After his call to Tae Jungkook has checked in and is currently sitting in the waiting area. In a few minutes he is going to board the flight that will take him back to Seoul, to his love, to his Angel, to his Tae.

He can't wait to reach home and hug Tae tight. Oh how he has missed his golden haired Angel. This one week without his love was nothing but pure torcher. The only solace he had other than seeing his baby in video calls, are the two t-shirts of Tae that he has brought with himself.

Oh did I forget to mention that like Tae, Jungkook too had very sneakily packed two of Tae's t-shirts. Well he needed to sleep in the night, you know. If not Tae then he would have to hug his clothes and sleep. He is actually very thankful to Tae for unknowingly giving him this idea. He has seen Tae taking his clothes and had decided to do the same. Thanks to those two t-shirts he has somehow managed to sleep these seven days. But not anymore, he is finally going back home, back to Tae, Tae is his home. From today he won't have to struggle while sleeping, from today he will have his love in his arms once again.

He heard the announcement of boarding and got up from his seat. He was going to walk towards the runway when his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket smiling, thinking it's Tae who again called him but frowned seeing the number of the company, with whom he had meetings and signed the deal, calling him.

As he picked up the call, someone from the other side informed him that they have found some mistake in the contract papers and Jungkook needs to get back to the company to correct it or this deal will automatically be cancelled.

Jungkook was in dilemma hearing it, just a few more steps and he could board the flight that will take him back to home, to Tae. But by doing that he will lose the deal for which he had worked so hard, for which he even came this far leaving Tae alone. No he can't go back just like that, he can't lose this deal, it will be unfair on all the people who worked on it. It will be unfair on all the employees of the company because losing this deal will bring a big loss that will affect everyone. No he can't do that. He made a decision.

"I am sorry baby, you have to wait a little more for me" he whispered as he turned his feet back and exited the airport.

It took nearly five hours to correct those contract papers. Once done Jungkook rushed back to the airport and got the tickets of the earliest flight available, that was going to leave in just forty five minutes. After he got the tickets and stood in the line for checking in, he finally realized that in all the commotion of deal papers going wrong and making them right, he had actually forgotten to inform Tae about his delay. He didn't tell Tae that he had missed his earlier flight.

Tae must be worried, he thought and took his phone out to call the boy, only to find that his phone had gone out of charge and was switched off. He looked around for a pay phone, spotting one he was going towards it when the final call for check in came. He stopped in his tracks, if he goes to call Tae now he is going to miss this flight too. So he didn't go to the pay phone but went to the counter for check in.

As he finally boarded the flight, he closed his eyes "I am sorry baby, I got late. But soon I will be back to you, just wait a little" he thought. He closed his eyes and almost immediately fell asleep, exhausted by the day's events. The last thing that was on his mind before sleep engulfed him, was the image of a very excited Tae with his boxy smile.

If only he had any idea about the shock that waited for him back in the home.

It was past nine when Jungkook's flight finally landed in Seoul. He collected his luggage and started exiting the airport. As he was coming out of the airport, he saw that the place was more crowded than usual, he also noticed some reporters and TV vans there. Maybe some celebrity or big politician is coming, he thought. Well whatever it is, Jungkook could care less about it, all he wants right now is to get back home and hug his love close to his heart, to see his Angel's beautiful boxy smile.

Poor boy had no idea how long it's going to take him to see that smile again.

As he hailed a cab and sat inside, the cab driver asked him "is it still crowded inside, sir?"

"Hmm" Jungkook answered, "Is some big shot person is scheduled to come today or something?" He inquired.

"No" the driver nodded his head in negative "earlier today some plane crashed in the sea and no one survived. That's why it's so crowded today. The families of the people who lost their lives are here and the news channels are looking for more updates on the plane crash" he informed Jungkook.

"Oh that's horrible" Jungkook said, feeling bad for the people who lost their loved ones.

If only he had asked a little more about the incident to the driver, if only he had asked which plane crashed, maybe he could have prepared himself for what waited for him at home.

Jungkook got down from the cab before the gates of his housing, he paid the driver and thanked him for his service. He entered the big gates of the housing and went to his building. He got on the lift and pressed his floor number.

Once reaching his floor, he got off the lift and went to the door of their apartment. He unlocked the door and entered.

As he entered the apartment, he found it covered in semi darkness "why is it so dark here? Did Tae sleep already?" He thought as he went to the living room.

Jungkook furrowed his brows as he saw the people sitting in their living room. His In-laws, his two best friends, their partners, all of them are there. The atmosphere of the room seemed rather gloomy. But what puzzled Jungkook the most, is that though all those people are there, the one who is actually supposed to be there, isn't. Tae isn't in that room. Jungkook noticed that none of the people in the room seemed to have noticed him. So he decided to grab their attention.

