《Mᴀʀᴋs┃Vᴋᴏᴏᴋ, Tᴀᴇᴋᴏᴏᴋ》25.
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"what's taking him so long?"
"calm dow tae, maybe he's still busy"
"but he said that he'll be back by 9"
"do you wanna go and check on him?"
"sure"
Jimin and Taehyung left the four alone, heading out and getting in the car before driving off to jungkook's company.
"where is he?"
"it's closed?"
BigHit was closed meaning everyone had left the building already.
where was Jungkook?
"tae?"
"yeah?"
"i see him"
"where?"
Taehyung looked where Jimin was looking and he sae Jungkook with another dude, they seemed pretty close and he was all happy and showing his bunny smile before laughing again.
"who is that?"
"Park Junho"
"you know him?"
"his ex"
"oh."
"why is he with him?"
Jimin was mad. he was angry. he was furious. he didn't know how angry he was but he was angry for both Jungkook and Taehyung.
why was he hanging out with a cheater? and why did he leave taehyung to wait for him? he was pissed.
"i wanna go home"
Taehyung wanted to cry and Jimin just patted his bestfriend's back before ushering him in the car.
before they could even go, Taehyung saw how Jungkook and the man hugged tightly before Jungkook patted the man's head and smiled.
"let's go."
Jimin backed away and went to give taehyung a ride home, still silent about the whole situation.
"i'm so happy for you junho!"
he hugged the man and smiled widely.
"told you, i'm so happy for you too"
they laughed as they look like idiots while talking.
"i can't believe you're getting married!"
yes, his ex was getting married to someone named taemin, and no not the idol, it's someone they've known around the uni before.
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"you better invite me"
"sure, i'll invite you're boyfriend as well!"
the only reason Junho and Jungkook dated was because when they were foolish students, they believed that the soulmate thing was just bullshit and it ties you to a person even though you don't like them.
but look at them now, totally whipped for their soulmates.
"taehyung would be happy to be in a wedding"
he laughed again as he stood up with Junho, he needed to leave soon since taehyung was probably waiting for him and same as for Junho.
"i'll tell you more in the future. it was nice talking to you"
Jungkook hugged him and patted the man's hair before exiting the coffee shop leaving Junho waiting for his soon-to-be husband.
"
bubs? i'm home!"
no one answered.
"hello?"
Jungkook entered and the lights were on, maybe Taehyung forgot to turn them on and slept.
"you here?"
he opened their room and he wasn't there, so quickly, jungkook ran to the other room and it was locked, meaning he was in there.
but why?
"bubs?"
"leave me alone Jungkook"
"aw, are you mad that I was away for a long ti-"
"I SAID FUCKING LEAVE!"
Jungkook immediately shut his mouth and went to his bed to figure the fuck out, what the hell was happening.
really confused, he decided to text his hyung figuring maybe, they know something.
what are they on about?
he really has to ask taehyung about it for tomorrow but he needs to take a rest, dancing and singing really took a lot of his energy.
bad news. tae already left.
he was frustrated, stressed and confused plus fucked.
he has to solve it with Taehyung if he wants to stay focused on his work, but their problem is bothering him from time to time and he couldn't focus on the emails being sent to him.
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"damn it!"
he slammed his fist on the table before reading their emails to him and accepting the presents fans sent to him.
a loud ring, erupted in the room, making him jump out of his chair and quickly press the accept call without reading the caller's ID.
"hello?"
"hey jungkook"
"jinwoo hyung?"
his manager, of course. why would tae talk to him in the middle of their fight.
"i'm glad you're calling me hyung now"
"well you wanted me to"
"tss, anyways be ready for your world tour, it'll take the energy away from you, so be prepared"
"i know"
"next month is gonna be amazing, you're fans have gone crazy, imagine sold out in 2 minutes"
"they are, thanks for the update hyung"
"okay okay goodluck kiddo"
the call ended and he sat down, disappointed that it wasn't tae.
what did I do wrong? someone just tell me.
"what's with the stressed out look babe?"
someone from behind asked, he knew who it was, Minho.
"Hi minho"
"haven't seen you in a while- WOAH, you're marked"
"haha yeah"
"what's with the salty haha?"
"nothing"
"come on, you can tell your hyung"
Minho nudged taehyung's shoulder and gave him a drink.
it was already 8pm-ish before Taehyung asked BamBam and Yugyeom to come and join him in a bar near the modelling agency that they also owned.
"okay if you say so"
he drank the liquid before feeling the burning sensation in his throat making him wince a little before clearing his throat.
■■
"that must've sucked dude"
Minho drank with the drunken tae as he grumpily drinks another shot.
"slow down"
"neVERRRR"
he screamed and went all wild before running outside and puking on the grass, minho catching up slowly before patting him on the back.
"haha, i'm such a waste"
"no you're not tae"
"really?"
"really really. i like you"
"prove.. it to me"
he slurred on his words before kissing minho, Minho pushed him back after realizing what just happened and stared at his friend in disbelief.
"not like that tae, as a friend"
he looked at tae and went inside.
"see? i'm a waste"
taehyung hugged his knees and cried on the floor, not bothering to see if anyone's watching.
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