Jungkook finds himself walking through the corridors of his building. His footsteps are quiet, just a small tap tap of his shoes. A familiar door comes into view and Jungkook automatically stops, then he nears the said door and stands before it. Before he can do anything else, the door opens wide and he can feel his breath caught in his lungs.

Standing before him is an angel, or Jungkook thinks so. The man before him is beautifully glowing, his eyes round with curiosity and his skin looks so smooth to touch. The said male looks at Jungkook expectantly, eyes shining so bright and cheekbones raised like he was waiting for him before he even opened the door.

What caught Jungkook's attention was the man's lips. So soft and kissable, and smiling. Yes, he's smiling at Jungkook.

"Kookie.."

The angel's voice was a deep, velvety one. And Jungkook didn't miss the shiver that passed through his neck to his spine. The feeling of nostalgia as he calls him by his nickname.

"What took you so long? I was waiting for you baby." The angel continues to say, but Jungkook is still speechless.

The man giggles at Jungkook's awestruck expression, and the small sound from the man never failed to bring butterflies to Jungkook's stomach. The raven head probably has his mouth and eyes wide open now.

"You're so beautiful, Tae." Jungkook managed to let out.

The brunette chuckles at that and holds Jungkook's right hand, pulls him inside of his home as soon as he seemed to realize that the raven head doesn't plan on moving at all. Jungkook lets himself be pulled in and just stared confused at the male before him.

The door shut loudly behind them and Jungkook flinched. He looks back at the said door and his eyes catch the doorknob click, indicating that it's locked.

"T-taehyung? What's going on?" Jungkook asks, voice strained.

The raven head looks straight ahead again to face Taehyung, but the latter drops his hand, no more touching him. Taehyung's face becomes expressionless, stoic and dark, and Jungkook already misses the smile he was showing just seconds ago.

Jungkook can't seem to comprehend what's going on. Suddenly, Taehyung was pulled by another man that Jungkook didn't realize was there, the man backhugged the brunette and the latter didn't even complain. The man looks up at Jungkook while he snuggles closer to Taehyung, smiling mischievously.

Taehyung just stares at Jungkook, his once expressionless eyes are now filled with hatred. "You're a liar."

"What? Tae, I'm not lying. Get away from him please." Jungkook says stepping closer to the two men. But everytime he inches closer, the two seem to just move away from him.

"You are a liar."

Suddenly, the walls disappear, the furnitures, the door and the whole room vanishes into thin air, leaving them standing into vast darkness.

Jungkook felt his knees wobble and he can't stop himself from falling to his knees. He reaches out for the two, but the men in front of him are also fading away. He tries to scream but there are no words coming out. He forms anything to say but there is no sound.

Jungkook calls out for Taehyung, still no sound. The darkness gradually suffocates the raven head and his throat dries. He can feel his lungs burning and can feel the wall of darkness enclosing him to drown.

Jungkook coughs and coughs, he tries to catch his breath but to no avail. His arms flailing everywhere, trying to reach out for something.

Finally, he looks at Taehyung and the man for the last time, only to see a vague picture of them fading into darkness. They didn't move, nor try helping the helpless man in front of them, they just watch him suffer. Jungkook tried to look Taehyung in the eyes and all he can see is ice cold anger.

Taehyung smiles at him and opens his mouth to say..

"You're a liar."

Jungkook startles in his sleep. His eyes wide open, his lungs struggling to catch air, and his skin wrapped in sweat. The blanket is tightly wrapped around him, probably from too much struggling and moving, hence the suffocation. He sleeps without a shirt so his sheets are wet from his sweat.

Slowly, Jungkook untangles himself from his chaos of sheets and sits up, bringing his palms to cover his face.

"Fuck." He's still trying to catch his breath and calming his trembling self.  The AC not that much of a help in his sweaty condition, so he stands up and goes inside the bathroom to wash his face, washing all the sleepiness away and wipes it with towel. As he goes towards his kitchen, he glances at the clock and it's past one am.

As soon as he reached the kitchen, he immediately takes hold of the heater and prepares himself tea. Then after a few minutes, with the hot cup in his hand, he goes back into his bedroom and decides to unwind a bit on his balcony.

Jungkook, in all his half naked glory (just sweatpants on), stares at the night sky and heaves a breath as he, as usual, leans on the ledge. The cold fresh air is what he needed, and he doesn't worry about his state, the city is asleep and its dark, nobody or a few would see him like that. He can feel his muscles relaxing from the tea aroma and more so when he takes a sip on it.

Two weeks

Two weeks from not seeing Taehyung and his mind's going crazy already, and making up bullshit scenarios in his dreams. He may or may not avoided the brunette but, he just can't take it.

Jungkook did avoid Taehyung after that incident with the stupid guy. He didn't know why but seeing the other with that guy makes Jungkook's insides churn and he wants to throw up. First few days was successful, he stopped knocking on the brunette's door and bringing food. He stopped greeting the other when he spots him nearby. He didn't even drop by to BigHit building.

