Roses You Left For Me

13

When the next evening rolls around, Jeongguk is practically shaking with nerves. He chews his lip nervously and contemplates just forgetting the whole ordeal, but finally decides to push through it and walk in.

Once again, he's greeted by the red and blue lights, creating a purple contrast between. It seems, however, that he's already missed Taehyung's entrance, as he's finishing and is waving to the audience. Jeongguk can't help but feel disappointed, as he wanted to congratulate Taehyung, but shakes his head and makes his way over to the bar where Hoseok doesn't see him at first until he's finished serving another customer and looks up.

"Got another rose?" He jokes as he sets about making Jeongguk the same drink he'd had on his first night here.

"Money, actually," Jeongguk says rather smugly as he accepts the sugary tasting drink with open arms. "I said I was going to pay back Taehyung, and I will,"

Hoseok presses his lips together and nods as if trying to hold back a judgemental comment. But Jeongguk proceeds to ignore it, watching the bartender retrieve a tablet that he sets in front of Jeongguk.

"You put in your card details here. Usually Taehyung's 'services' go for 300 dollars, so anything above that is a bonus. You can add a note here that Taehyung can see on his phone, and you sign in this box," Hoseok explains before he leaves Jeongguk to fill out the boxes to serve another customer.

Jeongguk takes his time, kicking his legs and sipping his drink as he carefully taps in each number of his card, adding an extra three hundred for another session, knowing that Seokjin would burn him alive if he knew Jeongguk was even doing this, but not really caring.

He adds a note that says, 'payment for the introduction. Would love to catch up again' as he's not really sure what a note is supposed to say, and didn't want to just leave it blank.

He then signs the last box and tucks his card back into his pocket, looking up at Hoseok who had been standing in front of him for some time.

"He'll get a notification to his phone of your order," Hoseok tells him before he tucks the tablet back under the bar. "Now tell me, why are you back here?"

"Taehyung's promise is that he'll help me forget, right?" Jeongguk says. Hoseok just nods. "Right, well there's your answer,"

"Jeongguk," Hoseok begins. He takes a deep breath, seeming anxious to continue, but does so anyway. "You're going off of a tagline. He may help you forget about your ex, but he's only seeming to make you cling to him instead,"

"Hence, I'm forgetting that shitbag," Jeongguk concludes.

Hoseok opens his mouth to speak, but is interrupted by Taehyung who comes up to stand next to Jeongguk. "Not trying to steal my customers, are we, Hoseokie?" Taehyung asks tauntingly as he takes a sip of Jeongguk's drink, grimacing. "Someone's got a sweet tooth," he mutters, depositing the glass down on the bar before he takes Jeongguk's wrist.

"Not at all, V. Not at all," Hoseok says.

Taehyung forces a smile and tugs Jeongguk back to the door. He doesn't talk, nor listen to Jeongguk until they're back in the room where they had been the first time.

This time around, however, Taehyung takes Jeongguk through one of the doors, revealing a bedroom that's themed purple, much like the entire room.

Purple seems to be Taehyung's color. The excessively large bed sports silk violet sheets with a black mattress cover and dimmed lights, bringing out the dark detailing of the room. It's fairly dark in here, but not too dark that they can't see each other.