two weeks later.

it was after school and taehyung and jeongguk were in the library having a tutoring session.

taehyung groaned, "bored."

"cmon taehyungie~ just one last paragraph and then we're done!" jeongguk whined.

taehyung sat up properly once more and looked at the book before sighing and beginning to read aloud.

"the next day, all the... people in the town made a... cr-crowd outside the town hall. they gave minny the...
ele- ele..." taehyung read slowly, getting stuck.

"elephant." jeongguk helped.

"...the elephant a sp-special medal. billy rode around the... square on minny’s back, waving and... sm-smiling at all the people. they went slowly back to the circus to... rejoin the other el-elephants. minny was so happy that she never
wanted to... escape from the circus again." taehyung slowly but surely finished the final paragraph.

now, you're probably wondering what the fuck taehyung was reading.

well, jeongguk had read somewhere online that reading short stories help a lot with people who want to learn english.

so he had spent the last two hours reading the same children's short story with taehyung and explaining the words he didn't know.

considering the fact that it was supposed to be a "short" story, it sure as hell took a long ass time.

however, jeongguk was now fully determined to help taehyung despite regretting it at first.

"yay! all done, you did it!" jeongguk cheered, happy that he didn't have to listen to it anymore.

"enfin." taehyung moaned out, stretching his body in the chair.

[trans: finally.]

"hey, taehyungie?"

"yes, doll?"

"since i've been teaching you english for the past two weeks... could you teach me some french?" jeongguk asked, hoping the other boy understood and he was confident he would.

"hmmm, okay doll." taehyung smiled.

jeongguk smiled back at him and adjusted his sitting position so he was facing more towards taehyung.

"okay, say: je."

"je~" jeongguk repeated.

"suis." taehyung continued.

"suis..." jeongguk copied.

"beau." taehyung finished.

"beau~" jeongguk imitated, "je suis beau. what does that mean?"

"you just called yourself beutiful. you're welcome." taehyung grinned.

jeongguk blushed, "taehyung! be serious, i wanna learn~"

"yes, you need to learn that you are beautiful, doll." taehyung said, almost perfectly.

taehyung was getting too good at english for jeongguk's liking. it seemed the more his english skills increased, so did his flirting.

jeongguk became flustered and tried to change the subject, "cmon! teach me something else."

"okay okay. say: j'aime taehyungie." the older boy instructed.

"j'aime taehyungie. oh god, what does that mean?" jeongguk asked, already knowing it was something flirty since it involved the other boy's name.

"i love taehyungie." taehyung snickered.

jeongguk face palmed, "oh my- ugh."

"okay okay, now say: bébé plus dur." taehyung said, instructing him to say it in a whiny sort of tone, almost like a moaning sound.

"bébé plus dur? taehyung, what does that mean?" jeongguk asked, almost scared to know the answer.

"it means: harder, baby. and you just moaned it." taehyung laughed.

wow, being bilingual is fun. i need to keep with this tutoring. maybe i can get jeongguk to say more random sexy shit without knowing. taehyung thought.

jeongguk stood up and his mouth was wide open in shock, "oh my god, i hate you! why would you make me say that?! you're so dirty-minded, what is wrong with you?!"

his innocent ass couldn't take this.

taehyung could barely hear jeongguk's complaints over his own laughter.

"only jokes, doll." he said, finally starting to calm down from his hysterics.

"hmph, i'm never saying any french words that you give me ever again." jeongguk huffed, embarrassed, as he crossed his arms.

"awhhh, doll. i'm sorry~" taehyung said.

"hmph."

"cmon, no more joke now. say: je te pardonne taehyungie."

"je te pardonne taehyungie." jeongguk muttered.

"that is: i forgive you, taehyungie." taehyung revealed, poking the smaller boy's cheek causing the, previously grumpy, boy to smile adorably.

they looked into eachother's eyes and almost got lost in them until the old librarian lady called out to them.

"you two! the school is closing now!" she yelled out.

