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New Year’s Eve
A blanket of snow covered the ground and rooftop of the ski resort that many family’s chose to vacation at over the holiday season. Very few people were out on the slopes at that moment, most visitors opting to stay in the warmth and participate in the various parties taking place for any and all age groups. However, there were some that chose to not even participate in those, like a certain teenage boy, who was sporting his comfiest pajamas while curled up on a couch in the lounge with the book that had most recently captured his attention.
A beautiful woman stepped into the lounge, large eyes scanning the area until they finally landed on her son. She sighed in exasperation as she approached him, prying the book out of his hands. “Tae, it’s New Year’s Eve! Enough with the reading!”
Taehyung started whining, trying to pull the book back to himself. “But I’m almost done!”
She gave the 17-year-old a look. “You promised you would go to the teen party tonight and try to make some friends.” Taehyung pouted. “Come on, I already laid out an outfit for you.”
Taehyung sighed a he stood up from the couch, holding his hand out. “Can I at least have my book back?” After giving the teenager a look that said, ‘you better not just curl back up’, she complied, handing Taehyung his book back. Taehyung took it with a smile, holding it to his chest as he made his way to their room so he could get dressed.
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On the other end of the resort, another teenage boy was skipping out on the teen party, but not to read a book. He and his dad were caught up in an intense basketball scrimmage, as they had been for hours at that point. His mother walked into the recreational room, a look of frustration on her face at the sight of her son and husband doing the exact same thing they had done every single day of vacation…and every single day of their lives prior to that.
“Keep going left, Jungkook!” His dad encouraged as the 16-year-old moved back to position. “You’re gonna have everyone guarding you during the championship game, you gotta keep them on their toes!”
“…by going left?” Jungkook asked, not quite sure what the correlation was.
Jungkook’s dad nodded. “Yep, you wait until he thinks you’re going right, and you fake him out and go left.”
“Like this?” Before his dad could react, Jungkook faked right and broke to the left, shooting the ball and making it in the basket.
His father applauded him. “Keep doing that, that’s exactly what I want to see in the game!”
Jungkook’s mother decided to make her appearance known by groaning loudly, interrupting their excited planning. “Did we really fly all this way just to play even more basketball?”
Jungkook and his dad shared a look before responding. “Yeah~”
She sighed. “It’s the last night of vacation!” She held her arms out to show off her outfit. “We’re supposed to be going to a party tonight!” She lovingly reminded her husband.
“Right, party, yes. I totally remember!”
She rolled her eyes before turning to her son. “Jungkook, they have that kid’s party that I told you about if you want to go check it out.”
Jungkook raised an eyebrow in disgust. “Kid’s party?’
“Young adult, teen, whatever you wanna call it.” She walked over to her son and nudged him towards the door. “Just go shower and try to have some fun.”
Jungkook ran to grab the ball, begging his mom to let them have on more round. She sighed, and Jungkook knew he won, so he quickly made another shot, high fiving his dad before finally granting his mom’s wish.
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Jungkook looked around the party, wrinkling his nose as he realized it was just as lame as he knew it would be back when his mom had first mentioned it. Sighing, he made his way to a not as populated corner, near the stage that currently had two people performing a duet on it, to park himself for the ten minutes he planned on staying.
Taehyung entered on the other side of the room, clutching his book tightly to his chest as he looked around the party with wide eyes. He ducked his head, trying to make himself as small as possible while he looked for a quiet place to settle down. He finally found a small couch tucked slightly away from everyone else and sat himself down on it, opening his book up to tune out the world around him.
The song the couple was performing ended, and the host of the night climbed up on stage, encouraging everyone to give them a round of applause. “How’s that for a couple of snowboarders?!” Jungkook clapped politely, although he wasn’t even sure if the two had been good or not as he hadn’t been paying attention. “Let’s see who our special spotlight will pick next!” The host announced after the two previous singers climbed off the stage, two spotlights suddenly shining brightly and moving around the room in search of victims.
Jungkook was mid yawn when he was suddenly blinded by one of these spotlights, raising his hand in front of his face in an attempt to save his vision. “What?” He asked innocently as some of the people standing near him started pushing him in the direction of the stage.
Taehyung suddenly felt the world go bright, causing him to look up from his book and squint. Why is there a light on me? He asked himself as someone started tugging him off the couch. “What’s going on?”
