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It’s a quiet night, a night where the hushed galaxy enjoys its silenced companion; the sempiternal succour celestial beings. Its foundation pattern is painted by immense speckling of the polar-white stars. The moonlight glistens as it pours from the sky like the milk of a god that requires no sustenance and instead is satisfied with only the beauty of the soft rays. The moonlight splashes down its watery blue-white glow onto the residential neighbourhood, illuminating them. And in the distance where a soggy forest stands, the trees are silhouetted against the deep velvety sky.
In one of the rooms in the peaceful apartment, exists two little angels, sleeping in utter tranquility, with no interference.
Or so we thought.
Taehyung opens an arm to reach out to the boy sleeping soundlessly beside him and pull him closer to his abdomen but to his surprise, no one is there. The shared king-sized bed feels vacant, incomplete and it simply doesn’t fill up the hollowness in his heart. The empty spot beside him has Taehyung feeling down in the dumps, he doesn’t feel whole without his other half.
Taehyung faintly opens his eyes and scans the room bewilderedly, where is his pretty little soulmate? He sits up on the bed and rubs his eyes in a gentle manner. Due to the tiredness he’s been feeling these past few days, he hasn’t been resting well. He checks the alarm clock sitting on the bedside table and notices the hour hand lazily hitting number 2, implying it’s two in the morning.
“Jimin?” He calls out, no response.
“My love, where are you?” He raises his voice a bit but not too much, he doesn’t wanna scare Jimin. Taehyung looks worried now, his eyebrows furrow in utter distress.
A sudden indistinct ‘here’ and hints of little sniffles could be heard about ten footsteps away from where Taehyung is currently standing. He walks over to the soft luring of in-desperate-need-of-comforts from Jimin.
“Oh baby…” Seeing Jimin in that state could easily make Taehyung’s delicate heart break into intricate pieces. “Oh my little angel.” Taehyung wastes no time and ignores all the meaningless questions pondering in his mind as he pulls Jimin closer to his embrace, his hand tenderly fondling Jimin’s cotton candy hair.
“What happened, sweetheart?”
“I had another nightmare..” Taehyung solemnly looks down to the boy he’s holding so dear into his arms. “...About him, again.” Jimin sighs after he finishes his sentence, a sentence he never wants to say out loud again but dreams are unpredictable aren’t they? Just when you think you no longer have any power or feelings towards your horrible past events, they unexpectedly come crawling back when the stars illuminate the atramentous curtain of the sky as your mind shuts off.
It’s tragic knowing the mind is the easiest to fool and trick but the hardest to control and take over.
The mind is all about the worst aspects, never once struck in the goodness department.
“I’m sorry, baby.”
And Taehyung really is, it saddens him that he’s not able to help much. All he can do is comfort the damaged boy with hugs, soft butterfly kisses and honest words of affirmations.
But Jimin loves Taehyung for that; he loves the opened arms Taehyung always give out when Jimin feels blue, he loves the boxy smile that sneaks up onto Taehyung’s lips after making Jimin laugh, he loves the consoling and understanding eyes Taehyung displays when Jimin needs a listening and lending ear, he loves the way Taehyung’s supple fingers connects with his dainty fingers as they lovingly interlock their hands together. He loves everything about Kim Taehyung.
To him, he’s undeniably the most perfect person out there, for him and for humanity.
“It’s okay Taehyung just please hold me tightly.” Taehyung can’t help but smile at Jimin’s little command. “I’ll never let you go, angel.” Taehyung plants a small kiss on Jimin’s forehead head as Jimin relaxes his body under Taehyung’s soothing reassurance.
Despite the serendipitous night sky they’re both purely gazing at together, Taehyung suddenly opens the gap between the cuddle and stands up. “Let’s go back to bed, okay, love?” Taehyung holds out his hand and Jimin hurriedly accepts his offer and intertwines their hands together as they walk back to their room.
Jimin seems hesitant after they get in bed, he’s scared to go back to sleep because, what if he sees him in his nightmare again?
All those irritating uncontrollable thoughts instantly melt away like ice cubes being left on the kitchen sink for way too long when he feels an arm slowly wrap around his waist. ‘My love, it will be okay. I promise.” This comforting sentence from Taehyung is like a mantra to him. Slowly but surely. Hearing those words could immediately cheer Jimin up.
Jimin snuggles closer to Taehyung and allows himself to bury his face onto Taehyung’s chest; hearing Taehyung’s palpitating heart definitely has Jimin fall in love with Taehyung even more. He looks up to face Taehyung and realises Taehyung is already looking at him, eyes filling with honey-dripped fondness.
“I love you so much, angel.” Taehyung plays with Jimin’s hair, his eyes focused on the boy laying on his chest. Jimin giggles out of embarrassment, he’s used to Taehyung’s random love confessions yet he gets flustered every single time.
“I love you everlasting my Taetae.” Taehyung smiles at his response, but after a split second, his smile slowly fades away and his expression turns serious.
“Jimin love?” Jimin replies in a hum. “Remember that i’m always here for you, I don’t care if it’s the middle of the night or if the day is just starting. I want to be your dream, the dream that blocks away your nightmare.”
Jimin lets out a snicker and shakes his head nonchalantly. “Taetae...”
“Yes, my love?” Taehyung caresses Jimin’s puffy cheeks. God, he could never get enough of them.
“You already are my dream.” Taehyung holds Jimin’s adoring face carefully. To him, Jimin is like frangible glass, so fragile and needs to be held with proper care. One tiny blunder could easily shatter him. Jimin possesses a heart of gold and he never wants to damage it.
“And you will be, forever and always.’ Jimin brings Taehyung’s face closer to him and places a soft peck on Taehyung’s nose, resulting in Taehyung kissing Jimin on the lips back, obviously.
The two share an affectionate smile and drift to sleep shortly after, Jimin’s head on Taehyung’s chest and Taehyung’s arm fully wrapped around Jimin’s waist. The two are each other’s dreams as the day goes by, but when night appears, their hearts call for the luxury of bed to share the chaos and intimacy of their entwined dreams full of warmth and endearment.