the lie detector. | 18+

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Taehyung finally shut up, the realization hitting him that he was sounding and coming off as a homophobe.

"Hobi oh my god, no, please don't think I'm one of those assholes." Taehyung became desperate as he reached forward, grabbing a fistfull of Hoseok's shirt.

Hoseok placed his hands on Taehyung's, his expression softening.

Taehyung calmed down as he saw Hoseok soften up a bit. He didn't want to lose one of his best friends, but in a way, he already lost one. Jungkook.

Taehyung didn't know how to react to everything happening around him. He was scared and his thoughts stopped becoming reasonable when Jin yelled at him.

Things weren't supposed to be this way and he wanted to be angry, but then he wanted to man up and be supportive of Jungkook.

“Hyung, what the FUCK am i doing!” Taehyung grabbed his hair as he let go of Hoseok’s shirt.

"Why are you freaking out so much Tae?" Hoseok let out a sigh. "You do know this doesn't mean you have to like him back, right? It also doesn't mean he's just trying to get into your pants."
He chuckled "So just control your straight."

"My what?" Taehyung just looked at Hoseok as he laughed at his own words.

"Like..ya know, 'hold your gay'. It basically means to calm down your sexuality i guess."
Hoseok watched as Taehyung looked at the ground and then back up at him.

"Um." Taehyung rubbed the back of his neck. Everything was happening so fast.

"What if i'm not..not straight? What if i don't know what i am? What if i just started questioning myself 15 minutes ago so my brain is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo?"

Hoseok softly smiled. He wasn't fully trusting Tae at the moment, but he wasn't about to be that friend that dissed him in case he truly was a different sexuality.

"Did the whole scene back there make you question your feelings in some way?"
Taehyung just stared at Hoseok.

The hall was completely silent except for the sound of a flickering light on the ceiling a few feet down from where the two boys were standing. Hoseok shifted his weight onto his other leg as he waited patiently for Taehyung to speak. He knew this was a hard topic to discus.

After a few more minutes of silence Hoseok spoke up again. "Tae, you have to say something soon because we have to get back to the rest of the bo-" He choked on his words as Taehyung finally said something.

"Kiss me."

After Hoseok took Taehyung and left, Jungkook let out his broken sobs. Everything hurt and he couldn't keep it in anymore,

Jungkook would have been fine with Tae never liking him back but he wouldn't be able to cope knowing Tae wasn't his best friend anymore.

Namjoon's heart broke as he watched Jungkook fall apart in front of him. He's never seen the younger cry like this before. He's only seen tears of joy or a bit of small sad tears here and there, but never this. He was afraid Jungkook was going to have a panic attack.

He watched as Jin rubbed Jungkook's arm, tears filling his eyes. Jin was always one to feel the emotions of others so it was no surprise he was upset, but it looked like everyone else was feeling Jungkook's sadness too.

Namjoon finally spoke up, trying to to calm the younger down. "Hoseok will talk to him Kookie." He walked up to Jungkook and placed his hand on the shaking boy's shoulder.
"He'll fix his attitude up, trust me. I mean, have you seen just how scary our J-Hope can be?"

Jungkook tried to laugh but he couldn't.
Nothing came out except a wet cough.
He felt embarassed crying like this in front of his friends.

About 8 minutes later, Jungkook rubs his eyes with the palms of his hands and finally looks up for the first time, becoming dizzy.

He saw everything blur as he reached out to grab Jin as he almost slid out of the chair.

Jin didn't expect Jungkook to grab at him unexpectedly so he wrapped his arms around Jungkook's torso in a panic, not wanting the boy to fall.

Jungkook's head slammed into Jin's shoulder causing his dizziness to get worse.

Jin rubbed his hands up and down Jungkook's back as he held him. "Have you been drinking water Jungkookie? We'll go get you some in a moment because I think all that crying made you dehydrated."

Jungkook took a few moments to compose himself before speaking. "No, that's okay hyung.
I can get it myself." He pulled away to smile at Jin and then used his shoulder to help himself shakily stand.

"Are you sure?" Yoongi said with concern.

"Yeah! I'll be back in a minute."