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𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝟷𝟶/𝟹𝟶/𝟷𝟾
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝: 𝟼𝟹𝟽𝟻

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𝐂 𝐇 𝐀 𝐏 𝐓 𝐄 𝐑 𝐄 𝐈 𝐆 𝐇 𝐓
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Kyu looked down at Taehyung's hand that was extended out to him, then looks back up. "mr. fluffbunny says to get your hand away from me or he's going to hit you in the face." he threatened, causing Jungkook's eyes to widen in astonishment.

Kyu had never been mean to strangers before, and needless to say, it was quite a shock to the older - as he had never prepared himself for a situation like this.

Jungkook lets out a forced chuckle, trying to break the awkward silence before putting his hand on the younger one's head. "w-well, it looks like you need to tell Mr. Fluffbunny to be a little nicer now, d-don't you think?" he pleads and nervously ruffles the boy's hair.

Kyu shook his head no. "mr. fluffbunny and I think you should pick a different friend, kookie.."

Not knowing what else to do, Jungkook redirected his focus over to Taehyung, who had quickly sensed it and returned his gaze. He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders - trying to use body language as a means to let Taehyung know he didn't know why the younger was acting the way he was. And to his relief, Taehyung responds by giving him a reassuring nod, letting him know that it was ok before looking back over to Kyu.

Taehyung's lower lip slid out into a pout as he brings his hand back in, still kneeling down. "Aw, that's too bad...I was really hoping we could be BLFs.."

"It's not B , L, Fs. It's B, F, Fs, dumb-dumb..." Kyu mutters, his words flipping a switch in Jungkook's brain that made the teen go from panicked mode, to full-on parent mode.

"Kyu!" Jungkook lightly bopped the top of Kyu's head with his palm - causing the younger to blink. "What has gotten into you?? - he bends down and points his finger scoldingly at boy - Calling people names isn't nice! Now apologize!"

"B-but kook...I-I.." Kyu says and his bottom lip started trembling, startled by his first ever scolding.

Jungkook's face softened into a worried expression upon seeing his little brother's about-to-cry face - a feeling of guilt and sadness rushing over him once seeing that first tear form in the corner of his eye. But, as much as he wanted to shower the younger with hugs and kisses in that very moment, he knew he had to maintain his composure - as it was his responsibility for teaching the boy right from wrong.

Taehyung looks at Jungkook, then back over to Kyu who was holding tightly onto his stuffed bunny. It was obvious to him that Jungkook wasn't used to being a disciplinarian by the distressed look on his face, so he decided to take it upon himself to try and lighten the mood. For both of their sakes.

"Kyu, don't tell me you've never heard of 'BLFs' before." Taehyung says but Kyu doesn't acknowledge him and just stares back at Jungkook with tears in his eyes.

Jungkook let out a shaky breath and nudged Kyu's arm after noticing he was ignorning the older. "Kyu. Look at him." He says sternly.

Kyu sheepishly looks over whilst fiddling around with Mr. Fluffbunny's ear. "I...don't know what it is.." He mutters.

"You know, BLFs! B for Bunny. L for Loving. F for Friends! Put it all together, Bunny-Loving Friends!" Taehyung says in an upbeat tone. "I thought all bunny-lovers knew that."

Kyu perks up and lowered his bunny down a bit. "Bunny-loving friends..?" He repeated back and his eyes widened a couple of seconds later after letting his brain process the older's words. "Wait a sec...you love bunnies too!??" He said excitedly, his demeanor having flipped a 180.

"Mhm. To bits." Taehyung nodded and lifted up, puts his hands into his pockets. "But...since you don't want me to be friends with 'Kookie', then...I guess we can't be friends either.." Taehyung slumped his head down.

Kyu bit onto his lip and looked down at mr. fluffbunny, then back up at Taehyung."Um...excuse us for one minute.." He turns around - facing away from the two teens - and brings Mr. Fluffbunny up to his face.

Taehyung and Jungkook glanced over at each other as Kyu began whispering in a not-so-quiet tone to his fluffy friend.

"He likes bunnies! Mhm! -kyu nods his head-...ok I'll ask him!"

Kyu turns back around to face Taehyung. "Mr. fluffbunny wants to know somethin'...from 1 to 10, how much do you like bunnies..?"

