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Taehyung thought he was a walking cliché: he was in love with his childhood best friend, who apparently had no idea. So yeah, his life was a cliché, except for the part that he’s on his way to attend a university for super humans and the fact that he could manipulate plant life. Maybe not that cliché.
He found out about his powers at the tender age of seven, when his whole class had to do an experiment that involved observing the germination of bean seeds. He remembers that he was watching his plant, wishing it could grow up faster and then he got scared because it happened and it broke the vase that contained it, making him scream. That’s when his mother came to his room and he found out about her having the ability of talking to animals and that from that very day on, he had to control his ability and use it for good. When he asked if his father had any powers his mother told him not. He was disappointed.
That very same week he confessed his little secret to his best friend, Park Jimin, who had been very jealous at the fact that his plant was bigger and healthier than his. So making him pinky promise that he wouldn’t tell anyone, he showed him how he could make his plant grow thanks to his powers. And to his surprise his best friend confessed him that his parents where The Commander and Jetstream, the most famous superheroes of the world. Since then they had been inseparable and it only fueled Taehyung’s little crush towards his best friend.
He was now walking to the Park’s house but stopped on his tracks when he saw the withered flowers on Jimin’s neighbor garden. He looked around to see if none was near and walked towards them. He brushed the petals with his fingertips and watched as the color returned to the plants and with a big smile he went on his way. Jimin’s mother was the one who opened the door and let him in. He took off his shoes and followed her to the kitchen.
“Oh honey” the woman started “I remember when you and my Jiminie were so little and now you’re both going to the university” she was searching for something on the fridge “do you want something to eat? Maybe some eggs?”
“I’m sort of on a diet since my mom talked to a hen and told her she was tired of being used” the woman stopped her movements surprised and nodded.
“What about some juice?” she asked with a smile and he nodded.
“That would be perfect” the woman put a glass with juice in front of him and he thanked her. In that moment both heard steps coming near, and in the door frame appeared Jimin and his father.
“You’re finally here Taehyungie” the father of Jimin greeted him “finally you’re on your way to become superheroes and save the world. You know something son?” the man turned to his son “when I save the world I cannot stop thinking that someday the one who will broke into a thousand pieces will be me instead of the asteroid that was going to destroy the earth. But now that you will be preparing for taking over me, I feel so proud” the man patted Jimin’s back and in that moment the phone ringed and Jimin’s mother answered.
“There’s a report of a bank in Paris being robbed” she turned to his son a grabbed him by the cheeks “I wanted to send you off to the bus, is your first day after all”
“I’ll be fine mom” the boy told him through his squeezed cheeks.
“Duty calls us honey” and with that the parents of his best friend left the house. He waited a few seconds and then talked.
“Chim, when are you going to tell your parents that your powers haven’t showed up?”
That’s the thing. Since he discovered his powers and that Jimin’s parents were two of the most famous superheroes in the world, they were waiting for the other’s powers to show up. The chances of the boy getting one of his parents superpowers –his father’s super strength and invulnerability or his mother’s supersonic flight – were high, but to that day the boy was a very normal human. He always comforted the guy when he got frustrated about his nonexistent powers because, even though he couldn’t relate, he felt really sad when the other said he was a failure and a disappointment.
“You know very well how my father is going to react Tae. He’s very excited for all of us to be the ‘super Park family’” the boy went to the living room to grab his bag and he followed him close “let’s go before the bus leave us” and with no further comments they put on their shoes and left the house.
They waited on the corner of the street for the bus that will get them to their destination. When it got there and they got inside Jimin asked
“This is the bus to the Sky U?” the driver closed the doors immediately and shushed him.
“What are you thinking boy? You could expose our identities to the villains around” the man turned around to look at everyone and then he turned to see them “you’re new right? Well I’m Lee Kwangsoo, bus driver”
“Park Jimin and Kim Taehyung” the man opened and closed his mouth multiple times making him and Jimin chuckle.
“As in Park Jimin, son of The Commander and Jetstream? That Park Jimin?” when his best friend nodded, the man got up and bowed “I’m a huge fan of them” he turned to the passengers and cleared his throat “attention everyone! Here we have the son of The Commander and Jetstream, Park Jimin, if you two boys” he grabbed his best friend by the shoulders and then turned to see two boys, one with glasses and dimples and one with a pout on his face, that sat front row “could pretty please move to let them sit... it will be very okay”
“Oh no! There are a lot of seats in the back” his friend protested.
“But it will be a pleasure to let you and your boyfriend sit here” the boy with glasses told him.
“My best friend, but really it’s no problem” he had to make an effort to not let his smile drop at the mention of the words ‘best friend’ that slipped from the other’s mouth. So after that they walked to the back of the bus and found their friend Hoseok already there.
Apparently the boy had discovered his powers a few weeks prior but he didn’t want to reveal what they were. So with that declaration and a ‘buckle up’ from the driver Lee, the bus started to make its way to an unfinished bridge, making him and the others scream at the thought that they were going to crash. He had his eyes closed expecting the impact, but when it didn’t came he slowly opened them and looked as the bus was now flying towards what he could say was a big building suspended in the air. Well apparently rumors were true about the university.
When they landed and got off of the bus he looked around amazed; there were boys and girls using their powers without restrictions, some were making ice sculptures, others were flying, some were shape shifting, others duplicating themselves. He actually didn’t like to show off his powers since he was taught to never use them unless the situation needed it. Suddenly all of them were being cornered thanks to someone who was running at a really fast speed around them. That someone didn’t stop until a boy about the same height as his best friend came close. He wore a pretty chill expression but he caught a glimpse of boredom on the guy’s eyes.
“I think that’s enough Kihyun” the boy cleared his throat and smiled slightly at the group “I’m Min Yoongi, and I will be your guide. Welcome to Sky U –”
The boy started to talk about how they were going to meet a lot of different people with different superpowers. How they were going to be assigned to a class: the superheroes or sidekicks, he always thought it wasn’t fair to separate them because all of them had the same vision: save the humankind, so label them was a bit disrespectful. He turned to see his best friend and frowned when he caught him watching intensely to their guide with a silly smile on his face. Well they guy was good looking, he couldn’t deny that, and he was dressed really well, not like the baggy yellow flower printed shirt he was using and his khakis. He was comfortable with them and it was stylish so he had nothing to compare to the other’s wearing.
“–so now you’re going to the gym to be assigned. If you follow me please” everyone was now walking behind the guy except for his friend. He snapped his fingers in front of the other’s face.
“Where are we going?” he rolled his eyes and sighed.
“Did you even pay attention to what he was saying?”
