Open Up | Taekook

Chapter 19

Jungkook POV

I'm beyond frustrated with myself when my heart shatters at this newfound information, legs nearly giving out from under me. It's everything I can do to hold back tears and keep my breathing under control, takes everything in me not to go running back to Jiminie hyung for support. I have no idea what the hell is going on with me, why the fuck all of this bothers me so much. It doesn't make sense, considering I don't really know him all that well and yet I'm getting hurt and pissed off about the fact that he's going out on a date with Yoongi hyung. Though, maybe I'm just pissed about it and getting hurt for Jiminie, knowing how much his relationship with Yoongi meant to him and how much this would truly ruin him...

"Do you want me to go check with him and see if he made plans?" I find myself asking quietly, gaze on the floor just a few steps in front of my feet. Tae gasps at this, making me glance up at him worriedly. Though, I find him with a grin on his face, nodding his head.

"Jungkookie, that would be perfect!" Tae responds, sounding nearly desperate. I bite my lip at this, swallowing hard as I nod my head and turn to walk out the door. Leaving the door just cracked behind me, I make my way over to the only room I know he could possibly be in right now. Jin hyung's.

Knocking on the door, I keep my gaze down at my feet, not particularly wanting to see my hyung right now. I still can't believe that he's doing this to Jimin right now. Can't believe that he's really doing this with Tae tonight. After everything he's been through with Jimin hyung.

"Tae, I told you not till six!" I head Yoongi hyung giggle, shattering the little shards of my heart at this point. I cough quietly, trying to find a voice so that I can speak.

"It's not Tae." I manage to mumble out, hoping that I was loud enough for him to hear. Thankfully, it seems I was as I hear footsteps from the other side, door soon being pulled open.

"Jungkookie?"

Yoongi sounds surprised but I couldn't really care too much. I don't blame him.

"Tae was wondering if you had set up plans or any ideas on where you wanted to go tonight since you had suggested a time." I inform him quietly, still not looking up at him. He remains silent for a moment and I nearly look up at him before he finally speaks up.

"I didn't really have any place in mind. I just knew when I was hoping we could go out. Is everything okay, Jungkook?" Yoongi answers softly. Reluctantly, I lift my gaze up to look at him, watching his happiness and excitement for tonight deflate into a little bit of worry. I swallow hard over the lump that's formed in my throat, trying to find the words to say to him.

"I really can't believe you're doing this, hyung. That you're just tossing everything you had with Jimin away like those four years meant nothing. You can be jealous for Jimin giving me attention because I'm struggling to make it through everything right now. But Jimin still loves you more than anything else in this world. And that fact that you're so willing to give everything away, everything you've worked so hard to build, it's truly saddening, hyung. I really hope you can come to your senses and realize just what exactly you're doing, the damage that you're looking at doing." I mumble softly before turning and walking away back to my room.

I leave him standing there, not even hearing his door shut by the time that I've entered my bedroom once more and closed that door as well. I don't care though, hoping that it knocked some sense into him and that he'll wake up before he makes a mistake that there won't be any coming back from.

"He said he didn't have any plans or anywhere in particular he wanted to go. Just knew what time." I inform Tae as I move to sit down on the edge of my bed.

"Thank you so much, Kookie! Okay, now we just gotta figure out what the hell I'm wearing and where to take him." Tae answers excitedly before quieting down again.

I don't respond, giving very minimal input over the next what feels like an hour. He goes through picking out multiple clothes before finally settling on an outfit, rushing to get dressed as he's slowly running out of time.

"Do I look okay?" Tae questions, making me snap my head up in his direction from where he's stood in the bathroom doorway. I don't bother trying to hide it as I somewhat check him out, eyes scanning his outfit and look overall, finding only one flaw.

Biting my lip, I lean over to my bedside table and grab my chapstick, walking over to him. He looks at me curiously before a look of realization dawns on him, watching as he grins.

"Oh my gosh, thank you. Yoongi had commented about that earlier." Tae tells me in relief. I don't comment, biting my lower lip softly as I uncap it so that I can apply the chapstick to his lips, gaze attaching to his chapped lips intently. As I soon finish applying it, I lower the tube of chapstick, but don't move to step away. Eyes flickering up to his for a moment, I can see the curiosity, confusion, and... hopefulness? In his chocolate brown eyes. And before I can even begin to think otherwise, I find myself connecting my lips to his.