Slowly darkness started to make place for awareness again and as the time passed by Jungkook began to slowly wake up from his quick slumber. The brunette softly blinked his eyes a couple of times in order to let his eyes get used again to the brightness of the room he was sitting in. A small yawn left the hacker's mouth and he stretched both his arms before he began to look around the room.

The big black couch had been empty, apart from Jungkook, when the brunette had fallen asleep. Now however a familiar black haired male was sitting close to Jungkook, another glass of wine firmly being held in his hand and soft drops of water dripping from his still damp hair every now and then. Ten looked a little lost if you asked Jungkook how to describe the look on the other's face right now. He clearly hadn't noticed the brunette waking up yet and he was aimlessly staring at the ceiling while barely moving, the only movement his body made was his chest going up and down every time the male sucked in some air before blowing it out again.

Ten almost looked like a complete different person right at this moment.

A curious look began to form onto Jungkook's face as he recalled the conversation he and Taehyung had had with Ten not even two hours before and thus the brunette turned towards the older a bit before he began to speak. "Did you take your shower?" Jungkook asked, already knowing the answer he was gonna get. The fresh set of pyama's and drops of water in the male's hair were a clear give away yet the brunette had no idea how to start up a conversation with him otherwise.

Ten immediately turned his head towards Jungkook while a surprised look became visible on his face, clearly not expecting the other to have woken up already. Nevertheless the male soon softly nodded before a fake smile began to cover his lips. Jungkook had clearly disturbed him while he had been lost in his own thoughts and by the look of it he wasn't thinking about things that he liked to think about.

Jungkook looked at everything the male did with a neutral look on his face. He hadn't taken the time to actually take in Ten's appearance fully but now that he was doing he instantly noticed that the black haired male was handsome. His face had delicate features and his eyes truly managed to capture anyone who was staring at him long enough. The male's body was petite yet sexy in a way and softly Jungkook began to shook his head as he locked eyes with the other.

"I seriously don't understand you, you know that?" The words slipped out of Jungkook's mouth before he could think properly about them and Ten's eyes immediately began to display a confused look in them as he took a small sip from his glass of wine before leaning forwards and placing the shining crystal glass on the coffee table in front of the couch. "What do you mean?"

Jungkook sighed softly before he answered the other male. "You being this desperate for Taehyung. Why?" The brunette spoke, a questioning tone lacing his voice. In Jungkook's eyes Taehyung definitely was a very attractive male and he could totally understand anyone falling for his appearance, yet Ten was attractive too. Sure both males were attractive in complete other aspects but that didn't matter right? Ten and Taehyung both could easily be described using the same set of words and thus Jungkook didn't understand at all why Ten had so little self respect when it came down to Taehyung.

"What do you mean? I am not desperate for Taehyung." Ten spoke as he laughed softly, clearly trying to come over as if he had no idea what Jungkook was talking about. The brunette however had easily recognised the slight hint of nervousness lacing the male's voice and thus he tilted his head a bit to the side before speaking again. "Ohh come on. You're practically on your knees for him. You invited him into the shower with you. If that ain't desperate in your eyes then I don't know what is."

Ten didn't react at that, he just looked away while trying to hide his face from Jungkook. Jungkook himself however was having none of it. He didn't like how some people could just degrade themselves like Ten had been doing the whole night. That definitely wasn't his style and he wasn't going to let it continue any longer. "You know, Taehyung told me a little about your and Johnny's relationship and I think I figured out what is going on here."

At that Ten did lock eyes with Jungkook, a pained look visible on his face and a small yet sad smile playing at his lips. "Do enlighten me if you think you've managed to figure my life out in the mere time spawn of only a few hours." Ten spoke, clearly expecting Jungkook to be bluffing about figuring him out. The brunette was a hacker, not a profiler. There was just no way he'd figure him out this easily.

Right?

Jungkook however sighed softly before he began to speak his mind. "You aren't after Tae. This all isn't about Tae. It's about your relationship with Johnny. Even if he has betrayed you you can't help but still want him. However you feel stupid for taking back a cheater and thus you think that if you cheat on him with Taehyung you both are equal again." Jungkook voiced out his thoughts while locking eyes with Ten.

