Jungkook trudges into his chem class, pulling open the door with one hand while the other holds his textbook; his black backpack hanging over his broad shoulders. Monday was never his favourite day of the week, appearance looking rushed and lazy. He was dressed in an oversized gray pullover that looks like he found it on the ground. It was crumpled.

His hair was tousled, not even looking like he atleast tried to tame it with a hairbrush. Yet somehow, he still manages to look roguishly handsome; gaining the attention of a few girls who blushed at the sight of him. He doesn't really pay any mind, passing by with a grunt and taking his seat beside you who had gotten there an hour ago.

You were occupied by the chemistry notes infront of you and kept nibbling on the tip of a pencil. You were dressed in a black and white long sleeve shirt, skinny black jeans on your legs, white high top converse on the feet, and your hair styled with a top notch on your head; black rimmed glassed sitting on the top of your nose.

Upon noticing Jungkook's presence, you removed the pencil from your mouth before placing it inside the textbook and turning towards him. After taking in his appearance, you scrunched your nose in distaste. "Yo, why do you look like you were being chased by street dogs?"

The latter opened his tired eyes and turned to look at you, presenting you with a lazy smile.

"Good morning to you too." He sarcastically greeted before closing his eyes again and resting his head on the table on his folded arms.

You frowned at his odd behaviour. Not to mention he looked homeless, completely opposite to who he actually is. Placing your textbook aside, you too folded your arms on the table and rested your head on it.

"Kook." You softly called him. You wanted to know why there was a sudden change in his demeanour whereas until yesterday he was doing just fine.

Not getting any response in return, you slowly poked his arm. "Jungkook." He let out a quiet hum. You sighed.

"Look at me." You said him in a low voice, trying not to disturb him. He softly sighed before slowly turning his head to your side. You lightly gasp at his state; his eyes and nose were red, he could barely open his eyes to look at you. You immediately placed your hand on his forehead and let out another gasp. "Jungkook, you're burning!"

He just responded with a slight nod. You wonder how he even managed to wake up and come here in this state. You couldn't help but worry.

"What happened to you?" You whispered before trailing your hand down to his cheek and softly caressing it. He unconsciously leaned into your warm hand making you smile.

He opened his eyes as much as he could to look at you. "I was practicing for my upcoming match till midnight in the stadium..."

"And...?" You raised your brow.

He sighed, "I may or may not have forgotten to take my jacket with me?" He let out sheepishly.

You gasped before lightly hitting his head. "Idiot! How can you forget to wear a jacket in this weather?"

"Ow, that hurt!" He groaned, faking.

"I didn't hit you with a stone or something." You scoffed, playfully.

"Still!" He pouted, making you chuckle.

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Boots tapping against the concrete, Yoongi entered the backstage of the arena.

"Hello there." His manager, Mr. Bang greeted him with a bright smile.

"Hi, Mr. Bang." Yoongi bowed to him before starting to get ready for his match.

"Did you hear about the new racer you will be competing against, Yoongi?"

The latter looked up from tying his shoelace. "Yes I did, but I haven't met him."

"Oh don't you worry, you'll be meeting him in a few minutes. The new racer has specially requested to meet you."

Yoongi frowned. "Is that so?"

"Yeah, he claims to already know you." Yoongi hummed before shrugging, maybe the new racer is his fan. He didn't care though, the racer was still his opponent for tonight.

Putting on his remaining attire and properly covering his face, he decided to do some warm up excersises and loosen his tense muscles. A knock on the door broke the deafening silence in the room. "Oh, that must be the new racer I think."

Mr. Bang rushed towards the door and pulled it open. A man few inches taller than Yoongi came in view. He was clad in black skin tight jeans and a leather jacket with a helmet covering his face.

"Ah, hello Mr. B. I'm Bang Sihyuk, AG-D's manager. I'll leave you two to talk." Mr. Bang politely greeted the new racer before scrambling out the room and closing the door behind him.

Yoongi turned back to B before walking up to him. He then extended his hand forward, "Hello B, I'm AG-D. It's nice to finally meet you."

B scoffed before removing his helmet. "Cut the formality, Yoongi."

Upon seeing who B actually was, Yoongi abruptly removed his disguise. "What the fuck are you doing here?" He spat.

"What, you own this place now Yoongi?" Yoongi clenched his fists, trying to stop himself from losing control.

"How did you enter here again, Baekhyun?"

"Well, I have my connections. But forget that, aren't you excited for our first match after almost two years?" Baekhyun grinned, mockingly.

"You-" Yoongi started to lunge at him.

"Uh huh, if I were at your place, I wouldn't do it." Baekhyun raised his hands up in defense.

"Afterall, does the beloved AG-D wanna ruin his reputation by getting arrested for violence?" Baekhyun smirked.

Yoongi closed his eyes and took a breathe to calm down, before opening them and looking at Baekhyun with utter hate and disgust. "What do you want Baekhyun?" He spoke through gritted teeth.

Beakyun's smirk morphed into an evil sneer, his eyes displaying the same hate as Yoongi. "I want back what was supposed to be mine."

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Currently, you were walking towards the school exit with Azalea by your side. After convincing Jungkook, which took a lot of dealing with his childish tantrums, you had finally managed to send him home after the 2nd period and asked him to take rest.

"Why are we going for shopping this early?" You asked Lea before as you both stood near the bus stop.

"There's 60% off sale in the Phoenix mall, you wanna miss that shit?" She raised her brows at you.

"Wait, really? I didn't know..."

"Yeah, what else do you know other than going to Jungkook's house every weekend?" She laughed while you shot her a glare.

