- this meeting is boring claud come pick us up -
kook - are we all gonna ignore the fact that its been ten minutes and the files still haven't loaded
namjoon - yes because the presenter looks very stressed and we are going to be polite
claud - i'm assuming it's not going well?
tae - oh good job you figured it out
claud - yeah,, uhm so what are you guys doing after that
claud - and if it's confidential i understand i won't push
tae - yeah it's confidential
claud - oh that's fine
jin - it literally isn't at all taehyung
hoseok - we're eating with bang,, his wife made us all food
claud - awh that was really sweet of her
tae - you should make us food claudette
hoseok - that is enough taehyung
"Give me your phone." Jin held out his hand, Taehyugn glaring a hole into Jin's face. "Now."
Jin won, Hoseok glaring at Taehyung. "So rude to her." He mumbled, Yoongi humming an agreement.
"Why aren't you two sitting next to each other?" Yoongi spoke softly to Jungkook, Jungkook tensing in his seat.
( jk , yoon , hobi , jimin , tae , jin , joon )
"He... He wants space." Jungkook lied, well, bent the truth. He couldn't tell Yoongi that Taehyung yelled at him. Then Yoongi would be mad, and Hoseok would help back up Yoongi, and then Taehyung would get more mad at Jungkook and Jungkook hated it when people were mad at him.
Especially when it was the man he loves.
"If you need anything, anything at all, you can tell us." Yoongi softened his tone, seeing how small and beat up Jungkook looked. Hoseok leaned over as well, the two looking like worried gay parents.
Well...
"I know. Thank you Hyu-Hyungs." Jungkook nodded at Hoseok, Hoseok smiling softly.
Taehyung, meanwhile, wasn't treated as nicely.
"What is your deal?" Jin scolded, passing Namjoon his phone, Taehyung crossing his arms and staring forward. "She isn't saying or doing anything wrong."
"She's existing," Taehyung mumbled, Jimin's eyebrows shooting up. But lucky for Taehyung, Jin didn't catch that.
"Say it again?" Jin dared Taehyung, Namjoon narrowing his eyes over his shoulder.
"Nothing." Taehyung rolled his eyes, uncapping his bottled water.
"Just be nice to her." Namjoon faced forward, down with Taehyung's bullshit.
"You'll get your phone after the meeting." Jin too, face forward, Taehyung mocking his words silently, Jimin growing sad at his reaction.
"What happened between you three?" Jimin touched Taehyung's shoulder, Taehyung not reacting to his touch.
"Three?" Taehyung asked although he knew exactly who he was talking about.
"Yeah," Jimin nodded, worried for his friends. "You and Ettie and Kook."
"He's just being annoying." Taehyung scoffed, Jungkook hearing his words. The two made eye contact, and it only took a second for Jungkook to look down in submission.
"That is not a nice thing to say." Jimin grew angry for Jungkook, knowing the youngest had too kind of heart to get angry at one he loved. "That's not nice at all."
"Do you want to take a walk?" Yoongi held Jungkook's hand, noticing the tears on the edge of his eyes.
Jungkook nodded quickly and left the room before Yoongi could properly stand.
"You dick," Yoongi growled at Taehyung, pointing a menacing finger at him. "You better fucking apologize to him later." He turned to the presenter and bowed. "My apologies for my rude behavior and vulgar language. We are having a bit of a quarrel. Please continue without us. We'll be back in time."
The presenter bowed back, reassuring him all was well.
Hoseok watched as Yoongi chased after Jungkook, the door swinging shut. He sighed softly and stood up, grabbing Taehyung by the back of his shirt and dragging him out the opposite door.
"I'm sorry Sir." Hoseok smiled as he pushed Taehyung through the door. "We're having a bit of a therapy moment.
.
"Hey hey hey." Yoongi pulled Jungkook's pacing to a stop, holding his wrist so he would stop pinching himself, a nervous habit he had. "What is wrong Jungkook? What did Taehyung do?"
"H-he woke.." Jungkook tried to move his hands, tears streaming down his face as Taehyung's dark glare ran around his head, taunting him. "And C-cla.. Clad,, odd..."
"Breathe, breathe." Yoongi held Jungkook's face instead, his hands and Kook's wrist not doing anything to help. "Look me in the eyes and breathe with me. You can do it. We've done this before."
Jungkook's hands held onto Yoongi's sleeves, taking a breath with Yoongi, Yoongi nodding slowly as they kept on breathing until Jungkook had calmed down.
"Now, let's try again, with words, okay?" Yoongi asked calmly, Jungkook nodding several times, their hands dropping from each other. "Did Taehyung hit you?"
"No!" Jungkook's eyes widened, shaking his head quickly. "No no no no he would never do that no nothing like that happened I'm okay, I'm not hurt."
"Physically, you aren't." Yoongi corrected, Jungkook taking a shaky breath, looking to the side. "What did he do?"
