Taehyung slumped on his chair inside his office with a huff. They just finished another meeting with all of the staff of the company since there is so much going on at the moment.

Apparently, the whole management agreed that they will conduct a concert for all the artists signed in the company, it will be held as a BigHit family concert in Seoul. And they decided it will also be the perfect time for their new group to debut. Wannaone will have their first stage during a Bighit concert.

When dealing with company concerts, it will be exhausting. Everyone will work their asses off, every artist will practice, every staff will learn what to do during the event. They have to plan the program and sequence of the show, and the show will be in three months.

And because Wannaone will be debuting, Jungkook was also included in the meeting. After all, he was one of the people that formed the group, so it is fair that he should be involved.

A knock made Taehyung look up to the door, and in entered Suho. "Mr. Kim? The trainees are ready in the practice room."

"I'll be right there." Taehyung answered with a smile. Suho nodded and went away.

Taehyung stands up from his chair and walks out his office. He heads for the elevator to take him to the 5th floor where the practice room is at.

As he arrives, he noticed the trainees - soon to debut as Wannaone - are sitting on the floor, chatting loudly. But as soon as they saw the CEO, they turned all their attention to Taehyung and kept quiet.

Taehyung goes ahead of informing them of their updated schedules for the upcoming months and prepares them for their debut soon. All of the people in the room radiated happiness at the excitement of the upcoming events, and Taehyung felt overwhelmed despite the pressure on his shoulders.

In the middle of his discussion, he noticed Jungkook walk inside the room. And he swears, the said male had his coat on during the meeting earlier. Now..

Now Jungkook only has his white dress shirt, tucked in his pants, his long sleeves rolled up his fore arms. The raven head walked inside with his hands in his pockets.

Taehyung was just fine a moment ago.

The brunette clears his throat, hoping for his voice to sound clearer than his heartbeat. He tries to focus at the trainees in front of him.

"S-so everybody's ready?" Taehyung forced a smile as he asks the kids.

"Yes, Mr. Kim." The trainees answered in a chorus.

Taehyung soon finishes his meeting with them and is now going towards the table to get a bottle of water. He suddenly felt thirsty.

He was drinking his water when he noticed Jihoon at the corner with a troubled and concentrated expression on his face. The younger was clutching his microphone and was slightly tapping it. Taehyung decides to ask him what's wrong and makes his way towards him. He places his bottle of water on the nearby table.

"Hey bud. What's wrong?"

Jihoon looked startled as he saw Taehyung standing in front of him. He stares with his big eyes and gulps as he slowly lifts his mic and shows it to Taehyung.

"Mr. Kim, I think I broke my mic. I didn't know what happened, but it just stopped working while we were practicing awhile ago. I'm so sorry."

Taehyung looked at the kid with tenderness in his eyes. They are all so soft, Taehyung wants to cry. Of course Taehyung understands how tough training these days can be, and this cannot be avoided since they are practicing nonstop. A broken mic is not an issue, and they're going to have their own new mics as soon as they debut. Taehyung smiles comfortingly to lessen the younger's anxiety.

"Don't worry about it, we'll just ask a staff to get you a new mic for practice." Taehyung reassures him with a smile, while he place his hand on Jihoon's shoulder to pat him. His other hand held out to reach for the mic.

Jihoon was about to give Taehyung his mic when Jungkook decides to show up. The raven head tries to shove himself between the two and successfully did, what with his bigger frame. Taehyung and Jihoon was startled and they took a step back, the kid gasped loudly as he lost grip of the mic and the poor thing dropped to the floor with a loud clutter. Now, the thing is officially and utterly broken.

"What the? Jungkook!" Taehyung yells as he bent down to pick up the microphone from the floor. He checks it, and it looks unscathed. But Taehyung knew better.

He turns to the raven head who is calmly drinking his bottle of water. His face nonchalant.

"You just broke the damn mic." Taehyung said, waving the poor thing, his other hand on his hip, as if he was scolding a child. "And that's mine."

"Didn't notice. Sorry." Jungkook drinks again, his apology coming through his nose.

Taehyung tried to snatch his bottle of water, but the raven head just quickly lifts it far away beyond his grasp. "Hey, get your own!"

"Finders keepers." Jungkook smirked.

"There's like a dozen boxes of water bottles right there." Taehyung gave up.

