Me, Myself, and Jikook (Jikook Oneshots)

The Best Laid Plans

Taehyung watched the awkward, but endearing interaction between his two best friends.  One had confessed his bisexuality and his undying love for their maknae.  One had admitted to being confused and uncomfortable with the deep and sincere attraction to his favorite hyung.

Meanwhile Taehyung found himself the confidante of both and lived each day wishing he could betray them both and expose them with the purpose of giving them a chance at happiness.

"Those two are always so weird around each other," a voice whispered over his shoulder.  He turned to see his hyung and friend, J-Hope.  "If I didn't know any better, I'd say they're acting like they have crushes on each other," he laughed as if it were the most amusing joke in the world.

"Heh, heh...yeah...weird," Taehyung lied uncomfortably.

"You know...I keep finding them all cuddled up together every morning in mine and Jimin's room.  Nearly every single night!  I wake up to the creaking of the door around midnight or 1 am and there's Jungkook asking Jimin to scoot over and Jimin just pulls him down into his bed like it's nothing.  It's so weird, don't you think?  I mean...we all cuddle sometimes, sure, but not how they do it.  I wake up sometimes and they're both shirtless and literally all tangled up together.  And sometimes I hear Jungkook saying he's sorry to Jimin and that he loves him," he chuckled again, moving to face Taehyung.  "But I guess they're just super close like that.  Do you and Jimin act that way too?"

"Yes!  Of course we do!  Jungkook and me also!  It's totally not weird, Hobi-hyung.  Are you saying this because you want someone to cuddle you?  I could volunteer if you like," Taehyung covered for his friends with a jokingly teasing flirt.

J-Hope only laughed and slapped Taehyung's shoulder.  "Absolutely not, Tae.  You are way too messy to come anywhere near my room!"

As he walked away, Taehyung released a breath he hadn't realized he'd held in so tightly.  The tension was back, though, as Jimin slouched up to him and laid his head on his shoulder.  Wrapping his arms around Taehyung's bicep, Jimin pouted.

"Why can't Jungkookie like me like I like him?  The universe is too mean to make me feel this way when there's no way he'll ever love me back," Jimin whined quietly.

Taehyung pressed his lips together in a flat line to avoid blurting out the truth in frustration.  "Maybe he does and is just shy or feels like he's the weird one for liking you as more than a friend," he suggested anyway.

Jimin scoffed.  "Yeah right, Taehyung.  And I'm the tallest member of the group."

The friends chuckled and fell silent again.  "Maybe you should make him jealous."

"Jealous?" Jimin asked incredulously.  "Jealous how?  And of who?"

He grinned down at his soulmate.  "Me, of course!"

"But we already cuddle and sit in each other's laps and flirt and do all sorts of things that could make him jealous, but it hasn't changed anything.  What more could we do?"

Taehyung bit his lip and glanced to his best friend slapping Jin-hyung's shoulder as his hyung cursed in a speed that would make Yoongi-hyung jealous.  He knew what he was about to say would cause a rift between them, but he hoped that he would forgive him in time and understand why he would do this.  It was a plan that was risky, but Taehyung had an instinctual feeling that it would work if done just right.

"We could kiss."

Jimin stepped back, pushing Taehyung from him slightly.  "What the hell?  Taehyung, I know that I flirt with you and joke about things like that all the time, but I hope you know that just because I'm bisexual and like men more than women, doesn't mean that I like you!"

Taehyung laughed and shook his head.  "Not for real kiss, stupid!  Just so that he can see and to make him jealous!  Then if he's all mad, you know he has feelings for you and you can just confess!  Or even better...he gets all mad and confesses to you!"

"I don't know," Jimin chewed at his thick bottom lip, casting a worried gaze in the maknae's direction.  "I can think of about a million ways this could go wrong."

Taehyung nodded.  "I can too, but I don't know what else to do at this point."

Jimin took a deep breath.  "I don't either.  Okay.  Sure.  Let's kiss and make Jungkook jealous...or grossed out.  Either way, I guess I'll know for certain, right?"

"That's the idea," Taehyung confirmed.

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"Okay, here he comes," Taehyung announced in a whisper.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jimin asked for the millionth time, fiddling with his small fingers.

"Not at all, but it's showtime, baby!" Taehyung answered back, grabbing Jimin just behind the jaw and leaning in.

As expected, a certain maknae rounded the corner around the time Taehyung was leaning in to plant his lips against Jimin's.  At first Jimin's eyes only widened and his hands flapped, unsure what to do before he melted into Taehyung.  He hadn't said it, but it was his first time kissing a boy, and Jimin liked the feeling.  Maybe a little too much, as his hands traced a trail up Taehyung's chest and winding themselves into his thick, dark hair.

Jungkook saw it all with a rage bubbling in the pit of his stomach.  He knew he had no right to feel betrayed by Jimin as it was clear he hadn't initiated the kiss, nor was he aware of Jungkook's secret feelings, but it didn't stop him from feeling it regardless.  When it came to Taehyung, though...the man he'd confided his deepest fears and most shameful feelings for his hyung to, well, there Jungkook felt validated in his anger.

He poked his tongue into his cheek, eyes narrowing as the soulmates continued to kiss, seemingly oblivious to Jungkook's presence.  He turned on his heels and darted away, blinking back the tears stinging his eyes.

Taehyung noticed his departure and disconnected from a stunned Jimin.  "It worked!  He's totally pissed!  That means he definitely has feelings for you!"

"Wow," Jimin breathed out, hands still floating in the spot he'd held Taehyung's neck a moment before.

"Jimin?  Are you alright?"  Taehyung gave his friend a worried look and Jimin choked out an awkward giggle.

"Yeah, duh.  Of course I am.  Why wouldn't I be?"

Taehyung quirked an eyebrow at him.  "Oooookaaay.  Well, anyway...I'd say the plan worked.  Jungkook definitely saw and he was definitely mad.  You'll have your lover boy soon, I'd say."

"What if it didn't work?" Jimin insisted, his voice had an odd edge to it that Taehyung had never heard from his friend before.  "Maybe we should try it again.  We could kiss in front of him just one more time just to see for sure."

"Uhhhhhh...I don't think we really need to.  Could you just...excuse me for a second?" Taehyung scurried off without waiting for an answer.  He suspected two things: 1) He should talk to Jungkook before he completely went off the rails, and 2) that Jimin was having some sort of projection of his feelings for Jungkook put onto him because they had kissed.  He had to talk to someone about the second, but not before he addressed the first.

Shit, Taehyung thought, The best laid plans I guess...

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(1203 words)

A/N: There will be a part II and part III of this one. 

Be ready, Lovely Armies!