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Jungkook is a shy person, he can't help but embarrass himself in front of his crush, Taehyung. Seokjin and Jimin can't help but want to kill each other. Whoever said love is easy clearly wasn't shy.
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Life isn't kind to those who are shy, Jungkook knows this better than anyone. He remembers being brought to parties by his parents and hiding behind their legs, occasionally peaking out to see if he recognized the person they were talking to. He always had an intense fear of being asked, "Do you remember me? I haven't seen you since you were two." because how are you supposed to respond to that? So instead he opted to hide for as long as possible before his mom would come find him and drag him out to meet his relatives. Then in school, he used to pick the furthest chair from the front, right in the corner and would try to make himself as small as possible so the teacher wouldn't ask him for the answer.
One time, the teacher had called Jungkook up to do a math question on the board and he got the answer wrong. The entire class laughed at him and he felt so embarrassed that his entire body flushed bright red. He ran home that day and wouldn't stop crying until his mom put on his favorite show. He remembers when his mom forced him to join choir in middle school because he had the 'voice of an angel'. The choir decided to have a concert for the whole town and somehow, he managed to get a solo. He practiced night and day for the concert but as soon as he got on stage and saw hundreds of eyes looking at him, their attention solely on him, he felt his stomach somersault before running off the stage and puking in the bathroom. Safe to say, it was the end of his singing career.
School was a torture device set up to punish people like Jungkook with it's group projects and presentations. It took Jungkook a while to get comfortable with people but until then he could barely get out two words before stuttering and blushing like a fool. Most people avoided working with him and talking to him in general. It's not like he doesn't have anything to say, he has a lot to say, he just doesn't know how to communicate the words from his head out to his mouth and when he tries it always comes out tongue tied and wrong.
So life is not kind to the socially awkward. But it's times like these that make him really wish he could actually act like a semi-normal human being because as we speak, Jungkook's secret-not-so-secret crush has just walked through the doors and is heading straight towards him. Well he is working at the cash register. But still.
His crush is none other than Kim Taehyung, the (very hot) art student that goes to the same college as him. It only makes sense that art studies art because Taehyung is sex on legs. With his devilish smile, dark, sexy eyebrows, killer fashion sense and pouty lips, it's like a instant kill on Jungkook's part. Like how is it possible to look that good all the time? He thought college students were supposed to be broke and tired looking (like himself), not walk around looking like some sort of god.
Now here's a quick reminder of how Jungkook reacts in situations where he comes in contact with gorgeous people:
1. He goes bright red, like your grandmother just accidentally seen your nudes red
2. He can't make eye contact. He can hold contact for maximum two seconds before quickly looking away and focusing on the bald spot of one of the customers behind said good looking person.
3. All ability to speak and act like a human being shuts down. He'd fail the reCAPTCHA test in moments like these.
So it's pretty much impossible for Jungkook to hold any decent conversation with Taehyung no matter how much he tries. Honestly there's been more than one time where he's gone into the back of the shop and screamed because he's such a fucking loser and Taehyung will forever think of him as the socially awkward barista who lights up like a Christmas tree whenever he looks at him. He doesn't need to worry about someone cock-blocking him, he does it for himself.
