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"what is it?" yoongi asked, confused. before jeongguk could reply, he heard them.

"hey look. it's the two gay boys. whatcha guys doing? here on a date or something? what's in there?" jackson asked, snickering as he reached forward and snatched a bag out of taehyung's hand.

"that." jeongguk muttered through gritted teeth.

taehyung's face was red as he tried to retrieve the bag. "stop it!" he said frantically, watching as he opened the bag and pulled the clothing item out.

"a skirt?! what the fuck?? femboy at its finest. little gay boy wearing a skirt. idiot. only girls wear this shit." jackson said, throwing the skirt towards the trash only for it to be caught in midair by jeongguk.

"that's enough, jackson." jeongguk said, handing the skirt back to taehyung. tears were in his eyes, jimin standing behind him and watching with narrowed eyes.

"oh, you're here too?" jackson asked, finding the situation amusing. "did you know this dumbass wore skirts?!" he asked.

"yeah. i did. i bought it for him. got a problem with that? he can wear skirts if he wants to. and he's not a dumbass. he's smarter than you, idiot." jeongguk said angrily, glaring at jackson.

the males smirk faltered slightly, looking between the two of them.

"jeongguk, just leave it alone." taehyung said softly, tugging on his sleeve.

jeongguk looked down at the boy, looking into his watery eyes. he knew taehyung didn't want to be around them anymore, and it just would've gotten worse if he continued arguing with jackson so he listened to taehyung.

"let's go get some food." he muttered, sending another glare towards jackson and his friends who were sitting at the table, watching.

they headed into the pretzel shop, the trio waiting for them. "does this happen a lot?" yoongi asked softly, looking at taehyung.

the boy nodded, refraining from making eye contact as he looked down at his shoes.

"what would you like? i'll order for you." jeongguk said quietly, placing a hand on the small of taehyung's back, noticing the blush that appeared on his face.

"j-just a normal pretzel with cheese. and not the spicy cheese." taehyung said, looking up into jeongguk's eyes.

"okay." he replied, smiling softly.

once they were done ordering, they found a table far away from jackson's and all sat down, eagerly eating their pretzels.

"every time i get pretzels here, it's amazing." jimin said, shoving a pretzel bite into his mouth. taehyung nodded in agreement, his cheeks puffing out as he stuffed a piece into his mouth as well.

"so! taehyung, are you thinking of going to homecoming with anyone?" hoseok asked not-so-subtly.

jeongguk shot him a look but hoseok ignored it.

taehyung blushed, shaking his head. "n-no, it's still a couple of months away too, i haven't really thought about it." he said shyly.

"that's alright. you've still got plenty of time. is there anyone you would like to go with?" hoseok asked.

taehyung bit his lip, glancing at jeongguk before staring at his lap. "m-maybe." he said softly.

"ooh, who is it??" hoseok asked.

taehyung's knee started bouncing up and down, his hands playing with his sweater and tugging on some of the loose strings.

jeongguk put his hand on taehyung's knee, massaging it and causing his bouncing leg to stop, his eyes looking up widely at jeongguk.

"he's uncomfortable, hoseok. he doesn't have to tell us if he doesn't want to. don't pressure him." jeongguk said.

taehyung's blush deepened, a small smile appearing on his lips for jeongguk saving him from the embarrassment. in all honesty, he wanted to go with jeongguk.

and only him.

jeongguk was the first person besides jimin to treat him nicely and accept him. not only defend him, but also care about him.

not to mention he was extremely attractive and taehyung's heart fluttered every time he interacted with the older.

he knew it was too soon to be crushing on the boy but he couldn't help it. there was just something about him.

"taehyung."

"sorry, wh-what?" he asked, jumping slightly in his seat.

"i asked if you wanted to come over to mine and hang out for a bit with the rest of us." jimin said, giggling softly at his best friend.

"oh, s-sure." he said, blushing sheepishly.

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they were all chilling in jimins basement which was technically his game room, hoseok and yoongi playing super smash bros. on the nintendo switch and shouting angrily.

meanwhile jimin was painting taehyung's nails and jeongguk was watching the older two play the video game, laughing and cheering them on.

taehyung was watching as well, giggling when yoongi would push hoseok's character off the map and he'd scream and roll around on the floor in anger.

"taehyungie, sit still! you're gonna make me mess up." jimin whined, holding taehyung's hand down.

"sorry, jiminie!" he said quickly, staying still.

jeongguk glanced over, smiling as he watched the two best friends interact. taehyung was effortlessly adorable as he watched jimin paint his nails with wondrous eyes.

he was painting them a pretty lavender color.

his eyes didn't seem to move away from taehyung until the boy felt his gaze, looking to the side and making eye contact with jeongguk.

he quickly snapped out of his trance, blushing and looking forwards at the tv. taehyung blushed as well, looking down at his lap.

jimin saw everything, smirking. he capped the bottle of polish and started fanning taehyung's nails, blowing on them.

"thanks jiminie! they look really nice." taehyung said with a smile.

"you're welcome!" jimin said, standing up off the stool he had moved in front of the couch, picking it up as well as the tv tray and setting them back in the closet.

he plopped down next to taehyung, hooking his arms around his and leaning against him.

"do you have more controllers?" jeongguk asked jimin, looking over at the two boys cuddling.

"yeah! they're in that basket over there." he said, pointing to a basket in a cubby on the entertainment stand.

"we should all play mario kart or something." jeongguk said, crawling off the couch over to the basket and searching for the other controllers.

"sure!" jimin said.

"we can after i fucking demolish yoongi." hoseok said, biting his lip in concentration as he pressed quickly onto the buttons.

"not gonna happen, babe." yoongi said calmly, leaning against the couch while hoseok was on his knees, close to the tv.

