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Now.
Yeah, maybe Kim Taehyung and Jeon Jungkook are boyfriends now, maybe all of their close friends know and maybe they have to constantly hide it from the cameras and basically the whole world because life is unfair. But they have come a long way, they've been on a swing since they met, actually, always attracted to one another even when they didn't know it.
It was like gravity always wanted to keep them together.
But they didn't realize it back then. They even used to kind of deny it- oh, how times have changed.
But their hyungs, oh, their hyungs wouldn't let them live not even for a second back then; every time they saw them being maybe too close or doing something kind of suspicious for them (Tae and Jungkook didn't considered any of their actions as 'suspicious' then) they had to point it out and make their maknaes feel uncomfortable as hell.
Good thing those time are far behind.
i. Once, Jungkook was feeling sad.
There was one time, a few months after their debut, when Taehyung woke up late at night to drink water; he walked down to the kitchen without paying much attention to anything, sleepy. He wasn't expecting to hear any kind of noise coming from anywhere since everyone was supposed to be asleep, but he heard something, something like a sniff. Was someone crying?
Sniff, sniff.
Yes, someone was crying on the living room and, to Tae's surprise, it was Jungkook.
It was surprising to see him like that because, even if Taehyung had heard from the elders (specially from Hoseok) that Jungkook cried a lot and missed his family and was anxious and stuff, he hadn't actually seen any of that with his own eyes. Ever since he met Jungkook, the maknae was always silent and acting as if he was older than him (it didn't bother Taehyung, but he did notice how Jungkook was always putting on a facade), like he refused to be weak in front of him. And that's why, when Taehyung approached him in the living room, the younger quickly started to wipe off his tears and to look down.
"What's wrong?" Taehyung asked Jungkook, doubting himself a little because maybe he wasn't the right person to be there with Jungkook if he was sad, maybe he needed their hyungs.
"Nothing, why?" Jungkook asked, now looking up at him. His eyes were swollen and he was doing a really bad job at hiding the fact that he’d been crying the whole time.
Tae decided to act as if he didn't notice it.
"Mm, nothing, I thought I heard something but I guess I was wrong" he lied. He gestured the couch to ask Jungkook if he could sit next to him, and the younger nodded, though he didn't seem much sure "I'm really tired because of today's practice, you know?" he said, now convicted that since anyone else was there to help Jungkook, he'd just have to be the one. The maknae just looked at him with lost eyes and a sad grin "Like, I could use a little rest if they asked me, wouldn't you?" he tilted his head to his side, to see Jungkook's reaction.
"Yeah, I could use a rest too" he said, simply.
Taehyung was about to speak again when he noticed that a tiny teardrop was falling from the side of Jungkook's eye and it kind of broke his heart right there. He wasn't that much older than the maknae, but he felt the need to protect him.
"I'm sorry" Jungkook said, rubbing his eyes, then slapping himself "I don't know what's wrong with me... I really am ok"
Taehyung, still doubting, got a little bit closer to the younger.
"Well, we're all ok and happy about this, but I guess it’s normal to feel tired too" he said. His voice wasn't sleepy anymore, he was really awake and worried "and it's normal to miss our families... or home" well, that made him want to cry too, but he was trying to help Jungkook, he could cry later.
"Yeah, I guess so" Jungkook said, looking at his hands.
"But, if you're feeling homesick, you know what we should do?" The elder said, having an idea. Jungkook shook his head "We should watch an anime"
And with that, they turned on the tv and watched the first anime they found. And somehow, that distracted Taehyung from his dying wish of going back to sleep, and Jungkook from the sad feeling he had been having in his chest.
They spent a good couple of hours sitting there in the couch, commenting on the stuff they were watching, even laughing from time to time, until their little marathon came to an end, because a movie started.
"Hyung, I'm sorry I distracted you from going back to sleep" Jungkook said when he saw the time in his phone.
"Mmh, don't worry, Jungkook" Taehyung answered. He really didn't care about that now, he was just happy that Jungkook was again the happy quiet guy he always was "I'm glad you're ok" they smiled at each other "You know you can tell me if you're feeling down again, right? Like, I know I'm not the hyungs and I don't have the right words, but I'm not leaving you alone if I know you're sad, ok?"
Well, Taehyung didn't even know where that declaration came from, but he didn't regret it. He deeply meant it.
"You already said that" Jungkook said, notably trying to hide a bigger grin.
"Said what?"
"That you weren't leaving me alone" Jungkook said, kinda embarrassed because he remembered and Taehyung didn't "You told me that before the debut..."
He did? Tae didn't quite remember, but, as said before, he meant it now.
"Well yes, but now I'm saying it in all seriousness" he said, trying to cover himself "Starting now I'm with you always, ok?" he said, taking Jungkook's hand in his own and giving him a daring look. It sounded more like a threat than a reassuring comment, but Jungkook didn't seem to mind.
And that's how Hoseok found them, a literal second later, just about to let go of each other's hand.
And of course, he had to mock them.
"Cute" he said when he appeared in the living room. Why was he even there? It was like 4 a.m. "Are you staying with me always too, Taehyungie?" he asked with a mischievous grin.
