pinky promise

twenty five +

"Kookie?"

"Yeah?"

Taehyung gulped anxiously. "Can I tell you a secret?"

Jungkook nodded. "Of course, Tae."

Taehyung swallowed the lump in his throat before continuing. "I... I really like this person... but I'm not sure if they like me back. What should I do?"

Jungkook felt a pang in his chest at these words. The older boy seemed truly terrified of what could happen, and that saddened Jungkook. But he tried to ignore the part where he felt hurt because Taehyung liked someone, and it probably wasn't himself.

"Well, Tae," he started, trying to hide the hurt, "you should tell that person, I think. But don't feel pressured. It's all up to you, because you'll never know if the feeling is mutual if you don't tell them."

Taehyung smiled weakly at these words. "You think?"

Jungkook nodded with a hopeful smile. "I know."

Taehyung bit his lip nervously, and held his pinky out. "Pinky promise?"

Jungkook took the older's pinky into his own. "I pinky promise."