New Newer Rules

7 - Call me daddy.

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Rule 2: Don't get involved a second time
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"Well?"

"Well, what?"

"Well." Jimin rolls his eyes, catching the basketball as Taehyung's shot misses. "It's been two months since the shit with Jiae. I'm just checking up on you."

"Aw, how gay."

"I'll shove this ball up your ass."

Taehyung catches the basketball with a little grunt. "And I'll thank you."

He lines up another shot and misses again, ignoring the little snicker from Jimin. Jimin lands an easy layup before tossing the ball back to Taehyung.

"For real, my dude. How are you doing?"

Taehyung shrugs, turning the ball around several times in his hands. "I fucked her roommate and her sister. Kinda hard to be hung up on her when her sister's a gymnast."

"Oh my God."

"Yeah."

"And Jeongguk," Jimin says, catching another of Taehyung's poor shots.

"Who?"

"Cheating Twink."

"Oh, yeah. Fucked him, too."

Taehyung makes his next shot, high-fiving himself when Jimin refuses to do so. So what if they've been out here almost an hour and Taehyung's only made four shots in total? Jimin is his best friend, he's contractually obligated to support him throughout all of his bad decisions- even those that involve basketball on the other side of campus as their apartment at two in the morning.

Jimin takes his time, dribbling without passing the ball back. "Also told me he's the best you've had since starting to date Jiae."

"I was drunk."

"You were not."

"Don't expose me like this."

"You expose yourself."

The breeze picks up, ruffling Taehyung's bangs beneath his beanie. Although the days were getting warmer, the nights were still cold enough to warrant sneaking into Jimin's bed for cuddles, even if Hoseok complained the entire morning that Taehyung didn't fit whenever the older stayed over.

Taehyung's solution was for Hoseok to sleep on the couch. Jimin didn't like that solution very much. Jimin dribbles circles around Taehyung before sinking what Taehyung thinks would be a 3-pointer over his head. He chases down the ball before Taehyung can even think to do so, not that he's really been trying this evening.

"Dude."

"Yes, my love?"

Jimin scowls, shoving past Taehyung to shoot another layup. "You gonna hook up with Jeongguk again?"

Taehyung groans, waiting for Jimin to pass the ball back again before answering. "No. He was good, sure, but I feel he'd kinda be a constant reminder of Jiae and I don't need that shit."

"Understandable. What are you going to do about him?"

"What do you mean?"

"You share a class with him."

Taehyung rolls his eyes. "A class that I spend nearly the whole time sleeping on Hoseok hyung. It's not like he's reached out to me, we're not going to see each other again."

"I see." Jimin curses when Taehyung misses another easy shot. It's late and Taehyung thinks Jimin's been up for an entire week studying for an exam, and for a second Taehyung feels guilty about dragging his best friend out here for shitty basketball and the high probability of catching a cold. But then Jimin speaks again, and suddenly Taehyung has no regrets. "Dude, that's horse. You literally just lost. And you've only been playing against yourself."