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"Tae, dude, that was awesome!"

Jimin slapped his best friend's back, laughing.

"Yeah, because you definitely saw him walking in heels, and weren't doing anything else." Jennie snorted, glancing at her boyfriend, who glared back at her warningly.

"What do you mean, Jen?" Rosé asked, glancing at her roommate, and at Jimin.

Before Jennie could open her mouth, Jimin spoke up. "You don't wanna know."

"But I do!" Lisa exclaimed.

"Do you really? Well, okay then, I grabbed her arms, and kissed her-"

"Ew, Jimin, just stop. Lisa, stop being so intrusive. Of course they were making out. Why do you want the damn details?" Jisoo interrupted Jimin, unintentionally saving majority of the people from embarrassment, and disgust.

"Taehyung, please spin the bottle, and get this over with. I need some sleep, it's already 1 A.M," Yoongi said, rubbing his head.

"Aw, the cat is sleepy already?" Hoseok teased Yoongi, who in turn just flipped him off, not even bothering to look at him.

Hoseok huffed in annoyance, while everyone else oohed.

"Oh, look, the bottle is pointing at Jungkook!" Taehyung clapped his hands, catching everyone's attention.

"I just saw it point at Yoongi, what-" Jimin stared at his best friend with suspicion.

"Yeah, I did too!" Jennie nodded her head, pointing at Taehyung's hand which was resting at the back of the bottle.

"You know what you didn't see? My walk. So, now just shush and let the game continue," Taehyung sassed.

"Truth, or dare, Jungkook?" Taehyung asked sweetly.

Jungkook had his eyebrows raised, wondering if he really should test waters with Taehyung and choose dare, or play it safe and choose truth.

Normally, Jungkook wouldn't hesitate for two seconds and choose dare, but it's Taehyung, someone he found the most unpredictable than everyone else here, and he had to choose carefully.

After all, Taehyung was ready to strip in front of Jungkook with no hesitation.

Something told Jungkook, especially after what happened back in the bathrooms, that he shouldn't give Taehyung any chance to do anything.

"Truth."

Jungkook didn't mind all the groans, and the unnecessary comment from Jimin, which was something about how he had high hopes for Jungkook being a daredevil who would choose dare.

It was better than doing something Taehyung commanded him to do.

'Playing safe, huh?'

Taehyung smirked internally. Jungkook was becoming cautious around him, and it drove him even more crazy, that he had the power to tame the wild, tattooed Jungkook.

"Do you own any . . . toys? If yes, how many?" Taehyung spoke slowly, his long fingers laced with each other, a suggestive smirk growing on his face.

Jungkook was visibly shocked.

'Toys? That's a rather simple one.'

He wasn't expecting the question to be this easy, or something that wasn't sexual. In fact, he was even more puzzled at Taehyung's smug expression, as if he had done something great.

"Toys? I have a little Iron Man plushie-"

An enthusiastic Jungkook was interrupted by Taehyung.

"No, not that kind of toy. I'm talking about. . . you know."

Jungkook choked slightly on his saliva when he realized what Taehyung was insinuating.

'Of course it was sexual, what was I even expecting from him?'

Everyone at the table were staring at Jungkook, waiting for his answer, as if it were the most interesting thing ever.

"Oh God, no, I-I don't have anything of that sort." Jungkook, flustered at the eager stares, couldn't help but stutter a bit, his voice lowering to nothing but a mere whisper towards the end.

"You sure about that, kitten? You seemed pretty experienced back there," Taehyung spoke in a low voice, causing his pitch to lower three octaves. Everyone else raised their eyebrows in curiosity.

Jungkook let out a choked whimper at the nickname.

Taehyung was out here, exposing him, and what they had done back in the bathroom.

'Why was his voice so fucking deep, God damn it.'

Jungkook bit his lips, trying to calm down his raging hormones. He hated the effect Taehyung had on him.

This was barely their fourth time meeting, and yet here he was, getting hard at the questionable nicknames Taehyung was calling him.

