Its been about a week since Taehyung had confessed to Jungkook and they seemed to mutually be in that awkward together/not together phase in their...friendship?

Taehyung had always been a bit touchy at unnecessary times but now he wasn't very subtle about keeping his hand around Jungkook's waist or playing with his hair and holding his hand.

Jungkook tried to make sure that they kept some boundaries between them, especially in front of Jin, but it was hard when Taehyung was so shameless.

It was even harder because he didn't actually mind the unnecessary skinships, he kind of enjoyed it.

Like now, Jungkook was in the storage room when Taehyung came and sat down next to him on the ground, playing with his earrings.

    "Taehyung." Jin says rushing into the room.

Taehyung drops his hand and turns to the older. "What?"

    "You need to come with me. Right now." Jin says, his tone and expression making Taehyung stand without question.

    "What's wrong, hyung?" Jungkook asks, pushing himself up as well.

    "Stay here, Jungkook." Jin says pulling Taehyung out of the room by the arm.

    "What the fuck, Jin?" The model complains, snatching his arm away as the older presses the button to the elevator.

    "What did you do to Hoseok?" The older asks turning to Taehyung and crossing his arms.

    "What?" Taehyung asks, his heart dropping at the mention of the other.

Jin sighs as the elevator opens and they step on.

    "Why are you asking, hyung? What happen?" Taehyung asks, only to get no response.

Jin stays silent until they are walking into his office.

    "Did you guys fight?" He asks walking around his desk.

    "Why are you asking?" Taehyung asks sitting in the chair in front of his desk.

     "Look." Jin says handing Taehyung his tablet. "This was released this morning."

Taehyung's eyes widen when he sees the tabloid cover.

Glimmer Magazine

Former stylist of Kim Taehyung opens up about his toxic relationship with his ex-boyfriend and former boss.

    "What happened, Taehyung?" Jin asks. "Why would he do this all of a sudden?"

Taehyung shakes his head as he scrolls through the tabloid.

We asked the former stylist about how the relationship between him and Kim came to be.

  "We were really young when we met initially" he says "he [Kim] wasn't modeling then and we were friends for a while. But when he did start modeling he hired me as his stylist and things just went on from there."

We also asked him when things shifted for the happy couple.

    "Well, things were good up until he got signed to his first major company." He says. "That's when his attitude started to change mostly. We both changed I think, especially with the stress of being in this industry. But that's also when he started drinking so it's understandable."

Taehyung sighs, his eyes falling shut in annoyance. "He's lying."

    "What did you do?" Jin asks, his tone making Taehyung even more upset.

    "What do you mean what did I do? Is this my fault?" He asks standing. "I didn't fucking do anything but what was right."

    "And what was that? You know Hoseok, you know how he is~"

    "Hyung, why are you acting like this is my fault?" Taehyung asks, his tone sounding more hurt than it did angry.

    "Tae..." Jin sighs, sinking down into his seat. "I'm not blaming you. I'm not. I just...if this gets out to a bigger magazine there's nothing we can do about it. If there's something you can do to fix it then you need to do it as soon as possible."

Taehyung continues to scroll through the tabloid, mentions of his alcoholism coming up in places it shouldn't.

Hoseok even goes as far as to say that he became violent when he recommended rehab to the young model.

    "What should I do?" Taehyung asks looking at the older. "What am I supposed to do?"

Taehyung's voice sends a chill down Jin's spine.

It reminded him of the way things used to be when Taehyung was sick and Hoseok would manipulate him into doing whatever he wanted him to.

Taehyung was so broken and scared, he was so fragile then.

    "I don't know what to do." The pinkette says sinking down into the chair, his voice completely stripped of anything but dread. "What am I supposed t-to do?"

Taehyung looks down at the tabloid, his throat constricting in fear and panic.

His stomach drops when he scrolls towards the end of the tabloid and sees that Jungkook is mentioned.

Jung also revealed that Kim has continued to a manipulate and control his staff.

    "I worked with him [Kim] recently on a project and it made me really uncomfortable to see that he was continuing with his old ways..." he says. "Not only was he still drinking, he was rather...comfortable with his current stylist Jeon Jungkook. It made me really uncomfortable."

He [Jung] claims that the two were extremely close, too close for just an average workplace relationship.

    "It worries me seeing him like that still. I thought he'd change after everything that went on a couple years ago." He says.

Taehyung shakes his head, his breath hitching in his throat as he tries to calm himself.

    "Hyung." He says, his voice cracking as he looks up at the older.

    "Taehyung." Jin says standing and walking around his desk, taking the tablet from the pinkette. "What happened?"

    "I just asked him to leave me alone." Taehyung says, tears forming in his eyes. "H-He kept bothering me, I swear. He k-kept texting my phone and the whole thing with Yoongi. The whole time he kept bothering me. I didn't do anything, I just let him. But I asked him to stop."

Jin sighs, he didn't know what to do either. "Why didn't you say anything then? We could have called the whole thing off and told Yoongi you couldn't participate anymore."

Taehyung covers his face with his hand. "I couldn't. I couldn't say anything."

    "Look at me, Tae." Jin says, making sure his voice is strong and steady, hopefully reassuring the younger. "He can't control you anymore. You won't let him either, okay?"

Taehyung nods but it isn't convincing as he drops his gaze. "He's gonna get me fired."

    "Is there anything you can do to try and get him to make Glimmer take the article down?" Jin asks, his uncertainty showing.

    "I don't know." Taehyung admits, standing up. "I'm not sure."

    "Everything is going to be okay." Jin tries to reassure him.

    "Then he went and mentioned Jungkook." Taehyung frets. "Damnit."

Jin sighs, he was trying not to panic for Taehyung's sake. "We'll figure it out."

    "I have to go and try to talk to him." Taehyung says. "I don't know what else I can do."

    "Are you sure? Do you want me to go with you?" Jin asks.

    "No. Stay here with Jungkook. And please don't tell him what's going on." Taehyung says pulling his keys out of his pocket. "Can you take him back to my place when you leave?"

    "Of course." Jin says. "Are you sure though, Tae?"

    "I'll call you after I talk to him. I'll be fine." The pinkette says. "And like you said, he can't control me anymore, right?"

Jin smiles sadly. "You're so much stronger than you were then, Tae."

Taehyung nods. "I'll call you."

Jin nods before watching him leave the office, hoping that everything went well for him.

Hoseok was such a manipulative piece shit, Jin knew that.

He knew that, just like he did last time, Hoseok did this to get something he wanted.

And that something was still Taehyung.

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