tongue.

07 - 'don't tell him.'

days later after their visit to the city, the boys were back in their shared house and back to their regular routine.

jungkook had spent most of the time there with the group, specifically hoseok and jimin. days were filled with beach trips, filming and a couple of photoshoots. he had mastered the art of hiding bruises, especially those on his neck from a certain grey-haired man.

he was in his room, sat on a grey beanbag with a controller in his hands. 'overwatch' filled the screen, making him grin to himself.

the thought of coming out to his band mates never crossed his mind after his talk with namjoon. it was the last thing on earth that he wanted to do, however he knew at some point he had to.

waves of fear would encase him whenever he thought about it, so he suppressed the thoughts. he had already gone a long time completely hiding every aspect about him, he could definitely go longer.

"jungkookie~" the door swung open to jimin's voice, him staying at the doorway. "we need to go to the studio."

"is it already two?" jungkook stood up, saving his game and grabbing his bag. "i lost track of time.."

jimin simply nodded, leaving quickly to go to the bus. they had an award show tonight, and jungkook had completely forgotten about it. this made him mentally facepalm.

memory was definitely not one of jungkook's strong points.

namjoon slipped into the passenger's seat, letting the others find themselves in the backseats. "plan of action. we're going to rehearse what we need, which is up to us so that's fine. we have nothing scheduled for the night, so do what you like."

jungkook hummed along to a song on the radio whilst they drove, sitting next to taehyung. he was staying quiet, scrolling through his twitter feed. his left hand was placed on jungkook's thigh, rubbing softly.

after their trip to the city, jungkook and taehyung were noticeably a lot closer. the whole group could see it, however they didn't have a care in the world. they would cuddle on the couch whilst watching movies on 'film nights' (aka every thursday), they would play around during dance rehearsals, yoongi even saw them cooking together at 3am.

he had walked in for a quick pot noodle to keep him going, to see two shirtless boys cooking pasta. taehyung was over the stove, stirring into the pot whilst jungkook had his arms around his torso. he thought it was cute, so he stayed there for a moment to see jungkook leave a little kiss on his shoulder. he never spoke, only left and didn't tell anyone about what he saw.

it wasn't the only instance of their kitchen moments either. namjoon had come for a cup of coffee, only to see the two making out on the counter, taehyung sat on whilst jungkook was right in between his legs. namjoon winced once he had noticed the new-looking scratch marks up taehyung's back.

he decided to get coffee later.

they weren't that subtle, but they didn't care. it was just for fun. at least, that's how taehyung saw it. it couldn't last forever, but they may as well enjoy themselves whilst they had the time. jungkook on the other hand, was enjoying it a bit too much.

taehyung had plugged his earphones in, putting them both in and pressing play on his favourite playlist. jungkook noticed this and pulled one of the earbuds out to put it in his ear. "wait, you listen to tame impala?" he looked at him in almost shock, grinning widely.

"well, we had this song on when we had sex for the first time." taehyung looked at him, smiling back softly. "it's a nice song. kind of sad lyrics though."

jungkook nodded a little. "yeah. i fell asleep to it that night." he smiled to himself as he nestled against taehyung's side, leaning a head on his shoulder.