|Sweet Melody|

"Jeonghan-hyung, are you sure you're not sick?" Jungkook questions the pink haired male who was continuously coughing. They partnered up for the performance since they couldn't handle being on the stage alone at the moment. Jeonghan was nice enough to agree to his junior's request albeit his bad behavior. "Don't worry Jungkook-ah. I'm perfectly fine to perform tomorrow!" He says but goes into a coughing fit afterward.

"Let's take a break hyung. Besides, my fingers are aching from playing the piano," Jungkook states and hands his senior a water bottle. "I'll grab something from the cafeteria. Need anything?" Jeonghan offers but the younger only shook his head. "Be back before five hyung!" He reminded before the said male went out of the music room.

God...since when did I turn into a nagging mother and a perfectionist?

Despite his complaints about his aching fingers, he still went back to the piano, sat up straight and placed his fingers on the white and black keys of the instrument. He presses the pads of his fingertips onto the keys and produced a beautiful rich melody. He learned the piano by force when he was seven and now he slightly regrets not listening to teenager Namjoon who helped him practice.

Ding!

A wrong note.

He cringed at the sudden change and sighs in frustration. "Damn it Kook! You keep on messing up," he scolds himself and started again.

Another wrong note.

He starts again.

Once he failed horribly on trying to master the given piece, Jungkook yells out strings of profanities as he stood up, pacing back and forth the music room. He was under pressure and he didn't even know why. "Jeon Jungkookie? Baby are you there?" A very familiar voice pierced through the tension filled room. Taehyung's voice soothed him but at the same time it stressed him out.

I'm doing this for a boy I don't even know how I feel for

I wanna lie on the floor and never get up TT

"Jungkookie! Has practice been doing good?" Taehyung enthusiastically asks but he saw his fiance all gloomy.

"You okay babe?"

"Yes!ㅡ...I mean no! Butㅡ jesus I don't even know," he cries and sits on the floor with a pout and an additional blush on his chubby cheeks since he hasn't been used to Taehyung calling him pet names. "Aww, is my bunny tired?" Taehyung says, wearing one of his black beanies once again, sitting beside the younger male. "Y-yes hyung," Jungkook mutters and leans against the taller's shoulders.

"I'm sure you'll do great bunny~ Taetae is here to cheer you on!" Jungkook smiled at the other's words of encouragement and Taehyung felt all mushy because of that adorable smile adorning Jungkook's face.

Yah! Where did my hot and bad boy kookie go?!

Don't give me that smile please my bloOD PRESSURE IS RISING ANSKIPDJF

"Oh tae, your hair color is turning lighter," Jungkook notices and tries to reach out for Taehyung's beanie causing the other to grab his wrist instinctively. "It's j-just powder that Jimin poured o-on me," What the lamest excuse Taehyung. Jeez.

"Yeah sure hyung."

"Jungkook-ah? Should we go back to practicing?" Jeonghan finally came back with some pizza pockets and water. "Oh Taehyung!" He greets as his eyes landed on the blonde male. "Jeonghan, good luck with practice!" Taehyung cheers and helped Jungkook stand up.

"I'll get going now. Eomma's expecting me at home by now," The blonde says and goes to open the door. "Jeonghan-hyung, is it okay if escort him out the door?" Jungkook, being the new softie he is, asks which earned a nod from the older.

As they got out of the room, Jungkook easily snaked his arms around Taehyung's waist and burried his face on the crook of his neck. "W-what are you doing?" The older stutters at the sudden movement. "Charging," Jungkook breathes out, fanning Taehyung's skin. The Roseus prince nods and hugs him back, entangling his fingers in Jungkook's hair.

"Fighting!" Taehyung says and places a kiss on Jungkook's cheek. "What about here?" Jungkook whines and points at his lips. "I'll kiss you once you've finished your performance tomorrow!" And with that, Taehyung was already running away down the hallway.

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It was the day of their performance. Currently, Hoseok and Jimin were dancing on stage, the crowd cheering so loudly that Taehyung thought his ears were about to pop off. "J-Hoooope!" Both Yoongi and Taehyung cheered, feeling the hype of their performance. Of course they didn't forget about Jimin who actually glared at them when Taehyung yelled "Jiminie pabo!"

Yeah. They love Jimin.

Yoongi was soon nowhere to be found as the personnel rushed him to the dressing room. Taehyung smiled as he was extremely excited for his friend's performance, especially for Jungkook and Jeonghan.

"Oh there you are! Thank god I found you in time," Seokjin exclaims as he grabbed Taehyung by the shoulders and dragged him out of the venue towards the music room. "H-hey hyung! What's going on?" Taehyung questions as he saw Seungcheol and Jeonghan sitting on one of the chairs in the room. "Taehyung-ah, I'm Jeonghan's boyfriend and sadly he lost his voice this morning," Seungcheol explains as the pink haired male looked away from Taehyung's gaze sadly.

