"Do you know why little boys pull on little girls' pigtails? It's because they like them and don't know how to say it." "But I'm not a girl-" He smiled, shook his head and chuckled nervously "It was a bad example but just roll with me for a second okay?" He took a deep breath before continuing, "I like you Tae. Even if I've had a strange way of showing it, " ------- Sixteen-year-old Taehyung's family struggle both emotionally and financially after the death of his father. With his mother working two jobs just to cover rent and a sickly younger sister, Tae is expected to get a part-time job. The only problem, jobs are few and far between in his city, meaning he has to take what he's been offered. When Tae begins working in the coffee shop owned by the family of Jeon Jungkook; the boy who has teased him since elementary school, he doesn't think that his luck could get any worse. But what happens when Jungkook's true personality begins to shine through and the nature of their strained relationship changes. Will he find love? Or is this all some sort of sick joke? ------- bts jeon jungkook x kim taehyung taekook vkook high school au coffee shop au