Friends?

Jungkook kinda enjoys having Taehyung around, bringing a bit of chaos into their too-perfect life. Taehyung tries to clean up the mess he makes - picking up papers (though sometimes they slip from his hands, and Jungkook finds a few scattered sheets on the floor)

Taehyung washes the coffee mugs (apparently, coffee is his main source of sustenance). If a thought strikes him, he might write something with a dry-erase marker on glass surfaces, but he almost always erases it afterward.

(unless he forgets, and Jungkook doesn't really mind). When Jungkook comes home, he often finds Taehyung lost in thought. He sits and watches because Taehyung can go a while without noticing him, but then he looks up and gives that weird but bright smile.

Jungkook likes it. He really wants to be friends with Taehyung.

This time, he sits next to him, peeking at Taehyung's notes. He doesn't understand a thing, but it's still interesting to watch. The music is blasting again, this time it’s Mr. Blue Sky. There are two coffee mugs in front of Taehyung—one full, the other half-full.

"Do you really like coffee that much?" Jungkook asks.

Taehyung shrugs, not surprised Jungkook joined him.

"Nah, I hate coffee. But my brain works better when I drink it."

Taehyung keeps surprising him. But that's why Jungkook likes him.

Another cute habit of Taehyung is that he sometimes talks to himself. Yoonji says it looks like he's talking to angels. Adorable.

"Wanna grab something to eat, Tae?"

Taehyung looks up at him again, resembling an owl. Why does Jungkook find everything he does cute?

"Tae? Can't remember the last time someone called me that."

"What do they usually call you?"

"Taehyung, Kim, crazy, Professor Kim, weirdo, Taehyungie - that's what my mom calls me. Oh, and asshole.”

Jungkook frowns. He's called Taehyung “weird” in his own head a couple of times, but it turns out Taehyung just lives in his own world. He's doing what he loves.

But being called "crazy" or "weird" constantly... it's sad.

"I can cook something if you want to eat," Taehyung offers.

Again, so kind of him. But the last time Taehyung tried to cook for him, he burned a toast. And a toaster.

"Thanks, Tae, but I'm in the mood for some Italian food today. There's a place nearby. Wanna join me?"

Taehyung pondered for a moment, looking up, then nodded.

"Yeah, let's go, why not. Just give me a minute to fix my hair, and I'm ready."

As it turns out, when Taehyung says he needs to "fix his hair," it simply means he tames a few unruly strands and shifts the pencil from one ear to the other.

They eat at the restaurant, and Jungkook notices how cutely Taehyung pouts as he eats.

Taehyung tells him about his work, research, and how he wants to solve all the unsolvable math problems.

Sometimes he grabs a napkin and writes down some thoughts, but then he returns to the conversation with Jungkook.

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