Taehyung massaged his chin with his thumb and index finger, he looks up into the air - pretending to think. "Hmm..." He discreetly peeks over at Jungkook. "...is 1,000 a valid answer?"

Kyu's mouth dropped and he gasps a big breath of air. "1,000?!" He swiftly turns back around and held mr. fluffbunny out in front of him, starts whispering in an even louder tone than before.

"Did you hear that just now, Mr. Fluffbunny?!! He likes bunnies a lot a lot! He isn't real bad like we thought!"

As Kyu was having a full on conversation with his stuffie, Jungkook stepped over to Taehyung who was standing there with a satisfied smile on his face. "I'm really sorry about that...I don't know why he's being such a little brat today." Jungkook whispered.

"No, no. don't be sorry. it's fine. " The older waved his hand back and fourth. "He's probably just a little grumpy from his long day at school."

"Hmm...yeah, you're probably right..." Jungkook says, though, inside, he couldn't help but to believe that there was more to it than just that.

Yes, Jungkook felt beyond relieved to see his bright-eyed Kyu return, but alongside that relief, there was this strange, eerie feeling lingering in the pit of his stomach - the eerie feeling stemming from one question that kept popping into his mind:

Why would a super friendly, people-person like Kyu be so cold towards a possible new friend?

But, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't answer that question. And, it was a bit baffling to the teen to say the least.

. . .

Jungkook was standing there, lost in thoughts, when a realization hit him like a ton of bricks - bringing him back to reality.

"Hey, um..by the way.." Jungkook looked back over at Taehyung.

The older lifted his eyebrows, giving jungkook his full attention. "Hmm?"

"What happened to your stutter..?"

Taehyung's eyes widened and he clears his throat. He quickly regained his composure before replying. "Oh, my stutter? Sometimes it comes and goes." He said calmy.

"Really..? I didn't know that it works like that..."

"to be fair..." He lifted his eyebrow at the younger, a small smile on his face. "...how many people have you met with a stutter before?"

Jungkook stood there for a few moments as he thought. "...just you."

Taehyung snapped his fingers and point at Jungkook with his index finger. "Exactly."

Kyu hops up and spins around, facing the two. "We've come to a decision." He says and the two teens give him their attention.

Kyu walks over to taehyung while holding mr. fluffbunny out, stops in front of him. "mr. fluffbunny and I will accept you as our friend..."

Taehyung put his hands behind his back and gave the younger a bow. "Thank you, I feel so bless-"

"BUT!" Kyu cuts the teen off, startling him a bit. "Only if you give Mr. Fluffbunny a kiss.." He got onto his tippy toes and lifted the bunny as high as he could reach.

"Well, I can surely do that." He leaned down a gave the bunny a kiss on the nose.

Kyu giggled and hugged the bunny to his chest. "mr. fluffbunny says kookie's kisses are the best, buut...yours are ok too!"

Taehyung chuckled. "I'm glad my kisses are satisfactory. Even if they could never compare to Kookie's." He says and removes his hands from behind his back. "Soo, does this mean we are friends now?"

Kyu thought about it for a moment before spotting something that sparked his interest. He points at it. "Not yet. You have to give me that first."

Taehyung's eyes followed in the direction that Kyu was pointing in - his eyes landing on the pin of a half white, half black face mask that was pinned to his backpack strap. "actually, Kyu. That doesn't belong to me."

"pleeaasee??" kyu whined.

"Kyu, stop. Don't you think you've caused enough issues for him today? He already gave mr. fluffbunny a kiss like you told him to." Jungkook said.

Taehyung bit the inside of his lip as he stared down at the young one who's big, doe eyes were plastered on the pin - the sight making it hard to resist his plead, and ultimately, made him cave in a couple moments later. He pulls his backpack around and slips the pin off, takes one last look at it before offering it to the younger.

Kyu's eyes sparkled as he looked down at the pin resting in the teen's palm, deeply intrigued by the two different expressions on it - the white half looking joyful, whereas the other half looking somewhat evil with a creepy grin. "I can really have it..??"

"Don't be guilted into giving him that. He gets enough toys and goodies." Jungkook said.

"It's fine...I'm sure he'll forgive me." He mumbled and held his hand out more. "Go ahead, little guy. It's all yours." He smiles.

