When Truth Hurts

Chapter -2

As Jimin lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling, he heard a soft knock on his door.

“Jimin! Are you in there?” Taehyung called from the other side.Jimin sighed,  “Go away, Taehyung. I just want some time alone!”

“Come on, Jimin! You can’t hide in there forever!” Taehyung said, his tone shifting from playful to serious. “Please, just open the door. We need to talk.”

Jimin sighed, got up, and unlocked the door, allowing Taehyung to enter.Taehyung walked in and quietly shut the door. He sat on the edge of Jimin’s bed, watching as Jimin lay back down and covered his face with a pillow.

“Jimin-ah,” Taehyung said softly, pulling the pillow away. “I get it. You’re upset.”

Jimin didn’t respond, just crossed his arms over his chest and stared at the ceiling. Taehyung sighed, running a hand through his hair. “Look, I know Jungkook’s pranks have been a lot lately. And yeah, maybe we’ve been a bit too easy on him because he’s the youngest, It's not that they don't like us. The hyungs love us, but Jungkook is the youngest and likes to pull a few pranks. "

Jimin sat up, frowning slightly. “It just few pranks  ?? Really ? " He looked at Taehyung." Tae. It’s always Jungkook this, Jungkook that. He messes with us, and everyone just laughs it off. But when I get frustrated, it’s like I’m overreacting.”

"Jimin...." Taehyung tried to say but Jimin cut him off saying

“No, Tae let me speak." He said." what about the time he put spices in your food. Tae?" Jimin's voice was full of frustration. "Even though he knows you can't handle anything spicy! You were sweating badly ,nearly crying, and what did he do? He just laughed! And that horror prank-remember that one? You were practically about to faint, and he thought it was hilarious

Taehyung went quiet, looking down at the floor. He clearly remembered that prank—his heart had raced so fast he thought it might burst, but he hadn’t said anything, trying to ignore it. He didn’t want to spoil the fun, especially when it was Jungkook. But now, seeing how much it was affecting Jimin, he realized he had made a mistake by staying silent.

"Okay, you’re right," Taehyung admitted, letting out a sigh. "I guess I’ve been giving him too much slack because he’s the youngest. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t mad at him for it. I just… I don’t know, I didn’t want to make him feel too bad, you know? He looks up to us, Jimin. But you’re right. Sometimes, he goes too far.”

Jimin nodded "I’m not asking for him to be punished all the time, Tae. I just want him to understand that his jokes have consequences. It's not fair to laugh it off like nothing happened when it clearly does hurt us."

Taehyung nodded,"You are right ! We need to do something about it !"

As Taehyung finished talking, there was another knock on the door, and they turned to see Hoseok poking his head in.

"Hey, am I interrupting something?" Hoseok said, walking into the room without waiting for an answer.

" Why do you care." Jimin said turning back.

Hoseok sighed and walked toward Jimin, sitting on the bed next to him. “Jimin, I know you’re mad, but—” Hoseok began, but before he could finish, Jimin interrupted him, “No, hyung, please don’t say, ‘Let him go,’ or whatever you always say when it’s Jungkook. You always let him go, and when I tried to speak up, you said I’m overreacting!”Jimin's voice shook with frustration as he tugged at his pink hair. “Look at my hair, hyung! It’s freaking pink! He put dye in my shampoo as a ‘prank,’ and now I look like this.”

Hoseok couldn’t help but chuckle softly. “Well, to be fair, you look kinda cute with pink hair, Jiminie.”

“Hyung!” Jimin winced with a cute pout.