Having a crush is always hard. Having a crush with your best friend is even harder. He didn’t remember when he started to develop those feelings for his best friend. His very oblivious best friend. They were always glued to the hip, sharing their secrets, comforting each other when they felt bad, being there for each other on special occasions and of course when they had a crush on someone. He dated a few guys when they were in high school, nothing serious. And he watched his best friend date girls and boys and every time it happened, he felt his heart shatter but he never told anything, instead he always was there to pick up the pieces of his best friend’s broken heart. None treated him like he deserved. He was starting to think that maybe he was the only one who could treat Jimin like he deserved, but he wouldn’t do anything about it until the other found out. Not a very smart move.
They were now in the gym, where the Min guy left them, waiting for the coach. Apparently the man could sonic scream. They saw said man enter the gym and everyone got quiet.
“I’m Kang Jiyoung. From now on coach Kang. And I’ll be the one how’s going to assign you all to where you belong; to the superhero side or the sidekick side. Don’t make me waste my time so the first one is Jo Taekwon”
Said guy was really lanky and stuttered when the coach asked him something. Suddenly a car fell from the ceiling and Taehyung thought that the poor boy would get crushed, but to his surprise the boy transformed into a golem-like creature and threw the car to the other side of the gym. He would never underestimate anyone again. One by one all of the girls and boys passed to show their superpowers and the coach screamed ‘hero’ or ‘sidekick’ depending on their abilities. Suddenly Hoseok was next to the coach with a big simile.
“You’re going to be very surprised when you see this” he spread his legs and arms preparing himself and then he clapped. Everyone was waiting, but nothing happened.
“What are you doing?” the coach asked.
“Showing my superpower” Hoseok answered smiling “but to see it you have to turn off all the lights or cup your hands around your eyes and stand really close to me, I’m glowing” the coach blinked a few times and sighed.
“Sidekick!” the man shouted making everyone cover their ears.
The next one to pass to the front was the guy with glasses and dimples named Kim Namjoon who apparently could melt into a fluid and got him to the sidekick class. Next to him passed the other guy of the bus, Kim Seokjin who shape shifted into a guinea pig. The coach expected him to shift into something else but when the guy told him that he only could shape into the little animal, he was put on the sidekick class. What a shame Taehyung thought, everyone had everything to be a superhero. He was immersed in his thoughts that he didn’t hear the coach calling his name, until his best friend elbowed him.
“So Kim Taehyung, aren’t you going to come over here or what?” the coach asked him with and irritated voice.
“Well, actually, coach Kang, I only use my powers when the situation demands it” he answered with a small voice.
“Excuse me?”
“I think that using my powers when nothing’s happening only fuels the violence among all of us and also I don’t like to show off because I think all of this hero-sidekick is really out of place and–”
“SIDEKICK!” he couldn’t even finish his sentence when the coach yelled, making him shut his eyes and sigh, at least he could be with Hoseok and the guys from the bus. The coach called Jimin and Taehyung got nervous for him.
“So you’re Park Jimin, The Commander and Jetstream son” the man huffed and looked at his clipboard “your father was a show off back in the old days… so what’s your power?” Taehyung looked as his best friend whispered something at the coach’s ear.
“That you don’t know what your power is?” he shouted for everyone to hear and then chuckled “come on kid, don’t be humble and show us. Your father’s strength right?” he made a car fell from the ceiling again and Taehyung gasped. Fortunately Jimin reacted on time and lied on the ground.
“Are you crazy?” his best friend shouted. The car went up and the coach rubbed his chin.
“So it’s your mother’s supersonic flight” the man made Jimin fly out until he hit the wall, making everyone wince and rush towards the groaning guy lying on the floor, the coach knelt next to his best friend’s head and shook his head “SIDEKICK!”
*
After the fiasco of the assignation and that they made sure Jimin didn’t have any broken ribs, they went to the cafeteria. They sat with Hoseok, Namjoon and Seokjin and started to talk about the class that they were going to have next.
“Is it me or that guy behind us is watching me?” Jimin asked and everyone turned their heads to see of who he was talking about.
Taehyung saw the guy frowning at them. He was wearing a black leather jacket and a black t-shirt underneath. His hair was pitch black and fell in messy waves on his forehead, his ears were adorned with a lot of earrings and he caught a glimpse of a piercing on his eyebrow. He looked like trouble. He felt a shiver run down his spine when the guy’s gaze stopped on his, making him turn around fast and he cleared his throat.
“Dude” Namjoon started “that’s Jeon Jungkook. His mother is a super heroine and his dad is no other than Barron Battle, the most dangerous villain in the world. Your father imprisoned him and now he’s serving four life sentences but cannot be granted parole until after his third life ends” the dimpled guy whispered making all of them gasp.
“No wonder why is he looking at you like that” Hoseok stated.
“He’s still looking?” Jimin asked and Taehyung turned. The guy was still watching them, occasionally making eye contact with him.
“No he’s not” he assured and started to eat his lunch.
“He’s still looking” his friend nudged him “great, I don’t have any superpowers and in my first day I found out I have an archenemy”
“It could be worse” he told him “you could have a broken rib” and when everyone agreed with him they continued eating, forgetting about the mysterious guy.
When they finished they walked towards the next classroom. When they turned around one of the halls they met Yoongi again who smiled at them.
“So you’re Park Jimin” he told pointing at his best friend.
“Don’t tell me, mind reader” he rolled his eyes at his best friend’s behavior.
“It’s actually on your name tag” the guy chuckled and pointed at Jimin’s chest making him laugh and Taehyung couldn’t suppress a groan “I’m searching for new students for the committee for the homecoming so if you or your friends want to be a part of it I would be very pleased”
“We actually canno–”
“I’m in” Jimin interrupted him making Namjoon and the others chuckle “it will be a pleasure to be part of it”
“Great” the other guy smiled “I’ll see you around for details then” and with that he was gone.
Well his first day of school, he was a sidekick and his crush had a crush on someone else already. Jimin wasn’t the only one having a bad day.
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Days have passed and the truth about Jimin’s nonexistent powers was out. His best friend decided to confess it to his father when the man came to their house when the new group of friends was doing homework. For a moment he thought that his son was helping sidekick kids, but when Jimin told him he was a sidekick himself, he almost lost it. He threatened to call the principal and make her fire coach Kang but when Jimin told him that he had to live with it he calmed a little bit. He was actually proud of his best friend. He stood up for all of them and was finally starting to accept the fact that he didn’t have powers. Or that was what they thought.
It was a wednesday when he was sitting with his friends, except for Jimin who had some sort of reunion with the homecoming committee. They were talking cheerfully when he caught his best friend searching for them. He shouted his name and made a gesture for him to go to sit with them. The guy was walking towards them when he saw from his peripheral vision the guy who cornered them the first day and one of his friends smiling wickedly and suddenly his friend tripped over and threw the contents of his tray on Jeon Jungkook. The cafeteria turned silent watching the scene.
“I’m really sorry” his best friend told the other “it wasn’t my fault”
“You’re gonna pay for this” the black haired man stated and suddenly his arms were on fire. He was a pyrokinetic after all.
