after spending the day at the salon with yoongi, hoseok had decided to go home for a bit. he was so giddy after kissing yoongi and admitting his feelings, so he couldn't wait to go home and tell namjoon.

hoseok walked into his place and immediately shouted for namjoon.

"joonie~? i'm home!" he shouted, excitedly.

a few moments went by, until he saw a disheveled namjoon appear from his room.

he was frantically trying to loop his belt, clearly having just put his clothes back on. his hair was all over the place and he had evident red marks all over his neck. he was still panting by the time he got the belt on, smiling and trying to act completely normal.

"hey, hoseok! what's up?"

hoseok just looked at him with a raised eyebrow, watching as namjoon's whole facade faded away when a shirtless seokjin appeared behind him, placing his arms around his torso, clearly trying to see what was going on.

"joonie, what's going on?" jin asked, clearly trying to pull him back in.

"baby, go wait in there. give us a minute," namjoon said, laughing and shutting the door once jin walked off.

he turned back to hoseok, realizing he had heard everything- and seen an almost naked seokjin emerge from his room, clinging onto him.

"so..," hoseok said, smirking, "are you two... together?"

namjoon just looked down and smiled to himself, his cheeks flushed.

"i...i guess so," he said, slightly embarrassed.

"hm. well... i see you aren't the type to take it slow," hoseok said, laughing and motioning to all the marks on his neck.

namjoon quickly covered them with his hand, beyond embarrassed that he forgot they were there.

"he's kind of... been staying here... since you left."

"oh. so you guys have been..?"

"hoseok!"

"sorry, sorry. i was just teasing you. really, though, i'm so happy for you. i really like jin. he seems so sweet."

"yeah... he is."

there was silence, until hoseok smiled and spoke up.

"not on my bed though, right?"

"hobi!"

"sorry, sorry. it's just so funny seeing your gay panic."

"hey!" namjoon said, smiling, "don't laugh at me. i'm getting used to it."

"yeah, yeah. so do you want me to leave again or..?"

"no, no. don't leave. i missed you. we can all just chill tonight. i think jin's going home later, anyways."

"alright."

"wait- not that i don't want you here, but why did you leave yoongi's?"

"well... i just... i wanted to come home for a while and freshen up and rest. also... i wanted to see you and... tell you something."

"tell me something? what is it?"

"well... me and yoongi..."

"what?"

"we kissed."

"what?! hoseok, that's amazing!"

namjoon hugged him tightly, beyond happy that his best friend had finally got the guy he liked.

namjoon wanted to hear all about it, so they eventually made their way to the couch, jin eventually coming out, too, clothed this time.

they had all talked for over an hour, hoseok beaming while recalling every detail of the wonderful day he had.

-

jungkook was outside, waiting patiently for his uber to arrive. he was planning to go home, freshen up, then go back to yoongi and tae's apartment.

about twenty minutes went by, until his ride was canceled by the driver.

jungkook sighed, annoyed. he figured he shouldn't waste anymore time and just go ask taehyung for a ride, knowing he wouldn't mind.

-

he hopped in the elevator and walked back to tae's apartment. when he arrived at the door, he realized it was still unlocked, and since the boys were expecting him back anyways, he didn't see any problem with just walking in.

he turned the door knob slowly and stepped in. he didn't see taehyung around, so he began to call for him.

"ta-"

he immediately stopped when he looked over to the couch.

it was taehyung.

and yoongi.

they were kissing.

jungkook's eyes opened wide, thinking he might have been seeing things. his heart dropped and he had a miniature panic attack- not knowing what to do.

his first instinct was to get out of there as fast as he could, so that's exactly what he did.
he reopened the door and stepped backwards, slowly closing it once he was out.

he kept his hand on the door knob, staring at the closed door in front of him, letting his forehead fall forward on it.

he sat there for a minute, trying to process what had just happened.

unexpectedly, tears started streaming down his face.

he hadn't wanted to admit it before, but now it was nearly impossible to push his feelings away.

he likes taehyung.

but taehyung still likes yoongi.

his heart dropped even more, just at the thought.

and then, suddenly, he remembered yoongi was also involved in the kiss.

the boy who hoseok had fallen so blindly for.

and it hit jungkook like a smack in the face that he would have to be the one to tell hoseok.

once jungkook came to the conclusion that his life couldn't possibly get any worse, he wiped the tears from his face, and headed to wait for another uber with a broken heart and tears bottling up in his eyes again.

-

"so, are you guys dating now, then?" namjoon asked, curiously.

"well... not officially, but it's coming. we're taking it slow, i guess. i think it would be best if we waited till after the court shit is over to start dating, anyways. but i can't wait till he asks me ou-"

hoseok's rambling was interrupted by a knock at the door.

"who's that?" jin asked

"i don't know."

hoseok hopped off the couch and ran to open it, curious to see who would be at their house at this hour.

when he opened it, jungkook was standing there. his eyes were puffy and red, with a pout on his lips.

