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taehyung was sulking the next day at work. the animal shelter was quieter than usual.

had it always been this quiet without yoongi and jungkook? taehyung wondered.

as taehyung sighed and placed a hand under his chin, jimin kept glancing at him, debating when he should tell him the truth.

feeling his gaze, taehyung turned. "is something wrong jimin?"

jimin hesitated. "i have...i have something to tell you."

"what is it?"

"if i tell you, will not get mad at me?"

"jimin, why would i get mad at you? you're my best friend," taehyung said as he forced a smile on his face. he wasn't in the best mood at the moment, but he also wanted to smile to assure his best friend.

"taehyung, i only became your friend because i felt guilty."

"what?"

"i killed your brother."

as soon as he said it, jimin felt a small weight being lifted off his shoulders while taehyung didn't seem to understand what jimin was talking about.

"what are you saying, jimin?" taehyung asked, confused.

jimin took a shaky breath and repeated himself. "i killed your brother."

"jimin, stop lying. you didn't kill seokjin. i was there when it happened. it was some calico cat who killed my brother."

"no, taehyung, i'm telling the truth. i am that calico cat that killed your brother. i used to visit seokjin often until he died...because of me."

taehyung didn't know what was going on. he removed his hand from under his chin and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "jimin, are you okay?"

"taehyung, i need you to listen to me," jimin said as he grabbed one of taehyung's hands and looked into his eyes. "your brother died, because of a calico cat. i was that calico cat. i used to visit him often because...because i loved him."

"you loved seokjin?"

jimin nodded. "i was able to turn human, but i was always too shy and nervous, so i always remained in my cat form. seokjin seemed to enjoy seeing me too, but he only knew my cat form. if i would have just hurried across the street, your brother would have still been alive today."

taehyung remained silent as he tried to process what jimin had told him. he realized that jimin was serious, but he also couldn't believe what jimin was saying. "you...were the calico cat?"

"yes, it's my fault that seokjin died. you lost your brother because of me and i felt like it was my responsibility to look after you, that is why i became your friend," jimin explained as he worriedly looked at taehyung.

"so you only became my friend because you pitied me?" taehyung asked in disbelief.

jimin's eyes widened. "no, taehyung, i-"

"and you're a cat, but you still fell for my brother. how is it that i can't love yoongi if you loved my brother?" taehyung bit his bottom lip as he felt his eyes begin to water.

"wait, you love yoongi? you said you didn't-"

"this isn't about me and yoongi right now," taehyung rudely interrupted. "this is about what you did. i thought were my best friend, but you killed my brother and pitied me."

"taehyung please-"

"why are you just telling me this now?"

"taehyung, i really wanted to tell you way back then, but i couldn't bring myself to tell you." jimin desperately explained.

"you know, it's because of you that i hated cats the most out of all the animals, but all this time, i only seemed to hate you," taehyung glared at jimin.

"taehyung, i'm sorry," jimin tried apologizing, but taehyung wasn't having it.

"will apologizing bring my brother back? you kept this hidden from me for two years. i had no one, but you, jimin. i thought we were best friends."

"we are best friends-"

"no, jimin, we're not. i always hated cats because of you. now, i realize now that i only hated you." taehyung said.

"you can hate me all you want, but i did it to protect you and everyone else from making the same mistake i did."

"what mistake? killing my brother?"

jimin shook his head. "falling in love with your brother. that's why i made that rule that humans and cats couldn't fall in love. your brother died because i fell in love with him."

"my brother died because he tried to save you. and i never mentioned this but i never told you that i loved yoongi because of that stupid rule you made up. i was so afraid to love him because of your mistakes."

"taehyung, i know you said sorry won't fix things, but-"

"jimin, i don't care. i can barely even look at you after what you just told me."

"taehyung-"

jimin watched through glossy eyes as taehyung suddenly walked out of the animal shelter. jimin wanted to run after him, but he knew taehyung was already upset, so he let taehyung leave while he fell to the floor and cried.

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yoongi was a mess. he was crying by the river that he and jungkook usually visited while at the animal kingdom.

he heard jungkook's familiar footsteps approach him. the weeping cat raised his head to look at the bunny.

"why are you crying?" jungkook asked. "do you miss taehyung?"

yoongi nodded. he wiped away his tears before speaking, "i miss taehyung a lot, but last night, before he kissed me and turned me back into a cat, he told me that he loved me."

jungkook's eyes widened. "wait, he actually confessed to you?"

"you knew?"

jungkook nodded. "he was the one to help me confess to hoseok and he admitted that he loved you, so i suggested him to confess his feelings for you as well, but that was like two weeks ago. wow, i actually can't believe that was two weeks ago. it seems like it was longer than that."

yoongi cried again. "if you knew, why didn't you tell me."

"taehyung told me not to tell you. he didn't want things to be more difficult for you two, but i still encouraged him to do it. i didn't actually think he'd do it."

"he did it twice."

"taehyung confessed twice?" (jungkook and yoongi said stan twice and stream their upcoming song more and more :) )

yoongi nodded through glossy eyes. "before turning me into a cat and before jimin took me in his arms. the first time i wasn't sure if i heard him right, but hearing taehyung say it again broke my heart."

jungkook's heart ached for yoongi. "i'm sorry you have to go through this, yoongi."

even though yoongi was currently a cat and jungkook was currently a bunny, jungkook still attempted to hug yoongi, but was unsuccessful as he remembered that he was no longer a human so such physical contract as hugging would be hard for them.

instead, jungkook nuzzled his long soft ears against yoongi's head to comfort him all while yoongi cried more.

jungkook wasn't sure how else he could help his best friend. as far as both knew, yoongi and taehyung couldn't be together despite both of them being in love.

"jungkook? yoongi?" a familiar voice called.

the bunny and the cat raised their heads and found jimin in his cat form while looking worriedly at them.

"hi jimin, yoongi doesn't seem to be doing too good right now. he misses taehyung," jungkook spoke for his best friend.

jimin sighed. "i know, taehyung isn't doing too good either."

"is taehyung okay?" yoongi immediately asked while wiping away his tears.

jimin shook his head. "no, that's why i'm here. i need you, yoongi."

"what for? i'll do anything."

"before i tell you why i need you, i first need to tell you the truth."

jungkook lowered one of his ears and folded it in confusion as he listened to yoongi and jimin.

"the truth?" yoongi asked confused.

jimin nodded. "yes, i lied about some things. it's time i finally tell you the truth."