"o-oh! thank you miss! cmon taetae, let's go now." jeongguk said, picking up his things and rushing out of the library with taehyung, their arms linked together.

the old woman smiled and shook her head fondly at the two boys who she'd been seeing together a lot lately and began to pack up her own things.

meanwhile, taehyung and jeongguk were walking out of the school gate together.

they walked in the same direction so taehyung insisted that he'd walk the younger boy home.

they were simply walking in silence, taehyung pointing out random things and asking what they were called here and there, with their arms still linked together.

it was peaceful and it made jeongguk feel comforted.

taehyung's whole aura had such a safe and homey atmosphere to jeongguk.

he was such a welcoming person and it showed in everything he did. and even in a whole new country where he could barely communicate with people, he was still such a social butterfly and not even afraid to stand up for himself either.

jeongguk really admired taehyung in more ways than one.

suddenly, his thoughts came to a halt when he realised that they had stopped on his doorstep.

"thank you for walking with me, taehyungie." jeongguk said, finally releasing his arm from the other boy's.

"you're welcome, doll. tomorrow i will see you?" taehyung said.

"yep. see you tomorrow." jeongguk smiled, about to open the door but was stopped by taehyung who put his right hand on his waist gently and turned him back around to face him.

jeongguk, flustered by taehyung's hand on his waist, asked,"w-what is it tae?"

taehyung simply kissed jeongguk on the forehead before turning to leave, waving once more before he was completely out of sight.

jeongguk stood at his front door in shock.

he kissed me.

well, not on the lips but still!

it was a real kiss!

not just a fake kiss on the side of my face! no, it was actually a proper kiss!

he smooched my forehead!

he squished his lips on my forehead!

jeongguk's cheeks got so red that they looked like they were glowing and he squealed, jumping up and down, before opening the door and running straight up to his bedroom.

"i'm home!" he yelled, shutting his door and then dancing around, screaming into his pillow.

he knew he was overreacting but he didn't care.

jeongguk knew that he had a crush on taehyung so no matter how innocent it was to most teens his age, it was a big deal to him since he'd only ever had one boyfriend before that and he never went past kissing with him.

he touched his forehead exactly where taehyung kissed it and giggled like a little kid.

he sighed dreamily before allowing himself to fall back onto his bed and stare at the ceiling.

jeongguk pulled out his phone and texted jimin.

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kookoo💌:
jimin-ssiiiiiii

sent 18:16
read 18:21

jiminie🧚‍♀️:
yes babe? 💞

sent 18:21
read 18:22

kookoo💌:
you wanna have a sleeeeeeepover??

sent 18:22
read 18:22

jiminie🧚‍♀️:
of course baby, i'll come over. did you ask your mum??? 🥺

sent 18:23
read 18:24

kookoo💌:
not yet but she always says yes if it's you or seokjinnie x

sent 18:24
read 18:25

jiminie🧚‍♀️:
okay kooks, i'll be there in 20 xxxxxx

sent 18:26
read 18:26

kookoo💌:
yayyy okay, see ya

sent 18:27
read 18:28

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jeongguk smiled and got up, opening his door and shouting down the stairs, "mum?!"

"yes, baby?" she yelled back, coming to the bottom of the stairs to see her son standing at the top.

"can jimin come over? i already texted him." he asked.

"of course, my baby. just for dinner or to sleep over?" she agreed.

"sleep over." jeongguk informed, sitting on the banister.

"well, that's fine by me ggukie. you make sure your room is all ready and i'll get back to dinner." she smiled.

"okay mum." jeongguk said, bouncing off of the banister and going to walk back into his room before his mother called him once again.

"oh and ggukie?!"

"yeah mum?"

"don't sit on that banister again, okay? it's very dangerous, honey. don't want my baby getting hurt, now do we?" she said sternly before walking back to the kitchen.

jeongguk rolled his eyes slightly and muttered under his breath before walking back into his room.

~an hour later~

jimin had arrived a while ago and had dinner with the jeon family.

having family dinners while one of his friends were there was probably one of the only things jeongguk hated about having a sleepover.

unfortunately, he was forbidden by his mother to have sleepovers at other people's houses. he either invited them here or the sleepover didn't happen at all. not to mention that jimin and seokjin were the only two friends he ever really got to have any slumber parties with anyway.

the reason he wished the "here or not at all" rule didn't exist were because of his mother asking questions like these at dinner...