The other male smiled slightly before he then looked at Jungkook, a pained expression clearly visible on his face. "It hurts like a bitch when you get cheated on the one who you thought you were gonna spend the rest of your life with." Ten spoke as he casted his gaze down, his eyes slowly filling themselves up with tears. Jungkook had been spot on with figuring him out and somehow hearing how others saw exactly what he was doing made Ten feel even more vulnerable than he already felt. To the black haired male it felt like he was losing all he had ever fought for without something he could do about it.

Ten felt completely lost and he hated it with all his life.

Ten sighed softly as a tear escaped his eye and rolled down his cheek. "And you know what the worst part is? After everything that happened I still feel so damn in love with him. After everything that has happened I still want him to hold me close while telling me that I'm the only one for him. I want to take revenge on him. The anger in me is telling me to make him feel as miserable as he made me feel but at the same time I want him to hold me close while telling me that I am his everything." The black haired male spoke as he smiled to himself, feeling utterly stupid. Why couldn't he be someone who put himself above others? Why did his stupid feelings make him so damn weak?

"I know it's pathetic but I can't help it." The black haired male said as he sighed softly, another set of tears escaping his eyes and rolling down his cheeks. A feeling of pity began to spread through Jungkook's chest and the hacker slowly raised one hand before he put it on Ten's shoulder and softly squeezed it. "Fucking Taehyung isn't going to help you. It will only make everything worse." The brunette spoke before he put two fingers underneath Ten's chin and pushed the other's chin up slightly so that he was not looking directly at him instead of on the ground.

The black haired male looked completely broken. Tears were rolling down his cheeks and his eyes were slightly red. Soft sobs left his mouth every now and then. At that moment Jungkook truly felt sorry for him. He didn't know in the slightest how miserable the older must feel right now but he did know that Ten was thinking way too lowly of himself and that was definitely something the brunette was aiming to change. "Listen Ten, you're an amazing person. You're attractive and nice. Any man who'd even get a second glance from you would feel lucky. Don't think about yourself as if you're less that Johhny, Taehyung or anyone else okay? You're you and if that isn't enough for anyone then it's their loss."

Ten smiled at that and another tear escaped his eye before he raised his hand and placed it on top of Jungkook's. "Thank you. I truly needed that." The black haired male spoke as a hint of hope was shining in his eyes. Jungkook was right, Johnny might mean the world to him but that didn't mean that he could treat Ten like how he was treating him now.

Jungkook smiled back before he softly shook his head, a reassuring look on his face. "No worries. Just keep your head held high okay? You're amazing." The brunette spoke as suddenly Ten dashed forward and hugged him tightly. The older wrapped his arms around Jungkook's torso before burying his head in the younger's chest. Jungkook first didn't move out of surprise of the unexpected move of the older but soon he wrapped his arms around Ten, softly rubbing his back in a reassuring way.

The two of them hugged for a brief moment before they let go of other person again, a smile on both their faces. "Thank you, really. I truly needed this." Ten spoke again before he got up from the couch and left the room. Jungkook watched how the older walked away, a smile playing at his lips. He didn't know why he had helped Ten, he hardly even knew the male. Yet he had sparked something inside of Jungkook. The amount of insecurity that had been residing inside of Ten somewhat made Jungkook pity the older. He hadn't experienced true love before, apart from a minor crush on his former best friend, but he did know that it shouldn't be supposed to hurt that much.

No one deserves to feel as miserable as Ten had felt.

Happy with how he had managed to help Ten the brunette got up from the couch again and walked out of the living room, looking for the others. The hacker was quick to spot Taehyung outside on the balcony, a lit sigarette resting between two of his fingers while small clouds of smoke left his lips every once in a while. Jungkook shook his head slightly before he decided to join the older on the balcony. Taehyung still managed to spark his intrest the most out of all the guys after all.

Quickly the brunette made his way over to the balcony before opening the door and stepping outside. Jungkook was immediately met with a soft blow of the wind hitting his face and he shivered slighlty due to the coldness of it. However he did decide to open the door a little more in order to let himself out and join Taehyung on the balcony.

As soon as the blonde heard how the door opened he slightly turned his head before taking another heave of his sigarette. "Did you sleep well?" The older asked as soon as he breathed the smoke out again, the smell of nicotine filling the air around him. Jungkook nodded softly before he began to lean against the railing Taehyung was standing next to. "You know, the more I get to know you the more I start to think you got a death wish or something. I mean really? Again with the sigarettes?"