He threw a fireball at Jimin, who used a tray as a shield that burned as soon as the fire made contact with it. Everyone in the cafeteria started running to the corners screaming but not wanting to leave because they wanted to see the fight. He ran towards his best friend when he got the chance. Jungkook was in front of them; fire emanating from his arms and his chest was heaving. He was walking side to side waiting for the perfect time to throw another fireball to his best friend. Taehyung took the opportunity and stood in front of Jimin.
“He’s not afraid of you” he screamed and saw the jaw of the guy clench and Jimin took the opportunity to ran to his right. Jungkook saw his movement and threw another ball to Jimin, who dodged it and got under a table. Jungkook stood up on the table and kept throwing fireballs at the sides of the table, preventing Jimin from escaping. They got to the last table and Jungkook talked again.
“Are you scared now? Who’s gonna stand up for you?”
“Me” Taehyung was scared, of course he was, but his best friend/crush was in danger and he could not let someone hurt him.
“This is gonna be fun” the guy turned towards him and he prepared himself for the blow.
“You! Let him alone!” in that moment his friend got up and lifted the table with the guy on it.
What a great moment for his powers to show up. Everyone screamed when he throw the table with the guy on it to a wall. Jungkook got up and creaked his neck. They got into a fist fight; Jungkook not using fire, threw a few punches that landed on Jimin’s jaw and stomach until his best friend punched him so hard on the stomach that the black haired man crossed several walls. Everyone in the cafeteria thought that it was the end of the fight, until they saw a very pissed off Jungkook walking towards Jimin, fire around his arms and torso. Taehyung saw an extinguisher and threw it at Jimin, who broke the cylinder and spread its contents towards Jungkook, who fell to the ground. Everyone cheered until the principal got to the place and called Jimin and Jungkook to detention.
To say that Jimin’s father was excited was an understatement.
-
Since Jimin got his powers he was moved to the superhero class and he was sad but happy that his best friend didn’t feel like a failure anymore. At least they could spend lunch time together. Or that’s what he thought. His friend called them and they went to where the boy was sitting; on a table with Yoongi and his friends. The technopath was starting to be a constant on their lives, claiming that he needed Jimin to help him with the homecoming preparations and although he felt jealous, he let it be.
“Take a seat” they were going to sit when the guy that duplicates himself made a lot of clones and they sat on the remaining chairs.
“Sorry, these are occupied” several voices announced.
“Hyungwoon…” Yoongi whispered.
“What?” the guy asked with fake ignorance.
“It’s okay” he told Jimin “there’s a table over there. I guess we see you later” with a last smile, the little group of friends walked towards an empty table. They sat and ate in silence until Hoseok broke it off.
“Okay that was a douche movement” he expressed annoyed.
“What do you expect from them?” Seokjin had said “they’re the heroes here; of course they’re the popular people and like to brag about it”
“I don’t know why Chim is with them” Namjoon expressed with a pout on his face.
“Don’t doubt Jimin’s loyalty to us guys” Taehyung defended “he has only been spending so much time with them because he accepted to be part of the homecoming committee. He’s going to come back when it’s over”
“Keep telling that to your little heart Taehyungie” Seokjin whispered and the only thing he could do was sigh. He was starting to doubt too.
Fortunately his doubts disappeared when Jimin appeared next to his locker, when he was preparing for his next class.
“I’m so sorry Tae” Jimin said and he stopped him.
“It’s really okay Chim, after all it wasn’t your fault”
“I could have stopped them, you know? Let me fix it” his best friend smiled and he smiled too “today at Paper Lantern”
“You don’t have to Chim…” he felt his heart start beating fast and he clutched his book harder.
“I’ll pay, don’t worry” the bell rang and his best friend started to walk backwards “at eight okay? See you there”
“See you there” he shout back and smiled dreamily.
*
His day passed in a blur, between his heart beating like crazy and little smiles that made his friends ask why he was so flustered. He had a date with his best friend aka his crush. Well maybe not a date, but he was going to confess right there an there. He couldn’t hide it anymore. His friends already knew and they started to annoy him with questions as to why he hadn’t confessed yet. But that would end tonight and he was sure of that.
With his most comfortable attire, his dark brown hair styled in a wavy way and his best earrings hanging of his ears, he made his way to the restaurant. He knew the place like the back of his hand since they had been there on multiple times. He was very happy to see that their favorite booth was unoccupied and he happily sat. A waiter came with the menu and they held a small conversation since he knew the boy.
He already knew what he was going to eat, but he wanted to wait for his best friend to show up to finally order. He was actually a little bit early because he was too nervous to stay in his room and his mother had already scolded him for making her tulips grow so much to the point the flowers reached the ceiling of the kitchen, where they adorned the room.
Right now he was watching the people coming to the restaurant; couples and families were having a good time and he smiled at the happy environment the place had, making him feel less uneasy.
He had thought about the consequences of his confession; he had the pros and cons very clear and even though he really wanted his best friend to reciprocate his love, he would accept if not. Maybe it would be awkward at the beginning, but they could get through that, they didn’t have known each other since they were kids for nothing. It will hurt, yes, but he thought that he was strong enough to face the consequences.
The waiter returned to ask for his order and he told him that he was waiting for someone, so he would just wait a little bit more. Usually Jimin always came late so it wasn’t a surprise to him; his friend was just ten minutes late.
Ten minutes suddenly turned into twenty, half an hour, a quarter to nine. He texted his best friend multiple times and called him but the other wasn’t picking up. He ordered when the clock hit nine and he waited, maybe the other had a family call or something. He watched as families and couples entered and left the restaurant and sighed. He suddenly lost his appetite. He was too immersed watching his plate full of food that he didn’t noticed the boy standing next to him until he cleared his throat.
“Huh?” he murmured and lifted his head only to meet a pair of dark eyes starting back at him.
“I’ve asked if you want me to heat your food”
Jeon freaking Jungkook was standing and talking to him. He had a black thank top that showed his tattooed and strong arms, black skinny jeans, a white apron wrapped around his waist and a small towel hanging from his shoulder. His hair was held by a hair net that exposed his forehead. He wasn’t blind; he could see why boys and girls not only were attracted to him for his bad boy attitude but because he was really attractive.
“We can’t use our powers outside of school yet” he whispered to the guy, who frowned and bent towards him.
“I will put it in the microwave” he whispered back and Taehyung felt like a dumbass.
“Do you want to sit?” it was the first thing that left his mouth and he saw the other look around the place to look if there were more costumers and when he spotted just two guys eating he nodded and sat in front of him.
“So…” the guy made a little flame appear on his index finger tip and lit up a candle on the table “you usually stare at your food and don’t eat it or what?”
“Of course I don’t do that” his voice came out high pitched and he cleared his throat “I was waiting for Jimin actually but apparently he forgot about our deal which is totally fine because maybe he had something to do with his parents in his house”
“Uh huh” the other mumbled watching him and he suddenly felt really nervous again, which was really weird since he was a social butterfly and rarely got nervous when he met someone new.
So he did what he was best at: talking. Since the other didn’t look like he wanted to start a conversation he started talking about how Jimin and he met. First, explaining how he discovered his powers and then how he showed them to his best friend, then he started to talk about random things that happened to them. Although the black haired guy only nodded and hummed at his stories, he was really paying attention at him and his gaze was really intense, making him more often than not divert his attention to other things while he was talking.
“…you should have seen his face when he fell from the tree and I made bushes grow so he couldn’t hurt himself, you should have laughed” he smiled softly remembering the day clearly.
“You fell in love with him before or after that?” Jungkook asked him and he let a nervous laugh.
“What are you saying?” the other gave him a pointed look and he groaned “is it that obvious?” and when Jungkook nodded he sighed.
“Why don’t you tell him?” the black haired man asked.
“I was supposed to confess today and ask him to go to the homecoming dance with me but now I don’t know…”
“You know what I think?” he looked at the guy expectantly “to let true love remain unspoken is the quickest route to a heavy heart…”
“That’s… wow” he was speechless at the other’s words.
“…and your lucky numbers are twenty two, nine, sixteen and forty”
He watched as Jungkook smiled slightly after he read the paper the fortune cookie and he stayed still. The black haired man had a really beautiful smile. Even if it wasn’t a full smile he could see the other’s eyes lit up. He didn’t know why the other didn’t do that often; he would do anything to make the other smile. The shout of a woman startled him and he heard Jungkook shouting back. The boy got up and sighed.
“Work’s calling” he made a pause and looked at the plate “I’ll put this for you to take it home” he saw him disappear behind a door and after a few minutes reappeared with a plastic bag on his hand “here you go”
“Thank you” he said softly “for making me company”
“Is nothing” the guy shrugged “it was really boring washing all those dishes”
“Yeah” he looked at his shoes and smiled “see you at school”
“I think not” the black haired man gave him a fake smile and then turned to disappear behind the door again.
There goes their progress.
-
The next morning when he was waiting the bus he expected to feel sad. Well he did, a little bit because Jimin didn’t show up, but he also had time to meet Jungkook, maybe they didn’t talk too much –maybe he did all the talk– but the other paid attention and he said that beautiful thing about love –he read the paper and it only contained the numbers– and then he smiled and he thought that maybe Jungkook shouldn’t be seen as a villain. A villain doesn’t know about love phrases. He was too distracted that he didn’t notice that Jimin had arrived.
“Hey Tae, you wouldn’t believe what happened” his friend started saying and he turned to see him “what happened Tae?” he lifted his right hand and revealed a fortune cookie, making his best friend gasp “oh my God Tae no!” the other groaned and he smiled sadly “I’m the worst best friend of the world, how did I forget about it?”
“It’s okay” he reassured him “we will go next time”
“I don’t deserve you” his friend hugged him and he smiled brightly.
“Well I wanted to tell you something” he started saying. Maybe he couldn’t do it yesterday but after he talked to Jungkook he was decided to do it today.
“Me too. You go first”
“No please, you were so excited before” at the mention of that Jimin smiled bigger and squealed.
“I’m going to the homecoming with Yoongi”
He made sure that the smile he had before didn’t drop because he felt a heaviness on his chest and he didn’t want his best friend ask what happened. He actually didn’t pay attention to what Jimin was rambling about and he just stared at him ‘so this is it right?’ he thought. This was when all of his dreams and heart were shattered, broken into tiny pieces. He should have never fall in love with his best friend. He knew since the beginning it was a mistake but he couldn’t help it. He was a fool for thinking that maybe Jimin could love him back and…
“What?” he asked when his friend looked at him and his lips weren’t moving.
“What you had to tell me?”
“Oh that” he looked at the cookie and smiled again “I’m going to the homecoming too”
“Really with whom?” his friend asked happily.
“Jeon Jungkook” it was as if someone was helping him because Kwangsoo appeared with his bus in that moment. Jimin was gaping at him when they found unoccupied seats.
“You’re telling me that you’re going to the homecoming with my archenemy?” his friend asked exasperated. Technically he wasn’t going with him, yet.
“He asked me when I talked with him yesterday when I was, oh yes! Waiting for you in Paper Lantern” he gave the other a little smile.
“I’ve already said sorry so you can tell him you’re not going with him”
“He’s a good guy Jimin” he said to his friend “anything that you want to say won’t make me tell no to him, I’m a big guy. I can take care of myself”
They remained silent all the way to the school and he didn’t say goodbye to the other. He wasn’t sad anymore, he was mad. How could Jimin say with who he can or cannot hang out? He was crazy if he thought that he wouldn’t go to the homecoming with Jungkook.
So that left him with a big problem. Going with Jungkook to the homecoming. He didn’t pay any attention to his classes, mulling over the issue. He had fucked up obviously. Jungkook made it clear that he didn’t want to talk to him at school. Maybe he could go to Paper Lantern again and talk to him but he wasn’t sure the other would help him. Maybe he could say that he wasn’t going at the end but what if Jungkook showed up and Jimin asked. He really fucked up.
Lunch time came faster than expected and he made his way to the cafeteria. A lot of people were chatting or eating and there was a lot of noise. He looked around hoping he could catch a sight of the pyrokinetic and when he saw the other sitting alone in his usual table he rushed towards him. He sat in front of him and the other lift his gaze.
“I thought I made it clear yesterday that I will not talk to you here” his voice had a hint of boringness as he rolled his eyes.
“Well yeah, but I’m here to ask you a favor…” the black haired guy looked at him with the same frown on his face “I need you to go with me to the homecoming” at that the other snorted.
“You’re kidding me right?” he saw Jungkook watching at the table where Jimin and Yoongi were and he made a sound of understatement “so you want to make the boy jealous…” well maybe he wanted or maybe not, right now he was sure he just wanted the other to say yes because he didn’t want to look like a liar so he nodded and Jungkook smiled “then I’m in” and he felt relieved. In that moment his friends made their appearances and sat next to them.
“What did you put on the fourth question? Because I think that if I have the weapon next to me I should use it, not handle it to the hero, we can’t lose time” Seokjin asked taking a sip of his drink.
“Wow” Jungkook said.
“I like our new vibe. We can be the bad guys” Hoseok said excited.
“Wow” Jungkook said again.
“Nice job Tae” Namjoon said and started eating happily.
“Hold your horses” Jungkook said and turned at him.
“You’ll do it, right?” he asked, just to make sure. Jungkook stood up and leaned towards him.
“For your information, I don’t wear tuxes” and with that he left the table.
“This still is the table of the bad guys right?” Hoseok asked and Taehyung felt relieved that the guy accepted.
-
Days had passed and almost everyone knew that he was going with Jungkook to the homecoming. Some people whispered behind his back at how he managed to get a boyfriend like the black haired man while being a sidekick and never speaking to him AND being friends with Jimin. Because yes, everyone thought they were boyfriends. He wasn’t going to tell them otherwise. He just let the rumors be.
