Taehyung's lips landed gently against Jungkooks.

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Taehyung has no clue what the fuck he was doing and what made him think it was okay to do this. But he forces himself to stop panicking, as he sinks into the kiss.

Jungkook also has no clue what the fuck is going on. But he is not complaining to say the least.

Jungkooks eyes are as wide as dinner plates for a solid 5 seconds until he realizes he's probably being about as fun to kiss as a dead fish.

He slowly closes his eyes and also melts into the kiss.

The hand Jungkook used to cup Taehyung's cheek slides backward to hold the back of the blondes neck, holding him close.

Taehyung also moves his hands, bringing them up to Jungkooks shoulders, and wrapping them around the youngers neck.

The kiss wasn't anything special, it was simple, fairly short, but oh so sweet.

Taehyung is the first to pull away, needing air.

Jungkook rests his forehead against Tae's, both continuing to hold their poses.

Then, whatever beautiful music both had heard when they kiss, halted.

Taehyung pulled back a bit to stare at the black haired man.

"I.. oh my gods I'm so sorry I don't know wha-" Taehyung starts, speaking over a Jungkook who also tries to explain himself.

"No don't be sorry... I mean- it wasn't bad- well yeah definitely not bad, good even but- oh my god what am I saying-" Jungkook rambles, voice quickly raising in octaves as he tries to justify what just happened.

"I- uh yeah... so..." Taehyung tries to make a coherent thought, but fails.

Fortunately Jungkook is not really paying attention to anything at the moment.

His mind is completely filled with the last few minutes happenings.

They were so soft..

How much chapstick does he use?

It was sweet.

He smelled really nice, like oranges, and ginger. Spicy yet sweet.

That matches.

"Hello?" The low voice calls out interrupting Jungkook from his inner ramblings.

He noticed Taehyung has released his arms from his neck, and he is quick to let go of the blonde as well, though he doesn't really want to.

"I'm so sorry, really I mean. We were.. well you've had such a hard time. I wasn't trying to manipulate you or anything please believe me.." Taehyung speaks frantically, seemingly explaining that his tears were for personal gain.

"What? Of course not. I know that, how low do you think of me to think you were manipulating me? A child could see you were actually in pain. I'm fine." Jungkook states firmly.

"And, as for the.. thing that just happened. That was... I'm fine with that too." He says curtly. Red tint slowly creeping up his ears.

Taehyung instantly turns the same color as his bedsheets, he hopes that despite the lamps lit in the room it's dark enough to conceal the dark blush.

"okay." Tae says in a small voice.

"So-"
"Um-" both boys try to begin a new line of conversation.

Embarrassment fades as Taehyung steels himself for his next question.

"What's going on Jungkook?" He asks the ravenette, hoping he understands what he means.

"Going on?" The younger says, before his mouth forms an 'o' and he pauses to collect his bearings.

"To be honest... I don't know." He starts.

"I used to have all these grand dreams, I loved reading fairy tales of people getting saved and taken away. But my father told me to never put faith in other people. That the only person I needed was me. He told me that, if anything, I was the villain." Jungkook continues, his voice more informatory than grieving.

"Even after I became Pride, that was just a job to me. A necessary evil. But I still wished subconsciously for an escape... and then you came. And I hated you at first because you were everything I hadn't been."

"You made choices, you stood your ground, you talked back to people and you didn't take shit from anyone. You dressed the way you wanted to, although strangely." He adds the last part jokingly and Taehyung laughs, rolling his eyes playfully.

"I had never had that. Choices I mean. I guess I could have made my own choices, but that was so unfamiliar to me that I didn't know how to process it."

"So at first I despised you because I was jealous... but then I jealousy morphed into, respect almost. And then from respect to..." he trails off, furrowing his eyebrows.

"To..? What?" Taehyung prods the others shoulder.

"I'm not sure..." Jungkook says, forehead creased in thought.

"All I know is that, it scared me at first. And I regret everything I did to you, everything I said. It was out of fear. Fear that I could never be like you I think. I can truly never apologize enough.."

Taehyung's eyes are kind as he nods his head, "it's okay, I understand, it's forgiven now."

Jungkook nods, laughing at how easily Taehyung could forgive the emotional torture Jungkook seemed to put him through.

"I also know that those feelings... made it so I kept wanting to see you. I wanted to be next to you. Maybe it's because I wanted to learn your freedom. Or... maybe it's simply because I enjoy your company." The dark haired boy finishes, finally sitting down next to the other on the bed.

