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❛that's so
overrated!❜
eyesight; 008.

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the librarian smiled as a short brunette boy walked up to her desk.

"good morning dear. may i help you?"

hoseok nodded, asking the elderly woman where the classics had been shifted too.

her smile widened, as she said something about how teenagers these days loathed classics and pointed out the classic's shelves to him happily.

the bookworm thanked her and walked over to the classic's corner.

a wave of nostalgia hit hoseok as he ran his fingers across the worn spines of the books.

little women, a secret garden, the railway children, these were books that the teenager had read long, long ago, probably the main reason which piqued his interest in reading.

struggling to decide which book to chose, his eyes landed on a familiar, red headed boy, whose nose was buried in a notebook as he wrote something enthusiastically in it.

a smile spread over his face as he walked towards the boy and tapped his shoulder.

"dude, you got any good classic recommendations? i can't seem to choose from any of those." hoseok asked, pointing towards said books.

park jimin lifted his head from the leather bound notebook in his delicate hands and reflected hoseok's smile.

he nodded and scrawled something on his palm, turning it towards the brunette.

wizard of oz by l. frank baum.

recognition sparked in hoseok's eyes and he thanked jimin, agreeing that wizard of oz was indeed the best classic he had ever read.

thanking the boy once again, he went to find his desired book.

park jimin was one of those people that hoseok could actually tolerate. maybe because he hadn't ever heard him talk, or maybe because he was so cool and mysterious. though hoseok firmly believed that it was because jimin had no friends and that the redhead chose to interact with hoseok amongst so many children.

and even though he didn't know much about jimin except that he wrote pretty deep poetry in that notebook of his, (which he sadly hadn't got to read but had assumed so), hoseok was glad that the other boy was his friend.

hoseok's eyes scanned the shelves as he tried to spot the book but failed, considering finding it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

he was about to ask the librarian for help when he finally spotted it, sitting next to a copy of a little princess.

the only problem was that it was too high up on the shelves and hoseok was too short to reach it.

cursing his height from probably the umpteenth time in his life, his eyes flickered towards jimin.

maybe he could ask the redhead for help? no, he had once seen jimin stand to his full height and it wasn't much taller than hoseok.

maybe he stand on a chair and grab it? no, the librarian would kick him out for that.

or maybe he could just stand on his tippy toes and try to extend his arm as much as he could and get that damned book.

and that's exactly what he did.

unfortunately, he failed, cursing his arm for being short like his height too.

nonetheless he tried and his heart leapt in his chest as his fingers brushed the cover, so close to grabbing it.

but all his hopes were shattered when a body suddenly pressed against his back and a long, muscular arm reached towards the copy of the wizard of oz and snatched it off the shelf.

hoseok turned around to give this book robber a piece of his mind but all profanities died at his lips as he saw seokjin towering before him.

the blond bastard was toying with the book's cover and smirked as he gently pecked it's spine which brought hoseok to his senses.

"hey, that's mine!"

seokjin cocked a brow. "this? it's the library's property, shortie."

hoseok gasped. "how dare you! i called dibs on it first."

the taller boy only shrugged. "well, i goty hands on it first so go get your own copy, four eyes."

"give me that before i get my hands on your neck and twist it. also, four eyes is such an overrated insult so i think you should better extend your vocabulary." hoseok retaliated.

the senior was impressed but not defeated. "that's what the book's for, honey."

honey. "that's overrated too!" hoseok called out as seokjin began to walk away, proud that he had successfully managed to ruin the sophomore's day by 'stealing' his book.

however, hoseok instantly regretted what he said as seokjin stopped dead in his tracks.

the taller boy turned around and reached hoseok in a few long strides, his billion dollar smile on full display.

"you're right, i should make up a good pet name for eye candy like you, eh? but do i really need to do that considering you got so flustered with something as overrated as honey?"

hoseok's eyes widened as he tried to deny what seokjin said.

the hottie smirked. "your skin says otherwise." he caressed the shorter's flushed cheek. "and i bet your dick does too."

if it were biologically possible for a human to blush as red as a tomato, hoseok would've because at that moment, all the blood in his body had rushed towards his face (and probably to his southern region too.)

"you have a praise kink, don't you, jung hoseok?" seokjin mocked.

"n-no." the younger spluttered, dying of embarrassment.

"ah, we'll see that when you're in my bed,   sweet cheeks. which will be soon enough, may i add."

knowing he had won the arguement, the tall boy brushed off non existent dust from his uniform's blazer and switched his smirk with a smile.

he ruffled the speechless boy's hair in front of him. "try not to get a boner, okay?"

normally, hoseok wouldn't have ever obeyed seokjin. but this time, he knew he would keep the older boy's advice in mind.

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taekook or
chanbaek?
-ensiah.