BROMANCE | VKOOK - Chapter 37: Chapter 37

"Are you excited?", Jungkook asked curiously, turning his face towards his boyfriend. They were walking along the street, sipping on iced coffee. Their plan for the day was to find a nice suit for Taehyung's graduation ceremony which was about to come up in a few weeks. Things were about to change, he was not going to be around in school anymore and would start working. He would become an intern at a big business company that would look incredibly good on his reputation.
All his grades had genuinely went up this semester, Taehyung had always tried to work his hardest to appear smart in his boyfriend's eyes.
When they got closer at first, it never felt as if he was good enough for Jungkook. The draining thought of being bad at school, not having a bright future and being a cheating asshole who treats his girlfriend like shit-, it had been following Taehyung every day at the beginning. Whenever he felt himself getting too drawn to Jungkook, he would back away, knowing he would never be able to be enough for the oh so sweet boy.
Little did he know that for Kook, Taehyung had always been the best person ever. Since the first day he saw him, back in elementary school when Jimin brought him for the first time, ever since that day, Jungkook couldn't get his mind off the older boy who looked so handsome back then.
He just had to smile and Jungkook would love him a bit more, when he talked to the younger, it was as if Jungkook's world got ten times brighter and all this never changed. Jungkook was seriously in love with Taehyung from the very first day and not even getting to know all his flaws made him love him a little less. He just got even more beautiful to Jungkook.
"I'm excited, yeah", Taehyung blushed a little, "Because you're going to be my date to prom. It's going to be my official coming out to everyone-"
"You know that you don't have to do this, right? Whenever you're ready, babe." Jungkook brushed along Taehyung's back and pressed a small kiss to his cheek. "I'm ready whenever you're ready", Taehyung inhaled deeply and then smiled even brighter, "And I can't wait anymore. I want to show the world that you are mine."
"Cute", Jungkook smiled, "The whole school will be jealous of me because I got everyone's crush."
Taehyung shrugged, "Well sucks for them I guess. They just aren't you, so no chance", he hummed and then stopped at a shop that seemed to sell suits. "Let's go in here?"
Jungkook nodded and the boys went in there, a sweet old lady came up to them immediately and greeted them with a big smile and still sparkling eyes even though she seemed to have gone through a whole life already.
"Good Morning, how can I help you?", she bowed politely and led the boys into the store.
"We're looking for a suit", Jungkook said, "It's his graduation soon."
The woman nodded, looking up and down the boy, "I'd say you should either go for a dark blue tone or a black one. Which would you prefer?"
Taehyung looked at Jungkook questioningly, "What do you think?"
"Black. It's hotter", Jungkook argued even though his answer was predictable. His whole closet consisted of white and black clothes, nothing in between.
"It's always adorable to see brothers come here together", she chuckled, "I wish I had a sibling or a friend who would have went shopping with me, I was always stuck with my mother", the woman hummed, looking through the suits.
"Wait", Jungkook looked at the woman, "You think we're brothers?"
"Sure, what else would you be?", the woman asked, fully oblivious.
Taehyung grabbed Jungkook's hand and intertwined it in front of the lady, "What does it look like?" She inhaled sharply and then her face went blank, not saying a word for a good minute. What the boys didn't consider was her age and that she was probably pretty traditional and conservative because of that. Maybe they shouldn't have told her.
"You should leave", she suddenly said, voice colder than it had been before. "I don't sell to people like this."
Taehyung went silent, gulping dryly because that hurt to hear. They didn't even do anything, they just held hands and got brushed off like this. He honestly didn't expect to be treated like this, even though he knew very well that no one in this country above the age of 30 would normally be cool with homosexuality. It just wasn't like this.
"I like this one", Jungkook said sternly and grabbed one of the suits, holding it up to look at it fully. He completely ignored the lady's suggestion to leave and draw his attention to what they were here for.
"Excuse me-", she tried again but Jungkook turned around and gave her a look that even shut the old woman up.
"Yeah excuse yourself for your rude behavior", the boy snapped at her, "We're here to buy a fucking suit, not anything else. If you wouldn't have assumed our relationship in the first place, you wouldn't be in this situation now. Just shut up and do your job, I'm sick of people making Taehyung feel bad just because he's being himself."
