Fool for you

Chapter:3

Their 'rivalry,' as Jin calls it, started when the boys rented the same place for practice.

It's a dingy basement of an old lady's house who is too deaf to hear their bickering, shouts, the instruments or the complaints of water dripping through the roof.

They can't afford a better place. Both parties. So they bear through it.

Taehyung 's team practices in the morning. 6am to 6pm, the basement belongs to them.

6pm to 6am, it belongs to Zenith.

They always fight about the timings and how the other group never leave on time. They complain about their instruments getting used. They complain about too many pizza boxes in the trashcan.

They complain about everything and yet they can't help but share the same place. Because money is short and this is their love that is yet to take a flight.

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"Did you all sleep here?!" Jin's voice is shrill in the morning.

Taehyung pauses by the steps, jimin right beside him.

"Are we seriously starting a fight this early?" Jimin asks, rubs his forehead, sighs, "I am tired."

Taehyung eyes him, chuckles, "tired? Or you don't want to fight anymore?"

Jimin looks at him, smiles, and looks away, "you noticed?"

Taehyung huffs out a breath, "that you have a huge ass crush on that wide-eyed, tattooed, idiot? Yes."

Jimin doesn't smile, he shakes his head, "I love him."

The confession is sudden. The confession is silent. The confession is groundbreaking.

Taehyung stares. Mouth parted. Eyes wide.

"What?" he knows his voice comes out shaky.

Jimin nods, bites down on his lip, "I know, you will scream or say how could I and it will never result into anything but..." he looks at the piano, the only instrument they can see from where they are standing, "I love him."

Taehyung reaches out and hugs Jimin, "Jimin, I would never be angry with you! But you know how he will react if he finds-"

"He won't," Jimin breathes out, hugs Taehyung back, "he doesn't need to know this. I will get over it. Yeah?"

Taehyung says nothing, he just hugs Jimin closer to himself. Jimin 's shoulders drop and he is hugging back as tight.

Taehyung feels the sorrow for his best friend. He feels the pain of an unrequited love. How would Jimin get over this? How did this happen? When did it start?

Taehyung has so many questions but...

"What are you two doing hugging like lovers there?!" Jin's voice breaks them apart.

Taehyung watches Jin standing at the end of the staircase, looking up at them with his hands planted on his hips.

"These motherfuckers are still sleeping here! Help me kick their asses!" Jin points at the room Taehyung and Jimin can't see. They hurry down with a nod.

What Jin says, they do.

Taehyung steps on the floor to see Namjoon laying on the floor, in a very weird position. Mouth agape, eyes half-open. He looks like a starfish.

Hoseok is up. He is by the drum, yawning and trying to keep his eyes open. He would be endearing if not for the goop in his eyes.

Yoongi is sleeping on the mattress on the floor. Where probably Namjoon was too before he rolled off of it. Yoongi is curled on his side, back to the room and completely out.

Taehyung watches Jimin go up to him, kneel and shake his shoulder.

Taehyung 's eyes move over the sofa and yes, jungkook is on it. He is lying on his side too, knees bent closer to his chest and hands between his thighs.

He looks peaceful. Blonde hair tied in a pony, t-shirt riding up, the jogger looks comfortable.

Taehyung hates how in place he looks.

He marches to jungkook and shoves him. Jungkook just furrows his brows and turns on his back. Taehyung glares down, irritated.

"Get up! It's already past six!" he hisses, shakes jungkook by grabbing his hand and tries to pull him up.

Jungkook is frowning then, blinking and turning his hand to grab at Taehyung 's wrist and tug. Taehyung stumbles, loses balance and falls.

On top of jungkook.

Jungkook makes a wincing noise in his throat and finally blinks his eyes open. Those sleepy eyes are unfocused at first and then they are on Taehyung.

Taehyung, who is lying almost on top of him, who is inches away from that face. Taehyung can feel his heartbeat escalating, breath catching in his throat. He is parting his lips to let out a choked noise.

Jungkook 's arm is around his waist now, his eyes on jungkook 's wide ones. Then those eyes are sliding all over jungkook's face and then pausing on Taehyung 's lips.

Taehyung gulps, tongue peeking out to moisten his lower lip. Jungkook's eyes follow the motion and then Taehyung's eyes are on jungkook's lips.

They are chapped. Puffy. So perfectly shaped.