Never has Taehyung hated being on dish duty his entire life.

And it's now he's thinking that Y/n purposely paired him with Jungkook, who was going to dry the dishes.

"But hyung! Please! She's your wife! Tell her!" he pleads as he watches Jin down a whole glass of water. He shrugs afterwards.

"I don't know, Tae. You know how determined she is when she has her mind set on something. And have you seen her when she's mad? Fuckin godzilla in a Halsey tshirt." he scoffs. Taehyung whines. "But-..."

"No buts, no cuts, no coconuts. Y/n said you and Jungkook are on dish duty, then you and Jungkook are on dish duty. There's nothing I can do about it. Sorry bud."

He leaves the kitchen, while Namjoon and Jimin enter.

"Hey Jesus lover."

"OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" he groans, rubbing a hand at his forehead. Namjoon chuckles, pinching Jimin's waist. "C'mon baby. Don't tease him like that. He might cry."

Taehyung crossed his arms, grumbling S he did so. "I wanna fucking go home and just kill myself, to be fucking honest."

Jimin raises an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

The younger boy looks away. "Jungkook is drying the dishes tonight."

The two men widen their eyes, Namjoon mumbling, "Damn, Jesus take the wheel-"

"cOULD YOU STOP WITH THOSE JOKES?!" Taehyung yells, groaning afterwards in annoyance.

"H-Hyungs?"

The boys turn to look at the voice that interrupted their little 'conversation', if you can call it that, and Taehyung feels his breath hitch.

"Hey Kooks. You're drying the dishes tonight, right? Well, Tae's washing. We'll get out of hair as soon as possible, don't worry." Jimin quickly says, grabbing Namjoon's arm as his boyfriend sends a wink in Taehyung's way.

When they leave, the silence is awkward and tense, both boys feeling their hearts beat a loud and heavy rhythm in their chests.

"N-Noona didn't tell m-me you w-were...g-going to w-wash with m-me. I-I swear." Jungkook says nervously, and Taehyung raises an eyebrow. "Hey, it's okay. Uhm, I'm going to play music, if you don't mind. Helps me concentrate better."

Jungkook hums, going over to the sink, almost beside Taehyung.

The older boy presses shuffle on his phone, and it plays Strawberries & Cigarettes by Troye Sivan. Jungkook's eyes widened.

"Y-You...like this song?" he asks, and Taehyung avoids eye contact.

"Uh, yeah." he chuckles nervously. "K-Kinda started liking it w-when you'd sing it when you, uh...c-come over before."

Jungkook blushes at that, and he nods hastily, waiting for Taehyung to hand him the dishes to dry.

Moments pass by, and Taehyung is grateful that there was music to fill the silence, or else he'd die from the awkward quiet.

He had started to calm down, but his heart beats faster when Jungkook starts singing,

"Blue eyes, black jeans, lighters and candy
I've been a fool
For strawberries and cigarettes
Always taste like you."

Before the older could stop himself, he speaks up, "Your voice is just as beautiful as ever."

Jungkook stops, freezing. His eyes are widened and his heart beating just as fast. Taehyung gasps silently when he realizes what he just did.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I-"

"T-Thank you." the smaller boy squeaks, cheeks aflame and smile tugging at his lips.

When the song comes to an end, spotify obviously wasn't done making the situation a million times more awkward, when Half A Heart comes on. Both boys froze simultaneously like ice cubes in a freezer. The opening verse of the song hit them hard like a wrecking ball.

"So your friend's been telling me
You've been sleeping with my sweater
And that you can't stop missing me
But my friend's been telling you
I'm not doing any better
'Cause I'm missing half of me,"

The two slowly lift their heads up, slowly, slowly turning around to look at eachother.

This was their song.

"And being here without you
Is like I'm waking up to,"

Taehyung's (dry) hand slowly and subconsciously went over to Jungkook's, engulfing the younger's fingers in his. He slowly started singing,

"Only half a blue sky
Counted there but not quite
I'm walking round with just one shoe
I'm half a heart without you,"

Jungkook feels tears spring to his eyes, staring back at the older boy he loves  so so much with all the emotion he could muster. Their bodies start to face eachother, as if in some sort of trance, and are so close that their chests touch.

