PANDEMIC ESCAPADE | TAEKOOK ✓

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3rd Person's Pov

"What do you say in trying to fix the merry-go-round?"

Hoseok looks at all of them with joy, it's almost heartbreaking to break it to him that no one has attempted to fix this place in months, so what can seven, unexperienced boys do?

"Hyung," Jimin smiles, "that's a great idea. But we don't know how to fix merry-go-rounds."

"Yeah." Namjoon agrees. "It could be difficult."

"Oh c'mon," Hoseok nudges us, "we can just use logic and watch some tutorials online."

"Tutorials? Are you mad?" Yoongi hyung exclaims, folding his arms.

"No," Hoseok steps on the merry-go-round before walking to one of the horses, "I just have a great imagination."

"I'll take that." Seokjin smiles before hopping onto circular platform, making Taehyung and Namjoon lose balance on it.

"Okay, that's scary," Namjoon points at the platform, "a tutorial won't be enough to fix that."

"You know, we can try." Hoseok raises his eyebrows.

"Try try try, until what?" The older sighed.

"Until success." Seokjin shrugged as he walked towards one of the horses, grasping the pole attached to it.

"Let's just try." Taehyung smiled as he stood up.

"Fine," Yoongi uncrossed his arms as he stepped on the platform, "if we get caught I got nothing to do with this." He laughed.

"Deal." Hoseok smiled as he reached his hand out which Yoongi shook as a sigh of peace- or should we say, 'deal'.

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"Okay, this is really pissing me off!" Yoongi cries out, grabbing the pole and trying to keep it in place.

The pole was lose and he was trying to make it stand still without falling and creating a loud banging noise.

"If this falls I will dashi run outta here." Yoongi closes his eyes, waiting for an impact as he let go, but miraculously the pole stood still.

"Well it didn't," Jimin chuckled, "now please help me with this." He said as he was painting the horse with a fresh new coat of white paint.

Namjoon, on the other hand, was struggling to work together with Hoseok. "Is that supposed to go there?"

"Yeah, I think so," Hoseok said in a calming voice as he screwed on a nail, "what else is this hole for?"

"Maybe it's just a scratch?" The older asked as he held the platform steadily for the other to work comfortably on.

"This makes me wanna cry." Seokjin sighed loudly, "Who built this thing?!"

"That's it." Yoongi stood up on the platform which made it shake a bit which caused an alarm of screaming for the six.

"Be careful!" Namjoon exclaimed.

"Tae, Jungkook, can you please buy some pieces of cardboard down the street?" Yoongi coughed, "I need it to place under the horse to make sure the paint won't go onto the platform."

"You know how it went last time you asked us to get something from the store." Taehyung mumbles, earning a giggle from Jimin who immediately fell onto silence as Yoongi eyed him oddly.

"Fine, I'll do it." Yoongi shakes his head, but before he can leave, Jungkook immediately spoke.

"No, it's okay!" He chuckled as he opened his phone, "We can get it for you."

"Really?" Yoongi gave him questionable looks.

"Yep." The younger's smile was so pure it was almost a joke to say that he wanted to leave for another reason rather than being helpful.

"Well then, let's go." Taehyung grabbed Jungkook's hand as he took Yoongi's wallet with him out the gate.

"You seem extra happy," Jungkook said as they reached the exit, "really happy."

"Well, it's because I'm spending time with the people that matter in my life." He said.

"Me? I matter to you?" The older's tone seems like be couldn't understand what the younger was saying.

"Yeah, you do." He smiled as they walked down the street and onto a local supply store. It sold books, tools and simple household supplies.

"I've never seen this place before." Jungkook exclaimed as they entered, the standard bell ringing as the door made movement.

Taehyung smiled, the smell of new books greeted them both as they walked down a column of aisles.

"Whoa, they sell 'Romeo and Juliet: an everlasting love' here? That's new." Jungkook grabbed the hard cover book in which he placed back onto the shelf once he saw the price.

He walks over to Taehyung who was eyeing the new romance section.

"Tae, the prices here are too expensive, I can't afford any of this." He said, looking at the books on the rack.

"That's because we're here to buy cardboard, silly!" The younger quickly put back the book back.

The book was yellow in color and the cover had the title in big, bold letters. It was called 'Because of us' and it had a big heart around it.

"Do you want that book?" Jungkook couldn't help but ask after he noticed Taehyung's sad expression as he placed the book back.

"Yeah, but it's really expensive. The movie is only available with premium subscription, I won't ever get to read or watch it." He sighed, "Oh look, there's the cardboards!"

As they walked over to the rack filled with colorful decorations, Jungkook couldn't help but notice a tall and skinny woman on the next aisle. She wore a black jacket and dark grey skirt. Her hair was tied back and her earrings dangled as she picked up book after book and placed it in her basket.

Oh my God.

Is that Irene?!

Taehyung picked up three pieces of cardboard before scanning them, "Jungkook, I think this is enough—"

"—Holy cow, is that you, Irene?!" Jungkook leaped happily to the other aisle, the woman with him was caught off guard.

Taehyung grasped onto the pieces of cardboard tightly as he walked over to them both.

"Jungkook? Wow, long time no see." The woman smiled, her eyes giving a twinkle as she looked at Jungkook with surprise.

"You look great." The male said, quickly putting his hands in his pockets and giving the female a lazy smirk which Taehyung was well familiar with.

He was putting on his bad boy demeanor. But why?