"are you okay?"

jungkook bit his lip, he bit it hard enough to draw blood, the metallic taste invaded his mouth. though he didn't react.

taehyung gasped, he gently reached out and his finger gently tugged at jungkook's bottom lip, it slipped out from under his teeth.

his lip was swollen and red, an evident slit on the bottom lip caused by the force of his teeth jotted down on it.

"jungkook, you're scaring me."

jungkook sighed.

"you wouldn't believe me if i told you." he says, wiping the blood off of his lip with his finger.

"what?"

taehyung almost screamed as jungkook's head plopped onto his lap, the boy stared up at him with shining eyes and a goofy smile.

"i was jus' playing."

the brunette's shoulder's sag in relief, he gives the boy below him a scolding glare.

"don't play around, you scared me!"

jungkook doesn't say anything, he's too busy sulking in every single detail of taehyung, from his eyes to the little cute mole on his nose, his sharp lips and almond shaped eyes.

why? of course for educational purposes.

"you're so weird." taehyung mumbles, he too, admiring the subtle moonlight the illuminated jungkook's milky skin.

"believe me, i know." he says absentmindedly.

taehyung furrows his eyebrows, he hated to admit, he didn't mind the warmth on his lap.

jungkook felt his heart ache, this was his fault, by interacting with taehyung his fate had altered, now it was his life that was at stake.

it was all his fucking fault.

jungkook managed suppress his emotions and continued gazing at the boy whose gentle features seemed to ease his worries.

he needed to do something, but he didn't know what to do.

"jungkook?"

"hm?"

taehyung hesitated, his held in a breath before giving the boy below him a stunning smile.

"could we be friends?"

jungkook felt his throat tighten, he didn't know how to form words exactly, he couldn't say no, taehyung looked so vulnerable, so lonely, just like himself.

"friends?" jungkook blurted out.

taehyung nodded shyly.

jungkook lifted his head off of the boy's lap, he took taehyung's hand in his own, and gave the male a nod, his eyes so bright even in the darkest setting.

"i'm good with that."

jungkook gulped. friends.

friends.

taehyung stared at their interlinked hands, not noticing the growing smile that spread across his lips.

he was oblivious to the slight flutter he felt in his heart when jungkook smiled at him.

jungkook broke the relatively comfortable silence, his hands slipping out of taehyung's.

the brunette visibly frowned, but tried to pass it off with a smile that looked like more of a grimace.

"let's get to know each other?" jungkook asked, trying to fight back a chuckle at the returned ecstatic expression on taehyung's face.

"sure."

taehyung forgot about what he was doing.

he was pulling down a barrier.

jungkook was fuelled with determination.

he wasn't going to let taehyung die.

he'll find away.

jeon jungkook always does.