A Puzzle

'I'm sorry, Jungkook.' Taehyung thought as he stared deeply into Jimin's eyes, giving him a sheepish look.

"The truth is... I have a boyfriend, and you probably know him," Taehyung knew their deal was 'never tell a soul', but he can't help but to tell Jimin the truth. "His name is Jungkook and he's in our class."

Even if Jungkook decides to cheat on Taehyung on more than ten girls at once, with him included on the list, he can't push himself to do the same.

"Wow, I didn't know your standards were that high!" Jimin let off a satisfied laugh, though that only served his cover, for he was hurting a bit at what the other just said. "Well from my point of view, Jungkook is good looking and famous, no wonder people like him. I have no battle here." he joked.

Taehyung made weird face as he stared at the other laughing and piling up the cards they used.

"You don't believe me, do you?"

Jimin rubbed the back of his neck and smiled. "Don't worry, having a crush on someone you idolize is not bad to have. If your boyfriend is Jungkook, then mine is Taeyang or Chris Brown."

Taehyung laughed it off, just to humor the other. Though it made him think that even if people knew or had clue about Jungkook and his relationship, of course, nobody would believe it immediately like that. A popular, handsome guy dating another guy that is weird and is a nobody is impossible.

"I'll turn off the lights, okay? You should rest up, we still have classes tomorrow morning," Jimin reminded as he flicked the light switch off. "... you're probably not interested, that's why you ignored my slight confession." he muttered.

"What was that?" Taehyung asked innocently, he didn't quite catch up with what the other added.

"Hmm, nothing. Good night, Taehyung."

-

The next morning, Taehyung woke up with the smell of soap on surrounding their room.

He yawned and stretched his arms out. Rubbing his eyes tiredly, he saw his roommate, Jimin, dressed up in casual clothes and is drying his hair on his own bed.

"Morning!" the older cheerfully greeted. "Take a shower too. If we go down now and order breakfast, we would have a lot more food to choose from because around 8:00 am, some meals get sold out pretty quick, trust me."

"Good morning..." Taehyung greeted back with another yawn. He then grabbed his towel and bathroom necessities to clean himself up.

-

Twenty minutes later, the two were both ready to go downstairs to order. They were already at the middle of the hallway approaching the elevator, but then Taehyung suddenly remembered what he said last night to the other boy.

Even if the older didn't believe, after revealing the truth, he can't help but to feel worried. He felt guilty. Taehyung dreamed of Jungkook all night, he can't help but to predict what his boyfriend's reactions would be after hearing that he broke their rule.

"Jiminie," he called out, catching the other's attention. "You order food for me, I'll have what you're having. I'm going to check something for a minute."

"Did you forget something?" Jimin asked in a curious tone.

"N-No, but I'll be fast, I promise!"

Jimin nodded and rode the elevator down alone without Taehyung. The latter tried to act normal and waved him off a good bye. When the doors closed, Taehyung ran to the stairs to go to Jungkook's floor.

He didn't knew his boyfriend was staying here until last week, but he got the room number precisely when he curiously asked the lady from the lobby downstairs a few days ago when he was checking in.

Taehyung at least wants to see his face, it's been a week already.

Sometimes, he thinks that he's too loyal in this relationship.

But if you really love someone, you'll do anything, right?

-

On the floor where Jungkook's room was located, Taehyung looked around to see if there were any sign of his boyfriend, but sadly there isn't.

To be more specific, there wasn't a single student to be found on the hallway, they are probably either still sleeping or already eating breakfast downstairs.

When Taehyung was about to give up and go back down, he saw a middle aged man who held a mop on his right hand, and a phone on the other. Based on his outfit and everything he was holding, he looked like a sanitation worker.

"Ah, sir?" he called out, but the man didn't hear him, so he called out once more in a louder voice.

"Yes?" the man finally replied after Taehyung called out for more than three times. It made him roll his eyes a bit.

"Do you know a student named, Jungkook?" he politely asked, but once again, the man took a while to respond, he was too focused on his phone that it made Taehyung groan a bit.

After a few button he pressed on his old model phone, the man finally replied. "Boy, there are a lot of students here and I don't know their names."

"His last name is Jeon, and he's roommates with a long faced guy named Jung Hoseok." Taehyung tried moving his arms around to describe how they looked.

The man let out an 'oh' and pointed at the hallway behind Taehyung.

"That edge door, just around that corner."

Taehyung enthusiastically nodded and was off to run, but then the man's next words stopped him from his tracks.

"You probably shouldn't try to go, there's nobody in there."

"Why?" Taehyung asked, but once again, the man was playing games in his phone. He didn't want to be disrespectful, but he started waving his hands to let the man know he was still waiting for a response.

"Ah, Hoseok... that kid had trouble breathing this morning..." the man said in between his button presses.

"Umm, so...?" Taehyung groaned once more and scratched his head on how unfocused this man was.

".... yeah, was took to the hospital."

"Ah, okay. Thank you." Taehyung replied as he sighed and went back to the elevator for a faster travel downstairs. At least the man made sense with some of his words.

'Hoseok had trouble breathing so he was taken to the hospital, of course, Jungkook, as a roommate, had to accompany him.' that is what he decoded. He'll just leave it like that, for now.

-

Taehyung looked for Jimin at the huge dining area located at the dorm's first floor. At one corner, he saw him waving and pointing at the seat in front of him.

"Oh, here's our food, right on time." Jimin smiled at him as he sat comfortably at the cushion chair.

"Thank you, Jiminie." he smiled back, taking a sniff at the breakfast Jimin ordered, it was just normal pancakes with syrup and eggs plus sliced fruits at the plate and a cup of coffee on the side. It was simple and cliche, yet it looked extremely appetizing.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Jimin asked as he took a big bite of his pancake and sipped on his coffee.

"Hmm, I think." Taehyung replied, just to make the conversation short and not make Jimin wonder more.

About five minutes of eating breakfast, the dining area's doors opened once more, this time revealing Jungkook with his usual pals, Hoseok, Yoongi and Namjoon.

As always, the boarding students who were also eating their breakfast greeted the famous boys. While Taehyung couldn't help but to just stare.

He saw Hoseok clutching his own chest, rubbing circles around it as if he wants to calm down.

"I thought I was going to die..." he huffed out loud. That boy really has a loud mouth.

"Don't think of it that way, or you'll die for real." Yoongi commented, Namjoon nodded as a sign that he agrees.

"Hoseok hyung, next time, don't make a big deal out of it." Jungkook bowed his head down looking at his own shoes as they walked.

"How can I not if-- what? what are you looking at?"

Hoseok's words made the other three look at the direction of his gaze. Apparently, he was glaring at Taehyung who was looking directly at him with a curious look painted on his face.

"I-I'm sorry!" he peeped and went back to stare at his food.

"Seriously, that kid is weird." Hoseok scoffed as they continued walking to a food stall.

Looking at Taehyung's position, Jungkook was once again pissed off.

He didn't need to say words, his facial expression was more than enough for Taehyung to know what he really wants to say.

He wants to talk.

just a trivia. [ and possibly a clue-spoiler type ]

a few nights back, i read the outline of this story.

and damnnn, even if i was the one who thought of the ending,

i cried myself to sleep while reading it.