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2 Days Later - Day Before the Concert

Day 8 - March 24th 2018

Jungkook had been so busy preparing for his upcoming concert he tried to shut everything out. Including Taehyung.
But it wasn't going so well.

Taehyung was all he thought about. He had been thinking so hard of what he was going to say to him when he showed up backstage, but he still couldn't come up with anything.
Tonight he would be rehearsing for the final time before spending the following day in makeup and dressing backstage.

During rehearsal Jungkook was sweaty and tired. He had been going nonstop, not bothering to take a break as he knew he'd only think about Taehyung and the fact he had chosen to ignore him.

"Jungkook, that's enough. Take a break, you're going to pass out from exhaustion if you keep doing this," Namjoon said, walking onstage from the side curtain.

"N-no. I can't. It's n-not p-perfect yet," Jungkook stuttered, breathless and clearly exhausted.

"It has been for months Jungkook. Now stop this. What's going on?" the older asked kindly.
Jungkook flopped to the floor of the stage, head in his hands.
"You wouldn't get it hyung. Just leave it," he mumbled.

"Try me," Namjoon countered, standing in front of Jungkook.
"I didn't tell him who I was on the 5th day. I was going to wait until tomorrow night after the concert. I gave him a backstage pass to come see me."

"But I keep getting texts from him. He keeps trying. I've made him worried sick about me. I'm such an idiot," Jungkook said, shaking his head and sighing heavily.

Namjoon sighed and crouched down in front of the boy on the floor.
"Jungkook, you care about him right?" he asked.
"Of course I do," the younger replied.

"Then you tell him that."

"What if he doesn't listen to me?" Jungkook asked, now more worried than before.

"You like talking to him correct? You don't want to lose him? You want him in your life?" Namjoon continued.

"Yeah.. I do."

"Then you don't let him leave. You tell him and insist he listen to you. You tell him how you feel, and then, once he knows, if he still wants to leave, you let him. Because only then can you say you tried your hardest."

"Thank you hyung," Jungkook said softly, pulling his knees up to his chest.
"Your welcome. Now go home. You're done for the night," Namjoon said, handing the boy a bottle of water.

"Alright. Thank you," Jungkook mumbled, standing up and brushing himself off. He went to the side curtain of the stage and was just about to disappear behind it when Namjoon called him back.

"And Jungkook, don't stress about it. Everything will be just fine," Namjoon spoke, his voice gentle and caring.
Jungkook offered a small smile and a nod before heading home after exiting the stage to get his things.

MEANWHILE:
Later that evening;

"Taehyung, come on. Go to sleeeeep. You've been staring at your phone for hours. Like constantly ever since he stopped texting you," Yoongi complained, groaning and rolling over on his bed to look at the other boy across the room.

"How would you feel if you had no clue why someone stopped talking to you? Just suddenly vanished and no matter how many times you apologize for something you don't know what you might have done, you still don't get an answer?" Taehyung fired back, finally lifting his head from staring at his sent text messages.

"Okay, I get it. Your upset," Yoongi tried, getting up from his bed and moving to sit on the end of Taehyung's bed.
"Upset would be an understatement," the younger huffed.

"Taehyung, stop this. He's probably busy. You told me he said he took online courses for university, and his job probably has him constantly working. You also said he got a new promotion, he's probably stressing and working really hard."
"He will text you when he can. I promise. Now please, it's almost 1am, go to sleep and get a few hours," Yoongi pleaded, taking Taehyung's phone from his lap and gently pulling the covers around the younger boy as he laid him down.
"And I bought a ticket myself, so tomorrow night we'll go to Jungkook's concert and everything will be alright. Okay?" Yoongi told him, patting Taehyung's arm and watching happily as Taehyung nodded and closed his eyes.

Taehyung rolled over and still felt Yoongi sitting next to him as he drifted off into sleep. It made him feel more relaxed to feel Yoongi's warmth beside him.
Yoongi waited until he was asleep before getting up and going to his own bed. He still had Taehyung's phone in hand, and made a snap decision. One he would regret later? Probably not.

Jungkook's POV:

All night Jungkook tried not to stress about seeing Taehyung the following evening, but it failed and he ended up looking at all of Taehyung worried messages from the last couple days.

It saddened Jungkook to know he had caused so much stress and worry to the older boy when really, he just wanted to surprise him and make him happy.

He had just crawled back into bed after getting a glass of water when he got a text from an unknown number....

A/N:
Let me know what you think so far :)
Even I'm excited for what's to come ;)

KJW ♥️