My Delinquent|tk

24| i'm happy

Taehyung—

The moment the door to my dorm slammed shut, and I let out an exhausted sigh, and sank against it. Finals were creeping closer and closer, and I was spending more and more time in the library studying, rather than spending time with Jungkook. Not that the younger wasn't busy himself. In fact, he was probably working ten times harder than I was, since he claimed he doesn't want my parents' money to "go to waste" on him.

Slowly, I crouched down to take off my shoes, mind completely blank. My brain was all fried up, courtesy of all the studying I was doing earlier. Wearily, I stood back up and padded into the dorm, slipping off my bag, next to the leg of my desk. I ran a hand through my hair, tiredly, and looked around the room.

No sign of Jungkook.

I dismissed the thought, numbly, remembering that he had a class today, and it won't be ending until seven tonight. Sighing, again, I headed towards my bed, and flopped onto the covers, face forward. Groaning, I pulled my legs up to my chest, and wrapped my arms around my knees, still not thinking clearly. It's so quiet without Jungkook...

I exhaled deeply, before pulling myself up into a sitting position, and peered around the dorm once more. What should I do now? My brain can't take anymore torture, but I don't really have anything else to do, but study.

This time I let out a frustrated groan, and dug my fingers into my hair. It's too quiet, too empty, too lonely, too still. I'm literally on the brink of going crazy! Without Jungkook I just have no idea what to do with myself anymore. How did I even live before I had the younger constantly by my side? What did I do back then to keep myself busy? Who was I always around before Jungkook?

The thought rang around in my head, before I smacked the side of my temple, with my palm, in realization.

"Oh my god, yeah! I had friends!"

With renewed energy, I rushed back out into the hallway, and shoved my feet into my shoes. I rummaged through my pockets to make sure that I had my dorm keys on me, before yanking the door open, and quickly locking it. I dashed towards the elevator, and spammed the button, impatiently. I haven't been hanging out with my friends lately, and the thought itself made me feel very guilty. Here I was, getting wrapped up in my boyfriend, and totally ditching the people that I have known for way longer.

When the elevator made it down to the lobby, I had to stop myself from running out, like a lunatic. It was around six in the afternoon, now, and it was also a Friday. That means, if traditions still run, Jimin would be eating dinner at the same restaurant, with whoever he decides to bring, now that I'm always eating dinner in the dorm with Jungkook. I quickly strode out of the gates of the campus, and made a turn down the street, where a chain of restaurants were located.

I let myself soak in my surroundings, suddenly feeling nostalgic. This was what I usually did before I met Jungkook. I used to go down to the 7 Eleven, down the road, and buy midnight snacks and coffee. I used to go out and eat with my friends, and go sing karaoke. I used to do a lot of things before I invested my everything into my boyfriend.

Not like I regretted ever meeting the younger. But, being with him made me forget about all of the other stuff I used to do. My day started and ended with Jungkook, so of course he was all I could ever think about. But, obviously, that wasn't any excuse to completely forget about my friends, and only hang out with him. And I wasn't being considerate to the younger either. What if he also wanted to see his own friends? What if he wanted to go out and eat with someone other than me, sometimes? Who am I to restrain him from doing all that?

The guilt continued to pile, as I got closer and closer to the restaurant. What if they don't want to see me anymore? What if they think that I don't want to see them anymore? What if they're angry at me for forgetting about them?

I stopped outside of the entrance of the restaurant, and stared up at the lit up sign. I'll just apologize to them. I'll beg them to forgive me. I was in the wrong, of course. I should obviously apologize. I missed so much over all of this time. I just hope that they haven't changed and they don't think I have either.

Steeling my nerves, I nodded to myself, before pushing open the glass door, and entering the small diner. The moment I stepped in, my ears were met with Jimin's familiar, heart-lifting, laugh. My eyes scanned the crowded tables, before I spotted the elder's bright blonde head, by the window seat. Quickly, I made my way towards the table, lips pursed.

When the other male spotted me, his face lit up, to my relief, and he beckoned me over to an empty chair on his left. "Look who finally remembered about me!" Jimin teased, tossing an arm around my shoulders. I flushed, in embarrassment, and lowered my head. "Sorry about that, I kind of got sidetracked." The blonde raised an unimpressed eyebrow, "you got sidetracked for a really long time then."

I gave him an apologetic smile, "sorry Chim, please forgive me!" Sighing, the elder gave me a scowl that only lasted a second, before it broke into a wide grin. "It's fine, Tae. Just make sure you take some time, out of your busy schedule, to hang out with your friends."  I nodded, vigorously, laughing. "I promise!"

Finally realizing that there were other people at the table, I swiveled around in my seat to greet them. I noticed that there were some new faces and gave Jimin a questioning look. Yoongi was obviously sitting on the blonde's right, but everyone else were people that I didn't expect to be there.

"Uh...when did Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, and Jung Hoseok start eating dinner with you?" I questioned dumbly. Jimin snorted at the tone of my voice, and smacked the back of my head. "Well since we shared something in common, we all kind of just became friends." Frowning, I turned my gaze back to the three, and tilted my head in confusion. "What was the thing that you guys had in common?"

Seokjin chuckled, smirking. "What else? It's you and our wonderful Jungkookie Jeon!" I flushed even more, remembering that they were Jungkook's friends. Abashed, I lowered my head, and stared down at my lap. "I stole Jungkook away from you. I'm sorry." Hoseok let out a surprisingly loud laugh. "Don't worry about it. I think it's good that the brat has finally found something that makes him happy." Namjoon nodded his head in agreement, and sent me a cheesy thumbs up. "Thank you for taking care of Jungkook, Taehyung. We owe you for that."

My eyes widened, and I shook my head vigorously. "You don't have to owe me anything! I only wanted to help Jungkook!" Seokjin just shrugged, and lifted his glass of soda my way. "Then that means our Jungkookie just has to owe you for the rest of his life!" The others followed the elder's actions and raised their glasses in the air.

"To Taehyung for saving our little delinquent!"

I smiled, and shook my head, at the others. It felt good to be surrounded by friends again. Even though I love constantly being with Jungkook, there are things that I've missed while spending time with friends.

Sighing, in content, I let my tense shoulders slump, and leaned back in my seat, a wide smile on my face.

I'm happy.

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There's no TaeKook in this chapter, but you guys can deal lol. I honestly think that this chapter was important, because during the story Tae's and Kook's friends weren't really mentioned as often as I wanted them to be. So this chapter was kinda like a reminder that they still exist and that they're still essential to the story.

Anyway, MAMAMOO's comeback SLAPS SIS! Like gogobebe is a total bop, 10/10, hands down. And I can't wait for Stray Kid's, BlackPink, and BTS' comeback!!

Also, sorry!! I've been really busy! I had to update As You Can See, and deal with other things. So I hope that you guys didn't start leaving because I update late. 'Cause that'll make me really sad :(

Lastly, you don't have to read this, but I went the ATEEZ Dallas concert!! It was absolutely amazing! They were so close, and it was the best feeling to see your idols in real life, and not through a screen, on your bed, while being separated by an entire ocean. I had such a great experience, and I hope all of you get to have that chance some time in your lives :)

Okay, that's it! There will only be a few chapters left and that's it of My Delinquent!

Until next time!

-Author-nim