Your eyes are heavy and swollen as you try to force them open. Your throat feels dry and itchy at the same time. Your nose is doing a poor job at performing its sole task of helping you breathe. Oddly, you feel hot and cold all at once, confusing you about whether you want the covers or not. But worst of all is the headache.. which feels like getting hit on the head with a hammer repeatedly.

You try to sit up straight causing the whole world to sway around you and you grab your covers tightly attempting to steady it. Every muscle in your body seems sore and aching.

Can't... work... to go.. like this..

Wait that doesn't sound right. Great! You seem to have lost your ability to string a simple sentence together too.

You pick your phone up and dial the number.

"Hello Y/N-shi," He says.

You open your mouth to speak but a fit of coughing wracks your whole body.

"Omo Omo Omo!! Are you sick?" Sejin sounds genuinely worried.

"Yes." You say not trusting yourself with a verbal conversation at this moment, just then a sneeze escapes you. "ACHHOOOO!!"

"You should stay at home. And rest! Don't worry about coming to work the boys are on break anyway. Jungkook he said he had some work but I'll help him out with that until you feel well." The mention of Jungkook brings images of last night to your mind and with what little energy you have remaining you push them aside.

"T-Thank yo- ACHOOO!!!"

"Get well soon, Y/N-shi!" Sejin says sounding sympathetic before hanging up.

You should probably tell Sunghyun but then he'll leave everything behind and fuss over you. You don't need that now.. you just need to sleep.

You can hear sounds.. something metal lightly coming in contact with wood. The sound of plastic bags. The sound of sizzling. And other sounds that feel unfamiliar in your small apartment.

You are way beyond the point of distinguishing between dream and reality. But these sounds aren't muffled.. they are clear.

You push back the covers and stagger towards the source of these sounds... The kitchen.

Wait a minute... there's a thief in my house!... And he's cooking???

You tentatively walk to the kitchen grabbing the baseball bat you had hidden behind the cupboard... You know, just in case. Holding it high enough to hit the thief on the head you step into the kitchen and freeze.

There's someone standing with his back to you. He has on a black long sleeved t-shirt with its sleeves folded back to expose his forearm. You can now see that he also has on an apron. You don't have to see his face to know who he is.

There are so many questions popping into your head but you choose the wrong one to ask..."What are you doing in my house!!!??" You half scream at him.

He clearly hadn't expected you to show up because he jumps out of his skin nearly making you laugh but biting down hard on your lip you hold the laughter in. The second he turns around and sees you his eyes widened in shock.

"Were you planning on hitting me with THAT?" He sounds truly horrified which only makes you want to laugh more. Having finally realised that you still had the bat raised at a threatening angle you put it aside.

Narrowing your eyes you ask him again, "WHAT are you doing in my house!?"

Instead of given you an answer his expression hardens and the sudden change takes you by surprise.

"Yah!! What are you doing standing here? You're sick! You need to rest! Get out of the kitchen!" Jungkook says sounding a lot like your granny.

"But this is my apartment!!!"

For a moment he seems thrown off but he takes no time to recover "I don't care! Go to your room!"

"But.. I.. I-"

"I said go to your room."

Scowling at him you do as he says. You definitely can't fall asleep now. Not with him in your house.

What on earth is he even doing in my kitchen?

As if in reply to your question a sweet smell wafts into your room. Cherishing the smell you close your eyes and draw in a long breath. When a burning sensation spreads through your belly, you realise just how hungry you are.

Moments later, Jungkook walks into your room and you immediately sit up straight pulling the covers closer to you.

In his hands he carries a bowl that is steaming. He places the bowl before you and looks at you expectantly.

You look from the delicious smelling soup to him in confusion, "What?" You finally ask.

"Have some.. it'll help you feel better." His voice is gentle.

"This is poisoned, isn't it?" You ask genuinely meaning the question.

A look of pure hurt passes through his face and you instantly feel guilty. When he looks away from you to his hand that nervously sit on his lap you feel worse.

"No, I promise it's not." His voice is almost a whisper.

You take a spoonful of the soup and blow at it to see the steam twist and dance before you. Reluctantly putting it into your mouth you see Jungkook lift his head to look at you, his eyebrows raising in anticipation.

As the warm liquid enters your mouth and then travels down your throat, you're in disbelief. Your eyes widen and you look at Jungkook dumbfounded.

"Oh no.. does it taste bad? I'll just take it away. We can order something from a restaurant." He says in panic. Worried he reaches forward to take the bowl from you.

You hold his outstretched hand and feel him tense as your skin touches ignoring this you ask, "Jungkook, did you make this?"

He nods.

"You can cook!?" You're trying to make sense of things. "This tastes amazing!" You say before you can stop yourself.

