ᴄʀᴜᴛᴄʜᴇs || ᴊ.ᴊᴋ + ᴋ.ᴛʜ ✔️

fourteen: stand up

It felt good to be back in school again the next week.

Cup of warm spiced chai in his hand, Taehyung walked to school Monday morning in high spirits, unintentionally recalling the feeling of having Jungkook's arms around him as he cried on that bitter Friday night. Even now, he could still feel that lingering warmth. He wouldn't deny it. How much he had enjoyed that. He hadn't denied it to Jungkook, either, seeing as he convinced his friend to allow the embrace to last, and it did, for quite a while, and Taehyung relished in every second of that sweet comfort.

Jungkook made his heart flutter. A lot.

Taehyung entered his classroom with a smile on his face. That smile drew the attention of several of his classmates, specifically the ones who had been particularly aware of how downcast the boy had been several days back. And Tae gleefully said a good morning to each of them. His cheerfulness was contagious.

"Taehyung, you're..."

Yoongi stopped mid-sentence upon making eye contact with the beaming boy, who slid right into the desk in front of his. "I'm what?" Taehyung asked.

"...nothing," Yoongi said quietly. "Here. You're here, is what I was going to say."

"Yup! I'm here. Aren't you glad?"

"Thrilled."

At this, Taehyung giggled, and almost gave in to the urge of reaching out to pinch Yoongi's round cheek, but coincidentally the bell rang just moments later, so he ended up simply turning back around in his seat to face forward.

That was about the extent of his obedience, though. Throughout the duration of the class, Taehyung had his phone out as the teacher went on and on, in depth, about something Tae didn't care about, but also already knew about, anyway. To try his luck, he texted Hoseok, Jimin, and Jungkook to see if any of the three would respond.

Taetae:

hobiiii

As expected, Hoseok's reply to his text was immediate, as though he had been awaiting it (which he had).

Hobi-ssi:

tAetaeeeeEe

txtn in class u lil rebel,,

HOW IS U

Taetae:

I already told u this morning hobi I'm good :D

how u??

Hobi-ssi:

taetae u know I'm fine ;)

wellll except for the fact I'm stuck enduring this bORinG asF lecture :((

Taetae:

same oof

Tae:
hey jiminieeeee

Jiminie:
OMG TEXTING IN CLASS
TAE PUT UR PHONE AWAY!!!

It made him laugh. And Taehyung almost *almost* got caught but managed to conceal his laugh with a not-so-subtle cough afterwards. He wouldn't have cared even if he were caught. Tae was in a good mood now. He wasn't about to let something so small change that.