Found you || yoonmin

21

Jungkook was so excited when he knocks the door. Today was the day Tae had been working really hard for.Tae had his project presentation today. He hopes everything would have went good. Tae worked day and night for this.

The door opens "Hi" jungkook waves a bit more excitedly. "Hi" more like a mumble tae responses. "Jimin isn't here. I'll tell him you came by." With that tae was almost closing the door.

Jungkook hurries "hey hey wait. I came to see you." Regrets a bit later. Tae looks at him for few seconds and then just sighs before opening the door wide open and turning back to move inside.

Things aren't usual. Jungkook can sense it. For one tae isn't smiling at all. And two he's in the kitchen near the stove. Jungkook can see a pan on the burning stove and with tae's action he figured he must be trying to chop something.

He knows tae doesn't know cooking, tae said by himself. He moves close to him feeling like walking on the eggshells.

The moment he saw tae isn't even focusing on the knife he's holding he moved quickly trying to grab his hand "what are you doing??" He yells without realising.

He tries to snatch the knife away. "Give it to me tae you'll hurt yourself." Still trying to remove it from tae's hold.

"No. I want to do it. " His voice breaks seemingly cyring.

"No you are being stubborn now. You don't even know how to do it. Let it go tae. Listen to me for God sake." Jungkook yells again panicking.

"Stop it. I can do things. I am not useless. You don't have to remind me how bad I am. " Tae yells back now sobbing loudly.

Only now jungkook realises how tae is crying. He sighs defeatedly. Before moving to stand behind tae still not letting his hand go.

He presses himself to tae's back and puts his chin on his shoulder positioning both of their hands to chop those carrots on the board.

" What are you doing? " Tae asks confused still sniffing. The close proximity is new to him. Only jimin has been this close to him. And now he feels.. weird.

" You don't seem to listen to me. If you want to do it. Fine then. Do it now. " Jungkook says with a stern voice making tae to hold the knife properly and wrapping both of his own hand over tae's. One holds knife and the other carrot.

Tae isn't crying anymore, his cheeks are tear stained now. He is just standing still. Not knowing how to react.

"What happened tae?" Jungkook asks with so much concern while rubbing his thumb over tae's hand holding carrot.

Tae whimpers trying not to cry. "I failed kookie. I failed." He starts weeping with his eyes shut. "All these years I thought I am good in fashion and designing. I was wrong. I am useless. I can do nothing." He is shaking now.

Jungkook carefully removes the knife without tae realising and wraps both the hands holding tae's around his stomach. More like a back hug.

He hugs him tight trying to comfort. "It didn't go well?" He asks softly.

Tae just shakes his head in no. "There were recruiters from 8 companies kookie. No one liked my designs." It hurts terribly to speak about it.

He thought he did well. Around 15 students were offered internships and jobs. But he wasn't. All his designs failed. He thought they were really good he worked really hard on them. And it hurts now. Were they that bad??

"I feel so useless kookie. I thought I was doing good. But seems like they weren't good at all." He weeps like a baby and it breaks jungkooks heart so much.

"Who said you didn't do well?" Jungkook asks still seriously.

Tae sighs upset "If I had did it well, someone would have liked my designs kookie. No one did."

"Who said? I liked them. A lot. They were so good." Still so serious.

Tae goes pliant in jungkooks arms. "You are my friend ofcourse you will like them. But they were professionals kookie. Them not liking it speaks alot." Tae says the more he speaks about it the more real it's becoming.

Jungkook turns his face lightly to look at him still resting in tae's shoulder "I ll like them even if I am not you friend. They are really good tae. " He says trying to reassure.

Tae doesn't seem to be convinced. Jungkook tries again " Just because those few people who were present their didn't prefered your designs it doesn't mean they weren't good tae. They might have some requirement for specific style."

And when tae thinks , it kind of makes sense. The designs that were selected were funky, westernised and styles usually youths prefer. Meanwhile his were classic suits and tuxedo with his additional detailed designs.

Tae leaned on jungkook and relaxed a bit. "Maybe..." He tries to convince himself as well.

"You did so well tae. Trust me. You worked hard and made some top class designs. And clearly your designs are meant to please and appreciated by high  rich professionals or organisations who have a good taste." Tae lightly chuckles at this.

They stay like that for a while, tae seeking comfort in the arms and jungkook gladly providing.

Jungkook turn tae to make him face him.
Tae just standing there looking at jungkook with a whole damn zoo jumping in his stomach and skin tingling. He held his breath when jungkook cupped his face.

He gently cups his face and wipes away the tear remains from both the cheeks. "You worked really hard tae and I have never seen someone as talented as you who is so amazing. You are hardworking, generous, humble, so creative, passionate and the most amazing person I have ever met. You are clearly not useless. If not today then tomorrow. One day you will get the recognition you deserve for your efforts tae. Don't speak low of yourself please."

Something about the way jungkook says it with so much delicacy tugs all the strings in taehyung's heart. He cannot even refuse him.

He nods his head in a daze. And gives him a soft smile.

Sounds of Stomach rumbling disrupts them.

Only now jungkook removes his hands from tae's face. He didn't realised what he was doing.

"I'll make you something to eat. I can hear how your stomach is throwing tantrums for not being fed. Can you go sit on the couch while I prepare it?" Jungkook asks carefully he doesn't want to cause any inconvenience to tae. Even not by speaking loudly.

Tae smiles a bit big from the previous one and nods. He moves and goes to the couch.