Neuron by J-HOPE
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Seokjin couldn't believe it at all. He was about to almost faint due to this sudden revelation. His two donsaenges were in a relationship with each other for so long and he was completely unaware of this.

"So all the while when you both were getting shipped with Jungkook and Yoongi, you both were a thing all along. Hold on, didn't it hurt you? I mean ofcourse.. this is such a silly question."

The eldest was blabbering because he was really overwhelmed with this news. He has always shipped both of the soulmates together and it was like a dream come true.

"No, yoongi hyung is already dating hobi hyung so I knew not to be jealous about it." Taehyung admitted with a sigh but he knew himself better. Whenever he sees his boyfriend being clingy with others, his blood starts boiling but he knows that he is Jimin's boyfriend and he should trust him more than anybody else.

"Okay, that's good. Minnie, what about you? Did you....feel jealous of Jungkook?" Seokjin questioned and Jimin softly shook his head in denial.

"No, I was never jealous of him," He admitted with a smile, "I was just planning to murder him whenever he would pull stunts like sitting in my boyfriend's lap, being clingy to feed off the shippers etc etc," Jimin added with a smile which made Jin shocked to see his lil mochi like this, the innocent looking Jimin was replaced with a scary one.

"Okay .. Since I'm Jinius, I've a doubt. Tae, it wasn't your parents who interfered but it was this little devil who wanted you to move out and stay in another room alone. Am I right?"

Taehyung and Jimin shared a look while the eldest was waiting for an answer.

"No, it's not like that. Yes, I advised him but I did it because he was getting a lot of unnecessary threats from fans because of shipping and all. Our mental peaces were fucked up because of all these. We both even decided to take some time to think about everything. That's the reason, I also took a room all for myself. I wanted to have some peace."

Seokjin made a thinking face, whatever just happened with Jungkook was nowhere on his mind right now. Because he was more interested to know about Jimin and Taehyung's relationship.

"Is your break over? I mean.... looking at the moment I caught you, I guess it's all good now. And, yeah.. I agree that this shitty business the fans are running is really toxic and even I've felt awkward while being around Namjoon nowadays...After accidentally coming across the fan arts and all, it makes me really uncomfortable."

Seokjin spoke truthfully. Even though he was shipped with the leader worldwide, luckily their fans were not attacking or toxic like the maknaes had to face. They made fan arts and all but they didn't go around giving life threats to anyone. It just his and Namjoon's shippers were suffering with a huge level of delusion, that's it.

But that doesn't mean that all of them were good. He has seen some shitty human beings too.

"You two make a really good couple too. You'll be the power couple of K-pop," He exclaimed happily.

"Power couple? It's either me with Jungkook or Jimin with suga hyung who'll get that title. I'm just happy with whatever I've with my baby." Taehyung replied with a humourless chuckle.

Seokjin scrunched his nose at the reply. "I mean yeah, you both are shipped for friendship and all. But just imagine, the marvellous and award winning hot fella V of BTS is dating the all time face of K-pop, Park Jimin of BTS...this title itself will shake the whole fandom. You will make a power couple. Have you guys ever looked at yourself, your chemistry and achievements?," he started fanboying both of them hard cause why not.

"You're so sweet, hyung. Thank you so much for always supporting us," Jimin said while reaching out to hug the older but Jin scooted away instantly.

The couple looked at their hyung with confusion. Taehyung tried to touch his hyung to ask if he's okay but the elder scooted away again which made them frown with confusion.

"Ewww! Don't touch me , you both. You both were doing nasty stuff before I came. Those hands of yours have touched places which I shouldn't be concerned about. So please maintain distance,"

Seokjin yelled as he scrunched his nose with a disgusted expression on his face. Like maintain some fucking distance dude!

"Okay fine. But now you need to tell me why were you initially upset when you came here?"

Hearing this, Seokjin got reminded of Jungkook and the little heartbreaking drama they did. He recalled how the younger was talking and he thanked himself for not confessing the younger ever. He couldn't risk to let the younger know about his feelings after knowing how the latter feels about this whole thing (not like he was planning to ever confess).

"Oh, it's nothing serious. Just had some arguments with that dickhead. I'm not going back in that room until I clear my head,"

He didn't have to pretend to be annoyed because he was actually annoyed and angry (n' hurt too) because of what happened between them. He didn't want hear Jungkook's suger coated apologies after hearing his bitter words which aCcIdEnTaLly spilled out.

Jimin and Taehyung exchanged a look together as they were clearly able to read the older like an open book right now. This wasn't a small issue like the older was telling. They can see how Jin was clenching his fist, his throat heavy while his eyes showed pain.

"Hyung, are you sure it's not that bad?"

"Hahahaha...of course not," Jin laughed blankly which concerned the youngers more.

"If Jungkook ever hurts you, just leave him. We both love you so much. Ignore that shit and be with us," Taehyung spoke to which Jin raised his brow at him.

"Aren't you his close friend?" He shot the question towards the younger who chuckled playfully. "Hyung, there's much benefit if you're on my side. I'm greedy as hell," the younger replied.