Jungkook still hadn't answered, soft whimpers vibrating in his throat. Taehyung smiled in amusement.

'Mission accomplished.'

"Bun? Still waiting for an answer." Taehyung folded his arms over his chest, barely controlling his laughter.

"Leave him alone, Tae. Not everyone is as kinky as you." Jimin intervened, snorting slightly at Jungkook's expression.

Everyone burst into laughter, except Jungkook, who closed his eyes, trying to get rid of unnecessary emotions as well as the sheer embarrassment of letting out such disturbing noises.

'-as kinky as you.'

Jimin's words replayed in Jungkook's mind. He wondered if Jimin meant what he thought he meant.

"What about you, though?" Jungkook blurted out his thoughts.

"What?"

"What about you? How many toys do you own?"

Jungkook was genuinely curious about this.

His question made everyone else ooh and stare at Taehyung questioningly.

Oh, how the tables had turned.

Jungkook eagerly awaited Taehyung's response.

Taehyung had an eyebrow raised, staring at Jungkook.

"I think I'm the one who's supposed to be asking the questions here, not the other way around, baby," Taehyung said, emphasizing the nickname, causing Jungkook to let out a shaky breath.

"That doesn't answer my question, Taehyung," Jungkook spoke back, mockingly copying Taehyung's tone.

"Come over sometime, and I'll show you instead."

Taehyung smirked at Jungkook, ignoring all the whoops and laughs. Jungkook was flustered, but hid it. He wouldn't give Taehyung the satisfaction of making him flustered.

Their interaction gave rise to many thoughts in everyone's minds.

'What's happening between them?'

'These horny bastards.'

'Oh my gosh, that's so gay.'

'Rosé is definitely an angel sent from Heaven.'

'Wow, right in front of my salad.'

'I wanna go back to the dorms.'

'Did I miss something? Why are they being so gay with each other?'

'I wanna sleep.'

'I wanna die.'

"Okay, stop being so gay, and spin the bottle, Jungkook." Jimin rolled his eyes playfully.

"Hey hey, wait. I'm not satisfied with the answer I got, let me ask another one." Taehyung intervened, causing Jennie to let out a cry of indignation.

"Excuse me? You had one chance to ask him a question, and he responded. Just because you didn't get the answer you wanted doesn't give you the privilege of being able to ask him another question! Sooya, say something!"

Jungkook nodded his head, agreeing with Jennie.

"Excuse you, I performed the worst dare out of everyone here, therefore I gave everyone here the most amount of entertainment. Wasn't it fun watching me walk in heels?" Taehyung stared at Jennie, waiting for a response.

"Oh wait, that's right. You never saw me walk in heels, because you were busy sucking my best friend's face off. Too bad for you, then."

Taehyung folded his arms over his chest.

"I did see you walk in heels though!" Jennie protested.

"How? You got eyes on the back of your head as well?" Seokjin burst into a fit of laughter, causing a sound similar to windows being wiped to echo in the hall.

"Anyways, Jisoo, you gotta admit that I should get one more chance, because I was such a sportsman. Besides, this party was to get to know Jungkook better, right? Me asking another question will just help us know more about him," Taehyung said.

"Know more about him, or his preferences in bed? Pfft, knowing you, you'll just ask him something concupiscent," Jimin snorted.

"Did I use that right?" He asked, looking at the Virgo boys. The two laughed in response, nodding.

Taehyung shot him a glare before saying, "I promise I'll ask a sensible question."

Jisoo sighed when she saw Taehyung giving her the puppy-eyes.

She wasn't that close to Taehyung, but literally no one could resist the look he was giving her.

"Fine. If the question turns out to be some shit crap of yours, I'll kick your ass out of here."

"Thank you so much Jisoo," Taehyung playfully blew a flying kiss to Jisoo, who rolled her eyes, but had a small smile on her face.

Jungkook scrunched his eyebrows at the gesture, but immediately became shy when he heard Taehyung's question.

"What is your biggest fear, Jungkook?"

Majority of the crowd facepalmed.

