Chapter 6 – Bitter Sweet Days

~ 5 months later ~

It was a Friday afternoon, you were in the living room as you had just finished watching a movie and were now snuggled up on the couch with a cup of tea. You had splashed in a little lemon and honey because you had a slight cold & fever. It wasn't that bad. It only started a day ago so you've been doing little things to battle the calm before the storm. You took a sip of the tea and felt it slide down your throat and warm up your entire body. Your eyes slowly drifted towards the photo of your parents that were sitting on top of the tv shelf.

Memories of the day they died slowly started to play before your eyes. Your lips quivered at the thought of them, and how quickly everything happened that day. You wished you had been able to do anything to help your parents but you knew that you wouldn't have been able to because of how young you were. You started to feel hopeless again as you quietly sat there feeling a lump form in your throat and the tears well up in your eyes. Slowly zoning out you gripped your mug harder that you didn't feel the heat pierce through your skin. You were so lost in your thoughts as you had a silent mental breakdown until slowly you felt a hand on your lap and you heard someone say "Y/n-ah what's wrong?". This caused you to look down from your parents' photo. Your blurred vision saw the form of a person knelt in front of you which came into clear view as your eyelids finally blinked the tears away. You quickly felt his hand rise up and wipe them off with his thumb, after which he cupped your face and smiled at you gently.

"Having another bad day, love?" he asked as he now got up and sat next to you on the couch. You silently nodded as your heart finally took over your mind and you felt all your walls break down. It took less than a minute as you were now crying profusely. Jungkook didn't seem to stop you. Rather he pulled you into a hug and rubbed your back slowly as you sobbed into his chest quickly dampening his shirt. You felt your heart break into a tiny million pieces as you finally accepted what had happened to your parents. For the first time in years you now finally know the whole truth and you were ready to move on with your life and live better and happier with the man you loved.

Almost 20 minutes later you finally managed to calm down and stop crying. You were pressed up against Jungkook's chest as he was slowly caressing your shoulder and played with a few locks of your hair. "How did it go with the boys?" you asked

"Oh it was ok. We just hung out for a bit. Junho and I had a wonderful time teasing Minho about Yunsoo. Turns out he likes her too but he was just too afraid to confess to her and he also mentioned how it would be hard because they are colleagues. We somehow managed to impart a bit of wisdom on the subject which finally gave him the dose of courage that he needed. I mean, they were together for a long time since they first started in the academy. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner." Jungkook answered with a light chuckle.

"I'm honestly not surprised that he likes her too. Everyone besides those two oblivious idiots know what's going on between them. They could very easily get together. As for the whole complicated colleague situation, as long as they keep things professional in the work place I'm more than willing to turn a blind eye." You said as you shook your head at the silliness of your two junior detectives.

"Honestly right now, all I care is about their sergeants' exam. I just hope they won't get distracted in each other and end up screwing the test. They are both my best junior detectives. Minho and Yunsoo are like my babies and I couldn't be more proud and worried at the same time." You said with a proud smile, not realizing you had gone on talking about the two.

Jungkook was just looking at you as you spoke about the two as a proud mom. You noticed he was silent so you asked him what he was thinking.

"You want to know what I'm thinking?" He said, as he repeated your question. He then turned towards you as he let out a little sigh and looked deep into your eyes just before he let you into his thoughts.

"I was just thinking how much of a caring and loving person you are. I was thinking of how lucky I am to have you as my mate. You have gone through so much in the past and I'm honestly so sorry for that but it has turned you into who you are today and I couldn't be more proud of the strong, beautiful, independent and courageous woman I'm looking at right now. The one I can call mine. I just want you to know that no matter what, from now on, I promise that I'm here to always protect you. Always." is what you heard in his mind as the two of you looked at each other.

He showed you his little smile as he looked at your face. Not a second passed and you closed the gap between the two of you as you kissed him softly on the lips and parted away. However, Jungkook's reflexes were pretty quick as his arm quickly shot up to the back of your neck and gently pulled you into another kiss but one that was more passionate and lasted for a while.

~ time skip ~

An hour or so passed of you and Jungkook just chatting on the couch. "So, looks like you won't be going out with the boys today right?" Jungkook said as he looked at you knowing that he thought right.

"How did you know I was going to cancel on them? You know you can still go with them right?" you answered back.

Jungkook laughed slightly at your puzzled expression.

"First of all, I know you're not feeling well. Second, you don't seem to want to move because you look really comfortable right now. Third, I'm not going either because I'd much rather stay and keep an eye on you while we play these." He said as he flashed his big bunny smile and pulled a little shopping bag which had a couple of new video games inside.

"Looks like someone is ready to get their ass kicked in Overwatch" you said as you looked at him with an evil smile.

"We'll see about that." He replies back as he reflects the same evil smile on your face.

~ hours later ~ in bed

The two of you were cuddled in bed. Jungkook was sleeping next to you with one arm wrapped around you while the other was on your waist. You started to feel slightly hot and you started to sweat a little so you unwrapped yourself from his embrace just to cool down a bit. You quickly realized that you were probably getting over the fever so you looked at Jungkook as a smile formed on your face thinking about how even just his presence can drive all the negativity out of your life. You were so grateful for him and his love for you. All you can think about now is just moving on with your life and being happy and blissful with the man you love. Life was going well and for once things are finally going perfect…

Or so you thought.