"so, has my baby been behaving at school?"

"what are his geography grades like?"

"he doesn't have a boyfriend, does he?"

"be a dear and keep watching out for him, would you? i know you always do."

"make sure he stays focused, okay?"

god, he loved his mother but sometimes she really could be rather...

insufferable? yeah, that's it.

now, the two boys were in jeongguk's room, sitting on his floor, gossiping as they usually did.

"and so i told her: yes seulgi, kissing another girl multiple times and enjoying it when you don't feel attracted to guys makes you a lesbian. and then she was like: are you sure?! and i was like: bitch, yes wtf! just go tell irene that you're gay for her!" jimin explained the conversation he had with his classmate seulgi in second period to jeongguk who was barely listening.

he was too busy thinking about a certain boy with a french accent.

"ggukie? gguk? are you paying attention?" jimin asked, waving his hand in the other boy's face.

"huh? oh, yeah, i am. go on." jeongguk assured.

jimin sat up properly and sighed, "okay, what's on your mind?"

"nothing! i'm fine!"

"jeongguk~ tell me, i'm your bestfriend!" jimin whined.

"well... if you must know... i think i have a crush." jeongguk admitted, giggling.

"ooo~ you think? or you know?" jimin questioned, now interested.

"hmmm, i know." jeongguk chuckled.

"well, cmon! who's the lucky fella?" jimin pushed.

"taehyung..." jeongguk mumbled.

"who?"

"taehyung!" jeongguk said, louder this time.

"wait... really?!" jimin shouted, shocked.

"yes, really! i thought it was kinda obvious!" jeongguk groaned.

"well yeah but he makes it more obvious that he's into you than vice versa. you just kinda sit there and blush while he practically begs to get into your pants." jimin rolled his eyes.

"what's that supposed to mean?" jeongguk questioned.

"well, all i'm saying is that you haven't known him for that long. he could be a hoe, for all you know. or just trying to use you. so just be careful with him." jimin warned, sipping his soda.

"i'm pretty sure taehyungie isn't like that... or like him..." jeongguk muttered, fiddling with his fingers.

"i never said he was, just that he could be. just don't trust people so easily, that's all." jimin pointed out.

"okay jimin-ssi." jeongguk confirmed.

"what made you think you have a crush on him anyway?" jimin asked.

"well, he's really sweet to me. he's so kind but then also cutely annoying. i really like being around him. and i admire his personality so much. he seems so fearless. always outgoing and always smiling even if he's bored or tired. he's so confident in himself and he loves to rub it off on others too. always telling me to be positive. always telling me i'm beautiful or pretty or cute even if we were never even talking about that to begin with. he gives me cute nicknames like doll. and he always finds an excuse to be goofy, no matter what. plus, his constant flirting doesn't exactly stop me from falling for him either. not to mention, he's well- he's hot as heck. obviously." jeongguk rambled, getting lost in his own thoughts about the boy.

it was then that jimin realised that jeongguk really meant it when he said he knew he had a crush on taehyung.

just by the way he rambled on about him made his attraction to him as clear as day.

however, jimin was still iffy about taehyung.

jimin had always protected jeongguk and looked out for him. all the way back to when they were toddlers back in korea. and the last time jeongguk was in a relationship, it messed him up big time.

so jimin wasn't about to let some random exchange student from france swoop in and lure jeongguk into another trap just to leave him high and dry with even more heartbreak.

jeongguk was a little brother to him and he never wanted to see him like that again.

ever.

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•2224 words
•not edited or proof-read
•okay this chapter was kinda cute. really badly written but kinda cute.
•as i am writing this, it is 2:06am :)
•i need sleep omg i am so bad at sleep schedules. last night i went to bed at 8 and now i'm going to bed at 2 :|
•i hope you had a lovely day/night today! ♡
•stay safe you snail
•i lub u <333

peace out xoxo,

nixy.