rivals | taejin

XII

Seokjin sighed as he threw himself on his back on his bed. He looked up at the cieling, his arms spread out.

"Are you okay?" Jungkook asked, sitting on the couch in the room.

Seokjin sighed again and nodded, "Yeah. This was bound to happen anyways." he laughed cruelly, "Who would've thought that the sons of Athena and Medusa wouldn't be able to make a friendship? I bet everyone already figured we wouldn't make it." he murmured.

Jungkook frowned, "I was hoping you two would let the things between your mothers stay between them, and establish a friendship."

"I thought so, too. But I guess Taehyung didn't want that. And there's nothing I can do about that.", he whispered. "But, it does sadden me. He, along with you and Hobi, are one of the few people who don't look at me with disgust in their eyes. I mean, I was expecting it from the beginning, but I didn't think he'd break things off so quickly."

Jungkook huffed and looked at him, "Well, if he's able to get rid of your friendship so easily, he didn't want to keep it from the beginning."

Seokjin nodded, feeling a pang in his chest. "Well, you got that right. If he meant for our friendship to be sincere and long lasting, he wouldn't let a small thing get in the way. Plus, he only talked to me because of the project. I don't think he would have even directed a word to me otherwise."

He stayed silent for a few moments before speaking again, "I wonder what made him change so much. I thought we were fine."

"Exactly. He even was worried about you the other day. What could've changed his thought on you in such a short amount of time?" Jungkook murmured.

Seokjin turned to the side and looked at Jungkook. "I don't know. But I shouldn't dwell on it too much. He didn't want to tell me and I shouldn't invade his privacy." The two stay in silence before Seokjin speaks again, "Hey...do you want to sleep the night here? We can use the project as an excuse..." he said, smiling at Jungkook.

Jungkook looked back at him and broke out into a bunny smile. "Yes!"

***

"So...we can pick out anything we want?" Seokjin asked as they walked through the isles of the convenience store.

Jungkook nodded with a hum. "Anything...well if you have enough money."

Seokjin smiled, "Great! We'll get some stuff for Hobi too!" he cheered.

Jungkook laughed as Seokjin grabbed anything that looked appetizing or that he wanted to try. He snuck in a few things he enjoyed himself in between. By the time they were satisfied, Jungkook arm was sore from carrying the basket full with drinks, candies, foods and chips. Not to count the fact that Seokjin also had a basket in hand.

They checked out in the cashier and left the store with four bags each. The lucky part was that Seokjin's dorm was a few blocks away from the store.

"Did we go overboard?" Seokjin asked, holding the bags tightly.

"Yeah, definitely." Jungkook chuckled, "But it was your first time going to a store so I wanted you to enjoy it without any restrictions." he smiled.

"Thanks Jungkook. You're really helping me bring me mood up." Seokjin smiled.

***

Hoseok looked at the pair with wide eyes when they entered the dorm with their hands full of bags. Seokjin smiled shyly and set them on the counter top. "Hi Hobi." he chuckled awkwardly.

Hoseok raised an eyebrow. "What? You think i'm mad?"

Seokjin raised his eyebrows, "You're not?" he asked.

Hoseok shook his head. "Nope, i'm just surprised." He said, walking up to them. "Why would I be mad?"

"I went overboard." Seokjin said. He looked through the bags and took the things out.

Hoseok laughed, "You know i'd never be angry at you, Seokjin." he smiled.

Seokjin blushed and nodded, "I know but still..."

Jungkook laughed and put the drinks in the fridge. "Well, i'm going to open up the project on my computer. We should get some work out of the way so we can relax."

Seokjin nodded and also put some food in the fridge. "Oh yeah, Jungkook is going to stay the night here today because we're going to work on our project." he said, looking at Hoseok.

Hoseok nodded, "That's fine, I was working on it all day today, too. I'll be in my room." he said, taking some cookies with him.

Meanwhile, Seokjin and Jungkook worked on their project. Seokjin took this time to relax and not think about what had happened just a few hours ago. He admitted it made his heart hurt, but he didn't know what to do about it. He didn't know if he had done something wrong himself, and he was scared Taehyung would be angry if he tried to talk to him again.

They decided stopped working at midnight. Seokjin and Jungkook were both mentally and physically tired and knocked out the moment they laid down on Seokjin's bed. Hoseok smiled softly and covered them with some blankets. He helped clean up their area before also falling asleep on his own bed.

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