"What? You asked for a sensible question, what's more sensible than Jungkook's biggest fear?!" Taehyung raised his hands in surrender.

"The question isn't that bad. I'm curious about his fears too, being honest. Like I said, he seems like a daredevil who isn't afraid of doing what he wants." Jimin supported his best friend.

"Exactly. He clearly isn't afraid of sharp needles and ink." Taehyung stared at his ear piercings, and his hands, which were now covered under his sleeves.

"Ink?" Namjoon asked.

"You haven't seen his arms? You're missing out on a lot then," Taehyung snorted, before an idea hit him.

"Next time, I should dare Jungkook to show his bare upper body. It's quite a sight."

"You saw him shirtless?" Rosé asked.

"In the bathroom, he got a little something on himself, so he had to clean it. I was right there, so yeah, I've seen Jungkook shirtless."

The smug look on Taehyung's face told Rosé that he was definitely hiding something.

"How many tattoos have you got, Kook?" Jimin unintentionally let slip the nickname.

"I lost count after the seventeenth one."

"Damn."

That single word spoken by Hoseok was precisely everyone's reaction.

"I told you he seemed the type." Jimin nudged his best friend.

"He doesn't have a tongue and eyebrow piercing though," Taehyung said, "or do you?"

"No, I don't. . ." Jungkook shook his head, muttering something under his breath which sounded suspiciously like a "yet," to Taehyung.

"When do you plan on showing your tattoos to us, then?" Namjoon asked.

"Yeah! I wanna see them too!"

Rosé either didn't notice the raised-eyebrow look she got from both Lisa and Taehyung, or didn't care about it.

"Do you? I can, uh, show a bit right now, if y'all want," Jungkook said.

"You're gonna remove your shirt now?!"

Jennie's tone of surprise and disbelief mixed with excitement made Jimin raise his eyebrows too.

He then proceeded to poke her waist and say, "And why do you sound so excited about that?"

"What? Excited? To see Jungkook half naked? Not at all, I'm not excited! Do I seem excited?" Jennie hastily looked around everywhere, refusing to meet her boyfriend's teasing, but slightly questioning look.

"She's probably just drunk, don't take it the wrong way Jimin." Rosé pitched in to try to help her friend.

Jimin stared intensely at Jennie's unnaturally jumpy figure, and at her eyes which seemed interested in the decorations lighting up on the ceiling, before turning back to face everyone else.

"Oh, no, she's definitely excited," Jimin said, a ghost of a smirk lingering on his face for a moment too long for everyone to see.

"And you seem weirdly okay with it," Seokjin said.

Jimin just smiled as if he knew something no one else did. Which he did.

"Woah, I only said I'll show my tattoo sleeve. I ain't getting half naked in front of y'all," Jungkook said.

"We'll see about that," Taehyung muttered.

Jungkook shot him a look before pulling the sleeve of his right hand up, revealing half of his finely defined tattoos.

A gasp left from almost everyone's mouth, who were all staring at his tattoos in wonder.

Everyone's eyes were examining the designs inked on his skin, except for one;

Taehyung's silvery eyes were staring right into Jungkook's brown orbs.

Taehyung's face didn't have any sort of playfulness, or provocation as it had held throughout his interactions with Jungkook this night;

it was emotionless, harmless, just. . . staring.

Searching.

For what exactly?

A sign; a sign that whatever had happened till now wasn't not genuine, and that it actually meant something, anything.

He wanted reassurance that he wasn't aimlessly lusting after a new kid who is a year younger than him.

Reassurance that this wasn't completely unnatural.

Reassurance that he wasn't falling deep into something dangerous, no one, but Jungkook could get him out of.

Jungkook, on the other hand, was definitely curious about the man staring into the depths of his soul.

He had no idea what this was, or why he liked it slightly. All he knew is that he didn't want it to stop.

Even though a voice at the very back of his mind said that this was wrong.

Very wrong.

Jungkook had never really liked that inner-voice of his.

"Did it hurt when you got your entire right hand inked?" Rosé asked curiously.

