his face was clearly showing how annoyed he was.

''Tae.....You will be joining museum here in Korea...right?'' The ravenette asked so casually as if there was no issue between them.

''Its none of your business.'' For the first time, the blonde decided to speak.

''Of course, its my business, Tae...you are my husband and its my duty to know everything about you.'' He replied focusing on his breakfast while Taehyung sat in his place in disbelief.

''Look Mr Jeon, I-''

''I'll take you there myself today....but before that, I need to drop Taegguk to his school. Be ready.'' He didn't let Taehyung complete his sentence shutting Taehyung who didn't know what in the universe was happening.

''Gguk.... We will get late, finish your breakfast quickly.'' He said to his son who raised an eyebrow.

''Sorry?''

''You don't need to say sorry to me, but if you didn't finish breakfast quickly, you will have to say that sorry to your teacher on the first day of your school.'' He replied chuckling and his son rolled his eyes.

''I am not going with you.''

''I am your father so you will have to listen to me''

''To hell with father, Mr Jeo-''

''GGUK!!'' Taehyung didn't let his son finish his sentence. No matter what it was, he didn't like his son talking to his elders, specially a person who is his father like that and with what he witnessed last night, the boy felt bad for Jungkook.

''But Mo-''

''He is your father, Gguk.....you should know how to respect him.'' He replied sternly, his blue eyes softly signalling Taegguk to not argue ahead.

''If you don't wanna go with him then you can say that politely. You don't need to disrespect him in this way.'' The blonde finished making the ravenette smile in gratitude. The brunette pouted and left his breakfast in the middle and went out taking his backpack, clearly showing that the baby kookie was angry.

''Tae, Thank you. I-''

''If you don't want your son to disrespect you, stop pressurising him into things. He is a teenager and teenager don't have patience. He may say something in his anger that you won't be able to listen or something that he won't be able to forgive himself for.'' Taehyung replied gently before walking away from there after Taegguk.

Jungkook kept looking into the direction into which Taehyung had vanished and smiled sadly.

Only if he had half of maturity, patience and understanding that Taehyung had.

That day, the blonde dropped his son to his school and went to museum directly from there. None of them talked as Taegguk was sulking whole of the time while Taehyung wanted to give time to his son to think about his mistake.

The blue eyed male had always given him space whenever Taegguk had done anything wrong in past. With time, the brunette would realise his mistake and he would say sorry eventually.

Taehyung had raised him in a way that he never had to tell Taegguk what wrong he had done. The boy himself always knew where he was wrong and he would work on it in future.

And the blonde expected the same this time too.

In the evening, Taegguk went to Jimin's place as Taehyung had gone to museum. He didn't want to stay at home and get bored. At his usual time, Jungkook came back from office and frowned when he saw no one in the living room.

The boy took out his blazer and loosened his tie as he looked around the house to see a glimpse of his son and husband. A maid immediately came with water.

''Where is Taegguk?'' He asked taking the glass.

''Young master has gone with Mr Park.'' The maid informed making the ravenette nod.

''And Taehyung?''

''He is in his room.''

''When did he came back?''

''Just half an hour ago.''

''Okay....thank you.''with that, he walked towards the blonde's room. the boy wanted to see his husband once.

A smile immediately formed on his lips when he saw the blonde lying on the ground and searching for something under the bed, cursing and hissing here and there. The boy threw his blazer on the bed after walking inside slowly.

''What are you searching?'' He asked sitting beside the blonde and peeking under the bed.

''My ring.....that thing fell from my hand and decided to play hide and seek with me.'' Taehyung replied without missing a beat taking Jungkook off guard. Not only Taehyung just replied him, he also talked to him in a very normal tone.

A chuckle left his lips looking at the cute pout adorning the blonde's lips. The deep, angelic voice of Jungkook's laugh reached Taehyung's ears and he immediately came back to his senses. Licking his lips, he sat up straight and looked at Jungkook who unbuttoned the cuffs of his sleeves and rolled them up.

''Let me help you.'' He said, a boyish grin on his face made Jungkook look so young to his age. Without waiting for the blue eyed male's reply, Jungkook laid down and started searching for the ring while Taehyung stood up and looked around the room.

The light purple walls of the room seemed more interesting suddenly.

''Got it!!'' Jungkook exclaimed grabbing the blonde's attention. He looked at his husband who stood up proudly like he had won some war against the most powerful enemy.

The ravenette looked at the ring before extending it towards the blonde who didn't know what he should do right now other than offering his palm to Jungkook who smiled looking at the blonde before holding Taehyung's hand and placing the ring in his ring finger without any warning.

Taehyung's eyes widen while Jungkook smiled proudly looking at the ring adorning Taehyung's slender fingers.

''T-Thank you.'' The blonde felt like he should thank the ravenette.

''No need for that, Tae......Its my duty to take care of your small things.'' Jungkook replied with a sincere smile.

