Agape | TAEKOOK (REWRITING)

𝟏𝟏 : 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 (rewriting)

pal·pi·ta·tion
/ˌpalpəˈtāSH(ə)n/
a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness

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Jungkook felt weird.

Standing in the operating room in the middle of a surgery, he couldn't help but stare at Taehyung as the surgery went on. His movements were so calculated and he looked so relaxed. And don't even get Jungkook started on what Taehyung's hands looked like.

Taehyung looked up from his work and glanced over at Jungkook. Jungkook could tell that he smiled softly under his face mask, the smile reaching the corners of his eyes. Jungkook felt his heart melt at the sight, and his arrhythmia may have come back again.

"Jungkook, scalpel, please," Taehyung said, still staring at Jungkook but stretching his arm out in front of him. Jungkook blushed when he realized he was caught staring but passed Taehyung the scalpel anyways.

Taehyung continued to work and Jungkook continued to catch himself staring at Taehyung. He noticed every small detail about the man in front of him, like his double eyelid and his mono eyelid. Or the tiny moles that were scattered along his face. He looked so perfect, so ethereal. Taehyung looked like a beautiful sculpture crafted out of marble.

A beautiful sculpture that was definitely out of Jungkook's reach.

Taehyung looked up and quirked an eyebrow at Jungkook again, obviously noticing how the boy was staring at him... again. Jungkook blushed again and looked down at the patient, trying to think of how gross the patient's heart was—it really wasn't—to get his mind off of Taehyung.

He looked up again, trying to avoid Taehyung's god-like features, and glanced over at Jimin. Jimin looked exhausted, staring at the patient's vitals until he caught Jungkook's stare. He smiled under the mask—Jungkook knew he was smiling because his eyes turned into small crescents—and wiggled his eyebrows. Jungkook was confused, but blushed when Jimin glanced over at Taehyung and back at Jungkook.

"Jungkook, are you okay?" Taehyung asked, not looking up from the patient but somehow giving Jungkook his full attention. Jungkook shot Jimin a nasty look and put all his attention towards Taehyung—sorry, the surgery.

"Yes, sorry," Jungkook mumbled, passing Taehyung the tools he asked for when he needed them. The rest of the surgery flew by to Jungkook—he was staring at Taehyung the entire time anyways—and before he knew it, Taehyung was asking him to close the patient's chest back up.

Taehyung made his way out of the room, not noticing Jungkook's eyes scanning all over his body. Jungkook noticed how wide Taehyung's shoulders were compared to his scrawny ones. Taehyung had a very strong build in general, strong legs, strong shoulders, strong hands, strong everything.

Jungkook wondered how Taehyung's hands would feel intertwined with his own, or how they would feel around his waist, or gripping tightly to his thighs—

Jungkook felt the pink heat creep up to his cheeks and shook his head violently, trying to clear his mind of all dirty thoughts and especially trying not to get a boner in front of all the other employees.

He stitched up the patient quickly and sent him back off to the recovery room, following slowly and still thinking about Taehyung. He hadn't felt this way about someone in a really long time. Was this like that time before? Did Jungkook... have a crush?

"Hey, Kooks," Jimin said rather loudly, practically jumping onto Jungkook and wrapping his arm around his shoulders, scaring Jungkook out of his daze.

"Hey, Jimin," Jungkook responded, looking at Jimin. Jimin gave Jungkook a knowing look to which Jungkook furrowed his eyebrows at, confused to what the boy was getting at. "Jimin, I don't understand. Can you like, speak or—"

"You like Taehyung, don't you?" Jimin asked, a sly smirk spreading across his face. Jungkook felt a pale blush creep over his cheeks for the thousandth time that day.

He quickly shook his head, responding to Jimin's question and clearing his thoughts at the same time. "J-Jimin, I don't!" Jungkook let out, but Jimin didn't look convinced in the slightest.

"Mmhmm. I've seen how you look at him Kooks. During the surgeries, y'know? It's like you can't take your eyes off him," Jimin giggled, seeing how Jungkook only flushed more when the words rolled off Jimin's tongue.

"Oh, oh my, does our little Jungkookie have a crush?" Jimin teased, grinning even wider when he saw how much the situation affected Jungkook.

"Don't take it so seriously, Kooks. It's just a joke. By the way, do you need a ride to the dinner tonight?" Jimin asked, changing the subject quickly as to not make Jungkook feel more uncomfortable.

"What dinner—"

"Oh my god, Kooks. You act so antisocial. The dinner for Taehyung because it's been a month or something like that and he has yet to fail a surgery—" Jimin stopped talking suddenly and looked behind Jungkook, a big smile coming to his face out of nowhere.

"Hey, Dr. Kim!" Jimin called, flagging down the aforementioned and bringing him into their conversation. He saw the somewhat worried look on Jungkook's face and giggled, then shooting him a look that yelled you'll thank me later.

"Yeah, Jimin?" Taehyung asked, glancing between the two boys. Jimin smiled and looked up at Taehyung, "Jungkook here needs a ride to the dinner tonight. Do you think you can take him?"

Jungkook froze for a moment as he processed the words that came from Jimin's mouth. He fought back another pink blush and quickly came up with something to respond to Jimin's comment.

"Jimin-hyung, I can just go with you—"

"Now that I think about it, Yoongi-hyung asked me to drive him too," Jimin said, cutting off Jungkook and smiling when the younger was at a loss for words.

"Hyung? Since when did you two get so close? And doesn't your car have room for more than two people—"

"Gotta go! I have to go, uh, water my grass!" Jimin yelled before rushing off into a random direction in the hospital. Jungkook stood in his place, shocked at how Jimin had ditched him so easily.

"I can take you, Jungkook," Taehyung said, breaking the awkward silence that had settled over the two.

"Thank you, Dr. Kim—"

"Taehyung. Call me Taehyung from now on. Dr. Kim sounds so uptight and formal, I don't like it," Taehyung laughed, tickling under Jungkook's chin and quickly becoming his carefree self as always.

"Okay, um, Taehyung."

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a/n: double update again?? lamow