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"Taehyung?"

Taehyung gasps and turns around only to see the shocked look on the face of his roommate. Taehyung can tell Jungkook did not imagine this and hence, he froze like that.

Taehyung is shocked as well, that's why he takes a while to respond. But when he does come back to his senses, he screams and covers his chest with his hands as if something was exposed. This seems to have brought Jungkook back to the reality as well. He feels like a guy who just entered the girl's washroom and scared off everyone who is inside.

He closes the door and starts approaching his roommate who takes several steps backwards. Taehyung is so nervous. All these days, Jungkook did not show up in their room but suddenly he decides to come and find Taehyung wearing a top and a skirt. The blue haired boy is embarrassed, his cheeks are flushed.

Soon, Taehyung's back touches the wall. Jungkook stops just a few inches away from him. Taehyung's heartbeat quickens. He doesn't know what to do so he does the one thing that comes to his mind. He says, "H-Hi, J-Jungkook." And Taehyung knows he shouldn't have done that when he sees the ravenette chuckling. He just ended up making fun of himself.

"Hi, Taehyung! How are you?" Jungkook asks, an amused tone laces his voice. Taehyung looks at him with wide, innocent eyes. He finds Jungkook's behaviour weird.

On the other hand, Jungkook is just mesmerised by the way Taehyung is looking right now. Jungkook has liked Taehyung for a long time now. He loves how sweet his roommate is to everyone even though others don't necessarily treat him well which of course infuriates Jungkook. He finds Taehyung attractive in every aspect. According to him, his roommate is absolutely perfect and he wouldn't want him any other way. But right now, Taehyung looks so innocent yet so fucking sinful in the outfit he is wearing. Jungkook cannot help his actions and words because he is totally lost in the blue haired boy's ethereal beauty.

"I-I'm good, I g-guess." Taehyung somehow manages to answer Jungkook's question. The ravenette smiles a little and brings his hand closer to Taehyung's chin. He wants to make him look at himself because he does not like the blue haired boy's eyes cast downwards when he is talking to him.

"You look so beautiful." Jungkook says without even realising he said it. Taehyung's eyes are wide open. He looks at the ravenette with a kind of scared expression? I mean why would he not feel weird about it? After ignoring him for days, Jungkook finds Taehyung wearing girl's clothes and tells him that he is beautiful.

"W-What are you s-saying?" Taehyung stutters, wanting nothing but to put some distance between the two of them. Well, now don't get him wrong, he had been feeling attraction towards his roommate specially after he rescued him from the alley, but that does not mean he would let his guard down. After all, they have ignored each other for a while now and Taehyung really wants to know what Jungkook meant when he warned him about Jimin.

"I'm saying the truth, baby. Y-You look so damn good in these clothes." Jungkook whispers but the quietness of the room makes every spoken word loud and clear. Jungkook knows he should not be doing or saying all this to Taehyung but he cannot help it. He has been keeping his feelings to himself for the longest time possible but now he is put in the same room as the boy he likes so much. Do you think it's easy to control feelings that are as strong as Jungkook's?

If you keep things within yourself without sharing with anyone, one day you are bound to lose control and explode with emotions. Well, Jungkook hasn't completely lost control right now but Taehyung is definitely making him weak right now. So Jungkook decides that maybe today can be an exception, like a cheat day?

Taehyung, on the other hand, cannot believe what the ravenette just said. Did he just call him beautiful? And did he call him baby? He also said Taehyung looks good while wearing these kind of clothes.

He never thought that Jungkook or anyone for that matter, would find him beautiful in these clothes. He just thought people would look at him with disgust because things like these are not normal, right?

"A-Are you serious right now?" Taehyung cannot help but ask. Jungkook looks at him for a few moments and Taehyung wonders if he just managed to make a fool out of himself again.

"I never joke about such things, Tae. Specially when they are related to you." Red dusts Taehyung's cheeks as he looks down. Jungkook cannot help but coo at how adorable the other male looks right now. Jungkook might just eat him alive for all he knows.

"Taehyung, never think low of yourself. I know you are shy about me seeing you in this outfit and probably think I would judge you behind your back but that's not the case." Jungkook says. He puts his index finger under Taehyung's chin and lifts his head up to make him look in his eyes.

"I would never judge you. You are perfect the way you are." The ravenette's words make Taehyung speechless but what else makes him speechless is the forehead kiss Jungkook gives him. Both their hearts race at the proximity. They both are enjoying this moment with each other.

"B-But that's not how everyone else thinks." Taehyung says, a pout adorns his pink lips. Jungkook just wants to kiss those inviting lips. He brings both his hands near Taehyung's face and cups his cheeks.

"Who cares about others? It's your life and you can do whatever you want. The ones who are so mad about your dressing can go and fuck themselves. You should listen to yourself and the people who genuinely care about you, who don't judge you and accept the way you are. You should stay with your true friends and the existence of other people shouldn't even matter." Jungkook says while caressing Taehyung's cheeks.

