Fools

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It was hot,very hot and the aircon wasn't working anymore,the backup had drained out as well.Some unnamed jazz song was playing off Taehyung's old phonograph.Taehyung stared into his fridge before settling onto two bottle of soju and a frozen tupperware that held his mother's kimchi.

He brought them out with a pair of shot glasses and walked over to where Jimin sat.Jimin had climbed up all 28 sets of stairs because the elevator had stopped working.Now he sat on the edge of the balcony in Taehyung's penthouse,legs swinging and one of his slippers had fell out of his leg to the ground.He paid no attention to it and waited for the younger to join him.Taehyung slid down and sat by him offering the glasses and bottle of soju.He opened up the tupperware to get instantly hit by the odour of fermented kimchi and his eyes burnt under nostalgia.

He shouldn't cry,not now.

"We wouldn't need this", Jimin threw the shot glasses down onto the ground.Taehyung said nothing and looked ahead of him.His eyes reflected off the red and orange glows from the horizon.He mindlessly took a swig and felt his throat burn down to his chest.

"I had a good time..with you", Jimin interrupted him,"all the memories,all the moments.I wish I could tell you that I'd always cherish them but you know..",He trailed away,gesturing forward.

"I would too if I had a choice...tell me your favourite memory of us, Jiminah"
Jimin gave a humourless laugh before clearing his throat and furrowed his eyebrows in thought,"um..Japan",Jimin gulped a sip,"Japan..we made a lot of promises for our future and we made each and every one of it happen"

Taehyung smiled,his memory momentarily flashing back to that dim evening when he walked hand in hand with his bestfriend outside the Fukuoka dome.It was something only they shared, the one that was just their's,untained and pure.

"What is your's?"
"Oh..", Taehyung couldn't pick out just one,there were so many ,so much but he tried his best.But there was just this one,a particular melancholic one.

"Jimin,the dumpling fight"

And Jimin immediately swung forward laughing and Taehyung pouted.

"You're not serious"
"I am.."
They fell silent,both taking one last sip of their bottles.

"Jimin"
"Mm?"
"Ask me why?"
"What?"
"Ask me why it is the dumpling fight?"

Jimin threw his head back,the orange shine a glow on his face lining his jaws and lighting up his cheeks.The alcohol had added to the pink of his cheeks and the drops gave shine to his plump lips.
"Tell me why,Tae?",He turned his head.

"If you had not found me in the park that night,I would have come to you instead,Jimin.The song might have had a different name then", Taehyung breathed,"But it doesn't change the fact that the song would still be about you.It won't change the fact that I realised ,since the fight ,how much importance you hold in my life"

Taehyung closed his eyes tight and when he opened his eyes to the horizon,he found new confidence and his heart beat faster,sending a reminder to be quick,"I couldn't bare to think a moment without you,The emptiness felt a little too real.I wrote all my songs about you since then"

"Tae-"

"That fight made me realize that am in love with you.I am still in love with you"

Jimin's face dropped immediately,his mouth fell apart and eyes burned under tears.
"Taehyung,why..",He tried to gather his thoughts,"Why are you telling me this now? When..",He gestured to the sky that has caught the color,"when the world is ending"

Far away more buildings succumbed to their death the ground shook.Busan had fell,Daegu had fell and now Seoul was falling.The loud sirens drowned out the jazz song and people's screams.
A red beacon shone towards the sky.

"I would have taken this to the grave but if not now,then when? If not when you climbed all 28 plight of stairs to see me for the last time ,then when?"

"Tae..."

"Can I foolishly assume you are in love with me too,Jiminah?"

Jimin's tears finally freed and he let out a shaky breath and nodded,"Two days before...a week before..you could have told me a month before or when you wrote the first song ..I had been in love with you for so long"

Taehyung could only go numb,they were fools and it was late now.Too late.
"Ofcourse I'd come running to you when the world is ending..it could end with you",Jimin cried.Taehyung pulled him into a tight hug.He whispered,"Are you scared?"

"No,I have you"

Taehyung tilted his head to see more of the buildings and mountains fall.Jimin drew back and they locked their hands in between,watched the stars fall along with big blobs of fire.Sky burn more bright.
"Make a wish", Taehyung squeezed his hands.

"Wish I told you earlier"

Silence.No.More loud explosions.

"How long till we fall?"
"Count down from 10,on 1 we will"
Taehyung pulled Jimin closer,cupping the elder's face and kissed him softly once,"Count, sweetheart"

"Nine"

A kiss on button nose

"Eight"

A soft press.lips on lips.

"Seven"

A kiss slotted in between each other's.

"Six"

A kiss that braved to bite on lower lip.

"Five"

Tongue slipped inside slowly,learning new scars.It was a longer kiss.

"Four"

Desperate kiss.Hands grew tighter on the other's shirt.

"Three"

Deeper and deeper.The ground underneath shook violently.Soft moans and confessions 'I love you,I love you'

"Two"

A peck on lips.They drew back,stared at each other's eyes.Teary and red.

"One..Meet me at the other side"

A soft kiss one last time and the world ends.

A/n: Hope you loved it.I tried my best to convey what I had in my head

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