JJK
If there's one thing Jeongguk regrets about his time in college, it's how much he fucked around Freshman year. Genuinely, he's certain he was only sober for 20% of the entire year. Along with the recklessness that came with the lifestyle he led for a year..came a couple failed classes. One of them being Psych 101. He isn't sure why he even has to take a psychology course, but of course the university needs to suck as much money as possible from them. So here he is at 9 a.m. on a Monday, ready to sit through a three hour lecture hall. The constant reminder that this is his last year is the only thing pushing him through.
After finding a good seat in the middle of the classroom, he whipped out his phone to get lost in whatever's on the timeline. It's only a few seconds later whenever he hears the classroom door slam shut and a loud voice booming, "Morning, welcome to Psych 101. I'm Proffessor Park." Jeongguk found his brain trailing away already. He hates young professors. Mainly because they try too hard to "understand" the students, it's honestly exhausting.
His ears perk up though whenever he hears the word T.A. glancing up to see who the unlucky student is that has to be stuck with this asshole all semester. He's surprised to see none other than Kim Taehyung, walking forward and bowing to the class. Suddenly, Jeongguk is paying attention. Taehyung has his blonde hair curled and tousled a bit today. Much different than the straight messy locks he saw last night. As he continues his observation he notices that the babyb blue button down shirt is far too large for his dainty frame. Sure he's tall, with broad shoulders and he isn't lacking in the curves department..but overall his frame is small, fragile. With the way the dress shirt hangs off of his body, it makes Taehyung look unbelievably cute. Again, a large difference in comparison to the hoodie and basketball shorts he sported last night. Jeongguk can't help but admire how absolutely soft the blonde looks right now. With the faded black jeans hugging his legs beautifully and crisp white converse on his feet. So fucking cute.
"Mr. Kim is currently working towards an art-therapy degree. His time is valuable, the better you perform means the less of his time outside of this course he has to dedicate to you. Don't waste his time." Professor Park glances at Taehyung with a bright smile and Jeongguk can't help but think the smile is a bit too friendly. Yoongi surely wouldn't like this guy. He thinks to himself.
It's whenever he sees two wide brown eyes staring right back into his own that he realizes he's been staring at Taehyung this entire time and now he knows it...great. With nothing else to do he sends a smile to which Taehyung just looked away, unamused. Seriously, what the fuck.
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Three hours of Professor Park's monotonous voice finally comes to an end and Jeongguk spots Taehyung hurrying out of the door. He grips his bag and jogs after him, "Hey, Kim, wait up!" He shouts and he can literally see the life drain from the older's body. He furrows his eyebrows as the blonde stops but doesn't turn around. So he goes up around him, "Look, I'm sorry about the whole dumping a bag of heavy equipment thing on you. I feel like we got off on the wrong foot and I'm really sorry about that." a sheepish smile and he goes to speak again but notices the absolute blank expression on Taehyung's face. "D-did I do something? I'm sorry if I pissed you off yesterday."
Taehyung just rolled his eyes, "M'fine, just not interested in being your buddy, alright? Do you need anything else from me or can I carry onto my own classes now?" he scoffs and Jeongguk is now feeling annoyed. Why the hell does he have to be so rude?
"Alright, that's a little rude but I'll pretend my heart didn't crack a little" with a hand clutched to his chest, he attempts to be playful. Maybe earn a little giggle but instead he see's Taehyung clench his jaw. Looking like he's seriously biting something back. "Okay, I get it. Kim Taehyung wants nothing to do with Jeon Jeongguk. Noted."
Taehyung just shakes his head with a scoff and walks past Jeongguk who is standing there in absolute shock.
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"Yoongi-hyung!"
"Sup, Guk?"
"Um, your lover boy??" he laughs awkwardly "Kind of a fucking prick"
Yoongi's eyes harden immediately and he takes a step closer "What the fuck did you say to him?"
"Woah, chill hyung. I didn't say shit." Jeongguk rolled his eyes "We accidentally bumped into each other lastnight when you assholes made me carry that equipment all by myself and he basically acted like I was the scum on his shoes. So today, I saw him again and went up to apologize, maybe make amends and he straight up told me he wants nothing to do with me...soo yeah, I didn't do shit and he hates my guts."
If the expression on Yoongi's face doesn't tell Jeongguk that he's missing something than that's exactly what his words do, "Clearly, you're head is too far up your own ass to even know what you did." Yoongi scoffs "Do me a favor and stay the fuck away from Tae. Got it? and for the last damn time, he is NOT my lover boy. He's practically my little brother and I will not hesitate to break your arm so that you can't throw a ball for the rest of your life."
Jeongguk is in absolute shock, Yoongi's never went off on him like this and the way he's talking makes it sound like he actually did something. Which he isn't sure what he could've possibly done. "Got it, hyung. Man I'm on a roll today, getting told to fuck off by two people in less than two hours" he high fives himself mockingly and Yoongi just shoves a middle finger in the air.
KTH
Following his evening painting class, Taehyung has never been more excited to sleep on a stiff twin sized mattress in his life. He makes a mental note to buy a mattress topper soon. He really can't get over the fact that Jeongguk is acting as if he doesn't know him. Did he really forget about everything that happened? or is he too much of a coward to own his shit, so he's feigning innocence like he genuinely doesn't know. He's been tossing and turning for hours, as he usually does when this happens. He pulls out his favorite book and charcoal pencils. He can't help the tears that fall whenever he flings open the cover and his sights land on the very first page.