"Wow, I feel so flattered?" Taehyung says, emphasizing the confusion he feels from the strange mix of emotions Jungkook described.

"Sorry I'm not sure how to word it better."

"S'okay, you don't need to label it right now." The blonde affirms.

"Man we really are a mess huh?" Taehyung falls backwards into the bed giggling loudly at his own sentiment.

"We're just a bunch of drama queens, all this crying and sadness and touchy feely talk."

Taehyung folds his arms over his stomach, smiling.

The same perfect box smile Jungkook had come to adore.

"Well if I have control over it, there won't be any more crying, okay?" He says, comfortably lying down next to the other figure.

"That sounds nice." The older mumbles warmly.

Jungkook turns his head to look at the side profile of the other.

Taehyung's hair has fallen back onto the bed as he lies down, exposing his forehead.

Jungkook studies his every feature, he accounts for the mole on his nose, and the way one of his eyes has a double eyelid while the other does not.

Taehyung senses the staring and also looks towards the younger.

They hold a comfortable eye contact for a while, both simply enjoying looking at the other.

Jungkook pushes himself up a bit on his elbows, and learns forwards towards the smaller.

Taehyung blushes again, internally swearing at how flustered he gets.

Jungkook captures the olders lips in another soft kiss.

Words seem to be too much for the two men sometimes. So actions can speak for themselves.

Taehyung reaches up to play with the youngers beautiful black hair, but is stopped suddenly when a harsh knock sounds at the door.

Jungkook practically throws himself off of Taehyung and stands perfectly straight a good few feet away from his bed.

Taehyung is startled but quickly adjusts his position on the bed and grabs a random book from his nightstand.

Another knock is heard echoing through the walls of Lust's chambers.

"Tae Tae? Do you want to come sit in the garden with Yoongi and I? Jimin will also be there. I think he's warming up to you." Hoseoks cheery voice sounds through the door, radiating sunshine to whoever's ears it reaches.

Taehyung glares at Jungkook and jabs a finger in the direction of his en-suite bathroom.

Jungkook states in disbelief that he's being made to hide in a tiny bathroom for gods sake.

Taehyung cups his own mouth to mute the words and whispers

"It's either the bathroom, or letting Greed know you've been visiting in my room alone." He says quickly.

Jungkook nods and turns quickly, making a b line to the bathroom, Taehyung following close behind to lock him inside. The younger continuously cursing at how ridiculous this was.

"Tae? Are you in there?" Hoseok tries again

"Hm? Oh uh yeah Hobi hyung one second sorry! I'd love to come." Taehyung mocks a innocently happy tone and flips a few book pages to make it seem like he'd actually been doing something.

"Okay! We're walking there now if you'd like to walk with us? Or just join us there?" The sunshine boy says, still speaking through the closed door. He doesn't pick up on Taehyung's panic.

"I'll join you later okay? We can do that "secret" thing you keep telling me about!" Tae says.

"Ooooh yeah! You're gonna love it, it'll be so much fun I'm even gonna get Yoongi and the others on board!" Hoseok screeches excitedly

"Yahh. Keep it down some of us just woke up." The familiarly sleepy voice of Yoongi chimes in.

"Yoongi hyung last time I checked it's 3 in the afternoon." Tae calls through the door, laughing loudly at the olders childish sleed schedule.

"Whatever." The sin grumbles before Hoseoks final remark, "okay, come soon!"

"Will do!" Tae says, genuinely smiling.

No matter what he might think of his current situation. He believes he couldn't be luckier to have those 4 new friends in his life.

He was still working on Jimin, but he felt the others loneliness and knew he could become friends with him in time.

As for Jungkook, Taehyung had only been in the mansion for approximately two months. But he couldn't describe Jungkook as only a friend. He was an outlet. A caring shoulder to lean on. And kiss, apparently.

Taehyung didn't want to confirm or deny any feelings he held towards the younger, he just wanted to live as he was right now.

So he grabbed his slides and a navy blue, cotton button up jacket and headed out the door. Excited to see what Hobi had planned for them all.

Unfortunately... forgetting that a certain someone was still locked inside his bathroom.

"Taehyung?"

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This is kind of cute fluffy filler I hope that's alright

I felt really good today so I wanted to write a lot to show my thanks to all of you who are reading.

You keep me going!

I purple you all.

💜💜