Fiftieth
:Chapter Fifty:

"Taehyung!" The high-pitched feminine voice had Taehyung stiffen the moment he heard it. He was dreading this moment; running into his girlfriend.

But that wasn't even the worst part. She wasn't alone. Hoseok was at her side, he too looking quite upset and irritated.

"So, why can't you answer your phone? When was not replying to me something you planned on doing?" Jihyun wasted no time when interrogating her boyfriend.

The aforementioned silently winced to himself and looked at her, catching both of their reactions to him. He wished he planned this out a bit better but it's too late for that.

He would just have to wing it and hope it was believable enough.

"I got caught up in something," Taehyung told. Off to a great start if you asked the teen in question.

"What?" Jihyun wondered, making a hand gesture for her boyfriend to continue.

He didn't think this far ahead. He had to breakup with her but he didn't want to do that in front of Hoseok and in the early morning.

"I— . . . I, uh, I can't tell you." Taehyung tried to sound confident but he sounded so off. He clearly didn't have educated answers to back up his claims.

"That sounds awfully suspicious." Hoseok finally spoke up, announcing his own opinions. That only earned him a subtle glare from Taehyung.

"Don't look at him, he's right." Jihyun used to back of her hand to hit Taehyung's chest. It was more of a pat and nothing that would cause harm. "Why can't I know? What're you hiding?"

"I'm not hiding anything, this is just not something you can't know." Taehyung wasn't making much sense and he knew that much. "Just drop it, it's nothing."

"No it's not nothing, Taehyung. You literally didn't show up yesterday and didn't answer any of my calls or messages. I was fucking worried about you." Jihyun sounded upset and it ached Taehyung's heart.

"I told you I wasn't feeling good." Taehyung replied without mind. "I didn't totally ignore you."

"You sending two messages isn't enough." Jihyun said. "I texted you a minimum of eight other times in which you should've responded to one of them. I wasn't sure if I was allowed over or not." She added on, crossing her arms over her chest. "So, again. Why didn't you answer me last night? What was so important that you couldn't text back?"

Without thinking, Taehyung blurted out the first answer he could come up with. One that would only make this worse than what it was.

     "It was a surprise for our anniversary." Taehyung said, his eyes even going wide the moment he heard himself.

Jihyun and Hoseok both shared light gasps.

Jihyun suddenly felt bad for pressuring her boyfriend to tell her. She should've trusted him but trusting him would've gotten her nowhere anyways.

     "I'm so sorry, baby. God, I-I just . . . I was worried and paranoid." Jihyun apologetically explained, opening her arms and taking steps forward to hug her boyfriend who awkwardly returned it.

"It's okay," Said Taehyung who was petrified. Great. Now he had to setup a fake surprise for their anniversary.

     Luckily enough, the bell went off and Jihyun cursed under her breath. She quickly explained how she couldn't be late to her class and would talk more about this later.

Taehyung felt like he could finally breathe and recuperate but that was short-lived.

     Hoseok hit Taehyung in the same spot Jihyun did, only his was much harder. He could see right through the younger and knew all too well.

     "You might be able to lie to her love-struck ass but not mine. I know you too well. What the fuck were you doing where you couldn't reply? Do you know how fucked up that is? She's your girlfriend, dude." Hoseok wasn't as kind as Jihyun was.

"C'mon, Seok . . . Let's not do this today." Taehyung sighed, begging with his eyes but the elder refused.

"So you weren't planning anything?" Wondered Hoseok, propping his fist at his hip as he awaited an answer.

"No," Taehyung huffed, rolling his eyes. Hoseok was able to catch Taehyung in lies like the one he just told. Especially if it were poorly made up like it was.

"Then what the hell?" Hoseok was furious. Jihyun was a doll and she definitely didn't need Taehyung lying to her. He already put a sport before the girl.

Taehyung just shook his head and turned around, wanting to head off to class and just forget this ever happened. But nope, that's not how Hoseok wanted things.

     "Were you cheating on her? Probably fucking another girl all while having a girlfriend who adores you as much as Jihyun does. Doesn't that bother you? You're disgusting." Hoseok insulted.

Taehyung wanted to cover his ears and scream. He didn't need any of this right now. He didn't need any of this at all.

