Jungkook missed him. He had known that since the second he left Lucas' apartment.
And he couldn't get the picture of Taehyung sleeping out of his mind. He knew that no Lucas would be able to change that.
Not that he was supposed to. But since Taehyung had his friends outside the band too, Jungkook thought, he might as well do the same.
He was still a little angry at what had happened recently. And how Taehyung acted towards him, frustrated him even more.
But he just wished it was over. He wished they would have another night like the one on the rooftop. Maybe without the confusion.
But with the stars upon them, the cold night breeze and nothing else but them.
Too bad that Tae still acted the way he did.
That he outed Jungkook was a different story. Taehyung would never do this thing on purpose. And Jungkook knew that their hyungs would be cool with it. They didn't mind at all. So why was this such a big deal for him? He probably just wanted to yell back at him for something and that was the best excuse. No, the fact that Jungkook wasn't ready, was the reason. He knew he could trust Tae with everything he told him, he knew Tae didn't mean to say it, he was just angry. Jungkook shouldn't have reacted like that. He was just so annoyed by the way Tae had treated him in that moment and for his stupid jealousy, which was completely unnecessary. Lucas was just a new friend, it's understandable that you try to hangout with new friends a bit more, to get to know them better. Did he neglect Tae maybe? Did he spend less time with him all of the sudden?
Jungkook wished for them to be okay.
Even though Taehyung could be a sassy ass bitch, he always seemed to know how to act around the younger. He always seemed to find the right spot between honesty and support. Jungkook always felt understood when he talked to him. He had felt heard.
But now he just felt... lonely?
He wanted to reach out to him again, for Tae to take his hand and be his friend again. Or maybe more but that was up for discussion.
Then something popped into his head and while it was Jhope's turn to rap his lyrics, Jungkook quickly grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and started writing. He could hear the melody in his head, the tune fit so perfectly. He hummed a little bit and wrote some more.
It was about time he'd finish that song anyway.
Taehyung was watching him from beside. He was still wondering why this photo with this guy had made him so mad. And he thought he had the right to yell at Jungkook for wanting to meet him again. Because yes, this guy was a complete stranger. And he didn't want anything to happen to the maknae.
And- and yes maybe he was a bit jealous too.
The thought of them not talking, not cuddling, not even sleeping next to each other without the tension overcoming the situation.. it made him sad. He wanted for this whole bad feeling to leave. He wanted to hold him again.
Or to be hold, whatever. Just any kind of interaction.
The thought of this weird dude taking that position with Jungkook caused an uncomfortable feeling in his stomach.
He was thinking to just go over to Jungkook. To hug him. Would Jungkook ever have told him about the incident with the kiss if the picture wasn't shown on the big screen?
And why would he try to talk himself out of it? Maybe it was an accident after all.
And damn, Taehyung so regretted saying those few words. He really really didn't mean to say them. He was able to see the younger's heart ache for a second when he said that he never wanted to have talked with him in the first place. And after he realized what he had done, he wanted to take it all back, to restart the whole conversation. It got completely out of control.
He should have apologized immediately. He should apologize now.
Would Jungkook even talk to him?
Would he get mad?
The older was sure that he would deserve whatever bad thing Jungkook would respond with.
He made his way to the maknae, who had his thoughts deepened in his writing so intensely, he didn't notice Tae at first.
But as he looked up he jumped out of his seat. Taehyung saw Jungkook's muscles tense up and the look on his face seemed cold. As if he was ready to fight, the younger opened his mouth to say something, right when Taehyung went in for a hug and whispered a "I'm sorry" in his ear.
Jungkook didn't expect that.
"I should've apologized right then, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to out you. I wasn't thinking, I'm sorry, Jungkook."
Not even waiting for an answer he continued.
"I am so sorry for everything I said, I take it all back. I- i was just angry. Please forgive me."
Jungkook slung his own arms around the others body and pulled him closer.
"I'm sorry too. I said some things too and I actually didn't mean what I said. And also, I knew our hyungs wouldn't see me any different, if they knew about my sexuality. I was scared, things were gonna change, when they'd know but nothing did.
I don't know what was wrong with me. And about Lucas, I-"
"Let's not talk about him right now."
"You probably thought that it was naive to meet him, since I just started to get to know him", the maknae continued.
Taehyung sighed.
"It WAS naive. I don't want something bad to happen to you."
Jungkook stayed silent.
"And I was kind of hurt that you didn't tell me."
"Tell you what?", Jungkook asked.
"Well.. you know.. are you guys seeing each other? Are you- dating? Or something?"
Jungkook separated them: "No! God no, Tae, I just met him. And it's nothing like that! The photo you saw was an accident, I wasn't lying."
"I'm just wondering.. would you tell me if something was going on? Would you include me into your life? Because if I'm not with you, I feel lost. And I hate that feeling."
"Of course I'd tell you."
Tae nodded with a worried look on his face, Jungkook couldn't quite specify.
Jungkook hugged Tae again.
He almost said it now. Those three words would have been perfect in this situation.
After a few seconds, Taehyung tightened the hug, and stroked his back, his hair and pressed himself against him.
The warmth gave both of them comfort.
