UNDER HIS SPELL { taekook }

二 ; １１

"My god, you're so slow.." Seeing his best friend arrive at the cafe, Jimin huffed out dramatically while he watched the male take a seat down across from him.

Jeongguk made sure to roll his eyes at him, arms flailing backwards to take his jacket off. "Hm, so this the greeting I get now, huh?"

"I mean, uh..." Jimin cleared his throat loudly. "Oh my god, Jeon Jeongguk! My most absolute favorite person in the whole wide world!!!"

He gave the blond a glare.

"Okay fine. I'll stop."

"Thank you."

Jimin chuckled quietly and took a moment to eye his friend for a second. Then his brow rose with clear curiosity. "What's with the shirt? I've never seen you wear that before. Plus it's, like, huge on you."

Jeongguk's cheeks tinted a rosy color. "Ah, um... Well, it's..." he shyly looked down at the table and clutched his coffee. "It's Taehyung's... I'm borrowing it."

Jimin stared, mouth gaping open. "Kim Taehyung...? Did you... hang out with him yesterday?"

Jeongguk puckered his lips and nodded. "Yeah, we-... Um, we're hooking up again. I think. I don't know, really. But Jimin, last night was amazing. He can be so dreamy at times, I mean seriously..."

The boy couldn't help but ramble on, as though he were some mindless high school girl drowning in puppy love. Continuously hearing his friend's words, Jimin fell absolutely silent. He tapped his fingers over the table, gave mindless scratches to the surface, and seemed to space out for a bit, much of Jeongguk's words becoming elusive in his mind.

"Wait, did you... spend the night at his place?" He interrupted him at one point, after careful contemplation.

Jeongguk drank from his coffee and nodded. "He wasn't there when I woke up, but... Yeah."

"Oh, Gguk..." the boy sighed quietly, biting down on his lip with a rather apologetic look on his face. Jeongguk blinked back at him curiously, and it was obvious to Jimin what he now had to confess to his dear friend. "I... I saw him last night. Well in the middle of the night, to be precise, he-... I bumped into him on my way to the convenience store..."

"What? Ah, really...?" Jeongguk spoke slowly, unsure of what to make of what he was just told.

"Yeah.." A pause. "Listen, I... didn't know you were hanging around him like that again. So.. you should know he tried to kiss me."

Jeongguk loosened his grip on the cup in his hands. "What..?" he repeated, face blank.

Jimin's teeth dug further to his own lip. "He tried to kiss me, I mean... It was clear he was making moves on me. He even kissed my neck, and all..." The blond continued, "I guess he just hooks up with people, Gguk, and you're only one of them."

The boy's fists tightened.

"No, I'm... I'm not like that to him," he whispered. Yet, the more he thought about it the angrier he grew.

Maybe it was dumb of him to think he was the only one having these intimate moments with Taehyung now, but... for him to flirt with his best friend? How low could that man go?

Granted, Jeongguk had always tried to ignore how things between them would fluctuate between feeling good one day and then an irrational distance the next. Often he felt as though he were running circles with Taehyung, never reaching a conclusion he'd gain satisfaction from.