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"Jungkook- he- disappeared.. I let him go. I couldn't help him." Jimin sobs while his nose has turned red due to excessive crying and his eyes are at the verge of swelling now.

"Jimin... Jimin, listen to me." suddenly, he is yanked back and that makes him look up at the person who was calling him.

"I'm here and nothing bad happened to anyone, hm? Calm down," Jungkook consoles him, squatting down beside him on the ground as he holds his shoulders.

"Kook?! You're here- what happened to you? Where were you?" Jimin manages to speak in between his shortened breaths.

"Calm down, oh god!" Jungkook finally lets his brain stop working.

Dealing with Jimin in this situation, his brain is useless... what he needs is his heart.

Jungkook embraces him, circling his arms around Jimin's frail torso as if he is a baby and he starts rubbing his back in a comforting motion to soothe him while Jimin continues to cry out the last remains of his tears.

"Maybe some tissues might work?" as soon as Jungkook hears the voice, he looks back, throwing a glare full of undefined fury towards Taehyung.

"Alright, alright," he steps back, still a subtle smile evident on his lips.

Taehyung never leaves a chance to learn more about how Jungkook's expressions work. It's amusing to his hundreds of years old heart.

"Can you get up, Jimin?" Jungkook asks him softly and helps him up by grabbing both of his arms.

"Normally, you'd be ripping his skin off out of irritation, and now you're suddenly so caring towards him, it surprises me." Taehyung chimes in again.

"What's your problem exactly?" Jungkook sighs, "I'm doing what you told me to do. You told me to play your stupid game and I am. You told me to play by your ridiculous rules and I am doing just that, now you want to stick your nose in my business too?" he frustrated-ly lets out, not checking what he's speaking and if his words are true or not. He just wants to lash out at someone or anything.

"Oh, well, here I am trying to help you and your friend. I was right by your side all this time, you know? I haven't left your side unless necessary, and you treat me like this?" Taehyung's eyes go round and his voice turns soft, to the extent, he almost sounds human.

"All humans are the same." he then scoffs, all the innocence has disappeared from his face.

"Can you- please shut up?" Jungkook turns to Jimin, "Let's find a water resource or something first, hm? Somewhere you can rest up." he smiles, to assure Jimin and make him feel better after all that happened.

Jungkook helps Jimin to walk as he wraps his hand around the other's waist to lift him up and give him support and they start walking, slowly and carefully.

Jimin doesn't seem to be able to look away from Jungkook. After he thought he'd lose him forever, he is scared. What if this is another one of those illusions?

He can accept Jungkook's hatred; he had been doing it for quite a while now and he is used to it by now but if there comes a day when he can never see him again, he might not be the same anymore. He might lose his mind.

It all happened a few years ago,

He has loved his ex-bestfriend too much to just let him go. He tried to move on, he had distanced himself from Jungkook for months but nothing seemed to work and he had no choice but to choose the path he had never thought of.

At some point, just being Jungkook's best friend had started to hurt him. He'd crave for more and that was not possible while Jungkook had found a love interest which was, well, a female. Jimin thought that if he confesses, he will lose the bond he had with Jungkook but if he doesn't, he will have to suffer everyday.

He chose the wrong path. The path of filth and lust. He would never go down that road if it wasn't for his immense feelings for Jungkook. He wanted to move on for good and support Jungkook like a friend, like he always has done but in order to make everything alright, he ruined something precious.

He started going out with various people, not caring if he is breaking someone's heart or ruining his dignity and image. Breaking up with them never really hurt, he just felt empty and to fill that empty spot, he would hit someone else up again. It was easy for him, with the looks he had, he never had to try so hard to pursue someone.

He just wanted to get rid of his feelings which were tormenting him but rather, he lost Jungkook's trust and even the bond they shared before.

He was devastated, but, the thought of leaving the path he has chosen never crossed his mind. He continued being the jerk he had become in Jungkook's eyes, even his other friends had tried to warn him but he never listened.

It was a mistake. His life had messed up.

Eventually, he got a grip on his tattered heart but the pieces of his heart were too tiny and shattered till far, he could never gather all of them.

He had to accept Jungkook's hatred. He was happy, at least they were still friends. Till this date, he only regrets everything he has done. He knows that he has broken Jungkook's trust.

Jungkook had tried to explain and pursue him to stop doing these things and to go back to how things were but Jimin would never listen. For Jimin; It hurted to even look at Jungkook while he tried to talk with him and came to pursue him, explaining what's right and wrong and that turned into anger.

Their friendship was tainted now. He couldn't control himself and lashed out on Jungkook, in return, Jungkook was not going to silently sit back. Their small disagreements turned into bigger fights until they even had to consider if they should continue being friends or not, but they had other good friends who made them realise that breaking the friendship isn't the solution.

