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fifty-two

"So is it okay? You know, if you come over my house tonight? I kinda just want to talk to you now."

Of course he wasn't going to turn him down. He couldn't. And although he was still a bit nervous about being alone with Taehyung, he wanted to be. He wanted to talk to him and tell him everything.

Taehyung took the boy's hand in his own boldly and led him to his house. The entire walk there was silent, but that was okay, it was intentional.

They arrived at the house and Taehyung knocked on the front door after discovering it was locked, and he had forgotten to take his key with him. And Tae strongly regretted that, because who should answer the door but his little sister, Youjin, who had been in the kitchen ever since her brother left earlier that night. She knew it would be him the second she heard that knock. What she didn't expect, however, was another tall, handsome boy with dark hair to be standing next to Tae, smiling shyly when he laid eyes on her.

Youjin's jaw dropped.

"Kim. Tae. Hyung."

"Yourin, just let us in-"

"What's your name??" She deliberately ignored her brother and gazed up at Jungkook, eyes sparkling. Jungkook stifled a laugh.

"Jungkook, but you might remember me as Rosa."

"Shut up. Shut. Up."

"Youjin, don't talk to him like tha-"

"Are you his boyfriend now?? Like, did you actually accept his confession? He did confess, right? I mean, he made it sound like that was what he was doing. Was it cheesy? Taehyungie can be really cheesy sometimes if he wants to be-"

"Youjin."

"Okay, okay, I'll let you in."

So she stepped to the side and allowed the two boys to enter the house, then slowly and quietly shut the door behind them. By the time she turned around again, Taehyung had grabbed Jungkook's wrist and was hurrying him up the stairs to avoid any further conversation with his little sister. They could talk later, he said to himself. Right now, he just wanted to be with Jungkook.

Two minutes passed and the two were seated comfortably on Taehyung's bed, legs crossed, just staring at each other. Jungkook could feel his face growing warm as he noticed Tae was deep in thought. The silence lasted for a solid minute. Then Tae suddenly leaned forward and took hold of Jungkook's hands. He swallowed his breath.

"So, uh...f-for how long-?"

"Since day one of freshman year."

Tae flinched. His cheeks reddened. "Seriously?"

"I told you if I ever passed by you in the hall at school, I'd fall in love at first sight, remember?"

"Oh my gosh, I do remember that..." He looked away for a moment, pupils darting around as a result of his embarrassment. "You...you were serious about that."

"Of course I was," Jungkook told him. "I saw you with Jimin that day and it just...I don't know, you stood out to me."

"Well, why didn't you talk to me more?"

"I was shy. I told you that, too. And you were with Jimin constantly so I didn't think I'd be able to win your attention, anyway."

Taehyung's shoulders drooped, and his gaze fell on their hands guiltily. He hesitated. "I-...Jungkook, I'm so sorry." Pursing his lips, he let out a long, slow breath and briefly closed his eyes. "I feel like such an idiot. And a jerk. I know I had an issue with, well, tuning other people out, so I didn't pay attention to you at all back then. Did I hurt your feelings?"