Her unusually large curiosity about Jungkook was not appreciated by two people.

"At first, kinda. Not so much after. Maybe because I volunteered for the pain myself."

"Woah, can I touch them?"

"Oh, uhm, sure."

Rosé slowly traced her hands over the latter's tattoos, her rather cold hand causing Jungkook to flinch.

"The eye's so pretty," she exclaimed in awe, "the flower too—"

"Okay, that's enough. Jungkookie's tired of holding his arm up for so long, right?"

"I am? What—"

"Yes, you are. Now," Taehyung quickly pulled Jungkook's sleeve down, causing the others to look at him in slight confusion.

Jungkook felt a tingling sensation where Taehyung's hand had touched his skin, while pulling his sleeve down.

He stared at Taehyung, wondering if he was simply imagining the heat rushing through his body, particularly near his abdomen area, and face.

"Answer the question, baby." Taehyung asserted, looking at the younger male, who bit his lips, looking down at his hands, cheeks tinged with red.

"Oh, um, it may sound really silly. . ." Jungkook looked a tiny bit embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, I'm scared of many things too." Hoseok smiled widely, nodding drunkenly at Jungkook.

"Microwaves."

"What?"

"Microwaves. That's what I'm afraid of." He repeated.

The other burst out into laughter, endeared by the youngest, who was pouting, shy with all the attention he was getting.

"I told you it was silly. It's just that they're not trustworthy. I'm scared that while I heat my food, the microwave might blast right into my face," Jungkook said, causing most of the girls to let out coos of adoration.

"Understandable," Hoseok said.

"Okay, so, who hasn't had a turn yet?" Jisoo asked, tapping on the glass bottle rhythmically with her nails. 

Hoseok was the only one who raised his hand.

"Wait, what? That doesn't make sense. . . Yoongi! Have you heard a turn yet?" Jisoo turned to face the man in question, who was playing with his fingers.

"Yes," he answered, bored, "I asked Namjoon a question."

"But you didn't answer anything, right?"

Yoongi thought for a moment and nodded his head.

"So, I can't spin the bottle now?" Jungkook asked looking around, his eyes slightly wide, sounding really upset.

"Do you want to?"

Jungkook nodded his head childishly, staring at Jisoo pleadingly.

"Okay, you can spin if you really wanna. After that, you can ask either Hoseok, or Yoongi, regardless of who the bottle points at."

"What if. . . I spin the bottle, and make it point at either one of them?" Jungkook asked, something beginning to burn in his eyes, which confused everyone.

No one knew anything about his obsessive competitive streak.

"Will you be able to do that? Are you sure?" Jennie asked, her voice mixed with incredulity and slight mockery.

"Are you challenging me?"

Everyone saw the way Jungkook smirked, his jaw set, and had a feeling that Jennie was making a mistake.

Jennie herself was now slightly intimidated, but she wasn't one to give up; oh, no, she was just as stubborn as Jungkook, if not more.

"Yes, I'm challenging you."

"Game on, Jenkin."

Jungkook looked around at where Hoseok and Yoongi were sitting, calculating and estimating the amount of force he would have to use to spin the bottle.

He felt the side of the bottle; very smooth, which meant that he would have to use a little less power.

Jungkook took a breath, and spun the bottle.

It seemed as if time suddenly slowed down, as everyone watched the bottle spin with bated breaths, except for Jungkook, who had closed his eyes after his fingers let go of the glass.

Jungkook wondered why the bottle was spinning for so long, and considered peeking out of the corner of his eyes to see what had happened to it, when a sudden scream of victory gave him a mini heart attack.

He jumped, almost falling out of his seat, and opened his eyes to see the neck of the bottle pointing at the space in between Hoseok and Namjoon.

Everyone were staring at it in shock, some delighted, others astonished.

Jungkook couldn't help but snigger when he saw Jennie's expression; disbelief was etched on every corner of her face.

He heard Hoseok start to clap happily, and eventually others followed. Jungkook grinned bashfully.

