the new kid

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months have passed since the first day of senior year, and it was finally december. that meant two things, yoongi coming back and christmas. this would be the first christmas jungkook wasn't spending with his own family and that was hard on him.

taehyung has tried to comfort the boy as much as possible, but he knew jungkook really missed his family during the holidays. he was glad at areum at least kept up with him, still. christmas break has just started and the group, including the college students, decided to go on a big group date.

they went to go eat at a restaurant none of them have ever tried, the boys liking it very much and reminding themselves to go back. then they went ice skating at the park, where many other and families couples were. they all seemed to be doing fairly well.

namjoon and seokjin were holding hands while peacefully skating around the rink, jimin and taemin doing the same. yoongi was dragging hoseok around the rink, hoseok almost losing his balance most of the time. then taehyung was skating swiftly, jungkook just watching.

taehyung had noticed the closer it got to christmas, the worse jungkook's mood got. he wasn't smiling his bunny smile as much as he used to, and nobody liked that. especially taehyung. while the goalkeeper was silently skating, taehyung popped an idea into his head.

he skated up to the boy, turning backwards and grabbing the boys hands. "cheer up, babe." he says with a smile. jungkook smiles at the boy, his smile still not reaching his eyes like it used to. taehyung continues skating backwards and dragging jungkook around the ice rink.

"you know this is our first christmas together." taehyung says, hoping that would lift the boys spirits just a little more. jungkook nods. taehyung smiles softly at the boy and giggles. "what're you giggling at?" jungkook asks, his smile finally coming back to his face.

taehyung shrugs. "i don't know. just thinking of our memories together, and how many more christmas's we'll have together." he says sweetly, making jungkook fully smile. taehyung's mission was successful. "what memories were you exactly thinking of?" he asks. taehyung giggles more. "well." he says.

•••

jungkook and taehyung were on opposite sides of the room, taehyung with seokjin and jungkook with jennie. they had set up a little dodgeball tournament to play while all of their friends were gone for summer trips.

the room was a large extra room that the kim family never used. they had set a line of tape in the middle and brought out a bunch of bouncy balls for them to throw at each other and taemi was keeping score.

mr. kim walked into the room in a black and white striped shirt, similar to what a referee would wear, and a whistle in his hand. the children all laugh at the man. he blows the whistle loudly, getting everyone's attention.

"alrighty dodgeballers, are you ready for the intense game of dodgeball?" he asks in a fun and joking tone. the four cheer loudly and listen to the instructions. "good! so the rules are simple. face shots don't count and i think you know the rest." he says.

the two teams back up on their sides of the wall and wait until they hear the whistle. when mr. kim blows the whistle, taehyung quickly gets to the line, grabbing all the balls he could. jungkook was quick as well, getting a good amount.

taehyung handed a couple to seokjin, dodging a ball jennie had thrown. when seokjin wasn't paying attention, jennie had thrown a ball to get him out. mr. kim blew the whistle, seokjin laughing and walking to the side of the room.

taehyung notices when jennie wasn't paying attention and threw the ball swiftly, hitting her in the arm. the whistle blew again and the girl walked off near her brother. "get away from me, traitor." seokjin says, playfully pushing his twin sister. she laughs and pushes back.

jungkook and taehyung then made eye contact, smiling. jungkook he throws all of his balls over, taehyung dodging every single one. "how did you do that?" jungkook asks, laughing. taehyung shrugs. "it's all that midfield practice." he says teasingly.

taehyung then threw all of the balls from his side, accidentally hitting jungkook in the no-no spot. jungkook fell to the ground laughing in pain as the kim family laughed as well. when the boy had finally recovered he looked at taehyung.

taehyung noticed the look in his eyes and started laughing harder, knowing what was about to happen. jungkook ran towards the boy, taehyung trying to maneuver around him but failing. jungkook picked the boy up and threw him i've this shoulder.

taehyung was giggling while hitting jungkook's back. "let me down you muscle pig!" he shouts as jungkook runs towards the couch in the room and throws the boy on it. he then gets on top of him and begins tickling him, knowing that's taehyung's weakness.

•••

jungkook giggles at the memory. "that was a good day." he says, holding taehyung's hand while taehyung still skated backwards. the boys giggle and continue to skate, jungkook's mood immediately lifting.

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this is a bit shorter but we're getting towards the end 🥺