Taehyung and Jungkook looked at their intertwined fingers and quickly let go of each other.
ii. Once, Taehyung couldn’t sleep.
They were staying in a hotel that time, the maknae line was sharing a room and it was really late at night. Jungkook was awake not because he couldn't sleep, but because the sounds Tae was making were annoying him.
Taehyung had spent the last hour rolling from side to side in his bed, kicking his blankets, tossing his pillow and whining about not being able to sleep. And all those noises were what woke up the younger, who was not happy about it.
Jungkook already knew that Tae had problems to sleep all the time, the members mentioned it more than once, but he hadn't yet experimented it in person. And it was indeed annoying and now he understood why the others were always asking Taehyung to let them sleep.
Jungkook was pretending to be asleep and Taehyung didn't even notice him. He was about to tell him to stop, when he saw the older get up from his bed and walk over to where Jimin was sleeping peacefully. Jungkook's youngest hyung was shaking his friend, trying to wake him up.
"What do you want, Tae?" Jimin asked in a mumble. There was so much silence in the room that Jungkook could hear how his two members were breathing.
"I can't sleep" Tae said. Jungkook could literally feel the pout in his words, so he felt pity.
"So?" Jimin said, still sleepy "I'm tired, TaeTae, we have to wake up early today" Jungkook could see how Tae was getting up from Jimin's bed, disappointed "go back to your bed, I promise you'll fall asleep quickly" Jimin turned around to face the wall, and Tae stood still for a few seconds.
Then, out of nowhere, Taehyung just plopped backwards into his bed, to stare at the ceiling and since life hated Jungkook a lot he started to sing. And, don't get him wrong, he loved Tae's voice, a lot, mostly when he wasn't using his monster voice and sang ballad songs, but right now, he just wanted to sleep, and him singing wasn't going to help with that at all.
"Tae" he whispered, reaching his hand out of the sheets. It was a cold night.
"Jungkookie?" the older said, turning around to look at him "What are you doing awake?" he asked "Are you having trouble sleeping like me?"
Jungkook considered for a little bit.
"Mmm, yeah" he said, rubbing his eyes. He wasn't going to tell Taehyung that he was bothering him because that could sound mean "Why can't you sleep?"
Taehyung was hesitated to answer, Jungkook could see him getting shy about it. If it wasn't so dark in the room, he could have even seen that his hyung was blushing.
"I just... I sleep better if I'm with someone else" the elder said, grabbing his pillow and hugging it "but don't worry, Jimin was right, I'll-"
Jungkook just knew Taehyung wasn't going to be asleep any time soon, and that's why he decided that he could be the someone else he needed to sleep. Just for that night. Just so he could finally sleep.
"Shh, come here, hyung" he said, whispering.
Taehyung didn't think about it twice, he just smiled widely and got on Jungkook's bed as fast as he could. Before Jungkook could even get comfortable himself, he already had the older hugging him from the side like a koala.
"I'm glad we're close enough to do this" Taehyung told him. Jungkook just moved his arm so he could put it behind his own head "Jimin's always kicking me when I try to do this with him" he yawned; Jungkook yawned too.
"Ok" Jungkook answered, feeling his body relaxing and already counting sheep in his mind.
Finally, Taehyung was quiet and didn't even move, and it was great to have him there, since his body was warm and it made Jungkook feel a little less cold.
That's how they fell asleep and that's how Jimin found them hours later, when the sun was already up. The dancer started laughing and that's what woke the youngest of them up.
When Jungkook was finally aware of what was happening, he realized that he had one of Tae's legs wrapped around himself, and that his arm was under his hyung's head. He was certain that should've been uncomfortable (and his arm was surely asleep), but he felt really good like that; and he didn't want to wake Tae up, since the older looked so at peace in that moment; it would've been cruel.
"Your bodies fit well with each other" Jimin said when he saw Jungkook had his eyes open.
"Our bodies what...?"
"Nothing. Just wake Tae up"
Jimin left the room and Jungkook decided that neither him or Taehyung had slept enough that night, so, instead of waking his hyung up, he just closed his eyes and got back to sleeping.
If he only knew how many times that scene was gonna repeat itself.
iii. Once, Jungkook had something in his hair.
They were getting ready for a live performance, everyone was sitting on their respective chairs while the make-up artist did their job on their faces. Nari, Taehyung's make-up artist, had already finished with him, so he had a little time to watch something in his phone, so he did.
He had his headphones on, so he couldn't hear most of what was happening, so from time to time he looked up to see if he should get going or not
Taehyung had Jimin to his right and Jungkook to his left; the older one was getting his hair done, while the younger was playing a game on his phone, since his make-up was already finished too.
Jungkook had the habit of opening his eyes wide a lot and that little habit always made Taehyung squirm because of how cute it was; and he was doing it right now. The maknae didn't seem to realize that Taehyung was staring at him. Tae just kept his eyes on the other because something had caught his attention. Something that was shining.
Jungkook had a little red thing in his hair, a red shiny thing.
The younger hadn't realized it yet, so Taehyung just reached out his hand and, as carefully as he could, he touched Jungkook's hair, exactly were the shiny thing was.
