"Maybe I stand a chance after all?"
Jimin and J-hope had gone and fetched Taehyung while Jin went to prepare the tools to give Taehyung a total makeover. 'I gotta help him show that girl what she's missing out on.' Jin thought, as he ran a hand through his hair, fully determined.
"Hyung! Why'd you guys drag me here?" The latter complained, sad that he had been pulled away during his moment of mourning for the unrequited love he had for Nicole. "To give you a makeover!!" Jin exclaimed, nearly bursting at the seams in happiness. "No, no, no makeovers at all. The last time I agreed to it, I ended up looking like a carrot with blonde hair!" He whined as Jin pouted and tugged at his arm. "Tae, come on~!!" They all chimed as he cringed and reluctantly nodded.
"You won't regret it!" Jin cheered as he rushed to apply some hair products on Taehyung's hair. "This is an herbal hair masks to rejuvenate your hair and lock in moisture. We're going to keep this on for an hour as I do your skin." Jin instructed while needlessly showing examples on his own skin as Taehyung sighed and hummed in agreement. He flinched in shock when he felt Jin applying a cold and watery substance on his face while Jin attempted to stifle his laughter. "Did I scare you? Hahaha!!" Jin cracked into laughter as the others joined in and patted Taehyung's back.
"Okay this is a mask to help with acne scarring, moisture, and with breakouts. We'll keep this on for half an hour. " Jin recited as Taehyung chuckled, sensing his guard is still up, Jin motioned for the others to massage Taehyung. In hopes of relaxing his muscles and his mind.
"Yah, do you really really like her? You're usually never this nervous. Not even when you liked Tae Hee, Shi Jin, or even Hye Soung!" Jimin questioned, genuinely curious and thoughtfully. 'How could he win her over? He's nice, looks alright, and he's smart. So what's the problem?' Jimin racked his brain on how to help his dear friend.
Taehyung was soon lost in thought of Nicole and what he was doing. 'Would she like it? Would it make me stand out in her eyes? Would she love me?' The thought of losing her scared him but what's worse is that, he also feels that it's expected she would brush him off. She's such a popular girl, why would she want anything to do with him?
Jin smiled to himself and began massaging Taehyung's scalp. "Don't overthink about what the future might possibly hold. If it's meant to be, then she will eventually come to you. But if she doesn't, then she's a fool." Jin said with a smirk as Taehyung chuckled. "It's just sometimes my feelings for her overwhelm, even me. I still remember how I came across her in the first place."
~Flashback~
I was rushing down the street to get to school, so I wouldn't be late when a figure crashed into me. My books and that person's books were knocked onto the ground. Anger was the first reaction that sparked in me for my fear of being late to class.
However as my eyes came to met with hers, it was like time stopped. At that very moment, I was wholeheartedly ready to bear the consequences of being late to class if I got to spend just a little more time with her. She quickly scrambled up her books with her slender hands as she mumbled an apology.
I stood there dumbly and slightly disappointed for I just wasn't ready to let go of the beautiful girl in front of me. 'Aish, I didn't even get to talk to her.'
I thought however as soon as I got to class and sat in my seat, approximately 10 minutes after the bell rung. The very same girl that I bumped into in the streets was in the same class and was assigned to be my partner. Words can't describe how ecstatic I felt, must be what winning the lottery feels like.
~Flashback Ended~
At that moment, Gabbi and Hildy decided to run out to the corner store for some more snacks when a familiar figure bumped into them. "Ow.." Gabbi mumbled as she rubbed the sore spot on shoulder while looking up at the offender. "Jungkook?" As though Gabbi mentioned his name, he looked up with a flirty smile. "Hey Gabbi!" He greeted cheerfully while quickly pulling her into a hug.
At the sound of their old friend's voice, Hildy ran up to Gabbi and Jungkook. Her jaw dropped as Jungkook appeared before her eyes, her old crush had came back. "Jungkook?" She mumbled, still in shocked that he was present in front of her. "Yah, shouldn't you call me Oppa?" He chided gently with a tender smile that he reserved for her whenever he needed to get his way with her.
Just as always, her heart skipped a beat when she walked into his open arms and gasped inaudibly when he squeezed her tightly for just a mere second. What she didn't know was how he smirked at her figure unconsciously snuggling against him. 'She's still as weak as ever.' The girls smiled from ear to ear which only made Jungkook even more excited, things were going exactly according to his plan.
"So what are you doing around here? I thought you moved away." Gabbi asked, still a little bitter at how he had just up and left the group, not even bothering with the simple courtesy of a goodbye. "I've moved back here for good." Jungkook announced as Gabbi and Hildy's eyes lit up. Their old friend was finally back.
"So where's Nicole?" He asked, trying his best to make things subtle and casual. "Oh she's at home, moping over Taehyung. We told her to just approach him normally, but she's too shy to do so." Hildy explained as Jungkook frowned. Not liking the idea of another guy's presence ruin his plan, his carefully sculpted and organized plan. "Oh I see, okay I'll see you guys at school then." Jungkook greeted before running off. "Wait, you've already applied at BTS High?" "Yeah!"