''No....You are wrong.''

''Huh?''

''Its not your duty to take care of my small things, in fact, you shouldn't bother yourself, Mr Jeon. I can take care of myself.'' The blonde replied without any emotion giving a pang to Jungkook's broken heart.

''Its not a bother for me, Tae.....Anything related to you can never be a bother to me.'' Jungkook tried to prove his sincerity but Taehyung wasn't a fool to believe anything so easily.

''You don't need to act, Mr Jeon...Taegguk is not here so there is no need to act like that. We both know you don't even want to see my face.'' The blonde's taunt made Jungkook desperate to prove himself.

''Tae, I know I said that to you and trust me I am regretting all that, in fact, I have been regretting everything since the moment I came to know the reality. We c-''

''There is no 'WE'. Mr Jeon.....remember we are getting divorce in six months.'' Taehyung didn't let him finish again making Jungkook pinch the bridge of his nose. Only if he knew what should he do to make Taehyung listen to him.

''You can go now.....'' Taehyung stated rudely and Jungkook nodded defeatedly before turning around to leave after looking at Taehyung for one last time.

''Mr Jeon?'' The ravenette immediately turned around listening to the deep voice of the blue eyed male. He looked at Taehyung curiously.

''You are forgetting something.''

''W-What?''

Taehyung turned to pick up the blazer lying on the bed as he didn't want to keep ravenette's anything with himself but his foot slipped as the soft mat lying near the foot of the bed slipped on the smooth, tiled floor due to the speed at which Taehyung had stepped on it making him lose his balance.

A yelp left his lips and he closed his eyes waiting for the ground to hit him, his heart racing in fear but Jungkook came in action faster than anything and held the boy by his waist but poor boy didn't know that instead of becoming the saviour, he will become the victim of the hard ground.

His own foot tangled with Taehyung's and he lost his balance. Taehyung held onto the ravenette's shoulders tightly for support while Jungkook kept holding the blonde protectively.

Both of them fell onto the ground with a thud and a loud curse and a squeaky yelp resonated in the room. Jungkook's elbow hit the ground harshly as the ravenette fell on the floor on his back while Taehyung fell half over the ravenette with his head hidden in Jungkook's neck.

''Fuck!!'' The ravenette cursed at the stinging pain in his elbow making Taehyung open his eyes and raise his head from his neck.

''Are you Okay?'' He asked worried.

''No shit sherlock... This ground almost killed me.'' He mumbled incoherently making the blonde look at him confusedly.

''You said something?''

''N-No.....I am fine, don't worry.....are you alright?'' He asked. The boy cursed internally again when the material of the shirt came in contact with the bruise as he tried to raise his hand.

''I am fine but you should know not to step in the way if someone is falling.'' Taehyung scolded him.

''If I hadn't, you would have got hurt.''

''But you wouldn't have.''

''But how can I let you get hurt?'' Jungkook asked defending himself like a kid.

''Its not like you never hurted me!!'' Words were out before the blonde could realise. Jungkook stilled under the blonde and looked at the blonde guiltily. Taehyung realised what he just did and licked his lips. He had totally forgotten that both of them were not on good terms.

The blonde tried to pull away but Jungkook held him by the waist making Taehyung look at him with wide, innocent, curious eyes. Jungkook couldn't stop himself peering into those blue eyes that he had missed like hell in the last seventeen years. The blonde locks still suited Taehyung's smooth, milky skin like ever. The cute mole on his nose and the lower lips enhanced Taehyung's beauty effortlessly.

Jungkook could hear his own heartbeat in his ears.

He didn't want to blink, too afraid that Taehyung will vanish into thin air leaving him alone again. He felt like he was dreaming and was not ready to wake up again to face the reality. Over the years, he had held Taehyung close to himself thousands of times, only to wake up to the coldness beside him.

''Leave me!!'' The blonde ordered sternly only to make Jungkook immediately remove his hands from Taehyung's waist. The blonde immediately stood up and straightened his clothes while Jungkook cursed once again at the pain in his elbow.

Once up, he looked at Taehyung who was not ready to look at his husband. The ravenette smiled weakly and turned to leave. Reaching the door, Jungkook turned around.

''If only I had known where my happiness lie all those years back, I would have gave my life before sending you away.'' He said with a weak smile and Taehyung could see sincerity in his husband's eyes making his heart doing the weird thing. The emotions in Jungkook's eyes gave goosebumps to the blonde but he immediately averted his eyes and looked down.

Jungkook chuckled to himself at his helplessness and walked out.

Taehyung felt a strange restlessness bubbling inside him. The boy was about to walk away but his eyes fell on the ground. A drop of blood on the white tiled floor made Taehyung's eyes widen. The boy immediately ran towards the door only to see Jungkook walking away.....

With his shirt stained with blood at his elbow.

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