Fading Away | Taekook

24 - Tapes

Four years ago

Nineteen years old Jimin and seventeen years old Jungkook arrived in Seoul. The duo came to the capital a few times when they were younger, but this time they came to live.

Jimin will start fashion school and Jungkook will start photography. The boys of Busan have never been so excited about the future.

The friends dreamed throughout their teenage years of leaving their hometown and making a life in Seoul.

When Bogum, Jimin's older brother, came to visit them and told them about his adventures and challenges in the metropolis, the duo daydreamed together, imagining themselves there one day.

And when Bogum agreed to welcome them into his home in Seoul, they couldn't believe it. Obviously Jungkook's parents would provide a little monthly help until the boy established himself on his own.

Three years ago

At first they got by working a few part-time jobs, but after a year in college Bogum managed to get an internship for each boy at B.E. They started doing small office tasks, but soon their beauty caught the eyes in the company and they start their modeling career.

And it was at one of these jobs that Jungkook saw Jackson Wang in person for the first time. He knew the man because he was Bogum's friend and also because his face was everywhere in South Korea. Jackson, the most sought after and best paid model in the country. Justifiable, the man is a Greek sculpture.

Jimin and Jungkook watched a photoshoot in which Jackson posed, obviously for educational purposes.

Jungkook almost drooled. Jackson posed shirtless, with jeans ripped in the most dangerous places and a choker around his neck. His platinum blonde hair in an undercut. The man was ripped, a very low fat body percentage for sure. And he had beautiful tattoos all over his body, making him even hotter.

Jungkook always wanted to have tattoos and now he was thinking about it even more seriously.

"So beautiful but so rotten", Jimin snapped him out of his trance with his comment. "You can tell by the way he treats the staff, the guy has the king in his belly."

"I mean, he's Jackson Wang. I would let him bully me anytime."

Jimin looks at him in disbelief but Jungkook just shrugs his shoulders.

One year ago

Twenty years old Jungkook is very different from the teenager who arrived in Seoul. With a lot of dedication to the gym he achieved a sculptural body, added piercings to his ears and lips and completed the process of having a sleeve of tattoos on his right arm.

The baby fat of his cheeks gave way to a sharp face and a strong jawline, Jungkook became a hot and handsome man. And the world around him noticed.

In recent years he partied like never before, collected men like rings and enjoyed his reputation as a bad boy, even though he wasn't one. He just didn't get attached.

Only one man would make him change his lifestyle and that man is Jackson Wang.

The model remains the boy's ultimate crush, even though he never received any attention in return. And Jungkook tried many times, but he was dismissed and called "kid" or "Bogum's brother is my brother".

Jimin always looked disgusted when Jungkook showed interest in Jackson, he didn't understand how his friend was attracted to such a rude and unfriendly guy. Jackson mistreated everyone around him, including the photographer, and even so his crush resisted.