"What's taking him so long?" Yoongi groaned, kicking the small rock in front of him out of boredom.

He glanced at his watch once more, cursing loud enough for the others to hear and burst into laughter.

"Man, chill. We haven't been waiting for 5 minutes and you're already this bored." Hoseok shakes his head, fascinated to see the usual scowl in his face.

"You're really grumpy grandpa." Jimin teased, making the rest of the boys laugh at the name.

"Shut the fuck up, shithead." Yoongi grunted, kicking the rocks harder this time.

"Someone call him before Yoongi lose his shit." Namjoon uttered, his to die for dimples showing as he speaks.

Jimin shakes his head, still unable to stop himself from laughing. "Okay.. Okay. I'll call him."

He's dialling the number when Taehyung grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"No need. He's here." He whispered, looking ahead where the ravenette was walking towards their direction.

"Oh.. okay." Jimin shrugged his shoulders, putting his cellphone back inside his pocket.

"Damn. He's with her again." Jin whispered, making the boys quiet.

Jungkook smiled apologetically at his friends.

"Hey, sorry. I got caught up with one of our professors." He uttered.

"No. It's okay. We haven't been here that long." Namjoon responded, eyes landing on Ji-Eun who's smiling apologetically too.

"Is she..?" Hoseok asked, demonstrating the words with his hands, trying to ask whether she's coming with them.

"Uh, yeah." Jungkook smiled. "I asked her to come with us."

Taehyung looked at the two for a moment before tearing his gaze away.

"She's good in almost all the subjects we're in. She could help us out." Jungkook proudly said.

The boys nodded their heads and in unison answered. "Cool."

Since they will be out most of the times to play in the upcoming soccer tournament, all of them have to do advanced lessons to cover for the days they're going to be away.

Athletes aren't given special treatments when it comes to their academic performance in the university.

They have a maintaining grade in order to still be part of the team. The benefit they get from being an athlete is the 100% free tuition fee for as long as they're part of the team.

However, they're also students who need to do good academically. Hence the term student athlete.

"So, let's go?" Jimin said, wrapping his arms over Taehyung's shoulders.

"Who's riding with us?" He asked, turning his attention to his friends.

"Me!" Hoseok and Yoongi uttered in unison.

"Okay. Then the rest of you will be with Jin." Jimin pointed out.

Only Jimin and Jin have cars out of their bunch.

Taehyung silently felt relieved, seeing that he doesn't have to be with Jungkook and his girl in an enclosed space.

"Let's just meet there." Jin agreed, finally heading to his car with the rest of them.

They have decided to finish all their tasks at Jungkook's house since he's living on his own, which was the perfect place for them.

No nagging parents. No rowdy siblings. No rules.

Just perfect.

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As soon as everyone arrived at the location, they started with the task at hand, studying together and guiding those who weren't able to understand a topic or so.

The eight of them were hanging in the living room, sitting around the huge table with their things scattered all over the floor.

"Could you please pass me the notes?" Taehyung called out, not really pertaining to anyone.

He eyed Yoongi who's the nearest one to the object he's referring to, however, the man seemed to be preoccupied to notice.

"Here." Ji-Eun suddenly picked up the notes and handed it to him who was forced to smile.

"Thanks." The brunet muttered, politely taking the notes. He quickly browsed the material, not wanting to gaze at the people opposite to him.

Ji-Eun resumed into teaching Jungkook and Hoseok about statistics. Their laughs piqued Taehyung's interest, making him glance up from time to time.

"That's not how to do it, Kook." Ji-Eun uttered, giggling. She took the pen on the ravenette's hand and started showing how it's done.

"There." She beamed, letting the two study her scribbles.

Taehyung looked away, not wanting to admit how beautiful she looks when she smiles.

She's so nice and charming which somehow made the brunet insecure.

Seeing her so close to Jungkook made him realize how good they look together.

He sighed, dropping down the notes. He couldn't concentrate and it's making his head hurt.

"I'll go get us some snacks next door." Taehyung volunteered, earning everyone's attention. He abruptly stood, wanting to be out of there as soon as possible.

"Cool." Hoseok beamed.

"Next door? Is there a store next door?" Ji-Eun asked, making everyone smile.

