213 cm- Perfect Match

Chapter 1: Okay, Madonna

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Some say that when you meet "the one," you'll hear wedding bells ringing in your head—that's not what happened when Taehyung first met Jeon Jeongguk, though—he heard something else: "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.

It happened in the men's basketball team's locker room where Taehyung's about to get changed for practice. It was after class, he stepped inside the locker room with his headphones on, dropping his duffel bag on the floor, about to open his locker when the one next to his swung close— and that's when Taehyung saw— well... Tattoos, abs—and tiddies—right in front of his face.

"J-just how tall-.." Taehyung couldn't finish his sentence as his eyes gradually rose up—and up, and up until he had to back up, mouth agape in awe at seeing a muscular goliath with a baby face towering over him, meeting his gaze.

"H-hello, sunbae-nim," the baby giant said, lowering his head and clasping his hands in front of him, greeting Taehyung with his full sleeve tattoos and no shirt on.

Seconds passed, and Taehyung still couldn't say anything; he was just staring at the tall— no, huge man in front of him, his head still bent, standing awkwardly, waiting for Taehyung's response to his greeting.

But what would Taehyung even say? 

Hi? 

Hello? 

How tall are you? 

Did Santa send you? 

Taehyung still cannot think of anything to say. He's by no means short, being a member of the SNU's basketball team, Taehyung's height is just an inch short to 6 feet, but in front of this huge-muscular-teddy bear- of a man, Taehyung's beginning to feel like he's only 4 feet in height, which isn't normal— no, none of this is normal at all. 

"Ah, Taehyung! You met Jeongguk? That's good. He's a freshman and one of our new recruits. He's so tall, isn't he? He's even taller than me, hahahaha!" Namjoon says, approaching Jeongguk's side, laughing as he pats the latter on the back, while Taehyung stands there, mouth gaping and closing like a stupid fish. 

"S-sunbae?" The baby faced giant says, which magically woke Taehyung out of his trance, finally making the latter blink his already dried eyes.

"Huh?" Taehyung says, subtly shaking his head, looking away from the new recruit. 

"C'mon Tae, don't be too cold. Say hi!" Joon says, cheerfully urging Taehyung to greet their team's new recruit back, but for some reason, Taehyung doesn’t trust his own mouth right now. 

"Tch, whatever," Taehyung said, quickly snatching his uniform from his locker, rushing, believing that it would be best for him to get changed in the restroom. 

"*Sigh* Don't mind him, Guk. That's just Tae's personality, but he's a good guy... Some say he's a snob because he almost never smiles, but I think he's just shy. Don't take it personally, okay?" Joon says, feeling sorry for Jeongguk, who was basically ignored by Taehyung. 

"O-oh... It's okay, Joon hyung, I don't mind," Jeongguk says, strangely blushing all the way up to his ears and his heart pounding inside his chest—not that anyone can tell.

... 

"What the fuck?" Taehyung scoffs, locking himself inside one of the empty cubicles in the restroom, his back pressed flat on the door; there, Taehyung slowly shifted his gaze between his legs.