Chapter 3

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Jungkook decided to do something along the lines. At least he initiated a meet up. Not by calling Taehyung. By asking his boss for a photoshoot with the young model. Content with the idea he gave his permission and here Jungkook was, two weeks later at the set of Vogue, gathering his equipment, anxiously waiting for Taehyung to arrive.

Jungkook did some thinking. He was well aware that he was being stupid before and still wasn't sure why he had acted like that, aside from the fact that it was probably a defense mechanism. Trying not to get his hopes up and hurting others in the process. God he was an asshole.

He had also spent a lot time thinking about the past and had come to the conclusion that no matter whether Taehyung had changed or not... he kind of wanted to at least talk to him. After all, this was the guy he had spent all high school crushing on. Especially because Taehyung had pretty much defined what Jungkook's type later turned out to be. The more look alike the better. Jungkook dating people had overall been a kind of sad experience.

When Taehyung finally entered the room Jungkook almost didn't notice him. His hair was falling over his eyes, almost hiding the blue contact lenses he was wearing. He had a bit of make up on and wore a wide baby blue pullover that made Jungkook wonder where the hell the man had gotten it from. After all it was a size that made the tall guy look small.

Taehyung's eyes were searching the room quietly before he spotted whatever he had been searching for and his face lit up.

Jungkook was kind of baffled. Taehyung looked different. Almost like a taller more handsome version of his younger self and it really made Jungkook question a lot of things. One of them being why the hell Taehyung had showed up in a black blouse and headband at the class reunion, looking like the hot CEO you would see in a K-drama and was now running around, his look screaming Babyboy all over the place.

Jungkook watched as Taehyung slid into the chair of one of the stylists, happily smiling and talking to her. Jungkook knew that smile damn well. He had seen it a lot in the past. Also, he really WAS quite the judgmental dick. Since when had he been this shallow? How many times had he judged a person wrongly due to their appearance? He really wasn't sure anymore.

Sighing to himself, he got up from where he was sitting, grabbed one of his cameras and started fumbling around with it. When he looked up again, he noticed Taehyung's co-star for the shoot sitting by her makeup artist.

He pressed his lips into a thin line. He had worked with her before. She was nice and all, but working with her in a couple photoshoot was quite the pain in the ass. She had quite the reputation in his line of work, for being scared of guys. Not that she didn't manage talking to them. She just always looked at edge when there was a male model in the picture as well, which made Jungkook's job of taking a great picture a lot harder. His goal was natural. A girl leaning into her boyfriend gripping onto the edge of her dress, as stiff as a piece of wood and with a scared expression on her face just wasn't it.

Jungkook watched as both Taehyung and Irene were in the mask and got the last finishing touches of their make-up. Taehyung, of course, had done another 180 and went from soft features light make up and wide clothing to leather jacket, jeans, a wide black T-shirt underneath and darker make up. And, again, dark strong eyebrows.

Irene had the same look, just the female version with a black dress, a black to red smudged lipstick and her long black hair falling in soft waves down her shoulders. Jungkook watched as Taehyung walked up to her and the two of them exchanged a couple of words before hugging shortly.

They walked up to the set that had been build the last couple of hours and talked to the director for instructions. Jungkook was standing about two meters away, but it was no surprise Taehyung didn't notice him.

As usual during these jobs he was wearing a cap and a black face mask. He didn't like drawing attention to himself, so he just preferred keeping a low profile. Yes, he was aware he could model. He had been approached a bunch of times in the past, but it just wasn't his thing. He didn't like being in the spotlight. Instead he took the spot behind the camera, being the one to capture another person's best moments.

The photoshoot finally began and both Taehyung and Irene got into position on the couch. They were told to start modeling and instead of doing anything like leaning back manspreading or putting an arm around Irene, usually the first two poses male models tended to choose, he leant his head against Irene's shoulder, closing his eyes for a second before staring directly at the camera. Snap. First picture taken and Jungkook hadn't even realized the fact that he had instantly taken the shot.

Taehyung seemed to be aware of the photo taken and skid a bit to the side, dropping his head onto Irene's lap, while Irene supported her elbow on the backrest of the sofa and leaned her head onto her hand both of them staring directly at the camera.