Kyu snatched it out of Taehyung's hand and lifted it up, smiling brightly at it. "Thank you Mr......um..." He looked over at the teen. "What's your name again?"

"So--" He freezes for a moment. "Taehyung." The corners of his lips turned up into an awkward smile.

"Oh ok. Well...I don't really like that. So, i'm gonna have to think of a new name for you eventually."

a/n: any ideas on what taehyung's nickname in this should be? : ") I'll give a little shout out to the person who comes up with the kyutest.

Jungkook leaned over and covered the side of his mouth. "Don't take it to heart. He hates everyone's name." He whispered into Taehyung's ear.

"ahh." Taehung nods and puts his thumb up. "Gotcha."

jungkook reached down and buttoned up Kyu's jacket. "So, now that we're all friends, are you ready to go get your surprise??"

Kyu gasps. "Another surprise??!! What is it this time Kookie!? What is it!!?!"

"Oooh, I don't know." Jungkook said with a smile on his face. "Looks like you're just going to have to wait and see when we get there."

Kyu jumped up and down and grabbed tightly onto Jungkook's hand. "What are we waiting for??? Let's go then!!" He began pulling Jungkook along with all his might.

"Ah,ah,ah. You still have to do one more thing." Jungkook says.

Kyu looked over his shoulder, his body slouching in dissappointment, "Whaaat..???"

Jungkook pointed over to Taehyung. "Tell your BLF you're sorry for being so mean to him."

"Oh! That's all??" Kyu let go of Jungkook's hand and hopped over to Taehyung, giving him a sorrowful bow once landing in front of him. "I'm really sorry for being a big butt-head."

"It's ok, little one. i forgive you." He patted his head and gave him a smile.

After giving Taehyung a big hug, Kyu let go and hopped back over to Jungkook - grabbing tightly onto his hand once more.

As the two started to head off towards the mall, Jungkook stops and looks over his shoulder towards Taehyung who was just standing there - staring blankly ahead.

"You coming, Taehyung..?"

Taehyung blinks a few times and rubs the side of his head, looks over in a daze. "W-what..?"

"Are you coming?" He repeated.

"Oh, um..y-yeah...s-s-sorry." He hurries over to Jungkook, taking his spot beside him.

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6pm

As the three boys were strolling down the street, Jungkook looks up into the gloomy sky after hearing a low rumble. "Hmm...we should probably pick up our pace. Looks like it's going to start-"

Before Jungkook could even get the words of his mouth, he was interrupted by a rumble twice as loud as the last, but this time, it was accompanied by on onslaught of rain - the downpour so aggresive, it took mere seconds to drench the boys' hair and clothing.

"...raining." Jungkook says through a sigh.

"J-Just our l-luc-"

*CRACK*

"AAHH!" Kyu let out a highpitched scream after a huge lightning bolt struck a nearby powerlines, cutting the power to every shop and streetlight on the block.

"KYU! GET BACK HERE!" Jungkook yelled after the boy went hauling butt down the street.

"Damnit! Come on..!" Jungkook grabbed onto Taehyung's hand and started running in Kyu's direction.

. . .

The wicked fast Kyu ran as fast as his legs could possibly go, passing store by store in a breeze. His brain had went into full-on flight mode after the lightning strike, and told him to keep running as fast as he could. Even if he didn't know where it was he was going.

huff huff..

It took no more than 30 seconds for the frightened one to reach the end of the street - his brain so overwhelmed with adrenaline and fear that he hadn't even thought of the consequences that might arise from running off on his own, down the super slippery path. but, it wouldn't be long for those consequences to come to surface - as, not even a moment later, his foot caught on an unfortunately placed rock, causing the boy to plummet face first onto the cold and unforgiving sidewalk.

Kyu lifted up a little bit with his face scrunched up and lets out a loud sob - his adrenaline having worn off enough to where he could clearly feel the painful, burning sensation on his scraped palms and knees.

Kyu's bottom lip trembled as two hands grabbed him by his waist, lifting him up and off the ground with ease. "K-K-Kookie..! I got a boo-boo!" He whines, tears in his eyes.

Kyu rotated himself around and went to wrap his arms around Jungkook's neck, but he freezes upon realizing it wasn't the familar, big, brown eyes of his brother's that he was looking into, and instead, was the dead looking ones of a stranger.

. . .