"We were wondering if you could substitute for him."

What?

WHAT?

"C'mon Taehyung! I know you can sing. You're just too shy to show it," the said male blushed at Jin's comment probably because he realized that he wasn't the only one hearing his own voice during the times in the shower. "I don't even k-know the song!" He lied. The blonde knew the song by heart as he always hung out outside the music room, listening to the beautiful music being produced.

"Please Taehyung? I taught you to read notes right? You're amazing at music! You can do it!" Everyone's encouragement actually worked and the thought of performing with Jungkook was terrifying yet exciting.

"But what about Jungkook? Does he know?" Taehyung questions and all shook their heads. "It'll be a surprise now that you're going to substitute. You're surprise for Mr. Loverboy~!" Seokjin nearly fanboyed more than he should've as Taehyung tried to process the information.

"F-fine."

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To say that Jungkook was nervous was an understatement. He was fucking terrified. The prince was already clad in a black tux, hair swept off to the side. The only problem was Jeonghan. The said male was nowhere to be found.

"You have to go on now!"

"But Jeong-"

"Look Jungkook! Someone's already grabbing the mic," one of the students mentions and he turns around, focusing his attention to the stage to see a boy with bright blonde hair. The figure seems familiar but he just can't pin point. The unknown boy motions Jungkook on stage in secret but the younger understood. He gupls and strides towards the white grand piano.

"Fighting Kookie~!," the blonde whispers and tilted his head so that Jungkook could fully see his face. His eyes widen with his mouth agape. He was practically drooling at the sight of his Kim Taehyung.

Oh my fucking god
Is that Taehyung?
With blonde hair? What...

WHAT?! THAT'S MY KIM TAEHYUNG LOOKING TOO GOOD

But why is he here?!

Tons of questions were running in his mind. He couldn't even concentrate to the point Taehyung had to call his attention to play. As embarrassing as it seems, no one knew Jungkook's soft side besides from his friends. In public, he was Jeon Jungkook who doesn't give a fuck. He can do anything.

(Ehem..golden maknae)

He positions himself in front of the piano then took a deep breath. He couldn't mess up. He won't mess up. Thinking that the pep talk could wait, he plays the piece without much thought.

Moving to Taehyung, he was in no way confident as well. But growing up with full of perfectionist, he learned how to bring himself with grace.
He knew the song by heart anyway, what could go wrong?

Oh you know, voice cracks
You failing at highnotes
You loosing your-

Fuck Taehyung that was your cue to start

"Sumgyeowasseo, I tell you something. Geujeo mudeodugien. Ijen beotil suga eopsneun geol. Wae geuttaen mal mot haessneunji. Eochapi apawaseo. Jeongmal beotil suga eopseul geol," Taehyung sang and it was as if time stopped. Jungkook tried so hard not to stop playing because the urge to just sit and listen to the blonde sing was strong.

"Now cry. Neoege neomu mianhal ppunya. Tto cry.
Neol jikyeojuji moshaeseo," Taehyung tilts his head toward Jungkook and smiled as he sang. It was so soulful, both Jungkook's playing and Taehyung's vocals.

By the end of the night, both princes were named Creaturae's Power Couple. Taehyung was immediately pulled away from the crowdㅡagainㅡ but he didn't bother, knowing that Jungkook was the one dragging him away. Weirdly enough, the rooftop door wasn't lock, creating easy access for the pair to enter.

"W-what was that?" Jungkook questions and pulls the blonde for a full kiss on the lips. "What do you mean?" Taehyung wonders after recovering from the kiss, very oblivious to what Jungkook was pointing out. "You know, singing instead of Jeonghan-hyung!" The brunette specifies as the taller looked at him with such awe. "Jeonghan lost his voice. Jin asked me to take his place. Now I really want to kiss you so can we play twenty questions later?" Jungkook blushes so much that he felt like fainting.

"Then go for it."

Taehyung grabs the back of Jungkook's neck and presses his plump lips against Jungkook's soft ones. The said boy practically melts as he released a contented sigh.

"I think I already love you Kookie," Taehyung admits as he connects their foreheads together. Jungkook is at lost of words. Everything started as a plan to get away from this royal life, no strings attached. But now he genuinely wanted to be with Taehyung more. He only concocted the most acceptable answer without putting the other's hopes up.

"You're my sweet melody Tae. Thanks for loving me."

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Merry Christmas everyone!
I hope you'll enjoy the holiday season~

So...Jungkook's cover of Oh Holy Night is basically the only Christmas gift I need.

Thank you all for the reads and support 💓 I didn't expect such thing so I'm very jungshook.

Love you all!!