"I didn't even do anything wrong." Jungkook shrugged, twisting his fingers. "He just,, well I woke him up from a nightmare, but he wasn't crying. He was like, angry-he was furious actually. At me! I think his nightmare is making him believe something that isn't true or something and .. well he was kind of upset last night that he and Claudette haven't had a moment,, but that is so silly so I kind of dismissed it."
'If that son of a bitch is throwing a fit over a kiss he will be sleeping outside for the next week.' Yoongi gritted his teeth, ready to explode on the inside, but keeping a calm physique for Jungkook. "Are you okay?"
"He just yelled a little." Jungkook looked down, hiding from Yoongi's stare. "I'm okay. C-Claudia bought me this." He reached inside of his sweatshirt, pulling out the necklace to show Yoongi. "She really cheered me up."
"That's very nice of her." Yoongi smiled, knowing the little story behind it without an explanation. "I suggest you try and talk with Taehyung and Claudette. I can be there if you want so he doesn't explode on you guys."
"I just don't want him scaring Claudia." Jungkook rubbed the back of his head, tucking the necklace back into his sweatshirt. "I really want this relationship thing to work."
"I know you do." Yoongi nodded, crossing his arms. "This is just one argument Jungkook. Couples have arguments, and they usually get through them. Have a little faith, okay?"
"Okay." Jungkook nodded, standing straighter. "Thank you Yoongi Hyung."
"Of course Jungkook." Yoongi let Jungkook hug him, patting his back.
.
"What is your deal?" Hoseok stood in front of the door, blocking Taehyung's only way of escape. "You're being extremely rude to your little couple."
"Yeah well, maybe they deserve it." Taehyung tried to push through Hoseok. "Will you just move?!"
"What could they have possibly done to deserve your sassy ass?" Hoseok demanded, remaining a firm wall.
"You wouldn't understand."
"Try me."
---
"Flour, where is the flour?" Claudette mumbled, searching through the cabinets before opening up the mini pantry and seeing it up on the shelf. "Okay okay, cookies and flour."
Claudette tripped over the little step stool she apparently moved earlier. She hit the ground, groaning softly before picking herself up, the flour thankfully all in the bag still.
"I'm okay," Claudette mumbled as Layla licked her chin, Eliot scurrying over to check on his mom. "I just, gotta make some food."
"I really need to be more useful around here." Claudette moved the stepping stool out of the way, Layla whining. "Wha-oh." Claudette looked down. She was wearing shirts currently, alone and in the comfort of their home. "It'll go away."
By 'it', she meant the forming bruise on her knee.
"I'm okay Layla." Claudette rubbed her head, returning to the kitchen. "Don't worry."
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Layla sat down and watched Claudette mumble numbers and instructions to herself. "A really bad feeling."
---
"Claudette!" Namjoon hurried over to his girlfriend as she walked in through the door, carrying a plate full of something. "You made it!"
"I made it." She chuckled, Namjoon leading her to the seating area off to the side while the others stopped their stretches.
"What's this?" Namjoon asked, carrying the plate for her while she sat down her bag and keys,, well, Jin's keys.
"Oh," Claudette took the plate from him and took off the paper towels that covered it. "I made you guys cookies." Jungkook jumped up from the ground, running over to her. "Healthy cookies." He slowed down, his face dropping. "Sorry Kookie."
"Is there any chocolate?" He asked, a little bit of hope left.
"Yes actually." She smiled and held out the plate for him, Jungkook's face lighting up. "There's raisins and oats and not so much bad stuff. Because it's a pre-practice snack."
"That's so thoughtful of you." Namjoon wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her forehead, rubbing her torso. "Thank you so much."
"Was lunch good?" Claudette made conversation as the boys all took a cookie from her.
"Oh very good!" Jimin nodded, eating the cookie. "What did you decide on eating?"
'Shit I didn't remind her to eat.' Jin panicked, slowing his chewing of the cookie.
Hoseok didn't acknowledge much of the conversation around him. All he could do was glare at Taehyung. 'She did just as you told her to do you fucking dick. Now you better eat the food that she probably slaved over you selfish prick.'
"No I didn't." Claudette smiled nervously, pressing her elbows against her sides, still holding the plate out in front of her. "I didn't have tim-I forgot, I forgot to eat."
"How about you eat a cookie?" Jin picked up a cookie for her, but Claudette shook her head.
"I'm allergic to raisins." She chewed on her bottom lip, looking down at the cookies. "T-Taehyung, do you want one?" Claudette held out the tray to him. Something was wrong with him, she knew it. And something involving Jungkook.
Jungkook wouldn't have cried in her arms this morning over a necklace. Something prompted those tears beforehand. And usually, those two were all over each other. Jungkook wouldn't leave Yoongi's side and Taehyung stood excluded from everyone else.
