He most definetely did not expect to see Jeon Jungkook stand outside the door, blocking his way with his arms crossed in front of his chest, head tilted and a very suspecting look on his face.

Taehyung desperately tried to push his way past him, anxiety starting to build up inside of his chest, but failed as the ravenette still blocked his way wherever he tried to move, eyes slightly narrowing.
"Why in such a hurry?," he asked in a teasing but at the same time mocking tone, moving one step closer towards the redhead who moved one back out of panic.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Would you mind letting me through?," the vampire asked coolly, glaring at the other challengingly. However, he slightly panicked as Jungkook kept coming closer and closer, him backing away more and more until his back hit the wall once again. He cursed mentally.

Where's my vampire strength when I need it? But then again, using my vampire strength on him would be way too suspicious. No, Taehyung. You've done enough already!

Since using his supernatural advantages currently seemed to be out of question, Taehyung simply glared daggers at the younger boy. If looks could kill, Jungkook would be five feet below the ground by now. "Stop playing dumb. What did you do to Jimin?," Jungkook snarled, gripping his shoulder in order to keep him from escaping.

The vampire was full on panicking by now. Would this be the exposure of his existence, and possibly the end?
"Nothing. He was just checking up on me, what's wrong with that?," he simply countered after gulping nervously, twisting his shoulder as a sign for Jungkook to let him go, however, the latter did not budge and simply scoffed, now pretty much pressing him against the wall.

"Then why did I just hear him scream his lungs out? He looks drained out of energy and for some reason, you look completely fine all of a sudden. What the fuck did you do to him?," he snapped, slightly shoving him. Now using his vampire strength to push him off harshly- not too harshly- as he was starting to feel a bit threatened, Taehyung huffed and put his hands on his hips.

Fuck. I didn't think anyone would hear his screams. Way to go, Taehyung!

"Will you stop being such an aggressive douche? I can explain! This morning, I choked on a peanut and I felt really sick. Jimin helped me get rid of it and now I'm fine. Problem is-- there was a spider in here. A big, fat, ugly one. I think Jimin is scared of spiders because all of a sudden, he started screaming like crazy. Um... I was pretty scared too but I got rid of it and flushed it down the toilet, luckily. The screaming must've sucked the energy out of him," he tried to explain, hoping that Jungkook was dumb enough to believe his extremely sketchy story.

Much to his dismay, the ravenette crossed his arms in front of his chest again and raised an eyebrow, looking unimpressed. "You choked on a peanut? And I'm supposed to believe that? You looked like you were about to faint earlier." The redhead huffed again in frustration.

"It was a large peanut. I... I have a very sensitive gag reflex, okay? And whenever stuff like this happens, I feel very sick," he excused himself further, his voice quite small by now.
"I didn't need to know that," the younger mumbled.

"Well, apparently you did, because your nosy ass keeps interrogating me! Ask Jimin yourself if you don't believe me, Jesus," Taehyung grumbled, storming out of the bathroom and hoping his compulsion on Jimin would make his story seem at least remotely believable.

"Jimin. Please tell your little friend here that I choked on a damn peanut because he doesn't believe me and keeps interrogating me like a freaking creep," he spoke confidently as soon as he saw the blonde boy standing in the hallway, the scarf still slung around his neck and him looking as if he were in a daze. He simply nodded at Jungkook who came storming out right behind him.

"You can believe him, Kook. It wasn't a big deal," he spoke softly and Taehyung just hoped no one would bring up the shortly made-up spider-story. And luckily, no one did. Instead, the ravenette pointed towards Jimin's neck.
"Why are you suddenly wearing a scarf?"

The blonde shrugged, looking a bit confused himself. "I don't know, but I won't take it off. It's a present from my parents." The redhead could feel himself getting hot as he saw the suspicious boy raise his eyebrows. Anyone who knew about vampires in the slightest would be able to tell that Jimin had been compelled.

He just hoped Jungkook wouldn't find out or things might get extremely tricky in the future.

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"Bad, Taehyung. This is bad."

A young, blonde woman walked around the room in circles, the sharp heels of her leather boots click-clacking on the marble floor loudly which, quite frankly, drove Taehyung crazy.
"A spider? Tae, no one would scream like this, no matter how arachnophobic they are. If he's smart, he'll know you're bluffing," she scolded softly, and it did not help.

