The Dark Inside Of Me ✓ tk

Stereotypes & Assuming things

Taehyung willing to accept Jungkook as his friend doesn's necessarily mean he'll start being nice right away.

"So what do you do in your free time? Chase mice?", he asks, looking around bored.

"Again with the cat stereotypes?", Jungkook sticks out his bottom lip, "Me having a tail and cat ears doesn't exactly mean I act like a cat".

"How should I know? I'm not a supernatural being", Taehyung shrugs. He's still a bit uncomfortable with Jungkook's proximity, but decides to ignore it for now. They younger seems oblivious to the other's personal bubble. He's a warm and cheery person, though he can act very shy in the beginning, he'll soon stick to you like an octopus. Taehyung figured the younger is a touchy person and he isn't used to that. People in school only touch him in the form of punching and pushing him around. This was different. The small hand on his leg is warm and belongs to a gentle person.

"And I'm  not 100% human, but what does it matter?", Jungkook's smile is back on his face," But anyway, what do you wanna do? Watch television? Play videogames?" His tail flicks  excitedly at the mention videogames and again Taehyung is staring at the black thing.

"I like your tail", he blurts out without meaning to. He flushes a bright red when he hears his own words. Jungkook looks frozen for a second but a bright smile soon takes over his facial expression.

"Thank you! I love having a tail to be honest. I can't imagine a life without it", he swings the black tail forward and plays with it, letting it tickle between his fingers, "I've heard  terrible stories  from my mom how hybrids used to get abused a lot when they were disobedient. Their tail got cut off. Cut off! How could their owners do such a thing!?" Jungkook's eyes are wide like he takes the story very personal.

"So?", Taehyung's bored façade still hasn't changed, "We humans don't have one either".

"It's like losing a limb Tae", the hybrid pouts, "You wouldn't act so casual if I was talking about a leg. But I guess people without a tail don't get how it is to have one".

He looks up at the older's blank face.

"Mom told me I should hide my tail from people and stuff it underneath my clothes. But I can't do that to my tail, it'd feel cramped", he rambles on.

Taehyung wasn't listening to the younger anymore. He lost his attention as soon as the nickname had slipped out of the other's mouth, sending his heart into a frenzy. He was unaware of the fact he was staring blankly at Jungkook.

Taehyung feels something soft tickle his face and flinches. Jungkook giggles at this reaction and retracts his tail.

"You were day dreaming", he explains, his ears twitching in amusement.

"Oh..."

Taehyung is red with embarrassment again. He seems to have this problem a lot when he's around the younger.

He coughs awkwardly when Jungkook looks up at him with cute dark eyes.

"Um... You mentioned video games?", Taehyung questions, hoping this will drive the awkwardness away.

"Yes!", Jungkook jumps up, "Oh but don't we have homework? We should do that instead".

"Ah yeah calculus homework", Taehyung nods and gets off the couch, "I never make those exercises".

"Why?", the other asks confused as they step to the place where they left their backpacks, "Is that why you failed a grade?"

Taehyung's face falls instantly and he's aware of the younger not noticing it.

"That's not why", he mumbles, sounding somewhat angry but the tone slips past the oblivious hybrid. Jungkook requests to make the homework upstairs so they ascend the stairs to Jungkook's bedroom.

"It's something I wondered the past days. You hate this school and still you decided to fail a grade, and not change schools", the younger opens the door for Taehyung who pushes him to the side grumbling a, "I didn't choose to fail".

"You could've studied harder", Jungkook sits himself on the edge of the bed while Taehyung slumps down onto the cold floor. He's currently ignoring all the nonsense spouting from the other's mouth. "Or switched schools, start all over"

"Do you think people ask me what I want?", Taehyung speaks up, "Do you think my opinion really matters? Do you really think I wouldn't have switched if I could, running from this terrible school full of students and teachers who hate my guts for something I have seemingly done? If so, then you're even more idiotic than I first thought".

Jungkook just blinks at the insult.

"Now if you don't mind, I will make homework because you seem to think I don't put enough effort into my studies while in reality I could be the smartest kid in school", Taehyung snaps, pulling his notebook in his lap. 

I could be, he thinks, if it wasn't for my stupid life.

"Okay", the younger mumbles softly. He has finally realized he pissed off the other by his mean comments. He slips off the bed and sits criss cross next to the older.

"Tae?"

"What is it now?", the older sighs frustrated but not angry anymore.

"Do you hate me now?"

Taehyung rips his stare of the formulas and looks up to the younger, seeing the guilt and sadness in the other's gaze.

"No", he casts his gaze away. I could never, he adds mentally.

Jungkook shuffles a bit closer, but this time Taehyung doesn't flinch when he feels the other's warmth getting closer. He smells like cinnamon and musk, Taehyung concludes, unknowingly leaning in to catch the scent.

"I'm sorry I hurt your feeling. I realize now how dumb I was to assume things when I'm not aware of your situation", he fumbles with Taehyung's jeans, pulling at the threads from where the jeans had ripped at the knee. The older looks to where Jungkook is playing with the threads and it makes him involuntary think of a cat playing with yarn.

Gosh I really need to stop with the stereotypes, he huffs which attracts the hybrid's attention.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you", Taehyung mumbles when Jungkook looks up at him with a hopeful gaze. He smiles.

"Now we're both sorry. Let's forget this ever happened and focus on Math", Taehyung quickly says so avoid looking at Jungkook's pretty smile for too long.

"Okay!", Jungkook says happily, "Let's see how smart you are smartypant".

The giggle erupting from the small hybrid makes Taehyung realize just how fucked he is.

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