𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 🎟

five

Things with Minjae have actually escalated since the phone call. Taehyung — stubborn as hell — invited the boy over to the apartment to meet the rest of the group. He wanted them all to see how much he does not like Jeongguk.

Especially Jeongguk.

It went a little bit like this: Minjae was invited into the apartment by a very excited Taehyung, he first introduced him to Jimin and Namjoon who took a liking to the boy, and then the rest of the group at dinner later. Jeongguk, however, was not around to Taehyung's dismay.

Jin made dinner to celebrate the budding relationship between Minjae and Taehyung. Minjae got along quite nicely with the eldest hyung. He even took to holding Taehyung's hand over the table.

"You bought him a cake?" Jin squealed.

Minjae nodded. "Yeah, and I got some cake on my face so he took it off with his finger. It was cute."

Yoongi groans. Jimin just scowls, "Please don't tell me he ate it."

"He did."

Jin claps his hands excitedly. "That's so cute!"

"I'm sure we all share the sentiment, Jin hyung." A familiar, smooth voice says as Taehyung hears the door shut. He looks over to see a sweaty Jeongguk making his way over to sit next to him at the table. He tries to peel his hand away from Minjae, but the other just holds on tighter.

Minjae had mentioned how he found the maknae intimidating. He didn't understand when he first heard, but now he does.

"Where were you?!" Jin stands up, pointing a finger at the youngest. "We tried calling you many times!"

"I went on a run." Jeongguk mutters absentmindedly. His attention is focused solely on the two next to him. Taehyung can feel him glaring holes at his and Minjae's clasped hands, but he refuses to look at him.

Jimin snickers at the very obvious jealousy Jeongguk is experiencing, and sits back in his seat waiting for the boys next move. He texted him earlier that Minjae was going to show which lead the younger to bolt out the front door and 'run away from his feelings' but obviously he had a change of heart.

"I have a question about the date." Jeongguk says, leaning back in his seat, giving Minjae a cold look. Taehyung has never in his life seen his friend look like this before.

Minjae clears his throat, "Yeah?"

"Did you buy his egg for him?" Jeongguk taps his fingers on the table. "He always forgets to buy his eggs."

Jimin bursts out laughing at that. The whole table moves their attention to the boy seemingly dying at the other end of the table. Yoongi, beside him, is holding back a smile as well.

"I'm sorry," The pink haired boy says through even more laughter. "I can't help it. This is the weirdest conversation I've ever witnessed."

Minjae decides to ignore Jimin. "I didn't know he forgot his eggs often but—"

"Of course you didn't."

"Jesus..." Yoongi mutters.

The rest of the dinner goes by pretty awkwardly, which was to be expected. Jeongguk ate quietly, stealing worried glances at Taehyung who seems to be avoiding his plate all together, and getting irritated that Minjae hasn't even mentioned anything about it.

If you're dating someone, it's only right to make sure they're eating. That's an obvious rule. So, he takes matters into his own hands.

He waits until Minjae is distracted with a heated conversation with Jin about dad jokes before he places his hand very gently on Taehyung's leg that's moving up and down nervously.

"Baby," He whispers in Taehyung's ear. The boy stops moving. He stops breathing. "Why aren't you eating?"

"N- Not hungry."

Jeongguk shakes his head, "That's no good. Good boys eat their food."

Taehyung's eyes widen as he turns to look at his friend. He really shouldn't be liking the way his voice sounds, but holy shit. He should probably be telling him to shut up by now or get his hands off of him but he can't move, he can't speak, he can't fucking breathe.

The younger smirks as he watches Taehyung flush a pretty pink on his neck and cheeks. "What's the matter, baby boy?" His hand starts moving up further on Taehyung's leg, his fingers ghosting over his zipper and the small fraction of stimulation he received from that makes him whimper. "Breathe, baby. What's got you so red?"

Taehyung's sweating now. His whole entire face is flushed and he surely looks like a mess. "J— Jeongguk, please—"

"Please what, baby?"

He's so fucking glad that everyone around them is talking loudly otherwise they'd both have to explain themselves, and that's not exactly a fun concept. Maybe for Jeongguk it is, though, since he's shameless as hell.

Taehyung lets out a frustrated groan. He really can't speak right now. Unfortunately, this alerted Minjae who looks over to him worriedly. "You good, Tae?"

"Y— Yeah. Thanks. I'm good." Minjae frowns at him one more time before he continues with whatever conversation he was having.

He almost whines with Jeongguk discards his hand completely and he can hear chuckles close to his ear. "Eat your food, baby boy."