chapter three

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Jungkook settled down at the dinner table. His mind was flooded with the smell of tacos. It was taco tuesday and he was more than excited. He took a bite of the taco, the flavors running over his taste buds.

"Jungkook! Wait for your mother." Myung called out in defeat as she built her floppy taco. She liked them soft. Myung groaned when she looked over to see Jungkook with taco all over his thin lips. Myung told herself that she raised him wrong.

"Bora is coming over and you look like a pig! After you finish your taco go shower." Myung complained, rubbing in between her eyebrows in frustration of the boy in front of her. Jungkook was a doll most of the time, but his childish acts got in the way whenever Myung wanted to do something more adult-like.

"So, how did you and Taehyung get along?"

Jungkook's eyes lit up.

"It was great!"

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Taehyung wagged his tail as a little creature crawled onto his hand. It tickled his skin. He looked over at Jungkook as he petted a gentle brown hamster.

"I would like one of these." Jungkook told the hybrid, who seemed to be listening to every word closely. It was true, Taehyung was taking in Jungkook's features, his eyes. He wanted to remember this sweet boy if he never saw him again.

"Hamsters bite. I suggest a cat or dog." Taehyung told him, placing the hamster back into the cage and tapped it's head. The hamster squeaked and scurried to hide from the strange looking boy.

"Dogs and cats bite." Jungkook told him.

"Not all of them. They are mainly loyal and sweet." Taehyung said, sounding so passionate about the things he was talking of. He was mainly talking of himself since he was a dog.

"I want a doggy then." Jungkook giggled before placing the brown hamster back into it's cage and wandering somewhere else in the store. Taehyung followed behind like a- like a dog.

"Cats are cute!" Jungkook cooed as he tapped on the screen. The pearl white cat turned her head and hissed at the boy. Taehyung giggled at this. The cat did not like Jungkook, and Taehyung found this funny. He hated cats anyway.

"Cats are mean." Taehyung told him, as he placed his hand on the glass. The cat retracted and backed away.

"Taehyung?"

"Yeah?"

"Why haven't you been adopted? All these cats are mean and you are so nice. Why don't people like you?" Jungkook asked with a small frown, a hand going up to touch Taehyung's ear that had been cut, but Taehyung flinched away. He stepped back from the boy, his head shaking slowly to indicate he did not like people touching his ear.

"People t-think I'm ugly." Taehyung sniffed as his eyes started to become unclear, water filling to the brim of his eyes.

"People are mean." Jungkook stated simply, placing a hand on Taehyung's wet cheek, wiping away the tears that slipped from his eyes.

He moved the hair from Taehyung's eyes, He had blonde locks and light blue eyes. He looked ethereal, like a graphic design, but in reality he was just a mutt that people did not want to adopt.

"I like your ear. It's cute. You don't look ugly." Jungkook gave him a small smile and saw Taehyung grow a small smile as well. Jungkook may be childish, may play around a lot. But he learned to care for people, and he would never take teasing too far. He hated when people cried because of him.

"T-thank you.."