Chapter Fourteen

The crowd cheered, some dancers congratulating him by shaking his hands or pulling him into a hug while others just clapped for him from afar but Jungkook grit his teeth in anger, if it wasn’t for Jimin, he might be the one there.

Once everything was over, he picked up his bag and quickly rushed out of the hall and out of the building. He took his phone out of his pocket with the intention of calling his driver but decided against it and turned around to walk all the way home.

Just as he turned around, he saw a familiar figure walking away in the distance, his steps slow and it doesn’t take a minute for him to recognize who it was. And like the first time he saw him, as if a magnet was pulling him without his consent, he ran towards the boy, quickly grabbing his hand to prevent him from going away. He watched as the boy turned around, surprise written all over his soft features before he was smiling when he recognised it was Jungkook.

“Hi there Jungkook” the boy’s voice said and Jungkook thinks it’s the most enchanting voice he has ever heard.

“Hi” Jungkook answered dumbly as he looked into Taehyung’s eyes.

“Are you alright Jungkook, you look lost” Taehyung asked worriedly when Jungkook kept staring at him.

“Lost in your eyes” Jungkook heard himself mutter quietly before he could stop himself, blushing slightly when he realised it.

“What?” Taehyung asked and Jungkook breathed out in relief since he didn’t hear it.

“Nothing, just wondering what you’re doing out here when your friend is still in there” he brought up

“I have a job to catch up on” he answered back

“won’t it hurt him…”

“The important thing is that I came!” Taehyung cuts him off, his smile dropping to reveal a blank face, his voice coming out harsher than he had meant for it to and he realised it when Jungkook’s eyes widened in shook and the hold on his hand became slightly lose though he didn’t fully let go.

“I’m sorry, didn’t mean to shout at you” Taehyung apologised; face cast downward apologetically making Jungkook smile and shake his head.

“It’s okay Taehyung, don’t worry about it, we all have our good and bad days” Jungkook said to assure the other.

“I still shouldn’t have done that” Taehyung still said, “I’m sorry” he continued and the other smiled, they fell silent at that before Taehyung broke the silence since the other seemed to be in a deep thought.

“Umm… actually I have to go…” he said, “can you let go of my hand?” he added when the other made no attempt to leave his hand.

Jungkook broke out of the daze he seemed to be in, quickly letting go of the boy’s hand, a deep blush running from his neck to the tips of his ears.

“I’m so… sorry, got too carried away” he stuttered nervously successfully making Taehyung smile at how cute he was acting.

“I’ll see you next time then Jungkook” Taehyung said and Jungkook nodded in agreement.

“See you next time Taehyung” Jungkook said but did not move and so Taehyung did, waving goodbye to the still standing Jungkook.

Jungkook watched as Taehyung moved in the distance and was about to turn around to the direction of his own home when he remembered something and quickly dashed towards the other boy.

“Hey Taehyung” Jungkook called when he was a good distance close to him and Taehyung turned around to see him bent over as he took deep breaths to calm down.

“Did you forget something?” Taehyung asked and jungkook nodded, putting his hand inside his pocket to pull out a small piece of paper.

“Here, my number” he handed him the paper “call me sometime” he said and began walking backward “maybe we can hang out” he continued and ran away not waiting for Taehyung to say anything, too embarassed to wait for another conversation.

“But I don’t have a phone” Taehyung said, looking at the paper Jungkook shoved into his hand. He shrugged and put the number in his pocket. “I’ll try to get a phone then” he said and continued walking away.

Jungkook leaned on a wall to catch his breath, his heart beating way faster than is considered healthy. That’s the longest talk he’s had with Taehyung and it makes his heart go wild thinking about it and he hopes he would call him so they could hang out in the future and maybe get to know each other better.

“That was the boy you were staring at while dancing, wasn’t he?” Yoongi asked as he walked toward his friend who was having breating problems due to reasons that were more than one. He shoved his hands in his pocket and came to stand in front of Jungkook. “Wow, looks like you have a crush on someone Kook” yoongi teased, waiting for Jungkook to deny it like he always does but when nothing came he faced him seriously.

“Seriously Kook, you like him? but you just met him” Yoongi said, eyes wide as he stared at his friend who onced said he doesn’t have the heart to love.

“I didn’t just meet him Yoongs and I don’t know why but I can’t stay away from him whenever I see him” Jungkook answered honestly, hands rubbing his face “What’s wrong with me?”

“Oh my god, you’re in love” Yoongi laughed, doing a small dance round him.

“No I’m not, I just… I just” he tried to come up with an excuse but failed

“You just what kook, come on you’re clearly whipped” Yoongi teased again, laughing louder when the younger groaned.

“You’re more whipped than I am hyung, you even went as far as to ask Hoseok out” Jungkook fired back, not wanting to be in the spotlight and constantly be embarassed by his friend.

“At least I had the decency to admit it” yoongi answered with an eye roll

“Still…”

“Hey guys” a voice interrupted them from their upcoming argument and they turned around to see the car’s glass window rolling down to reveal the owner of the voice, a dimpled smile on his face as he waved them over.

“You guys need a lift?” he asked and they nodded moving close to the car, Jungkook was about to open the back door when Yoongi noticed Hoseok sitting at the back seat, so he pushed the younger out of the way to get in.

Jungkook was confused at first but when he saw why his hyung did that he rolled his eyes, muttered a quiet ‘whipped’ under his breath before stepping into the front seat.

“Hello Namjoon hyung” Jungkook greeted and the older acknoledged him with a hum.

“nice performance you did there” Namjoon said and Hoseok snorted from the back seat.

“That wasn’t a good performance Namjoon, he was dancing off beat” Hoseok said and Jungkook felt like hiding, he sounded a bit dissapointed.

“Don’t blame him Hoseok, he was staring at a boy’s ass” Yoongi said smugly, waiting for the youngest reaction which he got.

“I wasn’t, stop saying rubbish” Jungkook gasped.

“That clumsy boy who almost fell when he got in?” Hoseok asked and Yoongi nodded, Jungkook was about to say something but Namjoon beat him to it.

“i don’t blame him, the boy was fine, who is he though? I can’t remember admitting him to our school” Namjoon said, eyes focused on the road ahead.

Jungkook tsked and narrowed his eyes at Namjoon “why would you want to know who he is? Aren’t you already dating Seokjin Hyung?” He asked demandingly, arms folded over his chest.

“Actually he and Jin are having their usual lovers quarell, they haven’t been talking for almost a month now” Hoseok said from behind, eyes focused on the game he was playing on his phone as Yoongi clings to his side.

“Seokjin is just being a bitch right now, he’ll come along” Namjoon said hearing Hoseok mutter a ‘I don’t think so’ quietly but still loud enough for him to hear.

“And don’t worry Kook, I won’t steal your pretty boy from you” he continued stirring the wheel to go into another lane “though in my opinion, I think he’s already taken”

“Taken?” Jungkook asked confused.

“Don’t be naïve Kook, its obvious the boy likes the boy who won the contest; Jimin right?” Namjoon said and Jungkook snorted.

“They’re just friends hyung” Jungkook said and deep inside he knows he’s not just trying to convince them but also himself.

“If you say so, anyway Seokjin is having his art exhibition soon and you’re all invited, you can also invite your friends” Hoseok said

“What the hell, how come he told you that and not me?” Namjoon fake gasped in shook, “he didn’t even invite me” he added “why did he do that?” Namjoon asked and the others rolled their eyes.

“it seems like Seokjin hyung has rubbed his dramaticness on you hyung” Jungkook commented and the rest of them laughed and it continued like that till they all reached their individual destination.

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