They both stare at each other for some time without moving an inch trying to realize what just happened. Jisoo is still in Taehyung's arms and the steams slowly begin to disappear
Taehyung helps Jisoo stand on her own
"What are you doing here?" he asks
"It's a long story" Jisoo says trying not to look at his bare body
"You were here with Yoongi?" he asks again
"I need to go" Jisoo says and as she is about to leave Taehyung pulls her by the hand and she crashes against his chest
Taehyung touches her chin and holds it up making her stare directly at him. His other hand touches her waist and pulls her closer. Jisoo keeps staring at him without saying a word. Every touch feels excruciating to her but she doesn't push him away
Taehyung touches Jisoo's hair that is covering a bit of her face and tucks it behind her ears. Sweats are dripping from his shoulder to his abdomen finding their way around his carved body. Taehyung catches Jisoo take a glance. He takes her hand and puts them on his abs for her to feel them
Jisoo stops breathing at this. She shouldn't be doing this but something doesn't let her leave. Taehyung then cups her cheeks and brings her face closer to his and he leans forwards
Jisoo closes her eyes as she feels his other hand caress back. She starts breathing heavily which corresponds to her heart which keeps beating faster
Taehyung leans towards her more and Jisoo doesn't resist. She doesn't have the power to resist anymore. But yet she gathers whatever is left in her and says
"I shouldn-"
Taehyung's lips don't make their way to Jisoo's lips like she thought they would. Instead, they reach her ears as Taehyung whispers
"I don't like seeing you with someone else" he says as his cheek is touching Jisoo's
But he doesn't withdraw himself after saying his words. There is a brief moment of silence and he leans further and kisses Jisoo's neck lightly
Jisoo suddenly realizes what she is doing and fights all her intentions to push him away
"What do you think you are doing?" she says
Taehyung comes back to his senses too
"Jisoo i am-" he can't even finish his sentence as Jisoo runs out
Taehyung gets angry at himself. He punches the wall due to frustration
"Why the fuck did you do that" he says out loud
But one thing that none of them know is that Jimin was there in the locker room and saw them getting cozy with each other and recorded the whole thing
***
Jisoo runs outside and looks around. She sees the cheerleader room on the far right and runs inside. It is the same as the boy's room but instead for girls.
She sits on one of the benches and catches her breath. Her skin begins to crawl and she feels guilty for not stopping him before.
"He belongs to Jennie. If you do stuff like this then what is the difference between you and Jennie?" she says to herself but can't seem to shake the guilt off
"There you are" Jennie says from behind
Jisoo stands up immediately like a criminal after hearing her voice
"yes?" she says nervously
"Did Taehyung tell her? Is she here to insult me? How am I going to explain myself?" so many thoughts run inside Jisoo's head
"I heard you're gonna replace Farnaz today. Although I don't support the idea at all but I have to let you be a part of the team today. But don't even think of yourself as a cheerleader. You're just a replacement" she says
Jisoo can hardly even process what she is saying. Her mind is still stuck on what happened inside the shower. However she manages herself and practices with the team once
"ppsssttt, Jennie" Jimin calls her from outside
Jennie comes out and Jimin shows her the video. In the video, Taehyung and Jisoo look closer than they actually were due to the angle at which Jimin recorded it. Jennie clenches her fist after seeing the video trying to not do anything out of anger
"But they didn't do much. I thought that I'd get to record some Juicy stuff but Jisoo ruined the whole thing" Jimin says
"Can you edit a bit of this video?" she asks Jimin
"What do you want me to edit?" Jimin asks
Jennie smirks and whispers her idea to him
"Jisoo, you'll pay for this," she thinks
Jimin cracks up at her idea
"Are you sure? Taehyung is involved in this too" he says
"Don't worry honey. In things like this, the girl always gets blamed. Moreover, I can play the victim card in front of everyone" she says although she burns on the inside from the fact that they came so close to each other
***
Western Woodsville College vs Dalhousie National College
Everyone is sitting on the audience bench anticipating a great match
The official match begins and all the players enter the ground. The cheerleaders take their position on each side of the field too
"Best of luck baby" Jennie screams to Taehyung
Taehyung looks at her and sees Jisoo standing next to her. She looks at him too but the eye contact doesn't last long before Jisoo looks away
Yoongi sees Jisoo in the cheerleader team and he feels proud of her. She is finally getting to do what she deserves. Jisoo looks at him and he gives a warm smile
"You got this Jisoo. Don't be nervous" he thinks looking at Jisoo
The whistle blows and the game starts. During the first 20 minutes, no one scores a goal. But at about the 21-minute mark, The Dalhousie team scores their first goal.