Jungkook asked.

The six occupants of the room were lost in the misery of losing their dear one when a very familiar voice entered their eardrums. It's the voice that they all had thought they are never going to hear again.

They all slowly turned their face and looked to where that voice came from. Their eyes widened, breath hitched, gasps left their lips as they saw the owner of the voice.

There stood Jeon Jungkook, looking a little tired but very much alive with his luggage beside him.

None of those six people could believe what they saw, the man they all thought had died, the man they all thought that they are never going to see again, is standing there alive.

"Am I hallucinating?" All of them thought the same thing.

Jungkook felt confused seeing the reaction of those people, none of them bothered to answer his questions and they all were staring at him as if they had seen some ghost. He decided to ask them about it.

"What happened? Why are you all staring at me as if you saw some ghost?" He asked.

As those six people heard this question, it finally dawned upon them that Jungkook is indeed there, that he is alive. Their expressions changed from shocked to relief to happy, tears once again started flowing down their face, but this time they were happy tears.

Jungkook saw the change of expressions in their faces, he saw the tears and felt even more confused. Before he asked anything further, someone came running towards him and threw himself on him, hugging him and this was someone Jungkook had least expected to hug him.

Jimin threw himself on Jungkook and hugged "oh my God, oh my God, hyung you are back, you are alive. Thank you, thank you so much for coming back, thank you so much for being alive" he kept blabbering. The other five people too followed him, they all engulfed Jungkook in a group hug. All pretty much blabbering the same thing as Jimin.

Between all this hug and blabber stood Jungkook, feeling dumbfounded at the things that are happening. What has actually happened? Why are they all behaving like this? He thought.

As those six people finally broke the hug "will anyone please tell me what happened? Why are you all reacting like I came back from being dead or something?" Asked a confused Jungkook.

"Because you did" mumbled Yoongi.

"What? What do you mean?" Asked Jungkook.

"Why are you coming back now? You were supposed to come back earlier weren't you? You checked in for the morning flight, didn't you?" Hoseok inquired.

"Yes, I was supposed to get back in that flight. I checked in too, but couldn't board the flight. Because….." Jungkook told them the happenings of the day, the call from the company, him missing the flight, his phone getting switched off, everything.

"Oh thank God you missed that flight" Jin said and again Hugged him.

"What do you mean Eomma?" Jungkook asked, feeling more and more puzzled.

"Didn't you notice anything at the airport?" Namjoon asked him.

"In the airport…" Jungkook thought about what he has seen in the airport "it was more crowded than usual, reporters are their and my cab driver told me that some flight has crashed into the sea earlier the day" he said and suddenly his eyes went round as realization hit him "plane crash, there was a plane crash earlier today. Don't tell me it's the same place that I missed?" He asked no one in particular.

"Yes it's the same plane" Namjoon informed him "none of the passengers survived and your name too was in that list of deceased most probably because you had checked in." He said.

"We thought you, you died and that's why we are all here" Jimin said.

Jungkook suddenly felt restless, an foreboding feeling settling inside him. He looked around the room with restless eyes searching for his husband but there was no sight of the boy.

"You guys thought that I died." He said "did Tae too know about it, the plane crash, my supposed death?" He asked as his heartbeats kept increasing. He wanted them to give him a negative answer for his questions. He wanted them to tell him that Tae didn't know about it. He can't even imagine his Angel's state if he really knew about it.

"Yes" came the answer from Jimin and dread filled Jungkook's whole being "he found out even before any of us could reach here. He kept behaving like a crazy person, calling for you, searching for you. He kept crying and mumbling things, he…" Jungkook couldn't hear it anymore already feeling his heart breaking into millions of pieces.

"Where is he? Where is my Tae?" He asked I'm a pained voice.

"He is in your room," Jin answered.

"Is he, is he alone there?" Jungkook again asked.

"Yes," Jin answered.

"YOU ALL LEFT HIM ALONE IN THAT ROOM" Jungkook shouted loudly, making everyone startle. But Jungkook could care less about their startled state. He didn't care who was standing there, he didn't care if he shouted on Tae's Eomma. He just didn't care, because at that moment he felt very much angry at everyone present there. "How could you leave him alone? Does none of you know that he is not good in handling stress and emotional trauma. He goes blank in times like this. You left him alone, why? What if, what if he harmed himself?" Jungkook shouted and shuddered as the thought of Tae harming himself came to his mind.

