Staffing Issues [Jungkook Hurtfic/Platonic Taekook]

Staffing Issues.

Requested by 123456akansha

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Alex had started at the BigHit company last week. He was one of their new choreographers. He was of American descent, but moved to Seoul as a teenager after studying abroad in the country. He loved it so much he decided to stay. Never did he think he'd have the opportunity to actually be working with BTS.

Taehyung and Alex didn't get along since day two. Day one was okay, but day two wasn't the best. Alex seemed hard on Taehyung about his dancing. He was never hard on anyone else. He was especially always praising Hobi. He noticed that Alex was also always praising Jungkook to the highest degree. Not even in just his dancing, but in everything he did, everything he wore, absolutely everything. It made Taehyung feel weird. Taehyung didn't want to admit he was jealous but he could see Alex and Jungkook forming a friendship and he felt like he was being replaced a little bit. Alex was always spending extra time with Jungkook, they'd even hang out in Jungkook's studio together sometimes. Taehyung pouted to Jungkook one day about feeling a little replaced and Jungkook made sure to let his hyung know that wasn't the case and nothing like that would ever happen.

"Alex seems to really only like you, he doesn't spend extra time with any of the rest of us," Taehyung pointed out.

"I don't know why but you guys are more than welcome to hang out too," Jungkook had pointed out. Taehyung said he didn't even want to. Jungkook told him that if he wasn't going to do anything to fix the problem he was facing then to stop complaining about it. So Taehyung stopped.

He wasn't shy about not liking Alex either. Whenever Alex would yell at him during dance practice the second maknae would just roll his eyes and huff, usually replying with "Yeah, okay, whatever." One time he even spat out "Sorry I can't live up to your perfectionist standards like Jungkookie can." The other members gasped at that statement and Jin yelled at him to not be rude.

It wasn't just that Alex was favoring his only dongsaeng that made Taehyung not like him, or the fact he was a plain jerk, but something about Alex seemed off and he couldn't figure out what. He just thought it was really weird that Alex only ever cared to hang out with Jungkook and when invited to hang out with the others it was always a "No thanks." Taehyung figured if Alex really cared to be friends with the youngest he should care to be friends with all of them. They were a group of seven brothers. It didn't make sense to him.

Taehyung was starting to hate dance practice completely. Thankfully his hyungs did notice that Alex was a bit harsh on him and Hobi often came to his defense saying that Taehyung was doing a great job. He was thankful that his hyungs were defending him because he noticed that Jungkook never did lately. Alex would even inquire of Jungkook after yelling at Taehyung. "He missed the steps, right Kookie?"

"I don't know," Jungkook would say as he gave nervous glances between the two. That was another thing that was making Taehyung angry. Alex was starting to call his maknae Kookie. That was something only the members themselves called him and it was frustrating to him that Alex had gotten so comfortable so quickly. He was practically still a stranger to them. Taehyung felt like the man had no right. He couldn't help but feel a little overprotective when it came to Jungkook and Alex. He didn't like the idea of them hanging out or getting close but he never really understood why he felt that way either. He just didn't trust him for some reason, although the man hadn't given him any reason not to. He really was nothing but nice to Jungkook. Taehyung felt like maybe he was a little too nice to the youngest which was what made him think things were a bit off.

After another three weeks, Alex and Jungkook had become the best of friends. Alex was now even coming over to the dorm to hang out but again only ever spent his time with Jungkook. Even when Jungkook would mention them including his hyungs in their plans or games they'd play Alex usually said he'd rather just the two of them hang out. Taehyung got pretty upset one night when Alex and the maknae were playing a game on the XBox and Alex was using Taehyung's account to play.