Sacrifices (vkook)

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"It's about time you guys showed up!" Jin says excitedly as he opened the door to the apartment.

"Thanks for inviting us over hyung." Jungkook says letting Taehyung in before himself.

"Nonsense, you guys are always welcomed here, invited or uninvited." Jin says hugging Taehyung.

"That's kinda pushing it baby." Namjoon says appearing from down the hall, followed by Yoongi.

Jin rolls his eyes and hugs Jungkook. "How have you guys been? How's Seoul so far?"

"We haven't really looked around." Jungkook says after pulling away from the hug.

    "We'll show you around later. Come on we have a lot to catch on." Namjoon says putting an arm over Taehyung's shoulder. "Hobi and Taeil should be here any minute."

Jin leads them into the living room and Jungkook notices that Jimin's not here.

    "Where's Jimin?" He asks taking a seat next to Taehyung.

    "Oh, he had to go up to the studio. They called saying something of his was left." Yoongi says sitting on the other side of Jungkook.

Jungkook nods looking over at Taehyung who looks down at his hands, chewing his lip.

    "So, Jungkook." Yoongi starts. "Care to explain to me why you disappeared for all this time?"

    "Come on,Yoongi. They just got here." Namjoon says.

    "It's fine. It's just a long story." Jungkook says. "I'll tell you guys another time. How's the music thing going, Yoongi?"

    "Hyung." Yoongi reminds before continuing. "It's going fine. Me and Joon are working from home now and it pays well."

There's a knock at the door and Jin jumps up to get it. "That's Hobi and Taeil."

Taehyung's heart beat quickens at Taeil's name. He doesn't know why but he's nervous around his old friend.

Jungkook taps Taehyung who had remained sitting after everyone had stood up.

    "What's wrong?" Jungkook asks quiet enough for only him to hear.

Taehyung shakes his head and holds onto Jungkook's arm for comfort.

Jungkook is worried but he doesn't question him further as Hoseok comes in with Taeil.

"Hey, hey, hey." Hoseok greets everyone enthusiastically.

Everyone greets the couple as they come in, Taehyung smiling at them and hugging as well despite the uneasiness that he feels.

"Let's get the drinks going, your hope has arrived!" Hoseok holding up the bags with the different alcoholic beverages in it.

The oldest four go to the kitchen to get glasses and whatnot while Taehyung, Jungkook, and Taeil in the living room.

"So, what are you majoring in Taeil?" Jungkook starts as the take their seats.

"Oh um, political science." Taeil answers sitting on the couch across from the other two.

"Ah, sounds interesting." Jungkook nods.

The front door opens getting there attention and ending the dreadful small talk.

"Oh, you guys are here already." Jimin says as he enters the apartment and closes the door behind him.

The other three stand to greet Jimin who smiles and hugs them.