The woman held her breath, crossing her arms, "Who on earth do you think you are?! Talking to a grown woman like this?!"
"I'm Jungkook, who are you?", he said calmly. "Ah no wait, I don't really care. Do your job."
The woman grunted something and then grabbed two other black suits, "Just try those three." Her voice was harsh but she let the boys walk over to the changing rooms.
Taehyung was intimidated by his boyfriend's dominance and how he shut an old woman up, so he just grabbed the suits and went in, still lowkey embarrassed by everything.
Jungkook waited in front of it and when the old lady joined him, he gave her a warning glare. "One question", he said coldly.
"You're in no position to ask me questions, young man. You should be thankful I'm not calling your parents and tell them what you're doing."
"My Dad would literally be proud of me and then shut you up ten times harsher. So, let me ask my question", Kook sighed and the woman rolled her eyes annoyed, "Fine, what is it?"
"What do you think is so wrong about us that it makes you freak out like this?", he crossed his arms, "Just tell me one valid reason for why you wouldn't sell to people who have another sexual preference than you."
"Because it's wrong and I don't support it", she explained shortly, "Besides from that, I'm obviously selling to you if I let him try on my suits, so you're question doesn't make sense."
"You're not selling because you're okay with us, you're selling because I'm not letting you get away with that shit. That's the only reason. So what's wrong about us?", Jungkook smiled satisfied when he saw the woman struggling to find an answer.
"N-nothing, it's just that-"
"Nothing, exactly." Jungkook laughed bitterly, "Now let me tell you what's wrong with you. You live in your head and your head is somewhere stuck in the last century. With all love and respect for your generation, but love is more than just a thing between men and women. I can love a boy and you can't make me feel like shit about it. But you thinking you're better than us, just because you like the other gender, granny that's what's wrong with you."
The woman went silent, thinking about the words.
Taehyung came back out of the changing rooms, looking amazing in the suit he was wearing. "Fuck", Jungkook breathed out, "I'm so gay."
The woman bit her lips but she didn't say a word, she just gave an awkward smile and a thumbs up, "Looks good on you, boy."
Taehyung looked at her anxiously and waited for Jungkook to say something.
"Go get changed again", Kook smirked and waited until Taehyung came back out of the changing room. Then he grabbed the suits and handed all three of them to the lady, "Here, you can keep them. We're leaving."
"What? He looked gorgeous in those!", she exclaimed. "He's a handsome boy."
"Yeah, but y'know, we don't buy from people like you", Jungkook laughed out bittersweet, looked up and down her body full of judgement and then grabbed his boyfriend's hand, "Let's go, babe."
Taehyung was silent, following Jungkook outside in awe and shock at the same time. Jungkook surprised him every single day with something new about him.
"You're so fucking cool, Jungkook", he whispered after they were walking along the street for a while. "I want to be like you-"
"You're cooler", Jungkook said softly, "I'm just rude and disrespectful."
"And hot as fuck", Taehyung sighed, "You are so confident, how do you do it?"
"I just stand up for myself because if I know one thing, then that I never did anything wrong with falling in love with you, so protecting that will always be the most important to me." Jungkook explained while Taehyung just felt like pulling Jungkook close and hug him in the middle of the street, "You make me want to be confident in myself too."
"Then be it", Jungkook said softly, looking at the older boy with heart eyes. "You'll be much happier this way."
They shared a smile and then continued walking.
For a while they went silent until the stopped in front of a window because something caught Taehyung's eye, "Wait, isn't that Aylie?", he said with big eyes, "A-and Tzuyu?"
Jungkook nodded amused, "Hell yeah. They're sharing a smoothie and holding hands, that's so fucking gay."
"I mean-", Taehyung gasped, "I knew about Tzuyu-, but Aylie? Bro, I had my dick inside of her way too many times for her to be gay-"
"Bisexuality exists, look at you", Jungkook sighed and brushed above Taehyung's shoulder.
"I know, I just didn't expect it-, damn. They're so cute together. I love it."
Jungkook chuckled, "At least Aylie is getting her happy end as well", he winked. "She deserves it."
