☾Trial & Error☽ → kth | jjk

VIII

I just realized that I only used male idols for this group trip thing so oops literally no females, my bad sry rip :')

Dinner hadn't gone how Jungkook had expected it to.

He had a good time talking with his friends and making plans for the free days that were scheduled into their study abroad course, but he also couldn't help but notice one unsettling thing.

Taehyung.

Jungkook had expected that the red head would throw taunting glances across the way, worm his way into his conversation with Jaehyung, make a scene and then drag him into it, laugh so hard he 'accidentally' soda on him- anything.

But... he didn't.

In fact, he didn't do much of anything. The most Jungkook noticed him do was order his food, eat his food, and then sit quietly playing with a napkin.

There were a few times where he'd catch Taehyung having a brief conversation with Jimin, but that never lasted long as Jimin would begin talking with other people around him. That wasn't too out of the ordinary, Jimin was quite the social butterfly.

What was out of the ordinary was literally everything about how Taehyung was acting. However, Taehyung had of course noticed Jungkook looking at him and immediately conjured up a cocky grin and winked in his direction. Jungkook wrinkled his nose and returned to his discussion with Jaehyung.

Taehyung's grin faded slowly and he looked at his empty pasta bowl, lifted his fork, and pushed around a stray piece of tomato that had been in the sauce. He sighed quietly and put the fork down.

"Mr. Han? When will we be going back to the dorms?" He asked the professor that was leading the trip. Mr. Han looked at him and then at his watch.

"Pretty soon. Once everyone finishes, I'll pay and we'll head out." He responded. "Why? Everything alright?"

Taehyung managed a shaky smile. "I'm starting to feel that jet-lag." He joked tiredly, rubbing the back of his neck and Mr. Han chuckled as well.
"I've done this trip enough that my body adjusts faster. But if you rest up tomorrow, you'll feel much better, I promise." He assured and waved a waiter over to pay the check.

When the group arrived back at the dorms, Taehyung made a beeline for his and Jungkook's room. He laid on his bed and stared at the door, waiting for Jungkook to come in any minute but he didn't. That was odd.

He waited ten or so minutes before sitting up and picking up his phone. He looked at Jungkook's contact name fondly for a moment. He had been crushing on the boy ever since their partner project a long time ago, and he couldn't deny that he was pretty cheesy about crushes.

Taehyung
where are you?

Kookie<3
Hanging out in friends dorm. Won't be back till late probably.

Taehyung bit the inside of his cheek, staring at the text as he debated about responding. Just as he was about to say 'fuck it' and text back, Jungkook sent another message.

Kookie<3
I don't care if you invite people over, just as long as they don't touch my shit.

Taehyung sighed again and began to type, his thumbs tapping across the phone screen.

I'd invite people over if I had more than one friend, but it's whatever..|

He stared at the text and then deleted it furiously, mentally cursing himself for even thinking to send that in the first place. Way to sound whiny, Taehyung.