Next time you can't sleep, pull out this book and think of me. Let your pencil flow and ease your pretty little mind.
-JJK
"I bought you something" he voices out, pulling the object in brown paper wrapping fro behind his back. "but you've gotta kiss me first to get it." he smirked and Taehyung rolled his eyes playfully before leaning forward and combining their lips chastely. Backing away almost immediately with a bright pink blush going from his cheeks to the tips of his ears.
"Mmm, worth it" Jeongguk sighs out happily. Placing the gift in Taehyung's hands who opens it carefully with wide eyes. Hands tracing over the smooth leather of the fresh sketchbook.
"Jeongguk.. it's beautiful" he breathed out, fingers brushing against the small KTH embossed in the lower left corner.
"You were complaining about needing a new one but not having enough money to buy the kind with the paper you like, I know it's not exact but I tried. I hope it helps." he smiles shyly and Taehyung wraps his arms around his neck, placing another soft peck to his lips.
"It's perfect" he whispered against the others lips before turning and retreating towards his own dorm.
Ripping the page right from the seam, he crumples it up and tosses it to the bin. Think of me, my ass. He turns back to the book and sees the first sketch in it, heart clenching a little when his finger trails over the charcoal.
It was his first time venturing off campus since moving into the dorms at BTU. He strolled the streets to a small outdoor cafe that Jihyo pointed him too. He had an assignment due in his drawing class. Candid portraits. He only knew Jihyo so far and there is nothing candid about her. As much as he loves her, the moment he brings out his book and pencil she starts positioning herself better...just in case.
Taehyung is glancing around, watching the people walking by whenever he caught sight of the someone that took his breath away. He was leaned against the building, scrolling at something on his phone and he could've swore that the man was sculpted to perfection by god himself. He quickly pulled out his own phone to snap a sneaky photo, as creepy as it may have seemed, Taehyung never understood the term 'muse' until this moment. One look at the handsome stranger's side profile. The way his crisp jawline protruded perfectly, he grinned in satisfaction because he just found his very first muse.
It only makes sense that whenever Jeongguk, the handsome stranger, himself gifted Taehyung with a sketch book. That he revamped his first assignment. Admittedly, the portrait he turned in didn't do Jeongguk justice. Now that Taehyung has had weeks to admire his features up close, he knew that his first drawing and the picture he took were nothing compared to the actual thing.
As soon as he got home, he flipped open the book and pulled out the picture on his phone. Spending a little more time on his jawline and the slope of his nose. This time Taehyung didn't forget to pencil in the small mole under his lip. He stayed up all night perfecting that portrait. Excited to one day show it to Jeongguk, as soon as he built up the courage to tell him that he was indeed Taehyung's inspiration whenever he very first began the semester.
"Fucking stupid" he muttered through his tears. Closing the sketch book and chucking it across the room. Not even his go to stress reliever can calm him down now. Everything was fine, Taehyung was just about over this. Finally crossing the wedge that Jeongguk formed in his heart. Only for the stupid fluffy haired man to waltz right back in. Just like he did the first time. Whirling through Taehyung's headspace and completely taking over.
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"Tae!" knock knock knock "Open the damn door or I'm gonna get the RA!"
Yoongi's voice is booming through his dorm when he finally leans up and makes his way to the door. "What the fuck, Yoon? What time is it?"
"It's two in the afternoon, Tae. You missed your Psych class. Professor Park came looking for me and Jihyo to figure out if you were okay."
Taehyung just groaned and plopped onto the bed. "I'm giving up the T.A position anyway."
"What why?! That's one of your requirements for the grad program. You can't continue towards your PhD if you don't complete a T.A"
"Well, I can't T.A in the same classroom as Jeon Jeongguk okay?!" he yelled and Yoongi's eyes widened
"Oh, Tae... that's where he saw you?" he asked, voice soft as he took Taehyung into a hug, feeling emotional at the way Taehyung immediately collapsed into his arms.
"I-it hurts Yoon.. i-it hurts so bad... h-he doesn't even f-fucking remember and I'm here, after all this time..still so hung up on the stupid shit he fed into my head for 4 months." he sobbed out and they didn't even realize his door was still open until Jihyo popped her head in and immediately ran to join in their hug.
"Taetae, oh my god" she sighs, wrapping her arms around both of them and squeezing tight. "It's okay, Tae. You'll get through this. You've already done it once."
"Besides, I spoke to Guk and let him know to stay the hell away from you."
Taehyung couldn't help but giggle "Is that why when I told him my name, he said Yoongi's Taehyung?"
Jihyo is laughing too and Yoongi groans "God, I hate him so much. Remember when I thought I had feelings for you, your sophomore year? Well apparently I got drunk and told the guys. They've never let it go. No matter how many times I tell them you're basically my brother and that would be incest" he laughs and Taehyung squeezes his cheeks with a pout
"Thank you guys..ugh...I hate that he still has this hold over me. Just one look at that dumbass sketch book and I was an absolute disaster last night. I can't even draw."
"One step at a time Taehyungie and we're gonna be right beside you the whole time. You aren't a freshman all by yourself anymore. You've got us and Jinnie-hyung and Hobi-hyung" Jihyo's enthusiastic smile makes Tae throw his arms around her tightly.
"God, I'd be so lost without you guys."
They both just laugh "we know"