Precious Self in the Storm • Seokjin [✔]

12 - Crash Down

It's as if Bangtan hit their lowest point one Thursday morning.

The day started innocently enough. They had their usual haphazardly-put-together breakfast, which is a messy mix of heated leftover and over cooked eggs. But then the mood started heating up for real the moment Jimin opened the refrigerator.

"Where's my chocolate bar?" he asked the group.

Turns out Taehyung had decided to eat an entire chocolate bar for breakfast (which is definitely unhealthy), but on the other hand Jimin is angrier with the fact that the chocolate that he's been saving is gone.

"It's not like we have name tags for our food!" Taehyung argued, and the rest of the members decided it was way too early for this.

The chocolate problem ended rather quickly – not like Taehyung's going to barf out Jimin's snacks that he had already eaten – but the tension stayed.

Jimin seemed to be real mad at Taehyung, and the younger made no effort whatsoever to make up to it. Which was weird, since the two are usually overly compassionate to their fellow members.

They gave each other the silent treatment throughout the entire day, unnerving everyone else. Dark thundering clouds that seemed to have manifested over the heads of those two as they avoided each other.

Usually at this point the group just let it be until the two fighting members just sort themselves out. Usually, fights don't last too long and they'd reach a compromise soon enough.

It becomes a problem when they have to do an interview.

It's another radio interview for a station whose name they would forget by the time they finish. Everyone else did their best to keep the interview going nice and smooth. Except Jimin and Taehyung.

The two did the barest minimum to interact with each other, and to an extent didn't talk much to the others either. They both laughed less and their jokes too fake sounding. The radio host even briefly asked if everything was alright with them.

Throughout the interview Namjoon internally winced, knowing their managers had most likely already caught wind of how tense they are today. They're going to have another lecture soon, he just knows it.

The radio interview ended awkwardly, and the BTS members all shuffled back to their van. No one even dared to put on music this time. The silence rings in their ears.

Taehyung entered the dorm first, the others trailing behind. He carelessly discarded his jacket on the floor and dropped himself to the nearest couch in the living room, face first.

Jimin scoffed as he stepped over Taehyung's jacket like it's a pile of dirty trash. "Nice going on the interview there," he grumbled under his breath.

Frankly it wasn't quite enough to go unheard by Taehyung. He lifted himself up to his elbows.

"What?" he hissed.

Jimin rolled his eyes. "Oh, nothing. It's just that I think you could've done much better at that radio interview."

"Hey!" Taehyung jolted to a sitting position. "You were the one giving everyone the silent treatment! If you'd stop blaming me on everything maybe for once you can see your own mistakes for once!"

Jimin spun around, barring his teeth at Taehyung. "Seriously, what is your problem?!"

"My problem-!" Taehyung stopped mid-sentence. A tense silence pierced into the room as he grumbled angrily under his breath. The other members had already piled into the living room, worriedly watching the argument go down. Jimin stood at his ground, still glaring at Taehyung.