     "She was worried about you and you were worried about how fast you could roll a condom on. Which, if you did cheat, I hope you used. You're too young for kids." Said the elder, his words bouncing off of the walls in Taehyung's head.

"She cares about you and you turn around and treat her like shit. You don't deserve her." He just kept going and going and going and it was getting to Taehyung.

He was going to break.

     "Maybe she'll realize that sooner than later and dump your ass. Maybe she'll see she's too good for you—"

"Shut the fuck up!" Shouted Taehyung, spinning and looking directly at Hoseok who was a bit shocked by the outburst. The other students around were also shocked, all looking back at Taehyung and Hoseok.

     The younger of the two gripped the other and pulled him away into the boy's bathroom.

Taehyung quickly looked around to make sure no one was around before he directed his attention to his best friend who looked confused.

     "I'm cheating on her." He suddenly ratted himself out, unable to hold back anymore. A combination of Jeongguk's and Hoseok's words with Jihyun's apologetic behavior broke him.

     "You dirty—" Before Hoseok could degrade Taehyung, the younger boy finished.

"With Jeongguk." He added, not able to believe he just told Hoseok everything he wanted to hide away and conceal.

"Okay, if you're going to lie to me, tell me something believable." Hoseok said with a bored look, brows narrowed.

"I'm not lying." Taehyung said, feeling guilty. "I cheated on her with Jeongguk. We fucked."

Hoseok stood there silently, face plain. He was trying to comprehend this; take it all in because he was having a hard time believing this. There was absolutely no way in hell those two were doing things like that. They hated each other.

     When there was no smile, laugh, giggle, or anything of the sorts, Hoseok's eyes widened as big as they could get. His mouth opened and he pointed directly at Taehyung.

     "You?! And him?! You guys fucked?!" Hoseok was practically yelling it out for the whole school to hear. Taehyung had to swat at his hand, narrowing his brows.

"Shut up! The fuck is your issue?" He said, shaking his head. "Yeah, this is why I didn't want to tell you."

"Woah, woah," Hoseok couldn't comprehend. "You two? You guys hate each— hated each others guts? And now you're in them?"

"Ironic isn't it?" Taehyung felt his flustered cheeks only grow warmer.

"Wait," Hoseok frowned. "I didn't know he liked guys. I could've tried my luck with him." He joked around, still trying to wrap his head around the information he was provided with. Comedy was a coping mechanism.

"Yeah, he's gay. Fully into guys." Taehyung said but shook his head. "That's not the fucking point. The point is I have to breakup with Jihyun. I don't want to cheat on her."

"Don't you think it's a little late to be saying that?" Hoseok wondered, squinting as he looked at the boy ahead of him.

Taehyung sighed, shaking his head. He knew it was too late to say he didn't want to cheat on her but he was scared; he was nervous. She was one of the sweetest people he knew and she definitely didn't deserve to be cheated on.

     "So," Hoseok pulled Taehyung from his doubtful thoughts. He began to wiggle his brows, a smirk creeping up on his lips. "Guess I was right, huh?" He wondered, leaning on the wall as he watched Taehyung glare at him.

"Not the time, Seok." Taehyung warned, shaking his head.

"Oh, it so is." Hoseok argued. "It's the time and more. I knew this would happen. The sexual tension was through the roof." He commented, saying that sentence just as someone walked into the restroom.

The boy froze when he heard such, looking awkwardly between Taehyung and Hoseok who looked back at him.

He continued on, trying to ignore whatever it was he caught onto.

Hoseok slowly turned and looked back at Taehyung who flared at him, shaking his head.

"As I said, Seok, not the time." Taehyung repeated and turned away, leaving the restroom but not alone. Hoseok was right behind him, following.

"I didn't think someone would walk in but I still stand by what I said. I was right." Hoseok declared, smiling proudly.

The younger just shook his head to himself, huffing. He would have to hear this nonstop. Hoseok brag on how he predicted Jeongguk's and Taehyung's sex life almost to the T.

It was going to annoy the hell out of him.

***

Hoseok insisted he take Taehyung home after practice but the younger was smart enough to know why. He also figured that Hoseok was going to ask Jeongguk if he too wanted a ride.

