"Everyone settle for the next scene!"
"Jungkook, your makeup-"
"Jimin, your jacket!"
"Can I have some water?"
That's how it went for the next couple hours. Quick outfit changes, new contact lenses, different hairstyles-
They've danced their choreo maybe a hundred times now? Jungkook lost count.
The sky wasn't bright blue anymore. It was completely dark. Not a glimpse of light except from the computers and camera screens and the lanterns which brightened the ground a bit.
"This is perfect guys, we'll continue with the night scenes and see how far we get. Here's coffee, maybe the staff brought some energy drinks too-"
"Next scene: Kim Seokjin!"
"Wait hyung, your shoe", Jungkook said just as Jin wanted to walk to the director and quickly kneeled down to tighten his shoelaces.
"Thanks."
"Hyung?", Jungkook asked, his head laying on Taehyungs shoulder.
"Hm?" The older yawned.
"Can you bring me a cup of coffee?", Jungkook mumbled.
"But you don't like coffee", Tae mumbled back.
"I don't care."
The silver haired guy stretched his arms over his head and stood up.
"Fine."
So he walked around and started collecting all kind of things that were supposed to awaken someone.
He started at coffee and then energy drinks, further to cola and green tea. He also found a banana because recently he read somewhere that these fruits were supposed to give you energy when you just woke up. Well, Jungkook didn't specifically wake up but he was tired and trying really hard to stay awake. So that counted, Taehyung thought.
Okay, apparently Jungkook fell asleep. That's what Tae saw when he returned to the younger. His knees pulled up to his chest, his arms hugging himself, his head laid on the side, on one of his knees for Tae to see his resting eyes and his relaxed lips which had a little opening between. It almost felt bad to wake him up. He looked so calm that it made Taehyung feel guilty for what he was about to do. He gently laid his hand on Jungkook's shoulder and whispered into his ear: "Wakey-wakey, come on, it's time to wake up."
"Noo...", Jungkook mumbled and turned around. The older chuckled. "I got something for you", he said with a smirk. The drinks he mixed together, probably tasted unbelievably disgusting. He just wanted to see Koo's face when he tasted it.
"Drink this."
Jungkook sat up and took the drink. He looked at it suspiciously. Then he carefully smelled it and took a sip.
His brows furrowed as he swallowed it. Tae could see from his face that he hated it but surprisingly, he didn't complain. He just continued drinking it with a suffering look on his face which caused the older to laugh. "How is it?"
"It's um.. nice. What is in there?"
"Coffee, green tea, uhhh, cola and uhhh two energy drinks."
"What the hell, Tae!"
"Oh and I got you a banana."
"No, pls not the banana-"
"I thought you liked bananas, since, you know, you're crazy for banana milk."
"Yeah but that's different."
"How's that different?"
"Here, taste this and then tell me that it tastes the same way", Jungkook said and handed him his precious bottle banana milk and watched his hyung drink a little bit. Not too much of course because he didn't want Jungkook to have nothing left.
The younger raised one eyebrow, silently asking.
"Well.. I don't taste any difference."
"You don't get it, it tastes totally different."
"So I'm guessing, I can have the banana then if you don't want it?"
"No, I'll eat it."
Taehyung laughed and handed the said fruit to the young man.
"Jungkook, you're up next!"
"Okay okay! Whoooo", Jungkook made as he was called and ran over to the director while waving his arms as if he was a bird.
"What shall I do?"
"Since when are you that energized?"
"I just feel so good, i feel like I could do anything!"
The director faked a smile and pointed a place for Jungkook to go to.
"Just do the choreo one more time, oh don't forget your jacket!"
Jungkook ran back, put on his jacket and jumped up and down.
Namjoon walked over to Taehyung.
"What is he doing?"
"I don't know."
"What did you give him?"
"Just a couple of things with caffeine in it."
"Show me."
Tae gave him the bottle in which he mixed the ingredients.
"Ew, what the hell is this? What did you put in there??", Namjoon asked after just one sip.
"Coffee, energy, cola and green tea-"
"That's disgusting. But Taehyung- where did you get the energy cans from?"
"From right over there", Taehyung said and turned around to face the direction where he picked the cans up.
"Tae- please tell me you didn't take the cans from THAT table."
"Why what's wrong with it?"
"We have a staff member with an alcohol problem. You know about that right?"
"Yeah? Your point?"
"So because his work is so good, he didn't get fired, but because of his addiction, he is allowed to bring his drinks to work, just in case.."
Now Tae's face showed closure.
"Oh no-"
"It's not easy alcohol, Tae, how didn't you notice? I mean- I can even smell it from here!"
"I was even wondering why the cans looked so weird. Shit-", Taehyung mumbled.
"No cursing."
"Right sorry."
"So you're telling me, I handed TWO cans of hard liquor to our Jungkook-baby, who has never been drunk in his whole life?"
"TWO??"
"Fuck."
"Yes, fuck indeed, he's your responsibility now, get him under control, he's in no state to work, look at what you did!"
