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they carefully, and very quietly, enter the thrift store next door, gently closing the backdoors. jeongguk carries duck on his back, taehyung in front of him and yoongi and jimin at the very front.
once safely inside, jimin turns on the lights. there's rows and rows of clothing, of all sizes and shapes. "wow," taehyung has never been in a thrift shop before.
"there's racks in front of the windows, try not to get too close. these windows aren't very resistant," jimin warns.
everyone gives him a thumbs up.
taehyung opens his camera and begins recording around. "this is kim taehyung, and i'm in a thrift shop," he points the camera to yoongi and jimin, zooming in and out of their faces as the two bicker over a sweater.
taehyung giggles, turning the camera and recording duck, who grabs plushies and toys from the kids section. "that's duck. he won't tell us his real name, it must be from trauma. anyways, those out there are real zombies. . . they're scarier than what it looks," he zooms into the dead that stand in the middle of the street.
"tae! check this out, it's authentic givenchi!" jimin has a floral button up dress shirt over his own, modeling it for the camera.
"oh god, i can't believe i just witnessed that," yoongi turns around and walks the opposite way in embarrassment.
taehyung laughs, but before he can say something to jimin, jeongguk beats him to it, "c'mon park, that's probably kim's last season shirt he no longer likes."
taehyung's smile disappears. he ends the vlog and puts the camera away in his bag. jimin sends daggers at jeongguk, his eyes softening as he walks towards taehyung, who has quickly occupied himself with the selective shirts in front of him.
"don't listen to him," jimin pats taehyung's back, "he's just going through his man period."
taehyung manages a small smile and a laugh that escapes through his nose, "it's ok."
he walks past jimin and continues to look through shirts. there's slight commotion outside, but nothing to worry about. taehyung knows jeongguk's niceness only lasts for so long, he shouldn't get upset whenever the younger makes unnecessary comments about his background. yet here he is, upset over a dumb little comment that shouldn't affect him as much as it does.
"i'll beat him up if you tell me to," yoongi whispers to taehyung, putting a fist up between them.
that brings a smile to taehyung, though he shakes his head. "no need hyung," taehyung's kindness is taken for granted.
yoongi rolls his eyes, "whatever. but if you ever need the job done, just let me know. also, your roots are starting to grow in, i have another box of dye. wanna retouch it later?"
"alright," he agrees, finally grabbing a few shirts, gloves, a brown beret, a scarf, and a big black jacket with faux fur inside. colder weather would soon start, and winter in korea was always beyond cold. though he preferred it, summer would cause rashes to form on his skin from excessive sweating.
duck goes to him and hands him a plushie, "duck wants," the little kid smiles widely, aegyo coming easy to him.
taehyung pinches his bread cheeks and let's him keep it. "let's pick out our your clothes," he picks duck up and let's him sit on his hip as he heads towards the kids section.
there's a large variety of clothing, taehyung picks out the most warm and comfortable. duck helps in choosing his own clothing, pointing at pinks and yellows and reds and oranges. taehyung complies, only disagreeing when the clothes are too small or too big. duck was already wearing warm shoes, so extra pairs of socks and underwear was all that was needed. "you're gonna look as handsome as me," taehyung jokes as he grabs a tiny hat and slips it onto the little one's head, poking his button nose.
"taetae, up!" duck points at a toy high up on a shelf, and despite taehyung's best efforts to reach it, his toes will only let him elevate so much.
that is until another arm aids and retrieves the toy. jeongguk. taehyung looks at him, "here you go." he hands the toy to duck, who gladly takes it and snuggles it close to him alongside another three plushies. a tiger, a bunny, a chick, and a kitty.
jeongguk catches taehyung's gaze, momentarily freezing in place at the oldest piercing look. was it aways this hard to look at him straight in the face?
"i-i'm sorry about earlier, i didn't mean to upset you," jeongguk says quietly, almost like he didn't want anyone else to hear.
taehyung gives him a small smile, though it holds no real emotion, "it's ok."
"no, it's not. you've been nothing but nice to me. . . but just because i'm apologizing doesn't mean i don't like you any less, but since—"
taehyung cuts him off, "don't worry about it jeon."
a/n sorry it took a while to update! the amount of times i've spelled fuck instead of duck is incredible, so if you see a typo let me know. thank you SO MUCH for 10k!! i never expected this story to get as much recognition as it is, but i'm beyond thankful for all your comments and votes <33333
