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“How did you fall in love with me?” Taehyung asked out of the nowhere.

“Huh?” he asked back, now paying attention to his boyfriend instead of the movie playing on the tv.

“Yes! How did you fall in love with me? I mean” he left the comfortable space he had made himself around Jungkook to face him “I know you thought I was annoying in the first place and you didn’t like me because I was friends with Jimin so…” the eyes of Taehyung were full of curiosity and he had a shy smile on his face. He cursed internally because, how can someone look so ethereal without trying it? He was fucked.

The younger often declared his unconditional love for him, being shown in small gestures like sending him a good morning message, preparing a surprise date or the big birthday surprise he got him last year. And he could not forget about the big amount of ‘I love you’s’ he got every single day. For some, it would be a bit overwhelming -okay, he has to admit that at first it was for him- but right now, he couldn’t go on with his day without them. He always, always, longed for his boyfriend to tell him that he loved him. He would do anything to hear those words. He was whipped for one Kim Taehyung.

And if he had to spill all of his secrets so his boyfriend will be happy, he will do it.  

“You’re not going to let it die right?” Jungkook asked and his boyfriend pursed his lips and shook his head no, determined to make him speak, he had already asked the same question a thousand times, but he always told Taehyung that it was a story for another time. It appears that today’s a good time “ugh fine” he rolled his eyes and started speaking.

The first time he saw him, he actually didn’t pay attention to him; he was entering school and he saw a bunch of freshmen being cornered by Kihyun just like last year and then he saw Yoongi stopping the boy and making his introduction. He rolled his eyes and entered the building; he couldn’t care less about freshmen.

But then, rumor spread that the son of the Commander and Jetstream joined the university and he didn’t have any super power. He knew that his father wasn’t a good person -or a very good father- but he still holds a grudge against the superhero who imprisoned him; he was just seven years old when his father went to jail and from that on he couldn’t see him again.

It was in the cafeteria when he actually paid attention to him. He had spotted Park Jimin when he went there to grab something to eat so Jungkook decided to sit on a table alone, just to stare at the back of the boy, who turned his head to face him a couple of times when he felt his eyes making holes on his nape and then he felt a pair of eyes watching him so he slowly returned the stare just to see a boy dressed in green and brown tones and wavy brown hair adorning his pretty face. The boy turned around his face so fast that he was snapped from his thoughts; what the fuck was wrong with him? Pretty? More like weird face. He saw how the friends of Park were watching him and were talking probably about him and figuring out who he was. He saw the boy turning to see him again and made eye contact but the other would turn around his head after a second of him holding his gaze. He continued to stare at the back of Park until all of his friends finished their things and left the cafeteria, wavy brown hair along with them.

-

He was having a shit day at school; he hadn’t slept well the night before because his boss was being a pain in his ass and she didn’t want to hire another worker, in the morning his mother had to wake him up because his alarm didn’t ring and coach Kang was getting on his nerves because he wanted to put him on a team with a bunch of people he didn’t like. And now his clothes were soaked in boiling instant ramen, some side dishes and juice. He saw how everyone in the cafeteria stayed still and he turned to see an almost petrified Park Jimin holding and empty tray. That was the cherry on top.

“I’m really sorry” he heard the other saying “it wasn’t my fault” and yeah, maybe it wasn’t but his patience was under the ground now so he couldn’t stop himself.

“You’re gonna pay for this” he thanked the universe he wasn’t wearing his favorite jacket that day because it will be burned like the sleeves of the hoodie he had on right now.

He threw a fireball to the other, who used the empty tray as a shield and it ended up being burned. He heard the screams of everyone around them and saw everyone running to the corners so they wouldn’t end up in the middle of the fight. His chest was heaving and his arms were on fire, he was just waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack again when wavy haired boy stood in front of the little man. Oh. What did he have in front of him? Lovers?

“He’s not afraid of you!” the deep velvety voice that left the boy’s mouth surprised him and made him clench his jaw at the same time. He saw how Park ran to his right and he threw another fireball but the boy dodged it and got under the tables. What a loser. Jungkook got up on the table and kept throwing fireballs at the sides of them, so the other wouldn’t scape. When they got to the last table he chuckled.

“Are you scared now? Who’s gonna stand up for you?” he asked.

“Me!” he turned his face to see deep voice shaking up as a leaf but challenging him with his gaze. So definitely lovers.  

“This is gonna be fun” he smirked. He didn’t have any intentions on fighting with the boy but it was fun watching him standing up for Park. Did he have any powers anyways? None that he had heard of.

“You leave him alone!” he heard Park screaming and then he was thrown to a wall. He got up and creaked his neck. So he was a late bloomer and his powers showed up. Fun indeed. He decided to make it fair and used only his fists, throwing a punch to the face of Park until the latter punched him on the stomach and he went flying, knocking down several walls of the school and that pissed him off. He got up and lit up his arms, he really wanted to go easy. Just as he was going to throw a fireball, the other boy had a fire extinguisher and was breaking the top of it, and he felt himself being covered with its contents. He heard the cafeteria erupt in cheers to the shorter until the principal got there and started scolding them and telling them that they weren’t kids anymore.

The principal lead them to a room that neutralized their powers and let them so they could sort out their problem. Like that would work.

“I know what my father did” the shorter said once they were alone “and I’m sorry but that doesn’t mean that we have to follow the same path right?” the cheerful voice was annoying “I’m Park Jimin and I really want to make amends” the boy extended his hand and he just rolled his eyes to ignore him.

The principal let them go out after three hours and he got late to his job, which gained him a worth’s day salary being lost and extra hours and when he went home his mother was up and told him that the school had sent the bills of what he had broken and needed to be paid. A really fucking great day.

-

Taehyung. Kim Taehyung was the name of deep voice slash wavy haired boy that apparently had something with that Park boy and was right now sitting on a table, apparently waiting for said man. He was wearing something very him; a pair of loose green trousers and a yellow sweater that looked too big for him but he somehow nailed it, from his ears were hanging beautiful earrings and his hair was looking really soft and wavy. He looked beautiful. He snapped out of his train of thoughts when his boss yelled at him to move his ass faster. It was supposed to be his free night but he had something to pay to his school so he went to work even if he didn’t want to.

From time to time he looked at Taehyung’s table; he saw him talking to one of his co-workers animatedly for a few minutes, maybe he was a regular but he had never noticed him since more often than not he spent all his shifts on the kitchen preparing food, washing dishes or discharging the food truck which what he was doing that very moment.