Right now he had a class with coach Kang alongside with the hero class for the ‘save the citizen’ game. Right now Kihyun and the guy who had elasticity, named Minhyuk, were playing the villains while two sidekicks tried to save the citizen just to fail in the chore.
“Lash, speed” Taehyung thought how unfair was that the heroes could name themselves and they couldn’t just because they had to wait for their partner/hero to name them “villain or hero?” coach Kang asked to the boys.
“Villian” Kihyun answered.
“What a surprise” coach Kang sighed “and you wanna play against…?”
“I’ll say Park Jimin” Minhyuk answered with a smug face.
“And Jeon Jungkook” everyone in the gym gasped and Taehyung looked to his right, where his best friend sat looking troubled as Jungkook was making his way to the showers to put the safety stuff on him.
Minutes later, he watched as his best friend and his ‘boyfriend’ entered the area and stood opposite from Minhyuk and Kihyun. He was supposed to be concerned for his boyfriend but he was afraid that Jimin got hurt. Priorities he guessed.
“Remember you have only five minutes to save the citizen” the man adjusted his chronometer “Ready. Set. Go” coach Kang yelled and the game begun.
Kihyun started running and the crowd saw how Jimin and Jungkook went flying in the air and fell to the ground hard. He felt relieved when they got up but got scared again when they went flying again. It went like that for a few minutes with Jungkook throwing fireballs trying to hit Kihyun until Jimin punched the ground making it lift from the earth and the runner went flying towards a fake bench that was on the area the game was taking place.
Immediately Jungkook threw a fireball to Minhyuk to distract him and turned towards Jimin.
“Save the citizen” just as Jungkook shouted at Jimin, Minhyuk extended his arms and placed them around Jungkook’s body but the black haired man let the fire extend to his arms making Minhyuk release him.
“That’s not fair” the guy protested but coach Kang smiled.
“I didn’t see anything”
Kihyun went for Jungkook while Minhyuk was being wrapped around a fake lamp post after he got hit by a fireball and Jimin grabbed him like he was a rag doll.
“Save it” Jungkook shouted at Jimin again and Taehyung got excited until he saw how Kihyun was running in circles around the black haired man and anyone with logical sense knows that by doing that he was killing the air flow, suffocating the pyrokinectic.
He turned to see Jimin and he almost shouted at him to help Jungkook but the other was already walking towards the man and grabbing Kihyun by the collar of his shirt and let him run towards the wall. The crowd started chanting the countdown of the time and Jimin took Jungkook and threw him towards the human-doll that was seconds to fall into a crusher. The black haired man grabbed the doll and hit the ground at the same moment the alarm signaled that the time was over.
Everyone stood up from their seats and screamed after their victory, running towards Jimin who was panting hard but had a big smile on his face. Taehyung felt proud for his best friend and was seconds from going to him until he noticed Jungkook still lying on the floor, trying to catch his breath.
“Are you okay?” Taehyung asked kneeling next to Jungkook.
“Aren’t you supposed to be concerned about your friend instead of me?” the other replied in a harsh tone.
“Well…” he turned his head towards Jimin and saw him surrounded by a lot of girls and boys and of course Yoongi was right beside him “he’s doing okay”
“I’m fine” just as he answered he got up from the floor hissing and stumbling back. Taehyung immediately stood up too and grabbed him by the arm gently.
“Careful there” if there was something Taehyung wasn’t used to it was Jungkook’s stare. It was hard and he couldn’t decipher what the other was thinking. So he was there, Jungkook’s heavy gaze on him while he was grabbing his arm without his consent. Maybe he was thinking about punching him or burn him or worst, killing him, so when he heard him thanking him he made a confused sound and scrunched his face “what?”
“I said thanks, but I’m fine” behind Jungkook’s stoic face he caught a glimpse of something different from the coldness that was usually there. The black haired man cleared his throat and turned his head to the right, and usually Taehyung doesn’t react to bruises like that but he couldn’t stop the gasp when he noticed the big red –turning purple- mark on Jungkook’s left eye.
“Kook your eye…” and maybe he would blame his touchy self later when he’s alone and his mind processed everything that happened that day but right now he couldn’t help himself from cupping the left side of Jungkook’s face. His long lean fingers touched the burning skin of the other’s face and brushed the tips of his fingers on the bruise. If he had healing powers the bruise would disappear, actually he had a healing-bruise plant in his room maybe tomorrow he could bring it…
“I said I’m fine” Jungkook’s hand was on his wrist taking his hand off from his face. There he was, the Jungkook he knew.
“I’m your pretended boyfriend remember?”
“But don’t pretend you care about me” and with that Jungkook left the gym leaving Taehyung behind. Little did the black haired man know that Taehyung wasn’t pretending.
-
Taehyung was laying on his bed thinking about the events that happened that day. About Jungkook. He was surprised that he wasn’t thinking about Jimin like he used to do. His best friend looked so happy surrounded by all of those guys and next to Yoongi meanwhile Jungkook was left alone. The guy didn’t deserve that. Yes, he was intimidating and scared the hell out of everyone who tried to approach him, but a little help from time to time wasn’t bad.
He was still thinking about that fraction of time when he thought he saw the walls surrounding the boy fall down. How for a moment he felt that the other was going to show his true self. Because he hoped –knew– that the other was a soft boy with a hard exterior.
He remembered how warm the other’s skin was and how soft it felt under his hand. He wondered if it was because he was a pyrokinectic or it was just him, soft and warm. He shook his head at his thoughts and looked at his wrist, where Jungkook’s fingers were. He remembered the way the grip sent tingles down his spine. But why? Why he felt that way?
He turned to his right and saw the healing plant and sat up right away. Tomorrow Jungkook’s eye would be swollen and purple already so he was going to make an ointment for him so it would heal fast. He just hoped the other wouldn’t get mad.
-
He saw Jungkook reading a book outside the school and went to him.
“Hey there cutie” he told the other while grabbing his hand. Jungkook looked at their hands and then at his face. Taehyung felt a burn on his hand and instantly removed it from Jungkook’s.
“Don’t call me cutie” Jungkook was grabbing his bag and book and Taehyung grabbed his hand again.
“Wait! I’m sorry! I know I’m awkward and I’m like a pest to you but I swear I’ll never call you again that name but please give me a minute” Jungkook looked hesitant but with a sigh and a roll of his eyes he put his things away and faced him again.
“What do you need?” the black haired man asked. He saw that his eye was swollen and a deep shade of purple adorned it, so he took the matter into his hands and took out the ointment from his bag and opened the bottle.