Taehyung nodded, "I'm proud of Tzuyu, her parents sent her to a place as well to correct her behavior, I'm not sure where but she seems to have gotten over it."
"I hope so", Jungkook shrugged, "But you never know what's behind the pretty smile of someone."
"True", Taehyung said and shyly grabbed Jungkook by his waist, "I want to be like this too-, with you. In public~"
"Ok, bro", Jungkook joked and then slapped Taehyung's ass, shoving him along the street, "We still gotta find a suit without getting harassed-"
Taehyung nodded quietly, "Sometimes I can't believe you wanna be the bottom someday. You're dominant in every way, babe."
"Yeah, but I'm not going to put my precious dick up anything. It deserves to be kissed and touched, not used to fuck something." Jungkook explained firmly, "My ass is too pretty to stay a virgin, have you seen it?!"
"Yeah", Taehyung grumbled, "I watch your ass all the time, it's so fucking perfect I just want to-", he cut himself off and inhaled deeply, shifting his thoughts to less horny stuff to avoid accidents in public.
"Now imagine how good it'll be to fuck that ass~"
*
1 month later ..
"Wow, this is it, isn't it?", Lia leaned back, eyeing every single person around the campfire. "Graduation is officially done, we're all going to go spend our summer apart from each other for the very first time-"
They had lightened up a campfire in the Jeon's garden, brought some bottles of beer and some snacks and just sat here, listening to chill music in the background while enjoying each other's company. Everyone was here; Jungkook and Taehyung sitting together with no space between them, holding hands and constantly sharing looks with the other.
They were excited, they booked a flight to Arizona for next week, spending their summer over there, just the two of them. Mr and Mrs Jeon even paid the tickets and the small beach house they rented there for a month, but only under one condition which would be; no sex.
Taehyung promised, Jungkook didn't.
Now it was up to the adults to put their trust in one of them, they chose Taehyung for that, knowing he was way more trustworthy than their horny little son.
It wasn't just them though.
Lia sat here as well, finally with her pretty smile back on her lips after everything with Taehyung worked out and their plan saved the boy's life. Now seeing him in a way better place, it just felt so, so good. All she ever wanted was to bring Taehyung happiness, since she felt like she herself would have never been enough to make him truly happy.
Johnny and Mark were sitting here too, currently feeding chips to the other while giggling like little kids, brushing their knees against each other and then get flustered by the touch. They acted as if they were freshly in love, even though it had always been obvious that they were quite gay for each other.
Jimin sat next to Hoseok, his head resting on the older's shoulder while he sipped on his beer and stared into the fire, watching the flames dancing and moving so smoothly, it was addicting to watch after some time. Hoseok kept touching his back underneath Jimin's shirt and made the younger get flustered all the time. They had planned to fuck tonight, a lot of tension surrounding the two of them the whole evening already, both were quite excited for it.
Then there was Yoongi who just sat there and smoked his weed, looking around with empty eyes. Obviously things can't change for good for everyone, there's always going to be some left who can't escape the dark that's haunting them. Yoongi was one of them.
The boy looked at Lia for a while who's smile faded a little after some minutes, staring into nowhere while she kept drinking her beer as well, thoughts drifting off. She had no idea where to go from here. Once school was over, she had no idea what to do all summer. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to go to college next summer.
Neither was Yoongi, he didn't really plan anything further than two weeks in the future. Just in case.
Aylie and Tzuyu sat there and kept talking, eyes only for each other. They were damn cute, all giggly and Aylie kept blushing whenever Tzuyu shyly touched her thighs or gave her compliments. They were in their own little world and seemed to finally have found their happiness, after all.
In the end, there's always a happy ending.
And if there's not, then it's not the end yet.
"I love you guys", Taehyung said after a while to connect the group again, keeping everyone from drifting on to their own thoughts. "Literally every single one of us is the reason I'm here right now, able to hold my Kookie's hand."
"Bro, if you would've told us sooner, you could've held his hands much earlier", Yoongi laughed, "All we care about is your happiness, you idiot."
"I needed my time to figure it out by myself", Taehyung smiled shyly, "I kept trying to run away from my feelings. I never felt this way before, not with anyone. Sorry Aylie, Lia-, with all love and respect, you were amazing but you're just not Jungkook."