He went in and out of the restaurant a couple of times and saw how the boy was looking around the place but the other didn’t show up. Maybe he was a little late, Taehyung had just been there for ten minutes. But suddenly ten minutes turned fifteen, then twenty and his co-worker went to Taehyung’s table to take his order and he finally ordered. When he finally finished he groaned and looked at clock; it was already a quarter to nine, another hour and they would close. He yawned and turned to look at the tables, where he found Taehyung sitting, a plate in front of him that he clearly hadn’t eaten from and alone. Didn’t that Park boy show up? Suddenly, he did what he never does: approach someone to talk to them. He saw how lost in his world Taehyung was looking at his plate and he rolled his eyes. He stood next to him and sighed.

“You want me to heat your food?” he asked and when he didn’t receive an answer he cleared his throat.

“Huh?” Taehyung asked and lifted his gaze to see him; Jungkook could see how surprised he was to see him there.

“I’ve asked if you want me to heat your food” he repeated and the other frowned.

“We can’t use our powers outside our school” Taehyung whispered and he frowned, leaning towards him.

“I will put it in the microwave” he whispered back and he could see the other face palming himself.

“Do you want to sit?” Taehyung asked and he wasn’t being nice, he was just tired so he looked around the restaurant to see if there were any more costumers or if his boss was around and when he noticed that it was almost empty and the woman wasn’t there, he sat in front of him.

“So…” Jungkook said before lighting up the tip of his index finger and he lit up the candle placed on the table “you usually stare at your food and don’t eat it or what?” he asked and saw the scandalized expression of the other.

“Of course I don’t do that” the deep voice came out a little bit high pitched and the other 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” he said without really meaning it. At least the short guy could’ve texted him or called him to say that he wouldn’t show up. He saw Taehyung watching his plate again until he took a deep breath and started talking again. And boy did he talk. He started by explaining how the short guy and he met - apparently kindergarten or something -, how he discovered his powers -germinating a bean plant and wishing it could grow faster and ‘boom it was magical’–, about how Jimin and he went exploring and almost got lost but thanks to his powers the plants guided them to somewhere safe, how amazed Jimin was when he saw all the plants that he cultivated and when he save Jimin –the shorter was falling and he made bushes grow so he couldn’t get hurt-. If he heard the name of that short guy one more time his head would explode.

“You fell in love with him before or after that?” he asked cutting the other’s blabbering until he let a nervous chuckle out.

“What are you saying?” he gave Taehyung a pointed look and the other groaned “is it that obvious?” he nodded because it was really clear that the boy in front of him had feelings for the guy who ditched him for god knows what.

“Why don’t you tell him?” he asked and the other sighed.

“I was going to confess today and ask him to go to the homecoming with me, but now I don’t know…” when the boy said those words he looked so small and for a fraction of a second he wanted to reach out and comfort him…

“You know what I think?” he was going to say something along the lines of ‘he doesn’t deserve you, you could do better and you’re too beautiful to be with that short guy’ but he restrained himself. Now that the guy was looking at him expectantly he thought that the other needed an advice “To let true love remain unspoken is the quickest route to a heavy heart”

“That’s… wow” he took a fortune cookie and opened it before the other could say anything else and pretended he didn’t say those words.

“… and your lucky numbers are two, nine, sixteen and forty” he smiled and Taehyung stared at him like he was something weird, he was about to say something else when his boss shouted at him to stop being a lazy asshole and to start to wash dishes. He got up and sighed.

“Work’s calling” he looked at the plate and told him “I’ll put this for you to take it home” he went to the kitchen and put the food in a disposable plate and then he got out and handled it to Taehyung “here you go”

“Thank you” the younger said softly “for making me company”

“Is nothing” he shrugged “it’s really boring washing all those dishes”

“Yeah” the guy had a blush on his face? “see you at school” he said smiling brightly.

“I think not” Jungkook had to give him a fake smile and then he turned around to go to the kitchen.

He suppressed the want to turn around and see the boy leaving the place.

-

He was having a quite good day. Classes were boring as usual so he slept in a few of them. He was sitting in the cafeteria, eyeing the food in front of him when he heard the screeching sound of the chair in front of him being moved and someone sitting on it. He lifted his gaze and Kim Taehyung was there with a bright smile on his face. He was surprised of course, but none had to know.

“I thought I made it clear yesterday that I will not talk to you here” he tried to sound bored and unsurprised; he rolled his eyes for drama effect.

“Well yeah, but I’m here to ask you a favor…” he frowned at that. What kind of favor the boy would ask? “I need you to go with me to the homecoming” when he heard the words leaving the boy’s lips he snorted. Surely Kim Taehyung was annoying but he wasn’t a fool.

“You’re kidding me right?” but then something clicked and he turned his gaze to where Park Jimin was sitting with Min Yoongi and company; so that was the reason the guy approached him. He didn’t like when people used him for their benefit and he never did favors, but maybe he would do it for the boy but before that he had to be sure about his theories “so you want to make the guy jealous…” he saw how the other hesitated until he finally nodded and he smiled “I’m in”

“What did you put in 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” the tall friend of Taehyung said, sitting next to said guy.

“Wow” he said annoyed.

“I like our new vibe. We can be the bad guys” the bubbly guy said sitting next to Jungkook and he frowned.

“Wait-” he tried to say something else but he was interrupted by the nerd.

“Nice job Tae” he was really annoyed now.

“Hold your horses” he said and turned his face to stare at Taehyung, who was looking him with hope written all over his face.

“You’ll do it right?” the younger asked and Jungkook stood up from his seat and leaned towards him.

“For your information, I won’t wear a tux” and with that he left the table.

He got out of the building and took a deep breath. He never did things like that. He hated interacting with people and now he was going to a homecoming with a guy he barely knew and he was going to be surrounded by unknown people. What was wrong with him? He tried to convince himself that he was just doing it so Park Jimin would be jealous.

-

He didn’t like the attention of people, but thanks to his new boyfriend people liked to whisper more openly behind his back. He was used to that thanks to his problematic reputation and his father, but never thanks to the relationships he had with others. He never had a proper relationship before, the last thing he had was a thing with a girl a year before an it only lasted a week and none in school knew about it, so hearing people that he was crazy for dating such a messy guy like Taehyung and that he could do so much better made him get angry. And not because they were saying he was crazy but because the boy didn’t deserve anything the people were saying. He was annoying but he wasn’t that bad.

The freshmen and juniors -both sidekick and hero- had a class with coach Kang that day. He was sitting alone at the top of the bleachers watching as Kihyun and Minhyuk were playing as villains against two sidekicks in save the citizen. He was tired of them playing the same roll over and over again but it was almost over so he sat there waiting for all to be over.

“Lash, speed… villain or hero?” the whole gymnasium could hear the voice of coach Kang shouting to the two guys to decide again to be villains or heroes even thought all of them already knew. 

“Villian” Kihyun answered and he suppressed a groan.

“What a surprise” coach Kang sighed and wrote something on his clipboard “and you want to play against…?”

“I’ll say… Park Jimin” Minhyuk answered with a smug face and with the way Kihyun looked at him he knew what they tried to do. Fuckers.

