「 ✦Chapter :22✦ 」

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Moon was glittering with all her beauty over the night sky.The air was cool against Jungkook’s skin, the quiet hum of crickets filling the silence around the balcony. He leaned on the railing,hoodie sleeves bunched around his elbows,eyes flickering over the garden bathed in moonlight.The sky was clear,stars winking down at him like tiny secrets waiting to be told.

Behind him,the sliding door clicked open.

“Can’t sleep?” Taehyung's voice was low, smoky as ever, tinged with something unreadable.

Jungkook didn’t turn immediately. He smiled, lips curving as he stared up at the moon. “Just... thinking.”

Taehyung stepped beside him, arms folded on the railing. Their shoulders almost brushed.

Jungkook let the silence sit between them for a moment before he spoke again.

“I was thinking about... Namjoon-hyung,” he began, his voice gentler now. “The way he’s been cold toward you lately.”

Taehyung stiffened slightly, but said nothing.

“I know it looks bad,” Jungkook added, turning his head to look at him. “But it’s not really about you hyungie. It’s just his anger. He’s not mad at you... not truly.”

Taehyung let out a breathy chuckle, but it was sharp, bitter. “If you say so.”

His tone wasn’t mocking exactly, but there was a wall behind his words. So Jungkook decided to change tactics.

He leaned in just a little,a playful glint reflecting to his eyes.

“U-mm”Jungkook teased, “maybe if I got myself a boyfriend,Namjoon-hyung would forgive you.Cause I will be happy with my boyfriend and seeing me all happy namjoon hyung will forget about everything”

That made Taehyung turn sharply, his eyes snapping to Jungkook's with something stormy in them. “Don’t say sh!t like that.”

Jungkook blinked. “Wha—?”

“You think this is a joke?” Taehyung snapped, voice low but intense. “You think I’d let some random guy come near you just to make Namjoon-hyung smile?”

Jungkook stared at him, lips parted in surprise.But before he could respond, Taehyung continued, quieter now—more raw.

“I—” He stopped himself, jaw clenched. “God, Jungkook. You really don’t get it?”

Jungkook’s heart thudded hard in his chest. “Get what?”

“I care about you,” Taehyung said, almost growled, possessive and bare. “I’ve always cared about you. More than just a friend.You getting a boyfriend;You think i would be fine with that?”

The world tilted slightly. Jungkook blinked once, then twice.

And then he beamed, eyes crinkling as he practically launched himself at Taehyung, arms wrapping tightly around his waist.

“I knew it!” he laughed into Taehyung’s neck. “I was waiting for you to say it! I’ve been in love with you since forever!”

Taehyung let out a choked breath. “You--”

Jungkook pulled back just enough to look him in the eye. “Since the beginning,Hyungie. I was just scared you didn’t feel the same.”

Taehyung cupped Jungkook’s cheek then, thumb brushing over his skin like he couldn’t believe he was real. “I did.I do.I just... kept pretending to be your best friend.I didn’t want to lose you.”

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