Jungkook didn't do anything, he just kept on playing his game (maybe because he knew Tae was a touchy person and recently, he’d started to touch his hair a lot so he was probably used to it), didn't even look at his hyung. So, Taehyun grabbed the thing and took it off of his fringe. It turned out to be a small ribbon that Tae really hoped wasn't a part of Jungkook's hair-do.
When Taehyung sat straight in his chair again, he noticed Jimin was looking at him with a smirk, gesturing him to take off his headphones. He did what his friend was asking him to do.
"Such boyfriend material" was what Jimin wanted to tell him.
Taehyung just stared at him for a second, then looked at Jungkook, then back at Jimin. He shook his head.
Jungkook and him?
"No way"
iv. Once, Taehyung wanted cookies.
Jungkook wasn't Jin, but he knew how to cook (it had to do with him being good at everything), and that's why he was using the kitchen that Sunday morning. It was one of those rare days when they didn't have anything scheduled and they could enjoy themselves at home (well, he enjoyed himself at home, the others usually went out to meet with people, Yoongi and Namjoon would spend too much time writing, and bla bla bla), so he wanted to get himself something good to eat in his bed while he watched some anime.
Lucky thing they had done shopping the day before, so Jungkook had enough stuff to work with to make a great breakfast for himself.
In that moment, Taehyung, Jimin and Hoseok were waking by the kitchen. Jungkook said good morning to them and got back to cooking while his hyungs sat down on the couch. His hyungs except for Tae, who had stopped when he felt the sweet smell of Jungkook’s cooking.
"Jungkookie, are you making cookies?" he asked, all happy. Jungkook shook his head. He was actually about to burn a toast. "Why aren't you?" Tae insisted, going inside the kitchen to stand next to the maknae.
"Maybe because I wanted toast, hyung" was Jungkook's answer. He opened the fridge to take out the milk. Taehyung was following his every move.
"But can you make cookies anyway... Kookie?" Tae asked him, a silly grin on his lips. It was hard to resist, but the answer was still a no. Jungkook had no intention of distracting himself from his goals (a.k.a. having an early breakfast in his bed so he could have the rest of the day to work on a cover and use the gym - ah, his perfect day off). And now Taehyung was pouting.
Jungkook ignored it and poured milk in a glass, and, since he wasn't a bad person, he filled another 3 glasses for his hyungs.
"C'mon, Jungkookie" the elder insisted "If I knew how to bake cookies, I'd be sure as hell baking some; but I don't, so please, can you bake me some?"
Jungkook could hear Hoseok and Jimin's giggles coming from the living room. They were surely waiting for him to give in; but no.
"No, hyung"
"Pretty please" Tae said, blinking a lot.
"How can that change my mind?"
"Pretty pretty please" Taehyung insisted, now reaching out his arm to put his hand on the side of Jungkook's neck. Before the maknae could say anything about it, he felt how Tae was caressing his nape. His hyung was smiling at him and now it was way harder to say no.
Still...
"Nah"
Taehyung pouted again, let go of Jungkook's nape and straight up back-hugged him tightly. What the hell? Why was this hyung so good with hugs?
"Please?" Jungkook could feel Taehyung's wide smile on his back.
Damn.
"Okay, hyung, if you're starving for cookies I guess I can make some..." Jungkook answered, sighing.
"Great!" Tae said, letting go of Jungkook "That's why you're my favorite dongsaeng!"
Jungkook rolled his eyes "I'm your only dongsaeng around..."
"So?"
Having acomplished what he wanted, Taehyung left the kitchen, knowing that Jungkook would keep his word and bake cookies; and Jungkook hated that he was that much weak and that he couldn't take it back.
While Jungkook was lost in thought, kneeling in front of the oven and cursing at himself, Jin got into the kitchen and kicked his butt to catch his attention. Again, why was he the maknae?
"Since you're taking orders, Jungkookie" his eldest hyung said "can you please make me a coffee?" he asked. Jungkook looked at him in disbelief, shook his head and turned back to the oven again "C'mon... what if I hug you? Would you do it then?"
"That would decrease my willingness to do it, actually"
"But it worked for Tae..." Jin said "Well, of course it worked for him..."
Jungkook stood up.
"What is that supposed to mean, hyung?"
"Mmm, nothing, nothing"
v. Once, they all had to act “normal”.
Well, it is a known fact, the boys in Bangtan are a bunch of weirdos (the best kind of weirdos there is out there, of course), they themselves acknowledge this and adore that about themselves as a group, because they can never get bored around each other. So, when they got invited to a fancy gala on a fancy hotel to perform for a fancy family whose kid was an ARMY, the first thing Namjoon had to ask them to do was 'act normal'. And 'act normal' meant that they couldn't start jumping around being impressed by everything, they shouldn't start eating everything (he said to Jin), they couldn't start taking pictures of everyone around them (Jungkook knew that was meant for him), they couldn't dance on any table (he said that specifically looking at Jimin and Taehyung and they didn't know what they had done wrong), they couldn't be yelling around (directed to Hoseok) and they couldn't be avoiding people if they wanted to meet them (that one was for Yoongi).
All in all, they’d done well, Namjoon figured, they had managed to stay quiet for most of the night (except obviously for when they had to perform, when they were loud and great) and did a good job at leaving a good impression like their managers -who were present there, somewhere- had asked them to. They hadn't been much on the spotlight for the night, until...
