two months later...

yes, it'd been a whole two months.

a couple of good things had happened.

for example, taehyung was now fluent in english and jeongguk's self-confidence had grown a tiny bit.

other than that, not a lot had happened during the passed time. however, two things were certain.

1) taehyung had done the complete opposite of backing off of jeongguk.

and...

2) neither jimin nor jeongguk's mother were having it.

right now, last period had just ended and so everyone was walking down the hallways to reach the exit.

as taehyung walked past jimin, he felt the older boy tap his shoulder.

he turned back to face him, "hey jimin, what's up?"

"can i talk to you? come with me." jimin said, pulling him into the library where taehyung was heading to meet jeongguk anyway.

taehyung didn't really want to talk alone with jimin but he didn't dislike jimin that much so he couldn't just say no. they were supposed to be friends, despite the tension between them, so he just followed him as he had requested.

"what did i tell you ages ago?" jimin asked.

"uhhhmmm." taehyung looked away, already realising what this talk would be about.

"i told you to back off from jeongguk. so do it." jimin stated.

"hmm... no, i don't think i will." taehyung said sarcastically.

learning english from a sixteen year old boy meant that a lot of taehyung's english vocabulary and tone of voice was very informal.

"so you're gonna have an attitude about it?" jimin raised his eyebrow.

"yeah."

"wow, so you're gonna try and use my friend and then act spiteful to me?"

"i'm not using him. when will you get that through your head?" taehyung rolled his eyes.

"whatever. just stay away from him. he's too clueless to see that you're just fucking with him but not me." jimin sneered.

jimin turned around to leave but as he looked at the door, he saw jeongguk standing there with tears down his cheeks.

"jeongguk i-"

"no! leave me alone!" jeongguk cut him off.

jeongguk turned to run away but jimin and taehyung ran after him.

jimin grabbed his wrist to stop him.

"jeongguk stop!"

"stop what?! being so clueless?" jeongguk quoted jimin with a scoff and his best friend's eyes widened.

"yeah, i heard everything. i heard you indirectly talking shit about me." jeongguk said, wiping his tears angrily.

"jeongguk i wasn't-"

"wow, a cute guy actually took an interest in jeongguk? oh, he's gotta be messing with him! because there's just no way an attractive guy would genuinely have feelings for jeongguk!" jeongguk yelled, still crying.

"ggukie, that's not what i meant-" jimin tried to pull him into a hug but got pushed back.

"stop! just stop it! stop calling me ggukie and stop hugging me to make things better! i'm not five years old, jimin!"

"i didn't mean for it to come off that way!"

"well it did! i'm not your kid, jimin. i'm supposed to be your friend yet all you do is act as a boy-repellent and treat me like a baby!" jeongguk vented.

jimin went silent.

"i'm a sixteen year old boy! not your little barbie doll for you to build a life for. you can't tell me who to speak to, how to act, how to talk, what to wear. that's not for you to decide! it's my life!" he yelled.

"i didn't want it to seem like i was trying to control you..." jimin trailed off.

"well it didn't seem like it and you weren't trying to. you were doing it. but not anymore. i mean, seriously! trying to tell taehyung not to hang around me? acusing him of being fake for no reason? just because your selfish ass wants me all to yourself and doesn't think i'm able of having a good relationship based on one incident that happened ages ago. you're so petty and for what? yoongi is right to always call you out for being bitchy." jeongguk finally says before turning around and walking away leaving jimin looking down in shame.

jimin didn't even know how to feel.

he was shocked that jeongguk got so mad at him, shocked that jeongguk swore at him considering the fact that he'd never heard a swear word even leave his mouth once, shocked because he just realised what he'd been doing to jeongguk since the day he met him.

mostly embarrassed.

embarrassed that he needed jeongguk to scream it into his face in order for him to realise how, indeed, bitchy he was being.

taehyung, who watched the scene play out, glanced at jimin before running after jeongguk and begining to walk by his side.

"i'm sorry." taehyung muttered.

"why?" jeongguk asked, wiping his eyes again.

"for messing up your friendship." taehyunh elaborated.

"it's not your fault, it's his own fault. it was more than just you but, i guess hearing what jimin said about you and me really pushed me over the edge." jeongguk mumbled.

"alright... are you okay?" the older boy asked, wrapping his arm around him.

"no. not really." jeongguk sighed, leaning his head againt taehyung as they walked.

they strolled in silence until they reached his house. taehyung hugged him before he left.

"well, be okay soon. i don't like you crying." he said, wiping his tears and kissing both his cheeks.

"bye tae." jeongguk smiled sadly.

"bye doll." taehyung whispered.

jeongguk walked indoors to see his mother not looking too happy.

"why are you always with that boy? and why are you crying? did he hurt you baby?" she questioned, walking closer.

after what just happened with jimin, coming home to this made jeongguk infuriated.

"i'm always with him because i like him. no he didn't hurt me, he would never. i'm crying over something i don't wanna talk about. now, if you'll excuse me, i'm going to my room." he tried to leave but she stopped him.

"is that the kind of tone you're taking with me?" she asked, shocked.

"yes. yes it is, mum. why?" he said sarcastically.

"because my baby would never-"

"well maybe it's because i'm not your baby then! huh! did you ever think about that?"

"what on earth has gotten into you?"

"sense! that's what gotten into me. and a backbone to finally stand up to you!" he yelled.

"stand up for what exactly?" she rolled her eyes.

"i don't want to be your baby anymore. i don't want to get treated like a newborn for the rest of my life." jeongguk groaned.

"we don't treat you like a newborn, you're exaggerating-"

"so is that why my room is all baby blue and white by force? is that why i'm only called baby, ggukie, sweetie and baby boy but never just jeongguk? is that why i'm not allowed to watch tv that's rated over fifteen? is that why i'm not allowed any social media apart from instagram? is that why you make sure all my clothes are bright and pastel all the time? is that why you still cut the crusts off my bread like a i'm toddler? is that why you think hugs and kisses will solve all my problems? i could honestly go on for days listing all the things you force onto me that other teenagers don't have to deal with." jeongguk ranted.

he was tired of being looked at like a child by the people closest to him.

after living with it for years, it was patronising.

his mother stood there, speechless that he was talking back to her.

he'd never done that before.

"mother, i like taehyung. a lot, actually. and by the looks of things, i think he likes me too. and you treating me like your little baby isn't gonna get in the way of the only good and exciting thing that's happened to me for years. not if i can help it." jeongguk said in a pleading tone.

"you don't need a boyfriend! you're sixteen! all boys will do at that age is use you and throw you away! remember what happened with jongin!?" she shouted.

"so what?! taehyung isn't like that! you need to let me be a teenager! so what if it doesn't work out and i get heartbroken? isn't that what teenage relationships are about? at least i'll be smarter than before. you get mad at me for trusting people so easily but it's your fault! you don't let me experience anything so how am i supposed to see anything coming? you don't teach me about bad people in this world so how am i supposed to know who the hell to trust?!" jeongguk argued.

that's when it hit her.

"i'm going to my room. leave me alone." he said before storming off and locking his door behind him.

fuck this.

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•jeongguk is angry ○.○
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•s t a y  s a f e !
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peace out xoxo,

nixy.