Jungkook opens his bag pack that Jimin just gave him. He checks if the pink haired boy brought everything he needed or not.

"Why are you so unusually quiet today?" Jungkook asks as he zips the bag and slings it across one of his shoulders.

"Nothing." Jimin quietly says.

"Oh come on, Chim. I've known you for years now. I know you're lying." Jungkook says putting his hand across the younger's shoulder and walking with him.

"Its nothing big really. Its just that I was planning to invite you, Hoseok hyung and Namjoon hyung to my place tonight." Jimin says without looking at the elder, "You guys help me a lot all the time when you really don't have to. You guys handled the Taemin drama for me and I'm so grateful for that. Yet I yelled at you guys in the locker room in front of everyone. I wanted to thank you and apologize to you so I thought I should invite you guys to my place and we could have drinks and food. Maybe we could watch a movie. But you guys are going somewhere now."

"Are you being serious right now, Jimin? Why don't we need to do that for you? We definitely need to look after you. You're so small and so cute." Jungkook smiles, "And about your invitation, I'm sorry we can't make it today. Actually there's something important that we need to do."

"Yeah, I understand." Jimin says.

Of course, why would the coolest group in the university like to hang out with a dumbass like me? They must be having better things to do. Jimin thinks to himself and smiles at the guy standing next to him, "Have a great day, Jungkook." He says before running away while the raven haired male looks at him confused.

Jungkook walks towards the parking lot and places his bag pack on the backseat. He looks at his watch, impatiently waiting for Namjoon. It is important for them to leave already if they want to reach their destination on time. He tries calling Namjoon but his phone is switched off. Jungkook decides to go to Namjoon's class and look for him.

He runs through the corridor looking for his friend when he bumps into someone. He looks down at the person who just fell down on his butt due to the collision between them and he finds a specific blonde boy rubbing his ass with a pout.

Does he look... cute? Jungkook thinks to himself but shakes the thoughts away.

"Yah, Kim Taehyung! What the hell are you doing on the floor again?" The raven haired male asks as he bends down to get on the same level as the blonde boy. Taehyung looks at the older with wide eyes. He wonders how Jungkook knows his name. He gulps nervously when he sees a smirk forming on the other's face.

"No wonder you're Jimin's friend. He falls a lot too. What a perfect match. You guys are soulmates, aren't you?" Jungkook mocks and Taehyung feels like smacking the guy but of course he can't do that because he is weak while Jungkook is strong.

"Okay, get up." Jungkook extends his hand towards the boy on the floor. Taehyung looks in his eyes and slowly extends his hand to hold the elder's but Jungkook just moves his hand away and laughs.

"So naive." He says crossing his arms around his chest, "Hey Taehyung, you really thought I'd help you get up? You're not even seriously injured." His words cause an ache in Taehyung's chest. He doesn't know why people are always mean to him even though he causes no harm to them. Is it so hard to be nice to others?

Taehyung feels bad. Memories from his past start flashing in front of his eyes but he tries to shake the thoughts away. He quickly stands up and dusts his clothes off. He picks his bag up and tries to walk away before Jungkook says anything. Just when Taehyung thinks that he is successful in doing so, the raven head's voice speaks, "Wow you really have no manners, dude. I'm your sunbae. Show some fucking respect. How dare you walk off like that?"

Taehyung slowly turns around. He is scared. He has always been scared of Jungkook and his two friends since the day that scary incident happened in the locker room. He has observed that the three boys don't give a fuck about anything. They do whatever they want to. People are scared of them but they also admire them. The three boys are pretty talented too. They have beauty with brains. Jungkook is the head of the broadcasting club. Hoseok heads the dance club while Namjoon is the head of the quizzing club.

Jungkook specially has a lot of girls drooling over him so he is very cocky. Baekhyun had also told Taehyung to stay away from Jungkook as he is a bully, a fuckboy with no feelings and someone who doesn't leave an opportunity to insult people if they go against him. He also does a lot of things that might not necessarily be safe. When Taehyung had asked Jimin if it was true, the pink haired boy just said that these are the stories that everyone hears and no one knows if these things are true. Taehyung also wanted to believe Jimin because this is no bad boy romance book, right?

"Hey Tae, are you gay?" Jungkook suddenly asks, snapping Taehyung out of his thoughts.

"W-What?" The blonde boy is offended by the sudden question. He is also surprised by the way Jungkook just called him. He called him 'Tae'.

"You were just staring at me for so long. I know I'm handsome but no straight guy would stare for that long. Also you're kind of pretty. Like if I put some makeup on you, you'd look like my little cousin's favorite barbie doll. I won't be surprised if you come out as gay." Says the raven haired male.

