𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸𝟸𝚗𝚍, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟾
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝: 𝟺𝟿𝟿𝟾

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𝐂 𝐇 𝐀 𝐏 𝐓 𝐄 𝐑 𝐎 𝐍 𝐄
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"KOOKIE! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

Jungkook violently twitched as he was coming out of a deep sleep after hearing his little brothers voice echoing in his dream.

"W-what?? W-what's going on??" The startled teen says as he shot straight up in bed.

The teen looks down at his little brother who was sitting on his lap. "It's my first day of school!!" Kyu says as he looked up at him with his big brown eyes, a bright smile on his face.

Jungkook rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Kyu...y-you scared me. I thought something happened.."

Kyu's smile faded after hearing Jungkook's shaky voice. "Oh...I'm sorry Jungkookie I didn't mean to scare you.." He looked down and messed with Mr. Fluffbunny's ear.

After his heartbeat slowed down to a somewhat normal pace, Jungkook removed his hands from his eyes and patted the top of Kyu's head. "It's ok, Kyu. Don't feel bad. Just remember to use your inside voice next time, alright?"

Kyu gives him a big nod. "Ok Kookie. I promise I will from now on."

Jungkook leaned down to give Kyu a kiss on the top of his head, causing the smile to return on his little brother's face.

"Don't forget to give Mr. Fluffbunny a kiss too!" The younger lifted the bunny up to Jungkook's face. "He gets jealous if he doesn't get one."

"Well we can't let that happen, now can we?" The teen says and puckers his lips out to be greeted by a bop of the bunny's nose against them.

Kyu slowly lowered the bunny back down and held onto it tightly to his chest. After noticing his smile had once again faded, Jungkook tilted his head to the side; curious. "What's wrong, Kyu? Where'd your smile disappear to?"

"I'm scared, Kookie.."

"What's wrong? Why are you scared?" He gently moves Kyu's bangs up and away from his eyes.

"What if the other kids don't like me..?"

"Now, what makes you think they wouldn't like you?"

"Because I'm weird and dumb.."

Jungkook went quiet for a few moments before he responded. "Who called you that, Kyu?"

Kyu continued messing around with his stuffed rabbit's ear; not saying a word.

"Kyu." Jungkook says sternly and lifted Kyu's face up to look at him directly. "Tell me who said that to you."

"I don't want to tell you because then you will get angry.."

"I need to know. I'm not going to sit here and let people say things like that to you. Now tell me."

"...Junha.."

Without needing to hear another word, Jungkook lifted Kyu up and off of his lap, stood up from the bed, began walking towards the door.

"Kookie, wait!" Kyu hopped off the bed and hurried towards the teen; grabbing onto his wrist. "I don't want you and Junha to get mad at each other!"

Jungkook stopped and turned to face Kyu's direction; squatting down to be his height. He places his hands on the shoulders of the younger. "I'm just going to talk to him, ok? There's no need for you to be worried."

"I don't like when you and him argue though..." Kyu says with tears forming in his eyes.

"We won't. Now leave the worrying to me, Kyu." He repositioned his face to be in front of Kyu's when he had looked downwards. "Ok?"

Kyu sniffled as he wiped his nose and nods his head.

Jungkook gave the younger a reassuring smile and gently squeezed his shoulders. "Now...go and get those new clothes on that I bought you. You want to look nice on your first day, don't you?"

Kyu's eyes lit up when he remembered the new outfit Jungkook had bought him special for his first day in kindergarten. "I'll go put them on right now!"

After the younger had ran out of the room, Jungkook stopped outside of the doorway and called out to him as he was running down the hall towards his own bedroom, "I have a surprise for you when you're done! So don't take too long!"

Kyu gasped and nodded excitedly. "I won't, Kookie!! I'll be as fast as lightning!" He darted into his room.

Jungkook smiled to himself and then looked over at Junha's door; the smile instantly disappearing as he did so.

After working up the courage, Jungkook walked over to the door and took in a deep breath before loudly knocking on it.

(No response)

"Junha! Open the door I have to talk to you!"

...

"Ignore me as much as you want, but I'm not leaving!" The knocks on the door grew louder.
~
Junha covered his head with a pillow and let out a groan. " Leave me alone! I'm trying to sleep!!" He called out.