The makeover for Kim Taehyung was finally finished as he was blindfolded while they guided him to the full-body mirror. "Whoa." Taehyung breathed out, as the others chuckled. "Do you like it?" Jin asked with a bright, warm smile as Taehyung nodded eagerly with a grateful. "Thank you so much, Jin hyung. Maybe, I do stand a chance after all." J-hope ran to grab Taehyung's phone and carefully stood at an angle that would make Taehyung look his best.
"You two follow each other on social media, right?" Taehyung nodded, silently as he's still in shock over how different he looks. Taehyung turned his head at the snap sound of a camera as J-hope smirked. "I posted your pic on IG. She'll be surprised to see your good-looking self!" He beamed brightly as Taehyung smiled shyly and grabbed his phone from J-hope's hands. "Aish, hyung! What are you doing?"
He whined as he chased J-hope around while the others are busy laughing their head off. "Yah, Hobi that's what you get for messing with our 4D brother!" Jin and Jimin chimed while they cleaned up the mess that the two man-child created.
Nicole was lounging around in bed, scrolling through IG as she came across Taehyung's new picture. "Whoa, he's so handsome." She breathed out, finding herself swooning over him as she stared at the pic.
"If only I had the courage to actually have conversations with him, instead of being so shy and answering in short replies." She chided herself before she sighed and slammed her phone face down onto her bed.
"Yah! Nicole, come out. We saw someone today!" Gabbi yelled out while pulling Nicole out of bed and into the living room. "Who did you see?" She asked listlessly as Gabbi patted her shoulder before answering her. "We saw Jungkook today!!" Gabbi and Hildy chimed as Nicole finally smiled. It would've been nice to see their old friend again.
"How does he look like now?" She asked with a smile as Hildy beamed excitedly. "He's gotten so handsome than compared to when we were kids." Nicole smirked and lightly pushed at Hildy's arm. "You still fell head over heels for him anyways." Gabbi teased as they laughed heartily.
"Ah I want to see him~!!" Nicole whined as Hildy smiled and broke the news to her. "No way! He's going to BTS High?? So we'll see him tomorrow then." Nicole beamed with excitement as they rushed off to bed, despite their exhaustion the thought of going to school the next day suddenly felt so exciting and nice.
The very next morning, Jimin and Namjoon dragged Taehyung out of bed as the latter groaned sleepily. Namjoon had came home, late in the night to find Jin washing up the dishes and tell him about how they gave Taehyung a makeover. He was shocked to say at the least, but a good way. "Yah, he allowed you guys to do that to his hair?" Namjoon whispered amidst his giggles as Jin laughed heartily while biting his lip to muffle it. "Yeah, he wasn't exactly happy with it until he saw the finished product of the makeover."
Nicole skipped to the school building with Gabbi and Hildy in tow as they giggled. Jungkook had already spotted the trio from afar, waited for the perfect moment to approach them. 'God, I missed her. I can't believe I left her behind to chase some pointless dream that I failed to even make come true.' He thought wistfully as he approached them, determined to make her come back into to his arms.
"Hey guys!" Nicole's head turned to the ever so familiar tender voice that would always whisper sweet nothings in her ear, her eyes widened but her heart fell, at his presence. "Hey." She breathed out, maybe she wasn't ready to see him again. 'Yeah, I thought too simply of it. I'm not ready to see him again.' She thought, in panic as Gabbi and Hildy looked at her quizzically. That was one thing she hid from her two best friends. She couldn't bear to let Hildy know that she was in a way seeing Jungkook.
She felt so guilty and had tried to break it off with him despite her heart protesting against it, Jungkook was also against it. Against leaving the girl he loves or letting her leave him simply because her friend also liked him. "I can't lose you." He'd whispered in her that night when she wanted to end things. What do you know, he eventually left her to pursue his singing dreams. Even now, she still can't understand why they couldn't stay together, even though he was going to be famous.
Jungkook smirked and occasionally brushed his hand against Hildy's before looping his pinky around hers. How easily she blushed from his simple actions amused him and it led him to use her to make Nicole jealous. 'I'm going to be with her like you wanted, are you happy?' Hildy was completely unaware and unable to think because of how close Jungkook was getting towards her, she couldn't imagine how her poor heart would fare if he were to kiss her.
They got to class while Jungkook followed her, right on her heels as she struggled to steady her breathing. Being that close to him was intoxicating yet tranquilizing as she settled into her seat. Taehyung's face fell as he sat down next to Nicole, disappointed to see another guy with her and how friendly they're seeming to be with each other.
"Oh hey Taehyung, I really like your new look." She mumbled shyly with a smile, hoping that he would initiate a conversation with her to save her the wait and fear of coming off as desperate. "Really? Thanks." He said quietly with a bright smile as he gently patted her hand. Jungkook clenched his fists under the table at the sight of their hands touching.
'Great, now I even have to fight with him over her, as if trying to win her back isn't already hard enough.'
As soon as the bell rang, Jungkook slid an arm around Nicole's waist as they walked out, he pulled her nice and close to him as she blushed. "Are you uncomfortable with being in my arms now?" He whispered as his breath fanned her cheek while he rested his chin on her shoulder. He forced his voice to sound hurt and husky as she shuddered and vehemently shook her head. "No, it's fine. I'm just tired."
Taehyung certainly didn't miss the glint of mischief in Jungkook's eyes as the latter turned his head back to shoot Taehyung a triumphant wink, while walking away with Nicole in his arms. "Maybe, I don't stand a chance with her."
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