At that exact time, he had business meetings outside the country and he spent the days traveling and focused just on his work, but also thinks of a certain brunette from time to time.

His last convention was held in America, and he stopped by to see his family and to check on his father's health. Thankfully so, his father's condition is doing well. No heart attacks occured in the last months. Their relationship as father and son is still not that great, but Jungkook still worries about him.

And just yesterday he flew back here in Seoul and he had no idea on how to face the brunette once again.

Is Taehyung still with this guy? Are they lying on the same bed? Is he thinking of Jungkook? Or is he with the man, his hands all over his...

He just didn't want to see Taehyung with someone else.

Jungkook didn't know why. He just felt so hurt that time that if he ever see Taehyung again, he wouldn't know what to do. Would he be frozen as a rock when they cross paths again? What would he say? Taehyung already told him to leave him alone, so maybe Jungkook got the hint already..

That the only guy he was waiting all these years, is already taken.

A sinking feeling makes its way to Jungkook's chest that the first thing he does is drink straight from his cup of hot tea. The stinging heat immediately burns his tongue and he automatically spits the tea from his mouth and curses profanities.

The stinging on his tongue doesn't even compensate to the stinging on his fucking heart.

Meanwhile on the other condo unit, Taehyung cannot sleep. It's past one in the morning already and he can't seem to be sleepy at this time of the night. All he did was toss and turn, fluff his pillow and stare at the ceiling. His brain seems to recounter the past events and his past choices.

That same day, Taehyung drove Jihan to the airport and the latter flew back to America. The man just stayed in Seoul for two weeks for a family reunion and Taehyung even went to one of their dinners.

'Is this your lover, Jihan-ah?'

'Haha, I wish.'

'Why? Did you not make a move to someone as beautiful as him?'

'Trust me Auntie, he's unreachable.'

'I believe that you could be together in the future. You look good together!'

'Yeah, if I could Auntie, I would.'

Taehyung looked at Jihan weird that night but didn't bother to say anything. They enjoyed the rest of the night with the Do family and their relatives, and when the night got deeper, Jihan asked permission to bring Taehyung home since its getting late. The family are so kind in welcoming Taehyung that night and he had a great time.

Though, when they reached Taehyung's door, Jihan stopped him to get inside. Taehyung faced the man and stared at him in confusion.

"Before I go back to America tomorrow, I just want to confirm something." Jihan starts saying, as if scared of his words.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"So, that was Jungkook right?" Jihan asks while his head tilts to the direction of his neighbor's door.

Taehyung didn't respond at first, just staring at the man infront of him for a loss of words. He didn't know why his heart skipped a beat after hearing the younger's name.

Jihan sighs. "You don't need to answer that actually. I kinda knew it."

The brunette tilts his head in confusion. Eyebrows furrowing from the information.

"How can you say that?"

"I know you, Tae. You two may not see it, but it shows." Jihan gently said,  then adds with a smirk, "And I think the guy hates me."

Taehyung snorted, "And what do you see that I can't see?" He wanted to laugh.

Jihan's eyes turned gentle again as he looked at Taehyung, smiling. "The same thing that I wish I can have from you."

Taehyung stills at the words. Never in the past years of their friendship did Jihan showed some sort of vulnerability. Is Jihan serious? But before the air turned awkward, Jihan continued talking. "Well, I'm a tough competition. I got to have you for a few nights than him."

The brunette widened his eyes and slapped Jihan on his arms. "Pervert!". The older's laughter echoed through the hallways as he walked away.

Taehyung snorts at the memory. That guy is really something, and he just hopes all the best for his friend.

But Jihan's words made Taehyung think again.

Two weeks.

Two weeks that Taehyung didn't see Jungkook. Thinking about what Jihan told him makes the feelings inside Taehyung resurface once again.

This nagging feeling for two weeks for not seeing the raven head is annoying Taehyung now. He wants to check on Jungkook but his pride is too big that it always prevents him to just ring his neighbor's doorbell and turn away, even though his hands are already itching to do it.

But why though?

And where was he?

Was he dead?

Taehyung is just a concerned citizen and a neighbor. He doesn't want to walk in on a building one day with yellow tapes on his neighbor's door.

The thought made Taehyung shiver. Actually, what if something happened to Jungkook? And all this time he's not in good condition or something?

The picture of Jungkook in a horrible state made Taehyung panic and his heart beats fast at the thought. He can feel his breath hitching up and he stands up anxiously.

With his hands on his waist, he paces back and forth on his bedroom floor. Should he call Jungkook? He has the younger's number in one of those cards that the company gave them for business purposes.

Or he could just knock on his door?

Taehyung glances at the clock and groans. What in duck's name is he doing? The guy's probably sleeping right at this moment.

