5 years prior

"Don't."

"I will."

"I swear, Jung Hoseok if you—"

It was already too late as Hoseok added yoghurt to Taehyung's vegetables. The latter widened his eyes in horror.

"Hoseok!!"

Hoseok smiled cheekily before it slowly faded as he saw someone coming behind Taehyung's back. Taehyung noticed his change of mood and turned back just to see Jeon Jungkook grinning few inches away from his face.

He blushed a light pink as Jungkook sat beside him and turned his whole attention to him.

"Tae Hyung, I didn't get to ask you what I wanted to earlier." Jungkook pouted a bit and Taehyung's heart skipped a bit, but he didn't show he was flustered.

"What did you want to ask, Kookie?" He smiled and Junkook grinned widely, adjusting himself in his seat.

"Okay, so..." Jungkook gulped a bit, feeling a bit nervous. "T-There's this arcade I found out, it just opened and it's really cool and big and—" Jungkook paused a bit, feeling like his grammar made absolutely no sense. "—and I- well, I wondered if Hyung will go with me... If you don't want to, it's fine and I—"

Taehyung chuckled, despite feeling all giddy inside. He ruffled Jungkook's hair and the latter grinned. "I'll go with you, Kookie."

"Really!?" Jungkook beamed, rabbit teeth on full display. "Thank you, thank you."

"I'll wait after school and we can go together." Jungkook said, feeling elated. It was an obvious fact that the two boys really liked each other but they seemed unaware of the other party's feelings.

"Okay." Taehyung smiled and Jungkook hesitated before placing a light peck on Taehyung's cheek, then immediately felt awkward.

"O-Okay, see ya later." With that he bounded off.

Taehyung was a pink color now and Hoseok whistled lowly, muttering something along the lines of 'just get together already'.

"Shut up. I'm sure it's nothing." Taehyung muttered before grinning like loon, picking his chopsticks and eating the vegetable and yoghurt combo absentmindedly.

*

"Don't worry. I'll be fine... Yes I can come home myself... I swear... Sorry... Mum and Dad? Yea... They won't mind... Thank you."

Jungkook sighed as he ended the call with his overprotective driver.

He was outside waiting for Taehyung who was in an after school club which would end in an hour.

He'd stayed near the gate so he can see Taehyung when he comes out.

After grinning and greeting acquaintances who passed by him he checked his watch and saw that it was time for Taehyung's club to round up.

He felt his heart beat pick up faster; because of two reasons.

One: He was going to see Taehyung and it's a normal reaction.

Two: What he was about to do.

He put his hands over his heart and assured himself everything will be alright. He'll deal with everything, just because of Taehyung.

Minutes later when Taehyung didn't come out, he got worried.

He wanted to go check inside but what if Taehyung exits from another way and comes to look for him and he wasn't there.

He wanted to call but considered that maybe Taehyung was doing something important.

"Okay," he smiled. "Let's wait a little longer."

Little longer turned into another thirty minutes. Then an hour.

By now Jungkook had seen all of Taehyung's club members exit.

He called.

But Taehyung's phone was switched off.

Not even waiting to think, he ran inside the school and straight to where Taehyung's club was but it was empty. And there were indeed students in the school.

Luckily, he saw Hoseok and ran to him.

"Do you know where Tae Hyung is?"

Hoseok looked fidgety as he shook his head.

"Maybe he... went home?"

"I didn't see him outside..." Jungkook realized something. "What if he already went out and didn't see me?"

With that, he ran back outside but didn't see anyone who is Kim Taehyung. He ran a few meters ahead, into a corner where Taehyung used to go home but he didn't see him.

Whipping out his phone again, he called Taehyung again.

Still switched off.

Groaning, he went back into the school and searched every class and lab but he still didn't see Taehyung.

He went back out and sat on a bench, his fourteen year old heart still wishing fervently that Taehyung would come.

But he didn't.
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