"What is a little shit like you doing running around alone in these parts? Trying to stomp on my pumpkins again??" The man asks with a deep, raspy voice, but Kyu was too frozen in fear to say a word.

Jungkook comes running up with Taehyung's hand in his, stops abruptly once seeing the man turn around - his gaze immediately landing on Kyu that was in his arms. "Oh, thank goodness you stopped him." Jungkook says through heavy breaths.

The man looked down at the two boys' hands that were still holding onto each other. "Gosh...they're everywhere.." He mumbled under his breath.

"Pard-"

The man looks back up, cuts Jungkook off. "Oh, so you're the owners of this pumpkin smasher?"

"pumpkin smasher? No, no. Kyu is my little brother...he's no troublemaker. He just got spooked from the lightning and bolted." Jungkook let go of Taehyung's hand and held his arms out. "But, thank you for stopping him. I'll take him off of your hands now-"

The man rotated his body away from Jungkook, holding Kyu away from him. "Not so fast...what are you three doing walking around in this kind of weather if you aren't out here looking for trouble?"

"What? What does it even matter to you?? Give me my brother!" Jungkook went to reach out for Kyu, but the man held him farther away.

"How am I supposed to know he truly does belong to you? For all I know, you could be children-snatchers."

As Taehyung was about to take a step towards the man, Jungkook comes up beside him and knocks him aside, cutting him off. "We're not looking for trouble! We're just trying to go and find a halloween costume for my little brother!"

"Halloween costumes??" The man's eyes instantly brightened up and he opens his arms, freeing Kyu.

As soon as his feet hit the pavement, Kyu went running over to Jungkook who was leaning down to his height, throws himself into his open arms.

Jungkook's eyes quickly darted over every inch of Kyu's body, looking him over for any possible wounds. "Are you ok?? You're not hurt are you??" He said while rotating Kyu all around.

Kyu wiped his eye while nodding. "Y-yeah...I-I'm ok Kookie..*sniffles* my hands got kinda hurt though.."

Jungkook gently lifted Kyu's hands up and checked them over. "Oh, it's not too bad. Nothing a kiss won't fix." He gave both of his slightly scraped palms a kiss. Meanwhile, Taehyung pulled a handkerchief out of his bag and leaned down beside Jungkook, started wiping a bit of dirt off of Kyu's cheek.

"Thank you BLF.." Kyu sniffles.

Still wiping, Taehyung peeked over to Jungkook, then back at Kyu with a look of incomprehension. BLF..? He mouthed to himself when neither was looking at him.

"Um...y-you're w-welcome..?"

The man cleared his throat loudly, grabbing the three's attention. "Halloween costume, you say??" He repeated, but twice as loud.

Kyu widened his eyes, having not caught when they said it previously. "HALLOWEEN COSTUMES??"

"Yes. We aren't 'pumpkin smashers' or 'child-snatchers'...all we were trying to do was get to the store so I could surprise my brother by letting him pick out a halloween costume...but now, because of you, the surprise is ruined." Jungkook mumbled the last part, letting out an annoyed sigh.

The man puts his hands together, a smile appearing on his face from ear to ear. "Why didn't you say so in the first place?" He steps to the side and held his hand out towards the shop's door - a big sign on it reading 'Tricks 'n' Treats Boo-tique.' "Come in, come in! I have plenty for you to choose from!"

Jungkook stood up straight while holding onto Kyu's hand, a bit caught off guard by the man's sudden change in demeanor. "Um...actually...i already had a different place in mind." He said.

The man's smile faded. "And where is this place?" He asked.

"The limited-time shop that just opened up in the mall a few days ago."

The man waved his hands back and fourth. "no, no, no. that's no good. Trust me, the costumes that i supply are far superior in quality."

"Thanks but...I don't have a lot of money. And they're have a sale right n-"

"If you buy two costumes, I'll let you have one for free." He looked from Jungkook to Kyu, then lastly Taehyung. "...one for each of you."

"I wasn't planning on dressing up, too. this is just for my little brother for when he goes trick or treating..."

The man's face slumped.

"But..." Jungkook looked over at Taehyung. "I guess it doesn't hurt to look."

The man's face lit back up and he excitedly opened the shop doors. "Well, I'm 100% positive you won't be leaving here empty-handed tonight, as my store is sure to fill all your spooky needs."

jungkook looked down at Kyu. "What do you think, kyu? Want to check it out?"