"Thanks", Lia rolled her eyes jokingly, "We know."
"Anyway", Taehyung blushed a little, "I am so glad I can be myself around you guys. Thank you for being my friends."
"No problem, sir", Hoseok laughed and softly slapped the younger's back, "You're our homie. Keep it real to the homies, ya know."
"I know", Taehyung laughed. "So what are your plans for the summer, guys?"
"I'm going to spend my summer in Dubai", Tzuyu started, "My father paid me the trip after I threatened to tell the police where he sent me while Taehyung was being abused at home too. Now my Dad's afraid to lose his company and does anything I want, including letting me have a girlfriend-"
Aylie blushed, looking down on her lap, "I'm joining her in Dubai-"
"Are you two-", Jimin asked in disbelief.
"Yeah", Aylie said shyly, "We are dating."
"Congratulations!", everyone said and started clapping happily for the couple. The girls shared a look and tried to hide their embarrassment about all this attention. Of course Jungkook had to interrupt now, so he got attention too, "Tae and I are going to Arizona. And have sex."
"Dream on", everyone started laughing and no one believed Jungkook a single word, "You won't get dick until you're 18, we all know that. You tried so hard, yet you're still unfucked."
"Shut up", Jungkook snapped at Yoongi who said all that. "I hate you."
"I got a new job", Yoongi hummed, "I'll be a waiter in a town nearby during summer-, I think I gotta get between new people for a while. Just to figure things out and stuff."
The others gave him smiles, "Wow, didn't think you would socialize on your own free will", Hoseok joked.
"It seems like y'all found happiness after giving people a chance, maybe I should too."
The others nodded, "Let's hope the best for you, boo", Taehyung said with a soft voice, giving his best friend a smile.
"I'm going to go on a cruise with Mr and Mrs Jeon", Jimin announced, "We'll visit many countries-"
"This bitch is already their favorite and he has living with us for a month now", Jungkook rolled his eyes because his parents went on a whole fucking cruise with Jimin and didn't even ask Jungkook and Taehyung.
"It's because they paid you and your boyfriend a whole damn trip to America-"
"Still."
"You're their favorite, everyone knows that." Jimin crossed his arms.
"Of course I am, I'm everyone's favorite", Jungkook stuck his tongue out.
"Well. Let's move on from that", Hoseok interrupted, "I booked a luxus hotel room for myself and bought about twenty sex toys."
"Can I join", Jungkook pouted, "Kinda in need to get off too-"
Taehyung nudged his boyfriend's side and gave him a warning to glare to stop the bullshit right now. All of them started laughing and then their eyes landed on Lia who just sat there and smiled.
"What are you gonna do for summer?", Jungkook asked kindly but the girl couldn't even give a proper answer, she just shrugged. "I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"I have no one to spend summer with", Lia explained bitterly, "And my parents don't pay me trips, since they kicked me out."
There was silence for a while, no one really knowing what to say to that. "I'm sorry, Lia", Taehyung hummed, "Do you want to join us?"
"No", she laughed, "I'll be fine."
The rest of the night went on on a happier note, no one brining up personal issues again. It felt as if they were ending something. Even though they had the plan of going to college all together next summer, something just seemed so damn final about this night. The stars were shining bright, the summer air all warm and cozy while the campfire was giving all of them chills. It was a perfect night, like written down in a book or captured on camera for a photograph.
Yet, this small group of teenagers couldn't get rid off the feeling of it being the last night they spend together.
It's not like they knew it back then already, it was just a feeling. Something told them that with the end of highschool, things would just go different ways for all of them. While Taehyung, Jungkook and Jimin would stay in each other's lives, the others were heading for other ways by now.
Their job was done here, most of them found their highschool sweetheart, got a glimpse of happiness and would move on from here.
Quite a common thing, huh? To lose touch with your friends from highschool once you graduate? Yeah, it happened to them too.
This one last night was filled with laughter, smiles and hugs, dancing to music and getting drunk on beer until all of those kids got their mind's off of things that haunted them during the day. They felt so light, things seemed so easy.
But with the next morning, things would be different for all of them.
Once you reach happiness, it's hard to move on from that.