Taehyung and Jungkook - Nothing like us

55th

The next few days were really just moving past.
Dreadfully getting up every morning at five, working through the day and going to sleep at 12 at night.
This was their company's way of trying to put other things on their mind than Jonghyun.

Unsure if that was the best solution, yet it seemed to be working.
Today was Taehyung's birthday, a day he has not been looking very forward to.

Just done with washing his face, he headed into the living room.
"Morning", he grumbled, but had no more time to feel miserable, as Jungkook swirled him around.

"Happy Birthday, love!", he exclaimed.
"Thanks, Koo", Taehyung mumbled half heartedly and faked a smile.

The other guys gathered around too and each gave him a short hug.
"So what you got planned for today Tae?", Namjoon asked and gave him a warm smile.
"Oh uh... nothing much, I guess."
"No no I organized a few things actually", Jungkook then said.
"I don't know if you're still going to that party tomorrow but I- er- called my mom and we can go have dinner there tonight...", he said and expectedly looked at Taehyung.

Taehyung looked at Jimin.
Jimin shrugged.

"Yeah sure", Tae nodded. He wasn't all too thrilled to now have to be polite and extroverted but Jungkook did his best to make him happy and he knew that.

"Thank you", he said.
Jungkook smiled and his hand slid on Tae's back, caressing him gently.
Taehyung acknowledged that but didn't know how or if to react to that.
He took a step ahead, out of Jungkooks touch.
"I'll be at the studio", Tae said and walked away from the others, back to his room to change.

He had just taken his pyjama off, when Jungkook walked in.
"Jungkook I'm changing!"

Jungkook chuckled.
"I've seen your body before, you don't have to be ashamed. You're beautiful."

"I'm not ashamed! I just- I was changing- you can't just walk in. What about Privacy?"

Privacy? Jungkook was baffled.

"Knock next time", Taehyung huffed under a breath.

"Fine, sorry", Jungkook said and left the room with a undefined look on his face.

Taehyung sighed and sat down.

Well done, he thought to himself.
He didn't want him to leave but he felt uncomfortable with someone just walking in like that. Even if that someone was Jungkook.

It was still his own body.
Was it not?
He buried his face in his hands and just pulled his knees up to his chest.
He didn't cry but he longed for that comfort that, that... that... understanding for this situation.

He remained in that position for a little while, maybe hoping someone would check up on him.
But no one came.
After a few minutes he let out a light grunt and got up.

He cant just expect someone to save him. Maybe he had to save himself.

So he packed some stuff and called a bodyguard to be accompanied to the dance studio.

"Mr Kim, are you sure, you don't want to take someone else with you to the dance studio? I heard you study dances better if you dance with other people...", the bodyguard started the conversation.

"Just Taehyung please, and well no, not this time, i just want to look into the choreography more precisely today and I can't do that with a large group of people", he answered.
"But Mr Kim-"
"Taehyung."
"Erm, Taehyung... you don't seem in the best mood to go somewhere alone."

"I have you, don't I?"
"Well yes of course, Mr Kim- Taehyung... but-"
"It's fine. Really."

The bodyguard sighed.
"If you say so."