ー"what color should I paint my nails?" taehyung asked before giving a glimpse at jungkook who seemed bewildered. "you want to get a manicure?" jungkook asked with uncertainty and taehyung nodded with a smile on his face. "they're pretty expensive."

"ten bucks isn't that much."

jungkook shrugged his shoulders before sliding down the couch. "maybe a yellow would look nice." taehyung inaudibly hummed to himself and jungkook starred at him with no emotion. "why yellow though?"

"yellow is my happy color."

jungkook starred in confusion.

"haven't you looked at a color that made you happy? it's no different from the fact that the color blue can make people sad or the color red can make people angry. it's the same thing. did you hear about the story of van gogh loving the color yellow so much that he painted his insides yellow so that he could be happy?" taehyung asked, tilting his head to the side and jungkook shook his head in response. "I thought he did it because he was suicidal."

a quiet hum left taehyung's lips, a smile taking over his lips. "maybe so. I respect him a lot either way." taehyung let out a breathy laugh at that before standing up. jungkook stood up at the same time. "i'm going to go work with jimin."

"jimin?" taehyung raised his brows in bewilderment, narrowing his eyes on the brunette. "my tutor." is all jungkook responded with.

"oh, you never told me his name."

"I thought I did."

jungkook gave a smile towards taehyung before he walked his way towards the front door. "wait, where are you going? taehyung asked and jungkook widened his eyes.

"meeting my tutor at the coffee shop nearby for the first time. I didn't tell you yet? we became friends through the app and he said he lived nearby so we can study together instead of my useless and cheap phone."

taehyung tried not to frown at that, giving a slow nod as he watched jungkook put his shoes on, the sound of the door loudly closing within seconds.

taehyung starred in emptiness, the room now quiet, the only sound of taehyung's quiet sobs heard throughout the room.

why was he even crying anyways? he had no control over the youngers life. yet knowing the fact the person you were there for since you were a kid, knowing to be antisocial and hated on made his heart suddenly clench with the fact that he has grown up to the point where he doesn't have to be protected anymore.

jungkook got to choose who can and does not want to be with, even if taehyung himself didn't approve. jungkook being with other people made taehyung shudder with slight selfishness. he wanted jungkook to himself, almost like how it was since they were kids. only trusting each other, and not wanting anyone else to be friends with them. they were in their own world.

but those moments don't last forever.

miracles, really.

taehyung got his nails painted blue that evening.

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"so tell me about yourself," jimin said as he stared at jungkook with mere curiosity, a smile plastered on his face as jungkook fiddled with the hem of his shirt.

"my name is jungkook. I like to play video games. I have a roommate named taehyung, and uh..." jungkook quieted down and jimin gave a smile, his eyes curling into crescents before laughing. "that's nice. i'm jimin, your new tutor. I'm in my fourth year of college but I teach students to help me pay for a few things.

jungkook hummed, taking a sip of his hot coffee before staring at jimin. "I thought we were going to study." jimin suddenly laughed, tucking his silver hair behind his ear. "this is our first time meeting in person. I like to know my students better when I first meet them." jungkook hummed again in response before smiling as well. "oh."

"what grade are you in, jungkook?"

jungkook stood silently at that, his fingers drumming the table. "I should be in my first or second year of college."

"you should be?"

jungkook had quieted at that. "I used to be an orphan. I ran away with taehyung so we never got to have proper education until the people who took care of us gave me some of their college textbooks." jungkook tensed when he heard jimin take another sip of his coffee. when he looked up, he saw jimin giving a sad smile towards him. "i'm sorry you had to go through that."

the air around them was tense before jimin suddenly smiled. "you should be going home now. it's late and i'm sure your roommate is worried about you." jungkook grinned back. "he's probably asleep." they both stood up at the same time, jimin shaking hands with the younger before getting out of his seat.

"stay safe. remember that our first lesson starts on saturday."

jungkook smiled at jimins words. "you too."

before he could leave, jimin had suddenly reached for the younger's arm to grab his attention again.

"you're interesting jungkook. i'm looking forward to being your tutor." jungkook didn't respond at that, giving another smile before the sound of the door opening could be heard, the chilly air suddenly hitting jungkook as he wrapped his scarf tighter around his neck.

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a/n

follow my bby and read her book bec she thinks it's shit when it's really not. smolbeanhansolo

it's vkook and it involves a shit ton of magic
with yoongi also being a god lmAo

((it's actually a school project we're working on but we're publishing it on wattpad as well ehehhhe.)