'In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed.'

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"And then I told him that if he wanted my ass he'd have to give me an A!" Jimin finished his story, and Taehyung was practically in stitches.

Jungkook hadn't seen Taehyung laugh so hard as he did when he was with Jimin, and he twirled his thumbs as he listened to the pair talk. It had been a few days since he had seen the pair together, and they had been together every single moment since.

He was happy that Taehyung was making friends with his friends, but there was a small part of him which had enjoyed having Taehyung as his secret. Now instead of talking for hours before bed, Taehyung was texting Jimin and sending him memes.

Tired of listening to their conversation, Jungkook left to go and find Namjoon. Maybe they could do some baking, or swimming, or anything that could bring the pair together. Something inside Jungkook was happening that was very strange.

His feelings for Namjoon didn't feel nearly as intense as before. Now whenever he looked at the elder, it was like a dying candle light. That love was still there, but it was fading and waning with every minute that passed.

Eventually, he found Namjoon sitting by the lakeside with Jin on a checked cloth. The pair were sat practically on each other, their eyes never leaving each other's as they spoke. Jungkook stopped to watch them, and it was like a everything had come into focus.

"They love each other," he breathed out, feeling the wind knocked out of him.

"You only just realised that now, Kook?" A voice behind him said, and be turned around to see Yoongi looking more tired than before.

Tears threatening to spill out of his eyes, Jungkook took a deep breath. He had always had his suspicions about the pair, but he had always clung to some small hope that maybe Namjoon felt the same way as him.

Yoongi placed a comforting hand on the back of the younger and turned him away from the sight, allowing Jungkook to break down in his arms. All these repressed feelings, all those months of hoping and dreaming, all to come crashing down in one moment.

But as his tears dried, Jungkook didn't feel like crawling into a hole and never seeing light again. Instead, he felt like he was crying for a past Jungkook. A Jungkook who had been so hopelessly in love with Namjoon that his heart barely knew how else to function without fawning over the elder. But he was the present Jungkook.

"Hyung, why don't I feel more upset?" Jungkook said after crying, Yoongi wiping away a few stray tears.

"Maybe you like someone else," he replied, and Jungkook scrunched up his brow, "Kookie, you do realise that you look at Taehyung like he's a god?"

"That's blasphemy! Don't say such things here," Jungkook said in a hushed whispered, "And anyway, he's always with Jimin now."

"This is where we could team up Kook," Yoongi replied, a slight glint in his eyes, "It's a win-win situation for both of us. We just need to work together to get the person we want. We need to break apart Kim Taehyung and Park Jimin."

"Yoongi, that seems rather unethical..."

Yoongi scoffed and ran his hands through his hair, "So you're really telling me you want to see those two cuddling and flirting all summer?"

Yoongi pointed over to Taehyung and Jimin who were now sitting even closer to each other, Jimin placing on hand on Taehyung's chest as he told a joke.

Jungkook shook his head, feeling a small pool of anger building inside him at seeing Jimin all over Taehyung. He looked over at Yoongi who looked equally as angry, his hands now forming into fists.

"Okay, I'm in. But how can we split them up?"

"Jimin is a lost cause, he's obsessed with your bad boy. But you can always tempt Taehyung. You share a room, he has a soft spot for you. You need to show him that you like him!"

"But I'm not sure how I feel, these feelings are so confusing!" Jungkook huffed, sitting down on a bench as the thoughts whirled around his head.

For the past couple of years his whole identity had surrounded being in love with Namjoon, and now to feel a different way - he felt like he was losing control of himself. How had he not realised that he liked Taehyung sooner?

"I think I know what to do," Jungkook whispered to Yoongi, walking away and trying to muster up the courage he needed to do what he needed to do.

Going over to Taeyung and Jimin, the pair stopped talking as Taehyung looked up at Jungkook with a slightly concerned look.

"You okay, Jungkook?"

"I need you to come up to the dorm," Jungkook replied, and Taehyung hesitantly got up and said goodbye to Jimin.

Practically pulling the boy upstairs, Jungkook pushed him into their dorm and onto his bed. Straddling Taehyung, he began to grind his ass onto his crotch like he had done before and gained such a positive reaction from the elder.

"Woah, woah, woah - what are you doing, Jungkook?" Taehyung asked, his pupils dilating slightly.

"I want you to make love to me," Jungkook asked, biting down on his bottom lip, "And I want you to do it now."

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All hail Taekook! So maybe our Jungkookie isn't quite so innocent and naive...

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