Until a long list of BigBang songs started to blast through the speakers.
The two youngest members -specially the maknae- were hyped up by it and got in the middle of all the people that were dancing followed by Hobi, Jimin and Jin, that were happy to finally be able to express themselves. Jungkook and Tae, though, were having a concert of their own; they were singing at the top of their lungs like crazy, jumping and imitating the members of the legendary band. Namjoon facepalmed himself and Yoongi gave him a pat in the back, holding back a laugh.
"They really tried" Yoongi said.
The music got slower and a song that Namjoon had heard the maknaes sing a lot lately came on.
Mianhae mianhae hajima , naega chorahaejijanha
Namjoon and Yoongi could clearly hear the little (loud) squeak that came from Jungkook's mouth. When the two rappers paid attention to him, they noticed the maknae had now started slow dancing with Taehyung in a super extra way, spinning around, holding each other by one hand, while the other hand was on each other's back; well, kinda...
"Doesn't Taehyung realize how low his hand actually is?" Namjoon asked to Yoongi, referring to how Tae's hand was placed carelessly on Jungkook's butt like it was nothing.
"Well, it's not like Jungkook seems bothered about it"
It was true; the maknae had his eyes closed and his mouth was doing lip-sync, he didn't seem to even remember where he was. How cute.
So Namjoon couldn't help but bring it up later when they were heading back to the dorms.
"Guys, I'm glad we had a great time tonight" he said "And we did a great job, at least 'til Mr. and Mr. Eyes Nose Lips decided that it was their wedding but it was ok, nothing was too much out of control"
"Please, if Mr. and Mr. Eyes Nose Lips ever get married, their wedding will be way more fun" Taehyung joked, Jungkook nodded.
"I don't know, your hand seemed to be the time of its life today..."
"What?" Tae didn't understand. Jungkook wasn't even listening anymore.
Namjoon could see Yoongi rolling his eyes from behind the pair.
vi. Once, Taehyung was being too friendly in an award show.
Tae was a friendly person, in general it was really easy for him to make friends and Jungkook knew it from the start, since they met. If Taehyung hadn't been so friendly when they first met, Jungkook and him would have probably never talked, even if they ended up debuting together. It was something that Jungkook was always thankful for.
But that night, he was feeling kind of left out.
They were in an award show that, if you asked Jungkook now, he couldn't tell you which one it was because it didn't matter to him back then. The hyungs, except for Yoongi (who was sitting next to him, arms crossed), had left because they were the MCs presenting the next performance; Jimin was nowhere to be seen, he maybe had gone to the bathroom, and Tae, Tae was a few rows in front of them, chatting happily with Byun Baekhyun, an EXO member that Tae had become friends with since everyone said they looked alike (Jungkook didn't think so, but whatever).
Something about Taehyung being so far from him (and Yoongi) just to talk with some other idol that had nothing to do with them was bothering Jungkook and he didn't quite know why. Like, Taehyung was his own person and had friends everywhere and it was obvious that he'd want to spend time with them from time to time; Jungkook wasn't blaming him, he just- He was bored and it was weird not to have his youngest hyung next to him, singing whatever that was playing with him, or trying to make him laugh. And Jimin was surely going to be hurt if he found out that Tae had replaced them with another guy (and no one wanted Jimin sad, right?). And, in any case, Jungkook knew ARMYs had a beef with EXO-Ls, so them together couldn't be any good, right?. AND they'd have to go up stage soon (in like 40 minutes), Tae had to be next to them so they could go together because, knowing him, Taehyung could easily get lost in his way to the stage...
"Jungkook, if you keep clenching your teeth that way, they're gonna break" Yoongi told him, suddenly waking Jungkook up from his internal monologue. He just shook his head and looked down, he hadn't even noticed he was clenching his teeth and now they hurt. Yoongi was staring at him "The jelly train arrived to Bunny Town?"
What the fuck?
"Did you smoke, hyung?" Jungkook asked, weirded out "Why is there a jelly train?"
"I meant to ask if you were jealous" Yoongi corrected himself, grinning "I've spent too much time around Jin hyung" he said to himself.
Jungkook would have laughed, if the initial comment wasn't suggesting something about himself.
"Jealous of what exactly?"
His hyung gave him a look "I don't know, I just thought that it wasn't a coincidence that you were clenching your teeth and making a fist with your hands while casually staring at Taehyung and the EXO guy"
"What?" Jungkook realized his voice sounded funny, way too high-pitched "Hyung, you're really saying weird stuff today" well, not sneaky at all. But, in his defense, Jungkook was jealous in a friendly way, not in the way Yoongi was (probably) implying. He just wanted his best friend to be with him ‘cause it had been already 27 minutes apart and he was plain bored.
"Whatever" Yoongi said, taking off his phone from one of his pockets "Just know that your internal monologue wasn't very internal"
Jungkook blushed.
"I was just counting the reasons why I should bring Tae back here"
"Yeah, and you didn't sound jealous at all while doing so" Yoongi told him, sarcastically "But, please, go on, maybe if you keep whining he'll hear you..."
