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"I can't believe I'll have to wear your disgusting clothes." jungkook complained as he laid on taehyung's bed.
"from now on I'll carry an extra outfit wherever I go."

"my clothes are decent." taehyung scoffed. "yeah, they're not as fashionable as yours, but they're comfortable."

"kill me."

taehyung prepared a pair of grey sweatpants and a grey tshirt, along with a pair of grey underwear.

"damn." jungkook said. "what a variety of color. at least you don't own anything with a leopard print."

taehyung started organizing his desk while jungkook stared at his phone.
he absolutely hated this. his parents really had to come home this exact moment! jungkook was supposed to leave in an hour, but now he'll have to stay all the way until the morning.

"nerd." jungkook sat up. "why did you want hoseok to fuck you? you sounded so desperate."

taehyung blushed.
"it's nothing."

"at least tell me how it felt!" jungkook chuckled, but was genuinely interested. "jimin said his dick is bigger than yoongi's! why is he friends with you? a man like him with not only big dick energy, but an actual big dick should be a part of the popular school gang."

"yeah."

"he's style is fine, but it could use some adjustments." jungkook pondered. "jimin wouldn't mind sharing him with me, right?"

"can you stop?" taehyung said with annoyance. "hoseok will decide by himself what he wants to do and what he doesn't."

"why are you being so protective of him?" jungkook chuckled. "you think if you two are hanging out, he's not using you? think about it, why would anybody want to hang out with you, if it's not for your ass?"

taehyung stayed silent. he was right... why on earth did hoseok hang out with him? and why did hoseok agree to take his virginity with such ease. what if they made some bet?
taehyung heard a conversation between hoseok and his friends once at lunch. they were discussing who looked the most fuckable in the cafeteria and then suddenly namjoon or yoongi brought up taehyung. they said that despite him being a nerd with only one friend, he just looked so innocent, and everybody wanted to take that innocence away. yoongi said that probably on the inside he was a kinky freak, but just didn't show it. he didn't hear what hoseok's response to that was since a group of bullies came up to him at that moment and started throwing food at him.

"h-hey... I didn't mean it." jungkook looked at tae who looked like he was about to cry.
he really did not mean it, it just slipped out naturally, like a sort of self-defense to maintain his reputation. even though there was no reputation for him to maintain here, away from school, but it just became a habit.

"fuck off." taehyung turned around and went to the door. "stay silent, I'll try to sneak in some food for you."

at the dinner table, mom and dad talked about work, as always, they didn't ask how taehyung was doing. they almost never did.
dad brought taehyung a pair of contact lenses and a couple of notebooks as a present.

"I met this nice young man in france, turned out he owned an elite optics shop." said mr. kim. "I asked him to make a pair specifically for you."

"thanks, dad, but I don't know if I'll be comfortable wearing them." taehyung responded.

"I'm sure you will be." said mom. "remember how frustrating it was for me with my glasses? I constantly forgot them somewhere and eventually they started getting too loose for my head."

"I'll take it into consideration." taehyung smiled and put down his fork and knife. "that was so delicious... mom... could I maybe get a second portion?"

"you want more?" mrs. kim was surprised. "I'm happy you liked it!"

"yeah, if you don't mind, I'll take it into my room. I have to write a paper on d-dolphins... yeah, for tomorrow, so I'll go watch a documentary while eating. multitasking." taehyung lied.

"haven't you watched the dolphin documentary before?" asked dad.

"nope." taehyung grabbed the gifts and the plate and rushed upstairs. "that was about whales! thanks!"

jungkook's eyes met taehyung's.
the elder placed the plate on the table and gestured jungkook to come over and eat.
the meal was gone in a couple of minutes. taehyung was about to complain about jungkook's poor eating habits, but heard footsteps and shoved jungkook into the closet once again.
the door opened and taehyung's mom gave tae a confusing glance.

"what are you doing?" she asked sternly.

"searching for my towel." he lied.

"it's in the bathroom downstairs, silly." mrs. kim declared and grabbed the emptied plate. "goodnight."

"night, mommy."

"you call your mom 'mommy'?" jungkook's voice was heard through the closet.

"shut up before I lock you up in this closet." taehyung opened the doors and looked at jungkook like he was about to kill him.

"by the way, I need a towel." jungkook stepped out of the closet and grabbed the pile of clothes taehyung had prepared for him. "I wanna shower."

"okay, I know you do, but so do I?"

"okay??????" jungkook laughed. "what's the problem?"

"the problem is that the bathroom upstairs is out of order and the second one is downstairs." taehyung explained. "you do realize that if we both go to the shower my parents will think I went there two times, that's very weird, they will suspect something. I'm already acting suspicious, that will be the final strike. moreover, I take exactly thirty minutes to shower."

"thirty?? what do you do there? just turn on the water and turn it off straight away?" jungkook raised his eyebrows. "i take two hours minimum."

"well what do you suggest we do?"

"well..." jungkook smirked and walked up to tae. "we can take a shower together."

taehyung gulped and watched jungkook get closer to him. he started walking back but eventually hit the wall. jungkook placed one hand on the wall, trapping taehyung, the other hand went under his chin, lifting up his head.
"getting all embarrassed now, are we?" jungkook grinned. "I know, I know. everyone wishes to see me naked and you will get to see it for free. lucky."

"I don't wish to see you naked." taehyung slapped jungkook's hand away.

"you sure lie a lot. not the nicest thing for a good boy to do, hm?" jungkook sneered. "I can definitely say I'm glad I'll be seeing your ass."