“And Jeon Jungkook” Kihyun stated and everyone gasped. He didn’t bother to look at anyone; he just stood up and walked to the showers to put the safety stuff. He was placing the knee pads on their place and adjusting them when he heard someone clearing their throat. He turned to his left and saw Park Jimin standing awkwardly.

“Let’s do our best” the guy said.

“Don’t tell me what to do” he said and straightened himself.

They waked to the kind of arena and stood opposite from Minhyuk and Kihyun.

“Remember you only have five minutes to save the citizen” coach Kang said and adjusted the chronometer. He looked at the two in front of him, if he was intelligent enough he could beat them alone and made them pay for this little stunt “Ready” he heard the coach say “Set” he took a deep breath “Go!”

He felt it more than he saw it coming. He was threw away by Kihyun and fell hard to the ground, he hit his head and he was sure a bruise will form against his temple or somewhere there because of how hot and throbbing it felt. Those two were going to play dirty. He got up again, only to go flying and fell hard again. He had enough. He threw fireball after fireball at the speed runner but he missed it. Park decided to hit the ground and made the wood floor lift, making Kihyun fly towards a fake bench placed in the area. He took the opportunity to throw a fireball towards Minhyuk to distract him so Park could save the citizen and end the shit show.

“Save the citizen!” Jungkook shouted at Jimin and he saw the shorter running to the fake human. He then felt arms wrapping around him and he knew it wasn’t fair but he was tired of all of it, so he made his arms be on fire making Minhyuk release him.

“That’s not fair!” the boy protested flinching thanks to the burning sensation and the coach smirked.

“I didn’t see anything” the man said. He threw a fireball to Minhyuk and it hit him so Jimin grabbed him like a rag doll and wrapped him around a fake lamp post like a pretzel. Jungkook was walking to the citizen when Kihyun started running around him.

“Save it!” he shouted at the other before he went down on his knees at the loss of air. He clutched his throat and gasped for air, he was getting dizzy and that wasn’t good. He probably was going to faint but then he felt air going to his lungs and he could hear the crowd chanting the countdown. He felt Jimin grabbing him and throwing him towards the human-like doll that was seconds away to fall into a crusher. He grabbed the doll and hit the ground at the same moment the alarm went off signaling the time was over. He threw the doll away and stayed there, trying to catch his breath and hearing everyone cheering at Park. He almost fainted and none cared. For that he hated team work. He saw a shadow approaching and he looked at his right.

“Are you okay?” Taehyung asked him, kneeling next to him. What he was doing there? He tried to catch his breath and when he felt like he could speak he turned to see the ceiling.

“Aren’t you supposed to be concerned about your friend instead of me?” he said in a harsh tone. He didn’t like when someone pitied him.

“Well…” the boy made a pause and he turned to the direction where he was watching. Jimin surrounded by all his classmates and next to him, Yoongi “he’s doing okay”

“I’m fine” he said and stood up hissing and stumbling back. The effects of the hard fall were making its appearance. The boy immediately got up and grabbed him by the arm gently.

“Careful there” he turned his head to look at the boy and what he saw there wasn’t pity; it was concern. The boy was concerned about his wellbeing. His stunning features were morphed into a concerned frown and lips parted. The gentle pressure on his arm was like a comforting weight on it. He felt a lump inside his throat and he gulped and sighed.

“Thanks, I’m fine” he said and Taehyung’s face changed from concern to confused.

“What?” the boy asked scrunching his face and it was so cute. He composed himself before he said something stupid.

“I said thanks, but I’m fine” he cleared his throat and turned his face to the right and the boy gasped.

“Kook, your eye…” he was about to ask what he had said when he felt a hand cupping his cheeks and long, lean fingers touched the place that was throbbing next to his eye. The tips of his fingers brushed softly at the bruise he knew it was forming there and for a moment he felt like the touch burned him and he was actually the one that could make people burn. He saw the concerned face of the other and what was happening? Since when he let others touch him like that? He never let himself be weak in front of anybody and he wasn’t going to start with that boy.

“I said I’m fine” he said harshly, taking the other’s hand off of his face.

“I’m your pretended boyfriend, remember?” Taehyung asked now annoyed which made him more furious at himself.

“But don’t pretend you care about me” and with that he left the boy in the middle of the gymnasium. Why did he accept that boy’s proposition in the first place? He hoped days could go faster so he could end all of this.

-

He was sitting on a bench outside the school reading a book. People were eating or talking but he wasn’t hungry and he never talks to anyone so he was enjoying the peaceful atmosphere, until Taehyung got there.

“Hey there cutie” the other told him grabbing his hand. He looked at his face and then to their hands. He slowly started to ignite the fire in his hand until Taehyung removed his hand and gasped at the feeling.

“Don’t call me cutie” he couldn’t believe the boldness of the other so he grabbed his bag and the book so he could go but Taehyung grabbed his hand again.

“Wait! I’m sorry! I know I’m awkward and I’m a pest to you. I’ll never call you again that name but please give me a minute” he hesitated for a moment but at the end he sighed and rolled his eyes, putting his things aside and faced the boy. Honestly, he was going soft.

“What do you need?” he asked and the boy looked at his eyes before he started to look for something on his bag. Taehyung had a bottle in his hand and he opened it.

“I knew that a 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 badly” the boy started rambling because he was nervous and it was cute seeing him, Taehyung got closer to him and started to apply the ointment on the bruise. He could feel the heat from the other’s proximity “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 your 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” he cut the cute rambling of Taehyung because he knew he could go hours like that. He looked at his face and he had a really cute blush on his cheeks.

“I-it’s n-no-noting” the other stuttered and he had to resist the urge to chuckle and pinch those rosy cheeks.

“I guess I’ll see you here after my last class is over then?” he asked Taehyung and said boy nodded dumbly and he couldn’t help the chuckle he let out, he grabbed his things and stood up “see you Tae”

“Yes” he heard a whisper behind his back and he shook his head. Oh boy, he was fucked.

-

“I see your eye’s already healing” his mother commented when they were eating dinner. He didn’t have to work that day so he tried to eat dinner with his mother. He nodded at her.

“It’s thanks to that annoying boy’s ointment” he chuckled remembering the rambling show of today where Taehyung talked about how his neighbor thought he was doing black magic because his garden had a very rare flower growing.

“Annoying huh?” his mother asked amused and he rolled his eyes “I think he’s more than annoying”

“A pest in my life” he said and his mother laughed. She already knew about his preferences and she was okay with it, she only cared that he was happy.

“I mean, he made an ointment only because you were hurt… he’s not using it in others, right?” he didn’t want to think he was special; he knew Taehyung was always trying to make others be and feel okay, so yeah, Taehyung was just being his nice and cute self.

