love me (me) [vkook/taegguk]

[part seven] chapter twenty eight - exposed

"So, I have to admit, I'm curious." Vantae shifts his weight onto his elbows as he leans back on his beach towel. He glances at Taehyung. "What did you guys even talk about?"

Tae sits up on his own towel to tilt his head at him in question.

"You and Kookie," his brother clarifies. "What'd you talk about all night?"

"Oh," he mumbles. He'd almost forgotten about that.

He shrugs one of his shoulders a bit in reply. "Nothing, really..." A part of the conversation then pops into his head. "Apart from the fact that he and your hyungs are arriving here soon because you're all apparently going to be in L.A. for weeks." He shoots V a pointed look. "Thanks for letting me know, by the way."

His hyungie winces, appearing somewhat embarrassed, probably at the fact that Taehyung had to find out from someone else.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I was going to tell you, I swear," he promises, "but A, I wanted to surprise you. Deux, I didn't wanna get your hopes up until I knew how free my schedule's actually going to allow me to be. And triple i, my dorm's three hours away from here, so it's not like I'll even really be able to see you whenever I want to," he finishes with a pout.

"Which is why, for now, I just wanted to focus on this week that we have together without anything stopping us from doing whatever we want and having days like this, Taehyungie," Vantae explains.

He begins to nod slowly. "Understandable," he concurs, "but that doesn't excuse why you didn't tell me that Jeongguk is hot," he mutters without thinking.

His brother blinks at him behind his glasses. "... What?"

And he's about to take it back because he hadn't even really meant to say that when he suddenly feels a wet body wildly clambering to his side, making him grunt, and a face is pushed into his neck. "Tae wants your friend to choke him."

The sound is muffled, but the twins hear it just fine. Taehyung's eyes widen, and he immediately starts trying to shove his best friend off him, the latter freshly out of the freezing sea. "Jimin!" He scolds.

"What?" He laughs unapologetically in response. "You keyboard smashed me all about it at 3 AM, remember?"

He blushes at being exposed. Meanwhile, V looks as if he still hasn't recovered. "Wait, what? You want Jungoo to choke you?" He demands. "How would that even work? He's the babiest baby to ever baby." He seems genuinely confused.

And so is Taehyung. "I'm sorry, have you seen his muscles?"

Jimin lets out a cackle.