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4 p.m.
“Taehyung! Quit messing around!” Namjoon said, watching his husband almost break something for the fourth time that day.
“But hyung,” Taehyung whined, dragging out the word hyung. “I’m so bored!”
Namjoon rolled his eyes, “how about you finish that paper that your teacher gave you an extension on?” Taehyung whined again. Doing the paper was the absolute last thing he wanted to do.
“I don’t even know if he answered me back yet. I sent him an email asking for the extension two days ago!” Taehyung exclaimed. “Why don’t you try checking your email to see if he answered?” The older looked at his exasperated husband.
“You know what? I will.” The younger stuck his tongue out at Namjoon, making his way to their bedroom to find his laptop. He opened his email account to see two new messages. One was from his professor, telling him that he could have an extension. His eyes lit up as he went to tell Namjoon.
“Babe look! He said I could have an extension!” Taehyung shoved his computer in from of Namjoon’s face to show him the email. However, something else caught Namjoon’s eye. The older gently pushed the computer farther away from his face to look at the other email.
“What’s this?” Namjoon asked, clicking on the link. A black screen popped up before the laptop let out a loud sound. The screen then displayed, in big bold letters.
“NERVE”
The computer let out another sound, this time the sound of a robotic voice.
"Welcome to Nerve, a game like truth or dare, minus the truth. Watchers pay to watch. Players play to win. Cash or glory, are you a watcher or a player? Are you a watcher or a player?"
“Woah Namjoon this is so cool! Should we play?” Taehyung asked, looking over at his partner.
“Taehyung, no-” Namjoon was cut off by the laptop “Cash or glory. Are you a watcher or player?”
Namjoon thought over this for a bit. They’d be earning extra money. Could the dares really be that bad?
“Fine, I guess we could try it out,” Namjoon said. Taehyung’s smile got wider and he let out a sound of excitement before hugging Namjoon tightly. Namjoon smiled too. He loved to see his boyfriend happy.
“Are you a watcher or player? Are you a-” Taehyung cut off the annoying repetitive voice by pushing the button that read, “PLAYER.”
HOW MANY PLAYERS? The screen showed. Namjoon clicked the button reading
TWO (2) PLAYERS.
The two boys waited a few moments before seeing tens of people entering the game room that they were hosting. The comments started rolling in.
“Wow, you two are cute.” -Daregrl, offer: $100
“Kiss each other”-unknown, offer: $300
Namjoon and Taehyung smiled at the first two comments. If the dares stayed like this, the game wouldn’t be as bad as Namjoon thought it out to be.
The two boys looked at each other before leaning in. They had no problem with this “dare”, as they did it all the time. Afterward, they both looked at the comments again.
“That was hot.” -volley4693, offer: $50
There were many more comments like it. After a hour of more harmless dares, another dare caught their attention.
“Go to the store and scream for 30 seconds.” -mrglove, no offer.
Namjoon grimaced, “sorry buddy, we’re gonna need to see an offer,” he said.
Mrglove, offer: $600
Taehyung grinned. “That’s more like it. Come on babe, let’s go.” The men walked out of their apartment door and onto the sidewalk leading to the nearest store.
On the way, Taehyung turned to Namjoon with a look of curiosity on his face. “Which one of us is screaming when we get there?” He asked Namjoon.
Namjoon smirked, looking at the younger. “You’re the screamer in this relationship, you do it.”
Taehyung’s mouth dropped open as he looked at his phone to see various comments coming in. Most of the comments were people laughing. The younger boy looked over to the older, hitting his husband’s chest and exclaiming. “Hey!” Namjoon laughed loudly and continued walking.
The both of them entered the store. Taehyung made sure the camera was still on before making his way to the farthest aisle. He took a deep breath, turned on the timer, and began screaming.
The cashier at the front left the register to find out who was screaming, giving some other mystery players the chance to complete their dare.
When those players were done, they began to make their way out. One of them made sure to shout to Taehyung, “shut the fuck up!” They ran out.
The timer ended, and Taehyung finished screaming. The cashier finally found them but, at that point, it was too late.
Taehyung and Namjoon left the store with Namjoon’s arm around Taehyung’s shoulders while the both of them laughed at their harmless, completed dare.