Love And Rejection, Both At First Sight. - Taekook Love Story

09 - Inner Circle.

Namjoon was watching TV when his phone rang with the news of the fire. He quickly got dressed and Jin and Taehyung wanted to come too.

"Tae, you won't be able to do anything with that leg." Namjoon said as Taehyung pouted in annoyance.

"Ok Joonie, we'll come with some refreshments and food. It's gonna be a long night whether you put out the fire or not." Jin said as he handed over the car keys to Namjoon.

"Baby that's a great idea. Make for about 20 people. I'll let you know if it's more."

Jin quickly went to the local store and got the ingredients for sandwiches and he borrowed few hot flasks from neighbouring houses so that he could take hot coffee for everyone.

Together, he and Taehyung quickly made some simple sandwiches and coffee.

Namjoon has been trying to get a fire and rescue unit for the city, but since it's relatively small and there hasn't been that many fires over the years, he was not able to get one.

There are years that they didn't have a single fire so they were not able to justify the budget. But the downside of it is that incase there is a fire, it's unstoppable. Like Mr Lee's house.

When Jin and Taehyung went to the Lee elder's house, it was totally burnt down. They got out of the car and looked around to see where Namjoon was but what they saw was how Jimin and Jungkook were hugging.

Jin heard how Taehyung drew a sharp breath and looked at his brother in concern. Taehyung is not normally a jealous one but love makes people do weird things.

They looked at the scene in suprise as Yoongi and Hoseok came and hugged Jungkook. Even Namjoon came and shook his hands.

"Joonie!!" Jin called his husband as he and Taehyung walked towards the group.

"Jin, you are here." Namjoon replied as he pulled his husband in to a hug.

"Too late huh?" Jin asked in a sad tone.

"Yeah. It was too big. And the house had wooden ceiling. Once the fire got to it, there was no stopping." Namjoon said in an equally sad voice.

"Well, you all tried. Let's see what we can do going forward. Where shall I set up the food?" Jin asked after he pulled himself together.

"Come, old Johnson had a truck with an open back. You can use it as a table, I suppose."

Jin and Namjoon went to get the food ready and Hoseok and Yoongi went to help.

Jimin looked at Taehyung bit awkwardly as he hasn't said a single word yet. Jungkook was looking at Taehyung while Taehyung was avoiding his gaze.

"How's the leg? You shouldn't put weight on it." Jungkook said gently.

"It's almost healed. Are you sad that I didn't bleed to death?" Taehyung snapped at him making Jimin gasp in suprise.

"Tae!!" Jimin said with a sigh. "Come on, let's go help hyungs."

"You two stay here. He really shouldn't overuse that leg." Jungkook said as he walked off, leaving the two friends alone.

"Tae, what the hell was that?" Jimin asked little annoyed.

"Why the hell were you hugging him? Is he your best friend now?" Taehyung spat back, equally annoyed.

"Tae, you fool!!" Jimin exclaimed and told Taehyung everything about how they helped to save the stuff from Mr Lee's house and how grateful they were.

"You should have seen it Tae. They looked at me as if I gave them their whole life back. Like I was their angel. It was so overwhelmingly amazing. I just wanted to thank Jungkook. That's why I hugged him. Tae you know that you are my best friend. I love you. Nothing will ever change that." Jimin said softly.

Taehyung was silent for few seconds.

"Sorry." He muttered, hanging his head low in shame.

"Oh.. come here sweetie.." Jimin pulled his best friend in to a tight hug.

Yoongi came back with two plates of food and coffee for the friends. Everyone was exhausted and really appreciated the refreshments.

After they had their food, all 5 of them gathered to where Jimin and Taehyung was sitting. Jungkook was dragged along by Hoseok. Even Namjoon had a hand around his shoulder.

"So what do we do now?" Jin asked from Namjoon.

"Well, we will see if there is anything recoverable here but I'm not very hopeful.  We'll have to build a house from the scratch. It'll take some time. Mrs Park from two houses over volunteered to let Mr and Mrs Lee stay at her house for the time being." Namjoon explained.

"Would they start building the house soon?" Jimin asked.

"Yeah, the planning team will be here in the morning. Everyone said they will come to help." Yoongi replied with a smile.

"Jungkook, what made you get those stuff from the house? It was very dangerous going in to a burning house. Even if the fire has not spread." Namjoon said in a concerned voice.

Everyone watched as Jungkook looked at a distance place with a sadness in his eyes. He seems to be thinking hard about what to say.

"I.. w-when you have lost e-everything, you realise the value of small things in life. Memories are i-important. All I have is nightmares."

Jungkook's voice was so quite, you would think he was talking to himself. It had so much sadness and pain in it. Jin felt like crying.

"Did you hear what Mrs Lee said? About making new memories? You have your whole life ahead of you. Why can't you make more memories?" Jimin asked in a gentle voice and Jungkook gave him a sad smile at that.

"Yeah. It's never too late to start living Kook. You have friends here." Hoseok said with a smile and Yoongi gave a nod too.

Jungkook looked around to see the faces of the people around him. "Friends? I would like that. Thanks Hobi."

He gave another quick glance at Taehyung who seems to be avoiding his gaze. How is he supposed to ignore Taehyung, when the people closest to Taehyung pulls him in to their inner circle. He is going in too deep and there's nothing he can do to stop himself.