Jungkook didn't answer, he got offended and crossed his arms, copying -without noticing- Yoongi's pose. He wasn't going to be the one to bring Tae back with them, Jimin could do that when he came back from wherever the hell he was. And Yoongi hyung could go eat lamb skewers by himself from now on.
"Jealous" he sighed after a while "As if"
vii. Once, Jungkook was staring.
Bangtan was doing a broadcast in a show they were invited to. Everyone was walking around the studio, talking with the directors, the MCs, the make-up artists and everything. Jimin was minding his business, sitting on a stool next to his best friend, Taehyung, watching how he played a game in his phone making sounds and occasionally yelling at the little screen. While Taehyung played, Jimin talked about his day and what he wanted to do when they came back; but he wasn't putting much effort to the chat, though, because he wasn't even sure if Taehyung was listening to him.
When the dancer decided to look around to see what everyone else was doing, he saw something right in front of them that he couldn't believe he didn't see before: On a stool in the table that was paralleling theirs, there was Jungkook, that had his elbows on the table and his head rested on the palm of his hands. The boy was literally lost, staring at none other than Taehyung himself -who must've been looking pretty good at the moment for Jungkook to be so immersed in him.
Jimin had seen Jungkook staring at people before, even himself, he always did, it was like a habit, but those times never compared to when he saw him staring at Tae; he had such an intensity in his sight that it could kill whoever that dared come in between his eyes and his friend. In moments like this, when there were a lot of people around and Jimin was conscious about what was happening, it was really awkward and slipping into Creepy Lane, so Jimin decided he had to stop it, for the sake of Jungkook's dignity.
He grabbed his own phone and started typing.
PJM: jungkook wtf stOP
Jungkook looked down at his phone when the notification rang, then at him and then back at his phone. He seemed confused.
EVIL BUNNY: what did i do?
PJM: ur being obvious
EVIL BUNNY: about...?
PJM: ur love for tea
PJM: tae*
EVIL BUNNY: tf are u talking about?
PJM: you were literally undressin him w ur eyes
PJM: like, I know he's a piece of art but control yourself
EVIL BUNNY: i just glanced at him cause he did a funny sound
PJM: u were giving him lovey dovey eyes ♥♥♥
EVIL BUNNY: i was not
PJM: you were about to drool
EVIL BUNNY: no i was not
Jungkook was death glaring at him, but Jimin was having too much fun to actually fear for his life.
PJM: yea u were, u were staring
EVIL BUNNY: shut up i wasn't
PJM: you were staring hard
EVIL BUNNY: shut tf up
PJM: you were
Jimin could swear he could hear Jungkook screaming internally.
EVIL BUNNY: SO WHAT IF I WAS??? I STARE AT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME YOU EVEN CAUGHT ME STARING AT YOU MORE THAN ONCE AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE U SO WHAT??
Jimin couldn't believe it.
PJM: What the fuck are u being so defensive about?
Jimin looked up to give Jungkook a disapproving look and the maknae understood that he was out of place.
EVIL BUNNY: sorry
EVIL BUNNY: hyung
PJM: nAM, it's ok ♥♥♥
PJM: but does this mean you like him?
PJM: you know, like like
When Jimin looked up, Jungkook was already out of sight, he had probably left because of the embarrassment and now he felt a tad guilty.
"Why were you and Kook texting each other in the same room?" Taehyung asked him, not looking away from his phone's screen. Of course he noticed, Taehyung always noticed everything even if he didn't say it.
"Our little secret" Jimin answered, joking.
Taehyung responded by putting a hand in his heart and acting as if he had been shot "Oh, the pain of treason" he said like he was crying "I'm betrayed by my own man..."
Jimin laughed "Don't worry, your man apparently hates me for what I said"
Taehyung was confused "But you are my man, man"
"Oh, I thought you meant Jungkook"
"Why?" Tae asked, pretending to be weirded out about it. He clearly wasn't.
"I don't know" Jimin said "Didn’t you notice his eyes on you for this last hour?"
"No"
Oh, Taehyung really thought he could lie to him, what a fool.
"Liar liar, cheeks on fire" Jimin said, pointing at Tae's cheeks that were super red because he was blushing "Wait, why are you blushing?"
viii. Once, they were all watching a movie.
You know how this goes. It's a group of friends -well, a famous kpop band in this case- gathering in the living room's couch in front of the tv with popcorn to watch a movie marathon, and two of them are obviously, clearly, painfully in love with each other, and that bothers the others because they're trying to watch Toy Story, not the lovely couple having their month anniversary. The only difference here was that the duo denied any kind of feelings (because "ew, it's Jungkookie, our maknae, how could you say that?" and "Tae hyung it's not my type... I'm not even into guys...") and they weren’t being like a couple, they were just being equally annoying and wouldn’t shut up during the entire movie.
They were watching a horror film, selected obviously by Jungkook himself. In their dorm they normally did't watch horror films because half the band were pussies afraid, but they were doing it that one time because it was the maknae's turn to pick what to watch. In the couch was Namjoon, sitting straight and acting as if everything was ok (he was squeezing the arm of the couch so hard he came close to tearing it), Jin and Hoseok were watching carefully, screaming in fear from time to time (all the damn time), holding onto each other; Jimin and Yoongi were sitting next to them, apparently trying to see who could act as if they weren’t dying inside better (they were having a really bad time at it actually); all of this, while Jungkook and Taehyung were sitting on the floor, commenting on how this and that from the movie should've been done differently.
