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They lay still in the dark of the room, looking to be asleep if not for the voice that spoke up.
“Jungkookie?” Taehyung murmured, “Yeah baby?” Jungkook answered quietly, not wanting to disturb the silence that lay over the room.
”Can I talk?” Taehyung asked hesitantly.
The question might have seemed a bit odd to someone else but Jungkook knew what it meant, everything it entailed.
Taehyung had been, and still is, a loud person, never shy to talk about himself but just the slightest bit hesitant to talk about his own feelings. Even with Jungkook, it had taken him a ridiculously long amount of time to get rid of the notion that talking about how he was feeling would just be a bother to Jungkook. These particular words had become a kind of a code for whenever Taehyung just wanted for someone, or particularly, Jungkook, to listen
“Of course” Jungkook whispered reassuringly.
“I feel……wrong. I know I shouldn’t, I have a perfect job with a perfect husband and a perfect life but I just……..there’s this itch that just won’t go away. There’s always something in the back of my mind that says I’m doing something……..wrong. Like I’m doing something I shouldn’t be doing, and its making me miserable. I don’t know why I’m feeling this way, even though I have everything I could possibly want.
“Baby, this is like college all over again. You know why you’re feeling this way.”
“I……I guess you’re right, I do know why I’m feeling this way.” Taehyung said hesitantly. “And why is that babe?” Jungkook asked. “I…..want to paint again.”Taehyung admitted reluctantly. “Then you should” Jungkook hummed.
“But what if I’m not good enough anymore, what if it’s not enough”
“Then you’ll just have to practice and get good enough, and about it being enough, we still have my job to support us financially. You’ll never know if you never try.”
“I guess you’re right………thank you Jungkook”
“I’m always here to listen babe. It’s going to be alright. But………as an afterthought, can I have a thank you kiss?”
Taehyung smiled his adorable box smile and quickly closed the distance between them and kissed Jungkook softly, their lips barely touching.
“I’ll give you a better kiss and maybe something even better in the morning. Now, let’s sleep.”
“Hmph……”Jungkook grumbled but remained smiling nonetheless.
They fell asleep like that, both looking into the other’s eyes until they finally closed.
It lasted only five minutes until Taehyung draped himself around his human pillow and husband, “Oomph, get off of me Tae” Jungkook complained, still smiling.