Mental

16

"Where are they?" Taehyung bit the inside of his cheeks nervously as he stood outside of the school with his hyungs. "Especially Jungkook." He added, now tapping his foot on the pavement.

"I don't know... it's not like him to disappear without a word... and plus, we don't know what happened with the principal and the man. I still have no clue if he's here or not." Namjoon said, checking his phone to see if Yoongi or Jungkook had replied yet. Still nothing. Where the hell were they?

"Yoongi probably kidnapped him. Or maybe he's doing something awful to him-" Taehyung began, but it got cut off by Jimin's loud laughter.

"Are you serious? Kidnapped him? Yoongi wouldn't kidnap Jungkook, that's hilarious." Jimin snorted, pinching his own arm to get himself not to giggle.

"I'm serious, Jimin. I think he's fucking crazy or something."

"He's not crazy, I just think he's misunderstood." Seokjin defended Yoongi, sighing and crossing his arms. "I'm sure they're around here somewhere. Or maybe they are both still talking to the principal. So let's not overthink." He directed the last part towards Taehyung.

"I think you have it the wrong way, Seokjin-hyung. I think Jungkook is the crazy one with hanging around Yoongi." Taehyung scoffed.

"Who cares." Hoseok said coldly, shrugging.

"What the fuck do you mean 'who cares'?" Taehyung snapped.

"I'm just saying like, why do you care so much? I'm sure they're both fine. Haven't we all disappeared around school at some point? Haven't we all not seen each other in a class without explanation? It's kind of overwhelming. You're acting as if you need to keep tabs on them 24/7, especially on Jungkook. He's a senior just like us, we're all about to be young adults. Let him do his thing, Taehyung." Hoseok lectured, rolling his eyes into the back of his head.

Taehyung cleared his throat, shooting a pretty mean glare to Hoseok. "So you're telling me you trust Yoongi with Jungkook? After the way he acted towards him all these years? You didn't doubt that scene earlier when they were all huggy with each other just a little bit? I know how Yoongi works, he's sly. I don't trust his words or any of his actions."

"Well, the only thing I can say is someone sounds a bit jealous— don't you think?" Hoseok retorted to Taehyung before walking away to his car to go home.

That statement shut Taehyung up.

"Hoseok-hyung is right, Taehyung. I think it's good to care for those around you, but you seem too obsessed.." Jimin's voice was softer than Hoseok's when talking to Taehyung. "Unless......" He trailed off.

"Unless?" Taehyung questioned, wanting Jimin to continue.

"Unless you have a thing for Jungkook, I don't know but I'm not going to assume so-!" Jimin spoke very quickly, basically jogging away from the little group. Before, Jimin didn't want his ass to get beaten by Yoongi, now he didn't want it to get beaten by Taehyung. So off he went, running away.

"I-" Taehyung began but he didn't say more, he just stood there dumbfounded; his lips parted and open.

"I don't know what to say." Taehyung then said.

"Me either." Seokjin looked down.

It was awkward silence.

Namjoon looked at Taehyung, then to Seokjin.

"Well, I'm going to go home now. Let me know if either Jungkook or Yoongi reply to you if they don't do it to me." He forced a smile and then walked away from both boys, just happy to be gone out of that awkwardness.

"Ok." Seokjin said a bit lowly, looking back to Taehyung. "See you later, Taehyung." The older said before going his own way.

It was weird. Usually Seokjin would say 'See you later, Tae' but... this time he used the younger boys' full name. It made Taehyung feel this strange way.

"Yeah, see you..." Taehyung mumbled, positioning his backpack onto his shoulders highly before walking alone to his own car to leave the school parking lot.

He got into his hot car and rubbed his eyes, biting his lip and propping his elbow up onto the car window.

He was thinking.

"So what if I have a thing for Jungkook?" Taehyung spoke aloud to himself.

"It's 2018, it's perfectly fine." He added, turning his engine on and starting to leave the school.

A/N: Preach Hoseok! Say it louder for the people in the back!! Also, thank you to those who have voted on my chapters— it's very sweet and kind of you to do. :)