Jihoon was just staring at their interaction all this time with his big eyes.

Jungkook: 1
Jihoon: 0

"Say Mr. Kim, let's have dinner together tonight." Jungkook asked the brunette suddenly.

Taehyung rolled his eyes. "I'm busy."

"I can wait, Tae." Jungkook looked at him, his eyes sparkling in anticipation. "I'll wait no matter when."

"But I'm busy for the next five years, four months, and seven days." Taehyung snickers at Jungkook's reaction.

Jungkook tried to reply but no words came out. He looked lost after Taehyung's answer.

"Pft."

The two CEOs turn towards the noise, and it was Jihoon. He must have found funny how Taehyung turned Jungkook down.

The kid widens his eyes at their attention and he quickly waves his hands. "Oh, I-I didn't mean to hear that Mr. Jeon." then he scratched his nape embarrassingly, "Please excuse me kind sirs, LMAO." He said in his nervousness, and turns to leave.

"That punk.." Jungkook mutters as he squints his eyes at the retreating figure of Jihoon.

"Yah Jungkook. He's just a kid." Taehyung warns him.

Jungkook snorts as he turns his gaze at Taehyung. The brunette is standing in front of him, his hands on his hips as he frowns. His lips pouting as he tries to stare Jungkook down and let him know how pissed he is at him.

But Jungkook smiles, because instead of being intimidated, Taehyung looked so cute.

He grins widely. "So, dinner?"

Taehyung huffs in annoyance, his cheeks raising like bread. "I said I'm busy. I gotta go, I need to find Jihoon a new mic." he turns to leave.

At the thought of bread, Jungkook blurts out a, "You're so cute. I want to eat you."

Taehyung halts abruptly, "What?"

Jungkook also looked startled at what he just said. Coughing awkwardly to salvage the situation, he just blurts out words mindlessly.

"Autocorrect, I need more water." Then scrambles to find a bottle of water.

Taehyung stands there for a few moments, looking scandalized. Then he shakes his head. "Yeah right." he mutters.

Jungkook drinks his second bottle of water as he watches the brunette walk towards Jihoon and talk to him. They must have agreed to go to ask a staff for a new mic, and Taehyung smiles at the trainee warmly and guides him by his shoulder to get the equipment.

Jungkook saw Jihoon blushed pink at that.

Jihoon: 2
Jungkook: boo boo the fool.

+++

"Hey Tae, you wanna come with us?" Yoongi asked Taehyung as he peeks inside the brunette's office.

It's already late, and Taehyung is still busy reading documents on his table. He looks up to find his hyung gripping the door handle, his face in anticipation.

"Where are you going, hyung?" The brunette asks.

"To Seokjin's." Yoongi simply answers.

At the mention of his former boss' name, Taehyung perks at that and he quickly fixes his things. "Hyung, wait for me!"

Yoongi only smiles fondly at the younger and quietly waits for him.

"You didn't tell me Jungkook's also here hyung!" Taehyung immediately whisper yells at Yoongi as soon as they got off their respective cars. They can see through the glass of Seokjin's restaurant the people eating inside. Yoongi didn't answer him, but just reached out to hold Jimin's hand as they walk toward the place. Jimin is laughing at them.

"Tae, calm down. He's not gonna eat you." Jimin said as he turns to Taehyung, smiling.

Taehyung raises a brow at that. That's not what he said to me earlier, he thought.

They walk along the path towards the restaurant's entrance, and Taehyung was slightly distracted because he cannot recognize the place anymore. It is still the same address, but the structure of the diner is so different. The walls that are once pink, are now replaced with glass. And the place is surrounded by plants and warm lights. The ambiance is so comforting. Taehyung looked around in awe.

The once pink letters of the name Pink Diner, are now replaced with the words Namu Beanery in cursive writing.

He nods proudly, embracing the nostalgia.

"YAH TAEHYUNGAH! IS THAT FINALLY YOU?!"

Taehyung startles at the voice of Seokjin. He didn't even have time to react because there's a sudden impact to his body that collided with him. He realized he was pulled into a bone crushing hug by the said man.

"Hyung!" Taehyung shouted and coughed a little.

As soon as Seokjin released Taehyung, the older gave him an earful.