"Nope. Taehyung lives next door." Jin informed, making Ji-Eun gasp.

"Oh. That's so cool." She uttered, smiling at the brunet who just smiled back.

"That's why Jungkook and him are best of friends. They literally grew up together." Namjoon added.

Jungkook looked at Taehyung, their eyes meeting for a fleeting moment before the brunet decided to look away.

"Really? That's so cute." She commented.

"Uh.. yeah." Jungkook answered, scratching the back of his head.

There's an awkward atmosphere but only the two could feel it.

"I'll go with you." Jimin said afterwards. He stood, grabbing Taehyung by the arm, walking out of the house with him.

"You don't have to come, you know." Taehyung chuckled, entering the gates of his own home.

"You look like you need a hand." Jimin answered, following behind him.

"Is auntie inside?" He asked.

"Yeah. She's probably in the kitchen. You know her. She's always happy to cook for us." Taehyung responded as they made their way to the kitchen.

The two saw his mother busy placing the carbonara sauce on the platter.

"Hey, gorgeous." Jimin called out, making Tessa smile.

"Hello there, handsome." Tessa answered back, hugging the young man.

"Would you please stop?" Taehyung rolled his eyes, a smile plastered on his lips at the silliness of the two.

"You're just jealous she didn't call you handsome." Jimin uttered, placing a soft kiss on Tessa's cheeks.

"You're growing up to be a fine looking man." Tessa commented which made Jimin laugh.

"I know right? Got a lot of girls swooning around me in campus." Jimin uttered, winking at the older who laughed.

"Don't go breaking their hearts, okay?" Tessa reminded, making Jimin smile, his eyes nowhere to be seen as they turned crescents.

"I won't. My heart's unavailable. Taehyung though..." Jimin trailed off, looking at the brunet whose eyes suddenly turned wide as saucers.

Tessa waited, looking back and forth at the two.

"What about my Taetae?" Tessa asked, curious.

Taehyung brushed off the question. "Nothing mom. Jimin's just blabbering." He went near the table, scanning everything she prepared.

"We're going to bring this now." Taehyung said, lifting the platter while Jimin took the rest.

"You should come with us. The boys will be happy to see you." Jimin urged.

Tessa smiled. "I'll go there later. I still have to clean the mess I made here."

"Okay. Don't take so long though. You wouldn't want to miss seeing Jungkook's girl, would you?" Jimin said, making Taehyung look at him with daggers.

"Jungkook's girl? You mean to say he has a girlfriend?" Tessa asked, this new information truly shocking her.

"Yup. You really should pass by and see for yourself." Jimin winked.

"I'll definitely be there in a minute." Tessa winked back.

Taehyung groaned. He grabbed Jimin and dragged him back to the ravenette's house before he could say some nonsense even more.

As soon as they went in, the boys started cheering, abruptly removing the notes on the table as Taehyung and Jimin placed the food there.

"Wow. Did Aunt Tessa make all these?" Hoseok beamed, delighted to see all the food on the table.

"Yeah." Taehyung smiled.

"She's really the best!" Jin added, making everyone agree.

"Let's stop by later before going home to thank her." Namjoon suggested.

"No need. She's coming." Jimin informed.

"Cool." Yoongi briefly said before digging in.

The boys started taking a bite or two. Taehyung turned his attention to the ravenette who gave a plate to Ji-Eun.

"Here." Jungkook smiled.

"Thank you." Ji-Eun smiled back.

It's like the two were on their own bubble, and Taehyung badly wanted to interfere and pop them out of their own world.

"You better eat too." Jimin elbowed him, trying to get his attention away from the two.

Taehyung sighed, finally looking away. "I'm not really hungry." He uttered, but Jimin insisted.

"You need to eat even a little. Here." He handed him a plate which Taehyung hesitantly took.

"Fine."

It was in this moment when his mother showed up in the front door with bottles of soda in hand.

"Hey my handsome boys. You forgot these." She greeted.

The rest of the boys cheered, one by one hugging and kissing her by the cheeks.

"You still look as glamorous as ever." Namjoon complimented, making Tessa laugh.

"I know. No need to state the obvious." She joked, making them laugh.

