Force or love? // VKook

The reason why, I guess

1115 words
(pls ignore how unrealistic the scenario in this chapter is loool)
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Both of them are eating silently while their parents are chatting, having fun.

'Large, but feminine hands...' Jungkook glances at Taehyung for the 100th time, still fascinated about the olders appearance.

Taehyung doesn't really notice Jungkook looking at him, he just eats, finding the silence between them actually pretty comfortable - probably because he is thinking about Jungkook too.

'He looks so cool...' He thinks, not really minding the weird and kind of cold behavior of the younger. Actually, Taehyung knows what kind of person Jungkook is, so something like that doesn't matter to him.

Their thoughts were interrupted, when waiters start to run around the restaurant, getting the attention of the customers, who were starting to murmur about their suddenly weird behavior.

"Excuse me, dear customers! May I have your attention for a moment?" A waitress asks and the loud murmur stopped, everybody now looking at her.

"There was a little accident in our kitchen, and we need to evacuate this restaurant now. I would like you to keep calm and follow our instructions, you don't need to worry about anything, everything's under control." She calmly states before going to one of their exits, waving for people to follow him.

Right at this moment, a loud bang echoes through the restaurant. The siren goes off and water starts to rain down from the ceiling. Everybody panics, running to the exits - everybody besides Jungkook, he is standing near his table, searching for a special brunette.

'My parents and Mr. and Mrs.Kim should be outside by now, but where is he?' He thought, the water soaking his clothes.

Finally, he catches a sight of the older one, instantly going - well, more like squeezing his way through the crowd - towards the brunette.

"J-Jungkook!" Taehyung cries out when he sees the raven haired boy approaching. Taehyung was dragged away by the crowd, not being able to do anything. So he is more than relieved to see Jungkook.

He is so relieved, that he pushes himself out of the corner he is standing in and sprints towards Jungkook, wrapping his arms around the youngers neck.

Jungkook freezes, he definitely did not see that coming and he definitely does not know how to react. He can't even remember the last time he was hugged, but out of instinct, he slowly and hesitantly wraps his arms around the smallers waist.

"T-there were s-so many people a-and...and I c-couldn't do a-anything..." he sobs into the youngers shoulder, slightly trembling because of the cold water.
Jungkook is still frozen, the only thing he can hear are Taehyung's sobs and the weirdly loud beating if his heart.

"...it's okay, I...I guess? I mean, I'm here now..." He soothes, trying to find reassuring words to calm the brunette down. And somehow - even Jungkook can't believe it - Taehyung's sobs get quieter, the only thing he can hear now was the dabbling of the water and the sirens of fire trucks in the distance.

"I need you to go outside, please." A waiter, who saw those two standing there, yells from the other side of the restaurant, his uniform ruined and soaked.

"Of course, we'll leave now." Jungkook slowly pulls away from their hug, which wasn't easy, since Taehyung is very clingy, especially when he cried.

"Come on, we need to-" The raven haired boy pauses when he notices the brunettes appearance; red puffy eyes, swollen lips because of Taehyung's lip-biting habit when he's nervous and - the most b̶e̶a̶u̶t̶i̶f̶u̶l̶ ̶- prominent thing - his now transparent shirt, showing taehyung's honey colored chest and his c̶u̶t̶e̶ stomach, since he isn't wearing his jacket.

So without further do, Jungkook takes off his jacket and throws it - literally - on Taehyung, before grabbing his wrist to pull him out of the restaurant.

"There!" Mrs. Kim yells, pointing towards the two boys who just arrived outside.

"Jungkook, Taehyung! Are you okay?" Mrs. Jeon asks, running to them.

"Yes Mum, we're fine. It was just very hectic and crowded, so it wasn't that easy to exit." Jungkook answers for both of them, since Taehyung still seems absent.

And it is true; the brunette is absent, but not really because of the whole evacuating thing, no, his mind is occupied by something else.

Jungkook's body.

Since the raven haired male gave his jacket to Taehyung, the older is able to see everything beneath his shirt, which was - just like Taehyung's - transparent because of the water. He is able to see his ripped stomach and his muscles in general.

'And then there are people saying that working out doesn't pay off...' He thought, still staring at Jungkook's torso.

"Wow, two fire trucks came...I hope everything's alright..." A woman, who was standing besides the two boys, says. This shakes Taehyung out of his trance.

"Fire truck?!" He says - more like quietly yells.
He loved fire trucks since he was a child, so he would definitely not miss out on an opportunity to see his heroes live in action.

"Ehm...yeah..." Jungkook is confused about Taehyung's fast mood change, but he isn't complaining.

'Are his eyes always shining like that when he's excited?' He stares at the slightly smaller one, who is currently busy, trying to find firefighters.

Crack

Oh, did you hear that? That sound was Jungkook's 'wall of annoyance and disgust' slowly, but surely crumbling.

"You wanna go and search for them? Maybe we'll be able to see them in action." Jungkook asks, confused by his own words.

'Why would I care about that? I don't think firefighters are a sight to see when you're almost 20. What the hell is wrong with me right now?' The raven haired boy furrows his eyebrows in confusion.

"Hell yeah! Let's go, I don't want to miss anything!" Taehyung's eyes shine even brighter than before as he started to drag Jungkook through the crowd, the fact that they're soaked wet, long forgotten.

Oh wait, maybe that is the reason.

The reason why Jungkook is suddenly so caring. He reason why Jungkook feels like being hypnotized. The reason why his actions, thoughts and words are so off character. The reason why he feels his self built wall slowly falling apart. Maybe the reason is none other than...

...Kim Taehyung?

Maybe.

But you know what would have been good?

If Jungkook, the confused one himself, would have at least considered Taehyung as an answer to all these questions.

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