I wrote 2616 words, no kidding. Strap on cause it's a longer chapter than the others. Honestly, I love writing date stories because they're all so cute, especially when the couple is Taekook. Just so that there is no confusion, Taehyung and Jimin are the same age and 2 years older than Jungkook.

Taehyung was sitting in the restaurant they had agreed to meet at last night. It was well known for its noodle dishes and the interiors were very soothing. He grabbed a corner table for them so that they could talk without any distractions from other people sitting nearby. The table also had a french window next to it, opening into a beautiful mini-lawn with a multitude of brightly colored flowers and vines filling every inch of space. It indeed was very relaxing to just stare out the window and watch the several little, vibrant butterflies settle onto the flowers of their choice and suck the nectar from it. 

Jungkook had texted him, saying he was running a little late due to a personal issue but he would try to reach as soon as possible. While Taehyung waited for Jungkook to show up, he ordered himself a cup of tea and remembered the conversation from the previous night.

After he told Jin and Namjoon about his date, they seemed a little uneasy. They didn't want him to rush into a relationship again and in order to provide peace to their minds, he promised there was going to be no funny business on this date and he meant it. His last relationship had ruined him and he was going to be extremely wary of anything that was going to happen with Jungkook, or any other man for that matter. Now it was just a matter of explaining to his heart to calm the hell down and not try to beat itself out of his ribcage. 

His tea came soon and he cupped both his hands around the steaming mug as he took a hesitant sip. It was getting cold in Seoul, or maybe it was just him that was hyper-sensitive to weather changes. He was someone who would take steaming hot showers during the hottest of summers. He had absolutely no capacity to withstand cold weathers and he dressed the part as well. Although winter hadn't officially begun in Korea, he still swathed himself in a red shirt and thick sweater over it. Joon even gave him his red beret that he knew Taehyung loved with all his heart as a good luck charm. He thought he looked pretty cute in his ensemble. Jin had even cooed when he saw Taehyung all ready and smushed his cheeks. Now if only Jungkook would show up, he had been waiting for almost half an hour.

As if the younger had read his mind, he appeared before Taehyung, apologies practically tattooed on his face. "Tae, I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. I'm not usually like this, it's just that something really important came up and I couldn't avoid it. I'm so very sorry Tae," he said, stumbling over his own words as he rushed to get them out. He almost bowed down to the floor because of all the guilt he was feeling.

"Jungkook, it's fine, chill. It happens, I'm not mad," Tae said, trying not to smile at how cute the younger was being.

"I'm totally paying for this meal as compensation," the younger said, now smiling at Tae.

"What? You weren't going to before? Wow, chivalry really is dead," Tae said, a grin spread all over his face, his eyes lighting up like bulbs the second he smiled.

"Oh Tae sire, it is far from dead. Would you do me the honors of getting up so I can pull out your chair for you and lay a napkin on your lap," Jungkook said, almost bowing down to the floor as proof of his chivalry. Tae burst into laughter at Jungkook's antics and the younger could only stare. His eyes lit up every time he smiled or laughed, like fairy lights lighting up a pitch dark room. The younger took his seat opposite Tae and perused the menu as Tae looked over his mug of tea and slyly stared at the younger. His lower lip was jutting out as he tried to make his choice and every now and then he would swipe his tongue over his lips to wet them. He was wearing a real sexy leather jacket which practically got him drooling. At what point Jungkook had put down the menu, his decision made, the older had no idea. It was only when Jungkook cleared his throat, asking Taehyung if he was doing okay did he snap out of his thoughts, nodding his head quickly before placing their orders.

"So umm, I thought I should apologize for what happened yesterday," Jungkook spoke, a slight tremor in his voice.

"Apologize for what?" Tae asked, genuinely clueless. He couldn't recall anything the younger did wrong for him to look this guilt-stricken.