"Okay, now that really was something," Namjoon said, looking at Jungkook in awe.

"Sheer luck, that's what it was. Dumb, sheer luck," Jennie huffed.

"That may be, but still, you owe me one, Jenkin."

Jennie rolled her eyes at Jungkook's playful wink.

"Haha, that was wonderful, now can we please continue? I need my sleep, or I'll get real grouchy."  

Yoongi's voice tended to almost always be filled with sarcasm.

"Aren't you already? And this wasn't your real grouchy? Damn, wouldn't wanna see that then."

Hoseok's voice dripped with sarcasm too, and the others looked at the two, wondering what unresolved tension was present between Yoongi and him.

Before Yoongi could bite back, Jisoo intervened. "Yep. So, uh, Jungkook? Hobi? Y'all ready?"

Hoseok let out an overly enthusiastic, "Hell yeah," causing almost everyone to break out into laughter.

Jungkook nodded, and finished the rest of his drink, before looking up at the older, who was expectantly waiting.

"Dare."

"Uh huh, so- wait, did you say dare?" Jungkook paused, looking at Hoseok, confusion written all over his delicate features. "Wow, that was unexpected. I was sure you would choose truth."

The others nodded.

Hoseok snickered, and said, "I mean, I'm pretty unpredictable— okay, no, I was just playing with you. I choose truth."

Yoongi groaned, and Lisa kicked him in the shin, earning a glare in return.

Jungkook was confused again, and his wide doe eyes, accompanied by the pout on his thin lips, proved it.

Nevertheless, he continued, chewing on his lip, and muttering out a, "Who was your first partner?"

Jimin, who had been playing with Jennie's hair, spoke up. "We've really run out of good questions, huh?"

However, he was shushed by Taehyung, who was then explaining to him why the question was actually genius, and how everything Jungkook said, had a purpose.

"No, actually. I was going to ask something different, but I forgot; this was the first question that came to my mind after." Jungkook shrugged, with a sheepish smile.

The others laughed, while Taehyung pitched in saying, "Yes, exactly. See, Jungkookie's so smart, and can think on the spot."

"We get it, lover boy. Now, let's have Hoseok answer the question before he falls asleep, yeah?" Seokjin said, a smirk decorating his pulchritudinous face.

"Never had one before. A partner, I mean," Hoseok nonchalantly replied.

"Never?"

"Yup," is all he said.

"Oh, that's alright. I've never had one either," Namjoon intoned, not missing the look Seokjin gave him.

"Wait, I wanna see something. Everyone who has dated before, raise your hands," Jisoo said, raising her own hand.

Slowly the others joined, leaving only Hoseok, Namjoon, Rosé, Lisa, and Yoongi.

They were asked why they hadn't dated before, and they presented different, yet similar answers.

"Well, I've just never been interested in dating? Plus, I've never had enough time either."

Rosé nodded, saying, "Yeah, mine's the same reason as Namjoon."

"Oh, are you still not interested? In dating?" Lisa asked, a rather dejected, yet hopeful look on her face.

"Not really. . . I guess my heart has opened up to the idea of it, now, though," Rosé answered with a shy smile.

"What about you Lisa? Why have you never dated?" Asked a curious Jungkook.

"Because I never thought I would find someone amazing enough to be called mine. Someone who would love me, my flaws, my scars, and never judge me," she paused, "but maybe I found them now."

Her voice came out as a mere whisper at the end, as she looked at the girl sitting beside her, whose cheeks and nose were tinted pink, due to the chilly AC air.

"Aw, that's so sweet!" Jennie exclaimed, with a fond smile.

"Damn, I didn't think you had a sappy side," Taehyung chimed in, earning a playful glare from the girl in question.

"Yeah, yeah, anyways, Yoongs, what about you?"

"Oh, well, I don't really like people."

Some laughed, while some groaned at the disappointing, but definitely not surprising, response.

"No, because Lisa's was so sentimental, and then, there's Yoongi," Namjoon said, laughing, others joining in.

A loud snore, however, interrupted them, prompting everyone to look at the cause of it.

