## secrets !!

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⊹ chapter seventeen ⊹

it had been a few months since jimin and jeongguk started dating and everything was going really well.

yoongi was happy to see jeongguk opening up to jimin, and that he had seemed to be a lot happier recently. it showed even at work, the sparkle in jeongguk's eyes was brighter. jimin seemed to be good for him. of course, jeongguk still hated the job but it paid well, especially on good nights when it was packed. 

over the past few months jeongguk realized just how much of a complete goofball jimin was, he was always making jeongguk laugh, said it was one of his favorite sounds. he really did love the cute little giggle that flowed out of jeongguk's mouth at the smallest things.

jeongguk just had a feeling things were going too well, and when things were going good he would always wait for the other shoe to drop.

he was anxious, not enough for it to be a big issue, but something just didn't sit right with him tonight.

he had plans with taehyung but they got canceled last minute. taehyung's cousin had sprung a surprise visit, he was getting married soon and brought his fiancé to korea to meet everyone.

jeongguk told him it was fine, he decided to fill in for jin who was playing hooky to go on a date with namjoon.

people say you should trust your gut if something feels wrong.

the sense of dread jeongguk felt when he finally met the eyes he felt lingering on him made him feel sick. standing there with a small group of guys, eyes wide and mouth agape was taehyung.

no.

the one person he didn't never wanted to find out was there, staring right at him, shock written all over his face.

no.

jeongguk felt like his throat was closing up as tears welled in his eyes, the embarrassment and shame of his childhood friend seeing him like this was too much.

he scurried away from the pole, rushing to the back passing a worried yoongi on the way and ignoring the calls for him.

he knew there was nothing wrong with being a stripper, it was nothing to be embarrassed about but he didn't want taehyung to hear it the disrespectful way some of them spoke to him, he didn't want taehyung to think of him any differently.

he was scared of what taehyung would think of him after watching strip off his clothes and let strangers touch him. korea was still a conservative place, most people were so hush hush about things like this, a lot of them looked down on it and he didn't want to lose his friend.

"fuck!"  jeongguk cried out, crouching and pressing his palms to his eyes.

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mayhaps i'm alive ? also psa ? just wanna make it very clear that there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a stripper or sex worker, they deserve more respect than people give them and we support our sexy women, men, nonbinary babs, etc, who are strippers or sex workers, make that money ! this is just for the story, okie ? okie !