"Open it or I'm going to go downstairs, get all your snacks and flush them down the toilet!"

Junha, now pissed off, threw the pillow to the side and scrambled out of bed.
~
Jungkook looked down at his watch as he waited for Junha to open the door; listening to the movement coming from behind it.

...

A shirtless Junha opened the bedroom door with an angry look on his face.

"What the fuck do you want at this ungodly hour??"

Jungkook looked down at a tattoo of a black rose that was on Junha's chest that he had never seen before, amongst all the other slightly faded ones. "'You got anoth-.." Jungkook shook his head, dismissing the non relevant thought. "What do you mean 'ungodly hour'? It's 7 o'clock. And besides, It doesn't matter what time it is. I have something I have to speak to you about."

"What could you possibly want to talk to me about so early in the morning??"

Jungkook pushed past Junha and stepped inside his room, closing the door behind him. "Oh I don't know...maybe about how just a few minutes ago, Kyu told me that you called him 'weird and dumb'." He crossed his arms.

"Annnnnd? What about it?"

"He's 5, Junha. You don't say stuff like that to anyone, especially a 5 year old."

"Why not?" Junha grabbed the pack of cigarettes on the nearby table and pulled one out along with his lighter that was stuffed inside. "It's the truth." He says through the cigarette that he placed in his mouth, lit it.

"He's my brother and I'm not going to let you speak to him that way."

"Gee. Relax 'Kook." Junha placed his hand on Jungkook's shoulder.

Jungkook knocked Junha's hand away. " No, I will not relax. I want you to apologize to him right now."

"He's a fucking kid. He doesn't need an apology. He'll forget about it in a couple days, now chill out." Junha says and leans up against the wall. "If he didn't act like a weirdo and talk to that stupid toy all the time, then I wouldn't have said anything to him. I mean, if no one else is going to tell him to stop treating that ratty thing like it's alive, then I'll do it."

"Kyu will put Mr. Fl-...his toy...away for good when he's ready. I'm not going to let you guilt him into doing it with your assholery. And besides...you sure have a lot of nerve calling people weird when you decorate your room like this." He held out his hand towards Junha's room that's walls were painted black with swords and machetes displayed here and there; along with various other decorations, such as dolls with their eyes popped out and pictures of all things that represented death.

Junha took the cigarette out of his mouth and held it between his index and middle finger. "Wow, what's gotten into you?" Junha says as he stepped up to Jungkook. "Trying to act all big and bad all of a sudden, now? Do I need to bring the belt back out and put your ass back in line?"

Jungkook swallowed his saliva, trying not to let his nervousness show on the outside. He stood there stiff, his arms crossed. "All I'm asking you to do is to treat my b...brother.." He started going quiet when Junha stepped in a little closer, the two just a few inches apart. "...k-kindly.."

"I'll start treating your brother kindly when you start treating me with respect. And if that means mentioning to Yunseok that you need longer, harsher punishments, then that's what's going to happen." Junha says sternly, looking down at the teen who's bottom lip was now slightly trembling with fear.

Though, despite his fear, Jungkook didn't want to back down. At least not easily like he always had. "Y-you can't just threaten me like this. I'm a human being, you shouldn't treat me this way."

Junha reached over and opened the dresser drawer. "Oh really?" He says as he pulled a spiked dog collar out of it; his Rottweiler who was laying on his bed lifted it's head up.

His eyes pinched shut due to fear, Jungkook froze in place as he felt Junha placing the collar around his neck.

"...because you look like a little mutt to me." Junha says as he ran the tips of his fingers over the studs on the collar.

Jungkook opened his eyes and moved his face away from Junha who was now just a couple inches away from him; the two being so close that Jungkook was able to smell the smoke radiating from older's mouth.

Junha's eyes drifted down to Jungkook's lips that were pulled inwards, then back up at the teen's distressed looking eyes that were trying desperately not to look in his direction; smirking at the sight.

"What's the matter, sunshine..? Cat got your tongue?" The older says in a low, quiet tone.

After hearing the sound of a car alarm going off, Junha's dog stands up on his bed and starts barking; breaking the uncomfortable silence between the two.