Jungkook took a quick step forward, adjusting the settings before taking another picture.

When the shot was taken, Taehyung turned his head, whispering something in Irene's direction to which she chuckled, before pinching his cheek. When she looked back up she looked a lot more relaxed than Jungkook had ever seen her before in a shoot with a male. Maybe she had gotten better, which he really hoped so for her or it was the way Taehyung would send her short glances while crunching up his nose before looking back at the camera.

Going back into professional mode Taehyung looked up at Irene before giving a quick side glance at the camera and Jungkook could have sworn he never released the shutter quicker. Taehyung was good at this. There was no denying that fact. He was still staring when Taehyung turned to Irene. "You wanna take the lead now?"

The model nodded and Taehyung got back up into a sitting position, while Irene stood up and placed herself above him, placing her knee between his two legs on the sofa, leaning forward, staring straight into Taehyung's eyes and lifting his chin with her index finger, making him look up at her. Jungkook took a picture, liking it but feeling like it could have more. "Irene, maybe look at the camera." He suggested and the girl did as she was told while Taehyung was still staring at the side of her face. Snap.

This one was Jungkook's personal favorite. He couldn't deny that. Taehyung was looking at Irene in a way that gave the vibes that Irene completely had him under a spell, while she radiated dominance from the way she was looking at the camera, but not at Taehyung.

The director shouted something about making use of the carpet and how Irene's dress flows and Taehyung and Irene both followed the order and placed themselves on the white soft carpet, lying down next to each other like in some bad movie poster. Jungkook knew they wouldn't be getting the best shots out of this but if it satisfied the director, he had no right to interfere.

Stylists quickly ran over, making sure Irene's dress and hair fell nicely while doing touch ups on Taehyung's make-up. They tried looking as comfortable as possible while lying down on an itchy carpet and knowing that one small move would destroy all the work the stylists put in this. Jungkook felt a bit bad for them, especially Irene, who was doing her best at not moving at all. He took a couple of shots in order to satisfy the director before asking Taehyung if it was alright if he leant a bit closer to Irene.

Taehyung laid down on his side, supporting himself on his elbow, before reaching his hand out and cupping Irene's cheek with it. Jungkook was sure that no one apart from him had heard the whisper of "You look super cute in that dress. Wait... I think cute is not what we're going for." from Taehyung and quickly took a photo when both of them smiled. The thing is. Usually pictures of models smiling hardly ever were appreciated, but there were some exceptions and both Irene and Taehyung had amazing smiles so he tried capturing the moment as well as he could.

They went through another about twenty poses before they called it a day. Jungkook was impressed. When he had heard Taehyung modeled, he had not expected this level of professionalism the boy seemed to carry along.

It really made Jungkook wonder what he was like now. Years after their last proper conversation. He pulled his mask off, feeling sweaty underneath it and made his way over to Taehyung and Irene, who were changing clothes again. He greeted Irene shortly, congratulating her on how well she had performed and saying that it was a pleasure working with her. Taehyung spotted him mid conversation and came over, obviously not quite sure how to act.

"What are you doing here?" He had gotten rid of the hard make up and was for once barefaced. Still as attractive as before though. His features hardly changed and he had amazing skin.

"I was taking your pictures earlier. Also, I was wondering if you would be okay with talking. I was a douche before and I wanna make it up to you." Jungkook stated, trying to look as non-provocative as possible.

Taehyung raised an eyebrow, hesitating with what to answer. It was obvious that Jungkook was not planning on ignoring him again, but after looking forward to seeing him again just to be showed the cold shoulder Taehyung wasn't that sure anymore if he really wanted to see Jungkook again.

They had been so close once and Taehyung had hoped so badly that maybe they could go back to the way they were before, but now that his hopes were crushed, he just didn't know anymore. Maybe it had been too much to expect but he always did that. Have high hopes before getting them crushed.

"I'm not sure..." He began, but the beat expression that instantly spread over Jungkook's face made him hesitate again. "You're paying." Taehyung stated and Jungkook instantly nodded.

Taehyung seemed weary, but at least Jungkook got the chance to talk to him. "How about we get some coffee?"

Taehyung nodded, finally relaxing his shoulders.