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[A/N: thank you so much for reading this book. Thank you for giving this story so much love. I'll work hard to make the chapters better, please stay with me till the end. I purple you💜]

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Jungkook's black Mercedes raced through the heavy evening traffic, dodging other cars and busses on his way to the east side of the city. He was loosely putting his free hand on the gear shifter, eyes on the road. "Should I turn left?"

"Yeah, left." Taehyung said, checking the road signs. He had come here before with Jimin, not long, but only a few months ago, so he knew where his friend's tattoo shop could be. "Here, can you see the neon sign? 'Ink-it'?"

Jungkook hummed. It was small but visible from the main road. He parked the car at the side of the street, Taehyung led him towards the small shop.

"Heyy Lisa!" Taehyung said as the door cracked open, a girl around his age got up from her chair to greet him. With a warm smile on her face, she pulled him in a hug. "Missed me pretty?" He giggled as she tightened her hug.

"Is that even a question? How are you buddy? How's Jim? Do you still have a crush on Minjae?" Taehyung shyly smiled. She pulled back and without waiting for the replies, she turned her gaze to the other man. "Hi!"

"This is Jungkook, my boss and Jungkook, this is my friend Lisa." Taehyung casually introduced them.

Jungkook was observing their friendly interaction with blank eyes. How close were they and who was this Minjae guy—he wondered. He threw a tasteless 'hi' to her direction then spoke while eyeing the minimal interior in this reception area, "can you make a flower tattoo on my forearm?"

"What kind of flowers do you want?" The dreamy expression in her eyes said more than words ever could; she was attracted. The ink circling her slender throat and arms, were justifying her artistic view to the world. Her beauty enriched, with colours.

Jungkook took a second to answer, "Tiger lily. My birth flower and a tiger beside it."

"Of course. Please have a seat." She gestured him to a comfy sofa and said looking at her friend, "Tae, can you please stay with him for a while, I've a customer inside. Just need ten minutes to finish her inking."

How anyone could say her no. "Sure." His smile widened.

"You can choose from the lollipops, they are free." She smiled back, gave a teenage crush look to the other boy and vanished inside.

"Yeah, thanks." Taehyung said, amused to see the stand full of lollipops, "Wow there are so many flavours. Umm, I'm taking a strawberry, Jungkook do you want a strawberry or a watermelon?" He finally turned his attention to his boss, who was busy watching the various kinds of tattoos photographs on the wall, he chuckled when Taehyung mentioned lollipops. "Why are you laughing?"

"These are for kids. Real men don't need them." He stoically spoke, looking at the lollipop which Taehyung was holding. He knew these were to distract the customers from pain but physical pain wasn't a big deal to him.

Taehyung pouted. What was with this real man shit! "Real men? What kind of man doesn't like lollipops!"

Putting his hands in his pockets, Jungkook came closer to him, "So she's your friend?"

"Yeah." Spoke Taehyung with an annoyed glare. Jungkook could hear the sourness in his voice.

"She's pretty. Totally my type, bold and beautiful. It would be better if she was my secretary." He paused for a while to see the older guy's expression. It was just as he thought it could be— he appeared to sulk for a moment then put the lollipop in his pocket and looked away. Jungkook flickered his eyebrows, "Why, you don't like when I'm praising her?"

Taehyung huffed a smile, "What is there to like. Omo! She sure is not even interested in you."

Jungkook laughed, "What! Didn't you see how she was flirting with me."

"She does with everyone." He rolled his eyes, then he remembered something, "And, and seducing you is not a big deal. You're just a horny young fellow, who can be seduced easily."

Jungkook flashed him a look of disbelief. "Oh, really? You think you can seduce me easily?"

"Of course I can." He remembered everything from that morning.

"Fine." Jungkook was having so much fun teasing his secretary, he became the cutest when he sulked. He continued the game, "Let me see if you can seduce me better than her."

"N-now?" Taehyung restrained the urge to run from there.

"Why not?"

That's it. "Jungkook, I have a dinner date with my best friend. So I have to leave now. Bye." He turned balancing himself on his heels and was about to go out, Jungkook held his hand from behind.

