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When it hadn’t happened on the first date, Jungkook had figured Taehyung was a little shy and there was nothing wrong with that. But that was 2 weeks ago, and in that time they had been on 4 more dates and Taehyung still hadn’t kissed him.
Now, of course if Jungkook wanted to kiss the other boy so much he could have just initiated their first kiss, but he was Jeon Jungkook. In his 20 years on the planet, he had had quite a few boyfriends (and one girlfriend) and never once had he had to initiate the first kiss. Because well, who wouldn’t want to kiss him. He wasn’t called the Golden Maknae by his friends for no reason. But it seemed that Kim Taehyung was apparently immune to Jungkook’s charms and the younger boy didn’t like it one bit.
That afternoon, they were going to go to an amusement park for their 6th date (not that Jungkook was counting) and this time he was definitely going to get Taehyung to kiss him by the end of the evening.
“Hyuung” Jungkook whined sprawled on his older brother’s bed “How can I get him to kiss me?”
“You realize how weird it is that you’re asking me this, right?” Jin asked as he arranged the sweaters in closet, trying to pick one to wear.
“I have limited options, right now” Jungkook mumbled into the bed. “Plus” he added looking up “Yoongi-hyung’s always kissing you, especially that time I walked in when you guys…:”
“Lalalalala” Jin yelled interrupting Jungkook, cheeks red. “You promised you would erase that from your memory.” Jin complained. “Okay, okay I’ll help you. What’s the problem?”
“Taehyung still hasn’t kissed me. It’s been 5 dates and he still hasn’t kissed me.” Jungkook complained sitting up.
Jin’s eyes widened “5 dates and no kiss, wow. Maybe Taehyung’s just shy, why don’t you just kiss him or ask him about it?” Jin suggested.
“Well, because...” Jungkook gestured to himself waving his hands over his figure hoping it was self-explanatory.
Jin rolled his eyes at his younger brother “Yes, of course how could I forget? You’re Jeon Jungkook and no one should be immune to your charms.”
“Exactly” Jungkook said, nodding enthusiastically, deftly dodging the plushie Jin threw at him.
“Well I guess you could try this” Jin suggested tossing Jungkook a small tube.
“Lip gloss, really?” Jungkook asked incredulously
Jin shrugged “Yeah lip gloss, it makes your lips shiny and irresistible plus it tastes really good.” He explained.
“I think I’ll pass on the makeup” Jungkook said, though he made no move to return the tube, tucking it into his pocket instead (just in case).
“Well, okay you could make situations where he can make a move.” Jin suggested a finger of his chin.
“Like what?” Jungkook asked leaning forward.
“Like you could have a smear of ice cream or something near your lips and pretend not to know where it is or you could ride a Ferris wheel together, that’s just off the top of my head.” Jin suggested.
“Wow, that’s actually not bad.” Jungkook said surprised.
“Yah, don’t sound so surprised!” Jin said with a pout.
“Hyung, do you use these methods with Yoongi-hyung?” Jungkook asked, curious.
Jin suddenly found the floor very interesting to look at ignoring the question.
Jungkook’s eyes widened “You’re a lot more evil than we give you credit for you.” He said surprised.
Jin managed to give a sheepish grin in return before shooing Jungkook out of his room.
Later that day, at the amusement park...
“That was fun” Taehyung said joyfully as they exited the haunted house.
“Yeah” Jungkook nodded, face still slightly pale.
“So do you want to get some ice cream before we go on the next ride?” Taehyung suggested.
Jungkook nodded, ice cream would be the perfect excuse to put Plan A into action.
“What flavour do you want?” Taehyung asked as they approached a ice cream cart.
“Chocolate, I guess.” Jungkook said, not really concerned about the ice cream flavour.
“So boring” Taehyung said with a chuckle “Wait here” he said pointing to a bench “I’ll go get the ice cream.”
Jungkook sat down on the bench, before long Taehyung came back 2 cones in hand. “Here you go” he said offering him a cone.
They both ate their ice cream in silence. Jungkook took the chance, to admire the elder’s side profile. He was really striking with his bright orange hair and sharp features.
Remembering Jin’s advice, Jungkook left a smudge of ice cream on the corner of his lips but it seemed that Taehyung didn’t even notice it. Jungkook didn’t really find that surprising considering the other boy’s mouth seemed to be decorated with bright pink ice cream.
They spent the rest of the day enjoying the different rides, the amusement park offered. Jungkook even managed to put the kiss dilemma out of his head for a while.
“We still have a few minutes before we have to leave. Which should be our last ride?” Taehyung asked.
“What about the Ferris Wheel?” Jungkook suggested, way too busy plotting his next move to notice the way Taehyung’s face blanched at the suggestion.
“Sure” Taehyung said shakily.
Jungkook grinned to himself with glee as they entered the small cabin. He enjoyed the scenery as they slowly ascended into the sky. When the Wheel stopped on top he turned to look at Taehyung only to see the other boy with eyes closed and fists clenched.
“Are you okay?” he asked, worry seeping into his voice.
“It’s nothing” Taehyung said, more to himself than Jungkook. “I’m just a little scared of heights” he explained to Jungkook.
Jungkook groaned “Of course you are” he muttered to himself.
“What?” Taehyung asked, eyes still closed.
“Nothing” Jungkook said quickly. “Don’t worry, we’ll be down soon.”
By the time they were walking home, Jungkook was desperate, he had even smeared some lip gloss on his lips when Taehyung wan’t looking but either the older hadn’t noticed or had chosen not to comment.
“So I guess, I’ll be on my way.” Taehyung said as they stopped at Jungkook’s driveway, eyes twinkling.
“Why won’t you kiss me?” Jungkook asked before he could stop himself. “I mean, is there something wrong with me?” he asked anger lacing his voice.
Taehyung’s laugh only served to make Jungkook even angrier. He stopped laughing as he noticed the younger boy’s glare. “There’s nothing wrong with you” he said reassuringly “Before our first date, Jimin told me there was no way you would ever initiate our first kiss and I just wanted to test out his theory. I guess, he was right.” Taehyung explained with a teasing smile on his face. “Don’t tell him though.” He added.
Jungkook was going to kill Park Jimin. This was all Jimin’s fault. He was going to slowly murder Jimin. His (dark) train of thought was broken by Taehyung’s voice “Though now that I told you, there’s no point.” He said with a shrug.
All thoughts of Jimin (and his inevitable murder) were effectively pushed out of Jungkook’s mind when Taehyung pressed his lips against Jungkook’s. In the corner of his mind, Jungkook internally cheered, his title had not been tarnished.
Jeon Jungkook never initiated first kisses.