"No, baby please, don't do anything like that" he mumbled and ran to his room.

Jungkook slowly entered his room with his beating like drums and saw Tae sitting on the other side of the bed. He was sitting on the floor, his back facing the door.

He walked inside and went to where Tae was sitting, staring at the moon. Jungkook sat beside him, facing him while Tae was looking at the front. He seemed to have not noticed the person who had entered the room and sat beside him. He was still hugging Jungkook's t-shirt and staring at the moon with blank eyes, he was hardly even blinking. Though he is not crying anymore, there were dried tear marks on his cheeks, bearing the proof of earlier crying.

Jungkook felt his heart squeezing at that sight. This Tae looks nothing like the one he had left here. This Tae looks so broken, so blank.

"Baby" Jungkook called but no reaction came from Tae, he didn't even blink.

"Tae"

No answer.

"Angel"

Again no answer.

"Love"

Again same reaction that is no reaction.

"Tae, baby, Angel, love" Jungkook called him in every way possible but still Tae didn't react.

"Taetae"

"Don't call me that" finally Tae said something in a gruff voice but still didn't look at Jungkook.

"Taetae,baby?" Jungkook said, trying to get some more reaction from the boy.

"I told you already, don't call me that," Tae told him.

"But why? Why can't I call you that, baby? And why are you not looking at me? Please baby look at me" Jungkook pleaded.

"No, I won't look at you" Tae said stubbornly "you will vanish if I do".

"No baby I won't vanish, please look at me. I promise I won't vanish" Jungkook told him. He felt miserable seeing his Love's state, Tae is not looking at him because he thinks Jungkook is going to vanish, this tore Jungkook's heart apart.

"Lie, another lie, another false promise" Tae said and finally turned to Jungkook "all you do is lie. You only break promises. You said you will forever stay with me, but you left me alone. You said you will come back to me, but you didn't. You said you will wait for me to know my feelings, but you didn't" Tae kept talking as if a trance, tears again started pouring out of his eyes.

Jungkook's eyes became wet too seeing his state, hearing his words "baby, I…." He tried to say something but Tae cut him in the middle,

"Why did you leave me? Why did you die? Did you leave me because I took too much time to realize my feelings? But you said we have all our lives for it, then WHY?" Tae shouted his last word.

Jungkook couldn't bear to see him like that anymore, he pulled Tae towards himself and placed Tae's head on his chest, letting him hear his heart beats. He wrapped his arms tightly around the boy.

"Here, listen to it, listen to my heartbeats like you always do, feel my arms around you. See I didn't leave you, I didn't die. I am alive, I am with you. You said that I lied, but baby I didn't, I didn't break my promises, I came back to you. I just got a little late and I will never forgive myself for it" Jungkook told the boy in his arms.

Tae finally came out of his trance as he heard his favorite music in the world, the heartbeats of his Jungkook. It finally made him realize that Jungkook is alive, his heart beating and he is with him, like always holding him in his warm embrace, assuring him, soothing him.

Tae pulled his head from Jungkook's chest and looked up at Jungkook's face. He cupped Jungkook's face in his fragile hands "K..kookie, my K..kookie, y..you c..came back to m..me." he sobbed and Jungkook nodded his head in affirmation, he was crying too. "Y..you d..didn't l..leave me" Tae again said and Jungkook again nodded his head.

"Oh Kookie" Tae started kissing his face madly "Kookie, my Kookie came back to me" he kept mumbling as he kept kissing every inch of Jungkook's face and Jungkook let him do whatever he wanted.

After kissing Jungkook's whole, Tae stopped near his lips, he locked his eyes with Jungkook's he said and placed his lips on Jungkook's. He started kissing him with all his love and pain.

Jungkook froze hearing the confession, for a moment his mind stopped working. He almost forgot everything that happened before, hearing the words that he has waited his whole life to hear. He smiled and started kissing his Angel back with all the love he has in his heart for that boy. His heart filled with elation.

But this moment didn't last long, his smile soon dropped, elation turning into horror as he felt Tae going limp in his arms.

Jungkook took his lips off Tae's and stared at his face. Tae has his eyes closed, he has fainted. Jungkook panicked seeing him like that "Tae, baby" he placed his one hand on Tae's check and started shaking him softly "Tae, love, open your eyes, please look at me" but the said boy did none of that. He laid pale and limp in the arms of his love. Jungkook felt like his whole world stopped, seeing Tae like that.

"TAE!" Jungkook shouted loudly but the boy did not wake up.

Panicked seeing Tae like that Jungkook shouted for the only people he thought could help him.

"Hobi! Yoongi!"

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