But how could he sleep if he's actually dead or sick?

Taehyung must have gone crazy right now. He decides to go towards his balcony and opens the glass door to get some fresh air. But as he steps outside, he glances immediately at his neighbor's balcony, only to jump back.

"Holy shit!" Taehyung clutches his chest at the wild beating of his heart. He can't believe that he's so worried about Jungkook, only to find the guy sun bathing in the night, or in much correct term, moon bathing.

Jungkook startles also at Taehyung's presence and he immediately whips his head to the noise. He stills at the sight of the one person that was occupying his mind on a daily basis. But he didn't say anything though, afraid to make Taehyung mad at him again.

"Why are you displaying yourself like that at the top of this building?! Fucking attacked me." Taehyung mumbles the last sentence and glares at the man before him.

"It's night time, no one can see, Mr. Kim." Jungkook said looking away since his heart is soaring high seeing Taehyung after two weeks again. He just wants to jump over his and Taehyung's ledges to reach and hug the latter.

"Well, I saw you. Please be careful next time, Mr. Jeon." Taehyung said in an angry tone, but not peeling his eyes away from the younger. Damn.

Taehyung wanted to smack himself right now for feeling this way. He turns away and breathes in a large amount of air through his nostrils and exhales, gathering his poise once again.

Turns out, Taehyung has no reason to worry about and he just acted like a complete idiot earlier in his room. A few minutes passed and silence engulfs them once again. Still, Taehyung's curiosity and worry (and maybe somehow he missed Jungkook's persuasive acts but he doesn't acknowledge the feeling) gets to him.

"Can't sleep?" Taehyung initiates a conversation and Jungkook nods at the question.

"You too?" Jungkook asks back.

"Yeah."

Jungkook nods in understanding and didn't say anything after that. And silence settles once again.

"Where have you been?" Taehyung blurts out suddenly. But then realizes that sounds kinda adhering. "I mean I haven't seen you for a few days. I thought you were dead."

Jungkook turns his head to look at him, wide eyes and all, and chuckles after that. "Or you meant, you 'wish' I was dead."

Taehyung frowns. Why is Jungkook acting so weird? Where's the cocky one that he's grown used to? "I can't think about that for my business partner alright? That's bad for business. What will my trainees' future become?"

Jungkook fully smiles at that and faced Taehyung, he folds his arms to his chest, his biceps flexing. "You know Mr. Kim? I just can't believe we're talking so decently right now. If I had known you'll miss me like this, I'd already done this in the past."

"Who says I missed you?" Taehyung raises a brow. "Conceited much, are we?"

Jungkook showed a lopsided grin. "I dunno Mr. Kim. You tell me. Coz I can see that you're worried for me." Jungkook steps closer to the side ledge near Taehyung's own, feeling a sudden wave of courage. "I know you missed me, Taehyung. I can see it in your eyes."

Taehyung chuckles at the words. "Wow, Mr. Jeon, the audacity?"

"I know the feeling Taehyung, because I missed you too." Jungkook's voice slowly turns into a whisper. But Jungkook gathers his courage again, testing the waters. "Just admit it Taehyung, you want to be with me too."

This time, Taehyung claps his hands. "That's the most stupid thing I've ever heard Mr. Jeon." He straightens himself and ignores the wind blowing through his thin pajamas. That's it, Taehyung won't accept this. He even realized that he shouldn't be here talking with this cocky guy. Taehyung regrets his decision of ever initiating a conversation with him.

"Mr. Jeon, let me clear some things for you." Taehyung adds and clears his throat. "I, first of all, never missed you. I've lived for so many years without you in my life that two weeks doesn't mean anything to me."

Jungkook drops his gaze. He had known this is coming, but he still tried. He can feel his demeanor slowly crumbling.

"And secondly, you think you're that desirable for me? You think I'm still the naive kid who goes heart eyes for you?" Taehyung can gradually feel the aching in his heart as he remembered his past. "Well that's bullshit."

"Tae.." Jungkook tries to apologize but Taehyung is having none of it.

"And that's Mr. Kim to you!" Taehyung walks back to his balcony's door, his eyes stinging. "Listen here Mr. Jeon Jungkook. Even if we're the last persons here on earth, I would never look at you twice or even think of being with you."

At that, Taehyung hurriedly walks inside. Locking his door, and locking the feelings away in that small part of his heart once again.

👉the chapter order is messed up and i cant seem to fix it. I just hate wattpad at times like this. Ugh. Pls check table of contents, the chapters are pretty mixed.

👉remember my readers, taehyung is a broken man and he was badly hurt so you cant expect him to forgive that easily. Pls understand our baby uwu

👉and to everyone saying sope is better in this book. Well, im not against the ship ok? I ship them too but yoonmin is the ship i chose here. And besides theyre getting married, whatre you gonna do about it? 😔 maybe i'll try sope in the future but not here. Sarreh