jungkook figured he slept in way too late and took advantage of his day-off a little too much, peering down at his alarm clock which flashed 2:03PM in bright red digital numbers. 

with a yawn, he dragged himself over to his bathroom and sluggishly brushed his teeth while running his free hand through his incredibly messy bed-hair in a pitiful attempt to fix it up a tad. 

trudging out of the bathroom and into his kitchen, he took out a hot pocket from the freezer and tossed it in the microwave, setting the timer to 3 minutes before plopping down on his couch as he let out another loud yawn.

deciding to actually watch the news for once, he turned on the television and was beyond surprised to see taehyung's name staring right back at him.

it seemed like the blond male was just everywhere even when he wasn't there.

but what surprised him even more was a picture displayed on the corner of the screen which captured taehyung and another man walking down the street with their backs facing the direction of whoever held the camera — the former dressed in a dark suit and the latter dressed in an all-black casual attire. 

jungkook's face paled at the realization that it was him walking beside taehyung in the photo on the news.

["—that mr. kim was spotted with an unknown male right outside the kim corporation building at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. unfortunately, that male's face could not be seen in the photo submitted by the witness, but luckily, this matter was addressed in the press conference held by mr. kim this morning. here are the words from mr. kim himself."]

the news anchor is then replaced by a video clip taken at the aforementioned press conference. 

jungkook's eyebrows shot up as the camera panned over to where taehyung sat, suit and tie neatly adorning his body and a microphone held in his right hand, his professional aura flawlessly radiating amidst the flashing camera lights and rapid shutter noises. 

the microwave's shrill ding couldn't even peel the ravenet's attention away from the television screen as he was too immersed in hearing taehyung's responses. 

screw the hot pocket.

["is it true that you're going to be working with park industries for an upcoming city development project?" a woman's voice could be heard asking.]

["regarding that, i have already sent in the proposal for the project to their company and i'm currently awaiting his reply. of course, i do hope that they accept it," taehyung replied with a small smile as the woman nodded and sat back down. "any other questions before we wrap this up?"]

["mr. kim," a man seemingly around his late 40's then began. "yesterday you were seen with a black-haired man outside your office building early in the morning. could you tell us who the man was and what your relationship with him is? also, what were you two doing at 7 in the morning?"]

taehyung's entire expression visibly hardened. 

["he was just a friend of mine who came by to invite me to breakfast since i told him i just worked overnight, not a big deal," he answered after letting out a sigh.]

but the man was persistent with his questions. ["there have been a lot of speculations floating around the media regarding who that male with you was. was the man perhaps, seoul's most renowned tattoo artist, jeon jungkook?"]

jungkook felt his blood running cold as the television remote slipped out of his grasp, crashing down onto the carpet beneath.

["i'm going to say this as kindly as possible," taehyung started, not-so-subtly glaring holes into the man's head. "who i am friends with is none of the media's business, thank you. now if there are no more questions—"]

the clip cut off there, switching back to the reporter.

a long exhale escaped from jungkook's mouth.

["it seems like that doesn't seem to be the only occurrence surrounding the young CEO, because after the press conference ended, it's been reported that mr. kim has been admitted to seoul hospital. according to the event manager, mr. kim suddenly suffered from shortness of breath and passed out after the conference was closing, receiving immediate aid from his assistants who then hurriedly called an ambulance. the cause of his abrupt blackout is assumed to be overworking and fatigue, but we are still waiting for the hospital's confirmation."]

the ravenet could only catch half of what the anchorman said, his ears practically going deaf after they reported that taehyung had fainted.

"that idiot, not eating for 11 hours straight and working non-stop on that damn proposal," jungkook muttered, standing up from the couch and finally heading over to the microwave to retrieve his hot pocket. "obviously this was doomed to happen sooner or later."

yet, for some reason, a soft voice inside his head was trying to urge him to go visit taehyung at the hospital.

so that's exactly what he ended up doing.