Junha shot his dog an angry look. "Shut up!"

Using the alarm as a way to get himself out of the situation, Jungkook quickly reaches up and pulls the collar off of his neck; shoves it into Junha's chest.

Before the teen was able to make his getaway, Junha tightly grabbed onto his wrist. "I wasn't done with you." He says.

"Let go of me..!" Jungkook says.

Junha dropped the collar that he was holding onto with his free hand and pushes the teen up against the wall. " Don't like it? Then don't wake me up ever again, do you understand?"

Jungkook let out small grunts as he was trying to free his arms that were pinned to the wall; ignoring the older as he was focused mainly on trying to get away.

"DO YOU!?" The older yelled.

Jungkook pinched his eyes shut; the older's sudden, loud tone causing him to jump. "Y-yes!" He yelled back.

"GOOD!" He let go of Jungkook's wrist, tossing his arms in the process. "Now get the fuck out of my room."

Jungkook squirmed out from between Junha and the wall and hurried to grab the door handle .

"Oh, wait...and one more thing." Junha says as he slammed his hand on the door; preventing Jungkook from opening it.

Jungkook stops and sheepishly looked over his shoulder to the other as he still had his hand on the doorknob.

"How'd that brownie work for you last night?"

Confused by the sudden change of mood, Jungkook tried thinking of his words before he spoke them; not wanting to ask why he even cared, figuring it might just piss him off even more. "...t-they made me sleepy.."

"Yeah. That tends to happen."

After Junha removed his hand from the door and resumed smoking his cigarette, Jungkook hurriedly turned the door knob, pulled it open and darted out of it.
~

As Jungkook walked up to Kyu's bedroom door, nervously twiddling his fingers, Kyu hopped out into the hallway in front of the teen. "Ta daaa~" He says as he did a little spin, showing off his little button up white shirt and light-wash blue jeans.

Jungkook's stressed looking face instantly lit up after seeing his brother's smiling face. "Look at you!" He ruffled Kyu's hair. "They fit perfectly!"

"Mhm!!" He stuck his foot out. "And so do the shoes!!"

"They'll fit even better once you tie them." Jungkook says through a soft chuckle and leaned down.

After Jungkook was done tying Kyu's shoes, he pops straight up. "There you go. Now you're good to go." He patted his head.

"Thanks Kookie!! So what's my surprise??" The younger says as he excitedly jumped up and down.

"Why don't you go look for yourself? It's downstairs in the coat closet."

Kyu gasped and hurried the opposite way towards the stairs.
...
As Jungkook was walking downstairs, he hears the sound of the closet door opening and some rummaging before hearing a shriek of excitement coming from the younger.

As soon as Jungkook's foot stepped off the last step, Kyu comes around the corner holding up a fluffy white backpack, shaped into a big bunny head with ears, eyes, and a nose.

"I love it!!" Kyu says and throws himself at Jungkook; giving him a big hug.

Jungkook smiled softly. "Look inside."

Kyu hurriedly set the bag down and unzipped it, started pulling out a bunch of supplies and other goodies. What caught his eye most though,was a tiny backpack, fit for a doll, that was laying at the bottom of the bag.

"For Mr. Fluffbunny." Jungkook says.

Kyu dropped everything else he was holding onto and grabbed his bunny that he had set aside. "You're the best Jungkookie!!" He started putting it over the bunny's shoulders. "Look Mr. Fluffbunny, you get one too!"

"I took Mr. Fluffbunny to school with me when I was your age. But, that was quite awhile ago, so...I figured he needed a new backpack too."

Kyu lifted the bunny up and looked him over, feeling proud. "He likes it."

"I thought he might." Jungkook placed the bag around Kyu's shoulders. "You wait down here and I'll get ready and walk with you to school, ok?"

Kyu held the bunny to his chest and nodded his head. "OK!"

.....

20 minutes later, Jungkook comes walking downstairs, looking a bit better than he did yesterday evening; having decided to take the extra step to do his hair this time, since, he wanted to at least try to make himself feel a little bit better about his appearance.

"You ready to go?" Jungkook asked.

Kyu hopped up from the chair that he was sitting on. "Mhm!!"