“Well… no that I know” he said and his mother gave him a pointed look “he’s friends and has a crush with Park Jimin”

“Oh” his mother said softly understanding the situation, she knew that his father was a sore subject for him and he sighed.

“It’s nothing mom” he said and his mother smiled at him.

“Just don’t let it make you feel down” and with that he decided to end the conversation. He knew that for ‘it’ his mother referred to the situation with his father.

His parents had met before his father went to the villain side and had a pretty life until he turned three and his father got involved in not so hero-like situations. His mother would always say that she didn’t regret loving that man because thanks to him, she had him. She knew how he struggled when other kids found out about who his father was and how he often was the target of whispers and she always would tell him to not pay attention to it and don’t let it make him feel bad.

She could be relived because he wasn’t going to try anything with Taehyung.

-

The more time he spent with Taehyung, the more he was giving in into whatever the younger wanted. He discovered that the younger was a touchy person; he liked to grab his arm or hand and when he was focused in something, the younger would rub softly where his hand laid. After the third time the boy grabbed his hand without his consent, he stopped trying to burn him because he knew the other would keep doing that at random times.

They spent more and more time together between classes, even if it was just a few minutes. And when he least expected, he was initiating the conversation and talking about his day at Paper Lantern or how his classes went. He always would smile when he heard the laugh of the younger after telling him a story about a dumb client or a funny story.

Suddenly but surely, the younger was breaking his walls. And he didn’t try to stop him from it.

He never felt like that with anyone. It was the first time he wanted to protect and cherish someone that wasn’t his mother, but he also knew that heartbreak was inevitable. Taehyung was in love with his perfect and amazing friend and he was just a villain’s son; he couldn’t win against that.

When he agreed to go to the homecoming with Taehyung he thought that he was going to see Park Jimin suffering because his best friend was going out with his archenemy.

But oh how the tables have turned! Now, the bad Jeon Jungkook was suffering for unrequited love.

But he could survive it; years of having his walls up made him learn a few tricks, so he was ready.

He just hoped everything between the short one and Taehyung would go well. Because if Taehyung suffered from heartbreak, hell will break lose.   

-

Jungkook was washing the dishes and when he thought he was getting a break, more came. His legs hurt and he was really tired but he needed the money. He started to think about the large shower he would take after he finished there and how he was going to sleep all the day since his day off was the next one. He was so immersed in his thoughts that he just paid attention to his co-worked when the man touched his shoulder.

“I can’t help you, I have a lot to do” he said to the man and the other shook his head.

“No, there’s a boy outside the employees door asking for you” the man said and he frowned.

“What?” he asked and the man shrugged.

“I don’t know, he says he needs to talk to you, he looks very frightened” the man said and he tried to think of who could want to talk to him but none came to his mind “look, the boss is here, you should ask her if you can go out”

“Boss I’ll go out, I need to take care of something” he said to the woman, who had a permanent frown on his face, instead of asking if he could go out.

“What are you talking about? You have work!” the woman said and he nodded.

“I know, but I’ll be back” he said making his way to the employees’ door.

“Five minutes Jeon or you’ll be fired!” he knew the woman wouldn’t fire him; he was the most efficient there after all. He reached the doorknob and opened the door. He expected everything, but no a trembling and crying Taehyung.

“Taehyung what-” before he could say something more, the younger wrapped himself around him; arms circling his neck and face hidden in the juncture of his neck and shoulder. He felt the tears on his skin and he heard the sobs of Taehyung getting louder. Someone was going to die. But before that, he wrapped his left arm around the younger’s waist and he put his right hand on his neck, his thumb rubbing his nape softly “it’ll be okay Tae”

It felt like forever before Taehyung’s sobs reduced to simple whimpers. He felt hot breath on his neck where the younger was trying hard to stabilize himself.

“You’ll tell me what happened that got you so worked up, hm?” Jungkook asked taking Taehyung’s face between his hands, whipping the tears off of his face. He wanted to punch whoever made this precious boy cry.

“Jimin knows about the crush” he stopped his movements. He felt a pang on his chest and tried not to show any emotion. This was over then? But it wasn’t time to think about himself, he had to make sure Taehyung was okay first.

“Well, isn’t that good?” he asked curious.

“Kihyun was the one that told him. In front of Yoongi and half of the hero class…” he saw the boy’s lips tremble and his jaw clenched. Sure someone’s going to die.

“Those bastards will pay” he said angrily and Taehyung shook his head and looked at his feet.

“It’s just… I was going to tell him tonight” at this point he was just trying to survive at each word the other said.

“Oh” he whispered “it’s for the best then… not that Kihyun made a douche movement, but the truth is out in the open now” this was the end.

“I guess” the other said hesitantly “but actually I-” Taehyung was going to say something else, but his boss decided to make an appearance.

“Jungkook, I clearly told you to take just five minutes! We need you inside right now!” the woman shouted and he sighed.

“I’m coming!” he shouted back and turned to look at Taehyung’s face, that was still between his hands “you’re fine, right?” he asked and the younger nodded “I guess I don’t need to go to the homecoming with-”

“What? No! Of course you have to!” Jungkook frowned at how fast Taehyung said that and he was really surprised to hear that. The younger sniffed and avoided his gaze “I need moral support if I will go there”

“You have your friends for that” he said and Taehyung looked him in the eyes.

“You’re my friend too… right?” right, now he was in the friendzone, he just needed time to process everything and he would be fine, he had it worse in life. He nodded and the younger smiled “thank you” he felt a pair of arms wrapping around him “I see you tomorrow” Jungkook hummed and hugged back.

“Tomorrow” he said softly.

He watched as the boy walked away. Maybe tomorrow the younger will be already in Park Jimin’s arms but if he needed him there, he will be there, even if it hurt. He couldn’t believe that he went soft.

-

After that day they hung around like they did before but now hanging with Taehyung translated to hanging out with his friends. He was tired of it, but it made the boy happy so he tried to not snap at the others. All decided to meet at the homecoming instead of going at the house of one of them –not that Jungkook would go- before going there.

And suddenly, the big night came. He was wearing a tux and it made him feel uncomfortable, but his mother said that he looked handsome –he knew his mother was biased but whatever-so, at least Taehyung could have good looking company.

When he got to the place, there were people already dancing and some of them were sitting in the tables around. He walked towards the spot they had decided to meet, next to the fruit punch table and when he spotted Taehyung his breath caught in his throat; the boy was wearing a black suit with what it looked like a white t-shirt underneath, and a red and white kerchief around his neck, pearl earrings hanging from his ears and his soft wavy hair styled. A dream. A total dream he was. If he had put attention, he would have noticed that the younger was ogling him, but he was focused on the beauty in front of him.

“I thought you didn’t wear tuxes” Taehyung said him and he chuckled.

