Jealousy | Taekook FF

T w e n t y - T w o

"See you guys later." Taehyung said as he kissed Jungkook's cheek and waved goodbye to Jin who was sweeping. 

It was lonely at the cafe with just the two boys. They haven't talked and it was starting to piss off Jungkook. Jin was normally the one to start up a conversation with the younger but now that the truth has come out, he stayed quiet.

"So-"

"Don't start with me." Jin said, his tone a bit too cold. "What's wrong with you?" Jungkook looked up from the table he was cleaning and saw Jin roll his eyes. Jin held the broom on his left hand looking back at Jungkook.

"I thought I was helping Taehyung from continuing his stupid one night stands. I thought I was succeeding in keeping him distant on men he shouldn't be with but you just didn't care, did you? You just ran in his life and messed up my plan!" Jin shouted, it echoing throughout the cafe.

"What plan?" Jungkook asked, now curious. "To get my little brother back! The one who wouldn't mess with men's minds but looks like he got you!"

Jungkook stared. He stared at Jin like he was out of his mind. 

"You act like he's going to leave me and make me go away from his life!" Jungkook shouted back before lowering his voice and continued, "He likes me Jin. I like him. Just accept it."

"I spent weeks thinking I succeeded." Jin said, lowering his head. Though he raised it when he heard a scoff come out from the younger.

"Don't pretend like you didn't know we liked each other. You were there. You saw it." Jungkook said and instantly walked back to the cash register, far from Jin.

"You could've fallen for anyone else! Why him?" Jin walked towards Jungkook, slowly giving up on his anger towards the younger. "I pushed everyone away. But when it was the other way around, I fell for him. And I realized I pushed everyone away because it wasn't him."

Ouch

Jin slowly felt his heart ache at the tone of the younger. It sounded so sad and depressing that it made him question why he was so mad. Why couldn't he just let his brother be?

"I only want him." Jungkook whispered thinking Jin didn't hear, but he did and it made him smile. Maybe someone really did love his brother.

Jin cleared out his throat to apologize but when someone walked in the cafe,  Jin went back to sweeping allowing Jungkook to do his job. 

***

"Three of your strongest." 

Taehyung nodded, getting the shots ready. It's been nearly an hour since they opened and it was getting packed. It looked so wild and Taehyung was filled with excitement, knowing he'd earn a lot of money. Bartenders usually made $230 a day and knowing he only needed five days to earn the one grand made him happy, except for the fact that he has to work all seven days if he wants to receive the pay check.

"Don't you ever feel like the world is against you?" The man asked as he chugged down the shot. Taehyung chuckled, knowing the feeling. "Why do you ask?" 

The man shrugged as he took down the second shot. "I lost my chance with this guy I was talking to." The man said, looking back up at the next shot. "What makes you think you lost your shot?" Taehyung asked.

There was something about bartenders that made them feel like therapists but Taehyung never believed it until now. 

"You wouldn't understand. I mean Hoseok is just-" 

"Jung Hoseok?"

"Yeah, you know him?" The guy raised a brow. "He's my best friend. So does that make you.." Taehyung said, ending his sentence as he looked at the man raising his glass. "Min Jae." Knocking the shot glass on the table he raised it to his mouth and swallowed it, instantly taking a lemon to the mouth.