"No." Taehyung grabbed the plate and tossed it onto a chair before grabbing Claudette's wrist. "I need to talk to you." He was already dragging her away before she responded, Namjoon stepping forward once she was ripped from his hold.
"Taehyung is different." Jin reminded everyone as they tried to suppress their anger.
"A dumbass, you mean."
---
"You're pissed at Jungkook because your nightmare said he chose me over you for a more acceptable marriage?" Claudette raised her voice slightly, Taehyung already doing so beforehand.
This started as an annoyed conversation, and quite quickly grew to a heated argument. Claudette loved Jungkook, and she was not happy with Taehyung for being upset at him. And to find out the reason?? Yeah, she was not happy at all.
"He broke everything off and it'll probably happen too," Taehyung growled, Claudette hugging herself in slight defense, but not backing down. "You'll just steal him away."
Claudette darkened her stare, standing tall.
"And you don't even love me as much as everyone else! Everyone else got to put their tongue in your mouth except me!"
"And you're pissed at me, because I haven't fucking kissed you?!" Claudette was growing closer and closer to a shout. She never raises her voice, never. You'd have to really fuck up for her to shout at you.
And Taehyung was on thin ice.
"Yes!" Taehyung shouted, stepping closer to her. Why couldn't she understand any of this?? Why couldn't she just focus on himself?
"Well kiss my ass you fucking dick!" Claudette shouted. She finally got to her boiling point. And Taehyung stepped back ever so slightly. "Get over yourself!" She jabbed her finger against his chest. "Jungkook collapsed in my arms sobbing because of you! You cannot take your anger out on him over something that never has and never will happen!" Claudette held her shaking finger, her glare dark than the darkest of all skies. She was showing how terrifying the sky could be if it didn't have the stars to light them. "Sort yourself out," Claudette spoke lowly.
She turned around, mumbling some curse words in French until she reached the door, going back to the rest of them.
Taehyung only huffed.
---
"It's so hot," Claudette mumbled, tugging on the collar of her crew neck, watching BTS as they danced to Dis-ease, this being the second time. "Really hot."
She tried to focus on their dancing, or even their feet, but she couldn't. All that hit her was the guilt of Taehyung's anger.
In short, he was pissed at her, just her.
To elaborate on that, she wasn't enough.
And that was Claudette's biggest fear.
Hoseok watched as Claudette got up from her chair, looking far too pale in the face. "Cut the music." He pushed Jin to the speaker lightly, Jin doing as told and hurrying once he saw it was Claudette was the matter. "Babe where are you going?"
"B-bathroom."
Everyone stared at the closed door, shocked she didn't say anything else.
"I guess she really had to go." Jimin tried to lighten the mood, rubbing the back of his neck with a smile. "I hope she knows where one is."
Silence.
Only Jungkook put two and two together.
"You two were gone for a while." He turned to his boyfriend, Taehyung finally raising his eyes to him. "And she came back looking distraught."
"And?" Taehyung asked, unimpressed.
"What did you talk about?"
"Nothing." Taehyung lied, diverting his eyes. "I asked if she fed Yeontan."
"Are you lying to me?"
Yes.
"No."
Hoseok looked at his watch, knowing she still had plenty of time before it got concerning, but he was already concerned. "I'll go make sure she found a bathroom."
.
Claudette's hand slid across the wall for support as she tried to walk faster to the bathroom. None were coming across her path and she could barely lift her head to look up and see any signs if there were any.
She wanted to close her eyes, disappear until the guilt went away.
And she kind of got her wish.
Claudette stopped walking, her whole body tensing as her eyes rolled back into her head, herself falling to the ground, her body falling into uncontrolled convulsions.
.
"Where are you Claudie Honey? Did you make-oh my God." Hoseok rounded the corner and saw her, on the ground, seizing. He didn't know what to do? How could he?? He barely knew she had seizures!
She'll hurt herself.
By the time Hoseok's body jolted him out of shock, she finished her episode, and now laid on the ground passed out.
Hoseok let out a shaky breath before falling to the ground beside her, pulling her into his arms.
And he did not know what to do.
"Yoongi!" Hoseok closed his eyes as he screamed. He needed everything inside of him to scream, those doors thick as a wall. "Yoongi hurry!"
The world stopped as Yoongi heard his boyfriend's shouts. The pure sound of absolute panic and fear made all time stop.
And he was the first to move towards them.
so i would've written more but it was getting far too long and that was a nice little cliffhanger
and to end on a positive note, mintssuga
made a beautiful masterpiece of claudette!
they said they're in the process of making another but i needed this chapter to end on a good note so you guys didn't murder me
(and i apologize mintssuga i do not know your pronouns so i used they/them just in case. if this is offensive please lmk right away so i can fix it and apologize. i'm sorry again)
look!
pure talent right there
thank you so so much and i will post the new one after they're finished!!
drink some water and eat if you can!!
xoxo