chapter 2

When Jungkook got home, Taehyung was already there. He was in the kitchen, cooking something that smelled great.

“Oh, hey, Kook!” Taehyung said cheerfully when he heard Jungkook shut the door behind him.

“Hey… Cooking something for your boyfriend?” Jungkook asked.

"No, no... I’m just cooking dinner for you and me.” the younger stared at him for a couple of seconds, and Taehyung noticed. “I mean, if you want to eat with me, it’s no big deal if you can’t or don’t want to” his radiant smile seemed to fade a little.

“Oh, no, no, no, I’d love to! Thank you for inviting me.”

Taehyung offered Jungkook a sincere, sweet smile, and Jungkook felt something weird in his stomach. “Want me to help?” offered the brunette.

“Oh, that's alright, I'm almost finished.” smiled Taehyung.

“Alright… Then I'll go leave some stuff in my room, see you in a bit?” Jungkook asked and the oldest nodded, a warm smile still bright on his face.

Jungkook walked away towards his room, but before getting in he took a quick glance at his roommate, looking extremely handsome as always and more charming than usual with the baby blue apron he was wearing. His hair was half tied into a small pony tail in the back of his head. Jungkook shook his head and got inside his room, he threw his bag and then himself onto his bed and stared at the ceiling while a hundred thoughts invaded his confused mind.

It was completely impossible that he hated Taehyung. How could he? Taehyung was the best roommate and the best friend, always so understanding and kind hearted. Jungkook had always believed him the sweetest guy in the whole wide world. He couldn’t hate him.

But then, what was it? He had no problems with homosexuals, and the guys he had over weren’t anything bad… He just could not find the answer to the feelings that held him captive every time he saw Taehyung with somebody. That, until he thought about the last thing Namjoon said to him.

“Or you could be in love with him.”

No. That was impossible. He was straight. He had girlfriends in the past. He liked girls. Just girls.

...right?

“Jungkook, the food is ready!” Taehyung yelled from the kitchen. Jungkook took a minute to stand up, he didn’t know how much time he had been laying there thinking about his situation.

The film student got out of his room, trying to leave all of his thoughts in there. Of course he failed, but at least he tried.

The two young men sat in the small aisle in the center of the kitchen they used as a dining room, two bowls full of great-smelling-and-looking noodles waiting for them.

“Wow, it looks amazing, Tae” Jungkook said in awe.

“I really hope it turned out decent, I’m really not that good at cooking.” the blonde chuckled while taking off his apron and leaving it in the kitchen's counter.

“You’re good at literally everything, I wouldn’t worry.” Jungkook assured his roommate with a sweet smile.

When Jungkook tried it, his face stayed blank for a second, just to change expressions a moment later to one of absolute delight.

“Taehyung, this is so great” he said, accompanied with a yummy sound and with food still in his mouth.

Taehyung let out a sigh of relief, his face glowing with a genuine smile.

“Oh, thank god!”

After complimenting Taehyung multiple times about his cooking skills, they just started talking about trivial stuff; asking each other about their majors, their friends and even their weird habits, they were so involved in the conversation that they didn’t even notice it wasn’t so early in the night anymore. They really enjoyed each other’s company.

The calm and the joy that had taken over the apartment quickly faded away when Taehyung’s phone received a text. The blonde smiled at his phone and unlocked it to text back, and Jungkook’s heart started to race in his chest.

Jungkook stood up aggressively, almost knocking down his chair in the process. Taehyung flinched and looked at him in confusion.

“I think I’ll go to sleep now.” Jungkook said while he picked up his empty bowl and left it in the sink.

“Wait, so quick? I thought maybe we could watch a movie or something” Taehyung replied, leaving his phone on the table immediately and standing up.

“Sorry, I just… I feel pretty tired, I woke up early today.” that wasn’t a lie, but Jungkook knew very well that wasn’t the reason why he wanted to leave.

“Oh… Alright then, I guess I’ll see you around tomorrow”

“Yeah, yeah... Goodnight, Taehyung.”

“Goodnight, Kook...”

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