Great.

"Jeongguk!" Called Hoseok, wearing a stupid, high-held grin. One the called out teen couldn't see through yet.

The aforementioned looked over, just finishing up helping one of his teammates. He rose a brow, waiting to hear what Hoseok wanted.

"Need a ride?" Asked the elder, clicking his tongue a few times though that couldn't be heard.

Taehyung was sitting in the passenger seat already, hands cupped over his face as he shook his head. He hated every unbearable second of this and there was nothing he could do about it. Nothing at all.

"Um, sure," Jeongguk said. He walked towards his hyung after bidding goodbye to the teammate, still unaware of the sneaky look his friend held.

He was about to get into the passenger seat until he realized Taehyung there, his lips forming an 'o' shape.

Jeongguk hesitantly reached for the back door, pulling it open and slipping in. Hoseok got into the driver's seat, pulling the seatbelt over his chest.

Then it was silent but not for long.

     "So, I heard you rearranged Taehyung's guts." Hoseok said nonchalantly, like what he had just said was nothing out of ordinary. He definitely wasn't holding back from any of this.

"What?" Jeongguk's eyes went twice their size, lips pursed. "You told him?" He leaned forward, looking at Taehyung who had a single hand blocking his face from the younger, clear embarrassment.

Jeongguk didn't know how to take that. Taehyung didn't even want people knowing they had a friendship let alone were fucking around behind the scenes.

     "He had no other choice but to tell me, I caught him red handed or should I say . . . White handed." And before more could be said, Hoseok burst into a loud laughter. He thought he was so clever.

Jeongguk, on the other hand, cocked a brow. "What does that even mean?" He questioned.

     During all of this, Taehyung was silent, watching the trees outside as the light breeze brushed through the leaves. God how he wished he could be one of those leave to just fly away and eventually get stomped on by a gleeful child.

     "Wow," Hoseok was offended, trying to calm his laugh because he was so funny. "Ya know, for being a gay man, you sure do fail to understand my top tier gay comedy." He shook his head in disappointment.

Jeongguk's lips parted and he slowly turned to look at the other who still stayed silent throughout the whole ordeal. "You told him I was gay too? Man, I can't ever have anything to myself." He said and slumped back in his seat, arms crossed over his chest with pouted lips.

Taehyung sighed. He felt like he would only make this worse if he opened his mouth. How dare Hoseok know him too well.

     "I mean, is it really that bad that I know? I predicted the whole thing." Claimed the oldest, starting up his car so they could leave the school's parking lot.

"That's what makes it bad." Mentioned Jeongguk. "I rather not hear you say—"

"What? I told you so? Of course I'm going to say it. I told you both so." Laughed Hoseok, shaking his head comically. "But how's everything going? Since you two are now friends with benefits, I would just love to know how's that's been working out." He wondered but he wasn't done. "Or are you guys still 'enemies'? Enemies who blow out each other's back while degrading one another? Oooh, kinky, right? I could get behind that. Much like Jeongguk got behind you, Taehyung."

"How many of those do you have?" Jeongguk asked, referring to the jokes Hoseok spewed. Much like Taehyung, he was getting a bit annoyed.

"Oh, I could go for hours if that's what you want." Hoseok told. "You guys fuck and I can't have fun with it? Little disappointing."

Taehyung sighed, leaning his head back and dropping his hand on his lap. His cheeks were burning up and they would be for awhile.

He really wished he could read minds right now though. Why? Because he would be seeing if Jeongguk was mad at him. He really was bothered that Hoseok couldn't keep shut and told Jeongguk that he knew but what else could he do? Hoseok knew he was lying about something and it would only get worse if he kept lying.

Much like he did when he lied to Jihyun. Lying was only another obstacle he would have to get over.

     "So, who's house are we going to?" Hoseok pulled Taehyung from his suffocating thoughts.

"We?" Jeongguk asked.

"Yes, 'we'. I'm not done talking to you fools. I got to know exactly how this all happened and trust me, I'll find out." Hoseok said, looking in the review mirror to smirk back at Jeongguk. "Your house or Tae's?"

"Mine." Taehyung finally spoke up, knowing he wasn't getting out of this.

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