"Do you have bunny costumes..?" kyu asked the man.

"how about you come in and see for yourself?" He opened the door wider, holding it for the three.

As Jungkook and Kyu were about to take a step forward, Taehyung grabbed onto Jungkook's wrist, stopping him. "J-jungkook, wait...I d-d-don't think this is a g-good idea.." He whispered.

"As long as we stick together we'll be alright. And besides, you have your phone on you, right?" Jungkook whispered back.

Taehyung shook his head no. "I-I kept losing m-m-mine...so I'm n-not allowed to h-have one anym-more.."

Jungkook reached into his pocket and held his phone out. "Here. Take mine. You can be in charge of calling the police if he tries anything funny."

Taehyung looked down at the phone and let out a shaky sigh, feeling reluctant to grab it. but, he eventually forces himself to. "Oh. And the code is 0518." Jungkook whispered.

"Right this way, boys." The shopkeeper says and Jungkook tightens his grip around Kyu's hand.

The shopkeeper followed closely behind the three boys as they heading into the shop.

*SLAM*

The boys jumped at the startling sound of the wooden door slamming behind them - the muffled sounds of the rain and thunder could now barely be heard through the shop's walls as the three boys stood there in the pitch dark.

"I'll be right back." The shopkeeper said and the boys listened as his foot steps grew quieter and quiter, until they were completely inaudible.

. . .

Jungkook reached out in front of him and started feeling around, taking small steps forwards. "It's so dark in here. How are we even able to shop if we can't see anything?" Jungkook said.

"K-Kookie I'm scared!"

Jungkook let out a small gasp after bumping into something in front of him. "Shoot. Taehyung, turn my phone's screen on." Jungkook said and Taehyung tapped on the phone screen, shined it in front of them.

. . . .

Jungkook and Kyu simultaneously look up at what they were standing in front of, their heart nearly stopping when they see a 6 and a half foot tall statue of an evil jester, staring down at them with pure black eyes, and a bloody glasgow smile.

"AHHHH! GET IT AWAY!" Kyu ripped his backpack around and swung at the statue with no mercy.

"shit!!" Jungkook said and lunged at the statue as it was tipping over, throwing his arms around it. "HELP ME! -ungh- THIS THING IS PROBABLY WORTH MORE THAN ALL THREE OF OUR LIVES COMBINED!" He yelled out to taehyung as he was using all his strength to keep the statue from tipping over.

Taehyung widened his eyes and shoved the phone back into his pocket, made a dash towards the statue.

"Ahhh...here we go. - he lifts a candle up, lighting the room - I found some-" The shopkeeper stops in his tracks after seeing the two teens in the middle of the store, frozen in place with their arms wrapped around one of his many statues.

"TAKE THAT! AND THAT!" Kyu yelled as he was hitting the statue over and over again with his fluffy bag.

"What the-"

Taehyung used all of his might to push the heavy statue forwards until it was standing completely upright, puts his hands into his pockets - acting as if nothing happened.

Jungkook quickly grabbed onto Kyu's arm and yanked him away from the statue, clearing his throat and giving the confused shopkeeper a smile.

"What's going on in here? Was he just...abusing my statue?"

"It's scary and ug-" Jungkook pulled Kyu in front of him and covered his mouth with his hand, Kyu continuing to try and mumble.

"Your statue was a little dirty, so...Kyu wanted to dust it off...with his bag..." Jungkook lifted Kyu's backpack up and pointed at the spot of fur that had a couple of grey specks on it.

"Y-y-yeah...and we w-were just h-holding it in place f-for him...you know, s-s-so it didn't fall.." Taehyung says, jungkook and him glancing over quickly before returning their gaze towards the man.

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and the two and remained silent for a few moments.

. . .

"OK!" The shopkeeper smiles and helds his hand out towards the right hand area of the shop. "Costumes are this way."

The two teens let out a sigh of relief and hurried towards the section he was directing them towards, Kyu staring back at the statue until they turned the corner.

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"Here they are. They range from size 4-16."

Jungkook's eyes travelled along the row of costumes that were hanging on the wall. "These um... are a lot different than I expected.." He reached his hand up and touched a mask of a face with half of it's flesh torn off. "Don't you think these are a little too scary for children? I was thinking something more on the lines of a ninja turtle or iron man...you know... - he scrunched up his face -...something that's not so gorey."