Home:0 Away:1
Jisoo looks at the game being nervous hoping that they score a goal. She keeps touching her neck where Taehyung kissed feeling a bit uncomfortable
The first half passes and no more goals get scored. During the break time, the players drink water and replan their strategy
Suddenly everyone gets a message from an anonymous account on their phone. It is posted in the college community. Jisoo takes her phone out and sees it, a video of her and Taehyung. But someone edited it towards the last part
Taehyung kisses Jisoo's neck and suddenly the video cuts and says
"I am sorry but i didn't have the courage to record what happened afterwards. Just imagine what can happen and you won't be close enough to what i witnessed"
Jisoo looks around and everyone is looking at her, some laughing, some gossiping. The players are mindless about the situation as they are busy on the field.
Jisoo can't move a muscle, she feels humiliated. This video lied about what happened but who is going to believe her?
Jennie pretends to see the video and she starts crying. Irene and other cheerleaders are there to console her.
"What a slut! I feel so bad for Jennie. Poor her. What was her fault to be treated like this? Jisoo literally went inside the boy's room to get laid?" someone says. Jisoo hears everything that they are saying about her
She feels disgusted at her. Why didn't she push Taehyung the moment he came close to her? How could she do this knowing that Taehyung and Jennie are dating?
At that moment, the second half begins and within the first 2 minutes, Taehyung scores the first goal for Woodsville
The entire crowd cheers for him and some says
"No wonder Jisoo hooked up with him. She must have seduced him. Moreover, what was she doing in the boy's changing room?"
Taehyung's team celebrates the goal. Jennie wipes her crocodile tears
"Girls, this is showtime. I can manage myself. I don't want to let my entire college down" she says and walks towards the cheerleader stage. Jisoo doesn't move, she keeps standing like a statue unable to fathom what she just saw
Jennie looks over and sees that Jisoo isn't on the stage. Their formation won't be perfect without Jisoo. Taehyung and Yoongi look over and sees Jisoo standing there like a rock.
"Why isn't she going up on stage?" they think
"Jisoo come here," a cheerleader says
"Jisooo, get on the stage" Mrs. Minji screams but none of their voices reached Jisoo
Jisoo looks at Yoongi with teary eyes and runs back inside. She runs to the main school building and locks herself inside the girl's bathroom. She can't bear the names that they were calling her with
"It's okay, guys. Just do the usual routine" Jennie says with an expression as if she is suffering on the inside but pretending to be happy. Everyone sympathizes her, but Jennie knows what she did and she feels contented knowing that she got back at Jisoo for hitting on her boyfriend
Taehyung and Yoongi see Jisoo run outside but they need to continue the game. Yoongi gets impatient throughout the whole game. He just waits for the game to be finished
Home:3 Away:1
Taehyung's team wins the game and the players celebrate their victory. They come back to their changing room. Yoongi opens his phone and sees the message. He can hardly believe what he saw
He looks at Taehyung and sees that he is just as shocked. Almost every player in the room sees the video and looks at Taehyung and starts whispering
Taehyung slams the locker and screams
"Delete the fucking video right now"
Yoongi knows that whatever the video showed is a lie. Jisoo isn't the type of girl who'll hook up with someone else's boyfriend like this.
Jisoo keeps crying inside the bathroom. She opens her phone again and sees people making slutty memes about her.
