LOVE AND POWERS • Jenkook • Taelice •Jinsoo •Jirosé

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In Taehyung's Mansion:-

Around 5:00-5:15 in the evening, Jimin, Jungkook, and Taehyung were gathered in the study. Namjoon was teaching Jimin and Jungkook economics, his favorite subject, though it certainly wasn't theirs. Taehyung was focused on his laptop, researching basketball for his physical education practical file.

Jungkook, bored and irritated by everything about Namjoon—the sound of his voice, his gestures, his presence—suddenly sprang up from the sofa, startling Namjoon. "What the heck are you doing?" He exclaimed. "I can't take it anymore. Please, stop this torture," Jungkook pleaded. "It was the first day of school for us, like, seriously, stop. I know you like the teacher and want to top her subject, but I don't. So, I'm going out. Thanks for the boring lecture, hyung. No one likes economics. Bye." He started walking towards the door but was stopped by Namjoon's spell on the door which wasn't opening as hard as Jungkook tried. "You can't go anywhere, Kook. I'm still teaching." Namjoon said from behind. "Ughhh." Jungkook groaned as he reluctantly walked back to the sofa. Namjoon, unperturbed, picked up the economics book. "Yeah, so..." Namjoon began again, but Jungkook suddenly had an idea. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at Namjoon before dashing out of the room. "Bye, hyung!"

Namjoon sighed. "This little shit. Anyway, Jimin-ah, shall we continue, or do you want to go too?" Jimin put his pen down and looked at Namjoon with pleading eyes, "No, no, you can continue, hyung, but just till the next topic, please." "Sure, Jimin-ah. At least you're taking notes. Let's continue. So, 'micro' means 'small' in Greek, spelled M-I-K-R-O-S, and 'macro' means 'large,' spelled M-A-K-R-O-S..."

Jimin sighed and resumed taking notes. He didn't enjoy economics either, but he wanted to do well in all his subjects.

After some time, Namjoon and Jimin finished their study session and decided to head home. But before that, they planned to stop by a café recently opened by Jin's uncle, Mrs. Kim's brother. The café was named "Serendipity."

Meanwhile, Jin was in his room, trying to relax. He sat on the bed with his eyes closed, haunted by flashbacks of Jisoo. He recalled her smiling face as she placed her order, followed by her tearful expression after he harshly insulted her. Jin replayed the entire scenario in his mind and realized his mistakes: bumping into Jisoo, yelling at her, and blaming her for everything. Most importantly, he regretted calling her names she didn't deserve. Jisoo had done nothing wrong. To clear his mind, Jin tried listening to some music, but even that didn’t help.

Unable to find peace, he decided to leave his room and walked towards Taehyung's. Inside, he found Taehyung and Jungkook.

"Guys, where are Namjoon and Jimin?" Jin asked. "They've gone to Uncle's café," Taehyung replied. Jin nodded and looked at Jungkook sitting on a bean bag with the phone in his hand "Oh, alright. And you, Mr. Jeon, how long do you plan on sitting here?" "I plan to sit here... forever," Jungkook replied with a sly smile.

Jin walked over and smacked Jungkook on the head. "I swear, you're the most annoying person on this planet." Jungkook sighed, "Influenced by you. Anyway, Taehyungie hyung, let's go to your uncle's café. Jin, you can join if you want."

Jin smacked Jungkook's head again and was about to retort, "It's hyung, you little—" but Taehyung interrupted. "Jin hyung, Jungkook-ah, please let's go. It's already 6:30, and we have to be back by 9, otherwise, eomma will be upset. Dinner, you know?" "Alright," both Jin and Jungkook said in unison. "I swear, you two are literally the same yet still fight like a vampire and a wolf, because they can never get along," Taehyung remarked.

Both of them looked at him and after a few seconds of trying to control their laugh, Jin and Jungkook burst into laughter. "Why the heck are you two laughing?" Taehyung asked, bewildered.