“It’s from my father” he said “he can’t use it in jail”

“Do you want a drink?” the boy said and he smiled grabbing the cup that was pushed into his hand.

He engaged himself in small conversation with Taehyung’s friends, nodding from time to time to what they were saying. He noticed when Yoongi entered the place and next to him was Jimin. He saw from his peripheral vision how Taehyung approached the shorter and he sighed.

They didn’t talk anymore about the subject. Taehyung didn’t talk to Jimin since that day and he didn’t know what to think of it. But for the way he saw them hugging, they made peace again but he didn’t know where they stood, if they had decided to stay as friends or if they tried something else, and that thought was killing him. Suddenly, Jimin’s parents appeared and everyone started clapping and cheering, the youngers walked to where he was and all of them saw as Kihyun and Minhyuk got to the podium with an award on 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 said and he frowned. Something was weird.

“You destroyed her once, but she came back and she’s here to stay” Kihyun told with a smile on his face “ladies and gentleman… Royal Pain”

“You thought you killed me Commander?” a woman appeared in front of the crowd and everyone gasped, if he remembers well she was a partner of his father “turns out that I’m pretty alive and now my son and his friends are here to help me destroy you… or more like turn you into my puppets”

The woman took out a weapon and aimed it at Jimin’s father, making him kneel on the floor and turning into… a baby? Jimin’s mom was flying towards the woman but she pointed the weapon at her and she turned into a baby.

“Two down and a lot more to come. Once everyone’s a baby and start growing up, it’s going to be so much fun teaching you what a good life we villains have”

Jungkook watched as everyone started to run towards the entrance but they were being closed thanks to Hyungwoon’s duplications and now the woman started shooting everyone turning them into babies. He looked for an exit until he found an air duct and he grabbed Taehyung’s hand, his priority was saving him and his friends.

“Everyone, follow me!” he shouted and ran towards the air duct without releasing Taehyung’s hand. He threw a faire ball to the grid and it fell to the ground, he made Taehyung enter first and then all of his friends and he entered least, managing to put the grid back so it would save them time to figure out a plan.

They crawled for what it felt like an eternity until Yoongi stopped because they couldn’t see anything.

“Can’t you light fire or something Jungkook?” he could hear Seokjin’s voice and he rolled his eyes “I don’t see shit”

“If you want to be roasted, then yes” he answered annoyed.

“If you excuse me guys” a green light started to shine and he chuckled at Hoseok’s power “it’s time for me to shine”

“Shine bright like a diamond” Seokjin said and everyone started following Hoseok.

After a few minutes, they found the end of the air duct and Jimin punched the grid so they could go out one by one. As soon as he got out he searched for Taehyung and made sure that he was fine.

“I swear I didn’t know any of this” Yoongi started saying “I understand if you don’t believe me because they were my friends but-”

“It’s okay Yoongi” Taehyung interrupted him “if you were with them, we will probably be babies already”

“Well… well… well” they heard Kihyun’s voice and they turned to face him and his friends “what a lovely surprise”        

“Kihyun, don’t do this” Jimin said and the other chuckled.

“Too late for that, mom’s proud that none discovered us” he motioned his friends “you all are gonna fall too, you know?”

“Like hell we’ll do” he said angrily throwing his suit jacket, rolling the sleeves of his shirt and igniting fire in his hands “Jimin, Yoongi you both go for Royal Pain, we’ll take care of these”

“Are you sure?” Jimin asked and Taehyung nodded “be safe, all of you”

As soon as they left the place, Kihyun approached him, Minhyuk went for Namjoon, Hoseok and Seokjin and Hyungwoon went after Taehyung.

He threw a fire ball first and everyone started running everywhere. He turned to see Taehyung but he was thrown at the lockers. Now he was pissed.

“Don’t be a coward Kihyun and stop running like a little bitch” he felt more than he saw the speed runner and threw a fire ball at him, making him fall to the ground but the other recovered quickly and again used his speed to throw him at the lockers. It went like that for a few minutes until he saw Namjoon standing at the middle of the hallway and Kihyun running towards him.

“Watch out!” he shouted and Namjoon converted himself into a puddle of goo. Kihyun slipped and Jungkook threw a fire ball at the guy, knocking him out. With Namjoon’s help, they locked him up in the janitor’s closet and went to find the others. Just as they were making his way to where Taehyung disappeared, they saw him running towards them.

“The school’s gonna fall” Taehyung said as soon as he spotted them, taking a deep breath and placing his hands on his knees.

“Are you okay?” Jungkook asked. He stood next to him and made him rest against his chest, inspecting his face. He found a bruise on his jaw and he frowned.

“I’m fine” Taehyung told him softly “but Royal Pain will deactivate the any-gravity drive after he turns everyone into a baby”

“Fuck” he said and the others gasped. Neither of them could fly so they were screwed.

“I think I know where we can find out the school’s layout” Jungkook turned to see Namjoon “we can find where the anti-gravity drive is and stop whatever Royal Pain put on it” the guy said and all of them nodded.

“Let’s go then” Taehyung said and as soon as they started following Namjoon, he couldn’t help himself from grabbing Taehyung by the waist. The younger had fought and he knew that he hated fights, maybe he had more injuries besides the bruise and he hated that thought. He was too deep into that boy so he did what he thought was the best. If Taehyung didn’t like it, well, he didn’t say it so he thought it was fine. They went to the library and Namjoon ran somewhere to look for what he was searching and after a few minutes he returned holding something.

“Sometimes is good to be a nerd” he splayed on a table what he brought and starting looking for the item “according to this, the anti-gravity drive is here” he pointed at a very small and secluded area right in the middle of the school.

“How are we supposed to go in there?” Hoseok said “just a rat would fit inside” all of them turned to look at Seokjin and the guy rolled his eyes.

“Fuck my life” Seokjin said but nodded and they followed Namjoon to the place. Seokjin shifted and Namjoon put him inside the pipeline “I feel stupid” Seokjin said and all of them couldn’t help but chuckle, everything was so hilarious.

“You’re doing great!” Hoseok cheered.

“Five meters inside, you have to turn to your right” Namjoon said and turned to face him and Taehyung “maybe you two should go to help Jimin and Yoongi. I hope they haven’t been turned into babies yet”

Taehyung looked him and he nodded, he then turned to Namjoon.

“You guys can do it, take care” the others nodded and Jungkook took the younger’s hand and they ran towards the gymnasium. He hoped the others were okay.

When they entered the place, they saw as Yoongi was holding the pacifier and taking him far away from the villain meanwhile Jimin was pinning her to the ground. The shorter was startled by them entering the place and the woman took the opportunity to punch Jimin and making him fly through the gym and towards a window.

“Jimin!” Yoongi shouted pained.

“You’ll pay for this” Taehyung shouted at the woman and Jungkook grabbed him by the waist when the younger tried to get close to her. He saw Jimin floating and he smiled and made the younger watch his friend.