"fucking dammit!! you're so good at this!!" hoseok whined when his character was shoved off the map and yoongi won.

yoongi grinned, winking at hoseok.

they went to the home screen of the switch, jeongguk finally finding the extra controllers. he handed one to jimin and one to taehyung, taking the last one himself.

they turned them on, yoongi clicking on mario kart.

"ah, our screens are so tiny." taehyung whined, squinting and leaning closer to the tv to see the character selection and the stats.

"you need glasses, taehyungie." jimin said with a giggle.

jeongguk laughed as well, watching as the boy scooted onto the ground and leaned back against jimin's legs.

taehyung ended up choosing baby peach, making sure his car, tires and parachute gave him speedy stats.

jimin chose yoshi, yoongi chose king boo, hoseok chose toad and jeongguk chose link.

they chose a group of maps and started the game, waiting eagerly.

the countdown started, hoseok revving his engine right away. big mistake.

he cursed loudly when he backfired, everyone else zooming off. "damnit!" he said.

the rest of the group laughed loudly before focusing on the map.

taehyung sent a red shell ahead of him, hitting yoongi.

"WHO DID THAT?" yoongi asked.

"not me." taehyung quickly said.

yoongi believed him because the boy was soft and squishy.

jeongguk snickered, knowing taehyung was lying.

it was lap two of three, jeongguk in the lead with jimin in second, taehyung in third, yoongi in seventh and hoseok in eleventh.

"yes!!" taehyung said, seeing that he got the cannon. they were so close to the end. he quickly boosted past jimin and then used the cannon power up.

he zoomed way past jimin, and he started cheering in anticipation when he passed jeongguk just before the finish line.

"yay!!" he said happily, giggling as he shot up and jumped around.

the others groaned, except for jeongguk. he was smiling wide, watching the boy happily celebrate his win.

"good job, tae." he said, holding up his hand.

taehyung looked over, high fiving him with a big smile of his own.

they continued playing to finish the other three maps, taehyung winning every time. hoseok was almost first in their last map but taehyung used a blue shell and he was done for.

hoseok had given up at that point, setting his controller down.

taehyung was super upbeat and happy after knowing that he had won, bouncing in his spot on the couch.

jimin put on a movie, deciding to play mulan. jimin's mother had brought down some sandwiches for them, and they were all gladly munching on the sandwiches as they watched the movie.

jimin was now on the floor in between his boyfriends, all three of them cuddling.

jeongguk and taehyung sat up on the couch, about a foot apart from each other. taehyung had his legs criss crossed, a pillow in his arms as he clung to it while he watched.

jeongguk glanced over at the boy after about half of the movie was done, seeing his head slowly tilting to the side, his eyes closed.

jeongguk reached over, pulling him close and letting his head rest against his shoulder.

taehyung was fast asleep, his arms unconsciously getting rid of the pillow and replacing it with jeongguk's torso, wrapping his arms around him and snuggling into his chest.

jeongguk smiled, looking down at the boy. he wasn't even paying attention to the movie anymore, just watching taehyung sleep.

he played with his hair, twirling the strands of his mullet around his fingers and running his fingers through it a few times.

after the movie was finished, jimin checked the time. "it's pretty late you guys, thanks for coming though!" jimin said, turning around and seeing taehyung asleep against jeongguk.

"oh, i didn't even realize he fell asleep." jimin whispered.

"i'll take him home, he lives next door right?" jeongguk questioned.

jimin nodded with a smile.

"yeah, we should get going too babe." hoseok said, standing up and stretching. jimin pouted, looking up at them both.

jeongguk decided to leave them be, carefully picking taehyung up in his arms. the boy whined softly, clinging to jeongguk's body even tighter and stirring slightly, eyes fluttering open.

"go back to sleep, taehyung. i've got you." jeongguk whispered, and that was enough to lull the boy back to sleep.

jeongguk grabbed all of taehyung's shopping bags, hanging them on his arm and carefully going up the stairs. luckily taehyung was pretty light, and jeongguk was strong otherwise he was sure he would not be able to carry taehyung and his things up these stairs.

he left jimin's house, walking over to taehyung's.

he gently knocked on the door, seeing it open to reveal a somewhat older male, looking to be about six or seven years older than him.

"hi, taehyung fell asleep over at jimin's. i'm jeongguk." he said shyly.

jin opened the door for him, letting him walk in.

"ah, i've heard taehyung talk about you before with jimin. he's pretty fond of you. i'm jin, his brother." jin said with a smile, feeling giddy at the sight of jeongguk taking care of taehyung.

he could tell why taehyung liked him, the boy seemed sweet and good looking.

jeongguk smiled gently. "i'm sorry for disturbing you, but could you tell me where his room is? i'll just go take him up there." he said.

"it's the second door on the right." jin said, pointing upstairs.

"thanks." jeongguk said, making his way up the stairs.

he opened taehyung's bedroom door, smiling at how cute it was. colorful blankets and stuffies were laid all over his bed, cute decor making his room look nice and pretty.

he set taehyung's things down on the ground at the edge of his bed, pulling back the covers and setting taehyung down carefully on the bed, prying the boys arms away from his neck.

taehyung whined and frowned in his sleep, his hands tiredly searching for jeongguk.

jeongguk grabbed the large teddy bear from the side, placing it in taehyung's arms and the boy instantly relaxed.

he softly cooed, pulling the covers over taehyung's body and pressing a soft kiss to his forehead.

"goodnight, taehyung."

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uwu

also, i'm going to bring the soul.

i'm ecstatic because i've never been to anything bts related, when they showed burn the stage i couldn't go because it was too far away but they're showing bring the soul somewhat close to wear i live hehe

- nat <3

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