HATE TO LOVE YOU || TAEKOOK || JIKOOK || MAFIA AU

[𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼]²⁵

As the afternoon sun cast a warm, golden glow over them, Tae and Jungkook made their way toward the parking lot.

Taehyung didn't have much classes except the presentation session so he got free early today and the usual guard who picked up Taehyung had already been sent back by Jungkook, because he wanted to drive his bear back home himself.

However, the current situation was quite opposite, a bit far from the pleasant drive Tae had anticipated. Because Jungkook was clearly upset and now he wasn't letting taehyung explain himself.

Tae's continues pleas at giving some convincing excuses fell on deaf ears as Jungkook walked briskly ahead while tae was behind him like a puppy desperate to behold in warm embrace.

Suddenly when he stopped abruptly, causing Tae to halt just behind him, younger realized they had already reached the car, but the usual excitement Tae felt at the idea of a drive with Jungkook in his  rolls Royce was overshadowed by the tension between them.

"Hyungie, I-I..." Tae's words trailed off incomplete as Jungkook turned to face him with the same poker expression he had maintained throughout their walk.

Tae tried to smile sheepishly, hoping to lighten the mood, but his attempt faltered. He opened his mouth to speak again, but the words stuck in his throat as Jungkook silently took his bag off his shoulders and the books out of his hands, amd went to place them gently in the back seat like a gentleman of a hyung he was.

Tae kept standing near the car door, watching Jungkook with sad eyes. He tried again, his voice came out pleading, "Hyungie~ Please, I can explain. I have my reasons that I couldn't tell..." His words were cut off once more as Jungkook opened the passenger seat door for him and waited patiently for him to sit inside but deliberately avoiding his beautiful, soft puppy eyes. To not fall for them right now.

"Pweasee~" Tae requested, blinking his lashes with a little pout adorning his oh-so-pretty pink lips. It was a look that could make Jungkook lose his toughness and anger zillion times over, but only if he was looking.

"Maybe your reasons could work if I could bear lies. I never taught you to lie at any point. I simply hate it, so no need to explain." Jungkook said, struggling to maintain an emotionless voice. Coldness or toughness was something he could never truly use on Taehyung, not even if he wanted to.

As those words trailed off his lips, Tae's cuteness faltered. He audibly gulped as his eyes stung with the harshness and disappointment lacing Jungkook's voice.

The realization that his actions had truly hurt Jungkook hit him like a ton of bricks, and the weight of the situation settled heavily on his heart. Soon tae's eyes filled with unshed tears as he looked down.

His heart stuttered with sadness and desperation Inside when jungkook just left the door open and went to sit in driver seat.

He nibbled on his lower lip frowning and pouting Agreesively to himself like on verge of tears but chose to gather himself and silently sit in the car.

The panic of being misunderstood swelled within him, more intense than ever. Above anything, Taehyung had always feared disappointing Jungkook. And as he pondered over the thought that Jungkook was now so mad at him his right shoe tapped an anxious rhythm against the leather floor, his nails dug into his palms, and his head hung low, shadowed by his mounting anxiety.

The continuous tapping caught Jungkook's attention immediately. He could see Taehyung numb and stiff with tension, the way weight of his words had created a void that sucked all warmth and light from Taehyung's soul the moment he was accused of lying.

The silence between them stretched like an endless chasm, threatening to swallow them whole.

Jungkook sighed, taking a deep breath, and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, he gently clutched on Taehyung's shivering thigh, feeling the anxiety coursing through him while tae continuously nibbled on his lower lips with silent tears in his eyes.