They weren't scared because 1) they had already seen it, they just chose it to scare Jin and Hoseok, and 2) because it wasn't even scary.
So, to pass the time, they did their little comments and laughed and literally invented their own new movie.
"Ok, what about changing the movie" Yoongi said when a loud sound from the tv made everyone in the couch startle a little -yeah, even Namjoon.
"Hyung's scared" Taehyung said singing, making Jungkook chuckle.
"No, Jimin here is scared and I'm a great hyung, that's all" he said, getting up from the couch and heading to the kitchen "I'll bring water" he said, as he turned on every light there was in the house.
"I am not, actually" Jimin said. Out of all of them, he was the less scared for sure "But he is, I can swear he was not breathing from time to time" he said, a hand in his heart.
The others laughed as Yoongi came back.
"What are we watching then?" he asked.
Since no one wanted to actually see the horror film, Taehyung and Jungkook had to give up and choose a new one that wasn't going to give their hyungs a heart attack.
"I want a rom-com" Namjoon suggested, showing his dimples.
"But I want a drama" Jin disagreed.
Jungkook didn't know why the hyungs thought they had a say in what he was gonna choose since it was his turn, but ok, he let it slip because they weren't having any ideas.
"Please, not another one of those cheesy melodramas" Yoongi begged.
And then, Taehyung decided one, standing up and making Jungkook stand up with him.
"Where to, Mr?" he asked, hoping the younger would get the reference. Jungkook, for Taehyung's delight, got it straight away; he stood behind Tae and rested his chin on one of Taehyung's shoulders.
"To the stars" he said, smiling widely.
They were gonna stay that way until the others understood.
"Why are you quoting Titanic?" Yoongi asked.
"Why do you know it's a Titanic quote?" Jin asked, laughing.
"Most importantly, are you guys gonna get off from our faces or are you planning to reenact another cheesy scene?" Hoseok asked the youngest members.
They both made faces but sat down.
"We'll keep our cheesy scenes to ourselves then" Tae said, acting offended while the movie started.
"Like your relationship isn't a cheesy scene in itself" Jimin commented, gaining a death glare from Jungkook and a soft push from Taehyung.
ix. Once, Taehyung was fooling around instead of practicing.
Hoseok is a sunshine almost all the time, but don't get in his nerves during dance practice because he'll become the scariest person walking on Earth in a matter of seconds. All of the members of Bangtan knew this and were always doing their best to keep up with him, not contradict him and stuff. But Taehyung seemed to have a death wish; who'd have thought.
They were learning a new choreography; Jimin, Jungkook and Hoseok had already finished with their required hours, Jimin had left, but Hoseok and Jungkook stayed, the first to help out Namjoon and Seokjin, and the latter just because he didn't have anything else to do. The four that remained practicing were tired and wanted to head back to the dorm as soon as possible, but Hoseok insisted on working on certain parts. But Taehyung had had enough of it, he needed a rest and he was willing to risk his life for it (Hobi and him loved each other anyways so how bad could he react?); so, he just let himself fall to the floor as if he didn't have bones, and lay there with his belly on the floor and his arms as a pillow under his face.
"Taehyungie" Hoseok said with an impatient voice "what the hell are you doing now?" he asked him.
The others took this as a chance to stop too, the sighs of relief filling the room. Hoseok started to poke Taehyung as if he was a death frog.
"Guys I think I killed him" Hoseok said with a worried voice. Taehyung could hear some laughs.
"I am not surprised" Namjoon said, getting closer to the door "Hyung, I think It'd be a good idea to grab some water and then come back" Hoseok gave him a glare "I mean, if you don't want any of us to end up like Tae"
Surprisingly, that was enough to convince Hoseok. Hobi nodded and all of them got out of the room. Well, Tae thought that all of them were out of the room.
"Hobi hyung considered murder for a second" he heard Jungkook say, coming closer to him.
Taehyung rolled on the floor so he could see Jungkook, who was now sitting beside him "He wouldn't have killed me, I'm too lovable" he said, grabbing Jungkook's hand and playing with it. The younger responded by grabbing his other hand with his free hand "and also, we needed a rest. You guys finished like an hour ago and we're still here" he complained.
"Well, those are the advantages you have when you're this good" Jungkook said pointing at himself with Tae's hand. He giggled a little like he did when he got all confident. It was cute.
Too cute for what Taehyung's heart could bare, so he pulled Jungkook by his hands so he would fall next to him (though Jungkook kind of fell on top of him, but moved quickly to the side) so he could start a good old tickling session.
That's why when the hyungs came back, the both of them were tangled together, rolling on the floor like a pair of kids (a pair of kids that were hardly trying to look at each other in the eyes 'cause they were both being painfully self-conscious about how close they were and some of the positions they had adopted). They were in the worst moment possible, when Jungkook had literally sat on top on Taehyung to make him stop ticking him; Tae's legs were trying to get the maknae out of him and, for some reason, the youngest had ended up falling head first again Tae, making them be too close. Too close even for them, that were always too close.