“What?” the woman asked confused.

“Surprised?” Jimin asked “believe me, me too” and with that, he saw as the shorter launched himself towards the woman, punching her and knocking her out. Jimin stood up and with Yoongi by his side, walked towards them.       

“She put a device in the anti-gravity drive and if Seokjin, Namjoon and Hoseok don’t deactivate it quickly, the school’s gonna fall” Taehyung said to Jimin and Yoongi “watch out!” the younger screamed and Jungkook turned to see the woman moving and after that, they were pulled to the ground kneeling because the school was falling. 

Pushing his limits, he made Taehyung lay at the top of him and he wrapped his arms around him. He knew that at the moment they would collide with the ground, everything will going to crash and he was going to wrap himself around Taehyung as much as he could. He was going to protect him, even if it cost him his life. This boy meant so much to him that the simple thought of something happening to him frightened him. He wasn’t going to hide it anymore, he liked Taehyung, hell, maybe he was in love with Taehyung! It didn’t matter if the other saw him as just a friend, he was going to do everything in his power to save him.

“I’m going to die!” he heard the younger said and he wrapped tightly his arms around him.

“You’re not going to die” he said between clenched teeth.

“I like you!” the younger shouted and he froze. What?

“What?” he said out loud and the younger started to ramble as he always did.

“I like you Jungkook!” the younger said again “I know all of this started because I wanted to make Jimin jealous, but I don’t know when or how everything changed and suddenly I didn’t care that he was with Yoongi and even if we spent 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 intertwine my fingers with yours, even though 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 like you but then Kihyun happened and I didn’t tell you either because I was interrupted by the woman at the restaurant and I don’t want to die without telling you that I like you!” when the younger finished his rambling, he wasn’t being pulled at the ground anymore.

None, ever, have confessed their feelings to him in that way. All the words the younger said made a way into his heart and made him feel amazing. He never cared about it, but his ego was busting and he felt like he was high in the sky -no pun indeed-. Here he thought that the younger was still in love with his best friend but no, Taehyung liked him. Him the rebel, the son of a villain, the one that others called heartless. How the tables have turned. He started laughing and he felt Taehyung pressing his head on his chest, embarrassed apparently, and he hugged him tighter.

“You’re so cute” he said and kissed the younger’s temple. Taehyung snapped his head and looked at him confused.

“What?” the younger asked in a small voice.

“I said” cheekily, he straightened himself, making the younger gasp and blush prettily. He grabbed the thighs that were straddling him “you’re cute” he slowly pushed his face towards the younger’s face until he heard someone groaning.

“Thank heavens you’re finally here” he heard Yoongi saying “they were going to suck faces in front of me” the younger squealed and hid his face on his neck, and he laughed.

“What are we going to do with the babies?” Jimin asked as they were standing up. He looked around and saw all the babies.

“It will take time because I don’t know much about how this works, but I can reverse the effects of the pacifier” Yoongi said “just make sure the babies don’t kill themselves” some of them were crying on their seats, apparently they were going to be moved somewhere else, he saw Yoongi looking at Royal Pain “and make sure that woman isn’t going to try anything else”

They moved towards the woman and started to break anything that she could possible use as a weapon and they wrapped what they could around her so if she woke up, she couldn’t escape. After a long time Namjoon, Hoseok and Seokjin entered the gymnasium.

“You guys did a great job” Jimin said.

“Obviously” Seokjin said and all of them laughed.

“Now what?” Namjoon asked.

“I need your help so we can reverse the effects of the pacifier” Yoongi said and turned to see the babies “the others would take care of the babies”

“I will not change any diapers” Hoseok said grimacing and they laughed.

Several minutes later, Namjoon and Yoongi returned with the pacifier and they turned everyone to their proper ages. The principal, teachers, and everyone around them congratulated them and they give Namjoon, Seokjin and Hoseok the award that was for Jimin’s parents. Royal Pain, Kihyun and his gang were going to jail.

“We are really sorry for everything that happened” the principal said through the speakers once everyone was returned to their ages “but we can’t waste the decorations and food because we already paid for it so, bring it on Dj”

The music started playing and everyone started dancing. As if anything that happened the last hour didn’t happen. He was looking as Taehyung was watching everyone having fun, but he thought that they had an unfinished conversation, so he stood next to the younger.

“So… you like me” he said and looked at the younger, who was blushing and he already said it but he would say it again. He was beautiful.

“Well I-” the younger started “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-” and honestly, he just wanted the other to stop assuming things so he kissed him. It was just a peck, soft lips against his.

“Am I dead?” the younger asked against his lips and he was close to coo at how cute Taehyung was.

“You’re not dead Taehyung” he said with a smirk and grabbed the younger by the waist to make a point “you’re pretty alive and I really kissed you and I like you too”

“Really?” Taehyung asked so innocently and he was sure he was going to have a stroke even if his face didn’t show any emotion.

“Really” he said nodding and he hope that the other believed in him.

“Oh” Taehyung said “it’s good that you like me too because I’m too embarrassed that I confessed because I thought we were going to die and I didn’t want to die before I-” and he couldn’t help himself again and kissed him again, feeling the younger sigh.

“You talk too much you know?” he said cheekily and the younger blushed.

“I’m sorry” Taehyung said.

“I like it” a pretty blush appeared on the neck of the younger and he smiled “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”

“Boyfriend?” the younger said softly, stars in his eyes.

“My ex-pretended-now-turned-real-boyfriend” he said with a bigger smile and he grabbed Taehyung’s hand “shall we?”

They danced surrounded by their friends –yeah he could say now that they were his friends too- laughing happily and enjoying themselves.

Who would have thought that he was going to fall in love so quickly?

“It kinda happened I guess” Jungkook said and looked at the boy next to him. The younger had tears in the corner of his eyes and Jungkook frowned, cupping Taehyung’s cheeks “what’s wrong baby?” his boyfriend shook his head and smiled.

“I’ve always dreamed about finding someone who loves me even if sometimes I’m a little too much” the younger said with a little smile on his face and Jungkook wasn’t having none of that.

“Come here” he said and made Taehyung sit on his lap and when the younger was going to hide himself, he held his chin gently so he could see him “you’re perfect just the way you are. I couldn’t and I would never try to change anything about you” that was the only thing that he needed to say to have his boyfriend wrapped around him like a koala, face tucked in his neck.

“I love you so, so much Kookie” the younger whispered like it was his biggest secret and Jungkook was the only one who could know about it. He wrapped his arms tightly around Taehyung and sighed, kissing the other’s temple.

“And I love you baby”

💜

“How do I look?” Taehyung asked with his brows furrowed.

