In the middle vmk

FIFTEEN

Taehyung".

The said boy glanced up from the piles of clothes he was folding. His mind had been all over the place for the past three weeks. Ever since Yoongi had paid him a visit, he just couldn't shake off the paranoid feeling, the same one he had when he was a drug dealer. He didn't like to admit it, but he was scared Yugyeom would be very persistent on bringing him back to the drugdealing business. He really didn't want to go back to that life. He was finally back on track and dealing with his addictions on his own slow pace.

"Taehyung".

He had never been addicted to hard drugs since he was smart enough to not touch them, even though he had been selling them for two years. He sometimes got offered free drugs when he sold more than usual, but he always asked Yugyeom for more money instead of getting high on free drugs.

He had his addictions of course. Instead of being addicted to drugs like most of his 'friends', he got off on liquor, drinking himself into utter bliss. He would also often eat until he almost couldn't move anymore , the feeling of being full willing him to sleep. And then there was the smoking habit, which he loved since it was a subtle but simple way of slowly killing yourself.

The green haired male got startled out of his deep thoughts as a hand was slammed on the shelf next to him. He widened his eyes and gripped the unfolded shirt in his hands, staring at the slammed down hand.

Jimin chuckled seeing the man's perplexed expression and the sound seemed to get Taehyung back out of his trance.

"Jesus christ, you scared me", the youngest muttered, rolling his eyes at the other's laughter. He continued folding the shirt in his hand unbothered, ignoring Jimin's attempts on reaching him again.

"I spoke to Jungkook the other day", the oldest finally said, giving up on getting Taehyung's attention and just started talking, "The kid's being going to the gym lately. He's becoming a real muscle bunny".

Taehyung frowned, the thought of cute Jungkookie getting all sturdy and manly was very wrong in his head.

"Before you know it he's able to beat both of us up", Jimin chuckled.

Taehyung just hummed before sighing and turning to the boy next to him, "Where are you going with this?"

Jimin rolled his eyes, "We were wondering if you were willing to meet up again".

The green haired male shrugged, remembering how it had been quite pleasant last time but also tiring for him.

"A shrug is good enough for me", Jimin smiled, fishing his phone out of his pocket, "I'll text Jungkook for our next meet up".

As Jimin walked away, the other turned around, his frowned expression turned to the ground. A question was running through his head and he wondered if he should ask, "W-why do you think Jungkook has started going to the gym?"

Jimin looked up from his phone and turned around too.

"He doesn't seem like the type to y'know, go to the gym and care about appearance and all that".

Jimin's mouth turned into a sad smile, "I guess you know the answer already".

Jimin sighed, stuffing his hands inside of his jacket pockets as he shuddered at the coldness. It was a fairly cold night and his supermarket shift had just ended. He felt happy knowing he got extra money for the two extra shifts he had worked, but he was also cursing at himself since he had told himself he'd get up early to study tomorrow.

Throwing that thought away as he saw his watch tick up to twelve am, he hurried home. He had gotten a message from Jungkook and they had arranged to meet in the weekend to go to the movies and then grab a bite. He had tried telling Taehyung this but the boy hadn't shown up to work today, which made him quite worried. He had tried phoning him (since he had gone through the shop files in search for a phone number) but to no avail. He hadn't informed his boss about this though because even though he and Taehyung weren't the bestest of friends – and they met quite strangely- he still didn't want to cold mysterious weed boy to get in trouble when he didn't know the circumstances. Maybe his mother had died or something! Just imagining that made Jimin worry even more. He wasn't sure if the boy had any friends or was used on being alone all the time.

As he crossed the street, a certain person leaning against the brick wall of a pub caught his attention. The street lanterns were barely illuminating the guy but he knew the familiar green hair when he saw it.

He stepped closer and noticed that the boy was looking quite pale. He stepped even closer and got startled as Taehyung's head shot up, wide eyes meeting wide blown pupils.

"Have you been doing weed again?", Jimin clicked his tongue, smelling the stench from meters away.

The other male only gave a lopsided grin back and ran a hand through the fading green locks. He had a glass of alcohol in one hand and the clear liquid made Jimin think that the boy was drinking anything but light liquor this night. He also knew that wasn't water.

"Why didn't you come to work today?", Jimin decided to ask, burying his nose into the collar of his jacket.

Taehyung only kept grinning, "Why you wanna know? You weren't worried about me were you?"

The oldest only rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue, "You better realize that I saved your ass at work. I didn't tell the boss you didn't show up today. Could've just told him to fire you because you aren't that useful anyway".

This made the other's grin drop and his eyebrows were frowning in a matter of seconds, "What did you just say? As if anyone is useful in a fucking shop were no one ever comes".

He neared the other, almost grabbing him by the collar but Jimin quickly stepped to the side. Taehyung was too drunk to react and stumbled forward, confused on why Jimin had suddenly disappeared. The oldest rolled his eyes and grabbed Taehyung by the shoulder to turn him towards him, seeing the other's frown deepen.

"You're drunk, smell of weed and your shirt is dirtied with grease from whatever food you ate. I don't know what the fuck is happening in your life at the moment but you better realize that Jungkookie and I are you friends and we are here if you want to talk to us!"

He released the boy's collar and spoke out a curt goodbye before leaving.

Taehyung frowned again, "Did he just angrily comfort me?"

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