"Listen, I had to improvise. Jimin seemed like the type to scream his ass off at every single spider he sees, as small and frail as he is. It fit. But this time I didn't do it for fun, I swear. Suck his blood, I mean. I would've fainted if I didn't get his blood. And that stupid kid just eavesdropped, but maybe I can compel him if it gets dangerous..."

"Will you take those damn boots off, my ears are going crazy!," he snapped, his body jerking up from a lying position into a sitting position. He grabbed a handful of his hair, feeling like ripping it out all at once and hearing Mina sigh as she zipped off her boots and continued walking around without them, in stockings.

"God, stupid little bastard. Can't I just kill him off or something? He's too damn suspicious, like a fucking detective lurking around at every single corner with those glaring eyes of his. It's driving me mad," he grumbled, feeling a little shiver crawl over him as he thought of the younger's piercing gaze despite the fact that Jungkook was a simple mortal, his friend shaking her head in disbelief.

"No, you can't! No murder cases for this town, remember? If you kill him, you'll create chaos, plus, you're taking an innocent life. Which is not cool. What was his name again?," she asked, tilting her head as she tried to remember.

"Jeon Jungkook. Not that it fucking matters, though." Taehyung blinked as he saw Mina frown all of a sudden, stopping her endless walk of circles.

"Hold up... That sounds way too familiar. Way too familiar to ignore. I'm doing a background check on him and his family." The vampire groaned, falling back into his lying position.

"But whyyy? He's just some stupid, bratty little kid with a passion for being an insufferable moron and the desire of becoming a stupid detective someday and nothing more, I'm sure of it!," he whined.
"And what do you reckon I should do about him in the meantime? He's gonna be up my ass for a while, I'm sure of it!"

"Excuse me, he's gonna what now? Don't word it like that, please. And until I'm done with my background check, please do me one favour. Try to get along with him, maybe even befriend him. It'll be easier and if he actually starts to like you, maybe he'll suspect you less since he doesn't see you as his enemy."
That almost made Taehyung scream out in frustration.

"Are you fucking kidding me?! Befriend-- him? I'd rather throw myself in the Pacific Ocean and drown in there, forever! Or get eaten by sharks! I'm warning you, this isn't a good idea at all!," the redhead protested wildly, giving the impression of a furious toddler throwing a tantrum while flailing its arms around everywhere and decorating the walls with its breakfast porridge splashing everywhere.

Mina sighed, flicking his head and playing the ultimate mother role once again. "Just a suggestion, but if you actually plan on working with me and not against me, you'll at least try. It'd be very much appreciated, thanks. Can't be too bad, can it?"

Can't be too bad? Watch this turn out to be an utter disaster. Fucking damn it.

In that moment, Taehyung just wanted to die.

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In his next business and economy class, the redhead first thought the angels were on his side. Mrs. Chang seemed to have caught a cold which led her to not speak much that day as her throat was scratchy and her voice croaky, much to his ears' delight. To make things even better, Jeon Jungkook was nowhere to be seen.

I hope he caught the flu. No, I hope he broke his leg. Is it mean to hope he has terminal cancer?

But of course, the relief was only short-lived. About half an hour after the beginning of class, the door was jerked wide open, and in walked- you guessed it- Jeon Jungkook in all his glory, though he somehow looked extremely sad and gloomy today.
His hair seemed even more disheveled than usual, his head was directed towards the floor and his posture was slumped. He was also wearing a cap which hid half of his face.

"Jeon Jungkook!," Mrs. Chang croaked out despite the condition of her throat. "This is the fourth time this semester! I'm sick of this, you will move your seat! Next to... Kim Taehyung in the second-last row! Maybe you'll finally learn some manners, young man!," she screeched, her voice become more hoarse with each word she spoke.

Taehyung felt as if his world had just ended. Why?! Why did it have to be him out of all people? Why did Jungkook have to show up anyways, why couldn't he just be lying sick in bed? Or even better, in hospital?

