5. Vhope ~ Forever

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"Well done Tae! That was perfect, you nailed it. And you did it so quickly!"

"Aish, no. It's all thanks to you, hyung," Taehyung replies with a grateful smile, wiping his forehead with the towel Hobi tosses him.

"No, even armys can see how hard you're working. I'm proud of you," he replies, and then, in the typical Jhope style, pulls Tae into a hug, not seeming to mind the sweat pouring down his arms. Taehyung leans into his touch, savouring the feel of Hobi's arms wrapped around him tightly.

"Anyway," his hyung says, pulling away. "I've gotta go help Mr and Mrs Kim over there," he smirks at Namjoon and Jin in the other corner of the room, laughing cutely together as they puzzle over the new complicated dance moves. "Go get some rest, hm?" He sends Tae off with a fond smile and tousles his hair.

Tae smiles at his hyung's care, but continues to practice in the corner of the dance studio anyway. They have a show coming up, as well as a couple of game shows, so they need to practice all of their older stuff as well to make sure it's absolutely perfect for all their fans.

As he's practicing, he can't help but look over to J-hope who's currently helping Suga. Suga trips over his own feet and accidentally lands, giggling, in Hobi's arms, who then holds his hands to help him get the steps right. Sighing, V gets back to practicing, watching himself in the mirror and trying to get the steps right. He knows he's performing the choreography well; by now he knows all of it like the back of his hand. But after maybe the tenth try of running it through, he can't stop the wave of frustration that washes over him fiercely. There's just something missing, but he can't figure out what. Without thinking, he curses and kicks the wall, running his fingers through his soft hair harshly and kind of hurting himself.

Until then, J-hope had only been focussing on Yoongi, and hadn't noticed Taehyung's loud sighs. But after that, everyone in the studio turned to him straight away; J-hope and Yoongi, and Jungkook and Jimin who had been helping Namjoon and Jin. Taehyung mentally curses himself, drying his face and avoiding eye contact with the 6 other boys in the very silent and seemingly ominous (for some reason) room.

"I'm going to get water," he says curtly, before leaving the room quickly so no one could question it.

Why is J-Hope been spending so much time with Suga lately? It's not even like he needs that much help with the choreography. He just keeps purposely messing up so he can spend more time with Hobi. And even though it's blatantly obvious, Hobi is either too kind-hearted to realise or simply is going along with it because he likes spending time with Suga just as much as Suga does with him.

"Taehyung! Wait up!" Taehyung turns around abruptly, snapped out of his thoughts by none other than his best friend, Jimin, who's currently leaning against him as he tries to catch his breath.

"Damn you walk fast," he says with a little chuckle, which is soon replaced by a frown when he realises that Tae isn't in a good mood at all. "You know, after you left, everyone went to go after you."

"Everyone?" Tae replies, voice laced with disbelief.

"Yeah, everyone. Jin the mom, and Namjoon the leader, and Jungkook cause he has a crush on you," Jimin says, quickly covering his mouth when he realises what he's just said.

"Huh?"

"I never said that."

"But hyung, you can't just say that and then..." Jimin's pouting, something no human on this planet can resist. "Fine. Just carry on," he says, giving up, and frankly just wanting to hear about that one person.

"Oh yeah... and J-hope, who looked like the sun would, should it ever be extinguished, and Yoongi, who looked genuinely very concerned. Oh and me, of course, the best friend," Jimin stops, walking near the vending machine and fishes out some coins to get water bottles.

"I said I'd go in the end," Jimin continues. "Because although J-hope was pretty much half way out the door, Yoongi was clinging onto him like a starfish. Does that make sense? Oh well. Anyway, the next choice was Jin hyung but I didn't think he'd be great at making you feel better if he was just going to lecture you. Everyone took so long to decide I had to run here to catch up with you."

Jimin hands Teahyung a bottle of water, and he murmurs a thanks under his breath.

"Aish, I just really like Hobi, you know?" he says with a dejected sigh, splashing a little water on his hot face.

"Believe me, I know. I'm pretty sure the whole group knows by now, except for J-hope."

"He's just so amazing, and sweet and kind, and he has the power to brighten my whole day, just like the sun. And he's so patient when he teaches us, and he never takes any credit and he's so fair and he just won't stop giving to all of us, you know? Sometimes it makes me just want to spoil him, and spend time with him so he gets a little reward for all his hard work. You know?"

Jimin smiles at him softly. "Yeah, I know," he whispers sadly, although he's still smiling.

Taehyung thinks this is weird but doesn't question it, because they're now back at the door of the dance studio.

"Hobi is just so amazing, I guess he's too amazing to be mine."

Just as they are about to step inside, a voice comes from behind them. "Hyung," it says.

"Huh?" Tae asks, confused, spinning around quickly, before a look of absolute mortification crosses over his face.

"Hobi hyung. You were meant to say hyung but you didn't, it's disrespectful," J-hope says as he steps closer to Taehyung. Jimin slips past him into the studio, leaving them alone.

"H-how much did you h-hear?" Tae curses his voice for stuttering.

"Enough," Hobi replies. Seeing the confusion painted across his face, he steps closer.

"I-I'm so sorry, hyung, I d-didn't mean it..." Utter panic is washing over Tae now. "I just, I just meant that you never seem to spend time with me anymore, you know? You're like my favourite hyung, and I like spending time with you, that's all. I just want to be friends with you, forever."

"Well, that's a shame. I thought you wanted to be more than friends, forever. Oh well," he says shrugging, with a teasing, coy indifference to his posture as he reaches for the door of the studio.

"Wait! What? What do you mean?"

Hobi turns to face him. "I'm sorry, Taehyung. I thought I was bothering you by spending so much time with you, so I tried to steer clear. But I actually love spending time with you, and, well..."

"Y-yeah..." Tae stutters out.

"I want you to be my more than best friend forever. Gosh, that's a mouthful. Tae, will you be my forever?" he says with a smile, gently holding Tae's hands in his own.

"Yeah, Hobi, I'll be your forever," he replies, rectangular smile painted across his face as he leans closer, and just a little closer, and a little more.

"J-Hope, why didn't you come in yet? I can't figure out this- oh," Yoongi bursts out of the room talking loudly, and they pull away from each other quickly. "Sorry," he mutters quickly, before dashing back into the room, followed by the two laughing boys.

Later, as they're stretching, Hobi leans closer to Taehyung, whispering so none of the others can hear. "Hey, you know earlier you said you wanted to spoil me," he begins

"Wait... you heard all that? How long were you listening to us?" Tae whisper-shouts, pretending to be angry, even though in real life he knows he would have a hard time trying to stay angry at him.

Hobi giggles cheekily. "How about ice cream later, on you?"

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A/N: hey! I (j) hope you liked that (V)ery very cringy imagine and maybe enjoyed it with a cup of tAE.

Ok I'll leave XD
Ya no one does dad jokes as well as Jin haha.

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