Let Me Know | jhs + ksj

21

Jungkook were staring into a blank space in front of him. He was wondering something that he got curious about since yesterday.

Namjoon who is busy eating his lunch, feeling a bit uncomfortable by the latter's behavior.

"Stop making that face, Jeon Jungkook! You ruining my lunch!"

Taehyung who is sitting in front of the boy, turned his body around to face the latter. Feeling worried if something happen to him.

"Dude, does your stomach hurt or something? You need to stop eating whatever looks like food to you."

"Shut up! My stomach doesn't hurt, and I haven't eaten anything funny." Jungkook nagged as he finally snapped out from his daydreaming. Letting out a deep sigh, he continued. "Not everything in my life is rainbows and sunshines. I have things I need to think about sometimes too, you know?"

"Things you need to think about?" Taehyung raised an eyebrow, asking Jungkook to continue.

"You are wasting your time, Tae. There is not much going on, in that little brain of his." Namjoon spat.

"Stop patronizing me! You have no idea what I'm going through right now!" Jungkook throw his tantrum.

Taehyung stayed quiet for a moment and watch the two blabbering about for two minutes, until finally open his mouth after sighing for the second time.

"Okay, calm down you two. Let's just hear what Jungkook has to say, first, before jumping to any conclusions." He said calmly, making the two finally stop their arguments.

Clearing his throat, Jungkook take an amount of oxygen to start the explanation. "I, uh... I was wondering what... Kisses taste like." He blurted out a little bit stuttering because of the embarrassment.

Taehyung got dumbfounded for a second. He is still trying to process the topic that Jungkook bringing to them. "...What?" He asked in disbelief.

"See? What did I tell ya?" Namjoon shrugged.

"I'm being dead serious right now!" Jungkook yelled in annoyance, because he thought the two boys might find it as a joke. "Think about it for a second. If we tried something that tasted like a kiss, then it would almost be like we were actually kissing somebody." He explained carefully.

"How... How can you say that with a straight face?" Taehyung frowned slightly.

"I feel bad for you more than anything, Kook." Namjoon stared coldly at the mentioned boy.

"Oh, yeah? So do you know what kisses taste like!?" Jungkook asked in disbelief. Could that be... That he actually have an experience in this?

"No clue. But logic would tell me that it tastes like whatever your partner ate before you kissed." The genius among them gave his opinion. "If they ate chips, then the kiss would taste like chips. If they had fermented herring, then it would taste like fermented herring." He explained as he finishing the conclusions.

"Well, that leaves nothing left to the imagination." Taehyung pointed out.

"Stop! Don't shatter my dreams!" Covering both of his ears, not wanting to listen anything from the boy's words that came out of his mouth.

"What does your ideal kiss taste like, Kook?" Taehyung said, trying to make his friend feel slightly better.

"Me? Of course... It would taste like lemons or honey... Or butter cream or something." The boy said proudly.

"Save yourself the trouble and treat yourself to a piece of candy." Namjoon suggest sarcastically.

"Okay, then what flavor should I choose!?" The poor boy spat furiously. Everything he said seems wrong in his friend's ears. What a savages. He judge inside his head.

Patting the back of the now furious boy, Taehyung gave him an awkward smile. He is trying to calm and stop his friend from beating up the grumpy one.

"He has a point. The kiss going to taste like whatever your partner just ate. I don't think the kiss itself is going to taste like anything though." Taehyung admitted, earn a nod from Jungkook.

"Wait..." Taehyung paused slightly. "If you kiss someone who just put on some lip balm, then it is going to feel like you are eating sweets when you kissed."

Hearing that, Jungkook slit his eyes toward the latter, who is sitting right in front of him.

Feeling uneasy, Taehyung open his mouth. "Kook, why are you looking at me, like I'm some sort of low life?" He take a glance at the boy who has his seat next to him. Who is also staring at him, judging really hard at Taehyung.

"You too, Joon?" Taehyung said glumly. He feel awkward because of the stares they giving to him.

Feeling satisfied after judging Taehyung, he shrugged. "Anyway, human senses, such as taste, come in colors. It would probably be best not to rely on someone else's impression."

"Exactly. Wouldn't it be better to just experience what it is really like yourself?"

"Easier said than done! I wouldn't be worrying so much right now if I could do that!" Jungkook pouted.

Taehyung rolled his eyes. He had enough of this conversation though. His eyes suddenly stopped at something that had been holding on Namjoon's gripped.

"Hold on, Joon. What are you doing with that twig on your hand?"

"This? It's a cinnamon stick. I was planning on making some herbal medicine in the chemistry club, so I brought it here."

"A cinnamon stick..." Taehyung mumbled as he trying to figure something that related to cinnamon.

Getting curious by the look of Taehyung's face, Jungkook raised an eyebrow questioningly. "What, Tae? What is so special about that?"

"I just remembered something when I saw cinnamon stick. Jin sure drinks a lot of cinnamon tea..." The tall boy among them blurted out.

As Taehyung finish telling what he is trying to pointed out. The atmosphere suddenly become silence.

Namjoon stare at the certain stick for a few seconds, right before sticking the cinnamon stick in his mouth.

"Anyway, on question five on the math test the other day..." Namjoon trying to act usual as he shrugged the topic away.

Jungkook who realized what Namjoon thinking to do, immediately look at him while pointing at the cinnamon stick in the latter's mouth.

"He is changing the subject and sticking the cinnamon stick in his mouth!"

"So what? Since when did nibbling on a cinnamon stick become something to get excited over?"

"Because anyone paying attention to the conversation would assume that there is a high chance that Seokjin's kisses taste like cinnamon." Taehyung stated as if like it was an obvious thing to say.

"Yah! You just imagining that you were kissing Jin, weren't you!?" Jungkook spat loudly as he twitch his right-eye with complete annoyance.

"Don't get funny ideas. I just happened to have a cinnamon stick in my hand, so I took a bite. That is all." Namjoon reasonings.

"Didn't you say, you were going to use it for herbal medicine!?"

"I change my mind."

"Hand it over! Let me try some!" Jungkook trying to snatched the cinnamon stick from Namjoon, who is be able to dodge all the attacks.

"No. It is so fucking obvious why you want to taste it. So get your ass away from it!"

"Like your reasons were any different than mine!" Jungkook defend himself from the sneaky Namjoon.

The other boy just sigh deeply as he look sorry at both of his idiot friends. He didn't want to join their stupidity anyway.

"I feel bad for you two more than anything." Shook his head helplessly as he quietly watch the two to finally stop fighting over a single cinnamon stick.

Which it's finally got interrupted by the sound of clicking door right when Mr. Lee walked in, and Taehyung thanked the teacher for shutting the two idiotic duo.

-To Be Continued-