Taehyung pressed the keys on his keyboard to text him back, his heart wringing in anticipation from what was about to come.

So, who's the lucky lady?

Sent 5:29 PM

Jungkook💘💫

Sent 5:30 PM

Taehyung felt himself sigh.

"Sounds an awful lot like me... you're also 'someone I'm not supposed to like', no, love, Jungkook," he quietly murmured to himself, feeling a sting in his heart.

He didn't even realize where he was going, every part of his body felt numb and every single step he took felt like a huge burden to him. His body felt like a massive weight that he had to carry. He just wanted to stop and let himself fall on the hard, empty street and stay there forever.

But he couldn't.

So he answered:

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Mind telling me who it is?

Sent 5:32 PM

Jungkook💘💫

Please don't get mad at me

Sent 5:33 PM

Sent 5:34 PM

Poor Jungkook, he seems to be just as hopeless as me.

Feeling his heart clench, Taehyung kept walking while staring at his phone. He didn't want to believe it was true, but he knew that as soon as Jungkook would respond, the harsh reality of him liking someone else would hit him.

And it did.

Jungkook💘💫

Sent 5:36 PM

Jimin's girlfriend?

Taehyung felt a big pang in his chest. Of course he knew this was going to happen, but now that it did, it hurt so much more than expected.

He knew Jungkook was definetely someone he shouldn't be in love with for various reasons but now that the realization hit him, it broke him.

He halted in his step, the pain rushing through him as he stood in the middle of the street, multiple cars rushing left and right beside him.

Quickly, he typed a response, sending it to the younger immediately.

Oh... But she's taken...

Why did you think

I wouldn't be cool with it?

Well, anyways... don't fall too deep

I don't want you to get hurt :(

Sent 5:38 PM

"Dont fall too deep or you'll end up like me," Taehyung whispered, suddenly feeling something wet on his cheek.

A tear slipped past his eye.

Damn it Taehyung, why are you crying again? He scoffed. Why did he have to be so weak?

"I-I must be pathetic. Crying over something I knew was going to h-happen." As a second tear made its way across his cheek, he wiped his sleeve across his face, his eyes glistening with more tears yet to come.

And as if that wasn't enough, little, crystalline raindrops started falling from the sky, as if they wanted him to cry some more. Or were they there to accompany him through his misery?

Taehyung didn't know.

Not wanting to be drenched when arriving at home, he started walking again, taking big steps while basically dreading everything.

At home, he just sat on his bed and stared at his window, asking himself what he could do in order to not feel like this anymore.

Then he remembered Jimin's 'confession'.

Should I take this option and attempt to move on? But do I really want to let go?

I mean, there's no chance of Jungkook and Jimin's girlfriend getting together, Jimin and her have been inseperable ever since they entered high school and well, she would never dump Jimin.

No Taehyung, stop thinking about this!

Sighing, he took out his phone again, seeing a new message by Jungkook but not opening it and going straight to Jimin's and his text conversation.

Tapping the keys, he tried not to be curious about what Jungkook had texted him and sent his redhead friend the message, wondering if he was doing the right thing over and over.

Sent 5:58 PM

Rubbing his temples as he felt a headache starting to bloom, he sighed again and tried to clear his head from all unwanted emotion.

Just in time, the phone on his lap started vibrating again, this time, a text message from Jimin.

Damn, he's quick at reading, Taehyung thought as he unlocked his phone.

Jimin😊💙

hip thrusts and all that shit like ew no thanks

So yeah, sometimes it's hard for both of us to agree when we dance together

But yeah whatever, he also really likes taking photos and playing computer games

And that was pretty much it

Sent 6:03 PM

As Taehyung read Jimin's sudden wall of text messages, he couldn't help but be reminded of the one and only Jungkook again since the younger was also an enthusiastic computer game-player.

But then he shook his head.

No, this was the final straw. I will now try to move on from him, I don't want to ruin myself even more.

Then, he responded to Jimin.

He sounds cool.

Tell him I'd like to get to know him.

But only as friends, for now.

Sent 6:06 PM

The redhead responded rather quickly:

Sent 6:07 PM

Taehyung didn't know what to say.

He felt rather flustered and embarrassed, locking his phone again.

Yawning, he pulled the covers over himself despite it only being an early evening.

But he didn't care. He just stared out of the window and thought.

Will I be able to catch feelings for someone else than him?

We'll see. I'm going to try, at least.

°○●○●○°

Jungkook was now slowly regretting his decision.

Of course, the 'Jimin's girlfriend being his crush'-thing was a complete and utter lie.

He had just thought about the most random girl that came to his mind, that girl being Jimin's girlfriend, obviously.

But now that he had lied to Taehyung, he felt bad.

What was he supposed to say anyway?

Taehyung, I kind of randomly developed a crush on you, my best friend, even though I've always liked girls?

Yeah, no.

He was worried that Taehyung would ever find out about this, so he had to make up the most believable story possible to not make him suspicious, since he may have been acting a bit weird around him lately. At least he thought he did.

That, and he thought if he made up a story about him crushing on another pretty girl, he himself would maybe believe it.

Well, he didn't.

It just made him feel even more confusion and insecurity than before, about Taehyung, about his emotions and feelings, about himself.

So, while scrolling through Taehyung's latest text messages, he felt his heart flutter.

'I don't want you to get hurt :('

He started smiling widely.

"Fuck... he's so cute," he whispered while texting him back, his eyes shining brightly with adoration and fondness. And maybe a little bit of love.

Jungkook didn't even realize how ironic he was being. Wasn't he supposed to keep these thoughts about Taehyung away with his made-up crush on Jimin's girlfriend?

But there he was, doing the exact opposite of what he was supposed to do.

He remembered hugging Taehyung again, having the older's arms around his neck and his head nuzzle his shoulder.

Feeling a warm feeling spread through his chest, he smiled even brighter, not even thinking about what he was actually supposed to do in the first place.

He just wanted to hug Taehyung again. And again and again...

He's so warm. And fluffy. God, I like him so much.

I wonder what it's like to kiss him...

Would his lips be soft? Warm? Probably, right? I'd love to find out.

Hold up-- I can't be thinking about this.

Now it was evidently about time that Jungkook fully admitted it.

He truly liked Taehyung. A lot.

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(A/N: i was sooo sad writing the beginning of this chapter, i'm really out here making my characters suffer and i feel so sorry noww :((

also am i rushing anything (jk's feelings for example)? i hope i'm not bc i want this to be logical and realistic skskskslsk

well anyways, thanks for reading and byee💜💜)