Red String | VMIN

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The boys sat there in complete and utter silence. There mouth, gaped open. The cafe grew cold. Tae looked at the guys for a reaction.
No one knew what to say, nor how to respond.
They looked at one another with shock.
Namjoon broke the silence by saying,
"So, are you guys, together now?"
"No."
Tae simply responded.
The boys looked at each other again.
"So you don't like him like that?"
Hoseok shot a concerning look.
"No, that's not it."
"Did you respond, at all?"
Jungkook raises an eyebrow.
"Well, I did."

(Flashback)

Jimin and Tae are both sitting on the bed.
Tae grabbed a part of his sleeve and held onto it. Jimin and Tae both sat there not saying a word. Jimin growing more nervous by the second. He looks up at Tae.
"Tae, I didn't-."
"What about Dean."

(End of Flashback)

Tae waned to continue when he was suddenly cut off by a few groans and moans from the boys.
"Are you serious? You finally got the boy to confess his love and you're thinking about his ex?"
"His boyfriend, Mark. It was still his boyfriend. I didn't feel right being with someone who wasn't ready to be with me."
"He just told you he loved you, what more do you want?"
Jin raises an eyebrow.
"Jin, action speak volume. You didn't believe it when Namjoon said he loved you at first. Why is that?"
The group grew quite.
"May I continue?"
Tae said as he looked at the group.
They all nodded their heads.
"Alright."

(Flashback)

"Huh?"
Jimin asked, confused why Dean was mentioned.
"Your boyfriend, Park. Your lover, your first, your soulmate, your one and only."
Tae's eyes grew watery. He hated saying that for he knew they were true.
Jimin bit his lip and looked down. Jimin knew Tae was hurt. He inhales sharply.
"Tae,"
Jimin moves closer to Tae where they were both sitting crisscross on the bed, a few inches away from each other.
"You're right."
Tae remained looking down.
"Dean was my first. But that doesn't mean I'm going to be with him forever. My feelings have changed. He's a great guy. A best friend, but he just isn't you."
Jimin places his hand on Tae's leg. Tae continues to look down and not say anything.
"I know you don't believe me, but I mean it."
"How can I be sure?"
Tae looks up.
Jimin raises an eyebrow.

"How can I be sure you love me? How do I know at the end of the day it's my bed you come home to? How do I know that it's my arms you lay in? How do I know it's my hand you want to hold? How do I know.."
Tae pauses.
"How do I know it's my face you wanna see every morning?"
Jimin and Tae hold eye contact for a long time.
"You don't."
Jimin says softly.
Tae's heart hurts again.
"You trust in me that I'll always come home to you. You trust in that I'll only hold your hand. You trust in me that it's your face I think of, twenty five/eight. You trust in me,"
Jimin pauses.
He raises his right arm up and wipes some of Tae's tears off his face. He makes his fingertips brush over Tae's soft pink lips.
"that it's your lips I kiss."
Jimin removes his hand. Tae suddenly pulls Jimin into a hug. Jimin, a bit shocked, slowly puts him arm around Tae and holds him tightly. After a while Tae pulls away. He puts his head down again.

"But Dean—."
Jimin quickly covers Tae's mouth.
"Shh, there's no need to bring him up, sure Dean was my first,"
Jimin puts his hands on Tae's wet cheek and pushes it up softly so they look at each other. "But you're going to be my last."

(End of Flashback)

"Well, it's time to go to work."
Tae gets up quickly and the boys rush to get on their feet.
"Wait- TAE?!"
Namjoon gets up.
"Bro, you can't leave us on THAT!"
Tom gets up.
"Yah! That's cruel!"
Jin rushes towards the red hair boy.
They boys all try to follow Tae at once, shoving and pushing one another, as Tae gets farther and farther from their reach. Tae runs out the front door and to the car. He chuckles and he sees the boys struggle to catch up.
"Tae, 1
Dudes, 0"

Tae goes in to reach for his keys in his pocket when he doesn't feel them. His eyes widen as he pats all his pockets. "I could have sworn-."
Tae suddenly stops when he hears the sound of keys being tossed up and down. Tae closes his eyes and his eyebrows furrow. He turns around.
"Jungkook."
Tae says in a collected manner.
"Jungkook, 1
Tae, 0"
Jungkook smiles as he holds the keys.
"Jungkook, please give me the keys."
Tae slowly puts his hand out.
"Only if you give me a ride back to the house."
Jungkook stated.
"Ok, sure. Let's go before-."
"And you tell me what happened with you and Jimin."
Jungkook grins. Tae sighs.
"Ok."
Jungkook gets in the car and hands Tae the keys. They rest of the boys are rushing towards Tae's car but Tae quickly leaves. Tae and Jungkook make their way back home.

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Hey hey hey. So uh... that happened. Can you guess what more Tae will say?

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