After Jungkook took Kyu's hand, the two boys walked out of the house and towards Kyu's school. After he was done dropping him off, he then walked to his own that was just a block away.
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3:30pm | AP Psychology Class

A/n: no, Jungkook isn't in college. AP Psychology is a course offered by colleges to get high schoolers ready for psychology.

(Teacher turns off projector.)

"So...can anyone tell me why this sort of thing happens?" The teacher says as he pulled the string on the projector screen; causing it to fold back up with a loud 'whoosh.'

After a few moments of silence, the teacher turned around and faced the dumbfounded students. "...anyone at all?"

...

"Alright then...apparently none of you have been paying any attention. I guess I'll just have to repeat it.." He picks up a piece of chalk.

"So, I'm sure a lot of you, if not all of you, has had what you would call a "crush" on somebody at one point or another, correct?"

The students nod.

"And I'm sure most of you do not understand the scientific process behind it." He lifts the piece of chalk to the chalkboard. "Well, that is what you're going to be learning about this week. So...I would pay attention closely if I were you, since, you will be tested on it."

(The teacher started jotting things down on the chalkboard as he began speaking.)

...time skip...

"...and when you see a person you like, phenethylamine, a natural alkaloid, is emitted by your body, which speeds up the communication between your nerve cells and triggers the release of dopamine; a chemical that creates a sense of pure bliss."

He drew stick figures with little hearts above their heads and wrote the word "PEA" with a squiggly line leading to the word 'Dopamine' "..hence the reason why people find themselves attracted towards certain individuals and feel a sense of happiness when they see said person; which many relate to the feeling of love. This sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? Well...yes and no." He turned his head back towards the students. "Everyone in this room associates love as a good thing, am I correct?"

The students nod for a second time.

"And you wouldn't be wrong for thinking this way." He looks back towards the board. "But...I would like everyone to be aware that love can be just as equally dangerous as it is good." He started drawing another set of stick figures, but this time there was only one figure with the set of hearts above it's head.

"What you seen on the clip that I showed you today, was the dangerous side of love. It happens when someone cannot properly process the feeling of love...and may take it a step too far-"

"Um, excuse me...but why are you drawing stick figures..? We're not in elementary." A student said.

The teacher lowered the chalk down. "Hmm, really...? You could have fooled me...you know, with the dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and animal crackers that I seen you and your friends eating for lunch.."

The student looked down and cleared his throat, feeling embarassed as he heard snickering around him. The teacher smirked and began walking through the aisles of desks. "As I was saying..." He put his hands behind his back. "...the subject that I'll be ending on today, is the subject of an unhealthy type of love, if you will, that one has for another...a type of "love" that affects the ability of an individual to understand the concept of true love."

As the teacher was speaking, he glances over and noticed that Jungkook was sitting there staring out the window; seemingly in a day dream.

After walking up to Jungkook's desk, the elder hops up onto it; startling the teen. "And this lack of ability to process the feeling and concept of love correctly can possibly lead to something called "obsessive love..." I'm sure you have heard of this term, right Jungkook?"

Jungkook cleared his throat and slowly nods his head 'yes.'

"Good." He intertwined his fingers and set his hands down in his lap. "Some people who experience this intense love obsession doesn't understand or simply ignores the concept of true love. And that is that love is a deep connection shared by two people; a connection that generally takes a long time to develop. But...as some of you may have already experienced, sometimes love doesn't go the way you want it to. And maybe you were the only one who felt this love, whereas the person you loved, didn't."

A couple students nodded their head slowly.

"And to the few of you who nodded, I'm sure you were, or are, very heartbroken...but, if you haven't moved on already, don't worry, that feeling will pass over time." He goes quiet for a moment before he continued. "But, unlike most people who can move on from rejection, the people who are in this state of love obsession, like the main character that you seen in the clip today, sometimes cannot understand, or accept when the person they are directing their love towards doesn't love them back...and this can make them highly irritable. And can be a dangerous thing for the victim of this unwanted love-"

The bell rings, cutting the teacher off.

As the students were getting ready to leave for the weekend, the teacher calls out; wanting to know if the students were paying attention. "Before you leave, what is the chemical that is released that causes the feeling of bliss?"