"So, in other words...you're looking for cutesy, not creepy."

"I loooove cute things!" Kyu said.

"You're a cute thing." Jungkook reached down and pinched Kyu's cheek, causing him to giggle.

Jungkook cleared his throat when he looked up and seen the shopkeepers unamused face.

"Well...the only cute costumes we have are over there." He pointed towards the opposite wall filled with costumes - a big sign above them reading "GIRLS."

"Oooo!" Kyu lets go of Jungkook's hand and hops over towards the other costumes.

"hey, wait for us Kyu!" Jungkook hurried over to him, followed by Taehyung and the shopkeeper.

Kyu comes to a stop in front of the wall. "Whoaaa.." His mouth formed into an 'o' as his eyes traveled down the row of brightly colored costumes.

Each costume was arranged by color, so Kyu starts hopping over towards his favorite, saying each color out loud as he passed by. "Reeed...oraaange...yellooow...greeeen...bluuue..." He takes one last big hop. "PINK!"

"Kyuuu. You can't wear these. You're a boy, silly."

Kyu ignored Jungkook and reached for a pink dress that was paired with a thick, black belt and a big red hair bow. "Look Kookie!!!" He turned around, placed the hair bow atop his head and held the dress against his frontside. "I can be a Powerpuff Girl!"

"U-Um...how about we go back over to the boy's section and look one more time. Maybe we can fi-"

Kyu gasped, cutting Jungkook off, and he goes running towards the blue costumes. "Look!!! It's Bubbles!" He snatches the costume off the rack and looks over to the green section. "AND THEY HAVE BUTTERCUP TOO!"

After snatching the green dress off of the rack, Kyu walks over to Taehyung, his hands full with the dresses. He gets onto his tippy toes and uses one of his hands to hold the green dress in front of the teen, tilting his head to the side. "...You can be Buttercup because you look like you could be a meanie." He shoved the dress into his arms.

He then walks over to Jungkook and shoved the blue one into him. "You can be Bubbles because you're really really nice...but you can be a big crybaby sometimes too."

"And I'll be Blossom! Because I am super-duper smart and plus, someone has to protect you guys!" He straighted out his hair bow.

"I want a b-b-bow too.." Taehyung mumbled.

"As much as we'd love to go as the Powerpuff Girls...we're all grown up, Kyu. There's no way we can fit into these dresses." Thank goodness.. "And it wouldn't be fun for you to go as Blossom without Bubbles and Buttercup. The Powerpuff Girls isn't the Powerpuff Girls unless they're all together.."

"Aww..." Kyu slumped his head down.

As Jungkook was about to set the costume down, the shopkeeper spoke up. "Actually.."

Jungkook turned his head towards the shopkeeper, giving him a 'you better not say what I think you're going to say' look.

But, unfortunately... the look didn't work.

"My tailor can alter those dresses into adult sizes and have them ready by tomorrow morning." He gave a wide smile. "I just need your measurements."

Jungkook closed his eyes, internally sighing.

Kyu started jumping up and down and grabbed onto Taehyung's limp hands as Jungkook was busy talking to the shopkeeper. "Did you hear that BLF?? We're gonna be matching!!"

Taehyung looked down at the excited one, not really knowing what to do. "Y-yeah...i-i heard.." his eyes went up and down as he watched him. "oh, um...h-hey Kyu? c-c-can I ask you s-something..?"

"Mhm!"

"W-what's a B-B-BLF?"

Kyu stopped jumping and looked up at the older in confusion. "What are you talking about??"

"i-i-i don't know...what am i t-talking about..?"

"i dunno, but you're acting kinda silly, BLF." Kyu responded and then continued to jump up and down.

"Come on Taehyung.." Jungkook called out. "Let's go...get measured.." Jungkook said very unenthusiastically and Taehyung lets go of Kyu's hands.

"Right back here." The shopkeeper said, heading towards a dressing area in the back and the three boys follow behind.

. . .

7:00pm

"Your turn, now." The shopkeeper said, motioning Jungkook to step up on the platform in front of a mirror.

Taehyung stepped off the platform, making room for Jungkook who had walked up to it. He steps to the side and went to put his hands into his jean pockets, but his right hand was stopped by Jungkook's phone. He pulls it out and looks down at it, having forgotten he had had it this entire time.

