Dream come true [BTS | KOOKV]

Chapter 8 - Audition

When he first opened his eyes, he was blinded by lights. He heard some arguing - everything was familiar, the room, the voices, their faces.

After a moment of haziness, Taehyung's brain woke up as if it had been electrocuted. His vision cleared in an instant, and he realized what was happening. He realized that he was in the recording room Jungkook always brought him to practice in, and the arguing was Jungkook and Namjoon.

"Kook, whatever you say, I'm not sending him back to that death trap." Namjoon pinched his nose.

"Rapmon, I get it, but you have to send him back! If the other judges even get an inkling that I know him personally then it'll be a huge problem! Besides, the crowd has been cleared up now! He won't- " Jungkook was interrupted by the sound of the chair Taehyung was sitting in squeaking, and Namjoon looked over as well. When they found Taehyung awake and eyes widened, they both speedwalked over.

"Hey, Tae, are you okay now?" Namjoon squatted down and put his hands on Taehyung's knees.

"Y-Yeah..."

Jungkook scratched the back of his head as he stood beside Namjoon. "Sorry about earlier... The media got excited and somehow barged in through the security, and the lobby became way more crowded than it was supposed to be because of them."

"I-It's alright... It's cleared now, right? I'll go back..." Taehyung got up to leave, but Namjoon stopped him.

"Tae, leave it. I'll get you a contract later or something, but leave it for today."

"Huh? What are you talking about? I have to audition- "

"I know. But I'm saying after what happened do you really want to go on?"

"What do you mean? I'm fine. I worked so hard just for today, hyung! I can't back off now. I'm sorry, but I'm not leaving this building without passing my audition!"

Jungkook couldn't help but smile at that. He understood that Joon was just worried about his little brother, but Tae couldn't afford to back off now. Namjoon stayed silent for a moment, as if contemplating something, then spoke.

"...Alright. But the moment you come out, I'm whisking you away. Sorry, kook."

Jungkook grinned. "Don't worry, bud. Just blow those judges away, Tae! Fighting!"

Taehyung grinned back. "Fighting!" He quickly left towards the room where the candidates were supposed to gather.

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"I know it's not my fault, but... Sorry about that." Jungkook said to Namjoon, who shook his head.

"Don't worry, kiddo. I just hope Tae does well - though I don't doubt he will, he has trained under the best of the best." Both of them smiled while walking down the aisle towards the elevator, when it dinged and opened, and out stepped Jin.

All three abruptly stopped and stared for a moment.

"Oh, uh- Hello there." Jin seemed a bit exasperated, as if he had just dealt with screaming children who refused to let go of him. (He technically had.)

"Hello. What happened? Media give you a hard time again?" Jungkook questioned.

"Yeah, I had to push them out quite literally myself. Twits absolutely refused to get out of the building. Good thing my reputation as a rebel can't get any worse."

"Hey, don't say that. No one can blame you if the reporters themselves are being a pain in the ass." Namjoon chimed in.

"I wish it was that simple, man." Jin sighed, and quickly collected himself. "Anyway, I'll be on my way now. See you guys later."

Namjoon turned around and stared at Jin's receding figure down the hall. He was about to turn the corner, when he suddenly stopped and turned around to say, "Oh, by the way Taehyung passed the audition! He doesn't know it yet, but I overheard them discussing! Don't tell him!" and quickly left.

Jungkook sighed. "Any surprise there? Let's go, Rapmon." He started walking, but stopped when Namjoon didn't move. "Rapmon?"

"Kook, you... You think you could bring Jin over for Dinner, maybe?" He asked reluctantly.

"Huh? Sure. With the others? or..."

"No, just the four of us."

He didn't need anymore of an explanation. Jungkook already knew what was going on in Namjoon's mind, and Namjoon knew what was going on in Jungkook's. "So... Double date?" Jungkook grinned.

Namjoon shook his head. "Let's go." Mirroring each other's grins, they stepped into the elevator.