+ note ; i feel as if ed sheeran songs just describe this fanfic in a whole, so feel free to create yourself an ed sheeran playlist as you read this fic.

Later that day, the group of eight woke up to the rain’s pitter-pattering from outside. The small droplets of rain fell from the sky, one by one falling down to finish out its cycle of life. As the droplets reached the ground and the end of their short lifespan, more of itself were created to follow in the same steps as the previous droplets. With the mixture of rain and having no power from the powerful storm that hit earlier, the group had nothing to do.

Cooking food was out of the question, since none of the appliances worked due to the power outage. All electricity and power was cut off from the house, leaving the small area in darkness; the only light coming from the cloud-covered sun outside. Even with that light, the group was barely able to see much. How they went from a sunny day where the group was having fun, to a darkened day where the group didn’t have much they could do, was a question left unanswered.

“What are we supposed to do now?” Seokjin asked the rest of the group that were scattered on the couches in the living room. “There’s no power, I can’t make us breakfast, we can hardly see each other. What is there to do?”

The pinkette never received an answer, though. Half of the group had managed to fall asleep to the sounds of the rain hitting against the windows and the house. The only few who managed to stay awake were Jungkook, Taehyung, Seokjin and Namjoon - although the green haired male was in a half-awake, half-asleep state at the moment.

Seokjin just sighed at the silence, leaning his head on the green haired male’s shoulder in hopes of getting more sleep as well. After all, if nearly everyone else had been asleep, he figured he might as well do the same. Namjoon wrapped one of his arms around the pinkette’s waist, pulling him closer to his side before falling asleep almost instantly.

The two that remained in a complete awake state just sat there in the darkness of the living room, bodies close together as they lay underneath a blanket. During the storm, the weather dropped a bit from its normal high temperatures for a summer day, so the duo were a bit cold from the drop in temperature. There wasn’t too big of a change in temperature, yet it was enough to make the two a lot colder than they should’ve felt for a mid-summer day.

Taehyung was inbetween the younger’s legs as they sat sideways on the couch, Jungkook’s body sprawled out over the entire piece of furniture. The brunette was leaning himself all the way back, his head laying against the armrest while the blonde was leaning himself back on the younger boy’s chest, snuggled up underneath the blanket.

Taehyung wanted to talk to the brunette about something important to him, but he wanted to make sure the rest of the group were fully asleep at the time so he wouldn’t be so embarrassed as he talked to the younger boy about something he had been wanting to tell him. That being the said, the blonde was beyond nervous to tell the younger boy what he wanted to. There were so many ways that the conversation could backfire on him, but he was always told that letting things out were better than keeping them in.

“Jungkookie,” the blonde carefully moved his body so he was laying on his stomach, chin propped on the brunette’s chest, head tilted to the side in the slightest. “Can I talk to you about something important?”

Jungkook, whom was previously lost in a sort of daydream, turned his attention back to the blonde, giving him a short nod - that the blonde couldn’t see from the darkness of the room. Upon realizing that, the brunette quickly muttered a small ‘sure’ to the blonde as a light shade of pink coated his cheeks. The boy was slightly embarrassed for nodding to the elder in such a dark room, knowing he couldn’t see anything from the darkness inside of the house.

“Have you ever had a crush on someone?” Taehyung asked as he laid the side of his head on the brunette’s chest. Jungkook wrapped his arms around the blonde on a sort of instinct, holding onto him as the two got in a comfortable position on the couch. “And by crush, I mean a really strong feeling of attraction and adoration towards someone. You know, someone you want to hug every time you seen them and want to kiss them. That sort of crush.”

The brunette was confused as to why the blonde was asking such a question to him. Of all people, Taehyung should’ve known that he hasn’t really been around people to develop any sort of feelings for them. He didn’t even really know what kind of feelings he would get when being around someone he has developed feelings for, because the boy never had any kind of crush. So, why was the blonde asking him, of all people, a question like that? Was it because the blonde wanted to help with getting Jungkook into a relationship as well as get Kaesi and Hoseok together?

Or did Taehyung have a crush of his own?

“I don’t think so, Taehyung,” the brunette replied after a short while, him taking time to gather his thoughts and question himself as to why the blonde would ask such a question. “Why? Is there someone you like?”

