Edges of Temptation | TAEJIN

Chapter 10

♪ - Stand by me by Ben E. King

Seokjin

I almost tripped finding myself a corner in the pub to calm myself down. Letting my body rest against the wall, my heavy, rushed breaths finally came down to normal; however, my heart still hammered at an abnormal pace almost convincing myself I had some coronary issue.

What does that guy even want- I swallowed hard, weird sensations transpiring in my body I myself could not understand. I seriously hate him, why does he have to be like that every time? And I hate him because he can make me feel things I've never experienced before, he knows exactly what he's doing and he's getting the exact favorable outcomes from me and ugh, I fucking hate it. But my body betrays me for his touch. I don't even know him, he's just a stranger I happened to engage in an intimate moment with and plus one; I was drunk but even God knows how well and in detail I remember that night and I don't quite like the fact I do.

I exhaled, making my way to the table and saw that Jimin had joined us next to Namjoon. I pulled out my chair seating myself next to Jungkook as Jimin smiled greeting me, "Good Evening, professor Kim. I did not get the chance to greet you." He spoke in a gentle tone, bowing and I smiled back in return, the huge difference both the friends had was unbelievable. Taehyung is a complete jerk while Jimin is such an angel.

"Please don't be so formal, Jimin. You can call me Jin hyung outside college." I chuckled softly earning a goofy smile from Jimin. Turning my view to Jungkook; I noticed the way he had his eyes fixated on Jimin. It somewhat reminded me of the way Taehyung looked at me and I smirked elbowing my brother who hitched as if I had interrupted an intense staring contest. "Care to tell me what's going on little brother?" I jeered at him as his ears turned a light shade of red.

"What's going on?" He questioned back and of course Kookie knew how to pretend as I gave him a sly look getting one back in return, "And what took you so long in the washroom? Did you perhaps find some action in life? Or Taehyu-" I slapped Jungkook on his arm, glaring at him as he burst out laughing earning the attention of the others and among them Jimin's too which looked sort of gloomy.

"What did you do to earn a shot from your brother?" Yoongi looked at my pissed face shifting his gaze to Jungkook's who tried his best to hold his laughter but failed.

"Brother?" Jimin spoke a note higher and all the eyes on the table fell on him and his astonished tone as he turned red with the attention, "Oh yes, I completely forgot to introduce him to you, he's my brother Kim Jungkook. You both are in my course right? It's good to get to know each other because Jungkook is very introverted when it comes to making friends." I gave Jungkook a mocking look as he narrowed his eyes at me turning to shake hands with Jimin who followed the same so shyly and adorably.

"So then, I'll be seeing you on Sunday, Jin." He inquired as I nodded. "Yes perfect."

He smiled and took a sip of his beer engaging in a conversation with Hoseok and Yoongi as I watched Jungkook and Jimin glancing at each other from their phones. I had only had one crush all my life, it started when I was in grade eight. I still remember him so clearly, Jackson Wang. He was a new student and being the topper, I was assigned with the task to get him settled. I was popular among my schoolmates because my looks have always been to die for from when I was young. But it seemed I wasn't very lucky when it came to love. I confessed to Jackson in grade twelve not wanting to keep those feelings in anymore and he just walked away from me without a word and I never saw him after that.

That particular incident hit me hard, I had lost a good friend because of my stupid feelings. I accepted the fact that being in love was a waste of time and I shoved those feelings inside me, locking them up forever. I had never had a boyfriend, never engaged in anything sexual or emotional. All I did was bury myself deep into my career. Taehyung is the first who I had engaged with so intimately, who touched me in a different way and thinking about it- it was pretty simple to get this kind of a feeling because its a human habit after all. There is nothing more to it. I have never allowed any guy to get close to me and under that helpless self I was that night, Taehyung took advantage of it. And above all I am his goddamn professor so the punk needs to get this in his head.