Project- Vkook

22|For a Better Future

[Chapter song:- It'll be okay by Shawn Mendes.]

 I'll put the note from where you can start listening to this song. 

Fanart by twt account loveis9597

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[8 HOURS BEFORE]

Taehyung escaped the atmosphere in between him and Jimin that was created a few minutes before. He still thank the heavens for sending Chanyeol there, or else, it was getting really awkward between him and Jimin. 

Jimin seemed a good guy, he was nice, sweet, shy, and kind. Taehyung can easily see why Jeongguk might've been drawn toward the blonde. He was still walking with Chanyeol. 

"Are you okay?" Chanyeol suddenly said, detecting the sudden tense environment.

"Oh...me? No, I am okay. I guess, yeah, I am okay." Taehyung said and then he looked at Chanyeol. who looked at him with a worried expression. After meeting Jimin, Taehyung was feeling so vulnerable. He felt bad for everything.

The situation, the feelings, him.

And he felt this sudden urge to cry cause his chest hurt so much. The thought of watching Jeongguk with someone was so painful and at the same time, the thought of him being the reason they might break up was also painful. 

Cause no matter how much it hurt him, he can't let two people break something so beautiful just because of his selfish reasons. Even if it hurts him like hell, to watch Jimin with Jeongguk, he'll take all the pain and he will prefer to die than to show them. Curse all you want, call him pathetic all you want, call him weak for not fighting for his love. But...

What to say, It's what Taehyung was, it's what he always been. Rare and delicate.

Chanyeol sensed his glossy eyes, he knew it has something to do with that blonde boy. He didn't say anything and pulled him into a hug.

"It'll be okay. It's just about time. It'll pass. Let it out."

Taehyung doesn't know, what was the power in those lines. But it made him finally let go and he cried, pressing his face against Chanyeol's embrace. He felt like everything is just being too cruel to him. So he decided to finally cry his heart out. Chanyeol didn't know what hurt the poor boy this much, but he felt really bad for him.

After a few minutes when his cries turned into sniffles, he pulled from the hug.

"Are you okay, now?" Chanyeol asked, worried for Taehyung.

"Yeah, I feel a bit better," Taehyung said.

"Is this about that guy, whom you were talking to before I came?" Chanyeol asked, curious.

Taehyung didn't respond. He just sniffed.

"He is Jeongguk's long-distance boyfriend, right?" Chanyeol said and Taehyung nodded.

"And him being around Jeongguk, bothering you, right?" 

Taehyung nodded but then he realized what he had just done and immediately shook his head.

"Don't, please. We all can see how things were between you and Jeongguk before he came. What do you think, it is not that hideous? We can see the stares you both give each other." Chanyeol said and Taehyung gasped.

'Was it this obvious? God, this is really embarrassing.' Taehyung thought.

Chanyeol looked at Taehyung, the guy was panicking at the thought. So he tried to ease it for him. "Hey, take it easy. It's not a crime to love someone or to feel special about someone. Remember I also love Baekhyun. As long as, we keep it down in the project, we're good. It's the same for you and trust me you are also doing good. It is not that obvious." It seems like that made Taehyung relaxed. Chanyeol realized that Taehyung was really sensitive, more than maybe he even realize it himself. The way he dressed and acted, it was really hard to imagine him in this state.