IT TOOK ME A THOUSAND YEARS || Taekook ||

Rumours, hickeys and reality

Until a few minutes ago Kim Taehyung was prancing about on cloud nine, living a life which seemed like a daydream. But of course, every dream has to end.

He should have realized sooner that the awkward stares he had been receiving all day after lunch wasn't because people had taken a sudden disliking towards him but because he had a freaking purple hickey on his neck, oh so proudly announcing its presence to every passerby as he paraded the corridors of his college.

He should have known that the proud little smirk he saw on Jeongguk's face when Jeongguk called out to him before they parted ways moments ago had a reason to it. And that reason was a purple blotch on his neck.

Now that he thinks about it, Jeongguk had nipped him again at the same spot when they had hugged before the beginning of their ride here. Wow. Jeon Jeongguk who seems like nothing could ever faze him was, unpredictably, possessive over Taehyung. Surprisingly Taehyung would have liked this immature display of affection if it weren't for the circumstances he was stuck in because of it.

Currently, Kim Taehyung was seated in front of Kim Seokjin's desk. Both his hands rested on his knees while his fingers interlaced around each other trying to seek comfort, he had his head hung low as if he was begging that something would save him from his situation.

There was stifling tension floating in the spacious office they were sitting in.

Taehyung was waiting for Seokjin to finally snap at him and Seokjin on the other hand was waiting for Taehyung to begin explaining his reasons.

A good twenty minutes had passed since Dr Kim had asked Taehyung about the hickey. A good twenty minutes were spent under that bone-chilling stare. And those twenty minutes were enough to wear out Seokjin's patience and make the Omega spill all he stomached.

Only Dr Kim could overpower him in a game of wits like that.

So, as the twenty-first minute ticked the clock's hand Dr Kim Seokjin let out,

"I expect an answer Kim Taehyung, an answer to the question I asked you a few minutes ago," Taehyung didn't need to lift his head or look at his face to know that a frown had made its way to Seokjin's face; his voice was giving away all the frustration that had pent up in him during those minutes.

"Where did you get that hickey from?" Seokjin repeated again, with a tone that seemed to suck all the warmth from the air.

"It's uh....muh-my...it's from..." Taehyung stuttered through his words as his tongue failed to function in such a dreadful air. His head still hung low, his eyes were tearing up.

Taehyung had tried all sorts of excuses. He had told Seokjin that he had been bitten by a big bug and then the doctor had asked him if the same bug drove him here in an Audi A7. Apparently, the elder had seen him step out of the car and send flying kisses.

"It's from Jeongguk, my...." Taehyung wondered what he could him, they weren't even boyfriends yet.

He couldn't believe he was on the verge of losing Jeongguk even faster than he found him. He was hanging between a promise strengthened more than 5 years ago and a bond that he wanted to keep for a lifetime.

Though the extent of time to which these two things stretched varied by a scale he valued them both.

Five years ago on his 14th birthday, his hyung had brought three things as his birthday present. A two-week trip to Hawaii that coming summer break, a bottle of suppressants to use when his next heat hit 'It's dangerous to deny the first heat to take over your body' he had told him.