They didn't pay attention to their hyungs eyes on them. Namjoon was inside the small room to record his rapping, so he was concentrating on his work but jhope and yoongi just smiled knowingly and jimin had to stop himself from letting out a happy scream. They were very glad that their two youngest members finally talked to each other and the uncomfortable atmosphere between them had disappeared.
For the next few following weeks, they were almost glued together, and Taehyung same as Jungkook were actually happy again. They didn't have to fake it anymore. The recording for their song 'DNA' was over and now they were on their first day of shooting the music video. Just standing in this big room of clothes and makeup and even a hairdresser section got their attention.
Jungkook recently said how he thought that silver hair looked so cool and that he had seen it so many times. He also said how amazed he was by that dye and how it was the most awesome thing when it matched the persons vibe.
So now Taehyung found himself sitting in this chair feeling the silver color finding its way through his curly hair. Of course he had bleached it before, during their break, because it wouldn't work that well if it was just the silver dye.
"How long has it been, Mr Kim?" the hairdresser asked.
Taehyung rolled his eyes.
"Mrs. Inoue, just drop the formalities, it's okay."
"Oh Tae c'm on, let her be formal if she wants to", Hoseok said from the seat next to him.
"Excuse me Taehyung, I'm just used to it", she said carefully.
"Thank you Keiko. It's been thirty minutes. How long does it have to stay in there?" Tae asked and looked up his own forehead to look at it, which was impossible because his hair was laid back and covered with a plastic cap same as Hobi's hair. The only difference was that Hobi's hair was now redish with some tone of brown and not silver like Tae's.
Jimin was sitting across from Taehyung. He had decided to go for a blonde look.
Yoongi who sat next to Jimin, across Jhope, had his hair put into a plastic cap that hid the new cyan color. His head laid back and he was sleeping calmy.
"Another ten minutes. Then it should be good."
Taehyung nodded as response.
"So", she started.
"So?"
"How long have you been dating?" she asked confidently.
Jhope looked up from his phone.
"We're not dating", Tae almost whispered.
"And how do you know who I'm talking about?"
"I-", Taehyung said but stopped talking, since he thought it was for the better and just forced a friendly smile.
"We're not dating."
"Yet", she added shamelessly.
Jimin tried to hold his laughter.
"Who aren't you dating?", Jhope asked.
"No one", Taehyung hissed.
"Ta da!", he said good twenty minutes later as he jumped right in front of Jungkook to get his attention.
Jungkook, who sat on the floor, studying the choreography in his head just made a 'mhm' sound and continued staring at his paper. He had already colored his hair a bit ago, into a more natural way, like light brown.
"Hey, you're not looking." Taehyung poked his cheek.
"Mm don't."
"I did something."
"Yeah? What did you do?", the younger mumbled.
Tae grabbed Jungkooks chin with his fingers and pulled his face up.
"Ta da", he whispered again.
The maknae's eyes exploded with joy: "Oh my, Tae, that looks so good! Did you just do that here? This is so cool!"
The other just chuckled.
"This fits you so good!"
"Thank you."
"I am so in love, wow!" Jungkook said loudly and ruffled through Taehyungs hair. He held a few strands in between his fingers and wrapped them softly around.
Jhope from behind just smiled and ironically said to himself: "So that's who isn't dating yet."
"Wow."
"I thought you'd like it", Taehyung smiled and sat down next to Jungkook.
"What are you looking at?"
"Our new choreo."
"You wanna show me what you remember?", the older asked and grabbed the paper.
"Hey! I've been only studying it roughly, I barely remember anything!"
"Show me", Taehyung said and gave a devilish grin which made the younger sigh but he stood up eventually.
He knew he had no chance to get out of this.
But he had an idea.
Jungkook took Taehyung's hands and pulled him up.
"You're gonna practice with me then."
Taehyung rolled his eyes. "Fine. So how do we start?"
"Well as you know, the song starts with some of my whistling and then the following steps should look like this I think", Jungkook said and arranged his feet, then tried to imagine the music in his head and waited for Tae to do the counting.
Of course the older knew what Koo was wanting him to do, so he just started: "one, two- three, four, five- six, seven- eight- one, two- three, four, five-"
"Wait, wait you're too fast."
"Sorry."
—-
"Guys, let's take a look at the ouftits!" Namjoon yelled and made the members gather around him.
They went through lots and lots of outfits, lots and lots of different variations but in the end everyone agreed to these skinny jeans with some light blue and white in it. They almost looked a bit like clouds, Taehyung thought.
"Ok, Jungkook, you have your clothes?"
Jungkook nodded.
"Then get ready now, oh and go to the makeup artist too, you're up first for that whistle in the beginning", Namjoon ordered.
—-
"You're just gonna follow the camera with your eyes, that's all you have to do. But don't forget to whistle, and don't be surprised, the camera will move quickly", their director advised.
"Got it."
"Okay, then set- and go!"
Playback started playing.
Somehow he couldn't stop thinking about Tae, who had dyed his hair silver, right after Jungkook said that he liked silver hair. He smiled.
"Cut! Don't smile, you gotta look serious."
"Right. Sorry."
"And again, from the beginning!"
Playback started playing.
"WOW, this camera is fast-"
"Cut!"