The teacher sat there waiting for a response but, the only thing that could be heard was the sounds of chairs being pushed back under the desk and the sounds of sneakers squeaking against the linoleum as the students hurried towards the classroom door.

The teacher shook his head. "Morons.." He mumbled to himself.

Jungkook, who had heard him, sheepishly looked up from his bag at the elder; feeling uncomfortable as he was being directly stared at by him.

Jungkook cleared his throat and was about to stand up when the teacher reached over and gently placed his hand on his shoulder; lowering the teen back down into the chair.

"Sir, I-"

"Surely you understood what I was talking about in class today?"

"Yes, Mr. Choi.." Jungkook says and looks down at his watch.

The man looks down at the younger who was obviously in a hurry, being as fidgety as he was. But, he didn't care. "Is that why you weren't paying attention? Because you already knew everything I had to say?"

Jungkook was quiet for a moment before speaking. "...I already know what love is, sir."

"Oh really?" He lifted his eyebrow. "Perhaps you are...in love with someone, Jungkook?"

Jungkook quickly looked up at him. "What..? No, no." He shook his head and waved his hands back and fourth.

"Are you sure..?" The teacher hopped off his desk and looked down at the teen with soft eyes. "Because you can tell me, Jungkook. You can tell me anything."

Jungkook swallowed his saliva, feeling his nervousness start to heighten. "Yes, I'm sure...I-I would know if I was in love with someone.."

"Have you ever been in love?"

"Well...no.."

"Then don't say that you know what love is..!" The teacher snapped and slammed his hands down on the desk, causing the startled teen to slightly jump in his chair. "You never know what love is until you fully experience it."

Jungkook rubbed the side of his arm as the teacher was slowly lifting up from the desk; trying not to make eye contact with the older.

Mr. Choi then placed his hand on Jungkook's shoulder for a second time, but this time he held it there; causing the teen to tense up. "So, maybe you should pay attention from now on. You may learn a thing or two." He says in a softer voice.

"Y-yes sir.." Jungkook says and rubbed his sweaty palms over his pants. "Can I leave now..? I have to go get my brother.."

After removing his hand from Jungkook's shoulder, the man nods. "Yes. You may go."

Jungkook let out a sigh of relief and tossed his bag over his shoulder after standing up from his chair.

As he was heading towards the classroom door, his teacher called out one last thing. "Um, and Jungkook?"

Jungkook stopped in his tracks. Closing his eyes and letting out a small sigh.

"If you ever want to learn more about love, my door is always open to you.."

Jungkook looked over his shoulder and nodded his head, then hurried out of the room.
...
Jungkook's friend, Minnie, who was waiting by the door, started following beside him as he walked out of the classroom.

"My door is always open to you...what in the actual fuck was that?" Minnie says. "Was he hitting on little Jungkookie??"

Jungkook glanced over at her than back forward. "We're you eavesdropping..?"

"Nooo.." She said in an innocent voice. "I just happened to overhear is all..."

Jungkook shook his head.

"I'm sorry. I can't help having good hearing!" She tucked her hair behind her ear and smirked. "Sooo...you're not going to stay after class for extra credit..?" She bit her lip and nudged his arm with her elbow.

Jungkook shot her a look, unamused. "Really, Minnie??"

"What?? You don't think he's kind of hot for his age??"

"No. I don't find old men attractive."

"He's not even that old though!"

"Sorry. But, your taste in men are a little off."

"Come on, not even the teeny tiniest bit??" She says and held onto Jungkook's arm as they were walking out of the school building.

The two teens bickered back and fourth as they exited the building.
_

"So anyways, enough of that. Do you want to go to the beach with the guys and I??"

"What time..?"

"We planned to head there around 8pm."

"I can't. I'm going to be gone."

"Where you going??"

Not wanting to tell Minnie the truth, Jungkook makes up a lie on spot. "I have to go, uhm, underwear shopping." He cringed as soon as the words came out of his mouth.

"Underwear shopping?? Who goes underwear shopping at 8pm?"

"8pm is when my mind is the clearest."

Minnie shot him a weird look. "Your mind needs to be clear to shop for underwear?"

"There's a specific process to buying underwear, ok?"

