*edited new note at the end of the chapter*
3rd POV
The boys went to Jin's right after the interview to get something to eat. There isn't a lot of people at the moment which made Taehyung less nervous. "Why do i even come here during my day off? We can get something to eat somewhere else- ouch" Jin smack the back of Jimin's head, not too hard.
"Ungrateful brat, im give you food for free so suck it up" Jin says. Not long after, a girl came bringing Jimin's and Yoongi's order. They both order pasta so theirs came early. Jin insisted that Taehyung should eat his signature dish and Taehyung just say okay and waited. Jin then came with a plate on his hand, a special looking burger made its way into Taehyung.
Taehyung is surprise but still gave Jin a huge, boxy smile. "I figured we should celebrate your first interview so i made a special food just for you" he put the plate in front of Taehyung. "Yea i was listening" Jin says and wink at Taehyung. "I was a train-wreck nervous. I bet i sounded ridiculous" Taehyung said while happily munching his special burger.
"Hey what are you? 12?" Jimin says, Taehyung is a messy eater when he eats something that he likes. Taehyung just ignore Jimin's remark and continue to munch his food in a pout-like manner, moving his shoulder up and down slightly, dancing. Yoongi just look at Taehyung, hiding a smile because he likes how happy Taehyung look right now. He looked upset when he came home, he came around 5am. Yoongi wanted to ask Taehyung where he was but he never got the chance.
The ketchup got smeared on Taehyung lips and Jin just couldn't resist. He wiped it with his left thumb and lick it. "Aigooo what a good eater you are". His action left Jimin and Yoongi frozen. Taehyung just utter a 'heh sorry', completely unaffected because he thought nothing more of it, but to Jimin and Yoongi, somehow its obvious.
Jin likes Taehyung.
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Jungkook just arrived in Seoul and he is starving. As his minds wonder where he would go to eat, he suddenly remember the restaurant Taehyung bring them to during the family dinner. The owner is a major threat to Jungkook, dangerously handsome, maybe world-wide handsome. He makes some lame, daddy jokes and Jungkook thought of it as silly until Taehyung laughed his ass off until he cries and honestly, thats the most genuine happiness Jungkook has seen in Taehyung in a very long time, and he is to blame for that.
If Taehyung has decided to come back to him, and thats a very big IF, he'll make it right. He'll treat him right. He reached the restaurant but he decided not to go in, he just stood by the window, looking into the diner where Taehyung is seated. He look so happy, talking to Jimin and Yoongi and that handsome owner. When is the last time he saw Taehyung smiling - happy like that?
And then he saw, so he left.
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Jungkook stops at the nearby park. He's been walking aimlessly when he found it. He just sit on the bench while watching the kids running around, playing the slides and the swing. He lets out a chuckle. He would give anything, anything to have mini him or mini Taehyung running around. He looks to the ground but smiled at the thought.
Jungkook felt at lost, he has Jimin to worry about and now he has to add the diner dude to the list, probably tons of other school girls to it too now that Taehyung is out in the public. Dont get him wrong, he doesnt mind that Taehyung is slowly showing himself to the outside world but a part of him is just terrified. Taehyung show himself up when he and Jungkook is on the brink of divorce and what if Taehyung know other people who can treat him better than Jungkook did and decided to leave him?
Oh god, im turning into a softy.
"You look like shit" Jungkook look up and greeted by a devilish smirk.
Deja vu
"Fuck off" He sigh. The man takes a seat beside him, uninvited.
"Who shit in your coffee today?" Yoongi asked.
"If you're here just to gloat or piss me off then i suggest you pick your ass up and walk the other way around" Jungkook sounded serious, but Yoongi, being the way he is, not bothered by it at all.
"Scared?" Yoongi ask after a few minutes of silence.
"Terrified"
Silence.
Yoongi just sat beside Jungkook with his hand in his pocket, looking at the children running around, laughing. Not a care in the world.