Anyone could've said they were kissing. But they definitely weren't.
"Why aren't I surprised?" Hoseok asked, standing in the door next to Yoongi. Jin and Namjoon were behind them sharing what seemed to be a knowing look. They scared the hell out of the maknaes with their presence.
"'Cause I bet you this was happening" Jin said, patting Hobi's back.
Neither Jungkook or Taehyung knew why they had shocked expressions right now, they weren't doing anything wrong, but something felt way too intimate about their little tickle fight and the hyungs interrupting made it feel worse.
"Why so shocked, guys?" Yoongi asked them, smirking.
They both gulped and got off of each other.
"Please if you're gonna do your stuff, don't do it here" Namjoon said.
The youngest members almost choked.
"We were just playing a game" Jungkook said while he and Taehyung got up from the floor.
"Of who kisses who first?" Yoongi asked him.
Oh, how much Jungkook wished he was a hyung sometimes.
"I don't have time for this, hyung" he said, walking to the door "I'll go take a nap, have fun dancing" and with that, he was out of the room and out of sight.
"Hyungs, don't make Jungkook uncomfortable" Taehyung said, catching the attention of everyone there "Let us be the great friends we are" he continued. Taehyung knew that at this point he was trying to convince himself of this "there's not that kinda feelings here. We're a feelings-free friendship and it is great like this" he said, turning around to face the big mirrors "Stop forcing stuff" he added.
It was great to know that he had left their hyungs out of speech. None of them said anything, one or two maybe sighed, but that was it. The theme wasn't touched again that day.
x. Once, Jungkook didn’t want to go back to bed.
"Why are you here?" Taehyung asked Jungkook, who was peacefully laying on the couch of their new living room, with the tv on and a game on his phone. The problem wasn't that the younger was enjoying his youth playing a video game, the problem was that it was 3 a.m. and they had to get up at 5 to drive off to who knows where for a new jacket. Taehyung might not be as responsible as he’d like most of the time, but he knew it wasn't convenient that Jungkook was still up, giving no signs of wanting to go back to sleep.
"I don't feel like sleeping today" the younger answered, not looking away from his phone "And I'm about to break my record" Taehyung was sure he was just playing Tetris.
"Ok, but you know we gotta get up in two hours, right?" Tae asked.
"Yeah, but I'm about to break my record too" Jungkook insisted "and what is more important here, huh?"
"Well, ARMYs will surely want to see you on full energy mode..."
Jungkook let his phone down for a second "Don't you dare play that card hyung" he said. When he looked back at his phone, he frowned and Taehyung knew what it meant "Gosh. I lost" he complained "Now I have to start over..."
Ok, if Jungkook wasn't leaving the living room then he wasn't gonna go anywhere either. Taehyung climbed to the couch and positioned himself on top of his bandmate, placing his elbows on each side of Jungkook's face to use them to support his own head so there would be a distance (a very short one, it has to be mentioned) between them. Jungkook gave him the questioning look Taehyung was already expecting from him. Tae could feel the unsteady fast beats of Jungkook's heart -or maybe it was his heart? At this point he didn't really know anymore.
"What are you doing now, hyung?" the younger asked.
"If you refuse to go to your room then I'm not going back to mine either" Taehyung declared, smiling like a kid.
"You'll have to stay here all night then, 'cause I'm not leaving," Jungkook said. Of course, Taehyung always had to be reminded of how competitive Jungkook was (one of the many things they had in common, unfortunately).
"I'm staying like this, then," he said, looking down at the maknae.
"Ok"
"Ok"
They didn't say anything for some long minutes. Jungkook just stared at the ceiling and Taehyung stared at him. What was the maknae thinking in that beautiful head?
"If you're staying," Jungkook said suddenly "can you lower yourself a little bit, hyung?" he asked "'Cause I can't play with your face on mine..."
Taehyung hadn't realize 'til then that he was in the middle of Jungkook's sight of his phone (did this mean that when he was staring at the ceiling, he was actually trying to play tetris? Tae didn't ask).
"Oh, yeah, sorry" he said and did as he was told.
That's how, a couple hours later, Yoongi and Hoseok found them on the couch: Tae resting his head on Jungkook's chest, one of the younger's arms around the older's waist, the other on the floor, where his phone was too. It was something too sweet to see.
"You're expecting us to not point this stuff out when you were literally just sleeping on Jungkook?" was the first thing Taehyung heard when he opened his eyes.
"Are you comfortable, Tae?" Hoseok asked him, kinda sarcastic, kinda lovingly.
"Pretty much," he said and then squeezed Jungkook as if he was his own personal human pillow (he is, nowadays), and got up a little so he could replace his head on the crook of Jungkook's neck. Jungkook squeezed him back. Taehyung was so sleepy he forgot for a second that Yoongi and Hoseok were there in the other new couch "How you slept?" he asked Jungkook. He was rubbing his nose against Jungkook's neck without even realizing it.
"Pretty well, and you?" the younger answered, squeezing him again, caressing his back. Taehyung was sure Jungkook was about to touch his hair, when they both realized.