“I knew that bruise will look ugly on your pretty face so I remembered I had a healing plant in my room and my mom taught me how to make an ointment with it a few years ago when I bruised my knee really bad” he knew he was rambling but he always did it when he was nervous and he was really nervous because he was applying ointment on Jungkook’s eye and he was so close to him and he felt the other’s breath against his cheek so he kept going “so I told myself ‘hey Taehyung what if you make some so Jungkook’s eye heals faster’ and I thought it was the best idea and yeah, I did it and well, here we are and if you like I’ll meet you here when class is over so I could put a little bit more and tomorrow too or if you want to take it home it’s okay I don’t mind and as you can smell, or not actually, it doesn’t have any smell so it’s a good thing right? Because I don’t know if you will actually like it if it had a smell because well I don’t know what do you like…”
“Thank you” Jungkook’s face was so close to him that he could feel the heat radiating from the other and he immediately felt his cheeks burn from how hard he knew he was blushing.
“I-it’s n-no-nothing” he cursed himself for stuttering.
“I guess I’ll see you here after my last class is over then?” Jungkook asked him and he nodded dumbly making the other chuckle and that was the prettiest chuckle he had heard and what was wrong with him? “see you Tae”
“Yes” he whispered after the other left and he knew that if he looked himself in the mirror his face would be so red from blushing the entire time.
He put his hand on his chest, feeling his heart running wild. He didn’t know if it was for how close they were, how handsome Jungkook looked when he chuckled or at the nickname the other called him. Maybe all of them.
-
The more time Taehyung spent with Jungkook (even if it was a few minutes) the more he felt his heart flutter at the sight of the man. Jungkook was slowly but surely opening up to him, letting him grab his arm or hand whenever he wanted without burning him, and sometimes he even talked about his day without Taehyung asking first. Baby steps, Taehyung always thought.
He slowly started to think when his plan on making Jimin jealous turned into wanting to spend more and more time with the black haired man. When he thought about Jimin now he couldn’t pinpoint how he had a crush on his best friend; maybe it was because he was the first person who didn’t judge him when they met or maybe because they were soulmates, they had a pretty strong bond, they understood the other with only a stare and where there for each other in bad and good times, supporting the other and giving the biggest hugs anyone could ask for. Right now if he thought about Jimin in a romantically way his face would scrunch up and he would feel a shiver, a 'not a good kind of shiver'.
He was walking towards his best friend’s house so he could open up about his revelation towards Jungkook and maybe that way he could figure out how he really felt about him.
When he reached the place he saw a lot of guys and girls in the house, blaring music coming from the inside. He made his way towards the door and opened it. There were people dancing in the middle of Jimin’s living room, others where drinking in the kitchen, others chatting next to the stairs.
Suddenly Kihyun approached him with Minhyuk next to him.
“What are you doing here?” Minhyuk asked and he frowned.
“Have you seen Jimin?” he asked at the two guys in front of him.
“Well yes, I have, he’s with Yoongi of course” Kihyun answered “but then again, what are you doing here? As far as I know you weren’t invited.”
“I’m looking for my best friend” he answered.
“If he’s your best friend, don’t you think he would have called you and asked you to come if you were his best friend?”
“Kihyun is right” Minhyuk said “it’s time for you to accept that your time as his best friend it’s over. He’s a hero and you’re just a pathetic excuse of sidekick that as far as I know doesn’t have any powers and believe me when I say that he doesn’t reciprocate your little crush”
“What?” he heard Jimin’s voice and he turned to see him and Yoongi walking towards them, the music had stopped and everyone had turned their eyes towards them.
“You didn’t know Jimin?” Kihyun asked “your best friend here has a big fat crush on you”
“That’s not true!” he yelled at the boy and the other smirked.
“Come on Taehyung. That’s why you had to ask Jungkook to go with you to the homecoming, just to make Jimin here jealous but it didn’t work out right?”
“I think that’s enough Kihyun” Yoongi told.
“Taehyung I-” Jimin started.
“Save it Chim” he had never felt so humiliated in his whole life, not even when he ripped his jeans in front of the class. He even had tears pooling in the corners of his eyes “I’ll talk to you tomorrow or when you have free time”
He left the house of his friend running without direction. His secret was out and he couldn’t explain that he didn’t have a crush on him anymore and that he actually liked Jungkook because there were a lot of eyes watching him and he felt like he couldn’t breathe anymore, so running was his best option.
He found himself standing outside the Paper Lantern and he rushed to the employees’ entrance where he knocked desperately until a man with a frown on his face opened up.
“Is Jungkook here?” he asked on the verge of tears.
“He’s working” the man answered.
“Please, I need to see him” the man hesitated but when he saw how wrecked Taehyung looked he sighed.
“Wait here” Taehyung didn’t know how much time had passed until the door opened again and Jungkook appeared in front of him.
“Taehyung what-” before the other had the chance to finish his question, Taehyung wrapped himself around him; arms circling his neck and face buried in the juncture of his neck and shoulder. He felt the tears running from his eyes and a sob leave his mouth. Then Jungkook wrapped his left arm around his waist and his right hand was placed on his neck, thumb brushing his nape softly “it’ll be okay Tae”
He felt safe there, inside Jungkook’s arms.
“You’ll tell me what happened that got you so worked up?” after what felt like hours but where only minutes Jungkook took his face into his hands and whipped the tears off of his face.
“Jimin knows about the crush” he answered in a small voice and he felt Jungkook’s hands stop their movements.
“Well isn’t that good?” the other asked.
“Kihyun was the one that told him. In front of Yoongi and half of the hero class” he felt his lips trembling as the words left his mouth and Jungkook’s jaw clenched.
“Those bastards will pay” he shook his head and looked down.
“It’s just… I was going to tell him tonight”
“Oh” Jungkook whispered “it’s for the best then. Not that Kihyun made a douche movement but the truth is out in the open now”
“I guess but actually I-” he was going to confess there that he realized that his crush on Jimin it was just an infatuation given all the years they had been friends but the door opened revealing a very angry woman.
“Jungkook I clearly told you to take just five minutes! We need you inside right now!”
“I’m coming!” Jungkook shouted back “you’re fine right?” Taehyung nodded “I guess I don’t need to go to the homecoming with-”
“What? No! Of course you have to!” Jungkook frowned and Taehyung sniffed “I need moral support if I will go there”
“You have your friends for that”
“You’re my friend too… right?” Jungkook looked hesitant at first but nodded afterwards “thank you” he couldn’t help himself from engulfing the other in a hug again “I see you tomorrow then” Jungkook hummed and hugged back.
“Tomorrow”
-
The big night came faster than anyone expected. He was currently inside the school’s gymnasium with his friends except Jimin. All of them were wearing black tuxes except from Hoseok who had a weird printed tux that, weirdly, looked really good on him.
They were grabbing a non-alcohol drink when someone cleared his throat behind him. He turned around and the sight made him stop breathing, Jungkook was standing there, wearing a tux. A black dress shirt tucked inside his pants with its sleeves rolled up at his forearms, exposing his tattooed arms. The black vest hugging his waist. A black tie loosely wrapped around his neck and the jacket unbuttoned. He was a view wearing all black.