"Oh Tae, now shut up! Do you want to talk it out with kook, hyung?" Jimin asked because he was seriously concerned about this matter.

"No, never! I'd rather not because we've already talked out. And uh.. you can say that things were not really in my favour," Jin replied, he almost wanted to share everything to both of them. He just got to know their biggest secret but then again, they weren't planning to share. He just so happened to accidentally walk upon them at the right/wrong moment.

"Oh, do you want me to talk to him? Ofcourse, I'm not going to mention you but I would try to know what's running in his head right now. He is just a little dumb potato. He isn't bad. I'm sure he must be regretting right now. After all he is the youngest one here," Taehyung tried to explain about Jungkook.

"Oh, so you're from the opponent territory? Attack!" Jimin did a funny command before throwing all of his pillows one by one to hit his boyfriend.

"Yass!...." The eldest one joined too, both of them teaming against the poor boy who smiled innocently before getting up and running out of the room not before getting yelled again.

"FUCKING GO AND TAKE A BATH!"

"OFCOURSE I'LL HAVE TO. YOU KILLED MY MOMENT AND NOW MY DICK IS LEFT ALONE."

Taehyung shouted back before running towards his room but he so happened to collide with Jungkook on his way. Both of them winced as they rubbed their foreheads (having same height sucks sometimes)  with their palms. I mean everyone rubs their any body part with their hands (not like you go around rubbing your ass on your forehead) so it wasn't actually necessary to mention ‘with their palms' .....well not unless they both were rubbing each other's forehead—

"Can't you walk properly?" Taehyung asked with irritation as he rubbed the spot where he hit the younger.

"Who asked you to run like that?" The younger shot back while caressing Taehyung's forehead.

"Well, we both are just...... um dramatic and fools,"

"We don't mention such things openly," Jungkook replied with a toothy grin, pretending to look around that if someone saw them or not.

After continuing their drama for a few more minutes, they both stood up and decided to finish what they're were initially going to do.

"You wanna have some talk?"

It was Jungkook who offered and the other replied with a nod, deciding to have a bath first which reminds him that he was left with blue balls this time. It wasn't even a minute when he enjoyed the warmth of Jimin's ass around his cock, clenching and holding him tight in a welcoming grip yet everything faded quicker than it started.

He opened the door of his room and cursed out loud about how bad his luck was. He heard the door get locked and turned to see his boyfriend standing there with a smile.

"Jin hyung went to cook some nice meal for us. In a way , he sent me here to finish off our business. He can't see his donsaeng with blue ball, could he?"

Jimin teased playfully which was quite embarassing too.

"I must thank hyung for his generosity after he stopped me from claiming my bounty. Now, hurry up..."

With that, Jimin went on the bed, undressing himself of the dresses he had to wear when Jin caught them. He sprawled out like a delicious meal as he spread his legs wide for his  boyfriend to come and ravish him completely.  The fun was about to re-start.

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Jungkook was impatiently waiting for his best friend to show up. Did he just mention 'best friend '? Well, he's still competiting against Jimin about that.  But like really....fuck Kim Taehyung for taking so much time!! He can bath thrice compared to Taehyung and he would start shining like princess Diana if he takes this much time.

"I'm so fucked up," he muttered , followed by a groan of regret. Just why did he talk to Jin like that?! It wasn't just guilt but anger too. He was damn angry on himself for behaving like an immature bastard.

"Hola bestie!"

Taehyung said in a tired tone as hw walked in and locked the door afterwards, his hairs were still damp while his clothes were sticking to his wet body.

"Eww! Didn't you dry yourself?" Jungkook exclaimed. Doesn't matter how much upset he is, his bestfriend never fails to make him forget his worries and focus on....well how disgusting Taehyung could be.

"Shut the fuck up! It'll evaporate on it's own. Why remove water from your body then turn on coolers and AC? Humans are hypocrite!"

Taehyung replied nonchalantly as he changed the temperature on the remote to a cooler one.

"Didn't you just take a bath?"

"I'm always hot, bestie." The other winked at the younger who rolled his eyes before smacking his head.

"I called you here for talking, Tae." Jungkook replied in a annoyed tone to which the older indicated him to continue.

"First of all, did you talk with Jin hyung?"

Taehyung made a thinking face, choosing whose side he should be on. He decided to hear both of them but don't transfer one's conversation to another.

"I did and he didn't say much but one thing I'm sure about is that you've fucked up again. You always do that,"

Jungkook sighed with disappointment. He was hoping to hear how Jin has narrated everything but guess what...?! Jin wasn't lying when he said to keep it between just two of them.

"I d-did. I hurted him with my words. I can't actually tell you everything since hyung has asked to keep it between just us. But it's something related to me hurting him and his feelings despite knowing he likes me. He doesn't know that I do but I know it yet I hurt him like that. Even if he didn't like me, I shouldn't have talked to him like that."

Taehyung listened to everything silently, observing Jungkook's expression while he explained everything, not literally everything though.

