'For I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.'

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Taehyung was hungry. He was hungry for Jungkook, and wanted nothing more than to be as close to the boy as he could. The way Jungkook was holding onto his chest let him the know the younger felt the same way. In that moment it was like an explosion of repressed feelings, and the kiss was sloppy and full of hidden passion which was now able to rise to the surface.

Pulling away breathless, Jungkook furrowed his eyebrows at Taehyung who looked so vulnerable in that moment. While Jungkook wanted nothing more than to keep kissing the shirtless boy in front of him, he wanted some answers first.

"We need to talk," Taehyung said, his lips still swollen from the make out session, and he directed Jungkook to his bed where they sat opposite each other.

Taehyung took a deep breath. He had never done this before properly. He had never been the one to tell someone that he liked them, he had never even been in a relationship for fucks sake. But as he stared in Jungkook's doe eyes which were waiting for him to start speaking, he knew that he needed to tell the younger now before he lost his chance forever.

"Jungkook, ever since I came here I found some sort of draw to you. I wanted to protect you, I wanted to hang out with you, I wanted to make love to you. And it's only now that I've been able to put all the pieces together because I've been so stupid. It's you I want, it's been you since the first day," Taehyung said, his voice no louder than a whisper.

The red-haired boy took another deep breath, his heart now beating at a ridiculous rate.

"And I know you probably don't feel the same way, but I wanted to tell you because I couldn't watch you move on with Yoongi without at least trying. But I think I really like you Jungkook, and I don't like people. It kind of scares me how much I want you."

Jungkook found his heart swelling with every word that Taehyung said as the elder continued to ramble and rant about his feelings, and Jungkook finally understood what euphoria felt like. It wasn't the feeling of ejaculating, it wasn't watching Taehyung fall asleep in the moonlight, it wasn't even kissing him, it was looking into his eyes and seeing love radiating from them.

"You don't understand how long I've hoped to hear you say those words," Jungkook managed to choke out, and Taehyung paused as he processed the information before his face widened with his boxy smile.

"You have?"

Jungkook nodded and crawled over to Taehyung, taking the elder's hands in his own. The pair met each other's eyes before pressing their lips together again, this kiss more gentle than the one before. Neither needed to say anything, because it was pretty clear what the consensus between the pair was.

Caressing the cheeks of the younger, Taehyung enjoyed his taste of heaven for as long as he could. Jungkook ran his hands through the Taehyung's hair as he rooted himself in the reality that was really happening. Taehyung really felt the same way.

(A/N: Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift has come on and I don't think a song could fit this better)

But Taehyung didn't want to keep kissing Jungkook. He wanted to hold him, cuddle him, trace his fingers along the younger's thighs. All the things he had never done before despite the intimacy of the two boys.

"When did you know?" Taehyung asked him, pulling away from the kiss and indicating that Jungkook should snuggle up to his side as he lay down on the bed.

"When you were gone with Jimin, and I realised that there was something about you which captivated me entirely," Jungkook mumbled, leaving small butterfly kisses on Taehyung's collarbones and neck.

If Taehyung had been in this position at home he would have been fucking the person next to him by now, but sex was the last thing on his mind in that beautiful moment. Instead he was focused on how Jungkook's hair smelt like mangos, how small he looked in his big hoodie, and how well Jungkook fit beside him.

"What about Yoongi?"

Jungkook laughed at this for a solid ten minutes while Taehyung watched on with a perplexed look on his face.

"Yoongi and me were never together, I was trying to make you jealous!" Jungkook slapped his arm lightly, and Taehyung couldn't suppress his smirk at Jungkook's idea.

Downstairs that evening at dinner, Taehyung couldn't help but smile to himself as Jungkook sat next to him prattling to Hoseok about some game he enjoyed. Occasionally, Taehyung would meet Jimin's eyes which held a hint of sadness and this made his heart hurt a little. He didn't want to be the cause of the boy's pain.

But the sadness in Jimin's eyes wasn't the kind of sharp pain which consumes you. It was dull, faint, disappointing. Seeing Jungkook looking so content and so like himself again was enough to make him happy enough to let Taehyung move on. Sometimes we have to give up the people that make us happy so that they can be happier.

Back in their room, the pair stole more kisses under the moonlight. It was like they couldn't make out enough. As Taehyung held Jungkook's small waist, he couldn't help the beating of his heart.

This was no ordinary crush.

This was something a lot more intense.

And he was excited to see what it would bring.

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