Chapter 14 (Finale)
Doom was on the floor, his face looked pale and he didn't move. Time is ticking, right now his name matches as the fate they're facing. When Taehyung smashed the glass window with the chair there were little to no reactions, only the twitch to his finger.
"Wish there was a way to save him." Jungkook whispers. "Even though he's a bad guy.. bad guys deserved to live too." Somehow, Taehyung agrees with that. "I mean, we can go get help from Namjoon after this." Jungkook continues. He realized there was no signal in his building because Doom jacked it off.
"Come on, it's my turn to say hold on tight" he said as he carried him in his back. This was awkward, no one has ever carried him before.
After a few explanations on the theory of using it, Taehyung thinks he can get a hang of it. "I mean, if I fail then we're both dying."
Jungkook still looks unsure. They aren't the same, he doesn't swing around town all day and in his room when he's bored. Their life is on a thread of line, literally.
"We could still use the other option-"
"No, we're not letting you turn into-" He eyes on Doom "-that thing. You're too beautiful to be a mutant."
Taehyung feels like he's blushing at the wrong moment. Right, they're still in a line of life and death and it's not the time to be swayed by a couple of sweet words. Those exact sweet words just had to come out of Jungkook's lips, it would be alright if it was someone else but he's just as hopeless with him.
"Right, hold on to me and don't let go." Jungkook, behind his back, holds him tight. "Am I heavy?"
"You're not too heavy for me." There was no way he's heavy. Taehyung's legs were shaking from the weight carries. Jungkook isn't fat, no, he is fit, in fact too fit. He's not carrying a person but he's carrying muscles as hard as iron on his back. Taehyung was fit, just not as fit as he is. Maybe he should've carried more weight in the gym but all he mostly did was carry light weights and run on the trackmill. Yes, Jungkook is heavy because he's too muscular for him to carry.
Jungkook is a bit worried but he's the one who made the spider webs, it should be fine once they're on air.
Taehyung looks at the gadget on his wrist before kissing it.
It wasn't even Jungkook and yet he's blushing "What are you doing?"
"For good luck." Jungkook wants to answer it by kissing his lips instead but now is not the right time.
Taehyung starts to get dizzy after being affected by the radiation. Jungkook is doing a tad better because of his mask. "Time to fly" He said.
He just needs to swing. Just one building down there and then swing once more to the street lamp before landing to the hard ground. It doesn't need to be a perfect landing, just as long as they arrive at the floor. Worst case scenario? The webs don't reach the building and they splat to the floor like squashed bugs.
Taehyung starts to get dizzy when he looks at the ground. They were high, extremely high. "H-Hey Jungkook?"
Jungkook hums "What is it? You can do it!"
"I um- I need to tell you something before we do this."
Jungkook tilts, his ears all open to hear what he has to say. Taehyung takes his time, a lot of time, enough to create tension between the two.
This might just be one of the scenarios in a shoujo manga if it weren't for the two of them ready to die at any time.
"I'm afraid of heights.." Jungkook was not a bit relieved. He wished it was a confession instead. Jungkook rubs his shoulder to let the tension off. "Tae, I believe in you. If you're scared then-" Then they're going to die if he closes his eyes "-Imagine you're in a bungee jump. Don't look down and enjoy the ride."
Enjoy the ride of death.
They're running out of time. Taehyung takes a deep breath. "Ok, don't look down and just wing it." He's finally doing it, a low jump that takes him out of the building and to the cold air.
They're falling, they're goddamn falling. Taehyung curls his index and middle finger back to his wrist, pressing the switch to activate the web shooter. It shoots webs that's obvious and by theory he should be able to do this.
He did it, he managed to shoot a web on one of the buildings but now the second one comes in. Spiderman is able to do this because he uses his arms and flexible body to swing around. Taehyung has none of those. "Oh my fucking GOD!" Taehyung prays before he and Jungkook get pancaked to the building wall he shoots another string of webs to another building. It worked but now they wonder how long they can swing before he's out of webs.
"I-It's time to land Tae." Jungkook said nervously.
The thing is, Taehyung kept on swinging until he hoped he could reach the lower grounds. The problem is that they're going to have a long drag of landing, it'll hurt them badly.
The theory and practice are both two different things. Taehyung has no idea how to land without having his face dragged to the ground.
"Ok so-" Jungkook pats his shoulder "Calm down, I got this." He tells him to calm down and he is the one in panic. But he has a plan, just wasn't sure if he can execute it properly.
He grabs one of Taehyung's hands when its not busy shooting webs. It made him scared, extremely scared because now they're going to fall. "What are you doing?!"
Jungkook can do it with one hand. He makes him shoot the web at the nearby building before pulling them towards it. Taehyung doesn't need to do anything at this point and trust him. It was risky but he did so they could slow down on the speed because Jungkook is going to grab the walls and throw him somewhere safe.