Taehyung became quiet after that. Jungkook knew the blonde wasn’t sleeping though, because he could feel the blonde’s heartbeat at its normal, steady pace. “No, I was just asking,” the blonde mumbled into the fabric of the younger boy’s shirt.

Jungkook wasn’t able to tell exactly what it was and why, but something about Taehyung’s response almost sounded like it wasn’t true. Why would the blonde ask him that if he didn’t have a crush on someone? There had to have been someone that the blonde was interested in, that’s why he asked Jungkook; in case the brunette had any tips for him and his confession towards his crush.

“There’s not anybody you like?” Jungkook asked, the curiosity getting the better of him. “Nobody at all?”

Taehyung let out a short sigh, his breath coming out a bit shaky. By the sounds of things, the blonde seemed to be holding back on tears - Jungkook could tell. So, to comfort the blonde, Jungkook removed one of his arms from the elder’s waist and placed it on the top of the blonde’s head. Then, the brunette ran his hand through the fluffiness of blonde that lay on top of Taehyung’s head.

“There is one person,” the blonde mumbled into the fabric of the brunette’s nightshirt. “B-but he won’t ever like me back, there’s no way for us to even be together. Besides, he’s too oblivious to even know my feelings for him.”

Jungkook frowned at the blonde’s response. Whoever was the person that captured the blonde’s heart should honored, because Taehyung was such a kindhearted person that was extremely cute - all words that came from Jungkook.

“If he doesn’t like you back then he’s stupid,” Jungkook replied before placing his hand on the elder’s cheek. He rubbed his thumb against the base of Taehyung’s cheek in a soothing way. Taehyung only sighed as a response, not knowing how to take the situation he was just placed in.

The blonde nuzzled the side of his face into the fabric of the brunette’s shirt, causing Jungkook to remove his hand from Taehyung’s cheek and place it on the elder’s back. “You just called yourself stupid,” the blonde mumbled to himself, Jungkook not quite hearing what was being said to him.

“What did you say, Taehyung?” Jungkook asked, since he couldn’t quite hear the blonde’s mumbled words. He lifted his head up in the slightest to look at the blonde, only for the darkness of the room to hide the expression on his face. The brunette frowned at the darkness before leaning his head back against the armrest.

“N-nothing,” the blonde replied quietly before closing his eyes to try and sleep away the hurt he felt in his heart.

A single tear slid down the blonde’s cheek, dripping onto the light fabric of Jungkook’s shirt, not that the brunette noticed. Taehyung’s frown deepened in the slightest as a small sigh heaved past his lips. It wasn’t hard to tell that the blonde was hurt by the younger’s unintentional way of rejecting him; Taehyung was saddened at the fact the person he held strong feelings for, didn’t feel the same way he did. There wasn’t anything more heart wrenching than that.

The pain held inside the blonde wasn’t one of a simple heartache, no, his was a bit worse. It was as if finding out a pet died or that someone you trusted with everything you had broke your trust and shattered all of the good you felt in life. It was kind of like having someone take your heart of your chest and you just watch as they deserve it in a multitude of ways.

Of course, the brunette wasn’t intentionally hurting Taehyung. In fact, he couldn’t really be blamed for being as oblivious as he was towards the whole situation. It’s not like Taehyung confessed to him and rejected him, he was just unknowing of the elder boy’s feelings towards him. And Taehyung was bent on never telling the brunette; he didn’t want to lose the skinship and closeness the two often shared. It was all too precious to him.

So, the blonde held in his emotions and feelings for the sake of keeping Jungkook in the only way he really had him.

As a friend.

+ note ; angst angst angst. but don’t worry, tae’s crush comes out really soon. let’s just say,, he’s not going to be the one to spill the beans. you’ll be surprised with who does, though.

but i do not work tomorrow so i will try updating again !! so many updates from me lately. that only means one thing; the end is near. jkjk we got some time to go before this ends. not much, but it’s not there yet.

im surprised at how many people actually read this though and actually have theories and enjoy this fic; it means so much to me.

ALSO !!

this fic is almost at 10k holy shit i know,, but if this manages to reach 10k by the time i wake up tomorrow, we will do another q&a and i will draw kaesi the way i picture her ;)