It all worked out but the gap between them never really healed completely.

This all had become Jimin's worst nightmare and he never wanted to remember all of that again.

"Wait," Taehyung's voice breaks Jimin's trance as they both turn to look at him.

"No need to go. I can arrange the water for you." Taehyung says suddenly, surprising Jungkook.

He is... not plotting anything against them now, is he?

"What?" Jungkook exclaims unconsciously.

"Just take it," Taehyung says, looking away as he extends his hand from behind his back. There's a, very normal looking, water bottle in his hand.

Jungkook is dumbfounded for a moment until he realises that he's a vampire and this is his so called territory and he can do magic too. He hesitantly extends his hand towards his, taking the water bottle.

"How can I trust you? What if there's poison in it? Are you planning to kill us so you can end the game for once and all?" Jungkook stops his hand from opening the bottle when his suspicions didn't falter.

"When will you stop doubting me?" Taehyung chuckles shortly.

"He's not wrong, why should we drink the water from you?" Jimin adds.

"Drink it yourself," Jungkook suddenly holds out his hand and the bottle towards Taehyung.

"Yeah, prove it," Jimin stands back, leaning on the tree, feeling somewhat better than before.

"Why must I?" Taehyung speaks in a low voice, maintaining his elegance.

The fact that he always maintains his posture in a formal way makes him look like someone you should respect. Judging by his looks, if he was a human, he would be around 26 or 27 but because of the way he acts, he seems really older than he actually looks.

"Because.... just because!" Jungkook couldn't find the reason.

"You're funny." he smiles but his words are emotionless. "Well then, how about this?" saying this, Taehyung trudges forward.

Jungkook alerts his brain at Taehyung's steps. With every step he takes, his heart is starting to beat faster and faster.

What's running in Taehyung's head this time?

"I drink the water first, but if I do and, of course, nothing happens to me, you have to drink the same water too. Right after me! Will you?" Taehyung always has his own solutions to every situation.

Jungkook swallows, exhaling at the end as he thinks it over.

"Jk, you shouldn't-" before Jimin could say anything,

"Okay, I'll do it," Jungkook interrupts him.

"Think it well, can you really do it?" Taehyung asks, a glimmer in his eyes sparkling under the sunlight that peeks through the thick layer of vegetation above their heads.

Jungkook stays silent, eyes firm, indicating that he's ready to do it. Why is Taehyung asking the same question so many times anyway?

"Here I go..." are the last words before a curvy smirk takes place on his lips and he begins to open the lid of the bottle.

He is still taking steps towards Jungkook who is pondering about if he should take a step back or just stand there like a statue!?

Meanwhile, Jimin, who has just recovered from the traumatic experience is again starting to get anxious over the things that are happening... or are about to happen. Yet, he stands on his place, backed away from Jungkook and Taehyung.

Taehyung's eyes never left Jungkook's while he inched closer to him with each step he took. Now, the distance between them is a mere foot.

He slowly moves his hand towards his mouth, colliding it with the mouth of the water bottle as he gulps down the water, his adam's apple bobbing up and down as he swallows and a small stream of water trail down his chin to his neck, almost drenching his shirt.

Jungkook feels relieved, for a brief moment, before he regrets everything.

Taehyung is still looking right at Jungkook, observing the change of his expressions when he fills his mouth with a small amount of water and holds out his hand to cup Jungkook's cheeks with it.

Jimin has no time to react while Taehyung's swift motions surprises him.

The hand which is holding Jungkook's face in place trails down to his jaw and holds it firmly as he pulls his face closer. In a blink of an eye, Taehyung's lips are on Jungkook's unprepared ones as he transfers the water into his mouth through his own.

Jungkook is too stunned to the core to even blink as he realises what is happening and stays frozen on his place.

One of Taehyung's hands find its way to Jungkook's waist as he keeps him close and the other one holding onto his jaw tightens its grip, earning a grunt from him in response while his lips stay on Jungkook's, feeling the softness.

The grunting noise is like an alarm for Jimin which alerts him and he lunges forward, quickly detaching Jungkook from Taehyung as he pushes them away from each other.

"What the fuck, bro?" Jimin can't help but exclaim with shock purely evident on his face and in his voice.

Taehyung just silently and proudly wipes his lips clean with his thumb.

"Didn't he agree to drink the same water?" Taehyung says, his words sly.

Jimin has no answer. Just how sly can this vampire be?

Jungkook catches his breath as his mind still can't believe what just happened to him! His heart is on a marathon from the shock.

"You taste good, sweetheart." Taehyung says while eyeing Jungkook's stunned figure.

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What was this?! Even I dunno what I wrote anymore. ;-;

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