"I didn't really ask for your consent before giving you that," he said, gesturing towards the hickey he left on the older, "and I'm really not that type of person who just goes for it without making sure the other person is also onboard with the idea. So, I'm really sorry, I really really am. I behaved very stupidly and forgot to ask for your consent and I really hope that you can forgive me," the younger said, his eyes leveled to the table, unable to look the older in the eye out of shame. Tae's heart practically swelled to double its size in his chest. Nobody ever, not even the people he had dated in his past had treated him this respectfully, realizing their mistake before having to point it out to them and then apologizing for it.

"Kookie, you don't need to worry about it," the older said, reaching out for the younger's hand which was lying on the table. He enveloped the younger's palm in his and stroked reassuring circles with his thumb till the younger met his gaze. "Everything that happened yesterday was consensual so don't beat yourself up about it. I'm really surprised that you even realized this happened. Most people I know don't give a rat's ass about if their partner is okay with what they are doing. They just assume and move on. It's so refreshing to meet someone who understands that that is not okay."

"Well I'll tell you one thing, you deserve better than those type of bastards and I promise to never be that person again, ever," the younger said, conviction firm in his eyes as his grip on the older's hand tightened. Their order came soon, forcing their hands to separate.

As they both stuffed their faces with noodles, Tae realized that he trusted the younger enough after the conversation they had to give him a shot. The younger would glance up every few seconds from his bowl of noodles to give the older a smile before going right back to munching on his food. It was one of the cutest things Tae had the luck to witness, watching Jungkook's cheeks fill up and fall as he chewed on his food like the most adorable chipmunk on the planet. He gave Theodore a run for his money. Before Tae had finished even half his bowl, the younger was already dabbing at his mouth, his bowl practically licked clean.

"They do have amazing noodles," the younger said, a satisfied smile spreading on his face as he leaned back on his chair, his stomach now full.

"You eat like a frickin bullet train, wow," the older noted, in awe. Jungkook just gave him a proud smirk.

"So, how did you and Jimin meet?" Tae asked, genuinely curious about how the younger met another man as sweet and caring as himself.

"Well, I was a scrawny kid back in middle school, really skinny and weak which made me an easy target for bullies. There was a band of guys in my class who would take my lunch from me forcefully, everyday and beat me up till I had bruises all over whenever they were frustrated. I did not have the build to fight them back or the nerve to tell my teachers about it then, worried about what they would do to me if I tattled on them. I also used to live in the hostel so my parents never saw my bruises for them to complain either. I actually became a make up master after that, concealing like a pro." Taehyung reached out his hand once again to take hold of the younger's, soothing him while his eyes lightly beckoned him to continue. "There was this one day, I had to stay back in college for some work and I ran into one of those guys. It was convenient for him because barely anybody else was around so he grabbed me by the collar and slammed me against a locker, proceeding to beat me up real bad. I could feel myself losing consciousness, black spots were clouding my vision and all the noises around me were blurring into nothing. That is till somebody threw him off me. I could hear his voice, like an angel playing a harp asking me if I was okay. He threatened to cut my bully's balls off before he took me to the infirmary and got me treated." Jungkook snickered at that memory, remembering how his usually docile and sweet-natured roommate threatened to castrate his bully. "Anyway, when I woke back up, he took me home and kept checking up on me in school after that. He even invited me to hang out with his friends and soon, we were basically joint at the hip. He was two years senior to me so once he threatened my bullies to back off, they didn't even dare to come within 5 feet of me. When he decided to move out from the hostel to get his own place, his first thought was to ask me to move with him, and I did, with no second thought and that's how we got here. I've been friends with him for 5 years and lived with him for 2. He is like a brother I never had. I love him to death." The younger looked up at Taehyung, no longer affected by the memory and in a weird, sadist way thankful for it because if he hadn't been bullied, maybe he never would have met Jimin. Tae's hand traveled up to the younger's cheek as he stroked it slightly, in awe of Jungkook. He decided to try and lighten the mood, hoping to help the younger forget about his pain.

"So, you decided to get ripped?" Tae asked with a snicker, gesturing to the younger's extremely well built, muscular body. Jungkook laughed at that, his bunny teeth out on display, "you could say so."

