i think you're pretty....

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TAEHYUNGThe art show was happening, he was actually here in the room, but it didn't feel real. He couldn't stop smiling, he'd really tried to look serious. But his whole body radiated with excitement.

Yoongi was going to show up in thirty minutes after his work, and Namjoon and Jin were supposed to be here now, supposedly.

"I love this." A woman walked up to him. "How much for it?"

"For it? I didn't expect to sell—"

"How does nine thousand sound?" She blinks at him, obvious.

"Uhm, that sounds great! Thank you, but—"

"Here you go. I want it sent to my house at the end of the show." She smiled and handed the boy a check.

He looked at the zeros at felt like he was going to explode. How was this happening so fast?

"Oh my god you're amazing!" Jin popped up at his side, who had never seen his art before. "Wow, and what's this?"

"Someone just bought it." Taehyung whispered to himself.

Jin leans over his shoulder and sees the zeros. "Holy shit Tae!" He hugged the boy tightly.

"Holy shit what?" Namjoon walked up to the two boys, a soft smile on his face. Jin flashed him the check and Namjoon gasped. "Holy shit!"

"Let's celebrate." Jin took one of the glasses.

"How did you get these?" Tae frowns at the older boy suspiciously.

"Open bar." He grins. "And it's just sparkling cider. We're going to make a round, is that okay?"

Taehyung nodded happily and leaned against his table, with his cider. He could do so much with nine thousand dollars, he wouldn't worry about rent for a few months.

He tucked it excitedly into his pocket, and someone grabbed his hand.

"Oh, hey baby!" Taehyung hugged Yoongi tightly, kissing him on the cheek. "Look at this."

Yoongi's eyes widened at the check. "You could buy a car with that!"

"Two cars!" Taehyung loops his arm through Yoongi's. "A woman hurt bought it like that." He snapped his fingers.

Yoongi nodded; his eyes wide. Taehyung noticed he had a bruise on his temple that hadn't been there last night.

"What's this?" Taehyung tried to touch it.

"It's uh, all those low cabinets you know? I'm trying to make some cereal, and the. Bang! Almost split my skull open!" Yoongi chuckles and folds his hands, not looking at Taehyung.

"Hey, I told you about my dad. Come on, what's going on?" I looped my hand through his.

"I'm going to go get a drink." Yoongi walks off into the crowd.

Taehyung was left worried and empty. But he wouldn't pressure Yoongi any more than he had, and tucked the check into his pocket, then took a sip of his cider.

"Wow, you're quite the marvel aren't ya, Tiger?" A deep voice rumbled behind him.

Taehyung spun around. There he was, piercings and all.

Taehyung didn't say a word and hugged him tightly around the neck. Bunny hugged him back immediately, holding him a little tighter than he should.

"I missed you." Bunny whispered.

"Fuck you." Tiger leaned back and hit him on the arm. "You leave—and with that stupid fucking clue! You made an album about me—"

Bunny put a tattooed hand over his mouth, a smile growing on his face. 

"Come on, let's go somewhere quieter."

Bunny pulled him into an office area of the show and locked the door behind them, leaving them and a small hallway.

"You just left! And I don't know why! Shouldn't I get to know why? And then I find you, and you've written like ten songs about me—"

Bunny cues him off with a kiss, pushing him back against the wall and running his hands through Taehyung's hair. Tae was stunned, but felt himself longing for this, liking for more and tugged at Bunny's jacket.

Bunny pulled away. "Sorry, I just...had to do that."

"It's okay." Taehyung's face was fully red, and his eye still had tears in them and he wiped his face. "I, uh...liked it."

"I've missed you..." Bunny grabbed Taehyung's hands, they fit together like opposites did.

"I'll play your game." Taehyung hummed. "If you tell me your name."

"My name?" Bunny gasps. "That would be breaking the rules!"

"You clearly just broke a rule, you outlaw." Taehyung snapped back. "Tell me and I'll tell you mine."

"You got first."

"You kissed me first this is your fault."

"Jungkook." The Bunny boys' eyes light up as everything falls into place, his sweet smile glows in the dark hallway. He tugs on Taehyung's hands. "Come on, Tiger."

"Tae—Taehyung." He recovers from Jungkook's smile.

"I like your name." Jungkook scoots a little closer to the younger boy. "Tae-hyung. Taehyung. Tae." He rolled the name over his tongue.

"It's perfect."

Taehyung only nodded in response, his heart racing as he watched Jungkook's eyes. He wanted to run his hands though the boy's hair, pull off his jacket and see how far up his tattoos went.

There was a knock on the door and they both saw an employee staring at them from the other side.

Flustered, Jungkook opened the door and apologized before pulling Taehyung out with him. Jungkook leaned down to kiss Taehyung again.

"I have a boyfriend." Taehyung looks up at him. "I'm sorry, kook."

The older boy was rattled and pulled away. "Oh, I-I—Taehyung."

"I should've have told you, but I really wanted to kiss you." Taehyung took his hand back. "But I love him."

"You love him?" Jungkook's voice was a whisper. "I have to go."

Jungkook stormed off before Taehyung would say anything. And he was left alone again.

"Fuck." He whispered before walking back out into the art show. He'd gathered a little crowd, but he didn't feel happy anymore.

Namjoon walked up to him. He looked mad. "Who was that? Why the hell did I see you kissing him?"

"I didn't—"

"I don't want to hear it. How could you do this to Yoongi, after what happened?" Namjoon picked Taehyung in the chest. "You're an asshole. I'm going to go find Yoongi."

"Namjoon! I didn't kiss—"

He was gone too.

Taehyung felt his chest get heavy as everything fell apart again. He shouldn't have kissed Jungkook, he knew that. But it had happened. 

Jungkook had kissed him. Why would he do it now?

He sat down at his table, staring emptily at the table in front of him.-

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dunno how to feel abt this chapterrrr