The TaeJin Exhibit

Chapter 44

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Seokjin sits at the edge of his bed and watches Namjoon pace back and forth. His eyes hold a worrisome stare due to the apparent nervousness of the other male. The younger of the two frantically chews on his thumbnail while his long legs walk the area infront of Jin's bed.

Namjoon had pulled Jin aside just moments before, explaining that he had something important to discuss with him. Seokjin now waits anxiously to find out what his leader has to say. After the encounter with Hoseok yesterday, he can only imagine the harsh lecture about the limiting of public displays of affection that he is about to hear.

"Hyung," RM stops and abruptly turns to face his eldest hyung. "How did you know that you liked... Well..."

Joon pauses briefly. "Men?"

"What?" Seokjin is taken aback by the question.

"How did you know?" The younger starts his pacing again. "Was it a feeling? I mean, I've only ever liked women... I like boobs! A sexy curvy body with a thin waist! Mini skirts and converse tennis shoes! I don't understand this!"

"Joon-ah, your rambling," the older tries to make sense of what his friend is saying. "Just calm down and tell me what-"

Seokjin jumps backwards on his mattress when the rappper's face suddenly appears right in front of his own. Namjoon's hand then springs forward, grasping ahold of Seokjin's left pectoral muscle.

"W-what are you doing?" Jin asks while trying his best to pull away from the rapper's touch. The sudden action adding a whole new level of awkwardness to their conversation.

"No?..." Namjoon questions himself while tilting his head to the side. He then quickly contracts and releases his fingers that are held tight onto Jin's muscle, looking at it in contemplation as he does so. "... Just as I thought, it's not the same."

"I beg your pardon!" Jin yells as he is finally able to push the younger's hand off of him. "What the hell do you think your doing!?"

At first, Namjoon looks shocked by the older's reaction, his hand staying frozen in mid air. He then quickly retracts it once he realizes what he has just done.

"Sorry, hyung!" The younger backs away, putting his hands up in front of him in a surrendering manor. "I just needed to test something... For clarification," Joon's cheeks flush with the embarasment that he feels stemming from his last statement.

Seokjin wraps his arms tightly around his own form, alternately bringing his right knee up to help hide his torso. "Did it really have to involve groping me?!" He asks, his face contorting in shock while his perfectly groomed eyebrows meet together in the middle. "What is this all about, Joon-ah?"

Namjoon let's out a deep heavy sigh before dropping his body heavily onto the bed next to his hyung. The younger is so deep in thought that he doesn't even notice the way that the older flinches and hurriedly tries to add some distance between them.

"I'm just so confused..." The rapper states while leaning forward onto his knees and burying his face within his hands. "I mean... You liked women before, right, hyung?" He looks back up to Seokjin expectantly. "How did you know that you liked men?"

Ohhhh... Seokjin is getting a clearer image of what this is all about.

Jin looks at his younger friend compassionately. "It's not that I preferred one gender over the other." He begins, reaching up to pat Namjoon's shoulder, although still keeping a safe distance from the younger. "Honestly, I had never really thought about dating a man before, it just kind of happened that way." He smiles at the rapper, then sighs blissfully while glancing up towards the ceiling. "The heart just knows what it wants, Joonie-ah."