peace | taekook

chapter eight

"never have i ever passed out while waiting to get backstage at a one direction concert!" jimin flung a piece of pizza up from an almost empty box, the cheese hitting his tongue leaving little burn bumps along the way.

"that's so fucking rude!" tae groaned, grabbing a shot glass and filling it halfway with a freshly opened bottle of tequila, "that was like one time and it was so long ago and you know i had heat exhaustion! i could have died!"

"drink up!" jungkook forced the shot glass up to tae's lips, tipping it backwards.

he sipped it down, realizing that any more and he would be bordering the line of tipsy and intoxicated a tad too much, "okay can we be serious for two seconds?"

"shoot?"

"so the whole jungkook thing?"

"him coming to your office playing business man?" jimin raised both his eyebrows playfully, "it's so... porn-y."

"that's not a thing jimin!" taehyung rolled his eyes, "and it wasn't like that!"

"it sounds like that's exactly what it was like!" the blonde rolled his eyes, "listen, i love you both but you text him good morning. he brings you coffee. what are you guys? friends? beyond it?"

"that seems just like a friends thing? you and i do that."

"but we're soulmates!" jimin flicked his friend's forehead, "like we're a different level of friends. when yoongi does stuff like that for me, it makes me think that oh, he's in love with me!"

"is yoongi in love with you?"

"well duh, who wouldn't be." jimin waved the remark off, "not the point. the point is, jungkook is obviously crushing on you."

"i just refuse to jump to that conclusion!" taehyung ran his hands down his face, groaning at the sheer idea of having to dissect somebodies feelings for him.

"well then why don't you ask?" it seemed so obvious. too obvious.

taehyung perked up, "just go see him, and flat out ask him if he likes me?" it seemed almost crazy enough to work. honesty, communication, who would have thought?

"he's at the studio until ten so you better get there!"

taehyung glanced over at the clock on the stove, calculating how long he could stall. it would probably be best to just get it over with, "do i look okay?"

"you look beautiful!" jimin shot him two thumbs up, "now go!"

the brunette did as told, grabbing a jacket from the coat rack and sliding his arms into it just in case the temperature had dropped since the two had made a snack run earlier than day. this was the third time he'd waltzed to jungkook's shop; it felt like a bad habit at this point to wonder these streets. a guilty pleasure even.

it was getting to be so well known that he could do it on auto pilot.

it was probably good that way since his mind was anywhere but on directions. he wondered what he'd say, how jungkook would react, what he was wearing? tae hoped he wasn't with a client, or worse, in the middle of an intricate tattoo on somebody else. he'd surely chicken out if he had to wait even a minute after seeing him.

now that the sun had set, the lights in front of the shop seemed brighter and everyone and everything inside was much more visible. jungkook and yoongi looked to be alone, talking with one another, fussing with papers. they laughed occasionally, enjoying themselves despite being at work.

tae entered slowly causing both of their heads to snap in his direction.

jungkook looked absolutely ecstatic at his presence, his eyes round like a baby deer seeing the world for the first time, "are you here for what i think you're here for?"