Sterling

Chapter Thirty-Eight

They walked out of the school building hand in hand, smiles on their faces as they walked to Jimin, Hoseok and Yoongi. The trio seen the laced hands, but decided to ignore it, wanting to give Taehyung the chance to come to them and tell them about his relationship with Jungkook. They just smiled sweetly at the boys as they made their way to them, the rain having stopped a little bit ago, the only thing left was the sticky and humid feeling in the air.

Jimin propped himself on the back of his car, Yoongi doing the same as they smile at the pair when they stopped in front of them, "You need a ride home, Tae?" Jimin asked, earning a small shake from the small brunette boy's head. Jimin would've frowned at the denied offer, but he decided not to let that get to him because he had bigger things he should be worrying about at the moment. "You sure?"

"Yeah, Kook's gonna walk home with me, actually," he answered, earning a nod from the trio before Jimin hopped off his car and went to hug Taehyung. He pulled away as he retrieved his keys from his pocket, unlocking the doors to his car and starting it up, to which Yoongi just waved at the pair before getting inside the car, shutting the door and having some alone time.

"Well I guess someone's ready to go home now," Jimin murmured as he rolled his eyes at his boyfriend,before smiling back at Taehyung and Jungkook, waving goodbye to the pair, "I'll see you later, you two. Bye, Hobi." Hoseok waved goodbye at the couple, watching them drive off and pull out of the school's parking lot, leaving the three alone.

"Okay, seriously, now that they're gone, what's going on with you two?" Hoseok asked the pair with a knowing smile on his face, but neither one of them could answer the male properly. They had no idea what they were, they haven't even had the chance to talk about it yet, because something was always coming up, "Rumors are going around saying you guys are dating. You two practically kissed in front of the whole school. Almost everyone in class wouldn't leave Tae alone and kept asking him questions about you guys. So, what's going on?"

Taehyung looked up at Jungkook, not knowing what to say to the bright smiling male, and neither did the raven-haired boy, "We don't really know ourselves, either. We haven't really had the chance to sit down and talk about what's going on, so we're just as clueless as you are, Hobi," he replied back, looking back at Hoseok with a small shrug of his shoulders and convincing smile.

"Are you serious?" Hoseok asked, cocking an eyebrow at the pair, earning confused looks from them as a response, "You guys have kissed like a hundred times today, and you're holding hands like some cute couple. You guys are really convinced you have no idea what you are? To me, this screams in a relationship, if I'm going to be honest with you two."

"We want to talk about it first, Hobi," Jungkook proceeded to tell the older with a sharp look, a look that had Hoseok putting his hands up in surrender as he took a step back. Taehyung noticed and giggled at the two, using his sweater-paw to cover his wide boxy grin. The raven-haired boy looked down with fond and loving eyes when he heard the cute giggle emit from him, biting his bottom lip to suppress his coos when he noticed the sweater-paw.

"Alright, I have the get to work now." Hoseok hugged Taehyung and ruffled his hair, earning a wide boxy smile from him at the action, and it was a genuine one, too. It didn't seem forced and like he was masking all the pain he was feeling, or the fear he was constantly living in. It made the older happy that Taehyung seemed to be happy right now, but he had no idea how long it would even last, but he hoped he would stay like this for the rest of his life, "I'm glad to see you happy, Tae. I'll see you two later, bye."

Taehyung smiled, waving his hand as he watched the older walk away and to his car, "Bye, Seok. I'll see you tomorrow." Hoseok waved at the two before getting in his car, starting it and driving away, leaving the pair by themselves. Jungkook turned the younger so he was now facing him, wrapping his arms around Taehyung's waist and resting his head in the crook of his neck, inhaling is sweet cinnamon scent that reminded him of autumn, while Taehyung wrapped his around the older's neck, doing the same.