The Afflictions Of Lovers | 18+ Kookv

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HERE WE ARE AGAIN, UNDER THE CLOUD COVER.

It had been two months since that fateful December night. Taehyung never did manage to get Jungkook's number. The handsome stranger had taken off when Taehyung looked away for what he swore was only 5 seconds.

For most people, such an encounter would have easily been forgotten in 60 days as the busy times in their lives would cover it but Taehyung had a hard time forgetting the beautiful man's face. His name, his voice. The cold expression remained on his face even when staring at a melting snowflake in his palm.

Taehyung wanted nothing more than to see this man again. Some would think it was romantic and others would think he was crazy. Either way, Taehyung knew the man had him stuck in a trance.

He had longed to see him again.

Walking out of the doors of his university's library, Taehyung took immediate note of the winter rain storm that was happening. He looked up at the late afternoon grey sky.

It was the week before the new semester started and things were already looking bleak.

The man clicked his tongue at this and sighed. Grabbing his umbrella, he was about to open it when his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and answered. It was one of his juniors. Taehyung listened to the things the person had to say and was in the middle of responding when his attention was quickly stolen when he heard a voice groan near him.

"Shit..."

Taehyung glanced over at the man who stood next to him. His eyes widened in surprise. He was given what he called a second chance when he saw the man he was infatuated with across from him. He was frozen in his spot, the words that were coming out of his mouth were dropped and dragged thin until they became nothing but air.

Then his lips curled into a smile.

"Sunbae? Hello?" A voice spoke on the phone after a minute of silence. Taehyung turned his attention back to the caller.

"Oh- sorry, uh, I gotta go. I'll call you back, ok?" He said quickly and hung up before the person could respond. He stood in silence, looking at the man up and down. He was just as handsome as he remembered. Taehyung noticed right away that the man didn't have an umbrella.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

Clearing his throat, he leaned his body just a slight bit forward and smiled warmly towards Jungkook.

"Hello~" He greeted him with a friendly tone.

Jungkook flinched and looked over at the man beside him. It was obvious that Jungkook didn't know there was someone next to him.

"Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you but you're Jeon...– Jeon Jungkook, right?" Taehyung asked, pretending to not remember Jungkook's name right away while snapping his fingers as if trying to trigger his memory. Jungkook stared at Taehyung in silence for a few seconds with slightly furrowed brows as if he could recognize him but didn't know from where. He just nodded in response and tilted his head to the side.