Haunted?

6. Jealousy

Past

Jungkook glared at the pictures inside his school locker. He just couldn't get his body to stop trembling. He was angry, jealous, pathetic and sad. 

Why?

Taehyung had a date. 

A blind date. 

Didn't he make it fucking obvious that he liked him? 

"Hey! Just gather up some courage and tell him about it" one of his close friends in his class said. He turned towards Jake. As Taehyung was two years his senior, he had a friend in his own class. And they were close enough for Jake to be caught up on his feelings for Taehyung. 

Or maybe Jungkook was just that obvious. 

"But..."

"No buts, Kook. I've been telling you this for so long. He clearly has feelings for you. I saw the way he was looking at you when he told you that he had a blind date. It was as if he was disappointed in your reaction. And the expert-dating cells in me tell me that he was expecting or hoping for you to get jealous" Jake said, lifting his head up and acting as if he had an aura glowing around him. 

"Why the hell would he want me to....." Jungkook trailed off, realizing why Taehyung would have hoped for him to get jealous. 

"You are really an idiot, aren't you? Just go and tell him alre- HEY!!" Jake yelled at Taehyung, who had stormed into the corridor and had dragged Jungkook away with him harshly. 

"At least someone has the courage" he sighed as he watched Taehyung drag Jungkook behind him, not letting him set his own pace. 

Taehyung didn't slow down. He just dragged the younger along with him until he reached a secluded corner in the school. 

"What the fuck?!?!" Jungkook exclaimed the second Taehyung let go of his hand. 

"I like you" Taehyung said, with an angry scowl on his forehead. 

"Wha-....Taehyung, you literally have a blind date tonight..." Jungkook said, not expecting Taehyung to just blurt it out like that. 

"It was a lie. Jimin asked me to lie to you about having a blind date to see if you would get jealous about it. Even though I didn't get the reaction, he told me about your reaction after I left" Taehyung said. 

"Wha-....." Jungkook just couldn't form coherent words. His mind was running too fast with the sudden and completely unexpected confession. 

"Do you, or do you not like me? If you do, we can take this a step forward. Or else, we can pretend like this never happened and continue being frie-" Jungkook shut him up with a kiss on his lips. 

"You talk too much" he said when he pulled away immediately, enjoying the way Taehyung's cheeks turned a bright shade of red. He marveled for a second about how Taehyung could turn from this hot, angry daddy to a blushing mess with just a small kiss. 

"S-So...you..l-lik-"

"Yeah, I do. I was burning with jealousy when you told me about the date. I like you, Taehyung. No, wait! I love you. I've loved for the past two years. I know, it is childish, but I really do love you. I would love you even as friends, but I would love to take the next step with you too" Jungkook said, smiling at the effect he was having on the older. 

"I love you too. I've loved you for the past four years. Ever since my puberty kicked in" Taehyung said, chuckling at how absurd he just sounded. 

Jungkook smiled and wrapped his hands around him, pulling him closer. Even though he was two years younger than Taehyung, the two of them were of the same height. 

"Ohh, I've waited for this for soo long!" Jungkook whispered, leaning forward and capturing Taehyung's lips again, this time moving along with his lips' movement. 

"Okay, guys. Save it for later. Someone is looking for you, Taehyung" Jimin said, barging into their moment. Jungkook turned to him with a glare on his face. "Who?" he barked. "Kim Seokjin" Jimin said. 

"Ohh!" Jungkook's expression immediately turned to an excited one. "I completely forgot he was coming home today! I didn't think he would come to school though" he said. "He said he wanted to meet the teachers once. Let's go" Taehyung said, dragging Jungkook back into the building with a huge grin on his face. 

"Something tells me you finally told him" Seokjin said the moment he saw Taehyung. "I did" Taehyung smiled, blushing furiously. "So are you guys a couple now?" Seokjin asked. "Hyung!!!" Jungkook whined, pulling his hand out of Taehyung's grip. 

"Okay, okay. Congrats, both of you" Seokjin said, chuckling at the red tint on both of their cheeks. 

"I'm breaking up with that bastard, though. I've had enough with him. I've cut him enough slack considering his parents' death, but this is just too much" Seokjin said angrily as the three of them walked back home. 

"So he's still doing it?" Jungkook asked. "Yeah. Good thing I know that bartender guy and that guy keeps me updated all the time. I mean, yeah! I understand that his parents died and he needed some time and he was out of his mind. 

That was why I let him go to the club and I even let him have a few flings. Because they were just that. Flings. But it's been a year now and I am not going to tolerate it anymore" Seokjin said, angrily kicking a stone on the way. 

"Yeah, he has been behaving a bit off too. Like, he is really going crazy or something. I mean, who wouldn't? He is living all alone in that house with tons of money. He literally need not work at all and he would still be able to feed even his grandchildren. But I just think he is getting too lonely, hyung. And he isn't taking that loneliness well" Jungkook defended Dae Shin. 

"No, Jungkook. I know that you like him and that you tend to cut him a lot of slack, but nothing can justify making a fool out of your boyfriend and having one night stands every single day behind his back. That too for a year!!

You don't know how bad I felt when I came to know about it. Imagine yourself in my situation and you will understand just how painful it is" Seokjin said, his voice slowly starting to sound wet with the lump in his throat. 

"You are right" Jungkook whispered. 

"Okaiie!! So! Are you giving me any graduation gift tomorrow, Kookie?" Taehyung asked, trying to change the topic. "Of course! It is a surprise, though!! Don't even think about sneaking into my room in the night to search for it. I'll tell mum not to let you in tonight" Jungkook said strictly, waving a finger at him. 

Taehyung sighed and pouted. 

"I am the one who should be pouting right now. You both are gonna leave tomorrow night and happily live together in Seoul and I'm gonna be stuck here" Jungkook said, frowning at Taehyung. 

"I know" Taehyung said and sighed again. 

"Don't worry about me. Do what you need to do, Tae" Seokjin said. 

"Right. Will you be my boyfriend, Kookie?" Taehyung asked. 

"Of course! I thought I made it clear when I told you I love you" Jungkook exclaimed. 

"Right, you did. I love you too" Taehyung grinned, pulling him into a brief kiss before letting go so that they wouldn't make Seokjin feel bad. 

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