The plan worked better than he thought. It worked the moment the webs shot right at the edge of the square building where he then could throw Taehyung into someone's rooftop. It still hurts though but it's nothing that could kill him when the height isn't even a story high. Jungkook too, was safe, he got down slowly with his sticky hands before his entire body lay on the ground.
"I am never doing that again." Taehyung's pants were so hard while his face was still as pale as a sheet of paper. Note that this man is a fine tan man.
People were already on them taking pictures and everything as they first swung but they didn't know they're here, at least not yet.
Jungkook's body was in pain but he still has questions to ask. "Tae, you still got some explaining to do."
The color of his face came back but he felt bad, extremely bad when he is the reason why Jungkook is in a bad shape. "I'm sorry." He apologizes before giving further details.
He had successfully made Jungkook even more confused. However Jungkook being Jungkook was ready to forgive him no matter what he did.
"I've always known that you were Spiderman."
Jungkook blinks "Yes, Doom probably told you at some point-"
"No." He shook his head "I knew before that. I knew you were related to all this superhero business one way or another."
Jungkook can't help but have his lips hanging open. No one but Namjoon had that info. "W-Wait, you're not saying that-"
Taehyung nods without hearing the entire assumption "I was the one who told that evil professor about your identity."
This doesn't make any sense at all, why would Taehyung put himself in danger ?! "Don't tell me you thought you could beat him on your own." They couldn't even have defeated him if it weren't for their teamwork. There were no indicators nor signs that he is capable of beating him on his own.
"No, I didn't think about it. I'm just a small person, I don't know anything about crime fighting." He admits "During that night of the festival, I ran into him. I found out that he was looking for you so I made a deal with him. If I made him the invincible vest then in return I want him to fake your death."
Jungkook wants to scream, he really does. "Why would you do something like that? Fake my death?? He 100% was ready to kill me."
Taehyung nods with his head lowering down in regret "I know.. I know Jungkook. I considered that, which is why I jacked up his machine, remember?"
Jungkook understands that part but he can't wrap his head on the motive for him doing this. "So why?" He mouths.
"I hate Spiderman."
That wasn't good for Jungkook's heart to handle. "Dang.."
"Because of Spiderman I don't get to hang out with you." Taehyung cries "Why do you have to be a hero? Why the fuck do you need to save someone when you're hurting? I can't stand it." His speech made Jungkook absolutely speechless. He watches as Taehyung keeps going on and on. "If Spiderman didn't exist then I'd still have my car, I'd have the smoothest date in my life and- and- "
Taehyung takes a whole deep breath. For a moment Jungkook was overwhelmed by what he's telling him. His cheeks flushed red once again for no reason, he has a feeling what he'll say next will overwhelm him. "Tae?" He watched as Taehyung was getting a grip of himself with his cheeks red.
"I want you to think of me. Just me. Jungkook, I'm not a hero. I'm more selfish than you think. I don't like it when you smile for others, they don't know that you're hurting like I do, I know you better than anyone else."
'A superhero would sacrifice you for the whole world.. a villain would sacrifice the whole world for you.' Jungkook was suddenly remembered by those exact haunting words. He finally understands what he meant.
This entire time Taehyung has been jealous. He's jealous that being a superhero has stolen his time away from him. "I was hurt during that festival.. wait, how did you even know I was spiderman?"
"I know." Taehyung mouths. "Your phone screen is always cracked and I noticed when we were watching the movie you came back with a screen worse than before. Not only that, I know when you're lying.. It's kinda obvious."
Something struck his mind "You noticed that..?"
Taehyung blushes "You know, when you like someone you pay extra attention to them.."
Jungkook blinks "What?"
"I also shit on Spiderman alot because it was either you're Spiderman or you're a villain you know?? I tested you and if you hated him then you'd agree so I honestly thought you were against him until- " He gulps "Until I realized I hurt you badly at that festival. I-I made you cry and that's so unforgivable for me."
"I didn't think you'd just agree with whatever I said." Taehyung rubs his temples "I wish I could turn back time."
They can't now can they. As much as a genius Taehyung is, he can't defy time and space.
"But you're awesome! You helped me defeat him, helped us escape and you're even smarter than I am! You're just amazing, you know." Jungkook smiles. He could never really hate him, not when he reacted so cute.
Taehyung covers his face with his large hands. He hides his red flushed cheeks under and couldn't look at Jungkook in the eyes "I'm so embarrassing and stupid. I'm so blinded by love."
Jungkook laughs nervously "What?"
"I love you. Isn't that obvious?"
It's not a joke. Taehyung's entire body language says it's not a joke.
Jungkook couldn't believe what's happening. Taehyung? Love? Him? It's too much for his little heart to process. Jungkook, who was laying on the floor shot up as if all the pain on his body had flown away. "W-Wait, can you say that one more time?" He needs to make sure this isn't a dream, he needs to wake up.
