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"You okay?" Jimin worriedly asks, looking over Taehyung to see Jungkook.

"He's fine...right baby?" Taehyung simpers, pleased with the reaction from the boy next to him. Jungkook weakly, darkly looking at Taehyung with a look that would kill if they could.

"Eat slowly, no one is going to take your food." Hoseok jokes, getting laughter from the rest of the group.

"Mhm," Jungkook acknowledges, taking his chopsticks to feed himself just as he wanted to from the very start.

"So, when is the grand wedding?" Namjoon asks, trying to make conversation. Jungkook stops mid-bite to look up and clenches his grip on his chopsticks which quickly send the signal to Namjoon. "Oh-"

"I don't know, we haven't started talking about it. I was thinking of doing it during the fall." Taehyung responds, ignoring Jungkook's body language.

"Well actually, I disagree." Jungkook chimes in, looking over to Taehyung. "I was thinking about doing it during spring." He adds, ending it with a sarcastic grin.

"No, no," Taehyung argues back, setting down his chopsticks for extra emphasis. "I think we should do it in the fall. It's more...how do I explain? Celebratory is the word I was looking for." Taehyung tried to reason, Yoongi nodding in agreement.

"Well, I don't like fall. I like spring more. Fresh flowers, everything is full of colors." Jungkook replies, the tone of his voice starting to get more serious. He places his chopsticks down as well, getting an oh no you didn't look from Taehyung.

"Baby, we all know fall is better. Spring is full of rain showers and humidity." Taehyung looks around him, looking for support for his claim. Yoongi, Namjoon, and Hoseok all agree. Jungkook looks right at Hoseok, feeling a hit of betrayal from one of his closest friends.

"I say spring. Right?" Jungkook answers back as he looks for his support for his claim. Jimin, Jin, and Ye-Eun all agree, smiling at the thought of a wedding in spring.

"You like spring?" Yoongi scoffed, not believing that he even thought of trying to talk to the boy in front of him. Jimin's eye's widen and quickly shakes his head.

"N-no! I don't! I'm with Taehyung on this." Jimin counters himself, earning a look of pure disappointment from Jungkook. I'm sorry he mouths back, looking back at Yoongi with a smile. Yoongi nods with approval, knowing he didn't care what season the boy liked.

"I guess fall wins," Taehyung says with a smirk, raising his hands in victory. Jungkook rolls his eyes and gets back to his food which was clearly not being given the attention it deserved.

"Thanks for coming guys, I really appreciate it." Namjoon shared, smiling to see all the support he had. Everyone goes in for a group hug, saying their goodbyes as well.

"Hey, ready to go?" Yoongi says, Taehyung looking at him from his current conversation with Hoseok and his girlfriend.

"Oh, I'll bring my baby home you can go if you'd like," Taehyung calls out, leaving Yoongi with no ride.

"How the fuck am I gonna get home then?" Yoongi protests, crossing his arms in annoyance. Jimin quickly pops up out of nowhere, linking his arm with Yoongi's.

"You can come with me~" Jimin playfully says as Yoongi stares at him skeptically, not knowing if he might put himself in danger by going with the boy.

"Yeah, okay. Fuck it." Yoongi finally says, walking away as Jimin looks behind them to see Jungkook and give him a wink. Jungkook laughs before he remembered how he was going to get home.

"Come on baby, let's go," Taehyung says in monotone as if this was already a routine of theirs. Jungkook silently walks beside him, observing how Taehyung wasn't trying to make fun of him as usual.

"You okay?" Jungkook shyly asks, looking at Taehyung who sucked his teeth.

"I'm fine." He replies, opening the car door for the younger. Jungkook stands there, still trying to see what was affecting the boy. "Get in," Taehyung says with a sigh, signaling the open door. Jungkook enters the car, with Taehyung closing it after. He walks to the other side, and enters as well, both boys looking at each other for a few seconds before looking away in embarrassment.

"You sure?" Jungkook asks again, looking down at his hands.

"You keep asking me if I'm okay really isn't helping," Taehyung snaps back, making Jungkook flinch from the sudden change in tone. The car starts, marking the start of silence from the boys. A few minutes pass by, with the occasional blinker that that chauffeur turned on when making turns. Jungkook looks out the window, looking at the other boy's reflection on it. He notices the boys frown, and can't help but want to keep asking.

"It may be annoying, but you lying to my question isn't helping either as well." Jungkook countered, earning a glare from Taehyung.

"Why do you have to be such a nosy brat?" He demurred. "I'm fucking fine! Never been better!" Taehyung continues, the volume of his voice rising with each word.

"Well...FINE!" Jungkook shouts back, getting out of the car with a slam. Taehyung runs his hands through his hair, frustrated at the boy's actions.

