Jungkook walks languidly down the streets, no set destination in mind.

Something shifts vaguely from his peripheral vision.

He sighs annoyedly and turns towards the direction sharply.

"Stop following me and tell Taehyung to get lost." He says with a forced calmness to the man tailing him.

Silence is the response that greets him before a figure steps out of the shadows.

"...I have my orders so no can do..." he says brazenly with a slight smirk.

Jungkook grits his teeth.

"Well you can shove your orders up your ass and go fu-" he's cut off by the man, who's phone starts ringing.

Jungkook watches carefully at the conversation going on and then all of a sudden, he was handed the cellphone.

He had a feeling he knew who was on the other end but if talking to him got rid of the man following him, so be it.

He pressed the phone against his ear.

"Kook...are you still mad at me for-"

"Get rid of him and leave me alone." He interrupts, going straight to the point.

He hears Tae huff on the other end.

"Well I would if you bothered to answer my calls or better yet, finally move in with me." He responds back just as stubbornly.

Despite how upset Jungkook felt by Tae's lies, he couldn't help the small twitch of his lips because of how childish he was acting. But again, he couldn't encourage him because in the end, they'd both get hurt.

Jungkook breathes out, letting go of his anger momentarily.

"태, 제발.... (Tae, please...) I'm not playing games, so I'd like it if you stopped treating this like it's one. 그만해...(Enough is enough...) you've had your fun so just back off already" he says with measured emotionlessness.

This time Tae scoffs in disbelief.

"Is that what you think this is Jeon Jungkook? Because I've stopped playing a long time ago. Maybe it's time you open your eyes and realize that not everyone is out to get you or fuck you over." He replies with his voice deep.

Jungkook's breath hitches slightly at the accusation and he narrows his eyes.

"Maybe if you didn't act like I could be bought like a cheap whore, we wouldn't be having this problem in the first place. You think I didn't notice my things getting replaced slowly one by one? And the motels that refused to let me pay because some mysterious "benefactor" already covered the bill?" He shoots back bitingly.

He's greeted with silence on the other end.

Softly, Tae speaks up. "...How else can I help you if not with the money that I already have Kook...That's everything I can offer you"

Jungkook sighs, knowing that Tae's lack of sense wasn't his fault, but because of the way he was brought up. Still, he couldn't let him get away with it.

"Money means nothing to me Tae, that's the first thing you need to understand. So here's what's you don't get, I'm not mad at you because you have money. I'm mad because you lied to me about who you were in the first place. Just because I was born without money, doesn't mean you need to act like I can't live without your fortune. The fact that you thought that would make me happy is where you were wrong. So do us both a favor and call your man off because money can't buy everything..." Jungkook says, finally letting his point sink in.

"Not until you come see me" he responds, still not giving up.

Jungkook grits his teeth and opens his mouth to reply but he was interrupted.

"And you're wrong... money can buy everything" He says slowly, his voice raspy.

Jungkook scoffs at his remark, wondering how he even thought that to be true.

"Tae, not everything has a price..." he trails off.

"Name one thing it can't buy then Kook"

After a momentous pause, kook speaks up.

"...my heart. You can't buy my heart, nor can you win it over" he says in finality, thinking that this really was the way to cut Tae out of his life. Strangely, his heart clenched painfully at the thought.

He underestimated just how stubborn Tae was because the next words had him freezing.

"Then prove it" he says simply.

"뭐라고?...(What?..)" Kook says in surprise.

He hears Tae clear his throat and growl slightly. "THEN PROVE IT. If you think that you can't be bought then prove it. Move in with me and show me that even you can't be won over, because in my entire life there's not one person who's proved me wrong." He says and continues. "...and in the time that you stay with me, I'll make you fall in love with me"

"If I can't, then I'll do what you asked and leave you alone. You won't ever need to hear from me again." He explains and pauses.

"But if I win...." he whispers seductively, his tone going a pitch deeper. "You're mine Jeon Jungkook"

Jungkook takes a moment to digest Tae's words. Narrowing his eyes at the challenge he whispers

"You won't win Kim Taehyung"

The phone clicks and Jungkook hears the repeated dial tone, a sign that the call ended.

He groans inwardly at what he got himself into.

"How did I go from avoiding him with everything I had, to moving in with him in less than a day..." he thinks, face-palming.

A cough interrupts his thoughts and he looks up.

The man following him gestures for his phone, to which Jungkook clumsily hands back to him.

The man smirks knowingly.

"You should just give in already. Taehyung isn't one to let go of what he already knows is his." He says playfully and Jungkook's eyes sharpen at the statement.

"I'm not his, and I definitely won't be anytime soon" he replies snappily.

The man only chuckles, amused by Jungkook's denial. "Seems like my life is getting more and more amusing these days..." he thinks and turns around to walk away, but not before speaking up.

"Get all your shit together, we're heading back home. Don't even bother trying to get out of it now. If I could find you before, I can do it again so let's give us both a break and just have you come with me peacefully alright Little Kook" he taunts with a smirk and Kook flips him off without a pause, before storming his way to the car the man was gesturing towards.

When both get settled inside, the man reaches to Jungkook in the passenger seat for a handshake.

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Kim Jungkook -I mean- Jeon Jungkook" he laughs inwardly at the glare that was shot his way, and if looks could kill, he'd be in hell already.

He continues. "We'll be seeing a lot of each other from now on, so make sure you remember me. I'm Min Yoongi" he says with a cheeky grin, nodding his head towards his hand that was still up and waiting.

Jungkook looks at the offending piece of body part with disdain and turns his gaze towards the window, purposefully ignoring him.

Yoongi's grin widens at that and he drives off without another word.

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Here it is!! Chapter 2 😘

The plots picking up from here and I've introduced one new character, our lovable Min Yoongi!

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