Jungkook’s resentment grew with every event where Taehyung shined. It wasn't just the way she spoke so fluently, or how adults always leaned in when she talked—it was how effortlessly she made him feel less. And even worse, she didn’t try to do it. She just existed that way.
So Jungkook made a decision.
He would expose her.
Not with something reckless, but with something smart—calculated. He would find the cracks in her perfection and let the world see them.
Jungkook
She’s always on
He muttered to himself during a school fundraiser, watching her charm a group of parents.
Jungkook
No one’s that perfect all the time
He noticed things no one else seemed to: how her smile dropped the second people turned away, how she seemed tired beneath her eyes, how she left early from parties and always walked alone to her car.
One night, he followed her out after a charity event.
Jungkook
You always leave before the crowd dies down
Stepping into the parking lot light
Jungkook
Trying to avoid someone?
She jumped slightly, hand gripping her bag tighter.
Taehyung
What are you doing out here?
Jungkook
Just...observing
Jungkook
You’re not really the life of the party once the show’s over, huh?
Taehyung looked at him, eyes cool but unreadable
Taehyung
Everyone performs, Jungkook. You just don’t like when someone does it better.
He didn’t have a response. Not a real one.
He had expected to find arrogance or deceit. Instead, he found a girl carrying the crushing weight of everyone’s expectations.
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