Jungkook's racing heartbeat was interrupted by the loud sound of the door rattling open behind him.

"Namjoon-hyung, sorry i took so long i couldn't find the shade of pink you asked me to g-" Taehyung's deep and monotone voice rung through the room, making Jungkook spin around quickly to catch his surprised eyes, his grip on all the art supplies loosening slightly.

Taehyung seemed to speechless, his mouth opening to take a breath and then closing without uttering a word. Jungkook was looking at him, relieved, his shoulders slumping lightly and the softest of smiles pulling at the corner of his lips.

"Tae." he let out a breath. "Can we talk?"

The aforementioned didn't budge, eyes darting to Namjoon who was behind Jungkook, still in front of his canvas, looking between the two with curious and amused eyes.

"I-i" Taehyung hesitated, before looking back at Jungkook's pleading eyes.

He sighed, knowing very well there was nothing he could do against those puppy eyes.

Taking the time to place the art supplies he had brought on the small station next to Namjoon, he excused himself to his friend, saying he would be back shortly, before following Jungkook outside the class.

The two walked into the empty halls, Jungkook playing with his hands nervously as they walked towards the vending machines near the stairs that led to the floor below.

"Taehyung i'm sorry if i freaked you out." Jungkook said, looking down at his indoor shoes as they kept walking. "I just, i just wanted you to know.. em.." He stammered, Jungkook wanted to get this off his chest when they weren't yelling out at each other, he stopped walking, taking a deep breath and looking at Taehyung, who had stopped a few steps ahead of him.

"I like you, Taehyung." He said, voice soft, almost to a whisper.

Taehyung's eyes widened, despite it being the second time he heard the confession. he still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that Jeon Jungkook who stood in front of him, the captain of the football team, one of the most popular and well liked student at school, liked him, the outcasted nerd no one wanted to associate with.

"I want us to be more than just..." he hesitated, looking down to his fidgety hands. "just... friends with benefits"

it felt weird, saying it out loud, especially in front of Taehyung, because they had never really put a tag on their relationship, they didn't care. They just fooled around carelessly. Jungkook wasn't even sure if they could call each other 'friends', but considering the fact they had known each other for nearly five months, giving them the time to slowly open up to each other between their sexual episodes, they were more than just "fuckbuddies".

"I'm sorry Jungkook. I- I don't want to be anything more." Taehyung said, eyes clouding with gloom, when he looked down.

The younger looked up, taking a step towards the other.

"Why? We clearly have something going on?" He said, on the contrary to the lass time, he wasn't yelling noor angry, but desperate and tired.

"Jungkook." Taehyung sighed, dark pupils still looking down, long lashes draping over his eyes. "I-i... i don't want to go out with you."

Yet another arrow through his heart, but he kept grabbing at the last piece of hope.

"Why won't you reject me huh? Why don't you say you don't like me?" He asked, finally closer to the other, enough to extend his hand and graze the other's cheek bone.

Taehyung's cloudy eyes met his, darting from one eye to the other nervously.

"Don't lie, Tae." Jungkook whispered. "I think you like me too." He added, Taehyung slowly taking steps back, but Jungkook wrapped an arm around his waist to gently prevent him from escaping.

"I think you're just afraid of the word 'relationship'. Why is that?"

Taehyung's eyes widened slightly, looking down from Jungkook's intense eyes that seemed to prevent him from thinking straight (literally). A few tears started to build up in his eyes, Jungkook panicking inwardly but keeping up his facade because Taehyung didn't seem to try getting away..

"I-" Taehyung started, but he was cut by a sharp breath, a tear rolling down his cheek. "I don't want us to end up like my parents."

Jungkook didn't speak, he was expecting it to have something to do with Taehyung's parents, but he gave him the chance to explain by staying silent, simply wiping to tear from his cheek, his hand then dropping to Taehyung's waist, lacing his fingers through the other that had been on his Taehyung's hip.

"I feel like if we start dating, we'll end up hurting each other." More tears built up in his eyes, starting to flow regularly down his face when he looked up to meet Jungkook's worried gaze. "And i don't want to be hurt anymore." He finally choked out between sobs.

Jungkook's heart was shattering in a million pieces seeing Taehyung cry for what he believed was the first time, seeing those dark eyes glazed over with tears just got to him way more than he would have expected.

Both of his hands traveled up Taehyung's shaky figure to then run through Taehyung's hair, brushing his long bangs out of his eyes and making him tilt his head slightly.

"Not all couples end up hitting each other Taehyung." He chuckled slightly. "Look at Hoseok and Jimin, they've been together for almost a year and they're some of the happiest people i know."

Taehyung nodded, rubbing at his eyes with the sleeve of his dress shirt.

"I'm scared." He whispered.

Jungkook sighed, looking at the older's body being rattled by sobs, before leaning closer and placing a soft kiss to his forehead.