His boyfriend was wearing beige trousers adorned with paint stains -he had a habit to wear his going out clothes while he painted and almost all of them were stained already-, a knitted green vest with a white long sleeve shirt underneath. His face adorned with big framed glasses, straightened hair and bangs hiding his forehead, getting ready for their little trip to the national museum that they had been wanting to visit for a long time. He looked cute, adorable, loveable, delightful, endearing, and even sexy for Jungkook.

How could he tell him that no matter what he was wearing or doing, he was beautiful in his eyes?

Concentrated Taehyung was adorable. When they went out to watch a movie or stayed indoors to watch some drama, he would focus solemnly on the screen, eyes blinking a few times but if you were paying attention, you could see how invested he was on the thing he was watching by the way his lips parted in awe without him noticing. More often than not, Jungkook lost himself just admiring Taehyung, movie or drama forgotten. But when he was concentrated in games, homework or doing something apparently difficult, he turn into another Taehyung, the one that furrowed his strong eyebrows in concentration, pursed his lips and even licked them from time to time that made Jungkook want to devour him right there but he knew better than that, so he controlled himself, almost all the time.

Surprised Taehyung was endearing. He remembers the sixth month-versary (“it’s cute to call it like that Kookie!” he remembers his boyfriend saying before he rolled his eyes) expression Taehyung made when he gave him a bracelet, one that he had eyed in a jewelry store when they were hanging in the mall but he couldn’t afford because it was really expensive and he had to buy things for his plants, so Jungkook saved money from his job in the Paper Lantern for a month and he bought it for him on the sixth month of dating. The widening eyes and the mouth formed in a little ‘o’ turning into a blinding smile, followed by a squealing was just too much for his poor, cold heart. Taehyung had said ‘thank you’ a lot of times and peppered his face with kisses and since then, he hadn’t taken off the bracelet; he’s wearing it in that very moment. It was all worth it.

Sleepy Taehyung was loveable. His hair pointing to everywhere, the permanent pout that wouldn’t leave for at least ten minutes after he woke up, the blinking eyes trying to adjust to the light in the room, the deep voice that sounded deeper when he said ‘good morning’ only to nuzzle his cheek on Jungkook’s bare chest and close his eyes again. The humming sound when he asked if he wanted to sleep more and the shook of his head –hair tickling on Jungkook’s jaw- when he told him he had to be ready for Saturday training. 

Don’t let him start with angry Taehyung. It was something that happened rarely, but when it did, Jungkook would get turned on (“is it weird that I get turned on when I see you frowning and trying not to curse?” the surprise and blush on Taehyung’s face was worth it).

His boyfriend was beautiful in any way he looked at him; be it when he was distracted looking at a dog on the other side of the road, scrunching his face when he took a sip of his coffee just to know if he had prepared it as Jungkook liked it in the morning, smiling brightly at the little kids playing in the park, helping the elders in the supermarket, painting something his beautiful mind created, with unshed tears in the corners of his eyes and whimpering in pleasure under him… Taehyung is beautiful just being there and doing nothing, just existing.     

He wasn’t by any means a guy who would write sonnets about his boyfriend’s ethereal appearance and shouted them to the world. He most often than not would be emotionally constipated and the words would die on his throat when he wanted to express that he thought that Taehyung was the most beautiful boy in the whole world. And Taehyung always understood; he never complained about Jungkook’s lack of heart emojis when he texted him, never asked him to tell him pet names even if he loved them (although Jungkook recently had been calling him love instead of baby or Tae), never asked why in the beginning he didn’t answer back to a call or text because he understood that he was new -as him- to being in a relationship and it took him time to wrap his head around the fact that someone worried about his wellbeing. But when he didn’t get tongue-tied, he would praise his boyfriend and would shower him in praises.

“You look beautiful love” he saw the dreamy look Taehyung got, followed by a blush on his cheeks and he knew he did the right thing “you are perfect”                   

💜💜

“Are you okay?” Taehyung asked worried.

His boyfriend was clenching his hand like if he didn’t, Jungkook would disappear. He was a little disorientated but by the characteristic antiseptic smell, he was in a hospital. ‘Heroes get hurt too, huh?’ he thought. He tried to remember what happened but his mind was blank.

“What happened?” he asked sitting straight on the bed, trying to make sure everything was on its place, thankfully everything was alright except for the headache he had.

“You saved me” his boyfriend told him with tears in his eyes and he immediately hugged him. He rocked his baby back and forth and kissed his head until the sobs turned into little whimpers and suddenly, he remembered.

He is currently in his senior year so that meant that if there was trouble near people, he could act and protect them. The senior and the sophomore (Taehyung’s class) groups were on a trip to the beach so they could study about how to handle situations in a different scenario than the city with coach Kang, it didn’t matter if they were heroes or sidekicks. They had already gone to the forest and the mountains, which honestly was a good experience for all of them.

But they didn’t expect the villain Cyclone to appear in the middle of the lesson, attacking people on the beach, being lifted by a tornado like in the sea. The man was a hydrokinetic and even though they weren’t prepared for it, they started to fight him. Taehyung’s friends and classmates helped the people to run away while some of the seniors -and Jimin- fought the man. He too was helping the people to hide or run away when he caught from his peripheral vision how the man had wrapped Taehyung in a flow of water.

“Siwoo, lift me!” he saw his classmate nodding and the guy used his powers to lift him in the air. He threw a fire ball to the villain, who let Taehyung go and turned his attention to him smiling evilly.

“What do we have here?” the man asked “you’re a brave little man”

“I’m not a little man” he shouted and kept throwing fire balls to the man, who kept dodging them until Cyclone had wrapped him with water around his arms to prevent him to throw another fireball and attracted him until they were face to face.

“Too bad for you that water extinguish fire” he said with a smirk on his face and Jungkook felt himself being dragged to the bottom of the sea. He tried to swim up but he couldn’t, being wrapped in the water. He tried, of course he tried, but there was so much that he could do underwater and he let out the last air he had on his lungs and everything went black.

“I panicked when you didn’t come out and then I used my powers to help me find you thanks to the water plants and when I found you, your lips were purple and you were so pale an you weren’t breathing and I…”

“Shush” he said when he saw his boyfriend starting to panic again “it’s fine, I’m fine” he said wrapping his arms tighter around Taehyung.

“Don’t ever do that again” the younger said when he detached himself from him “don’t risk your life for me like that again”

“I’ll do it all over again” when his boyfriend tried to protest he shook his head “no matter what you say I will, listen to me, I will always put your safety first”

Taehyung started to cry harder. And he wrapped his arms tightly around him again.

Risking his life for Taehyung was the least he could do for his boyfriend. His boyfriend who always cheered his victories and supported him when he failed. His boyfriend who gave him so much happiness just being there next to him. His boyfriend who loved him so much even if he sometimes was a failure at expressing his feelings. His boyfriend, the one that was beyond his imagination.