A warm feeling spreads throughout Taehyung's heart and he smiles. "I don't really have many friends." The blue haired boy says.

"And you don't need many friends. Just a few is enough. Or even one if they really care for you. You need true friendship, not fake ones." Jungkook says. He has never spoken so many words of wisdom at once in his entire life of twenty two years and he knows he should probably stop now because if Taehyung finds out about his true identity like he found out about Jimin's, he would be badly fucked. The other boy might go into a shock after knowing how contradicting Jungkook's true personality is than the one he is showing him right now. But Jungkook is not even faking it. He truly wants the best for the boy he likes and all these words come from the bottom of his heart. Even though Jungkook's mind is telling him to stop all this, his heart has a different opinion than his mind on this matter.

"I-I consider you my friend, Jungkook." Taehyung blurts out. Maybe he just got carried away right now but he really thinks he should let the other boy know about it. Jungkook is his only friend after all.

"I do too, Tae." Jungkook smiles at him and the adorable, blue haired boy smiles back.

The ravenette looks at his roommate from top to bottom, taking in his beauty when his eyes land on Taehyung's cheeks that he cupped not so long ago. He sees bruises and he exactly knows how he got them. He can clearly see fingerprints on the blue haired boy's cute cheeks.

Jungkook brings his hands to Taehyung's face again and caresses the bruises ever so gently. "How did you get them?"

Taehyung feels his throat going dry. He doesn't want to bring that asshole, Minhyun, in the beautiful moment he is spending with his roommate.

"Uhh..." Taehyung cannot come up with a lie and Jungkook knows he is trying to make up stories. "I want the truth, Tae. Please?"

Taehyung closes his eyes for a second. He thinks what should he do. He doesn't want to lie but he also can't tell him the truth because then Jungkook would start asking questions and that would lead him way deeper into Taehyung's life.

"I just... got picked on by this boy I know." Taehyung says and shrugs, not making an eye contact with the other boy. Jungkook bites the inside of his cheek. He is in a conflict whether he should trust the blue haired boy or not.

"Are you sure? Did he hurt you? Who was he?" He throws a lot of questions at once at Taehyung. The blue haired boy chuckles. Since when did someone start caring for him? But Jungkook has proved earlier as well that he does care for him. Something good is happening in his life at least but then Jungkook is mysterious and Taehyung is scared of that.

"Just someone." Taehyung shrugs again and pushes Jungkook away gently to make his way to the bed. Jungkook follows him and sits on the bed.

"So you don't want to tell me?" The ravenette asks, slightly disappointed in his roommate.

"Well, it's nothing new for me. Nothing I can't handle." Taehyung says and smiles sadly. Jungkook feels a pang of pain through his body. He has known how Taehyung gets picked on at their university. He always wanted to help the other boy because he likes him so much but he couldn't. He just didn't want to start anything with Taehyung because getting involved with him would bring Taehyung to his dark world too which he does not want for the blue haired beauty. He is too pure for the corrupt world Jungkook belongs to.

"I'm sorry it happened to you." Jungkook says sadly.

"Don't worry. It's not your fault and as I said, it's nothing I can't handle."

"But-" Jungkook's voice is cut off by a loud sound of thunder. Taehyung gets startled and hugs Jungkook sideways.

By now, Jungkook knows that Taehyung is scared of thunder and lightning. The way he is clung to Jungkook explains that but Jungkook is busy enjoying the closeness.

He wraps his hand around Taehyung's waist and pulls him closer. "It's okay, Tae. I'm right here."

Taehyung feels the warmth in his heart again. He also likes Jungkook's warmth that he is feeling after that day they shared the same bed. He likes being close to Jungkook. He somehow makes his feel warm and safe. Something that Taehyung rarely experiences. Jungkook is like a good change in his life.

They stay in that position for a while. Jungkook soon realises that Taehyung already fell asleep. He smiles at the boy and lays him down on the bed. He adjusts Taehyung's skirt properly before covering him with the blanket, making sure not to wake him up in the process.

Jungkook stands next to Taehyung's bed for a while as he admires his beautiful roommate. He is falling for Taehyung and he is falling harder than before. He smiles to himself considering himself helpless in front of the situation. It's hard to stay away from the other boy.

Jungkook sighs and bends down to peck Taehyung's forehead one last time before he moves back to his own bed. He has some free time from his 'business' so he decides to study for sometime while also keeping an eye on Taehyung because it's raining heavily outside.

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Hi my lovelies! Did you like this chapter? Did you expect Jungkook to react the way he did about Taehyung's cross dressing? Also, if any of you is opposed to the idea of cross dressing or if it makes you feel uncomfortable, you know what to do. Just don't bash the authors in general for the concepts you don't like cause you've been warned.

^I've changed the cover of this book because I got bored of the previous one and I also think this cover matches the concept of the book more. What do you think?