"Yah! Didn't you even missed me? Did you know how long I waited for you? You didn't even call or text me! I can't believe you did that to your hyung! Now you'll gonna regret all of that, I'm gonna make you try all of my desserts and drink my newly launched beverages. I'm gonna make your stomach explode by feeding you pasta and wine all night! You should try my new recipe Tae, I missed the days when you would stand beside me while I cook-"

"That's enough hyung. Taehyung needs to sit down." Namjoon appears behind Seokjin, and smiles at Taehyung, showing his adorable dimples. Namjoon holds his lover by the arm and lowkey drags him away. Taehyung exhales in relief, he replies an "I missed you too hyung." as he smiles and walks toward their table.

Yes, he missed his Seokjin hyung. But he is quite a handful at times. Still, he's so adorable.

As soon as he reached them, he noticed that there are already six people sitting down. Hoseok and Jungkook are also there.

Hoseok is grinning widely at him. "Yo Tae! Feel free to sit down."

Taehyung looked around for a seat, and no doubt, the only vacant is the one next to Jungkook. He looked at the faces of his friends, and they all had the audacity to look unbothered. Hoseok is even examining his nails.

He sighs. He doesn't have a choice does he?

So, showing that he didn't mind (but really he does mind), he nonchalantly sits down on the chair and greets everybody. He caught Yoongi's eyes, and he looked proud of him.

"Hey." Jungkook greeting him caught in his line of vision.

"Hi." Taehyung curtly greeted back.

"I didn't know you were coming, since you told me you're busy for the next eternity." Jungkook tried to start the conversation. He looked amused.

"Well I am really busy, but I want to make time for Seokjin hyung." Taehyung answered.

Seokjin heard him and he agrees. "That's right Taehyung. You need to make time for this certain hyung of yours. You will rarely encounter this kind of hyung in your entire life. Make the best out of it."

Taehyung laughed wholeheartedly. Seokjin is still really funny.

"Says the one who didn't even show up at our engagement. Tsk." Jimin spoke up, his head shaking disapprovingly.

"Don't start with me, Jiminie. We just came back." Seokjin replies then sips his wine. They are currently waiting for the food to be served. "In fact, I have an announcement." Seokjin then grabs for Namjoon's hand on the table and looks at him tenderly. The sparkle of their matching rings in their ring fingers didn't go unnoticed by the group.

All of them turned towards the couple in anticipation.

It was Namjoon who spoke up. "We got married in Greece." then he smiled beautifully.

"WHAT?!" Taehyung startles.

"Hyung you told us you would just travel around the world!" Jimin said.

"Why didn't you tell us! We could've attended with you!" Hoseok also sputters.

Jungkook, though quiet, looked shocked. Yoongi didn't react at all, but he looked fond.

Seokjin shushes them. "Now kids calm down. Namjoon and I wanted this to be private."

Namjoon also explains. "And it was kind of like a spur of the moment thing. Like, it kinda happen. The feeling of being on the right place at the right time. And it was only us."

"Sorry guys." Seokjin adds. But he didn't look regretful of their wedding. In fact, he looked glowing and more beautiful than ever.

Taehyung smiles at his hyung, his heart full of love for them. "Hey, no worries. We are just so happy for both of  you hyung."

"Thank you." Seokjin and Namjoon said, faces grateful for such supportive friends in a not so open country.

Their food arrived not so long, and soon, Seokjin returns to his nagging self, and Namjoon all but sighs at his husband. But hey, his dimples showing are proof that he's happy to be surrounded with friends and the love of his life.

Taehyung looks around the rest of the table. Jimin and Yoongi are whispering sweet nothings to each other. Hoseok being loud talking about his adventures in Japan. From time to time, Jin and Hoseok engage in a little debate about dance choreographies, while Namjoon's thumb caress Jin's hand on the table.

Lastly, Taehyung turns to look at Jungkook, and he's surprised that the other is already looking at him.

Jungkook looked like he is in awe of Taehyung, like how Taehyung is in awe of his friends. They stare at each other for quite a while, then gradually, a sense of warmth settled around the place. Suddenly, it's just the two of them.

They smiled and looked away. Feeling shy all of a sudden.

With reddened cheeks, they turned to face their friends and engage in conversation.

Not knowing, not seeing, a red string of fate threads itself anew and quietly settles on their hands.

Quick question: what is/are your favorite bts song/s? Don't be shy to express yourself in the comments. I love you. 💜