Vmin one Shots

Rebound love(not really)

Part I:

Taehyung couldn't really say this was the first time he had caught Jimin,his boyfriend, staring at the photoframe that contained his ex boyfriend.But there it was.It did give Taehyung pain but he never said anything cause he knew well that Jimin was going through a lot more.His pain would account to nothing compared to Jimin's although he kept feeling a jab on his chest.Everyone had called Taehyung, Jimin's rebound .Some said it as a joke,some behind his back in mocking tones but Taehyung had ignored every comments cause he knew Jimin all too well.Taehyung had been friends and in love with Jimin even years before Jimin had started dating their junior.Taehyung was too weak,too afraid to lose Jimin's friendship so he had stepped away.He carried his ache as he watched Jimin's eyes coming to life whenever the underclassman came into the cafeteria.

Taehyung had nodded his head encouragingly when Jimin stood on his toes,waiting for Jungkook to come after his basketball practice to confess.When Jungkook said yes, Taehyung didn't stick around.He had immediately turned around and walked straight to his dorm,shut the door and cried for hours.He had helped Jimin pick shirts for his dates,had gone to double dates with whomever Jungkook brought along for Taehyung.Taehyung never contacted them the next day and ceremoniously ignored any calls that came his way.
"I didn't feel the connection", Taehyung had said whenever Jimin or Jungkook cornered him.Taehyung tried to keep his eyes onto the television when movie nights turned into his friends cuddling at the other end of sofa,sometimes turning into a make out session.They'd shyly retire to the bedroom ,excusing themselves and Taehyung pretended to sleep through the moans that broke the thin walls,crying again and again.

Namjoon used to pity Taehyung's tired form in the library and adviced that he should move from their shared apartment,should put distance between himself and Jimin but Taehyung just couldn't do it.There was another part of Jimin noone saw.The part where he comes home early and cooks for Taehyung,pull him for an aot marathon just so he can spend time with Taehyung.The part where Jimin would show up at his late art classes with his favourite delicacies and drinks,would sit with him till he finished.The part where Taehyung could fall into ease about his pain and know he will be okay as long as he had Jimin so he stayed.

Turned away from reflection on the microwave from when Jungkook backhugged Jimin in the kitchen,pressed hearts to the Instagram feeds on photos his world would later break on and on.Nothing seemed to change but everything changed at the same.

Jungkook and Jimin were still together when Jimin had cleaned their apartment one fine sunday evening through memories of so many years in Taehyung's arranged shelves.His hand had tipped off a photoframe from Taehyung's shelf,a picture of himself and Taehyung.Faces pressed as they took a selfie to co-memorize their hangout at some distant school camp.Jimin sighed a relief seeing as the frame hadn't broke and it was then his eyes caught onto a small writing behind the photo.It said "the day I fell in love with him"

Jimin had stood there,staring and staring ,thinking the words were going to fade or rearrange themselves to some platonic lines but they didn't.When Taehyung came back from visiting his mom,Jimin silently passed him the photo and Taehyung thought the world had stopped for a moment.But it didn't,it went on.Taehyung had smiled,a painful smile at the corner of his lips as he took the photos from Jimin.
"Tae-",
"I love you,had always...don't ask me anything else", Taehyung ended the conversation just like that.He didn't stay to think or read off Jimin's thoughts for he was busy hitting his head against the door frame for being so stupid.When the sun came up, Taehyung fell into the pattern again.He made believe that nothing ever happened last night.But Jimin was aware of everything,he never kissed Jungkook infront of Taehyung.He didn't let Jungkook drag him to the room at the end of movie nights.
Taehyung kept his eyes on the screen and Jimin kept his on Taehyung.

"You should have told me...I must have hurt you a lot", Jimin said through a late evening coffee and Taehyung smiled,what was he supposed to say anyway.
"Am sorry,Tae-",Jimin began again and Taehyung really wanted the conversation to end.He untied his apron and said,"Jimin...This is not new for me..I am really okay"
"But I have something to say"
"Does it change anything?"
Silence-
"Um.. I guess no"
"Then don't say anything"

It'd been a full month since Jimin had found out his best friend's unrequited love for him,he had been on his tiptoes since then.It was then the same night Taehyung woke upto Jimin's hysteric sobs.He had practically ran into Jimin's room,door banging against its frames.
"What's wrong?"
"Jungkook...Jungkook!! He's been in an accident",was all Jimin said,clutching his phone tightly to his heart.Everything that followed had been a nightmare.

But that was 2 years ago,Jimin had been dating Taehyung after a year.He had confessed Taehyung was his first love but had moved on.Taehyung stayed by him althrough the healing,let himself be Jimin's pillow on lonely nights,held his hands when everyone said he'd been mourning too long.When they first kissed,it was all salty tears and wet confessions.Everyone blatantly called him rebound but Taehyung couldn't care.If rebound,then be rebound but days passed proving himself wrong.Jimin loved and loved and kissed.Jimin gave him his all but it is one year past and Taehyung stood by their door as he watched Jimin cry over his dead ex boyfriend.And Taehyung knew his pain was nothing to what Jimin felt so he just stood by the door,not knowing what to do

A/n:I'll upload part II later but thoughts?