Taehyung brings up his hand slowly, caressing the boy's cheeks softly, like he was the most precious porcelain, most exotic flower. And to him, he still was.

"Jungkookie," he rasps softly, other arm wrapping around his waist. The latter places his hands on the older's shoulders. "I-I...I'm so sorry." he says, both of them having their tears falling from their eyes.

"F-For what?"

The older paces their foreheads together. "For...for leaving you. For hurting you so much. I-I...didn't want to. I swear. I didn't want t-to...t-to go. I h-had no choice. M-My dad f-forced me. I l-lied to Y/n n-noona that I-I had to d-date the daughter o-of a Ceo b-because I d-didn't want t-to let my f-family down. He t-threatened m-me. T-Told me h-he'd do t-things to y-you." he chokes back a sob, and Jungkook pulls his head into the crevice of his neck, hands rubbing his back.

"Shhh, Taehyungie. S' okay. If he decides to do anything to me, we can charge cases against him. I know you'd do anything for me." he said, tears also rolling down his eyes. It had been so long since he had been this close sit the older boy, hugging him like this. He only had his arms wrapped around him like this in his dreams.

"You...you're wearing my hoodie."

Jungkook turns red, looking down. "I-I'm sorry...I j-just..."

He looks up at Taehyung's eyes. "I just m-missed you so much."

The older boy tightens his grip around him, pulling him closer and they rest their foreheads on one another. "I missed you just as much, Koo. My lil petal. My babypie. My sweet strawberry. Beautiful dandelion. My Jungkookie. I-I...feel that o-one day I'll just...break you. I was your first kiss, I stole your virginity. Who's to say I won't be the reason you'll get hurt again?"

Jungkook shakes his head, his hand settling on the older boy's cheek, wiping away the tears. "You won't break me, silly. And you didn't steal my virginity. I gave it to you. Because I love you. So so so much. And even if you're the reason I'll hurt in the future, you'll still be the reason I'll heal. You-...you're my happy pill, Taehyungie."

The latter turns red, wiggling his shoulders happily. "Well how lucky I am. And I miss you calling me Taehyungie. It's so adorable. Oh my god Kookie, you're too cute. One day I'll just...just die from your cuteness."

Jungkook giggles, smiling widely. When their mirth dies down, they stare intensely into eachother's eyes. Without hesitation, they surge forward, closing the gap between their lips, feeling a surge of electricity and glee pulse through their veins. One month of crying their asses off and feeling like they wanted to die was definitely worth it.

Slowly moving their mouths against eachother, there was no moans, grunts, or sounds of sexual pleasure of any sort. It was all sighs and pants, little noises of their love floating into the air and mixing together. They both thought, this is where I belong.

In eachother's arms, space being a non-existent component, hearts beating against eachother's chests, breaths mingling and love just surging through them.

As they pull away, eyes shining galaxies for one another, engulfed in their own universe, their voices mix into a melody of their passion for each other as they sing the last lyrics of the song.

"I'm half a heart without you."

And truly, they were. Maybe they suffered for what seemed like a long time. Maybe they went through something so mentally traumatizing and emotionally draining. But so what?

As long as they were in eachother's arms right now, the past was irrelevant. Forgotten. Faded into the world and remains only as a memory. As long as they were able to see, to hold, to love each other like this, nothing else mattered.

And they wouldn't have it any other way.

❤

(α/n:)

uwu im kindα in love with the ending

αnywαys the rest of the story in my opinion is overly drαmαtic αnd very poorly written but i guess thαts how it be :(

if u hv songs thαt match vkook sm and hv α story ideα αnd r not going to write it out, pls tell me insteαd bc my brαin cells αre fried and i dont think my good ideαs αre coming bαCK

αck sorry

nαmjoon sαid he loves you αnd thαt you should love yourself too

- chel

(mαy 18, 2019)