“Congratulations you two!” The host exclaimed as the pair finally took their spots on stage, against their own will of course. “Good luck!” He patted both of them on the back, stepping off the stage just as the opening notes of whatever song they were supposed to sing rang through the room.
Jungkook sighed, glancing over at the other person. He saw a boy close to his own age with curly black hair and caramel tinted skin. The boy looked somewhat scared, hugging himself as he looked around the room. The basketball player looked up at the screen to see that the first part was coming up. Considering how nervous the other guy looked and realizing that literally no one at the party was paying them any attention, Jungkook cleared his throat and leaned closer to the microphone, letting the first few words flow out of him just to get it over with. “Living in my own world…didn’t understand…that anything can happen…when you take a chance…”
When the boy next to him started singing, Taehyung dared to take a glance at him, taking in the bulging arm muscles, big eyes, and soft looking hair the male sported. He looked back at the screen and took a deep breath, telling himself that if this stranger could sing in front of the crowd, then he could too. Right before his part started, Taehyung closed his eyes and opened his mouth.
When his first part finished, Jungkook stepped back, looking around boredly. His attention was suddenly captured, however, by the sudden honeylike voice that attacked his senses. “I never believed in…” Jungkook looked over at the boy next to him with wide eyes, completely captivated by his voice. “…what I couldn’t see…I never opened my heart…to all the possibilities…”
The next part of the song was a true duet, the two boys sharing shy glances as time went on. By the time the chorus came, the both of them found it difficult to look away from each other, losing themselves in the music and their partner. They didn’t even notice when the other partygoers started tuning into them, reacting to their performance as if they were at a concert for the biggest boyband in the world.
By the end of the song, the two were dancing with each other, gazing into each other’s eyes with the last few notes of the song. “The start of something new~”
As the crowd around them screamed, the two boys were still only focused on the person in front of them. “Jungkook~” The basketball player said, holding his hand towards the other.
“Taehyung~” The bookworm responded, shaking Jungkook’s hand.
After they were escorted off the stage, the two decided to keep speaking, finding some complimentary mugs of hot chocolate and making their way to the deck outside. “You have an amazing voice!” Jungkook exclaimed for the tenth time since their duet ended, Taehyung blushing once again. “You’re a singer, right?”
“Only in church choir.” Taehyung responded, clutching his mug to warm his hands. “I tried doing a solo once and passed out.”
“Really?” Jungkook asked, tilting his head. “Why?”
Taehyung shrugged. “One second I was looking at the crowd, and the next I was looking at the ceiling. I get so nervous when I’m up there by myself, that I just can’t do it.”
“Well, the way you were up there tonight, I find that hard to believe.”
Taehyung eyes widened slightly. “That’s the first time anything like that has ever happened! It was exhilarating!”
Jungkook nodded eagerly. “Right?!”
“You sound like you’ve sung a lot, too.” Taehyung pointed out, brining his hot chocolate to his lips to take a sip.
Jungkook snorted. “Yeah, my showerhead is my number one fan.”
Taehyung giggled as the crowd around them began to count down.
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Happy New Year!
The two looked around somewhat awkwardly as it began to snow, fireworks lighting up the sky while the few couples around them began to share their first kiss of the new year.
Taehyung suddenly cleared his throat, stepping back from Jungkook as if just realizing how close they were standing. “I should go find my mom. Wish her a happy new year.”
Jungkook chuckled awkwardly. “Yeah, me too. But with my mom…and dad.” Taehyung nodded, biting his lip as if he were contemplating asking something. “Can I get your number?” Jungkook suddenly blurted out, Taehyung’s eyes widening. “So I can call you tomorrow or something?” Taehyung smiled and nodded, pulling his phone out of his pocket. He looked up to hand it to Jungkook only to be caught by surprise when Jungkook took a picture of him. “I needed a contact photo.” Jungkook explained, handing his phone to Taehyung so he could type his number in.
“Right~” Taehyung mumbled, handing his phone to Jungkook. Jungkook put his number in Taehyung’s phone and quickly took a selfie so that he could have a contact photo too.
The two exchanged their phones back once they were done. Jungkook immediately pulled up Taehyung’s number while still talking. “Just so you know, singing with you was the most fun I’ve had on this entire vacation.” He chuckled. “So, where are you from?” He looked up, only to see that Taehyung was long gone, presumably to go find his mom like he had said. He deflated a bit at the male’s absence, but found a smile spreading across his face again as he looked down at his phone and saw the picture of Taehyung displayed on the screen. “Taehyung~”