Jungkook's legs struggled to keep their strength and Jungkook went from every table to the next one, trying to find something to eat because suddenly his stomach started growling. Maybe some pork would be nice.
The director was completely out of his mind.
"Jungkook, try being professional, what are you even doing-"
"Sir, excuse him, he's not in his correct state of mind right now-"
"You don't say."
"Could you maybe continue with another member, Jungkook won't be able to work tonight."
"Fine, but I'll need him the following night, we still need to do this scene."
Taehyung nodded quickly and bowed to show him his gratefulness. Then he ran after the maknae.
"Hey, Jungkook, hey what are you doing?"
"OhhHh hey TAe, you know I just realaizzed", he slurred, "I am reaailly hungry right now."
Every step he took seemed like a new adventure for his muscles.
"Why don't we go somewhere else, no?"
"Surrrre, but I want pooork."
"Come on", Tae said and grabbed Jungkook's arm to drag him away.
They didn't go very far. Just somewhere with a bit of silence but they didn't leave the set.
"Mmmmnjnoww I'm kinddda cOld."
Tae sighed and took own his jacket off to lay it around Jungkook's shoulders.
"Ooh, such a gehEntleman", he hiccuped.
"Here, I brought water."
Taehyung handed a water bottle to the drunk boy.
"You should drink this."
Jungkook scoffed. "I've got a better idea", he said and leaned forward.
For a quick second Tae could feel the youngers lips on his own before he took a step back and said: "Let's not do this when you're drunk, I don't want you to regret anything."
"Might be bEtter this way", Jungkook answered and the tone in his voice told Tae how sad it had made him.
"I know you don't see me like that", he continued and even though every word had to fight to find the exit of his mouth, Taehyung understood every single one of them clearly.
"I-I didn't say that."
"You diDn't?" Jungkook looked up, his eyes showing new hope.
Tae didn't say anything. He wanted to shake his head but the way Jungkook was staring at him, forbid him to move. He was standing so closely that the older held his breath.
Jungkook pulled the the jacket off his shoulders and laid them back on Taehyung's. He carefully wiped the dirt off it before he looked him in the eye.
Tae was able to see sadness he didn't understand.
"Well you should have."
With those words Jungkook turned around and walked back to the others. He tried to forget Kim Taehyung still standing back there.
An hour later:
"Tae, where is Jungkook?"
"How am I supposed to know?"
"You're constantly glued to each other, so..", Jimin said and raised his arms apologetically.
"We're on tensed terms."
"Again? Why this time?", Jimin asked and sat down next to Tae against the wall.
Taehyung sighed. "I don't exactly know, he just seems to ignore me every time I'm showing or actually telling him how I feel about him."
"So what happened?"
"He made a move."
"And where's the problem?"
"Well, he's drunk, he's gonna regret it, obviously."
Jimin chuckled.
"What?"
"You know, you're always saying how he ignores your signs but you don't seem to be doing much better", Jimin said.
"That wasn't a sign! He's drunk! Who knows what's going on in his head."
"Some say, drunk people can't lie."
"You're being silly."
"Am I?"
"YES! Why do you need to know where he is anyway?"
"Namjoon hyung wanted me to find him for the next scene."
"But he probably isn't sobered up yet."
"We'll find out. I'm gonna look for him. Talk to you later?"
"Sure, good luck. And Jimin-", Tae said as Jimin wanted to walk away.
"Hm?"
"Be there for him? Just in case he needs someone to talk to."
Jimin nodded and gave the silver haired guy a little smile before he left.
"Jungkook, are you in here?" Been here before, he laughed to himself as he knocked on the door of the restroom.
"Not now, Jimin."
"Hey, hey what's going on?"
Jimin gently opened the door to find a depressed looking Jungkook, sitting on the floor, using the cabin wall as support.
"What's wrong?", Jimin asked and kneeled down.
Jungkook shrugged his shoulders.
"You want to talk about it?"
"I wouldn't even know where to start."
"Hey, wait, are you still drinking??", Jimin asked outranged and pointed at the bottle the younger held in his hand.
"It's water, calm down."
"Oh."
Jungkook was thinking about explaining to the older why he was drunk in the first place but he figured that Jimin probably already knew about Tae's talent of mixing drinks. It almost made him smile when he remembered how stupid Tae was for mistaken alcohol cans with energy cans.
Idiot.
"I made a move on him, how dumb could I possibly be?"
"I know", Jimin replied without thinking.
Jungkook looked at him with a funny face. "Thanks?"
"No, I didn't mean it like that, I knew that you hit on him."
"How?"
Jungkook might as well give himself a punch in the face for that question. Taehyung had told Jimin. Of course he did. Normally the maknae didn't mind because he knew how close the two of them were and that no secret was safe from their deep bond.
"He told me."
"Yeah, I just figured that out too. My brain is not quite functioning right now, sorry."
"No worries."
"And how are you?", Jungkook asked all of the sudden.
"Me? I'm okay, thanks", Jimin replied smiling.