Jungkook's POV
"See you both later," Taehyung said as he dropped us at home.
"You're not going to stay?" I asked him.
He shook his head.
"I'll be heading back to Daegu soon," he said.
I nodded.
He brought Yeri in for a hug and kissed the top of her head.
"Take care of yourself, Yeri. I'll miss you," he said affectionately.
She smiled.
"You too."
After saying goodbye, Taehyung drove out of the mansion. We saw him off and then we walked inside.
As soon as the doors opened, all the workers came to greet Yeri. I stood back and watched as she smiled at them and hugged each one of them. Everybody adored her.
After the workers had left, Yeri turned to me. There was a bittersweet expression on her face.
I stepped closer to her.
"Let's go to our room?" I asked her softly.
She nodded.
I picked her up in my arms and she yelped. I carried her upstairs as her head met my chest and I heard her exhale.
I took her to our room and sat her on top of the bed. I looked at her.
"I'll go take a shower," she said.
I nodded.
"Take your time," I told her.
Yeri's POV
I was finally home. Saying that I hadn't missed the mansion would be a lie. I walked inside the bathroom and closed the door behind me.
Stripping completely, I discarded away the hospital clothes and got into the shower.
Turning the hot water on I let it run over me for a few minutes. I heard the door open and saw Jungkook entering.
Even in the now becoming thick mist, I could make out his face and his body clearly.
When he came close he stood still.
"Want me to join you?"
I nodded.
"Yes," I breathed out.
Jungkook took a step back and stripped out of his clothes and then stepped under the shower with me. We continued just staring at each other for a few moments as the hot water ran over us and soaked our bodies.
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And then Jungkook was kissing me. But his kiss wasn't rough. It was slow and short and when he parted his head came to my neck where he started trailing kisses and going further down to my collar bone and then down my chest.
He trailed more kisses down my torso and then he kissed both of my legs.
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After he was done kissing me, he stood up and gazed into my eyes. I said nothing as he took a shampoo and rubbed it in my hair, messaging my scalp gently.
After he had washed my hair thoroughly, he proceeded to my body. He squeezed my favorite body wash into his hands and then gently rubbed it all over my body till my ankles.
When he turned me around to do the backside I felt him hesitate. I looked at him over my shoulder and sure enough he was looking at the slashes on my back and blaming himself.
I took a hold of his hand and put it on my back. He looked me in the eyes and I gave him an assuring look.
Gulping visibly, he continued on my back and when it was done, he washed away all the lather gently from my body.
After that he took a scrub and told me to sit down. I sat down on the side of the bath tub that was near me and Jungkook dropped to his knees and rubbed the scrub on my feet before washing it away. Finally he put a face wash on my face and rubbed it for a few minutes before washing that too.
Once he was done completely, he brought a towel and dried my hair with it before wrapping another one up on my head. He used another bigger towel to wrap around my body and then lifted me off the ground.
Jungkook carried me to the vanity and sat me on top of it in such a way that my back was facing the mirror while my front was facing him.
He dried his hair and his body in quick movements and then put on a grey t-shirt and black boxer shorts before he stepped closer to me.
He brought a body lotion and gently messaged it all over my body.
Jungkook left no spot unnourished or dry and he was gentle with his movements.
When he was finally satisfied, he removed the towel from my body and covered me in a silk night robe.
Once again he picked me up and carried me to the room where he sat me in front of the dressing table and blow dried my hair. When my hair was completely dry Jungkook lifted me up again and took me to the bed where he sat me gently in the middle and looked into my eyes.
"I'll bring you dinner," he said softly. "I told them to make your favorite."
He leaned in and pressed a kiss to my forehead before backing away and exiting the room.
A few minutes later Jungkook walked into the room with a tray full of food in his hand and a smile on his face. He put it in front of me and came to sit beside me.
"Eat," he said.
And the next half an hour was spent mostly in us feeding each other and laughing.
When we had eaten and were full Jungkook took the empty dishes away while I leaned into the pillows and let myself move into a laying position.
I was tired and it had been so long since I had slept on my own bed - in our bed - where I was surrounded by the scent of him all the time.
Jungkook's POV
When I went into the room, I found Yeri resting. It had been such a long time since she had been home and I figured she had missed it.
Although she had said nothing during her time at the hospital, mainly because I knew she wouldn't want to say it in order to prevent me from blaming myself, but there were times when I could see her yearning for her own room instead of a hospital room, for her own home instead of a hospital and for her own self and her maids to take care of her instead of different kinds of doctors going back and forth in the hospital room all the time.
I climbed on the bed and hovered on top of Yeri. She gazed into my eyes and once again I felt myself getting lost into the pools of her eyes.
She was beautiful. She was mesmerizing. And I was captivated.
"Jungkook," she spoke.
I couldn't help it. I leaned down and caressed her cheek and then my lips were on top of hers. She kissed me like she had never kissed me before; with such a yearning it overwhelmed me.
When we parted she kept her eyes close and brought me closer to herself.
"I missed you," she whispered in my ear with a shaky breath.
I frowned in her arms.
"But I was with you all the time," I said.
She shook her head.
"Not that. When I was gone, in the hospital, when I was asleep, I missed you a lot. In the coma. I wasn't sure where I was but I wanted to be with you. I thought I was dead. And for the first time, I was scared of death. Because I had just found a reason to live for."
She paused.
"Jungkook, it wasn't easy coming back. I had to fight really hard to be inside your arms again but I didn't wanna give up."
My hold on her tightened.
"I'm sorry you had to bear it all. It should have been me," I said.
This time her hold on me tightened.
"This isn't right, Jungkook," she said.
"What isn't?"
"The fact that you keep wanting it for yourself. I know I bore the pain, but I can never even think of you going through it."
"I would have done it for you."
"No, not even for me."
"You make me strong. You've made me strongest man alive. You make me feel as if I am invincible. If it wasn't for the need to at least look at you one last time, I don't think I would've had the strength to fight Kim off."
Her hand made its way to my hair and she played with it as she kept on embracing me. When we parted from the hug, she looked straight into my eyes and the realization of everything dawned upon me.
She was finally here, right in my arms. My face was so close to hers as I lay on top of her that her breath mingled with mine. I leaned in and pressed my forehead to hers and closed my eyes.
Yeri's POV
"There is something that I want to do to you tonight," he whispered as he hovered above me, just a few inches of space between our bodies.
I opened my eyes to find him looking into mine. It took my breath away.
"What is it?" I asked breathily.
Slowly he lifted himself a little from on top of me and he took in every feature of my face as if memorizing it.
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Then his lips came to meet mine and Jungkook led me into a passionate kiss.
"I want to memorize you tonight," he breathed out. "I won't go inside of you and there will be no begging. I just want to etch every inch of you into my mind."
I nodded for him to do whatever he liked and wanted.
He rested his full weight on one arm which was beside my waist and his other arm came to the knot at my silk robe.
He took a hold of one side of the string and slowly let it fall open, resulting in the front of it opening, exposing my chest a little.
Jungkook's hand moved to my shoulders and he made me sit up. Both of his hands came to my shoulders and he slid the soft fabric off my body. He pushed me softly onto the pillow and his lips met with my bare collar bones. When he kissed me, I took in a sharp breath.
His slightly parted lips remained on my skin as his warm breath hit my skin. And then Jungkook had moved the left side of my neck. He breathed on it and I shuddered.
"My lips missed your skin," he said.