Maybe his boyfriend didn’t know how much he meant to him, but if he got injured because he saved Taehyung, then he would do it over and over again.                        

💜💜💜

“Why didn’t you say something Jungkook?” Taehyung asked angrily.

They were inside Jungkook’s new car, outside Taehyung’s house. The younger had thought that it was a good idea that he met his parents since he already met his mother, the woman already being whipped for the younger and Jungkook couldn’t blame her, his boyfriend was adorable.

They decided to join the younger’s parents for dinner on Friday, since he had the day off.

When he arrived to the house he had a flower pot for his boyfriend and some dessert his mother made for the younger’s family.

Sweet, adorable Taehyung had opened the door to let him come in with an adorable smile on his face and who could blame him when he leaned in and kissed his boyfriend breathless, making the younger moan just to be interrupted by someone clearing his throat and when he separated from his boyfriend’s addicting lips, he saw him.

Taehyung’s father. His boyfriend was like a younger version of the man without the frown between his eyes that screamed murder.

“Dad, this is Jungkook, my boyfriend” Jungkook bowed at the man and said male frowned even more. He knew that Taehyung’s parents knew about him and he was expecting that; he was the son of a villain after all.

“Oh my! You must be Jungkook” and then it came Taehyung’s mother and Jungkook already saw from whom his boyfriend’s got his charms “you’re a handsome young boy! And what’s that?” the woman saw what Jungkook had in his hands and approached to help him “you didn’t have to sweetheart”

“I had to” he said with a tight smile, trying not to frown at the feeling of a murderous gaze and his boyfriend’s mother smiled happily.

“But come in! Dinner’s ready and it’s better if we eat it before it gets cold” the woman left them and walked towards what he supposed was the kitchen. He took off his shoes and Taehyung intertwined his fingers leading him to where they would eat. He could feel the same murderous gaze on his back and he honestly didn’t want to leave a bad impression on his boyfriend’s parents but his father in law wasn’t making it easy.

They sat in the table that had four chairs only, meaning that he had Taehyung’s father in front of him and he was so damn happy about it. After a very uncomfortable silence, Taehyung’s mom appeared with the dishes and she put them in the table, not noticing the tension around the table.

“Let’s eat then” she said after she sat and they started to eat. Taehyung kept serving him bulgogi and other things on his plate and he was smiling at the younger.

“Jungkook dear, what do you do in your free time?” Taehyung’s mother asked and he turned to face her.

“I work at a chinese restaurant. The Paper Lantern. I mostly wash the dishes and clean or discharge the food truck. Or when the chef is too busy I help him” he said and the woman smiled.

“You definitely have to prepare some chinese food for us, right Taehyungie?” and his boyfriend nodded.

“He’s really good at cooking” Jungkook smiled softly at his boyfriend and grabbed the younger’s hand that was resting in the table.

“Your father is in prison, right?” oh there it was, he was honestly surprised that it took the man that long to say something about it. After Taehyung’s mother ‘honey!’ and Taehyung’s ‘Dad!’, he smiled bitterly.

“He’s going to spend the rest of his life there, sir” he answered and looked at the man in the eyes.

“I hope you don’t have the same end” the man said bitterly.

“What is wrong with you?” Taehyung’s mother asked confused at his husband and Jungkook appreciated the effort but it didn’t hurt, he had it worse before.

The sound of a chair screeching the floor and the sound of a fist hitting the table startled him and turned to look at his boyfriend.

“Let’s go Kook” the younger grabbed his hand and pulled him until he was standing next to him.

“It’s okay Tae…” he tried to say.

“Let’s go Jungkook!” the younger said again and he bowed at the woman and man before he was dragged to the exit.

“Kim Taehyung come back right now!” he heard Taehyung’s father saying and he tried to stop the younger but when he was mad, there wasn’t any force that could stop him. They put on their shoes and made their way to his car and went inside of it.

“I’ve had it worse before Tae; besides he’s your father” he said calmly.

“I won’t let anyone say a bad word about you in front of me! You worth so much and I don’t care if I never talk to my father again, what he said was stupid!” tears of frustration ran down the younger’s cheeks.

He was so damn lucky. None stood up for him in all his life, except for his mother. And right now, the boy next to him, was going against his own father just to defend him. He leaned closer to the younger and wiped the tears that didn’t want to stop spilling.

“It’s okay love, what he said wasn’t something that I haven’t heard before. I was prepared for that, hell; I was prepared for your mother to hate me too” the younger sniffled and pouted.

“I don’t care” the younger said stubbornly “I won’t let anyone say something bad about you when you have proven yourself to be an amazing person and boyfriend”

Sometimes, like in that moment, he got frustrated because he had so much love for his boyfriend but he didn’t know how to express it, how to say the right words to him. But one thing he could do; and that was hug his boyfriend. It didn’t matter that he was uncomfortable and that there wasn’t enough room, he was going to hug his boyfriend tightly. He wrapped an arm around the younger’s middle and put a hand on the other’s nape. He immediately felt arms wrapping around him and he knew that no matter what words were thrown at him, if his boy trusted in him and loved him, others could go and fuck themselves.

“I love you Kim Taehyung”

If after a few minutes Taehyung’s mother went out –father behind her- and forced her husband to apologize, it was another story.

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"You know that I’m in love with you, right?” his boyfriend whispered those words so suddenly that it surprised him.

They were in the middle of a café, surrounded by their friends that were as tired as them thanks to midterms. They were talking about their teachers and how much they made them suffer and then they changed the subject at how much they wanted to go to an amusement park in the weekend so they could distract themselves from school.

But when Taehyung turned to see him and muttered those words everything disappeared for him and it was as if just Taehyung and he existed in that place. The younger was hugging his arm and his chin was resting on his shoulder, looking at him with all those stars in his eyes.

And he could see the rawness, the pure adoration the younger had for him. And he hoped that his eyes showed at least the half of what he saw in Taehyung’s eyes, because he loved him so much. The younger made his days brighter, his smile was a boost to his mood, his giggles were music to his ears, his existence made his life better.

He never thought that he would meet someone that saw past his flaws and took his time to know him for who he is and not for some rumors or his background. Someone that could stand up for him. Someone that he would risk his life for. Someone who loved him.  

“I’m in love with you Kim Taehyung” Jungkook whispered before leaning to kiss his boyfriend chastely.

He heard the groans and gaging noises of their friends and felt as Taehyung smiled into the kiss. He saw his boyfriend’s cheeks turn red and the younger hid his face behind the arm that he was hugging.

“You both are so gross!” he could hear Seokjin saying.

“They’re so cute!!” Hoseok said happily with Jimin nodding by his side.

“Jungkook’s so whipped” Yoongi said smirking and Namjoon agreed.

And yeah. He was whipped. He was out of his mind in love with Kim Taehyung.