Turns out, it was Seokjin. He was curled into a ball on his chair, and the others cooed. How he managed to fall asleep in that position, no one knew.

"How can he also look good when he's merely sleeping?" Namjoon asked, incredulous and endeared.

"Well, he wasn't awarded the 'most handsome face' of our university for no reason," his brother flexed.

"Yeah, well, let's hope no one tells this to him tomorrow. Wouldn't wanna give a boost to his already huge ego, right?" Jisoo snickered.

"Not y'all forgetting about me."

Everyone turned to look at a sulking Hoseok.

"You're forgettable, what can we do about that?" Yoongi said with a bored look.

"How about you shut up? You seem like you hate him, but only interact with us, when he's in the conversation. You're giving mixed signals, you know?"

"Jennie's right. Plus, Hobi? And forgettable? He's, like, the most handsome guy here," Jungkook added, causing Hoseok to coo, and Taehyung to glare at him.

"That's it. Jungkookie's my favourite here."

"I think the fuck not. He's mine."

The long silence that followed after, was almost comical, if not for Taehyung and Jungkook's crimson faces.

"Mine, as in my favorite. Yes."

Taehyung nodded and nervously laughed, almost as if he was trying to convince himself. Jungkook laughed too, muttering out a thank you in response to the sudden confession.

"Wow, so I've been replaced? Not hurt at all," Jimin scoffed.

"No, baby, you're my favorite, it's alright."

"Thank you, Jen. Seems like I only have you now," he said scoffing once again at Taehyung.

"Yes, I'm always here for you," Jennie smiled, kissed his forehead, "and Hobi?! I stood up for you too, where's my appreciation?"

"I was going to give it to you, but your boyfriend here, might not have liked it."

"The amount of times, we end up straying from the topic, and getting side tracked, is truly commendable." Jisoo laughed, as the others nodded.

"Okay, now someone ask me, why I've never dated before," Hoseok said, with a weird glint in his eye.

"Why—"

"Just do it, goddamnit."

"Uh, okay. Hobi, why have you never dated before?" Namjoon sighed.

"Sorry, I'm an anti-romantic~" Hoseok sang loudly, startling the sleeping Seokjin who bolted awake, almost falling off his chair in fright.

Hoseok laughed like a maniac, saying, "Oh, thank God. I had been waiting for so long to say that."

He started off once again, singing terribly off-key, but that was probably because he was drunk, and off his rockers.

Jungkook and Taehyung joined in, momentarily amazing themselves, and everyone at how heavenly they sounded.

Soon, the rest joined in, drunkenly singing to different songs, and laughing at how ridiculous they sounded.

No one would've guessed that most of them were merely acquaintances a couple hours ago, and no one would have known just how much this new bond and friendship was gonna affect them and their lives.

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A / N

HI THERE ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE UPDATED A NEW CHAPTER AND WE'RE SORRY FOR THE DELAY BUT WE THINK THIS CHAPTER IS A SUPER APOLOGY SINCE BOTH OF US LOVE HOW IT TURNED OUT SO MUCH SHJASHJS

Y'all must've noticed a change in the writing style, and that's because we've taken time out researching and improving on our writing styles, so we hope y'all liked it~

This chapter is another one of the chapters because of which the party was deemed "exciting" shjsjs

Half this chapter is just me (Vivi), simping over my biases Jungkook and Hoseok. The other half is that smexy tension that we all love.

And y'all just WAIT. CUZ WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF PLANNED FOR Y'ALL LIKE 😩
So stick with us because this is gonna be one hell of a ride; a bumpy one. or maybe not. we're indecisive 😫

HAPPY JIN DAY AYAYA WORLDWIDE HANDSOME MAN-CHILD TURNED 29 TODAY PLEASE😭😭💜💜
Happy Birthday Jin, our moon, lighting up our dark sky! Hope you had a great day, because you deserve nothing but happiness and love.

EVERYONE WHO'S READING THIS IS SEXY, AND WE LOVE YOU. TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE MWAH

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