"Jackson, can you shift into a fly or something and go over there to listen to what they are saying?" Youngjae suggested.

The group of new recruits are at one of the cafes in the organisation.

"No," Jinyoung said, then gives no explanation as he continues to drink his milkshake.

Already sensing that he is kind of like a leader figure for this group of very different personalities, JayB explains, "Agent Jeon is so good at what he does because he picks up even the smallest energy traces. If I don't want to be discovered by him, I would avoid him as much as I can and not shift into a fly while he's-"

"Aww, Nyoung, were you worried Agent Jeon would find out?"

"Shhhhh, I can't hear," Youngjae said as he strained his ears to eavesdrop on the table feet away.

"I can," Bambam, Yugyeom, and Jackson said.

Jinyoung nods, he can, too.

JayB and Mark couldn't, but they didn't care.

"What..." Youngjae slumped back into his seat. But that was only a few seconds before he was straining his ears again, because, "but wow, Agent Jeon on a date! With Doctor Kim!"

·-·-·

Taehyung held back a little smile. In his hands is a bouquet of gummy bears. Nothing as fancy as the raining flowers Bogum conjured up but these speak to Taehyung's stomach and are appealing in their own way. Very cute.

"I have thought about what I did wrong," Jungkook started, "and I am sorry about being invasive when I shouldn't be. I promise I won't ask you about it again and would never tell anyone."

Taehyung nods slowly, already having decided to forgive the agent before this conversation started, although the sincerity in Jungkook's voice did help make it easy. And the gummy bears? Taehyung was sold.

"Okay, I accept your apology and I admit that I may have overreacted as well, so yes, we are good."

But...

"But, why are we here?" Taehyung asked and he gestured to the couple's special pastry set in front of them. They could have settled this in the privacy of his lab.

"Oh, well," Jungkook beamed, and Taehyung couldn't stop the smile this time, "I was thinking that we started on the wrong foot, and that we can get to know each other outside the workplace, restart everything, so..."

"So what are they saying?" tables away, Youngjae asked the four who can hear.

Jinyoung shakes his head but Youngjae saw that coming. Undeterred, he turned to the other three.

But even Jackson, Bambam and Yugyeom shook their heads too.

"Hey, you all can't keep these things to yourselves. Share the details, please?"

"I'm not sure what Agent Jeon did, but I can't hear anything after he said that he has thought about what he did wrong," Yugyeom said.

Bambam, Jinyoung, and Jackson nodded. It is the same for them.

They did not know that there was nothing wrong with their hearing, but Taehyung had prevented their brain from processing his and Jungkook's conversation. It was an easy feat to manipulate that certain nerve of a group of unsuspecting youngsters.

"Look at that," Mark said and the group look towards Youngjae's iced latte, which was emitting steam and boiling.

"What the..."

Jungkook couldn't not notice Youngjae even if he tried. The recruits were so noisy when they are together that everyone in the cafe could hear parts of their conversation, no extra hearing abilities required.

Noticing Jungkook's gaze and his small smirk, Taehyung looked over to the recruits' table as well.

"Just a moment," Taehyung told Jungkook, and he used the napkin to cover his eyes while pretending to wipe his face, and Jungkook felt Taehyung using his powers.

"Choi Youngjae, I'd prefer if you asked me directly or better yet, don't ask at all."

Jungkook raised a brow, a silent message that he was surprised but he could guess what Taehyung did and oh, he sure does agree with it. Then the two seniors childishly laughed as the recruits all took their things and left under Youngjae's frantic directions.

Jungkook raised a fist and held it in front of Taehyung who looked at it, then broke into a smile and lifted his own fist to connect them in a fist bump.

Consider it a fresh start.

·—·—·

Chim
Taeeeee
Wanna hang out?
Sent√ 16:29

You there?
Sent√ 19:03

·—·—·

Tiny lizard
Brat
I'm bored
Chips and movies?
Thinking of something old school like
Conan, Pokémon?
Read√√

Jungkook
Nah
Later

Tiny lizard
Why are both you and Tae so busy recently??
It's been months
What's going on??
Read√√

·—·—·

Jungkook's frequent visits to Taehyung's dorm started because Jungkook felt Taehyung had been missing out on too much so he is here to rectify that.

The first visit was somewhat of a disaster. The agent brought in all types of alcohol and laid them out on Taehyung's living room table. Soju, Makgeolli, wine, beer, cider...

It was Jungkook's idea and Taehyung agreed. Taehyung had never drank alone because there would be no one to stop him if he let his powers take over. So Jungkook suggested for Taehyung to drink while he stays sober to stop anything from going wrong.

They decided that they would not do it ever again when Taehyung woke up with the biggest hangover and found Jungkook knocked out and taped to his wall. Wasn't Jungkook supposed to watch over him instead of drinking together?

Anyway, here they are tonight, months into their friendship, in Taehyung's dorm again, doing things not involving alcohol. Taehyung is using his powers to project his favourite Pokémon movie on the ceiling of the blanket fort they made together, with him and Jungkook lying inside and watching the show, with the million drinks and snacks beside them.

"Chips, please," Jungkook requested.

"It's already beside you."

"Yeah, chips, please."

"You're gonna lose your abs," Taehyung said, but still levitated the chips above Jungkook's face, making sure that they don't block his vision.

"Pause the movie, Tae."

"You're seriously making me pause the movie so that you can check your abs are still around?"

"Aha they're still here! See?" Jungkook lifts up his shirt higher and shows them to Taehyung whose eyes lingered for a split second more than necessary and turned back to the movie, "okay I'm done now, continue."

"Right, ahem," Taehyung shouldn't eat so many fried snacks as well because they are clogging up his throat and is the air-conditioning malfunctioning? It's a little warm.

They continue the movie and at a scene when the movie protagonists reunited, Taehyung asked, "shall we call Chim along next time? Hmm? Woah, what's with that face?"

"Well...I am thinking that...Jimin would be a nice addition, yeah, cool. Fine by me. But why? Is it boring with just me?"

"What? No! No, Jungkook," Taehyung pauses the movie, sits up straight and looks over to the agent who also propped himself up on his elbows to look at the doctor, "I was suggesting because it's been a while since I hung out with him and we all know each other, so we can go out together or something."

"Ah," Jungkook sighed in relief then grinned widely, "yeah, sure and...outside right? Not to our movie nights here?"

"Hmm...nah, I don't think he's really a fan of the shows we watch."

"Yeah I don't think so too," Jungkook agrees and pats the spot beside him, "shall we continue?"

"Yeah," Taehyung lies back down, a bit nearer to Jungkook now, and continues the movie.