"Are you homophobic?" Taehyung asks and it is Jungkook's turn to be taken aback.

"What? Of course not. What makes you think that?"

"Well the way you asked the question was very sudden and kind of offensive." The blonde boy states, "And also you beat up Taemin just because he is gay. You even treat Jimin like crap because he is gay."

Saying Jungkook is shocked would be an understatement. (A/N: Jungshook lmao).

"W-who said that?" He asks the blonde boy in a low voice. He hates it when people assume things about him.

"It doesn't matter." Taehyung says with a glare and walks away leaving a shocked Jungkook behind. He doesn't know where he gathered so much courage from. He never expected he could open his mouth in front of Jungkook. But he can't keep getting mocked at. His brother told him to speak for himself. He did it today and he felt good. This makes him feel a little bit stronger. He knows he is weak but other people don't need to know that, do they?

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"You really said that? To Jeon Jungkook?" Jimin freaks out. The two friends are sitting at McDonald's with a lot of food. After college, it was Jimin's idea to hang out with his new friend because his plan of inviting Jungkook and his friends to his place is no more happening.

"Yeah." Taehyung says shyly.

"Wow, Taehyung. I didn't know you could talk back." Taehyung is a little embarrassed by Jimin's statement.

"I don't know, Jimin. I was just so pissed at him. He mocked me twice today. He was running in the corridor and I fell down because of him but still he had no courtesy to apologize and then he suddenly asked if I'm gay. I was j-just so offended." Taehyung says and licks his ice-cream.

"Well, why were you offended? Is it a bad thing to be gay?" Jimin asks.

"N-No, that's not what I meant." Taehyung says realizing that he doesn't sound very sensible at the moment. "I heard that he is homophobic. He beat up Taemin and he looks down on you. He-"

"Who told you that he beat up Taemin because he is gay?"

"Huh? But everyone was talking about it that day and Baekhyun said that Jungkook-"

Jimin cuts the younger off, "Jungkook beat Taemin because that motherfucker deserved it. I'm sorry for not telling you earlier, Taehyung, but Jungkook is someone who helps me a lot. Yes, we don't have the best relationship. We can't even call each other friends. But I've known him for a long time and I know he's a nice person."

"What do you mean? Nice? Jeon Jungkook? I didn't hear anyone say that before."

"Its because people don't know much about him and he'd rather people don't know him at all. I accept the fact that he is an asshole most of the time but he is not as bad as people think he is." Jimin sighs, "I've known Jungkook, Hoseok hyung and Namjoon hyung since middle school. They might seem cold and unapproachable. To some extent, they are but they are not bad people. Just because they are a bunch of hot guys who don't like interacting with other people, everyone starts making up stories. Maybe some stories are true, who knows but we won't know the entire truth because we don't know their point of view."

When Jimin sees a confused look on the younger's face, he continues, "Taemin is not gay. He is as straight as a line. Well, a few months ago he wanted to experiment about his sexuality so he thought I'd be an easy target for that because I'm openly gay. He asked me out and we had fun and stuff. I thought he was serious about me so after sometime I hoped we could take the next big step in our relationship. That's when the heterosexual in him freaked out and he told me that I was just an experiment for him. He called me a clingy faggot and what not."

Taehyung is shocked beyond words can describe. He never thought Jimin went through so much. Well he just met him a week ago but he never saw Jimin depressed. Yes he knows that Jimin doesn't have friends and he wondered why. But things make sense to him now.

"That was not all. His friends recorded this entire thing and that video went viral. I was crying like a bitch and you know what? This is not the first time it happened. I mean the video thing happened for the first time but not the experiment thing. I always end up becoming an experiment for guys to understand their sexuality. Jungkook even warned me before all this happened but I thought he was just being a bossy jerk. Now I know that most of the things he says are right and I'm an idiot. That's why I prefer being alone."

Taehyung doesn't know what to say to the crying older. He just puts his arm around Jimin and says, "You're not alone anymore, Jimin. I'm here for you."

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Hi lovely people! It's me. How's this chapter? I hope you liked it.

By the way, did you guys watch the MTV Unplugged presents: BTS? Omg it felt really good seeing them perform the other tracks of BE and God I just loved Telepathy. I waited for them to perform ever since BE came out. And they absolutely killed us with their outfits and hairstyles🥵💜

And you know I was still not over the blonde Jungkook.

I literally just saw him like this in the morning while watching MTV Unplugged presents: BTS. And after a few hours, he tweets this👇

He sure is planning to kill so many ARMYs all at once 🥺💜

Anyways, I'll see y'all in the next chapter. If you like the book, please vote and comment.

Borahae💜

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