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Much to Jungkook’s dismay, Taehyung left him no time to ponder over his recent love based epiphany. As soon as he pulled away from the kiss the older of the two took this as ‘okay great time to talk to Jimin!’ rather than what Jungkook had actually been trying to communicate which was ‘ holy shit I’m in love with my new friend please if there’s a god out there strike me down.’ Grabbing the brunette’s hand Taehyung declared that they would go see Namjoon and sit down with Jimin until everything had been sorted out. Jungkook felt like he was going to vomit.
“Uh, Tae?”
“Yeah?”
“Y’know… maybe this isn’t such a good idea. I mean, talking to Jimin is but… maybe we should talk to him separately?” The two were almost to Namjoon’s dorm now and Jungkook felt a little guilty for having Taehyung walk all this way with him but… he just wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. Jungkook was almost certain that Jimin was still mad at him and that was okay but if Jungkook wanted to fix it he wasn’t sure bringing a physical representation of a big part of the argument with him was going to help anything hence why he hinted that Taehyung shouldn’t come. It wasn’t that he wanted to keep them from each other because he didn’t, in a perfect world Jungkook would have his friendship with Jimin and whatever he had with Taehyung at the same time but right now it would be best if he focused on Jimin first.
“Oh okay, I understand.”
“It’s not that I don’t want you to come with me, because believe me I do but I-”
“No, it’s okay. I know things are really touchy right now between you guys.”
“Yeah, things are complicated. I’m sorry for dragging you all the way over here I know that it was kind of rude of me.”
“There’s no need to apologize you just wanted some support.” Taehyung laced their fingers together.
“Y-yeah. I’m a bit nervous.” Jungkook was trying so hard and failing miserably at suppressing a deep blush, especially when Taehyung brought Jungkook’s hand to his lips and softly kissed each of his knuckles.
“It’s okay. There’s a coffee shop down the street so I’m gonna walk over there and hang out for a bit. Do you want to meet me there when you get out?”
“That sounds good, thank you.” Taehyung let go of Jungkook’s hand and walked a few feet away before taking a moment to pause.
“I really hope Jimin doesn’t hate me,” he mumbled. Jungkook smiled sincerely.
“Of course he doesn’t!”
*****
“I fucking hate him Jungkook.”
“Jimin what the fuck? You have no reason to hate him.” The two roommates were currently sitting face to face in Namjoon’s dorm, Jimin on the bed next to Namjoon and Jungkook at the desk.
“As someone who cares about you, I have every reason. Has it ever occurred to you that I have never heard one good thing about V since you started talking about him? Sure you’ve maybe called him hot or something like that but every time he is seriously brought up it’s always negative.” It stung a little to have Jimin refer to himself as someone who cares about Jungkook rather than his best friend but the younger ignored it.
“Okay that is my fault and I’ll give you that but as an adult, you should be able to formulate your own opinions on people from experience not just through word of mouth.”
“Listen for right now all I know is that I don’t like him and he isn’t healthy for you-”
“You know nothing about what’s healthy for me! I’m not a child!” Jimin stood up abruptly.
“Stop fucking yelling at me you ungrateful asshole! If you don’t want to be treated like a child stop lashing out like one!” The blonde had never gotten so angry with Jungkook before, he had never raised his voice as much as he was currently. The younger sat at the desk dumbfounded.
“How about everyone calms down before this gets out of hand, there’s no need for yelling we can talk this out can’t we?” Namjoon interjected like the level-headed individual he was. Jimin jerked away from the delicate hand Namjoon had wrapped around his wrist and continued.
“No fuck that! I’m tired of being passive and walking on eggshells. This friendship is so one-sided, tell me Jungkook, what do you do for me?” Now that question really hurt but Jungkook didn’t even have time to answer.
“I’ve got a better question for you, what does V do for you?” Suddenly the younger didn’t feel so bad anymore.
“What he does for me is none of your fucking business Jimin!”
“Guys please stop this is-”
“No! Jimin I came here to apologize and you’ve been acting like me being around V is ruining our friendship when it has absolutely nothing to do with you!”
“It is ruining our friendship!” Jimin exclaimed. The whole room went silent as a frustrated tear ran down the blonde’s cheek.
“Everything’s different now… You’re never home and when you are around you’re miserable, something’s not right Jungkook.”
“Well-”
“And every time I ask about him you get super nervous and defensive. You used to be so open with me but now we don’t even talk, we can’t even be in the same room as each other without starting an argument.”
“Jimin I’m sorry I didn’t know you felt that way-”
“I think I might find somewhere else to stay for a little while.” Jungkook panicked.
“No, Jimin no please don’t ! Look I’m sorry I’m really so fucking sorry I didn’t mean to make you feel this way. You’re my best friend and I’d never let anything come between us, not even Taehyung-”
“Taehyung? As in the radio show host?” The brunette froze. Namjoon read the room and left immediately not wishing to stick around to see the rest of the situation unfold.
“I-I didn’t mean to-”
“V and Taehyung are the same person? You’re dating the-”
“We’re not dating and Jimin please for the love of god you can’t tell anyone I said that.”
“I’m not going to say anything but-”
“No seriously he’s going to fucking kill me if he finds out I told you I can’t believe I just did that.” Jungkook could feel tears building up behind his eyelids.
“Hey calm down, I’ll act like this whole thing never happened. Is this why you’ve been acting so weird lately?” The younger broke.
“Jimin I’m in love with him.”
“You’re what?”
“I’m so in love with him and he’s so unhappy and I can’t fix it and it hurts so much.”
“Kook what’s going on?”
“I didn’t mean to fall for him but I did and now all I want to do is keep him safe and I can’t because he keeps getting the shit kicked out of him! He won’t talk about it either he just pretends nothing is going on and it hurts so fucking bad Jimin I love him, I just love him so much I-”
“Jungkook,” Jimin gave him a loving hug and just like that their business was settled. “You need to talk to him.”