Grow Up || y·k

Chapter 10

It was Namjoon and Jin's last day on Jeju Island so they had to clean the dorm because they know what will happen to them if Jin sees the packets of ramyun on the counter, spilled juice on the coffee table, stepped on chips on the ground, ruffled bed sheets and Eomuk and Odeng on the couch eating the biscuit crumbs falling from Jungkook's messy eating

"why the fuck did you get them out of their cage?!" Hoseok asked Jungkook who's still munching over his animal biscuits while watching TV

"they got bored"

"how the fuck-" Jungkook just shrugged, meanwhile Jimin and Taehyung that was assigned for the laundry are so loud that they can be heard from the living room, Yoongi hasn't come back from the convenience store to buy bleach for the muddy stains on the curtain that hell knows who and what's the fucking cause, and because the older isn't present, the dorm is a mess

"if you don't want to help me in the living room you can just help taehyung and jimin in the laundry area, they're taking too long"

Jungkook immediately rushed to the said place. It's always too tiring to clean the living room, probably because they were always hanging out there and so it's much messier than the rest of the dorm. He opened the laundry area only to be welcomed by giggling fits muffled under the sound of washing machine

"tae- stop! don't-" he heard Jimin stutter through his laugh

"why would i stop? not when hoseok's not here to-"

"what goes on guys?" the giggling stopped with Jungkook's question, he arrived at the spot seeing Jimin on the floor with Taehyung above him in a pinning motion "okay what is happening?"

"oh Jungkookie"—Jimin said awkwardly—"It's not what you think- Just get off me tae geez where 'd you get that strength" Jimin then stood up patting his clothes to take off the dust from the floor"

"Taehyung just decided to tickle me out of nowhere and pin me down, like who does that?" Jungkook turned his head towards Taehyung's direction and found his hyung mutter something under his breath, im definitely talking to him later the younger thought

"anyways what are you doing here? done with the living room?"

"nah, i decided to leave hobi-hyung and just help you two here" he answered with a grin, "you knew we were about to wrap up you sneaky bunny" Jimin laughed

"I'll fetch some refreshments" Taehyung excused himself but before he can go out the door, Jungkook grabbed his shoulder, whispered 'let's talk later hyung' ,gave him a pat and let go of him, the maknae heard his hyung heave a restless sigh before he walking out

"what's his deal? anyways Jungkookie, have you talk with Yoongi-hyung?" Jungkook tensed with the question, does Jimin-hyung knows?

"chill kookie, I'm the only one who knows, you made our favorite hyung cry y'know? but he's okay now because of my grace, but still you need to settle this out before it affects the whole group 'kay?" with that Jimin turned to the washing machine and collected the washed clothes

he cried?

because of me?

he felt his heart contract, feeling a little pang of pain, yet at the same time he felt proud of himself that his hyung cried for him, it's a vile thing to feel but he won't deny it, my hyung who rarely cries cried for me, after that little boost of ego a rush of guilt coursed through him, making him frown

what's this? first im feeling hurt because my hyung cried, then i felt proud—almost happy—because he cried for me, then now all i can feel is guilt, am i mentally ill?

'you're in love' a voice at the back of his head said, but he shook it off, is it what's Taehyung is trying to tell him all this time? but he's still not sure if it's love, what if it's pity? he doesn't want to give his hyung false hope, showing love under an invisible cover of pity, like sprayed fake gold in a rock, while he's still not sure with his feelings he's determined to avoid all personal affairs with Yoongi, he'll pretend nothing happened just as what the older told him to do

but what if Tae's right? what if I really love Yoongi-hyung?

he thought, then he remembered Taehyung's words from the last time

"I'll prepare a quiz for you to see if you really love Yoongi-hyung or not" he smiled at the memory

"a tit for a tat" he whispered

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sorry this was too short im really sorry 😭 school's a bitch but i still want to keep this au alive so i tried to make a chapter in amidst of stacks of hw, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AMD VOTES GUYS I LOVE YOU ALL IM CRYING, i promise to post a longer chapter for the next one 💜💜💜

-miki