My Tease

How to be Friend

Taehyung pov

"Yoongi is so sweet. He paid for our meal even though I didn't want him too. He tried to give my glove back when he thought I was cold multiple time and he's just...I love him a lot." Jimin gushes as he leans against my couch at my house. My parents are currently out and I invited Jimin over to play Overwatch, but all he wants to do is talk about his Valentine's date with Yoongi.

"Yoongi always seems annoyed if you ask me." Jimin shakes his head.

"He has a soft side too." He chuckles. "I guess you have to be close to him to know." He bites down on his thumb happily.

I put my controller down begrudgingly, "Jimin." I say and he tilts his head to the side cutely. Even when I'm jealous I still find him so adorable. I pout and run my hand over the buttons on my controller, "Why didn't you tell me that you were talking to someone online for a year?"

His smile deflates and he starts to panic. He scoots closer to me, "I know. I'm a jerk. I just didn't want you to think I was a coward for wanting to find someone online instead of in person." I furrow my eyebrows and let out inhuman noises. "Tae? Are you going to hold it against me?"

"Jimin, this took me by complete surprise. I thought we were closer than that." I focus on the television in front and frown at the paused screen. "You should know I wouldn't have judged you." I say in support even though it makes my own heart ache. "You really love him?" Jimin nods his head and I sigh unable to fight against him. I can't even fix my mouth to say I've had a crush on him since freshman year of high school. The funny thing is...I want him to be happy more than I want my own happiness. "So what website did you meet him on?"

Jimin's face breaks out into a soft smile, probably glad I'm not mad at him. "Tumblr."

I roll my eyes, "Really?"

"Yes, but then we started messaging and I don't know...things grew." He says shyly and I smirk as he scratches his cheek. I take the opportunity to squish his puffy cheeks together and playfully move his head side to side.

"Awww, you're so adorable." My phone buzzes on the table beside us and I stop what I'm doing to pick it up. It's a text from Jungkook. I unlock my phone and open Kakaotalk. 

JK: Want to play Overwatch with me?

My lips curve into a smile at the offer, but then I remember that's kind of what I was doing with Jimin. He's not that good at it though. His hero keeps dying. I stare at my phone unsure of what to do. I don't want to leave him here to hang out with Jungkook. "Who texted?"

"Jungkook." I add, "he wants me to come over to his place." 

Jimin takes both our controllers and places them on the table. "Do you want to go?" 

"Um..." I avert my eyes feeling guilty. 

"I have to leave anyway. It's getting late and I have a few assignments I should be doing." Jimin stands from the couch. 

"Are you sure? We never finished this game." I point towards the television and he shrugs.

"Some other time." We walk to the front door and I watch Jimin put his jacket on and lace up his shoes. He's almost out the door when he turns back around and gives me a small hug, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but you'll always be my best friend." He reassures and boy does it re-solidify that I will always be eternally stuck in the friend zone. 

"I'll see yeah later." I say as he waves goodbye and closes the door. I sigh and text Jungkook back.

Want to come over to my place? I'm already playing.

Not even a second later, Jungkook replies.

Sure! I'll be right over.

This isn't the first time he's been to my house to hang out since I began working at the same convenient store as him, so I just wait for him to get here. Since I'm bored, I open my phone camera and stare at my reflection. I smirk and start to twist my face into creepy grins. I take multiple pictures of me with my tongue trying to touch my nose or crossing my eyes. I get so bored I even try to put my leg behind my head, but that's right when the door bell rings. "C-coming!" I yell as I lower my leg from my head and walk towards the door. I clear my throat and open it.

Jungkook has on a long black coat and ripped denim jeans. His hood is pulled up as he smiles warmly at me even though his cheeks are tinted red. "Come in." I say as I step aside. He walks passed me and begins to take his coat off, revealing a white long sleeve shirt. He puts it in the closet already knowing where everything is and leaves his shoes in the front. 

"I've been wanting to play Overwatch with someone all week, but all my friends were faking on me." He says as we get settled in the living room. I put my hand on my heart and pout.

"So I wasn't your first choice?" Jungkook hits my arm and takes one of the the Xbox controllers off the table. 

"Not for this game." He says but for some reason the tone he used makes it seem like it has a double meaning. I don't over think it as we pick which hero we'll play as. Once everything is decided we hit start and are set into the realm of the players. We weave our way through clay stoned buildings used to block off attacks, running up stairs and dodging the enemy attacks. Unlike Jimin, Jungkook makes a 20 person kill count easy and backs me up nicely as things unfold.  

"You're pretty good at this." I say, not taking my eyes off the screen.

Jungkook chuckles as he kills another person making it his 25th kill. "Thanks, I did say I'm golden." I shove him in the side and he smiles brightly, showcasing his bunny teeth as his eyes crinkle on the side. My split second of being distracted causes my hero his life and I die. 

"Dang it!" I yell as my hero refreshes and I'm left with a clean number of kills. Right when I hit 15 kills, I die. 

"I'm thirsty." Jungkook says and I pause the game. 

"What do you want?"I ask as we both head into the kitchen.

"Soju?"

I eye him up and down, "You want me to supply an underage fetus with alcohol?" His cheeks turn red since I just basically said he was an unhatched egg. "Apple or cranberry?" 

"Cranberry." He sighs in defeat and sits at the counter. "Why do I have to wait? People drink underage all the time." He whines, but I shake my finger at him.

"Being sober is fun." I scold, making Jungkook gives me a 'are you serious' look. "You look like a sloppy drunk and I hate sloppy drunks."

"But you're a sloppy drunk." He bites back and I frown. "Do you hate yourself?"

"Of course not because even when I'm sloppy I'm loveable." 

Jungkook pauses for a second and something crosses his eyes, but it's hard to read. "True," is all he says while I pour him the glass of cranberry juice. "Tae, can I ask you something?"

"Sure." I slide the glass over to him and he takes a sip.

"Thanks," He swirls the glass around. "Do you plan to keep dying in Overwatch?" 

I fake a laugh and take a bottle of soju out of the fridge, "I can't wait to enjoy this nice, cold bottle-"

"Shut up."

A/N Aye! I updated! Okay, I made overwatch a multiplayer split screen game in this. I know some people might come for me and snatch my edges like nah it's not possible, but guess what this makes life way easier. Plus, in real life this is what they play. I tried to find a replacement game that has split screen, but apparently those are going extinct. I had no idea. What is happening to the world? I feel lost all of a sudden. I haven't played video games in forever but when I did almost all of them were split screen. I feel old and I'm only 18. What the hell. Okay, until next time my lovely Burritos that probably laughed at my rant...DEUCES!