[ a/n: yeet. i gained 3kg after staying a week in Korea 😂😂 man, i am so in love with authentic korean cuisine ;-; ]

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"You are indeed a beautiful piece of art. And I don't mind staring at it all day."

Silence~

No words were exchanged between us. Just two us staring into one another's eyes, holding something back that we couldn't understand. Kiss. I wanted to kiss him.

Oh my god. I cringed at my own thought.

Instead, I just gulped, my huge eyes on display. He let out a chuckle and stepped away from me, finally allowing me to breathe.

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. He was looking at me like as if trying to guess what I was thinking. That made me very uncomfortable. "Whatcha looking at?", I raised my brows, hands in my jeans' pockets.

I was trying to pick a fight out of shyness  but instead, he just let out a fond smile. Ugh this man.

"Did you just fall for me more?", he asked, face cheeky. Yeah, his question managed to shake the walls of my heart but my expression on the outside looked calm and composed. "Oh please. I wouldn't fall for someone just because of some cringe pickup lines", I huffed, turning away from him.

But that cringe pickup line made me fall for him more. The irony.

"It might as well work when the person has a handsome face like mine.", he said and I turned around to look at him with a fake horrified face of mine. Little did I knew my cheeks were red.

"You think highly of yourself, don't you?", I said, scrunching my brows. He laughed and I had no idea why. He pinched my cheeks, his eyes forming into crescents.

"You. Miss. Think highly of me.", he said after letting my cheeks go. I was so confused. "Aw. You look like a little tomato.", he cooed, booping my nose. That's when I knew he was pointing out how much I was blushing for him. Damn it.

Before I get even redder, I started fanning myself. "You know what? Let's get out of this room. It's getting really hot in here, isn't?", I laughed, fanning myself even more. I ignored the part how Taehyung looked so amused.

"Alright.", he said and we both went out of the room, having this small tension between us.

When we returned, Jungkook and Yerin were still having a very interesting conversation. Yerin looked so happy and so did Jungkook. From afar, I was secretly shipping them so bad but Jungkook has a wife and a kid, doesn't he? I sighed at the thought.

I walked towards the girl and tapped her back. "Dude.", I called and she turned around to look at me. "Oh. You're back.", she said and I nodded with a smile.

"Jungkook and I were competing the amount of banana milk we have in our fridges. Apparently, I have more. Ha.", she mocked at the man in front of her. Jungkook scoffed.

"She's so different from the first time we met at the backstage! You used to be so shy.", he pointed out, almost huffing. Taehyung and I giggled.

"Hey! You were my bias.", she said, shrugging. Jungkook's eyes went wide and his face slowly turned into like a sad bunny who just got kicked. "Were?", he squeaked.

Yerin's breath hitched. "Are.", she corrected. "Jungkook, you will forever be my bias. Wow. I didn't think you would be this upset by this.", she giggled, shaking her head.

Yerin was right. He only met Yerin two times and why was he this upset by something like this? And HE IS A MARRIED MAN. Okay, maybe I was overthinking. He was probably just sad because of losing a fan and Jungkook hates losing. Never mind everything.

Taehyung also had his concerned eyes on the maknae for a second but shrugged it off. "Um anyways.", he cleared his throat. "What do you think of the exhibition?", he asked, changing the subject.

"Amazing! I love you guys' aesthetics. It has a soft gentle vibes but not too soft. And y'all are going for the 90s vibes too which is a nice add on. It was like as if the viewers went back in time.", I commented, smiling.

Taehyung had a huge grin on his face. "Thank you. So nice to hear a critic from a professional art graduate.", he bowed, causing me to laugh. I nudged at Yerin who was rather silent. She snapped out of her trance and finally looked up.

"Hmm?", she said, blinking. "Taehyung's asking what you think about his and Jungkook's exhibition.", I said.

"Oh. It's very cool! I really love how you guys curated the paintings and photographs. I could feel playfulness in Taehyung's painting.", she turned to look at Taehyung and then suddenly looked at Jungkook again.

"Dude. Why you sad?", she asked and Jungkook's eyes went wide for a second but then began laughing. "Hu-huh?"

Yerin squinted her eyes on him. "It's fine if you don't want to say it. But hey. Be happy, alright? Your happiness means a lot to me. So please be happy.", she said and Jungkook stood still, not replying anything.

"That was deep.", Taehyung blurted and I slapped his arm.

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[ a/n: ooooooo jungkookie and rinne:3 i decided to put some side ships in this book too guys. hope y'all are okay with it! ]