ISSUES || Taegi

Chapter 31

Taehyung POV

It had been three weeks since I spoke with Jungkook about the whole situation with Namjoon. Those three weeks had been excruciatingly long because of two reasons. The first being that I had tried acting like I was starting to lose interest on Namjoon, but I hadn't told Namjoon that I intended to back out from our plan because I was a bit scared of doing so, which meant Namjoon just kept on going ham with the whole act, he had made me fake like four dates at that point, and he kept on increasing the hugging and the grabbing and the cheek- kissing, which was making me very uncomfortable even if I knew it was all for the scene. The second reason being that Yoongi was acting very weird, like painfully weird, at first he just seemed mad which I understood, but as various days went by he started, for what I could see, ignoring me; granted, I could be overreacting, but he started texting me less and less, and his replies became much drier and short with time, in fact after I told him about my last date with Namjoon he just didn't reply, he only talked to me three days later and it was to ask for help on a Literature homework. It was starting to hurt, I still don't fully understand why he started acting this way, but I just couldn't grasp the idea that perhaps our friendship was starting to break off, maybe Jungkook wasn't right, and the worst part is that this was my fault.

I started walking towards the cafeteria doing my best to avoid Namjoon, he had been pretty intense lately, almost as if he had lost all reason and the only thing on his mind was continuing this weird act until Jimin somehow liked him back, and that was probably the main reason why I hadn't been able to talk to him about how I really felt about this whole situation. I knew I had to solve this and get out of it quickly, I didn't want to play pretend anymore, I wanted to have my friendship with Yoongi back as it was even if I never found out if he liked me a bit or not, but I had to build up enough courage to talk to Namjoon about it. Just as I was about to enter, Namjoon managed to get to me making me curse for my insides, he put his arm around my shoulders and stopped me before I could get inside.

"Hey Tae, guess what?"- Namjoon started with a sly smile on his face, a sight which only made me worried about what he could've planned now.

"What Hyung?"- I said sighing and with clear bother on my voice, but Namjoon just sort of brushed it off because he continued speaking as if he hadn't even heard me.

"Okay, so you know how lately Jimin and Yoongi have been avoiding our table, they sit a few tables away some days, but today they are sitting with Jin and Hoseok, so I think it's time"- He said smiling and with a creepy inspired tone. What he said at the beginning was right though, Yoongi and Jimin had been avoiding sitting with us, and I knew it was because he was definitely trying to ignore me.

"Time for what exactly?"- I asked confused and a little bit scared of what Namjoon was about to say.

"Time to ask you to be my boyfriend"- Namjoon stated very decided, making me open and close my mouth repeatedly in utter shock.

"Namjoon Hyung I... We can't do that!"- I said in a panicked voice, trying to avoid what I already knew was inevitable.

"Why not? It's a perfect time"- He looked at me in confusion, with that annoying sly smile still plastered on his face.

"Because... We've only been 'dating' for a month, isn't it too early for that? Also, how are you going to make it seem normal when we are very randomly in front of everyone?"- I inquired him with desperation laced in my tone, I was trying to dissuade him, even if I knew that wasn't going to work because Namjoon was one determined motherfucker.

"Don't worry about the details Tae, just follow my lead, I have it all figured out"- Namjoon finally said, then he winked at me and grabbed my hand while pulling me into the cafeteria. I was fucked.

We walked into the cafeteria hand in hand, I wanted to run and hide away, but I knew there was no turning back now. As we got to the table the conversation fell silent, but quick enough our friends greeted us. My heart was pounding as if it was going to burst out of my chest at any moment, and it didn't help that the moment my eyes met Yoongi's I could clearly see the disappointment in them, I hadn't looked at him face to face in so long, and for the first time in practically a year I wasn't met with the happy and pretty look he always gave me. A while went by quite normally, but then Namjoon squeezed my hand rather hard and gave a random wink to Hoseok, it was time.

Namjoon stood up on the table and everyone looked at him in disbelief, even I was doing so, what had this dude planned? I was terrified because I knew what he was about to do. I knew my friends were looking at me because they also knew what was about to happen, but I did my best to not look back at any of them, particularly Yoongi.

"Attention, attention, I know you are all very pleasantly having lunch right now but I just need a minute of your attention"- Namjoon started loudly, making everyone in the cafeteria go silent and stare right back at him. I knew where this was going and I didn't like it one bit- "You know how it is said there's just a handful of people you are going to meet who are going to shake your entire world in the best way possible? Let me tell you something, a couple of months ago someone very unexpected entered my life, I never expected to fall for someone like him, heck, I barely knew him before he sent that one text, and that one text changed my entire life for the better. As time went on, I started realizing how much this person meant to me, they made me feel alive, happy, and soon enough I realized whatever he was making me feel was stronger than I could've ever expected. He is the most amazing, interesting and beautiful guy I've ever met"- Namjoon continued, he was looking at everyone, but every so often his eyes would fall onto Jimin; very clearly, even if it seemed he was talking about me, his inspiration was Jimin, that's the reason he sounded so passionate about it- "That's why today, in front of everyone I would like to ask a very important question"- Namjoon said and swiftly turned towards me, and just as he did, Hoseok took a bouquet of red roses from under the table and gave them to Namjoon. So, he had this planned all along, fuck- "Kim Taehyung, would you like to be my boyfriend?".

A collective gasp was heard across the place, everyone was dead silent, Namjoon was kneeling in front of me with a big and expecting smile on his face, if it wasn't because I knew exactly what was going on, I would have also believed Namjoon as terribly and undeniably in love with me. I looked at every single one of my friends, Hoseok had a big smile on his face, clearly he was the only one who knew what was going to happen today, the rest had confused faces; Jin was very openly staring at Namjoon with his mouth gaping from the shock probably, three tables away I spotted Jungkook who looked at me with worry and disbelief, I looked back at him with an apologetic look knowing damn well I couldn't back out now, I had to say yes, it was my only option. Then, my eyes landed on Yoongi, he was looking down, almost uninterested, but soon enough he lifted his head up and stared right back at me, he had an expression I can't even put into words, but the mere sight hurt me more than anything he could've said at that moment. I looked away knowing I was sealing my fate, it was done, I had fucked up and it was too late to go back, I apologized to Yoongi on my head and looked up to Namjoon while giving him a very big loving smile.

"Yes, I would like to be your boyfriend Namjoon Hyung"- I said excitedly while taking the bouquet of flowers, Namjoon took my hand and made me stand on the table with him just as everyone on the cafeteria clapped and cheered... Well, almost everyone.

And then... The one thing that could only fuck that situation up even more happened. There was no way I could've expected it, Namjoon didn't even give me a hint about it, but it all happened so fast I couldn't stop it. With one swift move of his hands Namjoon grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close to him, he looked down at me while our breathing intertwined, he smiled lightly and I could hear him whisper just trust me on this one, okay? And then, before I could protest, he leaned down a bit and locked his lips with mine, for a moment I was stuck in my place, but then I realized everyone was staring at us while cheering even louder, so I returned the kiss briefly, even if I knew everything was going to go even more downhill from there. Just as I pulled away everyone's cheers started ceasing, and my first instinct was to look over where Yoongi was... Except he wasn't there anymore, instead I was met with Jimin's piercing gaze, a gaze which I couldn't understand but that definitely wasn't nice. I fucked up big time.

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Heeeeeey, so as promised I updated fast, very fast to my standards lmao. But yeah, as you can tell this was... Interesting, please don't kill me lol.

Anyway, as always, have a nice day <3.