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BATTLE BETWEEN BROS

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"JEON JUNGKOOK," I SAID, staring up at Jungkook in awe. He looked down at me with a smirk, and only a mere moment later, his arms wrapped around my shoulders in an embrace. My face dug into his chest, and I instantly felt a familiar, intimate warmth.

Jeon Jungkook, my other childhood best friend. Him, Taehyung, and I were best friends as kids, always being placed in the same class throughout out elementary school. Now even though Taehyung and I were closer, I felt something more with Jungkook. Honestly, I wasn't sure if I was in love with him or not since I was quite young. But I do recall shots of my heart racing and overdoses of butterflies in my stomach.

"Yah, Jungkook-ah, is this your girlfriend?" asked one of the boys from the douche group behind us.

"Well, what if she is?" Jungkook chuckled, squishing me closer to him.

I felt a grip around my wrist, and I was suddenly yanked out of Jungkook's arms by Taehyung, quickly dragging me all the way back up the steps. He glared at Jungkook and held me secure by my shoulders, his jaw taut while biting down on his bottom lip. With one hand fished in the pocket of his navy windbreaker and a mischievious grin slapped on his face, Jungkook offered a sly look back at Taehyung and I as he trifled with his bottom lip with the thumb of his other hand.

"Hyung, I guess you're still wanting to continue the game, am I right?" Jungkook slurred, slowly making his way up towards the two of us, step by step.

"I never wanted to participate in the game in the first place," Taehyung scoffed, his hands caressing down my arms to clasp with mine.

"Oppa, what game?" I asked, intertwining my fingers with his. I looked up at him, worried.

"(First Name) noona, you don't need to worry abou-"

"Noona! Taehyung hyung is in love with you!" Jungkook interrupted, hollering with his hands cupping around his mouth in an o shape as he stopped his track midway.

Taehyung immediately unlocked the grasp between us with a fierce, tense face, and dashed right towards Jungkook. He snatched the collar of his jacket, jerking him closer to meet eye to eye. They were a mere two inches apart, the tips of their noses almost in contact. The atmosphere in the midst of the two grew humid and groggy with agitation, and I could tell Taehyung wanted to straight up knockout Jungkook.

"So you admit defeat, hyung?" Jungkook sneered.

"You're a bratty little doengsaeng, you know that, right?" Taehyung hissed. He threw Jungkook away towards the side against a nearby metal railing. "And no, I'm not admitting defeat."

Taehyung latched his hand onto my wrist and hooked onto the handle of one of the front doors with the other, soon veering it open. As he lugged me away inside the school building, I swear I could've heard Jungkook snicker, "lose, hyung."

Taehyung heard as well. I knew because his grip around my wrist tightened and trembled in anger.

What the hell happened between these two..?

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*flashback: 7 years ago*

3rd Person POV:

"NOONA! WAIT FOR US!" Taehyung and Jungkook yelled out.

The three fifth graders were racing back to the neighborhood they all shared. Taehyung and Jungkook began running out of stamina going up the grassy hill, and they trailed behind (First Name), who luckily had hidden saved up energy inside of her. The distance between them increased, almost to the point where the two boys couldn't spot their noona over the hump of the hill.

"Taehyung oppa! Jungkook-ah! Hurry hurry! I see the ice cream cart!" (First Name) screamed with all her might on the other side of the hill.

Smiles appeared onto the boys' facss, and they were instantly recharged, instantly sprinting up and over the hill. While they carefully made it down the hill, Jungkook began to decrease his speed. Taehyung noticed after reaching the flat, leveled pavement, and stopped to look back at Jungkook.

"Why'd you slow down?" Taehyung asked once Jungkook finally met up with him, both of them harshly panting. "You tired?"

Jungkook shook his head, "I'm fine, something's just bothering me."

"What is it?"

"Do you like (First Name)?"

Taehyung's eyes widened. "W-Why? D-Do you like her?" he stuttered.

"Yeah. I like her." Jungkook said plainly.

"I mean, I guess I like her.." Taehyung muttered, staring down at his white, worn-out sneakers.

"Then hyung, let's play a game."

"What kind of game?"

"How many more years are you going to make me wait!?" (First Name) yelled suddenly.

Taehyung and Jungkook looked across the street at (First Name) motioning them over as she flailed her arms around in the air. The both of their hearts began to race just staring at her, admiring her prescence. They crossed the road, dashing towards her–no, sprinting–with deteremination, wanting to be the first to reach her.

"Whoever (First Name) falls in love first, wins," Jungkook explained as he ran beside his hyung. "That's the game."

"Oh, I'm in!" Taehyung cheered.

Taehyung made it to (First Name) only a brief second before Jungkook, as he pushed himself towards the end of the race. They bent over with their hands on their knees, huffing and puffing to catch their breaths. Sweat dripped down the sides of their face onto the sidewalk, and all in all, the two were battered out.

"Here," (First Name) said. Taehyung and Jungkook looked up at their noona. She held out two popsicles, a red in one hand and a white in the other, one for each of them. "You guys took too long so I bought them for you already."

Taehyung took the white one, since it was his favorite color. Jungkook grabbed the red one, for the same reason. Once they opened the plastic and began enjoying their refreshing, cold snack, the three made their way towards their neighborhood in front of them. The two dawdled behind their noona as a result of the weary noodles they had for legs. (First Name) whipped her head around, groaning as she saw the both of them just strolling and minding their own business.

"C'mon, let's go!" she smiled, skipping over to Taehyung and Jungkook.

She squished herself inbetween them so that she was in the middle, and clasped her hands with Taehyung on her right nearest to the road and Jungkook close to the stores and shops on her left. Both of the boys turned their heads away from her to conceal the unexpected blush upon their face. It was like a stroke of thick, red paint splashed their cheeks, though the two acknowledged it.

God, just fall in love with me already. The two thought, in unison.

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A/N: Sorry I took so long to update! I dazed off everytime I tried writing it.

Btw, Jungkook is straight SAVAGE. 😂

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