"We want the full sex tape" someone comments under the original video
She doesn't have the courage to face them anymore
"Jisoo, are you there?" Lisa says while looking for Jisoo
Jisoo wipes her tears and opens the door. She hugs Lisa and says
"I swear I didn't do anything. This is all a lie"
"We know babe. Please don't cry" Lisa says
"Jisoo, we trust you. We know who you are. Let people talk. We are always with you" Rose says patting Jisoo's back
"Let's go home," Lisa says and they walk out of the bathroom. They are walking along the hall and sees that almost everyone is here. They all came inside the college building after the game ended. They are all looking at their phones and then staring at Jisoo and calling her names
The girls keep walking ignoring all of them and Jisoo keeps looking down cause she isn't brave enough to see their faces. Suddenly Irene stops them. Jisoo looks up and sees Jennie standing with Irene
"Jisoo, what do you think you were doing in the boy's room?" Irene asks but Jisoo doesn't reply
"Let us go," Rose says
"No, she has to answer" Irene replies and a crowd forms around them. Everyone is curious to see what will happen
Jennie wipes her tears and looks up
"I always cared about you like my own sister. I didn't know that you'll end up stabbing me behind my back" she says
"Jennie, I swear it wasn't me. I didn't-" Jisoo tries to explain but someone cuts her in the middle
"Jisoo stop it. You don't have to justify it" Yoongi says out loudly and walks towards Jisoo
"Anyone looking at this fake video and saying useless shits about Jisoo also need to know that this entire video is edited. Jisoo was with me at the start of the game. How can she be at two places in the same time? And do you really think that it is that easy to just walk inside the boy's room and do all these without getting noticed? Are yall that dumb?" He says loudly making sure that everyone hears him
Jisoo looks at him. He is lying. He is protecting Jisoo's honor.
"but the video" Irene tries to say something
"The video that you are talking about is completely edited. If you want to believe this shit, you can but don't blame Jisoo for something she didn't do. She was with me during the whole time and you can barely even see their faces due to the steam. How can you be so sure that it is Jisoo and Taehyung? Just because the caption says so? And from an anonymous account? If this is really true, then why doesn't the one who recorded it come forward? Why send it from an anonymous account if you didn't want to defame Jisoo purposely?" he says and holds Jisoo's hand tightly trying to give her strength
Taehyung is looking for Jisoo and sees the crowd in the middle of the hall and walks towards it. He finds Yoongi defending Jisoo with lies. Jennie sees Taehyung and runs towards him
"Babe, please tell me. What happened? I know you love me a lot and would never do something like this to me. She seduced you, right? Did she throw herself on you? Please speak up" she cries
Taehyung doesn't say a word for some time. Instead, he keeps looking at Yoongi and Jisoo, hand in hand. Even just a moment ago, he felt so close to Jisoo but all of them vanished right away when he saw Yoongi holding Jisoo's hand and defending her
"Whatever you saw was true but nothing happened after that" He says out loud
Everyone starts whispering again and Jisoo feels betrayed. Yoongi tried to managed everything but Taehyung... If he lied too then no one would speak a word about this video thinking that it is fake but he didn't.
"Why the fuck are you lying?" Yoongi says being angry at Taehyung for not clearing Jisoo's name up when he clearly had the chance to
"We all know who is lying. Jisoo? Why are you so quiet? Wasn't it us? You're holding hand with this liar in front of everyone but can't speak the truth about what happened?" Taehyung replies
Jisoo's eyes try to find out why Taehyung is doing this but it fails. Why didn't he just lie?
"Jisoo was with me at that time. So dude please, back off" Yoongi says
"Really jisoo? You were with him? Why can't you just fucking speak up for yourself? Why can't you say the truth? That it was us? But nothing happened. Why the fuck do you need a random guy to lie for you?" Taehyung screams
"Enough with your bullshit," Yoongi says and walks up to Taehyung. He grabs his collar and punches him in the face. Taehyung reciprocates and both of them start a fight