"Turn this way, please."

Taehyung peeks up and places the phone back into his pocket. "H-Hey um...I'm gonna go f-f-find a restroom. I'll b-be right b-b-back." He says.

"There's one in the back end of the shop. you have to go all the waybthrough the hallway behind the main counter. and make sure to take a left when you come to the end of it. Not right. Left." The shop keeper said as he was wrapping a measuring tape around Jungkook's torso.

Taehyung nods and swiftly steps out of the room.

. . .

As Taehyung was heading towards the main counter, he stops and pulls the phone back out of his pocket, shining the screen in front of him as he made his way towards the back end of the store, just like the shopkeeper instructed him to.

Upon coming up to the main counter, taehyung pushes open a mini, swinging door built into it and steps inside it. He shines the phone around until he eventually sees the hallway in question and heads towards it.

Taehyung takes one last look behind him before heading through the doorway into the pitch black hallway - continuing to use the phone's screen to light his path until eventually coming to the very end of it.

Taehyung looks left and right at both of the doors on each side of him, trying to remember which one was the correct one. but, ultimately, he couldn't remember what he had said and ended up picking a random one.

Taehyung placed his hand on the right hand door's knob and rotated it - the door letting out a loud squeak as he slowly began to open it. He shines the phone into the small crack of the door and peeks his head inside, looks around.

It was obvious the room wasn't a restroom as soon as he seen all the cardboard boxes lying around, but, it didn't really matter to him - as he had only made up the excuse of needing a restroom to leave the dressing room. so he opens the door a little wider just enough to slip inside - closing the door behind him.

Taehyung leans up against the room's door as he brought Jungkook's phone up to his face. He stared down at it for a few seconds before bringing his thumbs up to the screen. "0518.." He whispers to himself as he typed out Jungkook's pin.

As soon as the home screen popped up, Taehyung's eyes immediately began darting from app to app, as they were searching for one thing, and one thing only. He swipes left of the screen, going from page to page until he found exactly what it was that he was looking for - the photo gallery. He wastes no time and presses it, opening up the camera roll.

Taehyung started scrolling through hundreds upon hundreds of nature-inspired photos - a random picture of Kyu, or a cutely decorated dessert popping up every now and then between them. But, as intriguing as the photos of the messy-faced Kyus, the fall trees, and the kitten shaped cookies were - those were just not what he was looking for, and was quickly becoming bored. But, right as he was about to stop and turn around to head back out of the room, Taehyung swiped to one last picture - and what his eyes landed on next was far more beautiful than any of the hundreds of breathtaking photos on the entire camera roll combined.

. . .

Taehyung was frozen as he stared down at a photo of a happy looking Jungkook, who was smiling sweetly into the camera with his head tilted to his side - it taking a couple moments for the teen to come to before slowly bringing the phone up to his face, wanting to examine the photo closer.

oh my..

Taehyung's face heated up as he began noticing all of Jungkook's cute little details--the first detail being the small scar on his cheek, of which was obvious he had tried so hard to cover with make-up...the second being the way his two front teeth stuck out ever so slightly from the rest, giving him the cutest bunny-like smile he had ever seen...and the third being his adorable little moles, his favorite being the one that rested just underneath his lower lip. The utter cuteness of this all made Taehyung's face not only resemble a tomato, but made his heart rate rise to dangerous levels as well.

If it were anyone else, they probably would have just looked past this simple selfie, as there was nothing particularly special, or interesting about it. But, for Taehyung, all those little details drew him in, and drew him in deep - as it was nearly impossible for him to take his eyes away.

Well...until the lights came on, that is.

Taehyung was running his thumb lightly up and down the side of the phone, staring down at the screen when the bright, overhead light came on in the room, nearly blinding him with it's intensity.

. . ."YAY! GO TO HELL, YOU POOPY DARKNESS!" Kyu's muffled shout was heard, quickly followed by Jungkook's, "KYU! BAD! NO CURSING!". . .

Taehyung removed his hand from his eyes, squinting his eyes as he opened them slowly. After his eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness, he takes one last look at the photo before shoving the phone back into his pocket.

