honey | taekook

five

"and he threw up on you?" jin sat cross legged on the floor in front of tae, his new favorite spot since his cousin had moved back in with him. 

by the time the younger had arrived the night before, he had already been asleep but now, he was up and ready to hear all the gossip.  tae was willing to provide it, still baffled at the outcome of the evening, "tell your boyfriend i want hazard pay!"

the two laughed in unison, jin standing and smoothing out the front of his dress slacks, "do you want a ride to that side of town on my way to work?"

"you sure? i can take the bus!" tae dug around in his single suitcase, pulling out a few articles of clean clothing to slip on.

"i insist, really!" jin cupped his thermos, ushering the younger to get ready quickly, "hey, did you find out anything about jungkook though? like was he nice?"

taehyung popped his head out of the bathroom, fingers swiftly running along the buttons of his shirt, securing it, "he didn't say enough to me to come across as nice or not nice. i really don't know anything more about him than what namjoon had said. hell, you've probably had more conversations with him!"

jin bit his bottom lip, gnawing as he tried to recall the last visit he had, "the last time i remember we were at lunch- sushi. he brought his daughter!"

"you've met his daughter?" tae was intrigued now, slipping into a pair of shoes and walking alongside his cousin to the parking garage, "how old is she even?"

"two. if that."

"he had a lot of pictures of her!" tae recounted, "and none of his... well... his ex-wife..."

"you know what happened, right? or at least what was reported?" jin unlocked the car door, grateful that the two would have a bit more time to converse before he had to start his stuffy job crunching numbers.

"no?" tae realized he really didn't, clueless as to why jungkook worked the way he did. he assumed it was simple really, the same thing that happened to a majority of people in the spotlight. at some point, it all snaps or at least it seemed as such.

jin took a deep breath in like he was about to spew enough gossip to fill the ocean with words, "well, his best friend and ex-assistant park jimin, you know, the model?"

tae didn't know but he nodded along.

"well him and jimin were having an affair together and of course jimin told jungkook's wife about it because he wanted jungkook all to himself.  she freaked out because not only was her husband cheating on her but with a man! oof!" jin seemed to be enjoying himself a bit too much for such a tragedy, "kicked him out right there and then. jimin of course leaked more information about jungkook's drinking problem to the press, talked about interviews where he had been drunk, magazine shoots- basically just was a total snake and releasing a whole bunch of stuff that could have been left unsaid."

"sounds like it!" tae was shocked, suddenly it made more sense why jungkook seemed so fragile, "so, that's when he got caught drinking and driving?"

"i guess news broke of the divorce and then that same night was when that happened. he only got caught because he was going like fifty over the speed limit and swerving all over the place!"

"that's a lot!"

"a ton. very dramatic! i remember when namjoon called me, poor thing was a wreck." jin huffed, "i guess ever since then, things haven't been the same.  they had to front him the money from the upcoming album so he could pay legal fees so now his hands are tied. I'm sure in turn has stifled his creativity, at least that's what joon has alluded too."