"I know you are." He wrapped his arms closely around Taehyung's shoulder, bringing him in for a hug, one of his hands stroking his hair softly. "You just have to trust me."

Taehyung sniffled in his shoulder.

"I promise that i will do my best not to hurt you." He whispered, tilting his head to place a kiss just above Taehyung's ear, in his hair.

"What do you mean 'you'll do your best'?" Taehyung asked accusingly.

"Well what if i accidentally drop something on your foot! That would be hurting you physically and i would be breaking my promise!" Jungkook said, trying to lighten the mood.

It seemed to work, judging from the snort that came from Taehyung, whose face was still buried in the younger's shoulder.

"Well," He said, loosening his grip on Jungkook's shirt and leaning back to meet his eyes. "then i promise to do my best not to hurt you, too." he smiled softly.

Jungkook mirrored the smile, trying his best to just print the memory out in his head, he then brought his hand from Taehyung's head, down to between the two of them, holding out his pinky.

Taehyung chuckled, but held out his nonetheless, hooking their fingers together and sealing the promise.

They looked at each other for a few seconds, Taehyung's slightly red eyes looking at Jungkook's doe ones.

"Does that mean i can call you my boyfriend now?" Jungkook asked sheepishly, completely ruining the moment.

Taehyung rolled his eyes, a small shade of red coating his cheeks.

"Yes, it does."

Jungkook took a step back to do a mini happy dance, muttering a small "hell yeah." underneath his breath, though Taehyung still heard and it got him to chuckle slightly, making Jungkook look over to him not to miss a rare sight of his smile.

"Sorry for dirtying you shirt." Taehyung suddenly apologise, trying to wipe away the tears and snot that had smeared on the top of Jungkook's peck, right under his collar bones.

Jungkook wrapped an arm around his wrist gently, using his grip to pull Taehyung closer and wrap his other hand around the other's waist, placing Taehyung's hand on his shoulder once their bodies were flush against each other,  the elder then bringing his other hand on Jungkook's bicep.

"It's fine." He said softly, then bending down to catch Taehyung's lips in his own. "Hey can i brag about my beautiful boyfriend to my friends or does that make you uncomfortable?" He asked, taking the time to utter his words almost right against Taehyung's lips before kissing him again, not even giving him time to answer.

"I'm okay with your friends and your family knowing, i'll tell Namjoon too. I just don't want the whole school to know." He whispered, between kisses, then going back in for yet another kiss.

Jungkook's grip on the older's waist tightened slightly, biting at Jungkook's lip and making Taehyung's hand squeeze his bicep, his other hand going to the back of Jungkook's neck to bring him closer.

"wow! okay! you guys should definitely find some other place to make out." A voice rung out in the hallway, making both of them jump apart, Taehyung wiping his lips and looking down, facing now completely red. Jungkook simply licked his own, placing both his hands in the pockets of his slacks to look at the pair that had just turned around the corner.

"you're lucky it was us Kooks, otherwise you'd have become the hot new gossip of the entire school." Jimin added with a teasing smile, the two sweaty dancers finally reaching the flustered couple.

"Glad to see you sorted things out." Hoseok said as he looked at Jungkook, then leaning to the side to face and embarrassed Taehyung's. "You should have seen how gloomy he was, now he's just glowing."

Taehyung nodded shyly, looking over at Jungkook with sparkly eyes, heart warm at the thought of having some kind of effect on Jungkook.

The youngest smiled, reaching over to wrap an arm around Taehyung's shoulders.

"This is Taehyung, my boyfriend" he announced proudly, making his boyfriend's heart swell.

Both Hoseok and Jimin grinned, Taehyung's face still completely red.

"Nice to meet you." He mumbled.

"Aw Kooks! Good for you!" Jimin smiled, slapping Jungkook's shoulder. "We should invite everyone to go get some burgers and celebrate."

The youngest looked over at his boyfriend, not sure if he'd be okay with it, but he simply nodded, reassuring him that he'd be up for it.

"Sure, 7pm sound good?" he asked, both Hoseok and Jimin nodding with large smiled on their faces. "With all the six of us right?" the two nodded again.

"Well we were off to the vending machines." Jimin smiled.

"Us too, actually." Taehyung said, Jungkook nodding.

The small group of four made their way to the vending machines that were only a few turns away, Hoseok and Jimin cooeing at the sight of Jungkook's hand hesitantly wrapping around Taehyung's, only for the older too reach for his at the same time.

They truly were a cute couple.

A/N:

hey guys!

As promised here's the last chapter before my mini 2-week hiatus (if we can even call it that),

I made sure this was long and   without any cliffhanger or anything too frustrating, you're welcome :)

and with that, see you in two weeks!

Take good care of yourselves,

I'll miss you~