"Tell me about you, don't you get lonely living alone in a studio?" Jungkook asked, their hands finding their way back to each other.

"No, not really. I have extremely chaotic upstairs neighbors, Seokjin and Namjoon hyung. They enter and leave my house as they please, always leaving chaos in the wake of wherever they step but I love them for it. I'm so used to life with their loud energies I can't even stand quiet anymore," the older said, his mouth forming a rectangular shape as he smiled fondly.

"They sound amazing," Jungkook said, unabashedly staring at the warm smile on Tae's face, getting swallowed into the rectangle of his smile.

"Yeah, they really are," Tae said, the smile on his face staying plastered on.

They continued to bond with each other for a few more hours, grabbing some ice cream after their lunch date. Eventually, their time had to come to an end and they stood in front of the ice cream parlor, unsure of what to say next. The two of them just looked into each other's eyes, trying to express how perfect they thought the date was, unable to find words to describe the experience.

Eventually, the younger took a step forward and took both of Tae's hands into his, intertwining them, silently in awe of how perfectly they fit into each other. Tae's hand was slightly bigger than his but Jungkook's fingers were more slender and long, making for a perfect pair of hands. When the older looked at him and into his eyes, he swore the breath was knocked out of his lungs at the breathtaking sight. Tae's beautiful chocolate hair was falling over his eyes slightly, from under his beret. He had a beautiful smile locked onto his face, not realizing that the smile could stop a person's heart from functioning. He was shivering slightly, through his sweater because the temperature was dropping as the sun set, bathing Tae, in glorious dim golden rays, while the sky was painted in bubblegum pink and muted orange tones.

He didn't have any second thought as he shrugged off his leather jacket and draped it around the older, to give him some extra warmth.

"Won't you get cold, you're wearing short sleeves," Tae asked, a flash of worry in his eyes.

"I don't get cold easily plus you look absolutely adorable drowned in my jacket," the younger answered, his hands placed on the older's cheeks as he squished them. The older looked at him defiantly and said in a smaller voice than before, "M' not that small. I'm taller than you."

The younger chuckled at that, not in a way that he was making fun of Tae but more like what Tae said made him seem more adorable. "I didn't mean that as a bad thing you know. Its a compliment more than anything else."

"Yeah, only cause you're a muscle bunny," Tae said, sticking his tongue out at the younger.

The younger rolled his eyes and asked, "bunny?"

"Yeah, cause of your teeth. You're like a bunny when you munch on food," Tae said, giggling slightly as the younger puffed out his cheeks. A doze of Tae's adorableness (if that isn't a word I'm making it up coz Tae is 103% adorable aside from the 103% sexy) hit the younger like a truck ramming into him and with Tae's face still in his palms, he kissed the top of the older's forehead. He stayed there a while, his lips lightly pressed against the older's bangs as the older melted into his touch and wrapped his arms around the younger's waist.

When the younger pulled away, he saw a hint of a rosy blush spread across Tae's face, his lips still pulled into a wide smile. "You should get going, you might miss your bus," Jungkook said, saddened at the thought of this perfect day ending.

Tae's smile also dropped from his face as he realized that he needed to get back home. He nodded once and stepped back slowly.  He waved at Kookie slightly and turned to walk away as Jungkook stood there, looking at Tae going farther from him. 

Suddenly, Tae turned around and walked back to him. He stood before Jungkook who eyed him with confusion written all over his face. Tae smiled at him before leaning in, whispering into his ear. His breath tickled Jungkook's earlobes as he spoke his next words which left the younger grinning wide. "I still got your jacket Kookie. Guess we'll just have to meet again so that you can get this back."

Tae quickly pressed a light kiss to his earlobe, leaving the younger shivering under his touch and then left again as Jungkook smiled at the possibility of meeting him again.

Hope you all like this chapter. Please vote, comment and share to let me know if you all like this story so far. Also, I cannot wait for the Suga x IU collaboration!! What do you think Jungkook's reaction was?

STAN BTS