innocence. || Vkook

XVI

Taehyung was walking on the street with his hands in pockets. His phone was set on silence mode and he knew he must've had tones of missed calls from Hoseok and maybe few from Seokjin or Namjoon, but that was the last thing on his mind at the moment.

It almost seemed like dream that he talked to Jungkook. The boy totally occupied his brain. It's not just the boy's immense beauty and mysteriousness that left him completely lost, but also the fact that the boy's life was definitely more fucked up than his.

I seriously hope his not involved in child prostitution, he's... too innocent. - Was the thought that passed through his mind.

It sounded almost hypocritical to say that the boy was sweet and innocent considering his job, but he knew that some serious life circumstances led the boy to involve in such an awful business.

When Taehyung was already in front of his apartment, he could hear several voices coming from his room's window that was fully opened. He knew what he'll see when he got inside.

He entered his home and saw Yena sneakily drinking vodka straight from the bottle in the kitchen.

"Mom, seriously?"

"Hey, um.. where have you been for so long, your friends and I worried so much! Do you even have a phone?" - Yena put the bottle in the kitchen cabinet hoping her son won't shame her bad habit in front of his friends.

"Are they in my room?" - Taehyung asked even though he knew the answer.

"Yes, all of them! Go greet them, it was very rude of you to put me in such uncomfortable situation!"

"Okay mom." - Taehyung said automatically.

He wasn't thinking about his mother scolding him, but rather what he'd say to justify himself to his friends.

When he opened the room, five boys were sitting around his room. Everyone seemed very serious, except for Jimin who was pinching Yoongi's stomach, which made the older very mad.

"Jimin, for fuck sake." - Yoongi scolded the younger and slapped his hand, which made the boy quite sad.

"What are you guys doing, having a tea party?"

"Taehyung, you... you are an asshole," Seokjin said seemingly furious "Hoseok thought the boy you had fight with this morning found you and beat the shit out of you, you have problems, friend."

"Sorry, Mama Jin." - Taehyung said expressionless.

"Don't call me like that! You know you screwed up and you can't justify yourself and.. stop being so insensitive!" - Seokjin seriously lost his shit at Taehyung's halfheartedness.

"Seokjin's right, I mean, I don't wanna act like I'm your parent or anything, but lately your behaviour has become so weird, I don't know what's going on, but what ever it is, we're here to help and support you." - Yoongi said still trying to push Jimin's hands off of his nipples.

"You know what, I'm too tired for this, I gotta work tonight and I planned to sleep as soon as I've come home, so.. do whatever you want, but just don't be too loud, I need some peace." - Taehyung said and fell on the bed between Yoongi and Jimin.

"That won't solve anything, you need to tell us what's bothering you." - Jimin said and put his hand over Taehyung's shoulder.

"Not now, Jimin."

"Taehyung, everything started going downwards when you started working at that club. Why hasn't you called us to come one night? What kind of parties are there, is it some kind of cult or what?" - Seokjin's tone kept being very sharp.

"Can you all stop asking me 100 questions, I need to serve tones of people tonight, can I get at least two hours of sleep?!" - Taehyung put himself up from the bed and shouted furiously.

"Guys, let's go, he needs some time." - Hoseok said and signaled others to go out and they did so. Jimin was very sensitive and patted his friend's shoulders once again.

"What ever it is, I knew you can handle it, you're a strong boy."

Although not commenting on his words, Taehyung felt his heart melt at his friend's sweet words. Jimin maybe was goofy and stuff, but deep inside had a big heart.

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Taehyung woke up at the sound of alarm. Even though he technically slept just enough, he felt as if he hasn't slept for days. It was accumulation of all the stress that he's felt since morning, he assumed.

He put his uniform in the backpack and took his keys and telephone. When he went outside his room he couldn't see Yena. He was sure she went outside to drink with her colleagues at the trash pub where she spends major time.

He drove at a medium speed not needing to hurry since he wasn't late this time. When he arrived, as usual, he parked his bike near the side entrance of the club.

When he got inside, Hyungwon was sitting on a couch that's supposed to be for guests only. He was playing a video game on his android.

"I thought we weren't allowed to sit there." - Hyungwon said confused.

"Hi, Taehyung, it's basic courtesy to greet the person you meet." - Hyungwon said arrogantly not taking his eyes from the phone.

"It's basic courtesy to look a person in the eyes when you talk to them." - Taehyung snapped back.

Hyungwon chuckled at his co-worker's cockiness. He then stood up and put off his phone on the couch and stood in front of Taehyung. He was unusually close to the boy which made younger feel quite uncomfortable.

"I had a nice day, please don't fuck it up. Also, tonight will be a very busy day since the whole "Innocence." is coming."

"Oh," Taehyung stepped back a little and put on a cautious look "which means how many boys?"

"Nine if I'm not wrong. Jungkook is the main attraction of course, but several other "popular" boys are coming tonight, so I guess there's gonna be a lot of old grandpas tonight."

Taehyung didn't like what he heard. That meant he's gonna have to serve so many disgusting old drunk men and clean their puke afterwards.

He also didn't like the fact that much more people will admire Jungkook's half naked body, but he tried to suppress that feeling.

Few moments later they heard intercom ringing.

"The boys are here." - Said Hyungwon with a malicious giggle which made Taehyung's stomach uneasy.