“I thought you didn’t wear tuxes” was the first thing that came up to his mind.
“It’s from my father” Jungkook told “he can’t use this in jail”
“Do you want a drink?” he pushed the cup towards Jungkook and the other grabbed it.
He saw his friend engage a small conversation with Jungkook, more like they did the conversation and Jungkook just nodded his head from time to time. He saw when Jimin and Yoongi entered the gymnasium and smiled at his best friend’s happy face. They hadn’t talked since the Kihyun fiasco but tonight he would make everything clear between them.
He excused himself and walked towards Jimin who smiled when he approached him.
“Hey you” he greeted him.
“I’ll leave you to talk” Yoongi told them with a smile and left them.
“I’m sorry” was the first thing Jimin told him “I should have stopped Kihyun when I had the chance”
“It’s not your fault that your boyfriend’s friends are trash”
“Ex friends” Jimin told him “he stopped talking them after what they did to you”
“That’s great” he told him with a nod “Chim I actually wanted to clarify everything and tell you that yes I had a crush on you. The key word being had” he made a pause and sighed “actually if I think about it, it was more like an infatuation since we been friends for a long time and you never called me weird even if you know I’m weird” he saw Jimin smiling and he laughed “I love our friendship and I miss my soulmate… I’m sorry” Jimin cooed and wrapped him in a hug.
“I miss my soulmate too” Jimin told him when he hugged him back.
“Now get off of me before people start making rumors about me again” they laughed together and he sighed “that day I was going to your house to actually talk about my revelation but well, everything went downhill”
“I’m sorry again” Jimin said.
“It’s okay actually”
“Well, now that everything it’s clarified you can stop pretending you’re dating Jungkook” Jimin told him and he smiled slightly.
“Actually that was something I wanted to talk about it with you too…” just as he was finally to confess that he liked Jungkook everyone started clapping and shouting because Jimin’s parents had arrived. The Commander and Jetstream were invited to receive a special award for being the superheroes of the year and they were walking towards the podium were the principal was saying a few words.
Taehyung and Jimin went to stand next to Jungkook and his friends and watched as Kihyun and Minhyuk got up to the podium with the award in Kihyun’s hands.
“This night we’re here to celebrate the biggest superhero in the world. The one that is looking out in the shadows and not the ones that take all the credit” Minhyuk started with his speech making everyone confused.
“You destroyed her once, but she came back and she’s here to stay” Kihyun told with a smile “ladies and gentleman. Royal Pain”
“You thought that you killed me Commander?” a woman appeared in front of the crowd and Taehyung gasped “turns out that I’m pretty alive and now my son and his friends are here to help me destroy you” Kihyun, Minhyuk and others stood behind the woman “or more like turn you into my puppets”
The woman took out a weapon and aimed at Jimin’s father making him kneel on the floor and turning him into a baby? Just as Jimin’s mom was flying towards her, Royal Pain pointed the weapon at her and turned her into a baby too.
“Two down and a lot more to come” the woman smiled “once everyone’s a baby and start growing up, it’s going to be fun to teach you what a good life we villains have”
Everyone started running but Hyungwoon and his duplications blocked the exits. Jungkook grabbed his hand and he turned to see him.
“Everyone, follow me” the black haired man shouted and his friends followed him.
Jungkook found an air duct and threw a fireball to the grid that fell to the ground. The black haired made him enter first, followed by Jin, Namjoon, Hoseok, Jimin and Yoongi, who Jimin saved from being turned into a baby, and he entered at the end.
Taehyung tried to lead them to an exit but he couldn’t see anything.
“Can’t you light fire or something Jungkook? I don’t see shit” Seokjin asked.
“If you want to be roasted then yes” Jungkook answered annoyed.
“If you excuse me guys” Hoseok said “it’s time for me to shine” a bright green light was emitting from Hoseok’s body making everyone laugh.
“Shine bright like a diamond” Seokjin told him.
They found the end of the duct and Jimin made his way towards the grid to punch it, the thing falling to the ground. Everyone got out and stood in the hallway.
“I swear I didn’t know any of this” Yoongi told all of them “and I understand if you don’t believe in me because they were my friends but-”
“It’s okay Yoongi” Taehyung told him “if you were with them we will probably be babies too”
“Well, well, well” they turned to face Kihyun “what a lovely surprise”
“Kihyun don’t do this” Jimin told him and the boy chuckled.
“To late for that, mom’s proud that none discovered us” he motioned to Minhyuk and Hyungwoon “you’re gonna fall too you know?”
“Like hell we’ll do” Jungkook told them “Jimin, Yoongi you both go for Royal Pain, we’ll take care of these”
“Are you sure?” Jimin asked and Taehyung nodded “be safe”
Just as they went after Royal Pain, Kihyun approached Jungkook, Minhyuk went for Namjoon, Hoseok and Seokjin and Hyungwoon went after him.
“Scared Kim?” Hyungwoon asked duplicating himself.
“Of course not” he answered and turned to run to the cafeteria, Hyungwoon right behind him.
“Can’t defend yourself?” several voices asked at the same time when they entered the place.
“I don’t use my powers if the situation doesn’t demand it” he felt his back colliding with a table and Hyungwoon took the opportunity, punching him in the jaw “you’ll pay for this” the bushes outside the cafeteria broke the windows and turned into climbing plants around the place, wrapping around every Hyungwoon there, making them hang from the ceiling.
“I thought you didn’t have any powers” the boy was trying to break the branches apart, but Taehyung made them squeeze him harder.
“Surprise” he took a few steps and Hyungwoon talked again.
“Don’t leave me here!”
“Why would I free you?” he asked.
“After Royal Pain turns everyone into babies she’s going to deactivate the anti-gravity drive and the school’s gonna fall”
“Then I really need to go” he heard Hyungwoon shouting but he ran towards his friends, he couldn’t see Kihyun or Minhyuk anywhere “the school’s gonna fall” he took a deep breath and put his hands on his knees.
“Are you okay?” Jungkook asked standing next to him and making him rest against his body inspecting the bruise forming on his jaw.
“I’m fine” he answered “but Royal Pain will deactivate the anti-gravity drive after she turns everyone into a baby” Jungkook cursed and the others gasped.
“I think I know where we can find the school’s layout so we can find where the anti-gravity drive is and stop whatever Royal Pain put on it” Namjoon told them.
“Let’s go then” Taehyung said and Jungkook grabbed him by the waist, running behind Namjoon and the others. They entered to the library and Namjoon went to look for the papers inside the office of the librarian.
“Sometimes is good to be a nerd” Namjoon walked out with papers on his hand and splayed them on a table “according to this, the anti-gravity drive is right here” he pointed at a very small and secluded area right in the middle of the school.
“How are we supposed to go there? Just a rat will fit inside!” Hoseok exclaimed and then turned towards Seokjin who rolled his eyes.
