snake king | taekook

VI

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when jungkook realized how much slower he wanted his relationship with tae to go, he became more awkward. with taehyung's personality being fast paced, it was an odd atmosphere, with having two different attitudes plaguing the air.

taehyung had taken what jungkook said into consideration, he just didn't know how to change the way he was acting. he had to hold hands with jungkook to clean them, so it gave him the motive to be a little flirtier, he just didn't want to take what jungkook said seriously. he was a bit in denial.

jungkook would pull away though whenever taehyung leaned close and would look down and mumble a response to taehyung's questions, shutting taehyung down.

"if you want to get closer to me you have to actually answer," taehyung said, pulling away from jungkook but still holding his hand.

"sorry, i just don't want things moving so fast."

"having a normal conversation doesn't mean our relationship is moving too fast." taehyung was more than a little upset, he felt kind of hurt and confused. why did he even come here in the first place when he isn't going to even hold a conversation for two minutes?

jungkook didn't respond, he didn't have anything to say. taehyung continued to clean his hand and jungkook picked his head back up to stare at taehyung through the mirror.

he could tell how frustrated taehyung was, his dark eyebrows were furrowed and he had a slight frown on his face. it was a bit frightening to jungkook. taehyung started to bite his lip, playing with his tongue piercing a bit in his mouth, which honestly was attractive to jungkook. but he had to shake those thoughts from his head. clearly, taehyung was distracted by something, but jungkook didn't know why.

"done."

jungkook looked back at himself to see his two bandaged hands. he smiled at the sad situation and thanked taehyung.

"do you think you have any food?" jungkook asked quickly changing the subject away from his hands.

taehyung laughed. he wasn't happy about the question, it was a bit embarrassing, so his laugh was a bit of a defense. they had run out of food a few days ago and hadn't bought anything since. seokjin would go out and buy ramen for tae and he'd eat it quickly, so no, there was nothing in their fridge. taehyung decided to text seokjin to tell him to pick up some food and come back soon while replying to jungkook with a monotone "no."

jungkook's stomach grumbled in response, seeming to have a mind of his own. he was extremely hungry, and now thinking back on it he regretted not asking for food right when he got to the tattoo parlor. instead, he asked for a tattoo, how disappointing! he rolled his eyes at himself.

taehyung laughed again, as a defense, not sure why jungkook had rolled his eyes. the room energy kept getting more awkward with each breath.

"don't worry, doll, i ordered food for you." taehyung spit out the word doll and turned around to grab a beer from his drawer. he changed his attitude quickly to distract himself from the fact that he was a little bit worried that jungkook might hate him. he was scared, so he decided to scare the others around him.

"so, you don't have food but you have alcohol?"

the question was quite innocent coming from jungkook, but taehyung still took it in a negative way.

"oh my god, i'm sorry i like to drink, jesus." jungkook's eyes widened, when did taehyung become so mad at me?

"i'm sorry if i made you upset, tae."

taehyung didn't respond, he only gulped and put his beer down. he had made himself upset, he didn't want to tell jungkook that though, he was defending his pride.

"c'mon, seokjin's back with food."

jungkook followed tae down the rickety dark wooden stairs to the front door. his eyes were wide, he was like a lost puppy following the scent of his owner. he was frowning at the way his own actions just turned against him. it seemed when he tried to be genuine with taehyung, he just became upset at him. jungkook only wanted to take a step back and now taehyung was furious. but his frown disappeared as he saw seokjin holding a bag of food.

jungkook jumped in front of taehyung, giggling in delight at the sight of food. his demeanor completely changing and instantly brightening up the room. seokjin and hoseok were smiling fondly at jungkook, and they became happier as well.

jungkook, though in a bad situation for most of his life was very innocent and able to be happy at some of the saddest of times. when he was young and his mother used to lock him in his bedroom for days without food and the bathroom he would play with his stuffed animals and become friend with him. besides sitting in the rain, being with inanimate objects was the only other place he was comfortable to sing.

while jungkook was growing up he wrote songs with his stuffed animals. basing songs off of their imagined personalities. he made his own imagined community and career.

when jungkook entered school he thought he would make friends so much easier, which is why he had so much trouble fitting in. no one wanted to be friends with the small boy who could barely hold conversations with anyone. but jungkook soon met namjoon, who understood him, so they became real friends.

"how was your guys' date?" taehyung spit out not really caring at all, just felt like acting like a snake.

"it was wonderful," hoseok answered, staring lovingly at seokjin. the two grinned at each, with so much love.

taehyung choked, his eyes going wide, and he leaned forward a bit as their actions which, caused him to feel some type of way. jealous was how he felt, he wanted someone to look at him that way. and he was scared that by jungkook, by wanting to slow down, that it would forever to love tae. and tae couldn't wait forever.

but what tae failed to realize was that someone, with light brown round eyes, was staring at taehyung, his eyes gleaming in joy at just the mere thought of him.

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