He normally would've expected the ravenette to throw a fit and complain since he knew they weren't too fond of each other but for some reason, not a single sound of complaint left his mouth and he made his way towards Taehyung's desk with heavy, dragging steps. As he came closer, an uncomfortable gut feeling settled inside the vampire.

How was he supposed to befriend that? He definetely did not like this plan at all.

Jungkook spent the whole rest of the course with his head resting on top of his elbows which were lying on the table. And he did not budge one single time. What was up with him? Maybe he pulled an all-nighter and was now sleeping peacefully? Taehyung couldn't help but slightly wonder despite pretty much resenting the other.

When the course was over and a disappointed Mrs. Chang had left the room with all the students, including Jimin and Namjoon who just looked at the motionless ravenette in slight worry, Jungkook still hadn't moved a single limb. His elbows must be numb by now. Taehyung felt highly nervous, the two of them were the only ones left inside the classroom now.

Internally cringing, he poked the other's shoulder carefully. "Um... It's break time. Wake up?" He slightly jerked back as the ravenette's head snapped up immediately. And today, his eyes did not have their usual blazing, menacing glare inside them. In fact, they looked rather depressed today, red circles surrounding them. In conclusion, Jungkook looked awful.

"Woah. What the hell happened to you?" The younger sighed, slumping back in his seat.
"My girlfriend broke up with me."
The vampire raised his eyebrows, not having expected that at all.

"You had a girlfriend? Who?" Jungkook pointed outside the window, showing two redheaded girls sitting beneath a tree while eating sandwiches and drinking soda.
"The one on the right. Her name is Yuju." Taehyung swore he could see him almost tear up.

"Oh. Well, she doesn't seem too sad about it." The ravenette huffed. "She doesn't care. For weeks, she's been avoiding contact and focusing on uni rather than on me. It was almost as if I annoyed her which is kinda discouraging because I did like her and so did my parents. And yesterday, she just ended our relationship. Over text. God, I feel so stupid." It seemed that Jungkook liked to ramble when he was sad. And now he was tearing up for real.

"Don't feel stupid. My fifth ex-boyfriend tried to throw me off a ship," he simply spoke. The ravenette stared at him in disbelief.
"What the fuck? A ship?" The redhead shrugged.

"Well, to his defense, he was pretty drunk."
And then, I threw him off instead. Rest in peace, dear guy.
"But yeah, the ends of relationships can be depressing. You get over it, though, faster than you think. Besides, you're a university student. Plenty of people to choose from. What about the girl sitting next to her?" Taehyung pointed towards the girl sitting on the left.

The ravenette shook his head. "Eunbi? That's my ex. We just didn't fit, we were more like friends. Plus, there was this huge love triangle going on with my roommate Hoseok, too much drama. Not that tragic, though. We were all high schoolers." Taehyung nodded, continuing to look out of the window as he watched the girls with furrowed eyebrows.
"Uh, you seem to have a thing for redheads."

"Maybe I do. When Jimin dyed his hair red in middle school, I had this little crush on him, too," the younger spoke truthfully. But the next moment, he widened his eyes in panic.
"But not all of them. Don't get your hopes up." Taehyung huffed, feeling highly offended.

"Excuse me? Bold of you to assume I'd like you to have a thing for me! Just-- ugh, whatever!" He stood up from his chair, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Just don't be sad about someone not sharing the same feelings you feel for them, there's no point. That's all I wanted to say. And now stop being depressed and come on out, your friends are worried."

Without waiting for a response, he left the classroom quickly as he felt his heart beat at a must faster pace than usual. He clearly lacked social skills and the strange ravenette did not make it easier for him.

However, he couldn't believe he actually had a proper conversation with Jungkook. The two had either only bickered or simply glared at each other but given the situation, both males seemed to have forgotten about their bad past with each other and at some point actually felt comfortable around each other. Not to mention the odd sense of familarity that they both subconsciously felt all the time.

It was almost as if they had known each other in the past.

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(A/N: omg i seriously wrote this chapter up to 3am send help

^ this is yuju (the ex) btw, my love🥺🥺💕

i hope you kinda enjoyed this chapter, i recently hit 1k reads on this book which is INSANE btw like omg?!?!? thank you so so much for literally everything, i love you sososo much you're the most beautiful people ever uwuwu💜💜💜)