"I thought my feelings were fading, i thought they were gone. At first i was avoiding him because i dont want to lie to him. I started coming home late, calling him less until at one point, im so used to doing it i stopped feeling guilty and Taehyung, he.... he never get mad at me, he never says anything, he just....take it, accept it, i guess and i took him for granted. Im so used to him being there.. it never cross my mind that one day he'll break and leave and me being the idiot that i am, realise things too late. He was finally out the door and...." Jungkook couldn't finish what he was about to say, he ia feeling so many things all at once.
"If it was the other way around, if it was me in Taehyung's shoes, honestly i dont think i'll last.."
Paused
"And now, i have Jimin to worry about and to add to the list the diner dude. He made Taehyung happy so effortlessly..." Jungkook couldnt finished his sentence again.
"Jungkook..." Yoongi tries to speak but he stopped, what could he possibly say to him right now?
"If given the chance, if he was given a chance, he could make Taehyung happy more than the 10 years i was with him combined" Jungkook turn towards Yoongi and continue.
"See? You dont have to gloat or say that Jimin or that dude could make Taehyung happy because nobody on this earth knows that more that i do"
Nobody says anything, just the sound of laughter from the children fill the air, it was heavy until Yoongi decided to speak up.
"Me and Jimin has been dating for 5 years now" Jungkook snapped his neck, looking at Yoongi.
His emotion went complete 180, he was wallowing himself in self-pity until Yoongi decide to drop a bomb in his face.
"What?" Jungkook find it hard to believe him.
"Its true" Yoongi said.
"Then why the fuck would you say that stuff to me?" Jungkook remembering all the things that Yoongi has said to him in his office a while ago.
"Why the fuck would you do that to yourself?" It was more like a whisper but Yoongi heard it loud and clear.
He chuckled.
"Because i was terrified. Because im an idiot. Because im selfish. Because im messed up" Yoongi avoid looking at Jungkook.
"He never once said he love me during those 5 years, and i have been chasing after him for as long, and then Taehyung came along just when Jimin decided to open up to me. I was so sure that i'm gonna lose him. That no matter what i do, he can never love me back. But despite everything, i just cant let him go, which is why i went to you. I riled you up, i piss you off because i know your type. Your ego is higher than the mount Everest, so when i said those things to you i was hoping that you would fight for Taehyung"
Jungkook just give Yoongi an incredulous look, like he couldn't process the logic of what he just heard.
"Told you im messed up" Yoongi just shrug the look Jungkook gave him.
"How did you do it? How are you so strong?" Jungkook asked.
"Im not. Im weaker than you" Yoongi respond. "Im just a selfish bastard who doesnt want to let Jimin go even though he didn't love me." Yoongi said with a smile, it was a genuine smile, not the kind of smile that he usually use to piss Jungkook off.
"The question is, how selfish are you?" Yoongi ask Jungkook, but before he could get an answer, his phone buzz, showing a text just came in. He take his phone out, read them and stand right up.
"Thats my cue to leave" He stand and started to walk away.
Jungkook just dumbfounded, he just feel like there's too many information, he cant process them all at once.
"Hey, asshat!" Yoongi called out and Jungkook turned.
"Dont think, just do"he gave Jungkook a smirk, the kind that piss him off and he know that Yoongi is doing that on purpose.
Dont think, just do
Dont think
Just do
Jungkook takes out his phone, dial a number and put the phone to his ears. He lean back to his seat and take a deep breath.
It wasn't long before someone pick up the call.
"Hey Tae, its me. Are you free this evening?"
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Is this chapter long? I feel its kind of long, if it is, i'm sorry 😭
Just few more chapter left 😍
Im kinda excited to end this book but i dont want to ruin the story by rushing it so the last few chapters might be quite long.
Let me know what you guys think of this chapter.
ANW I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO BLACK SWAN ON REPEAT EVER SINCE IT WAS RELEASE!!
what a masterpiece.
Im dropping a bomb. My next chapter is the last chapter. Finally!!! 😍
How are we feeling?