"So you're chickening out now. I thought you don't fear taking challenges." Jungkook tsked annoyingly. This boy was so naive that he wasn't getting the sign. He wanted 'him' to make a move on him, not that girl. Idiot.

"Who says that? Kim Taehyung doesn't fear anybody." Taehyung eased his arm away and turned 180 degrees around. Looking deep into his eyes, he spoke dramatically, "I'm taking the challenge. If I win, you'll have to grant me a wish like Genie of Aladdin."

Jungkook smiled seeing his adorable attempt to prove himself, "But I have a condition.” he could draw one line. "You can't touch me in this process."

"Fine." Taehyung thought of something, he wet his lips, then slowly ran his fingers through his hair, sliding it down through his nape, shoulder and halted on his chest. Jungkook's eyes followed the movement, then drew back to his eyes. Taehyung smirked, "How was it?"

"This?" Jungkook stretched his eyebrows, then spoke, checking him out from his toes to his head, "I can only give you three out of ten. Two for your good looks and one for your cuteness, which is naturally with you. And for the seduction part, aah! it could be minus one. I can see why you're still single."

Taehyung tucked his chin, definitely didn't like the points he got, "You’re brain dead."

"What did you say!" Jungkook continued to pin him with his blank stare, Taehyung rolled his eyes.

At the same moment the door inside opened and Lisa with another girl came out. She was as beautiful as her, one of her arms is tattooed beautifully which captivated Jungkook's eyes. She did her payment in cash and left the shop before kissing the shop owner on her cheeks. Lisa turned his whole body towards her new customer, "Sorry, that you had to wait. Come with me, I'll show you some cool designs on tiger lily." Her eyes danced when she beckoned him inside the room.

Jungkook smirked. He was familiar with this look. He held Taehyung's hand and dragged him without any words.

They searched for some designs from her collection. A beautiful tiger lily with a shadow background caught his attention. He looked at Taehyung, who nodded in agreement. He chose another simple tiger tattoo for his inner arm. He wanted to cover his full arm like that girl, but Lisa told him to do it after a couple of  weeks. She wasn't sure how Jungkook's skin would react with the inks.

Jungkook settled himself on an odd chair which had been adjusted to a mostly upright position with platforms stretched out on either side for his arms. Lisa wrapped a thick leather strap over his elbow, tugging it tight before buckling it into place. "This is for the first timers." She smiled playfully when she sat beside him, facing the wall beside Jungkook. Jungkook gave her an assurance nod.

Taehyung adjusted on an empty stool in front of his boss. He had zero interest in tattoos. Jimin liked it that's why he came with him last time and this time he was curious. How could  he miss this once-in-a-million-years chance to see his boss squirm because of pain. A devilish smile spread on his lips as the machine started buzzing.

Jungkook drew a sharp breath, his other hand clutched the seat tightly as soon as the needle pierced through his skin. "How long is it going to take?" His voice shaked a bit at the beginning.

"Thirty minutes, I guess." Lisa answered, without looking up. Jungkook liked her professionalism, she became a totally different person when she worked.

Taehyung tore the wrapper of the lollipop he took earlier and put it in his mouth. Then Rolled the plastic into a tiny ball and threw it in a bucket filled with wasted paper designs. When he saw Jungkook's dark pained eyes pinned on him, he smugly grinned.

Jungkook's breaths were slow, he closed his eyes as the spot where the needle pierced his skin began to burn. It became worse when she rubbed the extra ink out. He opened his eyes and locked his gaze with his secretary. He saw an amused grin on his face like he was enjoying his pain. He forgot to blink when Taehyung slightly parted his thighs and put his palm between them at the edge of the steel stool. He must admit this gesture was seductive.

Taehyung could sense that his boss was more interested in watching him, more than his unfinished tattoo. He took the opportunity.

His small tongue darted out to wet his lips. Then he gave his pink lollipop a kittenish soft lick. He repeated his movement in a slow yet teasing manner, eyes never left Jungkook's darker ogle.

Jungkook snuck a peek at Lisa, who had already done the outline of the flower, she seemed fully dedicated to her work, which was beneficial for him, she definitely couldn't see what her friend was doing behind her back. He turned his eyes back to Taehyung, on his hands and his lips and those beautiful perfectly crafted eyes which were mischievously staring at him. The pain was replaced by something else. Perfect.

