BET MY HEART || taejin

10. Tigers Bleed Flame

"hyung did i hear you right?" jimin dramatically stood up from his seat "he wants you to move in with him so thats basically living i-" jimin forced shut his mouth with his palm after realising that they were still at work and considering how loud he was being

hobi and seokjin were quick to shush him, hobi pulled him down by his arm and made jimin settle back in his seat "okay so he really wants you to live in with him for a month?" jimin questions again his tone was now soft almost like a whisper, still attracting attention with his overdramatic hushed sound nonetheless

"yeah for the next 30 days apparently" seokjin responded, thinking deeply, not actually minding jimin who reacted like as if it was him that taehyung had offered this little deal to

"so you agreed to it?"

"no i- n-no way. why would I ever.." seokjin exclaimed, speaking to himself more than responding to jimin

taehyung wanted to talk to seokjin about what he had planned for them which was the sole purpose of him "trespassing" last night. taehyung informed seokjin on everything that he had on his mind, he wanted seokjin to willingly surrender 30 days of his life and stay with him in his penthouse. taehyung felt that seokjin needs time to understand and comprehend his feelings. he wanted seokjin to be with him so he can prove how his love for him is sincere. he couldn't keep running behind seokjin in their workplace so he wanted him to stay with him, in his house, next to him. through this setup taehyung and seokjin will get to spend more time with each other and maybe seokjin would eventually love him back, was what taehyung had thought

besides he did not want to force seokjin into loving him that was exactly why he now wanted seokjin to stay with him for a month and get to know him, only if he was well acquainted with taehyung will be be able to love him back. taehyung even said that they could end this setup and breakup after the 30 days, he promised that he'll leave seokjin alone and would never disturb him if he's doesn't feel the same way. taehyung was very confident he somehow knew that both him and seokjin had mutual feelings, he could strongly sense it during the rooftop encounter. that day he knew that he wasn't the only person who felt the bliss pang and tingly sensation in the heart, taehyung was super confident that seokjin was in love with him but never acknowledged it thoroughly. all taehyung wanted was to rekindle those feelings

now it was more like a challenge for seokjin to not fall in love with taehyung but seokjin instantly denied the offer probably because he was actually scared that he might truly give in. for a fact he knew that he was attracted to taehyung for a very long time despite being fully aware that taehyung was his bully he used to have a massive crush on him for the first one year, it did lessen in the final year of high school but then again it deepened after he saved taehyung and the kiss that followed

"so did you actually say a no to taehyung?" hobi enquired

"yeah what else.."

"but look jin, dont you think this is a way for you to get rid of this taehyung chapter forever, if you could stay at his place for the next 30 days and prove him that you're uninterested in him then he'll leave you for good" hobi said "...unless you dont trust yourself enough-"

"n-no i-i trust myself. its not like im going to fall in love with him in 30 days right" seokjin mumbled trying to convince himself more than anyone

"exactly. so make use of this chance and get rid of this taehyung guy"

a smirk crept up jimin's lips as he said "hyung do you like, you know still like taehyung"

"NO I DONT" seokjin's almost yelled, his heart started pounding at a increasingly rapid pace, he started to evidently panick. an unsettling feeling commenced in his heart repeating what jimin and hobi just said "i dont, i would never" he strongly denied