Before you could throw a remark, a voice boomed from behind. "Piglet!"

You sighed when an arm was draped over your shoulders. "Hello Taehyung."

He gave you his boxy smile before giving Lea a high five. "So, where you guys headed to?"

"Well, Aera and I are going to Phoenix mall for shopping for the fresher's party!" Azalea exclaimed, excited.

Taehyung's eyes lit up. "Wait, isn't that the mall where there's 60% off on every clothing item?"
Azalea nodded a bit too enthusiastically. "Why are you here, Tae?" You asked him, confused.

Taehyung has a driver who drops and picks him up everyday. "Oh, my driver's car broke down so I have to travel by bus for a day."

You hummed before the bus arrived. Settling on the last seats, Lea turned towards Taehyung. "You wanna come with us for shopping, Tae?"

"Yeah sure, why not!" You groaned. Sure you love this dude, but you won't hesitate in locking him up in one of the changing rooms if he irritates you.

After an endless banter, you three reached the mall. Stepping outside, you finally took a deep breath. The entire ride, Taehyung kept cracking lame ass jokes and Azalea kept laughing at them while you tried your best not to throw them off the bus.

Walking through the entrance, you noticed a lot of people present in the mall. Ofcourse they'll come to grab the opportunity but that also means you'll have to be fast before the stock gets over.

"Let's go there!" Grabbing your and Lea's hand, Taehyung started dragging you to the first store. You looked up to see the store's name was "H&M".

Going in the dresses section, Lea and you started analysing the shelves while Taehyung went into the men's section to look for a suit. Lea started pointing out random dresses for her as well as you but nothing caught your eye. Most of them were summer dresses that were too plain looking for a fresher's party.

Taehyung trudged into the ladies department with his hands in his pocket. You resisted the urge to roll your eyes when you saw a few ladies swooning over him, but he paid no mind. "Did you ladies find anything yet?"

You shook your head and so did Lea. "Well, even I didn't find anything my style." He sighed.

"It's okay, there are many stores. We should go check them out!" Azalea said with hope lacing her tone.

"Yeah, but I doubt if anything is left." You glanced down at your watch to see it was 5pm already.

Taehyung suddenly snapped his fingers in the air. "I have a perfect store in mind!"

Azalea and you looked at each other doubtfully before letting Taehyung lead you deeper into the mall. A few minutes of walking by numerous stores, you finally landed infront of the 'perfect store'.

Gucci.

Your mouth fell agape. The flashy lights of the store as well as the huge GUCCI sign was blinding, as if mocking you.

"Taehyung, are you sure this is the right store?" You asked a bit hesitantly. You turned to look at Azalea who was looking at the store with bright eyes.

'Yeah sure, they're rich but you aren't.'

"Yep, I'm right."

"Uh you guys can go in, I'll go to some other store." Taehyung furrowed his brows before catching your wrist when you tried to sprint away.

"Aera, what's wrong?" He looked at you worriedly.

You sighed. "This store is too expensive."

"That's it?" He deadpanned.

"Um yeah...?"

"You're an idiot." He stated before dragging you into the store despite your protests.

You retracted your hand from his grasp. "Taehyung I can't."

He sighed before stepping forward and wrapping his arms around you. "Aera, you are like my own sister. Although you are a pain in the ass and have a brother, I want you to think and treat me as one too." You looked down.

He lifted your chin up so you could look at him. "Let me buy a dress for you please? Think of it as an advance birthday gift." He said in a pleading tone.

"But this is fucking Gucci we are talking about, Tae."

"Please." He puckered his lower lip out in an adorable pout with eyes wide like a puppy. How could you say no when he looks so irresistible? You sometimes hate it when he manages to look so hot and cute at the same time.

Looking at Lea who smiled at you reassuringly, you sighed. "fINE."

Taehyung presented you with his contagious boxy smile and pecked your nose, making you scrunch it and smile.

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Numerous dresses of different styles were thrown into the cart, but everytime you came out from the changing room, Taehyung would scrunch up his nose in distaste and dismiss it with a wave of his hand.

Taehyung and Azalea were able to find their clothes within an hour of entering the store, but you still couldn't because of Taehyung's rejection on every item. Apparently, they both were the judges to your little fashion show.

"Taehyung, this is legit the 9th dress you said no to." You scowled at him.

"I know, but we need the perfect dress."

"It's just a party, not my marraige, Tae."

"Yeah, but this one is too plain. I can't even see your waist or ass."

"You keep saying that to every dress!" You were so tempted in throwing him out the window.

"Oh geez. Try this last one, please?" He smiled at you sheepishly.

You tiredly sighed before snatching the dress out of his extended hand and going in.

Putting on the dress, you bit your lip, a bit uneasy. The dress was revealing, but not too much. Not to mention, it was really pretty than the previous ones.

'Well, here goes nothing.'

After a few minutes of adjusting, you stepped out in the spotlight. "Guys?"

Taehyung and Lea stopped talking before looking at you, only to have their jaws dropped.

"Oh. My. God." Azalea clapped excitedly and rushed towards you.

"You look amazing!" You sighed in relief. Turning towards Taehyung, you saw him gaping at you in awe and wonder.

"Tae?" He snapped out of his daze before looking around frantically, his cheeks coating in pink.

"So...?" You looked at him with your lower lip trapped between your teeth.

He cleared his throat and looked at you, smiling. "You look absolutely sexy."

You looked down in shyness. "I guess this is the one then?"

"This is the one." He winked.

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A/N: Dynamite.

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