"stay away from my ass." taehyung scoffed and crossed his hands.

"I ain't promising anything."

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the two quietly started heading downstairs. it was already night, and taehyung usually showered late, because he studied till the late evening. his parents were always tired, so by eleven they were asleep... or not. he never knew, sometimes his mom liked to read a book in the living room or take a bath, his dad had night workout sessions from time to time.
jungkook stayed behind taehyung, hiding in case anybody was downstairs. taehyung stopped him halfway and checked the rooms.

"the coast is clear." he whispered and gestured for the younger to get into the bathroom.

jungkook, with a towel on his shoulder and a pile of clothes in his hands, rushed down to the bathroom which was located partially underneath the stairs.
he walked in and closed the door, but before he could turn around, he froze. his heart stopped.

"oh, taehyung, is that you?"
jungkook heard an unfamiliar deep voice and felt his heart drop into his stomach.
that was taehyung's dad.
"tae?"

"mmhhhm" jungkook hummed in response trying to make his voice sound as similar to taehyung's as possible.
fucking holy jesus christ on a bread stick, what the fuck do I do?

"hold on, son, I just have to wash this mask off my face, stay here, I'll be out soon." he said and turned on the water. "just don't tell mom I'm using her face mask."

"mhm." jungkook responded. he kept facing the door, his hand frozen on the doorknob, head down.
fuckkkk.
jungkook felt the doorknob move and held it tight. that must've been taehyung... if he walks in right now, his cover will be blown.
jungkook grabbed the towel on his shoulder and wrapped it around his face, covering it fully.
good job, jeon, now you can't see anything.

realizing that taehyung's dad would immediately notice the leather pants taehyung would never wear, he panicked. the water was still running which meant mr. kim was still washing his face. jungkook leaned on the wall and bent down to take off his pants, but ended up tripping over a carpet and falling on the floor with a loud thud.

"taehyung? did you just fall?" dad asked.

"mhmhmm." jungkook responded and finished taking off his pants on the floor, throwing them into what felt like a laundry basket.

the water was turned off and jungkook froze once again. he remained sitting on the floor, his face wrapped in the towel.
with his right arm he felt a mop and grabbed onto it like his life depended on it.
jungkook stood up and started mopping the floor.

"oh did I spill water over there?" dad questioned and jungkook heard him get closer. "explains why you slipped, sorry I didn't notice it, you know I'm literally blind without my contacts."
he chuckled and opened the door.
"I like your new hat!"

the door closed and somebody walked in after a while. to jungkook's relief, it was taehyung.
"holy shit, are you okay? what are you–"

taehyung tried hard not to laugh at the jungkook he saw – with a towel wrapped around his head, in underwear and a mop in his hands.

"I experienced a fucking heart attack!" jungkook whisper screamed as he let taehyung unwrap the towel. "I thought this will be the end. but your dad thought I was you."

"I heard it all, I was hiding outside, behind the hibiscus plant." taehyung said. "my dad is literally blind without his contacts, he literally thought this towel was a hat."

"yeah I figured. but I didn't know!" jungkook exhaled. "don't tell me I could've done none of this, and he still wouldn't have known it's not you."

"well... actually, you didn't have to go that far." taehyung mumbled. "apart from being practically blind, my family doesn't exactly care for me... they wouldn't notice if I changed my hair color or lost weight. so don't sweat it."

jungkook frowned. he didn't know taehyung's parents, but so far they sounded absolutely horrible.

"why did you throw your pants into the toilet?" tae asked, pointing at the soaked article of clothing.

"what?!?" jungkook yelled out too loudly and as soon as he did, he felt a hand cover his mouth.

"you idiot!" taehyung whispered.

"taehyungie is everything alright?" his mom's voice was heard from behind the door. "are you in the shower yet? I gotta get my handcream."

why? why now? why today?
today was some cursed day, wasn't it?

"mom, I'll just give you the cream myself, tell me which one." taehyung said, his hand still on jungkook's mouth.

"no, honey, you won't know which one to take." she explained. "I know you're shy, just get in the shower and I'll grab it."

"fuck." taehyung quickly closed the toilet tab, so that the soaked leather jeans won't be visible. he grabbed jungkook by his hand and led him to the shower.
"take off your shirt. now."

"the shower doors are translucent, nerd, how on earth will we hide?" jungkook whispered.

"god, just do what I'm telling you to do!" taehyung whisper screamed and took off jungkook's shirt by himself. he then moved onto his own clothing and undressed fully. unlike jungkook, taehyung was embarrassed to death, but tried to not show it. he hid all of their clothes under a towel and turned on the shower.

"tae, I'm coming in!" she said.

"just a moment!"
taehyung pushed jungkook into the shower and both hissed at the hot water. taehyung knew what to do, he made the water extremely hot and adjusted the shower head, so that the water would partly fall onto the shower doors. he knew it would immediately get foggy and the water hitting the shower door would act like a barrier.

the door opened and taehyung nudged jungkook into one of the shower corners, covering his body with his own.
he bit his lip, trying to look anywhere but at jungkook. he stood extremely close and it was difficult to keep their bodies away from touching.

"did your dad use my face mask again?" mrs. kim chuckled and went through the drawers searching for her cream.
"tae, don't shower under such hot water, turn it down."

"yes."

"goodnight."

to taehyung it felt like it took her years to find that cream and exit the bathroom.
as soon as he felt the door close he exhaled, leaning on jungkook's wet body.

"sorry." he apologized, his head on jungkook's chest, eyes closed.

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