Both were lost in each other's presence and could care less about trying to keep denying their attraction to one another, if only momentarily.

Tae felt his head spin and a ringing in his ears, probably from the lack of oxygen at this point but he ignored it and deepened his kiss.

A couple moments later, the ringing intensifies and he growls in annoyance. Kook pulls himself away with a dazed look, panting slightly and nudges towards Tae's pocket, where they both finally noticed that the phone was going off.

Tae scowls in disdain but answers the call regardless. "What?" he says bluntly, without checking the caller ID and he hears a chuckle on the other end.

"What's got your knickers in a twist Tae?" a cheeky voice asks teasingly and Tae sighs. "What do you want Chim?" Tae asks once more, relaxing slightly when he realized it was only his best friend/business partner.

"Well, I decided to drop by your place for a couple of drinks but Yoongi's being an ass and won't let me in. Buzz me in will you? It's not like you're busy anyways" Chim says with a pout and Tae chuckles lightly. "I actually have a..." Tae starts but hesitates slightly, not knowing what Jungkook was to him anymore. A friend? Lover? Friend with benefits? "...guest over right now Chim" he says while giving Kook a painstakingly long once over as he bit his lips sensually, making Kook cough embarrassedly.

Chim perks up curiously at that. "You? A guest? Yeah, nice one Tae. Who is it? You haven't had anyone over ever since-" he says skeptically but Tae cuts him off quickly. "This is different Chim it's the one I told you about. He's different" he finishes seriously and Kook looks away pretending like Tae's words didn't make his traitorous heart beat a little bit faster than usual.

Chim whistles coyly on the other end. "He? Oh this is good. You definitely have to let me in now. This is the kid you've been crying non stop about like a little bi-?" Tae growls dangerously at that.

"Okay, okay. It's definitely him. You can't not let me in now, I have to meet him so let me in goddamm-" but before he could finish his sentence,Tae hangs up on him. Shaking his head irritatedly he turns to a Jungkook who's attention was elsewhere, as he nodded his head appreciatively, impressed by the paintings on the wall.

"Nice painting of the Primavera" Kook speaks up distractedly when he realized that Tae's conversation was over as he leaned over to study each detail of the artworks carefully. If there was one thing he could appreciate, it was the effort people put into creating something beautifully tragic; art.

"Mm it better be. That's Botticelli's actual work" Tae responds and walks off casually towards the entrance to let his idiot of a friend in; as if owning the real print of the Prima-freaking-vera was nothing special. Kook freezes, looking back and forth between the painting and the now departing Tae, in disbelief.

Tae walks a couple more meters before he realized that Kook was still hanging back, stuck in his stupor. Sending Kook an impatient look he mutters "Are you coming or not? There's someone we need to babysit for a bit. We'll have to talk about 'us' later." making Jungkook snap out of his daze and catch up to him quickly, sending one last look of longing at the work he noted he would come back to study about in detail another day.

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Tae opens the oak doors lazily, and Chim barges in with fake tears. "It's about time, you selfish bastard. I've been waiting for over 7 minutes already. 7 minutes I could have spent doing something more productive like making fun of your tiny pen-" he's cut off when Tae elbows him hardly in the ribs, making Chim wheeze painfully. "PENSION, I was going to say pension you dick" he mutters unconvincingly.

Kook watches the two interact, noting that the man who just walked in was also quite attractive, carrying an air of importance around him. He recognized the expensive slacks and silk button up that he was wearing, along with an Audemars Piguet watch that would have attracted anyone's attention. Tae and him continued to argue playfully so Kook studies his features some more.

The man had dyed ginger blonde hair and fair skin, similar to the other guy -Yoonji? Yoongi- If he recalled correctly. His eyes creased happily every time he laughed at Tae and his teeth were perfectly white and straight. There seemed to be nothing about him that was out of place. To make matters worse, he also seemed to know Tae extremely well, if the playful punches were of any indication and he noted that Tae also relaxed significantly more around him. For some reason unknown to Kook, he felt uncomfortable with that revelation.

