𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧 | ᵏᵗʰ ✓

chapter 30

all of the members in the car could literally feel the awkwardness between the two youngsters. especially, hoseok and jungkook could almost see the tension in the air as they were squished between taehyung and jimin.

hoseok cleared his throat, "so... jimin. did you check out that new outro yoongi-hyung made?"

jimin faced hoseok and nodded with a stiff smile, "yeah. i heard it yesterday. it was great as always."

hoseok could tell that he was at least trying to act normal and smiled back. taehyung on the other side silently continued to look out of the car window. seeing these, jungkook realized it was his turn.

"hyung. how's that recording going?"

taehyung sighed before turning his attention towards the younger boy.

"i've been working on it. the final draft will probably be available around next week or so."

jungkook smiled nervously, "n-next week? didn't yoongi-hyung say that he needed it by the end of thursday?"

"jungkook's right. i need that recording so i can discuss with the managers about the album," yoongi agreed from the front of the car.

taehyung's lips made a firm thin line, "i was busy this week. do you think i can give it to you around friday then?"

jungkook panicked on the inside. maybe talking about the recording wasn't the best idea. yoongi noticed the attitude in taehyung's response and turned to face him.

"hey, i gave you two weeks for that recording. namjoon, jungkook, and hoseok already handed their recordings to me a week before. plus, i told you the deadline is crucial because our comeback's coming up soon. if you're not going to take this seriously, i'm just going to insert my other-"

yoongi was cut off by taehyung's scoff.

"that was your intention all along right, hyung? you knew that the deadline was tight and i wouldn't be able to finish it, so you were going to replace it with that track you love weren't you?"

those words instantly triggered yoongi.

"you fucker, how dare you-"

seokjin, who was sitting next to him, stopped yoongi with his arms right as he was about to pounce on taehyung and rip his mouth.

"kim taehyung, you're acting way too disrespectful right now. i don't know what's been going up with you lately, but i, nor will the other members, tolerate your childish actions towards the team. you apologize to yoongi right now or you can kiss that recording goodbye," seokjin sternly scolded, his usual brown playful eyes hard with disappointment.

taehyung gritted his teeth, "what is with all of you lately?! is this some sort of plan to single me out or something? jesus fucking christ, some team you all are making me feel attacked."

"KIM TAEHYUNG!"

jimin's voice boomed throughout the car, leaving everyone surprised. no one, not even taehyung expected jimin to shout like that.

"namjoon hyung, can you ask the driver to stop for a minute?" jimin asked in a tight voice.

namjoon, in the very front, could grasp what was about to happen but thought it would be better than bickering endlessly inside of the car. he asked the driver politely to pull over to a nearby convenience store. as the driver stopped the vehicle, the first person to get out was yoongi, who was fuming with anger. he yanked out his seatbelt and pushed the store's door aggressively. seokjin shot a glare towards taehyung before chasing after the furious member. jungkook and hoseok then quickly followed behind, avoiding any single eye contact. namjoon then opened his door but looked at the two remaining boys.