[ CHAPTER 18 ]
whip cream and coconuts

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TAEHYUNG isn't entirely sure how he had exactly ended up in the back of hyundai palisade, a giggling rose-haired male pestering the back of his head as he glares resolutely at the tinted expanse of mounding sandy hills combed with stalks of golden strands.

"fuck, why'd i get stuck next to you." jeongguk scowls, squirming uncomfortably when taehyung leans over to grasp a handful of grapes from hoseok, his tanned arm brushing against the younger's ripped jean-cladded knees.

scoffing, taehyung tugs harshly at the bony vines, before leaning back into his seat and shuffling even further away from the other male for the spite of it.

"maybe if you'd bloody give me the grapes you wouldn't be a whiny bitch about cooties."

"what did you call me?" he growls, eyes darkening as his tone dips into one of dangerous waters.

"did i fucking stutter-"

"oi, cut it out both of you." jin berates from his place as shotgun, eyes narrowed at the quarrelling pair who appear to be mere seconds from ripping at each other's throat, "there won't be no swearing in this household."

"he started it." jeongguk scoffs, swinging a leg over a knee and dropping his gaze to his darkened screen.

"excuse me?" taehyung splutters, eyes bulging incredulously, "you swore first!"

"because of you! you made me swear!"

"oh?" he drawls sarcastically, "so now i can force you to spit out the fudged up crap in your non-existent brain?"

"look here you tarred spoon-"

"did you just seriously call me a tarred spoon?" taehyung grimaces, visibly unimpressed.

"yeah, your hair looks like tar and your head's too big for your damn body." jeongguk sneers.

"that," hoseok interrupts, brows furrowed slightly, "is the strangest and kinda saddest yet most intriguing insult i've ever heard."

taehyung merely scoffs, running a cool hand across his silver locks, "jiminie said it reminds him of the stars so fuck off, i don't need your unnecessary opinion."

and in return, a spoon is lobbed at his ankle from a mildly amused jin who turns almost smugly back to face the front once he's returned with an incredulous yelp and whine for justice.

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when jimin had ordered him to pack a pair of swimmers for their unexpected vacation throughout the long weekend, taehyung had made sure to modestly dress in a knee-length yellow board short that strung together at the front in a striped black and white cord and a patched multi-coloured pastel short-sleeved shirt.

but once they arrive at the community pool, mind you this was during the middle of march so the water was heated despite the season, he felt terribly underdressed once spotting everyone's shirtless chests and long legs.

"aww, "namjoon coos once taehyung begrudgingly shuffles out of the restroom, "aren't you adorable."

"yeah." jeongguk snickers, eyeing the elder male, "our lil yellow-green baby... hey, know what that reminds me off? snot."

"fuck off you coconut." he snarls, stalking past and purposely shoving his shoulder in the process.

"coconut?"

taehyung smirks, nodding, "yeah. your baby photos were cute. weird since puberty fucked that up."

"keep denying it," jeongguk grins, "but you and i both know that you think i'm hot."

"please." he scoffs, "keep dreaming."

"c'mon tae." hoseok shrugs, "i mean, he's not that bad."

seemingly offended, jeongguk furrows his eyebrows, spluttering, "not that bad, excuse me-"

"he's isn't bad." taehyung agrees, dismissing the shocked expression upon his friend's faces, "he's abhorrent."

there's a brief pause at his words before jin snorts loudly into his palm, wind-shield laugh spilling across the expanse of the pool.

"that must've hurt." he snickers, side-glancing a hard-jawed jeongguk, "to go from liam hemsworth to a hobbit."

"hobbits are cute though." jimin reasons, shrugging.

"they aren't as cute as thor's brother." jin insists, grinning wildly, "no one but joonie 'course."

namjoon flushes, cheeks tinting light rose as he turns his head and bites down the smile at his lips.

"did something happen though?" jimin asks suspiciously, gaze flitting between jeongguk and his best friend, "you've guys been pissing each other off more than usual."

at this taehyung scoffs, eyes narrowing even further at the visibly smug younger male as he drawls, "this brat's the reason why my ass throbs!"

yoongi, who had plunged into the water momentarily, eyes and a slab of his nose only visible, chokes terribly upon the chlorine that he inhales accidentally, coughing loudly, "e-excuse me?"

however, the silver-haired male doesn't seem to be too concerned of the obvious shock upon his friend's expressions, his words a clear misconception as they listen on with wide eyes.

"everything was so wet!" he continues, grimacing.

"woah hold it right there," jeongguk intervenes, cheeks light pink as he casts his gaze to the group, "he doesn't know what he's saying, it's not what you think it is."

"it's exactly what they think of this!" taehyung snaps hotly, "he's a self-centred brat who leeches of other people's pain."

"he just fell over the tiles when we were washing the dogs, i forgot to put a towel down!" he insists, cheeks now as ripe as the skin of an apple.

"dogs?" namjoon asks, grinning.

"yes dogs." taehyung says, clicking his tongue and cocking a hip as he crosses his arms over his chest, "i convinced him to adopt misun as a sorry gift."

"oh my God, you're so whipped." hoseok snickers, earning a wave of chlorine at his words as he gasps and shrieks, bangs slick against his forehead.

"i'm not whipped." jeongguk sneers, watching as the elder male over-exaggeratedly wheezes and hacks, "i followed my morals."

"morals?" taehyung scoffs, "now that's just fucking hilarious."

"tae." jimin smirks, "you do realise what you just said a few moments back sounded like, right?"

"huh?"

rolling his eyes, he sighs, "do i seriously need to repeat it? use your brain kim."

screwing his eyes closed as if what he was mulling over was the algorithm that would solve the cure for an incredibly intricate disease, he mutters beneath his breath, "what? i just said that my ass hurt like hell, which it did, and that everything was so freakin wet it was disg- oh. oh my God, park jimin you dirty bitch how dare you?!"

shrieking, jimin plunges through the water as his friend performs a ridiculous leap into the pool, surprisingly dismissive to the general chill of building bubbles at his skin, and thrashes his way towards him, screaming all sorts of profanity that a mother holding two of her children's hands glares so ferociously at them, hoseok whines about his future nightmares.

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[a/n]

what do you think of the new cover? took me a ride to hell and back to finish it. 😤 again this chapter was a bit of a mood breaker before the real storm so..enjoy? bit of a short one tho.

q&a: purple or green 🍇? tbh, i prefer the green the taste better??