"Kook, you are a bastard! Just by seeing you regret about it, I can conclude that you have acted like a jerk to him. He didn't share it to me because he doesn't trust me, knowing that I'm close to you. He might share it to Jimin but that soulmate of mines won't open his mouth and that's what makes his the most trustable person in my life. Hyung looked like he could have cried but he looked pissed off too." 

Taehyung scolded the other before continuing, " And my bad.. I misunderstood everything. Jin hyung doesn't crushes on you and whatever. It was just my misunderstanding so don't fucking think that he is dying for you love. He is fine the way he is. He doesn't like you in that special way , Jeon Jungkook, especially after how you treated him today, he would never. So don't fucking feed your ego anymore. I know it was my mistake so I'm sorry,"

Jungkook immediately shot up from his position after hearing this, his face looked horrified.

"He doesn't like me? Why? Then whom does he like if not me?"

"Chill out, bro! Not everyone is going to like you romantically. From what I concluded, he is single with no crush and all,"

Taehyung replied, loving the expression on Jungkook's face. It was his plan to bring the fool back on track. He knew that this friend of his could never get things straight. You'll need to twist things a little to get the accurate reaction out of him.

"B-but...why not me?"

"After how you acted today?"

"But I had always been nice to him,"

"Have you fallen for him?" Taehyung asked and the younger looked at him with round and big eyes.

"What?" He screamed.

"Then why are you mourning over the fact that he doesn't like you more than a younger brother? In case, you do like him, tell me. I'll help you else I gotta go and eat the dishes he is cooking,"

"You are trying to set me up with him, aren't you,"

Jungkook questioned with a dead serious face.

"Why would you even think so?" Taehyung asked with a chuckle.

"You told me about him crushing over me. Then you tried to make me jealous by saying you'll take the chance on him and now you're suddenly taking back everything you said. Why are you playing with my emotions? My life and brain is already fucked up. It's not funny,"

Jungkook sounded broken as he accused the other of his heinous acts. The older stayed silent for a minute before shaking his head a little.

"Do you think I go around shipping people? I told you what I heard, I shared what I felt about him and I'm telling what is true now. I know I am toxic but sometimes you need someone toxic to show you the mirror of truth,'

Taehyung replied with a lie. Of course, he was trying to ship both of them. But he started doing it because he felt the unspoken feelings between them. He knows that Jin likes Jungkook and the younger silently reciprocates it too. There's no way that it was brotherly. He can read Jungkook like a open book and understand everything he feels and that's why he uses it for manipulating the younger for his good because Jungkook was just too naive. He won't even realise his feelings until he sees Jin with someone else and gets hurts.

Yes, he is toxic so what? If his toxicity could bring happiness to two people then he is more than ready to be the villain.

"And it's not funny for me too, kook. Your feelings and emotions aren't funny for me but you just don't get it. You need to sit peacefully and firstly understand what is the difference between platonic admiration and love. I'm not going to force you anymore but just think about it once. I don't want you to regret later on."

Taehyung was breathless too. Sometimes it gets too hard for him to act like this. He can't always be preaching like some mature man. It's seriously none of his business though, but he can't help but be concerned about this whole thing.

He was going to give it a last try, that's it. Giving someone attention then snatching it away has  always done wonders and he hoped that it works in this case too.

"I...we kissed,"

Jungkook mumbled slowly but the other heard it clearly, his eyes widening.

"I didn't dislike it y-yet I became nervous when he started talking about it. I ended up calling him crazy for pulling things further unnecessarily. I didn't feel anything wrong with the kiss but I told him that it w-was meaningless. I'm just so stupid, hyung. When he talked about crossing the boundaries and all, I became scared. I started thinking about each odd possibilities. At the end, I ended up rambling to cover up how I was feeling. I hurted him but not intentionally. It was my defence mechanism to cover up my tangled emotions. I'm such a fool."

Jungkook laughed at himself.

"You're right. I thought I'm some great human being and started taking his liking for me as granted. But now, the truth is something else. He doesn't like me. But I spoiled everything we had. This kiss was new for both of us  which means that we both were at fault but I ended up behaving like it's nothing while he was being so considerate about it ,"

Taehyung remained silent. He didn't expect Jungkook to share everything with him. This whole matter made him frustrated too. He could easily understand what was going through Jungkook's head.

"Come here,"

"Eh?" Jungkook sounded confused but anyways followed the other.

Taehyung softly ruffled his hairs in a soothing way, a hint that he understood his misery.

"Always remember one thing... When you love someone because they love you, it's called empathy. Don't do this mistake, kook. Just be practical and feel everything, don't force yourself. We'll together try to find out your feelings and solve your tangled emotions, hmm?"

"I love you..." Jungkook saud softly and hugged the latter tightly, "reminds me why don't we both just date? We get each other so well," he said with a playful pout.

Taehyung clicked his tongue with annoyance, shaking his head playfully at Jungkook. He replied with a groan which made them laugh together at their funny interactions.

"NO SHIT! NOT THIS AGAIN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY. EWW"

To be continued................

Word count- 3.1K+
Date—21st April 24