Precious Gems | JiKook

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"Jungkook.. who the hell did you rob?"

Four in the morning wasn't exactly an uncommon time for Jeon Jungkook to show up at his older best friend's Taehyung's house. The nineteen year old lived alone, in a small apartment that definitely fit his age. What was uncommon though, was the reason Jungkook had showed up this time
around.

Kim Taehyung sat on the old ripped up couch in his living space, brown eyes nearly bugging out of his skull as he stared upon the scene in front of him.

Sure, his younger friend had always had a mischievous side to him, causing him to get into antics that Taehyung would always try to get him out of - but nothing in the world could have prepared him to watch Jungkook unzip his bag and let just under five million won in cash fall out onto Taehyung's grey carpeted floor.

The older male was stunned, standing up slowly and pushing a few peachy pink pieces of hair out of his face. He locked gazes with Jungkook, who merely shrugged and allowed a playful smile to creep onto his face.

"If you take a look at the amount of money on the ground, then you know I can't answer that." Jungkook answered shortly.

Honestly, he was going to keep this a secret from Taehyung. Why wouldn't he? That would mean no sharing, no loose ends, no fear of Taehyung getting drunk and ratting him out. Jungkook had quickly realized though, that he had never told his older friend a lie in the entire time they had known each other, and so it weighed heavy on his chest when he thought about starting.

Taehyung was, well, Taehyung. Everyone knew him, and if you didn't then one of your friends did. He had graduated from the school both he and Jungkook attended a year prior, but he was still the main hub for illicit after-school activities.

That was how he and Jungkook had met, actually, behind their school after dark as Taehyung enthusiastically boasted about whatever was in the little ziplock bag he was waving around.

To put it bluntly: Taehyung was the school's main drug dealer, and he looked good doing it.

"No, no, no." Taehyung laughed, wringing his hands together nervously. The silver rings on his fingers clinked against each other as he did so. "You can't just walk into somebody's house with that kind of money and not tell them where you got it." His eyes darted over to his front door, glinting in fear. "Am I going to get jumped?"

'By Korean law enforcement, maybe.' Jungkook couldn't help but think, sighing and falling back on to the couch where Taehyung was once sitting.

He scanned his eyes across the table, gaze falling on basically everything he would have expected to be on there; a couple empty soju bottles, multiple lighters, ziplock bags (some full of money, some other things), and a jar full of suckers due to Taehyung trying to kick his smoking habit.

"Hyung." He laughed. "You need to stop panicking." He reached forward and grabbed one of the ziplock bags full of marijuana, opening it slowly and visually being taken aback by how strong the smell that left it was. "Aren't you like, the dealer at our high school? You should be used to seeing money in cash."

Taehyung sputtered, glancing over and watching as Jungkook fished around in the bag for a nugget to his liking. The younger boy was extremely picky, Taehyung watching in fascination as Jungkook sniffed the bag once more - as if it had suddenly changed.

"Not this much." Taehyung exclaimed, becoming a bit worried by how calm his friend was. "Which is why I'm freaking out! And you should be too! Because you're the one who stole it!"