Taehyung laughed softly at the younger's question and he locked eyes briefly with him before shrugging his shoulders. "Old habits die hard." The blonde spoke before he took another heave of his sigarette, blowing out the smoke he had sucked in shortly after. Jungkook scrunched up his nose in disgust as he smelled the smoke surround him, it's disgusting nicotine smell invading his body.

"Well you beter work on it. Can't have you kill yourself before we got that chip back you know." Jungkook answered, a sarcastic tone lacing his voice. Taehyung softly laughed at that before he threw his sigarette on the ground and stepped on it with his foot in order to put it out. "Happy now?"

Jungkook smiled brightly before he nodded, a triumphantic look visible on his face. "Very." The brunette answered before he looked outside. A big building was situated right next this one and its reflecting windows were potraying a perfect image of Jungkook and Taehyung. Both boys were standing quite close to each other, seeing as the balcony wasn't that big yet neither of them seem to mind the lack of space. It was almost as if they were used to it.

"You really hate smoking, do you?" Taehyung then spoke as he smiled slightly to himself, amused by the younger next to him. Even though his gaze was casted down to the busy streets of seoul that somehow never seemed to be empty he was still very much aware of every single move the hacker made.

"I do, it's gross and bad for your health." Jungkook answered honestly before he casted his gaze towards Taehyung, an intrested look on his face. "So what is something you don't like?" The hacker asked, a hint of curiousity lacing his tone. Taehyung blinked his eyes twice, clearly not expecting the question and he sighed softly before he looked up again and locked eyes with Jungkook. "People telling what I have to do. I can make my own choices and I have my own opinion. I absolutely despise it when people try to force theirs on me. I am not them, I am me."

Jungkook nodded as he poked the inside of his cheek with his tongue, clearly noticing there was something more hiding behind that answer. The blonde's bitter undertone revealed more than he had wanted to let on and if anything it only made the brunette more intrested in Taehyung. The true meaning behind those words was just another layer of Taehyung Jungkook couldn't wait to peel away.

"I saw what you did for Ten just now by the way. That was nice of you." Taehyung then spoke, clearly looking for a way to change the subject. Jungkook slowly nodded before he shifted slightly on his legs and sighed softly. "He looked like he needed it. I can't stand it when people don't see their own worth." The brunette answered, allowing the other to change the subject. Pressuring Taehyung into answering everything Jungkook was trying to figure out would only work against the brunette anyway.

Taehyung softly nodded as he smiled slightly as Jungkook. "Still, you didn't have to. Yet you chose to help him. That's really nice of you Kook." The blonde spoke, a thankfull tone lacing his voice. Ten truly had seemed to feel beter after Jungkook had talked to him and seeing that look on the black haired male's face somehow had managed to spark a feeling of hope inside of Taehyung. Hope that maybe even though he had lost Johnny as his best friend he might still be able to keep the friendship he had with Ten.

Jungkook smiled back at Taehyung before he turned his body around so that he was directly facing Taehyung and raised one of his hands before he put it on Taehyung's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, I'm glad I could help." Jungkook said, a genuine tone lacing his voice. Taehyung sighed softly while the smile on his face slightly widened itself and he slowly began to raise his own hand before he put it on Jungkook's and softly squeezed it.

"Still I-" Taehyung began to speak when he suddenly shifted his gaze away from Jungkook, the happy look on his face immediately making place for a worried one. Jungkook raised both his eyebrows at the weird look on Taehyung's face and he tilted his head a bit to the side. "What are you doing?"

Before Jungkook could process what was happening Taehyung wrapped both his arms around the brunette's body and harshly jerked his towards the door that lead inside the apartment again. The brunette had no idea what was happening yet he didn't protest against Taehyung pulling him inside again, the look on the older's face made it pretty sure that he had seen something bad and Jungkook would trust him on that.

Taehyung quickly grabbed the handle of the door before pushed Jungkook inside, entering the apartment himself after the brunette. "CLOSE ALL THE CURTAINS!" Taehyung screamed once he was inside and immediately all the attention was focussed on the stressed blonde. Namjoon slowly stood up before he locked eyes with the other male, a worried look visible on his face. "What the hell is going on?" Taehyung softly shook his head as his eyes displayed a stressed look inside of them.

"There's a sniper in the other building aiming it's gun at us."

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