THE BOY NEXT DOOR (TAEKOOK LOVE STORY 18+)

Part 3

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TEN YEARS LATER

For days, Jungkook had been having intense arguments with himself over whether to go or not.

When he was in high school, he had hardly any friends so going to a high school reunion seemed a bit... unnecessary, ridiculous even.

He wouldn't normally even consider going but there was a particular person who had been running around his head in endless circles since the day he had found out the date of the reunion. This particular person was, in all likelihood, going to be there.

Jungkook reminded himself that he didn't think about Taehyung anymore because he was totally over everything that happened ten years ago... After all, why an earth would he ever think about the person he was so utterly besotted with for years and who was the first person he ever kissed? ...Who Jungkook had wanted to be the last person he ever kissed...?

What reason could he possibly have for thinking about Taehyung? No reason. None. Whatsoever.

Yet the thought of seeing him again tempted and frightened Jungkook in equal measure because he still couldn't help but to think what could have happened if Taehyung had seen him as something other than a friend or a little brother. The whatifs and shoulda, woulda, couldas, gnawed at his insides.

Those kisses in the dimness of the kitchen haunted him.

Ever since then, every time Jungkook had kissed someone, the image of Taehyung would appear in his face as if to taunt him. The thought of Taehyung was like a poison seeping through his sanity, forever catching him off guard right when he thought he finally had himself under complete control again.

So, despite telling himself he was still trying to make up his mind, he already knew he would never be able to resist the temptation to see Taehyung.

He had no intention of finding out in person -because that would actually involve speaking to Taehyung- but Jungkook couldn't help but to wonder what Taehyung had been up to for the last ten years.

He wondered if Taehyung was perhaps married... or with children, and the sudden wave of nausea at the thought of someone else having that with Taehyung twisted his stomach so horrifically he thought he might be sick thinking about it.

He wondered if Taehyung ever thought about him.

Jungkook felt like he hadn't really grown up, physically or mentally, until after high school and when he did, he grew a good few inches taller, probably twice as wide and suddenly he felt much more comfortable and secure within himself.

He was no longer desperately shy, quite the opposite.

Well, Jungkook would never be a social butterfly like Taehyung, but he no longer shied away from social situations and could even be considered quite confident and smooth with people.

Doing his military service early had helped Jungkook come out of his shell and perhaps unsurprisingly, a big part of that had been because of the changes in his body during this time.

He became strong yet lithe, broad shoulders, narrow hips and since he had finished in the military he had let his hair grow which was wavy and now almost down to his chin -the undercut looked a bit mean but it went with the tattoos.

Also the fact that there was not a man on the planet who would call him unattractive certainly helped with the confidence.

Now Jungkook never had any difficulties in finding a man... what he had difficulties with was wanting to keep any of them. Because none of them were ever the right one.