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the next morning taehyung woke up with a sore back and puffy eyes. yoongi was sleeping peacefully next to him.

taehyung caught sight of his own neck in the window’s reflection. in the harsh sunlight, hickeys flowered purple and red over the tender arches of his throat and neck. he yanked up the collar of his shirt and pressed the back of his hand against his mouth. his lips were still inflamed from last night. in fact, everything about him gave away the dirty secret.

he went to take a shower but it hadn’t done much.

taehyung had decided to leave without waking yoongi up and he did that successfully. he walked out of the huge building and got hit with fresh, cool autumn air. he didnt expect it to be as cold as is was, he was only wearing a tshirt.

I'm going to get sick...

taehyung walked around the half empty city. it was very early and people hadn't woken up yet. he needed some time to get things off his mind.

he had to work in the club tonight, but he just really didnt feel like it. he wasn't in the mood for anything, yet his hand seemed to have taken out his phone and typed to jungkook without taehyung's willingness. and why out of all people jungkook?

yoongi was a great man. taehyung really felt amazing with him physically... and emotionally. but something differed him from jungkook and taehyung didn't know what it was. what was so special about jungkook? and why was taehyung so obsessed with him?

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hot stripper dude
hey
how's it going

jungkook stared at the received message without blinking.

"sis, are you going to keep on standing there or are you gonna help me in finding the documents we need?" jimin's voice interrupted jungkook's inner thoughts.

"stop calling me that, instantly." jungkook replied with disgust.

bunny boy
oh, hello, handsome
I'm doing great
kinda busy at the moment

"can you at least go clean blood off the wall?" jimin scoffed.

"you know what? if you would've agreed on killing the man with a gun it wouldn't have made such a mess!" jungkook raised his voice. "I'm very happy you are skilled with knifes but the last thing we need is for our murders to be messy!"

"he was annoying, okay!?"

"you're also annoying, but look, you're still alive for some reason... unfortunately."

"unfortunately?!?!?! do you understand that if you kill me you'll–"

jungkook didn't hear the rest of jimin's blabbering after seeing a new message from taehyung pop up on his mobile screen.

hot stripper dude
oh I'm sorry if I'm interrupting...
just wanted to ask u smth

bunny boy
I mean, its alright, ask away

hot stripper dude
nah, it's nothing
just wanted to hang out
with u
I guess
its weird, whatever

bunny boy
no wait, it's not that weird
um it's alright
we can hang out
I guess it's a little weird since we are technically rivals and stuff yet we're acting like friends... idk

hot stripper dude
yeah that's true but...

bunny boy
but what?

hot stripper dude
I just kind of missed you|
I just kind of miss|
I just kind of|

I just kind of missed your ass 😏

bunny boy
jesus. christ.
and I thought you missed me🙄
on the other side, what am I expecting from a bitch ass like you

hot stripper dude
all you can be expecting is a punishment for calling me like that 😈

bunny boy
kinky.

"hot stripper dude?" jimin asked from jungkook's back and jungkook yelped from surprisement dropping his phone on the floor.

"jesus christ jimin!!!!" jungkook picked up his phone and cringed. "it's all covered in blood now!"

the phone fell into a puddle of blood right in front of jungkook and jimin handed him a paper towel to wipe it clean.

"wait is that the taehyung guy???" jimin asked and jungkook panicked.

"what? no! it's not him." jungkook answered and looked down at his now clean-looking phone.

"then who? was that the guy that helped you with your little issue back then?"
oh god why was jimin so curious about everything?

"its uh... yeah that's him. he uh... works as a stripper in that club so I met him and we kind of started to hang out, I dont know."

"what's his name?"

"its um, tae... taeseok! yeah." jungkook chuckled slightly.

"oh.. haven't heard of him, he must be new."

of course you haven't heard of him, I literally made that name up!!

jungkook was going through what he had said.
did he really just combine taehyung's and minseok's names together? is he really this pathetic to not be able to choose between the two?

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okay but I'm sure I like taehyung more than minseok, yet on the other side i-

WAIT
HOLD ON A SECOND

did I just say I like taeh-

jungkook stopped walking and stared with big eyes at the pavement. they finished the mission with jimin and now jungkook was headed to the cafe to meet taehyung. he was having a deep and important monologue with himself.

no.
no I dont like taehyung, who said that?
I did.
but its n0t like i meant it, okay?

I mean.... ugh.

and what even makes taehyung so special? he is just like me. he is a heartless killer and that's the only thing we have in common.

but oh GOD he is beautiful....

what am I supposed to do??

no I definitely dont like him. we are enemies! rivals!
we are supposed to hate each other and nobody would care about my feelings. I'm a murderer, a criminal. I'm not supposed to—

"hey there, jungkook!"

–fall in love...

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