Rumor has it | KV

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The usual party after a football game was this time over the top. After their team whooped the Moon High School's football team again, Bogum leaving with a black eye as Taehyung recalled correctly, courtesy of Yugyeom "accidentally" slipping and ramming his elbow into the opponent's face "accidentally" because the boy had snarled a nasty comment at Jungkook.

The football team kept the topic to themselves, even when Taehyung asked them, having grown more relaxed around them. But no one said anything as per Jungkook's order. Because the rival footballer had involved Taehyung in his insult, saying a pretty boy like Taehyung must be blind to associate himself with Jungkook. The other jock promptly jumped onto that bait; he always went emotional once Taehyung was involved. But thanks to his friends, no harm was done and the game continued.

They won by one point and the entire team was ecstatic. Eunwoo and Mingyu were chanting and singing, more like shouting in glee, when Taehyung had paid them a visit in the locker room alongside Jimin and Hoseok. Jimin wanted to congratulate Seokjin who had grinned widely upon seeing him and lunged at him to nearly topple Jimin over with a hug.

Eunwoo and Mingyu had taken Taehyung into their hug and jumped around alongside him, making the petite blonde squeal from being thrown around by their heavy, muscular frames. Jungkook had thankfully interjected, swiftly pulled the little puppy out of the mess of flailing arms and pressed his sweetheart close to his chest.

Taehyung had grinned up to him, congratulating him in the softest voice, lips turning into a pout while talking and Jungkook had wanted to kiss him so badly, thrumming with energy and excitement. Whenever they won, he felt high. Sharing that feeling with Taehyung was even better.

And holding Taehyung in his arms while they were talking to his friends, the blonde cuddling closer was something Jungkook wouldn't compare to gold. Hell, it was even better than anything else in his life because finally, his dream was coming true.

Seokjin, that traitor, had heard from Jimin, the second traitor, that Jimin had had a talk with Taehyung about Jungkook and it went positively well. So, Jungkook decided that today was going to be the day.

He was going to confess his feelings and they would kiss and then they would become a couple and live happily ever after! Yes, that is a wonderful plan. No, Jungkook didn't imagine them married already with a cute Pomeranian or Corgi or Doberman, shut up.

"Jungkook! Did you leave your ears in your room or are you now not listening to me anymore because I'm not Taehyung?" Yugyeom waved his hand in front of Jungkook's face before snapping his fingers.

"I wanna ask Taehyung out on a date." Jungkook said, following the blonde with his eyes who had just walked in with Jimin and Seokjin. The two best friends have insisted on getting ready and Jimin had forbidden Jungkook to join them to 'not ruin the surprise, stupid blueberry'. It might have been a mistake for their friend groups to hang out sometimes because Jimin had caught up on that forsaken nickname and was now gleefully using it for his own evil purposes. Jungkook was convinced he was a spawn of Satan himself.

"Apparently he didn't listen," Eunwoo snickered and jovially patted Yugyeom's back, "sorry Gyeomie, Blueberry's mind is only with Taehyung. Well. Not that he had much of it anyways."

"That's bullying, you'll hear from my lawyer," Jungkook grumbled, debating whether it was justified to throw his drink at his friends. But then he had to clean it up so maybe not.

But then his eyes fell on Taehyung and Jungkook suddenly didn't feel angry anymore. Taehyung looked so pretty today, heck, he always looked pretty but right now, Jungkook could smooch him. Not that he didn't want to smooch him any other day, it was just— anyways, you get his point.

Taehyung on the other side felt relief as soon as he spotted Jungkook standing together with his friends, quickly approaching him as he was feeling very uneasy. He had entered Jungkook's house alongside Hoseok, familiar now with the layout as he had spent a few times over at the jock's place.

But Hoseok had been distracted by a friend of his who had pulled him away, leaving Taehyung alone and without protection. Immediately, evil eyes targeted Taehyung, making the poor blonde squirm. He glanced to his left, fiddling with his fingers.

But he froze right in his tracks when dark blue eyes met his, in the color of his nightmares.

His breath hitched, feeling the dark eyes rake over his form, as if they wanted to caress him. And in a way they were, possessively moving over his body, claiming him, leaving him naked, vulnerable and on edge. Taehyung felt incredibly exposed, evil intentions gleaming in the dark blue and Taehyung for the first time believed them to be real.

After all, these eyes have been watching him for years.

The blonde released a terrified mewl before bolting towards Jungkook, fighting his way through the dancing crowd, and not caring that he pushed some people out of the way. He was terrified for his life and the only thought ringing in his mind was to get to Jungkook, because the jock was possibly the only one capable of protecting him.

"Tae? Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Taehyung nearly crashed into the tall jock who quickly caught the petite male and Jungkook felt Taehyung trembling against him.

The little blonde hid in his arms, pressing his face against his chest while he was gasping for air, trying desperately to compose himself, not have a panic attack in the middle of a party but it was so hard, these horrible eyes, the feeling of being followed, watched, everything crashed back to Taehyung like a violent wave of an unforgiving sea, having no mercy and taking without consideration, washing over him until he felt it fill his mind, his nostrils, his eyes.

Every centimeter of his being was invaded by the force, the malicious intent.

"J-Josh—J-Joshua, h-he," Taehyung gasped, running out of air as he pressed himself closer to Jungkook as if in the wish to hide beneath his shirt.

The tall blue-haired shared a worried look with his friends before protectively wrapping his bulky arms around the petite, slender frame of Taehyung. Yugyeom and Eunwoo immediately stood tall and looked around. They didn't know about who this Joshua was to Taehyung but they knew that whoever got the gorgeous blonde so frightened, was an enemy.

"Search for him. Tell Mingyu and look for Seokjin and Jimin. This guy is dangerous and he wants to harm Taehyung," Jungkook instructed his friends quietly, both nodding along with stone-cold expression on their faces while Jungkook cradled Taehyung's head, knowing the poor blonde was about to have a panic attack.

He needed to think rationally and fast, get Taehyung into a safe space and search for the threat.

"H-he was h-here, K-Koo— I-I saw h-him," Taehyung managed to choke out, looking up to the concerned other. The sight managed to have Jungkook in a chokehold of unbelievable rage and worry. Large, glistening eyes, wet with unshed tears, a face as white as paper, so unlike Taehyung's usual honey-tint, trembling bottom lip, wet from blood as it was bitten hard to prevent the male from sobbing out loud and the look of absolute despair.

"Where, Sweetheart?" Jungkook grit out, Eunwoo and Yugyeom listening intensely as well. A shudder nearly forced Taehyung apart.

"A-at the e-entrance h-hall. I-It was h-him, I'm s-so sure, I w-wouldn't h-hallucinate—"

"I know, Baby. Gyeom, Woo, you know what to do," Jungkook said the last words to his friends who nodded and immediately took off. Both have come to develop a soft spot for the cute blonde their friend was head over heels for, hell, their entire friend group came to like Taehyung so much. Seeing the blonde so frightened over another person, caused the protective men to go into rage mode.

They were going to find that fucker and make him pay for scaring their pretty boy.

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The way I'm soft for the 97' liners. Also, my poor taetae, who do you think did he imagine to see?

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