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Chapter 15: Gorgonize

|Gorgonize|

(Verb) - To have a paralysing or mesmerising effect on someone

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"Hey Tae, you free to hang out with me today?" Jungkook inquired with a cheerful lilt in his voice and an expectant look on his countenance. They were on their way out of school after hearing the bell, which signals the end of the day, ringing out loud with a chime.

"Sure, do you want the rest to tag along?"

The younger lad shook his head vigorously with a pout. "No way, it's gonna be just the two of us. I don't want anyone else to be with us for today."

Taehyung quirked one brow and smiled amusedly. "Okay, okay, let me just tell Minji first."

Jungkook looked satisfied and made no further remarks.

He should have suspected that something was up the moment Jungkook demanded that they hang out alone that day but he remained unaware. Then again, how could he have predicted that Jungkook would have done that?

They were just strolling around the park mindlessly while making small talk and trading whispers here and there - you know, what friends do during a normal hang out session. Everything was going fine but that was until Jungkook stopped him with a bashful smile painted on his lips.

"I got something to tell you, hyung."

Taehyung sent the younger a curious look. "Okay, what is it?"

"I like you," he blurted out and it seemed like it took every ounce of courage in him to confess.

The tanned male's eyes dilated till it resembled dinner plates and it would have been a comical sight if his face wasn't contorted into an expression of disgust.

"Are you messing with me right now?" He asked frostily, pausing in his tracks.

Jungkook flinched upon detecting the venom lacing his tone.

"Wh-What? No, I'm not. I like you. More than a friend."

Unexpectedly, Taehyung threw his head back and let out a short laugh, but it was more mocking than full of mirth.

"We are tormented every fucking day because of our gay parents, Jungkook. Are you forgetting how much we've suffered for something we didn't even ask for? And now you're telling you like boys too? Wow, this situation is so fucking ironic that I can't even find it funny," Taehyung lashed out as flames of fury glinted in his narrowed eyes, taking no notice of the way Jungkook's entire frame started trembling like a leaf as he reigned in the tears.

"I can't believe I'm friends with a disgusting faggot," the boy snarled, finally crossing the imaginary line. And just like that, the dams burst and the younger boy turned heels and fled in the opposite direction with tears running in rivulets down his face.

Taehyung watched his friend's back gradually growing smaller and smaller until he was nothing but a small blot in the distance. He only felt the waves of guilt crash over him when Jungkook completely disappeared from his peripheral view.