As Taehyung placed his hand on the door knob to leave the room, something in the corner of his eye caught his attention, causing him to look over. And when he did, his eyes immediately landed on a lone cardboard box that was slightly opened, sitting in a near-empty corner of the room.

Curiousness took over him, so he takes his hand off of the door knob and began walking towards it.

. . .

A low rumble of thunder filled the room once Taehyung stepped up to the box. He stands there for a few moments, just staring down.

Something inside the teen told him not to open it, but, ultimately, he ignored that feeling, and reached for it anyways - slipping his fingers in between the small, open gap. He slowly lifts the lid up and leaned forward to look inside - his eyes falling on a pure white, eye-less mask sitting atop a pile of seemingly scrapped decoration and costumes.

He propped the lid up against the wall and reached inside of the box, using both of his hands to pick up the white mask. He tilted his head, looking it over. Unlike the rest of the stuff that was covered in an inch thick of dust, the mask was spotless and looked brand new. Shiny even.

Taehyung gently nibbled on his lower lip piercing, deep in thought.

Take it. It's going to waste just sitting here. No one will even notice it's gone.

He fought back and fourth in his thoughts for a few moments, debating on what to do. But, he knew he had to come to a decision, and fast. So he did.

Taehyung takes one last look behind him before swinging his backpack around, and ultimately, shoved the mask inside of it.

. . .

"There you are. I thought you ditched us." Jungkook called out to Taehyung, who was coming back through the swing door.

Taehyung put his hands into his pockets and hurried over to Jungkook who was standing by the shop's exit/entrance, holding onto Kyu's hand. "S-s-sorry about t-that. I got l-l-lost." He reaches down and pulls the phone out of his pocket, handing it to him.

Jungkook took the phone and put it inside his jacket pocket. "It's ok. But, we should probaby hurry up and get going now. It looks like the rain is letting up a bit." He says while looking out the window.

"Ok, i'll go w-with you and m-m-make sure you and K-K-Kyu get home s-safe.."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Jungkook smiled and Taehyung quickly looked away - feeling his heartbeat starting to pick back up again.

"Thanks for shopping at Tricks 'n' Treats Boo-tique. Have a spooktacular Halloween night." The shopkeeper said in a monotone voice, eyeing Taehyung down until he disappeared out the door.

. . .

As the boys were walking down the sidewalk, Kyu looked up at Jungkook. "Kookie??"

"Yes, Kyu?"

"Can Taehyung go trick or treating with us tomorrow??"

"Well, I don't see why he couldn't." Jungkook glanced over at Taehyung, who then looked back at him. "...what do you say, Taehyung? Wanna come with us and put that costume to use?"

Taehyung's eyes lit up. "R-really? I can c-c-come?"

"Why not?" Jungkook reached into the bag and pulled out the red hair bow, placed it atop of his own head. "Let's be mortified together." He gave a cheesy grin.

The two teens started to chuckle as Kyu started hopping up and down in excitement. "Yayyy! We're gonna get sooooo much candy!" He reaches up and grabs onto both Jungkook's and Taehyung's hand.

The three spent the entire walk home whimsically swaying their arms back and fourth as they discussed their favorite types of candy. But, little did they know, that discussion would soon turn into a full 30 minute debate about what was better; Kitkat, Snickers, or Twix.

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(◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)ﾉ॰৹꒰hiya, dolls❢ hope you enjoyed part one of this two part Halloween special❢ I started a bit late, so, I hope I'll be able to get part two up before Halloween is over. (where I live anyways) But if not, I'm sorrry, i really tried..♡um, these special parts aren't super story drive, as they contain mostly cute, and goofy scenes. but, my plan was to not only make a couple of fun, lighthearted chapters, but also put this special to use and give the characters (mostly kyu, jungkook and taehyung) some more depth and personality as well. not sure if any of that will reflect in these chapters or not, but I sure hope they do bc that's what I was going for❢ I promise this story isn't turning into a big fluff fest, I just want to put some cutesy things in before I begin my plans. *rubs hands together* mwahaha. anyways, hope you guys have a super fun and safe Halloween, ok? and thanks so much for reading♡ until next time ✌ ꒱

oh! and before anyone exposes the inconsistency (which is bound to happen), I know that the date in the first chapter was the 12th I think, and i know that technically it would be, like the 15th or 16th right now in the story, buuut, we're just gonna pretend Halloween came early ; ). ok? ok.