"Tell me if you need water, or something else. I can give you a couple of minutes rest if you want." Lisa spoke after five minutes of torturous drilling. She smiled a little to make the atmosphere light.

"No, thank you. Please make it done as soon as possible." Jungkook's attention diverted. He showed her a half smile, telling her to continue and again moved his eyes on him.

A cruel smirk waved through Taehyung's lips when he left the lollipop in his mouth and unhurriedly opened the first two buttons of his  shirt. Then did the same movement he had done earlier at the reception, but this time, he moved his hands leisurely, bit by bit from his nape to his chest and then rested them over his right nipple.

Jungkook's eyes darkened when he pinched it lightly with two of his fingers. Jungkook's heart started pounding, blood rushed everywhere in his body, he could feel it between his legs. He slowly crossed his legs to divert his mind but fuck, this gesture made him arose more. He harshly bit his inner lip to suppress a moan, but his hungry eyes carved for the person before him.

Taehyung didn't give him any time to think; he left his nipples and started working on his lollipop. He plopped it out and licked the corner of his mouth, then put it inside again, this time he didn't leave the thing there, he slowly flicked it back and forth, up and down, creeping his lips over the tip of the candy.

This was getting out of his hand, Jungkook rubbed his thighs together, sending a jolt of pleasure to his throbbing erection. He shuddered, enthralled by the sensations running through his body.

Lisa arched her eyebrows at him when she felt his hands were shaking too much. "Jungkook-ssi, hold on, I'm almost done with the flower. Don't move your hand like this."

Her words brought him back to planet earth. His eyes kept darting from Lisa to Taehyung and back on his inked arm. His suit on his lap doing a great job on hiding his bulge. The pain was intensified, but the pleasure was irresistible. He again invested himself in the game, in Taehyung—like some magnetic force was pulling him towards him.

Under other circumstances, Jungkook might have enjoyed having the upper hand, but right now he felt much like submitting himself in the hands of his secretary. There was something dangerously seductive in his every move, the way his lips parted just a little just to shove the thing in his mouth, then closed it around to suck the juices, the way his lips became all pink because of the continues rubbing, and most importantly, he’d been watching him, watching his helplessness with hooded eyes.

Now who the hell said that this guy couldn't seduce anyone, Jungkook just wanted to fight with him.

Taehyung knew what was going on under the thick piece of cloth on his boss's lap, because he was continually rubbing his thighs together. He believed in 'Do your duties without being attached with outcome.' So he focused on giving a good head to his lollipop by licking, sucking and seldom biting. A moment later he could hear the outcome: his boss moaned. It was low, softer than the buzzing sounds of the machine but he could hear it, clearly.

Feeling proud of himself, Taehyung smiled at him. Seducing him was something he thought would be difficult, but it was actually enjoyable.

Lisa stood up smilingly, she couldn't know what just happened a moment ago, "It is almost done guys. Just another couple minutes." She turned her eyes to her friend, who went back to his good-boy mode, licking his half eaten lollipop with his puppy eyes. "Tae, your friend is really very shy. He isn't speaking much. My other customers always chit-chat with me to distract the pain." She smiled more looking at the shy boy.

Taehyung chucked. "Yeah, he's shy, but once you get to know him, you'll find him sly as a fox."

Jungkook arched his eyebrows in a warning to Taehyung, "You're talking like, you know me from a long time?"

"I know you enough Jungkook." Taehyung pressed his lips, puffing his bread-cheeks, another cute attempt to fool his friend, but Jungkook wasn't buying it.

"I'm really curious to know, what do you know about me." A sudden anger mixed with betrayal and frustration hit him.

Taehyung suddenly felt like he was running out of confidence. What would he say about his boss in front of Lisa? He couldn't just open his heart out, couldn't just say that his boss was a bitch but he couldn't resist himself from falling for him everyday. "If you're done here, then I'm leaving. I have a dinner date that I told you before." He got up impatiently.

Jungkook wet his lips and summoned another challenging glare. "Kim Taehyung, why do you always try to run away from me? Why can't you answer my simple questions?"