"Oh." is all he says but the reddening of his cheeks indicated he's indeed pleased.

You take another spoonful.. then another.. and another. Until the bowl is empty you tip it to your lips not wanting to waste a single drop. With every spoonful you feel more awake as the warm liquid travels down your throat and into your stomach.

Jungkook watches you with a smile playing on his lips.

But then you remember, "Wait a minute! Where did you get all this from? My kitchen..."

"Is basically empty, I know." He finishes your sentence for you.

Is he actually teasing me?

You're not used to Jungkook being this gentle or kind.. even though it's scary and maybe you should be worried.. you really like him like that. "I mean other than a packet of crackers and a dried out orange, there was nothing there. So, I went to the mart to get all this."You stare at him, jaw falling open.

He did all this for me? The thought excites you but you remind yourself of everything you've heard about the man in front on you and everything he's done to bully you. But the more you look at him now the more you being the doubt those rumours. Is he really as much of a womanizer as everyone claims? Is he really selfish and self-centered?

"Okay.. so let's get to the point now.. what do YOU want? You clearly didn't poison that, so now what?" You say raising an eyebrow.

"How can you be so sure I didn't poison the soup? You know that sometimes poison can take time to show effect, right?" His voice sounds teasing but you suddenly feel worried.

Jungkook chuckles at your expression. That's when you suddenly realise that this is the first time you've heard Jungkook really laugh. The sound has an effect on you.. it warms you through and through.

As soon as he stops laughing he seems to grow a little uncomfortable as he looks everywhere but at you, "Umm.. Y/N-ah.. I.. really want to apologize. I'm sorry," He looks down at his hands. Somehow you knew he was apologising for more than just last night. "I was selfish.. I am selfish but I just really wanted to see y-"

Before he could finish you begin to cough violently. He looks worried and moves closer but you stop him by holding up a warning hand. You don't want him to get sick too.

But what was he saying? He wanted to see? See what? Or who?

When your eyes meet you see hurt flicker in his eyes for the second time that day, this time around it's only momentarily. But his expression doesn't changed: there's a tenderness about it that you've never seen before on him.

He reaches forward then and you notice a slight tremble in his hand before he tucks a loose curl behind your ear. The brush of his fingertips against your skin feels like electricity. You want to lean into his touch, against the warmth of his skin.

Jungkook comes closer and you know you should warn him away and after several minutes you find your voice, "Jungkook don't come close, you'll get sick too."

"I don't care." He says eliminating the distance between you. Your eyes move from his eyes to his lips.

"Y/N??!!"

Jungkook and you suddenly move away at having heard a voice coming from the hall.

Sunghyun walks into your room and stops in his tracks at the sight of Jungkook. Jungkook stands to face him, neither of them seems happy to see the other. And quite frankly you're not too happy to see Sunghyun now either..

Bad timing Sunghyun!!

"What are YOU doing here?" Sunghyun addresses Jungkook, making his hatred clear through every word.

"I could ask you the same." Jungkook says without hesitation.

"I am her friend, if you didn't know that. Which means when she's sick I take care of her. As for you, I don't see why you need be to be here."

Jungkook only snorts and grits his teeth.

You find the whole situation funny because even though they claim to be here to take care of you.. since the arrival of Sunghyun they've both ignored you.

"Well.. I guess I should leave then." Jungkook says and grabs his coat that you hadn't seen lying on your bed until now.

You want to call out and ask him to stay. You want to thank him for taking care of you. But you don't know what to say. Do you ask Sunghyun to leave instead? Because there's no way those two can be in the same room and not kill each other. As you see Jungkook's retreating figure you feel a heaviness settle in your heart and slump back against the headboard of your bed.

"What was he here for? Not forcing you to do more work is he?" Sunghyun said in the tone he always uses when he gets protective.

You sigh. "He came to see how I was doing." It wasn't entirely a lie but you just didn't feel like telling him the whole story for the fear of his reaction.

"What is it? You sound annoyed."

"Sorry.. it's just that I feel tired and you know how much I hate getting sick. I feel so useless sitting around doing nothing."

"Aiggo, Y/N-ah." Sunghyun's eyes soften.

Sunghyun refused to leave your side the whole day. Honestly though, you enjoyed being fussed over. Every now and then he'd change the cold towel resting on your forehead, blew at the hot soup before feeding you, brought you enough blankets to make you warm and tucked you tight into bed.

"You need anything else?" Sunghyun asks his finger hovering over the light switch.

"Sunghyun? You know I love you right?" Smiling he rolls his eyes at you playfully.

"Goodnight."

Despite feeling quite comfortable you found it hard to fall asleep that night. You blamed it on your cold but knew all too well who was on your mind.

Hey fam,