Chapter 5

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Afternoon passed by rather quickly and Jungkook felt like he and Taehyung never stopped seeing each other. Now that he finally was talking to him, he realized just how little Taehyung had actually changed. He seemed a bit less naïve, probably because he hadn't had the protection he used to have back when they were still actively spending time with each other, but he was totally still the same guy.

A sweet, easy to impress guy who still carried this childlike happiness around with himself. By the end of the day Jungkook was 100% sure that he still felt the exact same way about Taehyung he used to. Which was why, when they left with the café, he decided that he wasn't going to be his younger self and let Taehyung go easily again.

"Taehyung?"

The man turned around abruptly at his name, his hair flying and Jungkook seriously wondered how he could have thought that Taehyung changed. "Yes?" Taehyung's eyes seemed to glow in the light of the lantern above them.

"I never really had the courage to do this in high school but it has been due for a long time, so I'm just going to do this." Jungkook stated and Taehyung furrowed his brows questioningly. Gathering his courage with a deep breath Jungkook balled his hands into fists.

"I used to have feelings for you...." He hesitated. "Not used to. Still have. I really really, really like you Taehyung." He was searching the older boy's eyes for any sign of emotion. "Will you give me a chance to make you as happy as you have made me and still do?" Taehyung stood there in complete shock with wide eyes and Jungkook was just internally accepting the fact that he was going to get rejected, when Taehyung's eyes filled with tears, his bottom lip wobbling. Jungkook had done a lot of shit in the past but this was the first time he had made anyone cry by confessing to them.

"...you... you..." Taehyung was fumbling for words before simply wrapping his arms around Jungkook, burying his face in Jungkook's shoulder. Jungkook almost didn't hear the small whisper of "yes." Taehyung pressed out, sniffing and clinging onto his T-shirt before the dam completely broke and Taehyung full on sobbed into his shoulder. "I... always... wanted to... you know." He pressed out hiccupping and Jungkook felt his heart clench.

No matter what the reason was. Watching Taehyung cry was the worst. He wrapped his arms around the boy's body and rubbed his back. "Sorry that I didn't say anything earlier. I was too scared to ruin what we had out of a selfish urge to get closer to you."

He just stood there, listening to Taehyung breathe and the occasional sniff, giving Taehyung the chance to compose himself again. "Sorry. I'm such a crybaby." Taehyung chuckled, making Jungkook tsk, slightly annoyed. "Do you think it bothers me? If you wanna cry, you should cry. I mean, even I wanna cry right now."

Taehyung leant back, his eyes a bit red, just like his nose. He sniffed. "Really? Why?"

"Of course I kinda wanna cry. The guy I've not been able to get over for 12 years or something just accepted my confession." Taehyung chuckled happily, moving back a bit, wiping his nose with his sleeve.

"12 years? I always though you viewed me as your little brother or something." Taehyung stated. "I even felt bad for having a crush on you. You always were so nice when it came to me. I felt as if I was using you." Taehyung rubbed the last remnants of tears away.

"Using me how?" Jungkook chuckled, still feeling giddy. He wasn't able to fully comprehend the fact that Taehyung had accepted his confession.

"Because you were nice and I knew you were being nice and... I don't know. Don't ask me. I can't think right now." Taehyung chuckled, his cheeks red. He started fanning his face. "I can't believe this. Is this really happening? I wanna cry."

"You already did." He couldn't hold back the comment, but Taehyung didn't seem bothered. "Shut up."

"I feel like I'm some teenage girl." Jungkook stated and Taehyung smiled happily.

There was a short silence and Taehyung's eyes widened, probably having a thought.

He made a small step forward, looking Jungkook straight into the eyes, silently asking for permission. When Jungkook did nothing to stop him, Taehyung hesitantly leaned towards him, his eyes shortly glancing at Jungkook's lips before closing them and pressing his lips against Jungkook's in a soft kiss.

It wasn't really more than a peck, but Jungkook felt high on endorphin. He wrapped his arms around Taehyung's waist, pulling him against his body and lifting him into the air, while happily spinning around.

Taehyung let out an anxious squeak at being carried around, his hands clinging onto Jungkook's shoulders in fear of being dropped.
"Not that used to being carried around anymore?" Jungkook chuckled, still holding Taehyung up in the air, but no longer spinning.

"Am I not heavy?"

Jungkook shook his head. "You weight pretty much nothing. Are you even eating?"

Taehyung giggled. "Yeah."

Jungkook was watching his face fondly. He really

hadn't changed that much.

"Wanna come over to my place?"