two weeks passed and jeongguk and jimin were walking to school together.

they were chatting about who knows what, as usual.

"so i told him that it's been like a whole year since he first had a crush on chanyeol and he obviously likes him back so he needs to just tell him! and then baekhyun was being all scared saying that channie might not like him, but seriously come on! he's defintely in love with him-"

"when was this again?" jeongguk asked, not that interested in baekhyun's love life.

"yesterday in history class. you know how taehyung and baekhyun are friends?" jimin asked.

"yeah?" jeongguk asked, suddenly more engaged at the mention of taehyung's name.

"well, baek was originally gonna ask taehyung about all this but then he decided to come to me since he knew i'd be brutally honest." jimin explained.

"ohhhhh, wait so, is he gonna confess?" jeongguk asked.

"no idea but he better because they'd be the cutest relationship ever... after mine, of course." jimin flicked his bangs dramatically.

jeongguk giggled and looked back down at his phone.

suddenly, he heard a voice call at them.

he turned around and saw none other than kim taehyung lightly jogging towards them.

"hey taehyungie!" jeongguk greeted once the older boy had reached them.

"hello doll." taehyung said, pushing a piece of hair behind jeongguk's ear, causing the younger boy to blush.

jimin rolled his eyes, "hey tae."

"hey jimin." taehyung smiled.

once taehyung had joined them on their walk to school, it still seemed like there was just two of them.

except the two wasn't jimin and jeongguk anymore.

it seemed that when taehyung was around, all jeongguk's attention would be drawn towards him.

to be honest, the youngest boy didn't even realise it but it definitely happened.

a lot.

jimin simply sighed and walked a bit faster so he wouldn't fall behind the pair.

ever since monsieur taetae got here he's all jeongguk cares about. jimin thought as he kicked a stone on the ground.

"so are we having lessons today, taehyungie?" jeongguk asked with a smile.

"yes doll." taehyung replied, wrapping his arm around the cute boy's shoulder.

jimin tsked.

back in the day, people thought jimin had a crush on jeongguk and, even now, some people still question it.

however, that was far from true.

jimin couldn't bare to see jeongguk in a non-platonic way.

not to say that jeongguk was unattractive because jimin, of course, thought he was adorable. he just wasn't able to see him in a romantic light.

jeongguk was a baby brother to jimin.

although, with this big-bro-little-bro dynamic also came protectiveness.

jimin was extremely protective over jeongguk and he knew this even though he wouldn't admit it to it's full extent.

he grew up with jeongguk for his whole life, they moved to a whole new country together, they were inseperable and jimin looked out for him.

so when jimin saw a random new kid attempting to sweep him off his feet...

let's just say we wasn't the most thrilled.

once the three boys finally reached the school gate, the other four joined them and they walked the halls together.

yoongi and hoseok noticed something though.

their boyfriend seemed rather irritable. now, this wouldn't of been strange if jimin wasn't a morning person but jimin was never known to be grumpy in the morning.

that was more of a seokjin, yoongi and jeongguk thing.

so it was unusual that their boyfriend was annoyed to the point that it was noticable.

"seokjin, can you keep it down for once?"

"we don't need a fucking science lesson namjoon, that's not until 1pm."

"oh my god, could you two get off of eachother for five seconds?"

after seeing how spiteful their jiminie was being in his obvious bad mood, they decided to make up a random excuse to pull him aside.

and so they did, not without hearing a "please don't fuck in school" from seokjin as they walked away.

they entered an empty classroom and yoongi immediately spoke.

"so, why're you so bitchy this morning?" yoongi asked.

"don't be so harsh babe." hoseok says.

yoongi had never been the type to beat around the bush and had also never been the type to sugar-coat things. however, those were two of the reasons why they all loved him.

"no, it's not harsh. he is being bitchy, isn't he? what's wrong huh?" yoongi repeated, pulling jimin towards him by the waist.

jimin sighed, "it's nothing...".

"as if. just tell us, you know you can." hoseok reminds.

"it's just- taehyung."

"what?" both of his boyfriends asked.

and so jimin explained how he was walking to school with jeongguk when taehyung unexpectedly joined them and was flirting with jeongguk the whole time.

"i felt like i wasn't even there anymore! they were just in their own little world and taehyung looked so smug about it." jimin complained as he rolled his eyes.

"well i mean, taehyung is kinda a natural flirt. i thought that we already established this once we got to know him. he's a charmer, it's in his nature." hoseok reasoned.

"also, he can sometimes come across flirty when he doesn't mean to because of the whole miscommunication thing." yoongi added and hoseok nodded.

"yeah but it wasn't that this time. this time he was actually doing it on purpose! he had his arm around him and sometimes he would whisper things to him and they kept giggling. and jeongguk was just going along with all of it like it was normal! he was all blushy and everything of course but he didn't look even slightly nervous!" jimin argued.

"baby, i think you're overthinking all of this." hoseok said, rubbing his shoulder.

"am not! don't even try and lie and say you don't see it too. as of lately, their lovey-dovey business has been way more intensional. you know i'm right." jimin said.

neither yoongi or hoseok could really argue with that since it was, indeed, pretty true.

in the past couple weeks, taehyung's flirting seemed a lot less accidental and jeongguk didn't seem to mind at all.

nevertheless, they could both tell that this was just jimin's protective brother side coming out.

jimin had seen jeongguk at his lowest. because of this, he wasn't gonna let someone who hadn't even known him for half a year just come and steal him.

jimin already felt bad for not seeing the signs before when jeongguk got his heart broken for the first time. this time he wasn't taking any chances with his bestfriend when it involved highschool romance.

"okay so yes, maybe they seem a bit closer now... but! that doesn't mean you should be this mad about it." hoseok said.

"exactly. if taehyung and jeongguk like eachother, it's none of your business babe. let them be. i know why it bothers you but you have to let the kid do something on his own for once." yoongi carried on.

"well the last time i left him alone with a boy, look what happened." jimin muttered with a pout.

hoseok sighed, "i know you still don't forgive yourself for that but you seriously don't even need to. it was out of your hands and you need to let it go. besides, taehyung is a good guy from what we've all seen. he's nice, polite, funny, affectionate, smart, straight to the point. i think he'd probably do good for jeongguk."

jimin sighed too, "whatever..."

"stop being a brat and let's go back out before the guys think we actually did fuck." yoongi rolled his eyes at jimin, dragging both of his boyfriends out of the room.

~time skip~

it was after school and, as usual, jeongguk met up with taehyung at the library.

sure, jimin tried to convince him out of it but it obviously didn't work.

"so, did you do the homework i gave you?" jeongguk asked.

taehyung was really turning him into a teacher.

he spoke like a middle-aged kindergarten teacher whenever they had these tutoring sessions.

"yes doll. here you go." taehyung smiled, handing him the paper.

jeongguk smiled back at him.

he was really proud of taehyung.

he couldn't imagine moving to a whole new country, let alone learning a whole new language while still trying to adjust.

and taehyung was actually really good at english now.

sure, he still had quite a bit to go, but he could hold a conversation with him which was a lot of progress considering the short amount of time.

taehyung was really smart though. like, very smart and had an amazing memory. not to mention, he was already fluent in another language that wasn't french. and on top of all that, his mother also made a little bit of time to teach him too. so it wasn't a suprise that it was quite easy to tutor him.

the two boys went through their tutoring session as normal, each one thinking the same thing.

i like you, taehyungie

i like you, doll

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nixy.