Lisa could practically feel the tension brewing between these two. "You two are together?"

"Absolutely not." Both of the boys said at the same time, then looked away.

"Hey! Don't try to fool me. The way you are looking at each other, it's pretty obvious that something is cooking here."

Taehyung laughed, like he heard something impossibly funny. "Oh my gosh! You're so funny Lisa. Me and him can only ruin the cooking, it will be tasteless, burnt." His smile dropped, as soon as he eyes fell on his boss's serious expression.

"Lisa-ssi, please finish the inking. I don't need more rest." Jungkook's cold words made her nod in agreement.

"Sure, please hold on a little." She sat on her chair, turned on the buzzing machine and started filling his tattoos with ink. Her surmise was correct, something fishy was going on between these two, but none was admitting.

"Mr Kim, if you want to go from here, you can. Thanks for bringing me here. See you on Monday." He drew his full attention to his tattooed arm, finally his wish was becoming real.

He was mad again and Taehyung didn't have a damn clue why. Taehyung waited for some moments, but Jungkook never looked up at him. He felt that his heart wasn't beating rhythmically against his ribcage, it was skipping beats and began to pound in his ears. 'Jungkook please look at me for the last time, tell me to stay with you'— he wished that he could say it louder before leaving the room.

Jungkook stared at the empty stool, where Taehyung was sitting just a couple of minutes ago. Did he go harsh on him? Was he disliking him more? It was his plan from the beginning to make him feel low; Then why wasn't he feeling happy at all? Jungkook couldn't help but think all of these.

He came out after putting his inked arm wrapped into a thin plastic wrapper and telling her that he would come back again. He fished out his car key and pressed the safety button. As his parked car made a cute noise, he looked up and found Taehyung, resting his entire lower back on the side of the door. "You! You didn't go with your friend?" He said, coming near him. A sense of relief washed over his heavy heart.

Taehyung didn't reply but opened his fist before him, "Give me your car keys."

Jungkook did what he said. "Taehyung."

"What?" Taehyung settled on the driving seat. Fasting his seatbelt he turned his gaze, "What Jungkook?"

"Thank you for staying." He couldn't express his happiness just on a mare thanks, he felt happy to see him more than just relieved.

"You just got a tattoo, driving would be painful, that's why I stayed to drive you home." Taehyung started the engine and accelerated as it kissed the road again. "How's your hand? Are you in pain?"

"I'm used to the pain, but it's something which I wanted to do for a long time. So I'm feeling good now." It was his first time talking about  inner feelings with someone, it felt amazing. He smiled looking at the driver. "Aren't you going out with your friend?"

"I postponed the plan. He understands me."

"I'm sorry." Jungkook was drawing invisible patterns with his fingers on his thighs.

"Am I hearing right? Jeon Jungkook is telling me thanks and sorry back to back! Pinch me someone." Taehyung chuckled, Jungkook mimicked him.

"So, what do you want from me?"

Taehyung frowned, "What?"

Jungkook turned on the radio, as his mood became much lighter. Saturday nights would be a waste if there was no rock music playing in the background, "You become successful seducing me. And you said you'll ask something as a wish. So ask me what you want. I'm your Genie for tonight."

Taehyung put his free hand on his face to cover his prominent blush, "Aee, did you perhaps get offended by me?"

"Absolutely not." Jungkook's cheeks also turned pink when he recalled how he moaned shamelessly earlier. "I asked you to seduce me and you did a great job. Now tell me what you want."

Taehyung thought for a moment, "What if I ask you something expensive?" He turned at him arching an eyebrow, "Are you sure that you can give me anything I want?"

"Expensive? Like a car? Sure." Jungkook sounded genuine.

Taehyung smiled, "No. Your time." He softly asked, "Can you spend a day with me? Actually, my dad used to take me out on Sundays. It was a father-son thing. After his death, I miss these small outings."

"Sure. Tomorrow is Sunday, I'm free all day. I need a day out too. Let's go together then."

Taehyung's eyes melted to a soft, impassioned expression. "Great. See you at ten tomorrow." He stopped the car inside his gate. It was his time to go home.