"Whoa, where is everyone?"
"Yoongi hyung and Hoseok hyung aren't here because Hoseok hyung is sick," Jimin explains, voice crackling through Jungkook's speakers.
Taehyung plays with the sleeves of his sweater. "Hoseokie has a fever," he adds.
"Yeah, Yoongi told me it was a really high fever," says Seokjin, frowning. "I just dropped off some soup for Hoseok."
"What about Namjoon hyung?" Jungkook asks.
"Visiting his parents." Seokjin's frown deepens. "I haven't seen my parents in a while. I need to visit them."
"So it's just us four today," Jungkook mutters. "Fun."
Jimin rubs his eyes. "I'm going to log off in a bit."
"I just got on!" protests Jungkook, and Jimin sighs exasperatedly.
"Yeah, but—"
"No buts!" Taehyung says loudly. "It isn't even 9:00 yet! And you weren't here yesterday!"
"I don't care," Jimin whines. "I had to wake up at 2:00 to cover someone else's shift at the shop. I'm exhausted."
Jimin logs off a half hour later at 9:00 on the dot, and Taehyung pouts, glancing at the two others. "It's boring without Jiminnie," he grouches. "You guys don't talk about anything interesting."
Jungkook glares at the boy. "We do! And excuse me, I thought I was your best friend!" Seokjin attempts to hide a chuckle as the youngest angrily crosses his arms. "And you," Jungkook adds, his anger now directed at Seokjin, "what are you laughing about?"
"I'm laughing at you," Seokjin answers bluntly, "and how cute you are when you're angry."
Taehyung bursts into a fit of laughter as Jungkook looks away, flustered. "I-I'm not cute!" he stammers, making the two others coo at him.
"Aww, look at our little Jungkookie getting all embarrassed," Taehyung giggles.
"I'm not—"
"You're blushing!" Taehyung squeals. "Jungkook's blushing!"
"I'm not—"
"Your face is so red," Seokjin chortles. "Does he always get this embarrassed?" he asks the other male.
"No," Taehyung answers simply. "I think it's just around you, hyung."
"It's not!" screeches Jungkook, mortified. "It- It's not just around you, Seokjin hyung, Tae's just being an idiot—"
"Stop yelling!" cries Taehyung, yanking out his earphones. "I'm going deaf from your screams."
Heat is practically radiating off of Jungkook's face by now as he ducks his head away and out of sight. "Tae, why are you so mean to me?" he complains.
"I'm not mean," Taehyung argues. "I'm just being honest."
Seokjin laughs. "Jungkook, am I really why you're getting embarrassed? I'm flattered."
Jungkook lets out a whine of embarrassment. "I'm logging off, see you guys later."
"You're not going to log off," Taehyung scoffs. "You're too determined to win—"
Jungkook logs off and closes his laptop, moving from his desk to his bed and curling up under his covers to recover from the trauma of being embarrassed in front of Seokjin.
If Jungkook is being honest, Seokjin is probably one of the most attractive people he's ever had the fortune to meet. Seokjin is beautiful, from his eyes to his nose to his lips to his shoulders.
Jungkook might happen to harbor a teensy weensy crush on Seokjin. He might secretly enjoy how Seokjin is constantly calling him cute, even if it makes him shy. He might love how it's usually always him and Seokjin left in the Skype call, chatting at 4:00 in the morning trying to stay up later than the other.
Of course, he knows his crush is futile. Why would someone as perfect as Kim Seokjin ever like him back?
Why did he have to go and develop feelings for such a beautiful human being?
。。。
"Well, damn, I didn't think he'd actually log out," Taehyung says, surprised.
Seokjin shakes his head. "Yeah, me neither."
Taehyung's phone emits a ding! as the screen lights up. Seokjin sees Taehyung look at the device in concern. "Is everything okay?" he asks.
"Uh, yeah," Taehyung says slowly. "I'm gonna go, okay?"
"Sure," Seokjin replies, perplexed. "See you later."
"Mm, bye."
。。。
Jiminnie: I need to ask you something important
Jiminnie: It's super important and I'm kind of scared
Taehyung: dude u ok????
Taehyung: whats wrong?????
Jiminnie: So you know how I like Hoseok hyung, rigjt?
Taehyung: yea
Taehyung: what abt it
Taehyung: fuck, did u tell him?????
Jiminnie: No, nothing like that
Jiminnie: Don't freak out
Taehyung: im getting really scared, jimin, what happened???????
Jiminnie: Nothing to be scared, about, it's just that
Jiminnie: I think I like both of them
Taehyung: wait wait WAIT
Taehyung: wOt
Jiminnie: I think I have a crush on both Hoseok hyung and Yoongi hyung
Jiminnie: I don't know how that's possible!!!
Jiminnie: I really don't
Jiminnie: And I'm really fucking scared, Tae
Taehyung: ITS OK FAM
Taehyung: I GOTCHU
Taehyung: AND ITS OKAY I FEEL
Taehyung: GUESS WUT
Jiminnie: What
Taehyung: BACK IN THE DAY I HAD A CRUSH ON KOOKIE AND HOSEOK AT THE SAME TIME
Taehyung: SO I KNOW WHAT YOURE FEELING
Taehyung: ITS NATURAL
Taehyung: SO DONT WORRY JIMINNIE
Taehyung: ITS GON B OK MY SMOL BEB
Jiminnie: Wait really?
Jiminnie: REALLY????????
Jiminnie: I never knew you liked both of them!!!
Taehyung: yep
Taehyung: it was hella weird bc they were both two of my closest friends
Taehyung: and then hoseokie went and started going out w yoongi hyung
Taehyung: and idk
Taehyung: my crush on kookie kind of died at the same time as hoseokie
Taehyung: its some weird shit, man
Jiminnie: Yeah
Taehyung: and idk but
Taehyung: I think I lowkey have a crush on kookie rn
Taehyung: lowkey tho
Jiminnie: Oh.
Taehyung: yeah
Taehyung: it kinda sucks bc like
Taehyung: idk if its just him being shy or wot but i feel like he lowkey likes seokjin hyung
Taehyung: have u noticed???? kookie is always super shy around seokjin hyung
Taehyung: well i guess seokjin hyung is always calling him cute
Jiminnie: Tru
Taehyung: idk man
Taehyung: feelings are fuckin weird
。。。
A/N: it's 3 am and I'm hella sleepy...
(also HEY I have a chanbaek twoshot called 3 am, any exo fans? go check it out!) I'm shameless lmao
sorry about this chapter being kinda shoddy... any comments and votes are greatly appreciated, though, so thank you!