"Ooooh. I get it. Perhaps you're...buying it for someone special??" A smirk appeared over her lips.

"No..! Just me."

"Suuure." She snickered. "Yoongi maybe??" She spat out.

Jungkook's face immediately turned red after hearing his friend's name. "You're an idiot, Minnie.." He says as he tightened his grasp on his backpack straps.

"What? I seen the way you were looking at him the other night."

"No you didn't because I wasn't looking at him in any specific way." He says as he picked up the pace down the side walk.

"You can't run from the truth, Jungkook!! YOU L-O-V-E HIM!" She called out to Jungkook, who was now running.
_

Now by himself, Jungkook slowed down his pace once he came up to Kyu's school building and let out a heavy sigh; annoyed by Minnie's words. He stood there, trying to clear his mind as he waited for his little brother.

...

After hearing Kyu call out to him, Jungkook looks up from his phone screen to be greeted by a smiling Kyu running up to him.

"Hey! Did you have a fun day at school??" Jungkook smiled and lifted Kyu up into a hug.

"Yes!! I made some friends!!" Kyu says and looks over his shoulder at a group of kids standing there shyly.

Jungkook gave the kids a wave and looked up to see an adult woman walking up behind the children. As Jungkook was lowering Kyu to the ground, he stood back up straight and gave the woman a bow.

The woman responded with a soft smile. "Is this your son?" She asked.

"Oh, no. Kyu is my little brother." He says and pats Kyu's head.

"Ahh. Sorry for automatically assuming you were his father, it's just, I see so many young people having children nowadays."

"No worries. You wouldn't be the first." He says. "Are these all of your children..?"

"Technically they are someone else's but, yes since they are legally under my care."

"It looks like you have a lot on your plate. " Jungkook says, chuckling nervously.

"Yes, I do. But I wouldn't have it any other way." Her smile widened as she looked down at the children. "So, Kyu was it?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"I was overhearing Kyu mentioning how he would like to come over and play with my children."

Jungkook looked down at Kyu. "Oh, really?"

"Yes Jungkookie! Can I???" He asked excitedly.

"This nice lady is probably very busy, Kyu. Maybe another time?"

Kyu frowns.

"It's no problem at all. He can come over, as long as your parents are fine with it."

Jungkook fell silent for a few moments. "Well...my parents are actually out of town right now."

"Oh, ok. Well maybe them and I can schedule a playdate another time, then."

"But Kookie...our parents are-" Jungkook grabbed onto Kyu and pulled him close to his side; jarring him a little bit to make him be quiet.

"That sounds great." Jungkook says with a smile.

"Alright. Well, I'll see you and Kyu around." She waved and lead the kids away.

After the woman and children were gone, Jungkook squatted down to meet Kyu's height. "Kyu, do you remember when I told you that you're not supposed to tell anyone about our personal lives?"

"Yes but-"

"Then don't." Jungkook said sternly. "You don't want us to be separated, do you?"

"No!!" Kyu said with a distressed look on his face.

"Then you can't say a word to anyone that mom and dad are gone."

"But what about uncle Yunseok and Miss. Jihyun??"

"We could get taken away if people find out they're not our legal guardians."

Kyu hugged Jungkook tightly. "Ok, I won't say a word to anyone." He sniffled. "I'm sorry.."

Jungkook patted Kyu's back. "You don't have to be sorry. Now, do you want to go get some ice cream??"

Kyu gasped. "Bubblegum ice cream???"

"Whatever kind you want."

"Yay!!" Kyu said and did a little dance while holding up his stuffed rabbit. "Hear that, Mr. Fluffbunny?? We get ice cream!"

Jungkook stood up straight and started walking with Kyu towards the ice cream shop, looking down at his watch to make sure there would be enough time before he had to go to the group session. After seeing there was plenty of time he put his hand back into his pocket.

"I think I'll get mint chocolate this time."

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A/n
I hope you guys like longer chapters. But, If it's too long, I might be able to shorten them from now on, it's just that I like to really add in the little details. Plus, sometimes I can take awhile to update so i always want to make it worthwhile since I personally enjoy longer chapters. Lol..🙂

Also, if anyone is wondering, Tae is gonna be making his grand appearance in the next part~