“Fuck my life” Seokjin mumbled and they followed Namjoon towards the place. Seokjin shifted and Namjoon took him inside the pipeline “I feel stupid” Seokjin’s voice echoed.
“You’re doing great” Hoseok cheered.
“Five meters inside you’ll turn to your right” Namjoon told the other and sighed “maybe you two should go to help Jimin and Yoongi, I hope they aren’t turned into babies yet”
Taehyung looked at Jungkook who nodded and he turned to Namjoon.
“You guys can do it, take care” Taehyung told Hoseok and Namjoon and they nodded.
Jungkook grabbed him by the hand and they ran towards the gymnasium, hoping Yoongi and Jimin were safe. They entered the place and saw that Yoongi was grabbing the pacifier meanwhile Jimin was pinning Royal Pain into the ground. His best friend turned to see them and the woman took the opportunity to punch Jimin making him fly through a window and towards the sky.
“Jimin!” Yoongi shouted.
“You’ll pay for this” Taehyung shouted at the woman and walked towards her until Jungkook grabbed him by the waist and motioned so he could see outside. Jimin was floating there, Yoongi was smiling and the woman had a confused face.
“What?” she asked.
“Surprised?” Jimin asked “believe me, me too” and without further saying, he launched towards the woman, making her fall hard to the ground and then he punched her in the face, knocking her out. Jimin stood up and reached them alongside Yoongi.
“She put a device in the anti-gravity drive and if Seokjin, Namjoon and Hoseok doesn’t deactivate it quickly the school’s gonna fall” as soon as he said that to Jimin and Yoongi he saw the woman moving “watch out!” he screamed.
They were pulled to the ground kneeling because the school was falling. Apparently the woman deactivated the drive and the others hadn’t disconnected the device. He felt the gravity pull him and he encountered himself pressing hard against a chest, Jungkook’s chest, he felt arms wrapping around his waist and his face pressed into the other’s chest. He saw from his peripheral vision Jimin flying towards the window.
He was going to die. He was just starting his first year of uni, never got drunk, never went to a party, and he was going to die.
“You’re not going to die” he heard Jungkook saying between clenched teeth.
“I like you!” he shouted, maybe it was the fear of knowing that maybe he was going to die that made him spurt out the truth.
“What?” Jungkook asked.
“I like you Jungkook!” he tried to see the other’s face but he couldn’t move his head “I know all of this started because I wanted to make Jimin jealous but I don’t know where or how everything changed and suddenly I didn’t care that he was with Yoongi and even if we spent so little time together, every time I was close to you I felt like my heart was going to burst from my chest and when you let me intertwine my hand with yours even thought I know you hate physical contact it made my tummy feel weird, a good kind of weird of course, and then you slowly started to open up to me and that day that I went to Paper Lantern and I was a mess and you held me everything felt at peace and I knew that that was everything I ever wanted and that day I actually was going to confess Jimin that I liked you but then Kihyun happened and I didn’t tell you neither because I was interrupted by the woman at the restaurant and I don’t want to die without telling you that I like you” just as he finished rambling, they felt everything getting back to place and the school going upwards.
He felt the chest under him moving and laughter followed the movement. He fucked up. That was it. Jungkook was going to reject him and tell him how a fool he was for liking him. He pressed his head harder against Jungkook’s chest and the other hugged him tighter.
“You’re so cute” Jungkook mumbled and kissed his temple. He snapped his face to look at the other.
“What?” he asked in a small voice.
“I said” the black haired man straightened himself, making Taehyung gasp and blush as he was now straddling Jungkook’s lap “you’re cute” he was slowly pushing his face towards Taehyung’s face until Yoongi groaned.
“Thank heavens you’re finally here” Yoongi said, Jimin stood next to him “they were going to suck faces in front of me”
Taehyung groaned and hid his face on Jungkook’s neck making the later laugh.
“What are we going to do with the babies?” Jimin asked as him and Jungkook were standing up.
“It will take time because I don’t know much about how this works but I can reverse the effects of the pacifier” Yoongi told them “just make sure the babies don’t kill themselves” they looked at where the babies were, in seats that were going to be moved somewhere else if the woman succeeded on her plan “and make sure that woman isn’t going to try anything else”
Jimin moved towards said person and started to break any possible thing she could use as a weapon and wrapped something around her wrist and legs so she couldn’t escape. Namjoon, Hoseok and Seokjin entered the gymnasium and Taehyung smiled.
“You guys did great” Jimin told them.
“Obviously” Seokjin retorted making everyone laugh.
“Now what?” Namjoon asked.
“I need your help so we can reverse the effects of the pacifier” Yoongi told him “the others will take care of the babies”
“I will not change any diapers” Hoseok said grimacing and everyone laughed.
Several minutes later, Namjoon and Yoongi started returning everyone to their proper ages. The principal, teachers and Jimin’s parents congratulated every single one of them, calling them heroes giving Namjoon, Seokjin and Hoseok the award that was for the Commander and Jetstream. Kihyun, his gang and Royal Pain where going to jail.
“We are really sorry for everything that happened” the principal told to everyone once they returned all to their ages “but we can’t waste the decoration and food because we already paid for it so bring it on dj”
The music started playing and everyone started dancing. From being near dying, surely everyone was really happy at the moment. Taehyung saw Namjoon and Seokjin dancing so randomly next to Hoseok that it made him laugh. Yoongi and Jimin where chatting with Jimin’s parents happily.
“So…” he felt a presence next to him and saw that Jungkook was standing next to me “you like me”
“Well I-” he felt himself flush at the blunt question and cursed his rambling self “I will understand if everything I said made you uncomfortable because well I know I’m weird and I didn’t expect you to like me back so it’s okay and if you want to punch me I-” he was silenced by a pair of lips against his.
Jungkook was kissing him. Maybe he was dreaming or he died, he needed to pinch himself because maybe the school really fell and he was dead, yeah that was the only logical reason why Jungkook was kissing him.
“You’re not dead Taehyung” Jungkook told him with a smirk grabbing him by the waist “you’re pretty alive and I really kissed you and I like you too”
“Really?” he asked.
“Really” the other answered with a nod.
“Oh” Taehyung said “it’s good that you like me too because I’m so embarrassed that I confessed because I thought we were going to die and I didn’t want to die before I-” he felt lips against his again and he sighed.
“You talk too much you know?” Jungkook said.
“I’m sorry…”
“I like it” there was the blush on his neck and cheeks again “now, I know I look like someone who hates to dance but I really enjoy it so I’ll like to dance with my boyfriend” he was sure that all the air left his lungs.
“Boyfriend?” Taehyung asked.
“My ex-pretended-now-turned-real-boyfriend” Jungkook said with a smile and grabbed his hand “shall we?”
In the middle of the dance floor, surrounded by his friends and next to his boyfriend, Taehyung couldn’t believe his luck. It was his first year and yet he was being called a hero, had the most amazing friends in the world and the hottest guy in the university was his very own boyfriend. He couldn’t wait for the next years to come already.