"jungkook?"

"h-hi. sorry to come here so late... i just had to tell someone..," he said, the tears that he was desperately trying to hold back coming to his eyes.

"oh my god, are you okay? come in," hoseok said, guiding him in and shutting the door behind them.

he guided jungkook over to the couch, namjoon and jin trying to comfort him.

"what happened, kook?" hoseok asked, sitting down beside him.

"i-i really didn't want to tell you this, hobi. i know it's gonna hurt you and-"

jungkook was talking frantically with tears running down his cheeks, so hoseok quickly cut him off.

"jungkook, just tell me what happened."

"o-okay," he said, taking a few deep breathes and trying to calm down, "well... you know how i've been staying at tae and yoongi's?"

"...yeah. what about it?"

"well... i told tae i was gonna go home and freshen up, then come back, but my uber cancelled on me. i went back up to their apartment to ask tae for a ride and..."

"and what?"

"he and yoongi were kissing," jungkook said, letting even more tears fall, biting on his lower lip, and trying not to completely break into sobs.

jungkook watched hoseok's face, confused as to why his expression didn't change.

it was silent for a few minutes, until a smile broke out on hobi's face.

"that was a good one," hoseok said, partially laughing, "you had me for a second there. there's no way in hell yoongi would kiss someone else, we just kissed today," hoseok said, looking around, "where is he? is he here?"

jungkook just shook his head, the situation making his heart hurt even more.

"no... hobi. i-i'm not kidding. they really did kiss. i saw it with my own eyes."

the smile was immediately wiped from hoseok's face when he saw how upset jungkook looked. there was no way he could fake that.

"w-what?"

hoseok just stared into the distance, feeling his heart break into what felt like a million pieces.

"w-why would they kiss? yoongi just told me a few hours ago that he likes me. we... we kissed. why would he kiss someone else after he kissed me?" hoseok asked, in a panic.

"i-i don't know. after i saw them kissing, i just left."

hoseok just sat there, in utter shock, as tears started streaming down his face as well.

"jungkook, are you sure?" jin asked, confused, "taehyung and yoongi have been broken up for like a year. tae told me a few months ago that he was almost positive he was over yoongi and ready to move on with someone new. he likes... someone else, anyways. he told me. and it's pretty damn obvious that yoongi likes you, hoseok."

"i don't know, jin. i saw it."

"tae isn't like that. i mean... he's my best friend. i know him better than anybody. he wouldn't get in between you guys, i know he wouldn't."

"well he did," hoseok snapped, "they kissed. jungkook saw it with his own eyes. there's no explication for that."

"hobi, i-i'm so sorry," namjoon said.

jin nodded in agreement, feeling awful for hoseok.

then, almost in sync, everyone realized that jungkook was practically balling as well.

"wait, kook, why are you upset?" jin asked.

hoseok looked over to him, having a pretty good idea why he was so upset.

he had a crush on taehyung the whole time.

his heart dropped at the thought of the small, adorable boy getting his heart broken again.

"jungkook?" jin questioned again, confused as to why he wasn't responding.

jungkook didn't want to admit it. he actually thought tae liked him back and it was beyond embarrassing to say he liked him now, knowing he still had feelings for yoongi.

"i..," jungkook stopped, clearly embarrassed.

"...i like tae."

namjoon and jin were shocked, hoseok surprised that they didn't catch on earlier.

"oh..," jin said, "i'm so sorry, you guys. there has to be some sort of explanation. i mean... yoongi and tae don't like each other anymore. i know they don't. i'll just go over there now and ask tae about-"

"no!" jungkook shouted, "i-i don't want tae to know i saw. if he knows i saw then he's gonna know i told you guys about it and got all upset. then he's gonna find out i like him and... and he likes yoongi so it's just gonna be weird and he's gonna try and pity me and that's the last thing i need."

"jungkook, how do you know he doesn't like you?" jin asked, not wanting to spill tae's secret, but also not wanting jungkook to completely fall apart.

"he... he kissed yoongi. if he liked me, he wouldn't kiss someone else."

"well, yoongi kissed tae and i know damn well that yoongi likes hoseok. i'm telling you both, there has to be an explanat-"

"jin, just don't," hoseok said, "we need to deal with all this court shit anyways, so it's probably for the best. just don't say anything to them, jin. let them have their fun or whatever and me and jungkook will just have to get over it."

namjoon knew hoseok was doing the thing where he hid his feelings. he had done it when he got assaulted and he was doing it again.

"hoseok, it's okay to be upset. you too, jungkook. you're both human and-"

"i'm fine," hoseok said, irritated, "i'm gonna stay with jungkook tonight, so you guys just stay here."

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everything was going too good so i had to fuck it up 🤷‍♀️ lmao i'M sOrrY

i hope you all are doing okay! im getting so sick of quarantine :/ i literally haven't left my house in weeks someone send help

also the mots tour is postponed so thanks a lot cOroNa😤 at least it wasn't canceled tho