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Jungkook sighed and pulled his backpack on a little tighter. He was coming back from thanksgiving break and could not be more disappointed.

His break could be summarized in one word: boring.

Since Hyuna was being weird, he hadn't really interacted with the cheerleaders. At all. Yeri was also a little strange, so Jungkook tried to keep his distance.

And he definitely couldn't talk to his other friends. It was like everyone was avoiding him.

Even Taehyung hadn't bothered to reach out to him. Asshole.

Jungkook smiled at random people that waved to him as he made his way to his first period. When he got to his classroom, he sucked in a big breath and opened the door.

He greeted the teacher and made his way to his seat, smiling at the cheerleaders who hadn't bothered to talk to him over break. Oh, and Jimin was in the class too.

"Hey, can I see your homework Jimin?" he asked, sitting beside the angry-looking Jimin. Jimin nodded and pushed his notebook toward Jungkook, choosing to slump over his desk instead.

Jungkook busied himself with copying Jimin's homework but his ears perked up when he heard the cheerleaders mumbling behind him.

Of course, he should've been focusing on copying, but he couldn't help it. Who doesn't love a little bit of drama?

"Tzuyu, did Hyuna tell you?" Dahyun asked and Jungkook leaned back a little to hear them more clearly.

"No, what do you mean?" Tzuyu responded, chewing gum, or at least what Jungkook hoped was gum.

"She's gonna ask out Taehyung after school."

What? Jungkook thought, covering his mouth in case he had accidentally said the word aloud. Judging by the lack of reaction from Dahyun and Tzuyu, he didn't. 

"Yeah, she was talking about it earlier," Dahyun continued. Jungkook felt his heart drop down to his stomach and dropped his pen. Jimin shot him a strange look but didn't bother saying anything.

"Is she actually gonna go through it?" Tzuyu asked, taking her gum out of her mouth and wrapping it in a scrap piece of homework. Jungkook assumed that Dahyun nodded. 

Well shit. What was Jungkook supposed to do now? He could just pray and hope that Taehyung rejected her, but what were the odds of that? Hyuna was fucking beautiful, how could anyone reject someone as pretty as her?

"Shit," Jungkook mumbled, his shoulders hiking up and hoping that nobody around him heard him. The last thing he wanted was to be reported to some teacher for cursing. Not that he would've cared, it just would've been very inconvenient. 

Tzuyu and Dahyun continued talking, and soon class itself began. But Jungkook couldn't focus. He could only think about how he needed to somehow formulate a plan to ask Taehyung out before the end of the day.

He could show up at lunch and ask to talk to him. Or he could run out of his last period and find Taehyung in the hall and hope that Hyuna hadn't talked to him yet. 

Screw Hyuna. Jungkook loved her, but screw her. She could really be a bitch when she wanted to.

He sighed, gaining the attention of some of his classmates beside him. What was he going to do? 

He only had around four hours to figure it out. 

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This is stupid, Jungkook thought as he stood in front of Taehyung. Everything leading up to this moment had practically been a blur. But somehow he was here. In front of Taehyung.

"Jungkook?" Taehyung asked, waving a hand in front of the boy's face for good measure. Jungkook felt his face heat up a little and shook his head to clear his thoughts. Then he cleared his throat. 

"S-Sorry, you probably have things to do but..." he began, feeling all of his courage drain out of him. At least he had gotten to Taehyung before Hyuna had. That was an accomplishment in itself, if he was being honest. 

"But...?" Taehyung asked, urging Jungkook to continue. The boy bit his lip and glanced away, not finding the confidence to stare up at Taehyung even.

"Uh, you probably already know because it's r-really obvious, but I..." he began, feeling his face flush even more, "I... r-really... l-like..." he sighed and brought his hands up to hide the blush on his face. 

"I really like you! And... And I wanted to see if you'll go out with me," he mumbled, feeling even his ears and neck burn with embarrassment. He swallowed harshly when he was met with silence from Taehyung, and parted his fingers to try and see his reaction.

Taehyung had the biggest smile on his face. 

"You do?" Taehyung asked, his voice cracking a little. Pink rushed to his face as well and Jungkook couldn't help but feel his heart flutter. 

Jungkook nodded. Taehyung nodded as well. The two stood in a deathly silence. 

"S-So..." Jungkook mumbled, his words coming out muffled because his mouth was still covered by his hands. Taehyung looked at him and Jungkook felt his embarrassment quadruple, if that was even possible at this point. 

"So..." Taehyung replied, and the awkwardness settled over the two of them. Then Taehyung's eyes sparkled. "O-Oh, you want me to give you a response," he said, and Jungkook nodded. 

He felt his heart race, both in anticipation for Taehyung's response and the excitement for realizing that Taehyung's cold facade finally melted a little. He was... really cute when he was being himself. 

"Y-Yeah, I'll go out with you," Taehyung mumbled, reaching up to scratch at his nape. Jungkook's eyes widened comically and his hands fell down from his face. 

"R-Really?!" he practically screeched. Taehyung nodded, and then Jungkook did screech. He jumped up and tossed his arms around Taehyung's neck, burying himself in the sweet smell of... he couldn't even tell what it was, he was too excited. 

Taehyung awkwardly placed his hands on Jungkook's waist and Jungkook smiled. They had done things much worse than what they were doing now, but it felt so genuine and new. He buried his face further into Taehyung's neck and blew a raspberry against his neck for good measure.

Taehyung squealed-which was strange, it was something Jungkook had never heard from him before-and playfully pushed Jungkook away, a pretty smile adorning his face and an even prettier laugh falling from his lips. Jungkook smiled up at him, feeling his heart beat even faster. 

Then he glanced behind Taehyung and saw Hyuna, with a look of spite and envy on her face. Jungkook grinned and hugged Taehyung again, peaking over his shoulder just enough to look at Hyuna.

Then he kissed Taehyung's cheek, and watched as Hyuna clenched her fist and stomped away. 

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the album is HERE-(hyperventilates)

thoughts?

also hobi's birthday was a couple of days ago and i didn't finish this chapter in time to post it on his birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOSEOK