IN THE NAME OF LOVE | TAEGUK

six.

"and he'll be at home at 12 am, do you understand?" his father's strict voice resonated across the living room as the man spoke to taehyung, who nodded his head. "and don't dare to remove your eyes from him—"

"don't act like you'd care." taehyung, who was about to nod again, looked up at the omega when his voice interrupted his father's words.

his father scanned him, shaking his head in a disappointed way. "why don't you wear something decent instead of those?" he crossed his arms across his chest, raising a brow at him.

jeongguk rolled his eyes. "it's none of your business." he snorted, buckling the shoelaces of his brown slip-ons gifted by his mother which his father wanted to throw away, a long time ago saying that an omega from upper class family should wear something branded and not some old crap.

jeongguk glanced at his father as his eyes caught the man's annoyed expression with his gaze fixed on his son's shoes. jeongguk smirked, feeling satisfied, before walking out, knowing taehyung would follow him. 

—

arriving at the party, jeongguk's eyes wandered through the people gathered around the big villa owned by the jungs. most of them were attending the same school as him, rich and spoiled teenagers. he turned around, facing taehyung, who was following him with his round eyes opened wide, amazed by the big house since he wasn't used to it.

"hey, you little man!" jeongguk heard the excited and bright voice of hoseok, pulling him back to the reality as he turned around to face the beta.

"stop calling me that, will ya?" hoseok chuckled, abruptly dragging the younger into quick hug, startling the boy. 

"never!" hoseok pulled away, still laughing until his eyes switched to taehyung as he looked at the young alpha, confused. "who's that?" he raised his eyebrow, his eyes scanning the boy up and down.

taehyung bowed. "hello, i am his—"

"he's my friend, taehyung." jeongguk interrupted him like the previous time while hoseok nodded his head, smiling at the boy beside jeongguk.

"hey buddy, i'm hoseok, nice to meet you." hoseok chirped as he introduced himself while taehyung took his hand, shaking it and bowing slightly. "fine, now that we are done with the boring part, let's grab some drinks mah daughters!" the beta squealed, excited as he led them towards the bar, making the omega laugh at his over-hyped friend.

"here, taste this one." hoseok poured the tequila in two coupe glasses, one for the omega and the other for the alpha who just eyed the glass.

scratching his nape, "oh, i-i am not drinking, i have to drive." taehyung stuttered nervously.

"oh, come on, one sip won't harm anything dude." hoseok whined but taehyung was adamant as he kept shaking his head, not seeming to give in. "fine, fine. boring." hoseok muttered under his breath, filling another glass with tequila.

jeongguk chuckled, swirling the drink in the glass before gulping the distilled liquid down with a single gulp and felt taehyung gently pulling him towards himself. "you also shouldn't drink too much." he whispered, worried.

the omega giggled. "don't worry, my alcohol tolerance is quite high." he spoke, mimicking taehyung's whispering tone while the alpha sighed and nodded his head, but he didn't seem convinced.