Red String | VMIN

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Tae was on his way to Jins cafe. The boys have been texting him, and calling him saying that they are all there waiting for him to come over, so they can talk about what happened with Jimin and Tae at Spain. Tae got a lot accomplished today. He did some work, some schooling, went to Gucci, and ate dinner. Tae was in a great mood.

He opened the door to find the boys already there talking. They notice Tae come in and they all get into the same spot they were in when Tae told them the first time. Jungkook pats the seat, motioning that Tae should come sit. He chuckles lightly and sits with the guys. After a few moments of silence, Tae speaks up.
"What?"
Tae looks at the group.
"What do you mean 'what' you're suppose to tell us how Spain went."
Jin comments
"Oh, right."
Tae says as he acts like he forgot the main reason why they are there.
"So, where did I leave off?"
"Right when you went back to the hotel."
Jungkook settles into his seat.
"Right after you kissed Jimin."
Mark said with a grin.
"Well I got back to the hotel. I then get a call."

(Flashback)

"Hello."
Tae said softly into the phone.
"Taehyung.."
Jimin said, with his voice a bit shaky.
Tae's heart clenched.
Jimin never called Tae by his full name. It was always Tae, or Taetae, or taehyungie, but never just Taehyung.
"Yes, Jimin?"
Tae said, knowing what was about to happen.
"Can we.. meet? I don't feel comfortable saying this over the phone."
You could hear the sniffles and the little cries that came from Jimin. Tae felt his whole heart burst. He felt ashamed for leaving Jimin alone. He felt bad for being the reason that Jimin was crying. After a long moment of silence, Tae blurted out,
"Yes of course! Where and when can I meet you?"
"Meet me in my hotel room in 10 minutes."
"Ok. I'll see you soon."
The call ended.

(End of flashback)

"Well, what did Jimin say?"
Shiloh asked as he finished taking a sip of water.
"Did you actually meet up with Jimin?"
Tom said with curiosity.
"What did Jimin tell you?"
Namjoon asked.
The guys started asking Tae questions left and right. He couldn't keep up with what they were saying.
"Guys!"
Tae blurted out.
They all stopped talking and looked at Tae.
"If you would let me talk, my story will answer all of your questions."
"Sorry."
The boys stopped talking and went back to listening.
"I paced around my room for 5 minutes, trying to gather my courage to speak if Jimin started asking me questions. I logically responded to every possible question I could think of. Then I went down stairs and stood outside of Jimin's room."

(Flashback)

Tae paced up and down the hallway, talking to himself with every step.
"Ok, so if Jimin asks me why I did it, I'm going to be honest and straightforward. This is like what? The second or third time I've almost ruined our friendship?"
Tae stops pacing and stood in front of Jimin's door. He slowly formed his hand into a fist to knock on the door. He quickly pulled away and uses his hand to cover his face.
"Coward."
Tae whispered to himself.
Tae inhaled deeply and shook himself off.
"Ok, here goes nothing."

Tae knocks on the door three times.
A flash of regret hits him.
'Maybe I shouldn't have come here.'
'Maybe I shouldn't have come to Spain with Jimin.'
'Maybe I shouldn't have fallen in love with him.'
'Maybe I shouldn't have met him at all.'
Tae's nervous breakdown quickly fades away when he sees his little blonde boy.
Eyes, puffy and red from crying. Cheeks, red and hot. Nose, pink and runny. Jimin looked, how should he say this, depressed.
It took every ounce of Tae not to hug Jimin and tell him everything's ok. But last time he did that.. hugging is probably the last thing Jimin would want from him.

"Taehyung."
Jimin said weakly.
'Please don't call me that, it hurts.'
"Hey."
Tae said, softly spoken.
Jimin walked back into the room and Tae followed, slowly closing the door behind him. Tae wanted to ask if Jimin was ok, but Jimin invited him to come over and talk so he chose to wait until Jimin said something.
Jimin sat on his bed and grabbed some tissues.
Tae took a seat in a chair that's placed near the bed.

"Taehyung, I- I invited you here so we could talk about, us."
Tae stayed calm and collected for he knew Jimin was going to say this.
"Ok Jimin. What do you wanna talk about?"
"I wanted to say, that I don't think we should be friends." Jimin looked down at his bed. Tae's eyes began to water and his heart started beating faster.
"Ah, I see."
Tae said in a low voice.
"I'm sorry it had to be like this Jimin, I didn't want it to be like this. I thought I found another great friend. But you don't feel that way and if I could go back."
Tae's voice was shaking but he didn't want to cry because he didn't want Jimin to pity him.
Tae inhales a shaky breath.
"If I could go back, I would do the same thing all over again."

Tae got up to leave.
"Tae, I'm not done."
Jimin looked up at him.
Tae didn't want to sit there for he knew her just cry, but Jimin wanted to say something. He should respect him, so he sat back down.
"I'm saying we can't be friends.. because I've developed these feelings for you and I've come to the realization that I like you. And if you don't like me back I don't think we can be friends because I'm still going to have these feelings for you."
Jimin softly chuckled and his comment, realizing he poured his heart out to the guy he likes.
Tae stood there, not believing what he heard. He blinked multiple times before saying,
"What?"

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*inhales* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
the plot is finally moving, let's get this bread.

- awful writer 💌