Red String | VMIN

5

It's a Saturday morning, Tae is up and ready to go out, but he decided to call his mom. Taehyung grabs his phone.

"Hello mom, how are you doing? Do you need anything? Money? Are you taking you medicine?" Tae's mother laughed. "Tae, relax darling, I already live in the huge house you got me. I really don't need these servants I'm fine, really, and I can manage on my own."

Tae actually has a lot of money. He just keeps a lot of it in a safe place. He worked hard since a child. But he got really good offers for modeling. He isn't on a contract with any company, he just floats around and pops in when ever he is free.

Yoongi always asked Tae why he didn't buy himself a nice house instead of living in an apartment, but Tae always said "why bite off more than you can chew? I have a nice apartment for myself and I agreed to share it was a close friend. If I buy a house it would be a waste of money. I think it's better to invest." Which is pretty ironic considering Tae practically owns the building. He is the landlord and everything.

Yoongi never though any different of Tae when he found out how much money he had. I mean don't get me wrong, he was a bit surprised that his best friend was practically a millionaire in disguise. But Tae has always been humble for anything and everything he has.

"Well mom, I want to make sure you're ok. Are you sure you're fine though? Should I come and visit? Do you wanna fly out?"
"Tae no I'm fine! I love my home, and my English is bad. I think I'm better off here." "Well ok. I just wanted to let you know that I love you, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Ok Tae, I love you sweetheart, don't overwork yourself."
"Ok mom, get some rest. Bye." 

Taehyung hangs up the phone and notices Jungkook is already up. He walks into the kitchen, confused. "You're up early." Tae says as he sits on a stool. "Well it though today I could make something for you." Jungkook is finishing up with the omelette, his back turned to Tae, and he smiles. When Jungkook turns around he looks at Tae and gives him the omelette.

Jungkook then grabs his, but watches for Tae's reaction. Tae grabs a fork and a knife and cuts a piece off. He then eats the piece slowly. Jungkook studies every feature about Taehyung's face. He looks at his eyes, his jaw, and how he licks his lips. He waits for Tae to say something.

"It's pretty good!" Tae says turning to Jungkook, as Tae flashes a smile. Jungkook's eyes grow wide and a big grin is plastered on his face. "Do you think so hyung? I thought it could use a bit more salt."
"No. I think it turned out great!" Tae finishes off his food and so does Jungkook. Tae washes the plates this time. Tae then pats Jungkook's hair, keeps his hand there, and says "You did well, continue to do better." Jungkook looks up at Tae. Jungkook smiles, then puts his hand on top of Tae's. "Thanks hyung, you're really a good friend." With that, Tae walks to the door, puts on his shoes, says bye to Jungkook, and leaves.

Tae fixes his nice shirt, and adjusts his black pants. He's on his way to cooking class. He felt the need to take some. Jin was always around to make dinner. Tae was able to pick up on some of the dishes, but would still like to learn more. Jin told Tae to meet one of his closest friends, Lee Jeong-suk, who was also with Jin in high school.

Unlike Jin, Lee Jeong-suk was serious about his cooking, and later became a chief. He also teaches classes for beginners, which is where Tae was headed to. Tae arrived to the place 10 minutes early. Tae always lived by a few mottos in his life: "If you're early, you're on time, if you're on time, you're late." As well as: "An eye for an eye, and the world goes blind." He lives by a few more, but this one's are the ones he sticks to the most.

Tae walks into the building and takes a seat at the table. There are multiple long desks and one long desk as the front, for Lee Jeong-suk. Tae grabs the apron that is on the desk, rolls up his sleeves, and sits down. A man walks up to greet him. "Mr.Kim?" Tae suddenly turns around. "Oh, Mr. Lee." Tae quickly gets up, and bows. "It's a pleasure to meet you sir, Jin has told me a lot about you." Tae says as he smiles. "Oh, only the good stuff right?" Tae and Jeong laugh. "Please sit down and make yourself comfortable, the class will begin in 10." "Thank you sir." Tae bows again as Lee walks away to greet more people.