"Go back to the house, I'll go back myself." Taehyung mentions as he gets out of the car as well, running after Jungkook who was nowhere in sight.

"Jungkook?" Taehyung calls out, looking around him trying to spot a boy with brown locks of hair. "Jeon Jungkook!" Taehyung yells out again, getting looks from the people walking past him. "Why the fuck are you so sensitive?" Taehyung mutters to himself, walking down the path from the park next to him. He walks down, being attentive occasionally confusing people with the boy. With Taehyung at his last straw, he stops walking down the path and stands there still, for once feeling dissatisfied with how he made the situation escalate. He lets out a sigh, ready to turn around and walk away but sees a boy sitting by a bench, staring at the grass. Taehyung slowly walks over, being careful of having to make another unnecessary interaction with a stranger. He notices it's Jungkook right away and sits beside him, the silence being ironically loud.

"I-I'm sorry." Taehyung finally blurts out, feeling a bit awkward at what he had just said. Silence takes over again, Taehyung just staring at the boy who kept staring at the grass. At last, Jungkook looks up at him and stares back, Taehyung's feeling of regret growing even more.

"You didn't have to raise your voice at me," Taehyung nods, admitting what he had done was wrong of him. Jungkook goes back to looking at the grass, the apology making him feel better about what had happened. "Why did you even raise your voice anyway? I know my badgering of questions was annoying but still...what's wrong?" Taehyung joins Jungkook by looking at the grass.

"I don't really want to talk about it." He admitted, frowning at the thought of once again not being able to open up.

"Well...maybe if you talk about it instead of keeping it all inside, you would feel better," Jungkook suggests, turning sideways with a soft smile of encouragement.

"No," Taehyung says without thinking about it twice, standing up in hope of avoidance. He starts walking but notices he's alone after a few steps. He turns around and finds Jungkook still on the bench sitting, now staring at a couple across from him. "Let's go." Taehyung coldly says, crossing his arms in annoyance.

"You can go if you want, I'm not going with you. Until you can start to talk about things without being such a napkin then you can get me to listen to you." Jungkook announces, as he gets up and begins to walk away. Taehyung stands there and stares in shock, as Jungkook moves away in the opposite direction. He stays there, watching as Jungkook's figure gets smaller and smaller until it completely disappears.

"Well fuck," Taehyung mutters to himself as he walks away irritatingly. "I fucking hate this already and it hasn't even started," Taehyung complains as he makes his way out of the park. He walks to the nearest flower shop and buys a small bouquet of flowers that Taehyung thought they would like. "You've always loved these," Taehyung softly says to himself as he gives the flower shop owner the money. He continues walking, the sunlight occasionally touching his soft skin.

Taehyung walks past a gate, where the grass that used to be green was now a brown or just not there. He makes his way past a few stones on the ground, careful not to touch them out of respect. The air felt moist, along with the earthy smell from all the dirt. Taehyung finally finds what he's looking for, and stands in melancholy as he slowly let out the feelings he had that came out yearly.

"Hey, mom," Taehyung says, setting down the flowers he previously bought. "Mugunghwa's, the ones you love," he adds as he sits down next to the grave. "Can you believe he made an arranged marriage for me?" Taehyung looks over at the tombstone and rolls his eyes as if his mother would roll her eyes along with him. "I mean, the boy isn't bad looking. His name is Jeon Jungkook and he is so fucking sensitive- oh right, sorry mom I know you don't like that." Taehyung corrects himself, shamefaced at doing something his mother used to scold him for. "Anyway, he's being a petty baby because I won't talk to him about anything personal. And today I wasn't up for talking because well, you know why." He explains, signaling the name on the tombstone. "It's been thirteen years. Thirteen long years." Taehyung stays in silence for a while, looking at the other people that would enter and make their way to see their own relatives.

"You know I miss you everyday right?" Taehyung asks, his tone being sweet and calm. "I always try my best to keep the garden beautiful with the Mugunghwa's you really love. Dad says to stop but I keep always keep it year-round because they always remind me of you." He looks at the bouquet of flowers and starts taking them out of their wrapping and places them in the case that held dead ones. He carefully takes them out and replaces them, careful to not make a mess. He brushes off a few leaves on the stone and smiles, admiring the stone that was still looking beautiful after all these years.

"I should get going, but I'll come back soon," Taehyung promises, standing back up. He waves goodbye and begins walking away back to the gate. He looks around, thinking about how he would try to fix the problem he created with Jungkook.

"Taehyung?" A voice calls out, to which Taehyung hears. He looks in front of him and sees a boy standing there with a soft smile.

"Jungkook?" Taehyung guesses as the boy walks up to him.

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