"Leave it to Tae to know not one, but two gorgeous men...there can't possibly be others right?" he thinks in horror, not knowing if he could handle being around too many charismatic people.

Chim perks up when he notices the man spacing out in front of him and turns to Tae while waggling his brows. He grins knowingly while mouthing "he's fucking hot" as he fans himself dramatically. Tae rolls his eyes and shoves him before introducing the two to each other.

"Kook this is the dumbass. Dumbass, this is Kook" he says gesturing his arms between the two. Chim rolls his eyes and steps forward.

"Don't mind the buzzkill over here. I'm Park Jimin, it's nice to finally meet the man Tae has been bitching about these days" he says with a charming smirk and extends his hand. Tae groans and collapses on the loft chair with a loud thud. "Screw you Chim" he mumbles. Kook finally breaks out into a laugh, smiling widely and Chims eyes widen.

"Daaaaamn. You're cute" He says bluntly, making Kook drop his smile in surprise.

"Shut up Chim! You don't swing that way" Tae says jokingly, knowing that Chim definitely wasn't a threat.

He grins mischievously. "I don't know Tae... I think I'm considering otherwise now" he whispered conspiringly as he played with the fabric of Kooks shirt flirtatiously.

Flustered at the sudden attention, Kook nervously coughs, making Tae finally glance up irritably with a scowl etched on his face "Chim I swear to God if you-" Chim grabs Kooks hands and runs towards the door, cutting him off. "I'm borrowing him for a bit! I'm sure you have other things to do right now. 잘가~ (See ya~)" he shouts loudly before slamming the door behind him and dragging a flabbergasted Kook to the car that Yoongi was leaning on.

"Chim... are you kidnapping the kid?..." Yoongi asks skeptically. "It's not kidnapping if he comes along willingly right Kook?" Chim responds lightly, subtly winking at the gaping Kook. "I- uh.. Wait no-" he stutters and Chim claps cheerfully "See! He's totally into this".

Yoongi scoffs when he sees the incredulous look on Kooks face. "Yeah...He's as 'willing' to go with you as much as I'm 'willing' to get out of bed every morning. Which means he isn't." Yoongi says monotonously.

Chim huffs and crosses his arms childishly. "Whatever. Are you going to help me or not?" he asks.

"Me? Do such a scandalous act of treason to our lovable Taehyungie and possibly have him murder us in anger?" he says with a gasp but then continues.

"...of course I fucking will" he ends with a feral grin. Chim gives him a high five. "Okay good. Hurry up, Tae will come out any second now!"

And just like he said, the front door slams open "PARK JIMIN DON'T YOU DARE TAKE ANOTHER STEP!" Tae screams.

He sees Yoongi smirk at his reaction and the gears shift in his head. "MIN YOONGI, YOU TOO! IF YOU HELP HIM I SWEAR ON JIN HYUNG'S LOVE FOR FOOD THAT I'LL SERIOUSLY FIRE YOU" and Yoongi laughs "Yeah alright Tae. This will make this the 23rd time you've fired me in the last month already?" he responds jokingly and jumps into the front seat, starting the car.

Chim shoves Kook in the front seat and gets inside the back, sticking his tongue out at a fuming Taehyung. "We'll bring baby Kook back before his curfew! Ciao" he shouts with a wave and Yoongi drives off.

Kook wasn't able to see Tae's reaction and he was almost glad he missed it, knowing that it probably wasn't a pretty sight. He'd probably be giving everyone shit about it later when they returned.

He fights back a smile that pushes onto his face, not used to the playful and friendly vibe he was getting from everyone.

"You guys really are idiots..." Kook mumbles good heartedly, shifting his gaze out the window with a slight tilt of his lips upwards.

The two men grin but say nothing.

"Where to next?" Yoongi asks after a moment.

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Hey loves!! I've finally updated!!

I'm sorry for the wait 😭😭😭

I'm trying my best to keep things going though so I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the introduction of our lovable Mochi.