They realized what they were doing.
They realized how they were acting.
How close they were.
Again.
They jumped off of each other as fast as they could.
"Well, you can't blame us for making assumptions" they heard Yoongi say.
Plus: i. That one time the hyungs were right (and didn’t even know).
Jungkook slammed the bathroom door behind him.
"What the hell was that?" he asked Taehyung. The expression on his not-just-a-friend-anymore was surely the same he had on right now. They were both in shock for their actions.
Just a few moments ago they were having a shared photoshoot. All the other members had already finished with their stuff and had left to other rooms of the big building they were using this time, while Tae and Jungkook were left behind because they were the last ones. The camera man had left them alone because he needed his assistants to be there, so he went out looking for them. They were both under an appealing red light, standing next to each other with nothing to talk about, since something was distracting them both.
The point is that they were alone. And the camera man should've known better that he shouldn't have done that, because in a blink of an eye, they were on each other's lips, quite literally. Neither of them knew how it happened, but one moment they were staring at each other's eyes, smile, lips; and the other Jungkook had his hands on Taehyung's jawline and Taehyung had his on the younger's waist. Those were the most intense 2 minutes of their entire lives, and they were interrupted by a male who opened the door of the room, looked at them in shock and then closed the door again.
Shit, was their first thought.
What happened after that happened even at a faster pace: Jungkook took Tae by the hand and walked out of the room, then Taehyung saw the bathroom door and decided that it was the better place to discuss what had just happened. So that's how they got there.
"Before you say anything" Jungkook started talking, desperation could be read in his face. Tae was still floating in his mind "I am really sorry" he said, putting his hands together to plead. Why was Jungkook begging? "I don't know what happened. Something just took over me... I... You were looking really beautiful, Tae" he confessed.
Ethereal, was what Jungkook actually meant.
Moments ago, under the red light, Jungkook had glanced at Tae just to see how he was doing, and found himself overwhelmed by his hyung’s beauty, his tanned skin and his always beautiful eyes. He just lost himself in that view. He was always lost in that view actually, the difference this time was that he didn't stop himself from trying to become one with the environment. He had taken his chances without considering that Tae maybe didn't want it, or the big problem that they were surely in now because someone had actually seen.
But right there, in front of him, was a dreamy Taehyung who was touching his beautiful lips with his fingers. Jungkook couldn't believe those lips had been on his for a brief moment.
"What do you mean you're sorry?" Taehyung said, kind of angry "Please don't say you're sorry 'cause I'm not sorry at all" Tae continued, getting closer to Jungkook, who was sure he was dreaming now "I thought I was the one seeing things... I was really confused" he confessed.
Jungkook didn't take his eyes off of him not even for a second and that was killing him.
Under the red light Taehyung could think of one and only one thing: Jungkook wasn't his friend anymore. He couldn't be friends with a guy that rocked his universe like that, that made him want to spend all his days clinging to him. He couldn't be just friends with Jungkook, and for some reason, maybe just wishful thinking, he thought that Jungkook could feel the same way about him too. And, that's how he used all the courage he had on him to step ahead and kiss the boy. And to his delight, the younger was kissing him too.
And then the man interrupted.
He still was unable to put into words how he felt exactly. But he was happy and excited and wanted to do it again.
He wanted to do it again so badly that it didn't matter to him that it was in a little bathroom.
They were really close now, Jungkook was leaning his back in the door to make sure no one would open it and Taehyung was in front of him. The stares had begun again, but this time they were only looking at each other's lips (they knew damn well how the other's eyes were).
"So you're saying you're ok with this?" Jungkook asked, pointing at the little space between each other with his index finger.
"I'm saying I want this" Tae answered touching Jungkook's chin with his index finger like he did sometimes in completely different situations.
"Really?" Jungkook still couldn't believe it.
His bunny teeth were showing through his sweet, sweet smile, and Taehyung was melting.
"Really" he said, one step closer.
Now they didn't have any gap between them, just the one between their lips, that they were ready to close.
They closed it.
And yes, fireworks went off, the red light came back and the smell of the bathroom totally disappeared. It was just the two of them, finally kissing like they had been wanting to kiss the other for a long time, getting their hands all over each other 'cause they were in their space, alone and in love.
In love? Yeah, maybe in love too.
Their tongues were having some fun with each other when someone knocked on their door.
They separated their lips just a little and tried not to laugh when they heard it was the other members (literally all of them).
"Jungkook, are you in there?" Namjoon asked.
"Someone said they saw you get in the bathroom a while ago" Yoongi said.
"Are you sick?" Jin asked.
Jungkook and Tae were having a hard time trying not to laugh.
"And have you seen Taehyung?" Jimin asked, worried "I can't find him"
"No, haven't seen him" he said, brushing his lips with Tae's.
"You sure you don't have him in there?" Hoseok asked sarcastically. The younger members could hear the others laughing.
"Nope, maybe he's in the other bathroom" Jungkook suggested "Go look for him, I'll be here a while more, hyungs"
As they heard their steps getting far and far away, they closed the gap again and smiled against each other's lips.
Nice.
Of course the one time something was really going on between them would be the times the hyungs would decide to finally leave them alone...