The latter was just as a mess as he is. "I love you.. I've loved you for a long time now." He admits, a bit louder than the last time he spoke. He wants him to know loud and clear that he's not hesitating on his feelings.
Time was going slow, awfully slow. Time has stopped for Jeon Jungkook, time has stopped for them both when they analyzed each other's features. Especially to Jungkook he never knew the gods would give him a chance, not after he fucked up on the festival.
Jungkook had a long pause, so long that Taehyung was losing any form of hope in having his feelings returned. "I just want you to know that. I don't really expect anything back." Taehyung would understand if Jungkook never forgives him, he can't face Jungkook, it's the consequence of his actions.
They were thinking of the other back to back, they are just hopeless in love. "Tae." He wants to at least grab his attention. He wants to look at him. He wants to see how pretty he is. His fingers find themselves curling to his chin before pulling to face him. Taehyung is beautiful but he didn't expect there would be tears ready to flow down.
"I-I don't deserve any forgiveness.. not after what I did. I'm just s-so selfish. I don't expect anything in return."
Jungkook was thinking about what he would say. The first thing that passed through his head was that Taehyung is pretty even when he cries, unfortunately that's not the appropriate thing to say right now. "I forgive you." That was the second thing in his mind, forgiveness. "Tae, you said to yourself that you're the only one who knows that I'm hurting. You're right, no one knows but you. I'm extremely touched by you. You're the only one who actually cared for my wounds while everyone else brushed it off because they think I'm a superhero, they think that I'm fine and will always be fine."
Taehyung's eyes widened but the tears seemed to have stopped flowing. "They don't? That's horrible!"
Jungkook sounds sadder than he is, maybe because he is. "I hope you know what that means."
Taehyung tilts his head confusedly "What does it mean?"
"There's no way I don't love you back."
Taehyung covers his mouth before he starts screaming. He was filled with extreme joy. "I'm not dreaming right..?"
Jungkook smiles, "I don't want this to be a dream."
He was so full of excitement and joy he threw his body to Jungkook for a tackle that ended with a hug. They fell to the ground together.
"Ow!" Jungkook moans the pain as his entire body feels sore again. Right, they almost forgot that 10 minutes ago they were in the line of death. They were so happy that the 10 minutes they had felt like still time. They want the time to stay as it is.
"Sorry but I just love you so much! Like, did you know I liked you ever since I met you in class? It was a love at first sight, I know it sounds dumb but I literally couldn't get you out of my head because you're just the sweetest, you like to help out other people and bonus point that you're super cute." He crushed Jungkook once again not only with his sweet words but also his body.
"That's such a coincidence because I wanted to say the same!"
"So we're boyfriends now right?"
Taehyung nods. Jungkook caught him off guard when he wrapped his arms around his neck. "I'm just so happy."
Taehyung blushes "Me too.."
Taehyung's lips were silky and tempting. He stares at it as he talks even more. Sure he was paying attention but with the boy on top of him, hugging his life out, he thought of things that were inappropriate. It took him sometime but the boy caught up to his mind, he had raised a mischiefness over the other's mind.
"Are you looking at my lips?" Taehyung asks bluntly, just to make sure. Jungkook nods to the simple question with no shame. "Are you thinking of kissing me?"
Again, he nods without a shame, maybe there is a bit in this. He was ashamed of himself for being so bold that he looked away, ears as red as his tongue. "Only if you want to."
Maybe it's a bit too fast in a starting relationship but that doesn't mean they never thought about it. They've always imagined how compatible their tongues would be intertwining with each other, how soft and pillow-like their lips would be that they might just fall asleep without knowing. Jungkook isn't the only hormonal teenager, perhaps Taehyung is even more dangerous than he thinks, dangerous for his heart that is.
"Just a peck." Taehyung leans in. They kiss lightly like virgins who just had their first kiss which might just be the case. Jungkook never thought that Taehyung would be gentle with him, he can tell by how he slowly approached him and raised back up when they finished the promised peck.
A peck might just not be enough but it was a good start.
Not long after they hear the large sound the helicopter made as it approaches them. It was most likely Namjoon to pick them up. Unfortunately they had to wrap their little cute session for another day.
"You kids alright?" Namjoon speaks from the speaker.
They nods lightly. "Great because you guys just ruined a millions worth building so we gotta discuss that together." Namjoon's eyes slide to Taehyung. Ah, he finally realized what he just interrupted. "You can come with us too, Kim Taehyung."
"Who is he and how does he know my name?" Taehyung asks.
"It's a long story but let's just get patched first.. Mostly me." Jungkook chuckles. They enter the helicopter hand in hand. Jungkook was such a gentleman even with broken bones he still supported his boyfriend so he wouldn't fall while attempting to get in. You don't need a genius like Namjoon nor like Taehyung to be able to tell that something has sparked between.
If you see them laughing, holding hands, happy as they never want to leave each other. Yea, that's definitely two people in love.
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