Her eyes landed on the girl sitting next to Jungkook.

"Oh, who's this lovely lady?" Tessa smiled at Ji-Eun whose cheeks began to turn red.

"She's Ji-Eun. Jungkook's girlfriend." Yoongi answered bluntly.

"They're not yet official." Jin commented, to everyone's surprise.

Taehyung blinked at the older who began smiling sheepishly.

"Oh are you official now?" Jin asked, looking at the two.

Jungkook just shrugged his shoulders. "I guess so." He responded, looking at Ji-Eun who just kept on blushing cutely.

"That's so cute. I never thought my Jungkook will finally have a girlfriend." Tessa beamed.

Taehyung couldn't help but sigh. He abruptly took the drinks from her.

"I'll take care of this." He uttered, excusing himself as he made his way to Jungkook's kitchen.

He looked for a pitcher in the cabinets below but found none. He tried searching for it in the cabinets above him, tipping his toes to see the insides clearly.

"Where is that?" He murmured to himself as he kept on rummaging. Finally, he caught sight of it in the drawer to his right.

"Bingo." He tried reaching out but it's just too high above.

He tiptoed, stretched his hands up when he felt a hard body pressed to his back, making him flinch.

"I'll get it."

Taehyung shivered, hearing the ravenette's voice. He felt his body lean forward, making him gasp when he felt his back against the ravenette's hard chest.

"Here." Jungkook whispered from behind.

The brunet gulped, taking the object. He waited for the ravenette to move away, but to his shock, he stayed pressed to him.

"Uh.." Taehyung gulped harder, his hands gripping hard on the bottle's cap, twisting it around in panic.

He could feel the heat coming from the ravenette's body, making him think of unholy things he shouldn't be having for him.

Shit..

He prayed for the ravenette to move away. However, he almost fell on the floor when Jungkook circled his arms around him.

"You're so weak, Tae. You can't even open this." Jungkook whispered in a low voice, hot breath fanning Taehyung's neck.

The brunet flinched when Jungkook landed his hands against his own, helping him hold the bottle and twist the cap open.

He could feel his heart beating off his chest, feeling his warm hands against his own.

"You should grip it tightly." Jungkook instructed, voice sounding so hot and sinful against Taehyung's ears.

"Make sure your hands are not wet so it won't slip." the ravenette continued, guiding his hand on the tip.

Taehyung breathed hard, eyes wide as he listened to Jungkook's harsh breathing.

"You should grip it hard.. Yes.. Just like that." Jungkook uttered thickly, making Taehyung bite his lower lip at the tension.

Fuck.

He could feel something growing inside his pants making him lose his mind.

Jungkook continued to guide his hands on the bottle, slowly turning the cap around.

The sizzling sound softly resonated as soon as the cap was turned, making Taehyung gulp and snap out of his fantasies.

"I-I could handle this. Thank you." He abruptly uttered, wanting for the ravenette to move away.

"Okay." Jungkook said, slowly moving away from him.

Taehyung was able to release the breath he's holding, feeling the ravenette finally go. He heard his steps returning to the living room which slowly eased his mind.

"Holy.. fuck." He muttered breathless, gripping the bottle tightly to keep himself together.

With shaky hands, Taehyung poured the soda in the pitcher all the while trying to calm himself down.

He's really out of his mind.

How could he get a fucking boner while opening a damn bottle of soda?

Shit.

How sexually frustrated could he be?

Taehyung quickly pour everything in the pitcher, adding a lot of ice before turning around.

He stopped, seeing Jimin leaning on the wall with his arms resting on top of his chest

He eyed him from his flustered face down to the tent forming in his pants.

"Don't tell me you're going out there looking like that?" He said, humor laced in his voice.

Taehyung blushed, turning his back from him.

"What the fuck, Jimin?" He groaned, placing the pitcher on the counter.

Jimin's suppressed laughter resonated in the kitchen.

"I'll bring that to them. Go ahead and fix yourself." Jimin went near him, grabbing the pitcher before going back to the living room.

Taehyung felt his cheeks burn as he quickly made his way out, rushing to his own house and into the bathroom inside the confinement of his own room where he relieved himself with his hand.

All the while thinking of the ravenette and his huge warm hands.

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