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{ s u m m a r y }
In which Taehyung has been
waiting for Jungkook to come back.
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Two years , was how long Jungkook's been gone for.

In just one more week , it'll be the 25th of December , which meant that Jungkook will likely be missing Christmas for the third time in a row. Every year when December began , Taehyung prayed for the younger to be back , standing at his doorstep with open arms.

But for the past two years , things never come like he wanted it to — Jungkook never once came back for Taehyung like he promised.

' Promises are meant to be broken ' rang at the back of Taehyung's head almost all the time , but he never really believed in that statement. The elder always felt like people had a choice to not break their promises , and he didn't want Jungkook to be the first to change that mindset of his.

A part of Taehyung had enough of waiting and is ready to give up , however , his heart isn't ready to let go just yet , even after two lonely years of waiting ; because from the bottom of his heart , he still held the slightest hope that Jungkook's gonna come back for him.

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Taehyung makes sure that the house is decorated for Christmas like every other year , thinking that Jungkook may come home anytime ; and the Christmas Tree that he never fails to make it shine the brightest in the entire apartment.

The older male couldn't help but drift his mind to the times when he had Jungkook to help him out with decorating and baking — the younger male loves chocolate mint cookies , especially the ones made by Taehyung.

And Taehyung made sure that he bakes chocolate mint cookies every year , simply because Jungkook loved it. But as he watches the cookies bake , he remembers that the raven - haired male isn't actually there with him.

It's been two years without the younger one , and he've yet to get used to it , but he was certain that he will never accustom to it.

The little things that the elder does reminded him of Jungkook , and it made his heart clench at the empty feeling. He's more than desperate to get answers for the questions he had in mind for as long as the younger had been gone.

"Where is Jungkook?"

"Will he ever come back?"

"Why must he be the only one that makes me feel this way?"

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[ 24th Dec — Christmas Eve ]

One more hour till Christmas , and there isn't even a single sign of Jungkook showing up. Taehyung started believing that the younger may have really forgotten about him , and might never come back like he promised.

It hurts the older male to even think about it , but if that is the reality he has to accept , he might as well just accept it now.

Just as Taehyung started walking down the well - decorated streets alone , snow started falling. He wasn't really appropriately dressed for the weather , but he could care less at this point.

As he walked past different stores , he saw smiles on everybody's face , which made him yearn for a certain male with a bunny - like - smile.

The snow began falling down gently onto his hair and arms as the cold started eating him , but it didn't even bother him a bit. Taehyung was too caught up in his thoughts to even notice his surroundings.

He settled down at a nearby bench by the road — his eyes fought the urge to let the tears fall , his nose sting as he held back the lump of sob down his throat when memories that he shares with Jungkook came crashing back like how waves crash onto the shore.

He misses Jungkook so badly that it ache his heart.

"Why does it hurt so much?" Taehyung questions under his breath , hands tangled between locks of hair as he stared at the ground.

"Because you love him , that's why." A voice says.

Taehyung looked up upon hearing the familiar voice. It was Hoseok's , his closest friend.

"What are you doing here?"

"Thought you might need some company." Hoseok says as he took a seat next to the red - haired male.

Taehyung chuckled lowly upon hearing Hoseok's reply , " Nah , i'm good."

"And you're here because?"

"Tryna sort my head out , you know." Taehyung admitted , chuckling at his own statement for the second time.

"Well I- I actually saw him earlier on." Hoseok started , getting Taehyung's attention quicker than he expected.

"W-What? Where was he?"

"I saw him at the beach next to your apartment , I thi- " Hoseok trails off , but stops when Taehyung stood up and ran towards the said location.

"Why am I not surprised at this ... " Hoseok mumbles before letting out a soft giggle.

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Taehyung arrives at the beach near his apartment , searching for a particular male , but to no avail. Despite being beyond disappointed , the latter thought that he was probably never meant to be with Jungkook in the first place.

Just as Taehyung was about to walk back to his apartment , something else had caught his attention from the corner of his eyes — the fairy lights that's hanging on the trees a couple of metres away from where he was ; being the curious male he is , the latter decided to go closer for a clearer view of what's going on.

Shortly after , the older male finds himself standing right before the stretch of trees decorated with fairy string lights and polaroid pictures hung on them. The faces on the polaroid seem way too familiar for him to walk away from it.

He finally plucked up his courage and decided to take an even closer look , and a couple of seconds later , he finds his heart thumping rapidly against his chest after seeing pictures of both Jungkook and himself hanging on the fairy string lights with wooden peg clips.

A part of him wants to believe that it was Jungkook who did all these. However , he was careful to not lift his hopes too high up ; realising that no one's coming , Taehyung continued walking down the stretch of lit up trees filled with many other pictures taken by them. It straight up felt like a ' Memory Lane ' for him.

"What's the meaning of this? Someone tryna make me more upset?"

What surprises Taehyung even more , was the dates and notes written on every single polaroid ; those weren't any random dates nor notes , it meant something. Each and every single date represented something for the couple , though no one knew what exactly except them.

But one particular picture stood out among the many ones present — it was the one taken during their first ever Christmas that they had spent together. Taehyung held the picture in his hand , before pressing it against his chest like as if he wanted to rewind time.

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The night was getting colder , and the clock's ticking every second. It was 11.58pm , and many have probably gone home except for the few couples roaming around the street.

The second - hand goes pass ' 12 ' , and it's another minute closer to Christmas. Taehyung decided that staying isn't gonna heal his aching heart , and decided to take his leave from the ' Memory Lane ' .

Just as he turned his back to leave , a fluffy grey scarf with slubby tassels was quickly placed around his neck , and a pair of toned arms wrapped themselves around his waist firmly — the warmth that he've been missing for the past two years , it finally came back.

Jungkook releases Taehyung from the back hug and turns him around.

" Merry Christmas , Tae. I came back for you , as promised. " Jungkook says , leaning his forehead against Taehyung's.

The red - haired male couldn't help but smile at the words from the younger male , there was nothing he wanted more than seeing Jungkook once again.

Jungkook leans down and captured Taehyung's smiling lips with his , like as though he could keep the smile that he adores. The younger male swiftly pulls away , eyes glistening with tears as he showed his signature heart fluttering smile.

" Thank you , for waiting for me. "

- End -

a / n : didn't exactly prepare a plot for
this , so it's kinda weird 👀

anyways , hope y'all enjoyed
reading somehow 💗