Thread by @MysticTaegisus

🌲In The Soop🌲

My short little drabble inspired by @taegi_queen where Tae confesses to Yoongi a couple weeks before the filming but Yoongi rejects Tae because he's like a little brother to him.

"It's not going to be awkward right?" Hoseok asks as he scrolls through his phone. He came to help Yoongi with his packing but he is just lounging on the elders bed.

"Why would it be awkward?"

"You broke the poor kid's heart."

"No. He was fine. He understood where I was coming from. It's what's best for the group."

Hoseok looks up from his phone and raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

Hoseok looks back down not his phone.

"If you say so hyung."

"I do. Now are you gonna help or just lay on my bed?"

The guys were looking forward to this. They received the information from the staff about their accommodations plus they could have anything they wanted.

There's going to be woodworking, fishing, painting and so much more. Everyone was vibrating with excitement.

Now after his "heart-to-heart" with Hoseok, Yoongi starts to feel a little apprehensive.

Was this trip going to into one big awkward mess? Taehyung seemed fine after their talk. He seemed to understand.

Yoongi squeezes his eyes shut and breathes.

"It's going to be fine."

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The cameras start rolling and they toke off on the road. The guys could not believe their eyes when they pulled up to the place they would spending a few days on and off.

It's breathtaking. The property is surrounded by hills and a river runs nearly right up to the main house.

There is three different houses plus a campervan and everything they had asked for is right there waiting for them.

They all step out of their vehicles and Yoongi's eyes automatically flit over to Taehyung. Watching the younger man look around in awe made his heart do funny

flips.

Well that's a new sensation, Yoongi thinks.

He tears his eyes away as they begin the tour of the property. They follow a man around and Yoongi isn't sure if he's the owner or what. He's actually not sure what he's saying because he can't stop worrying about this trip

and how he can't stop thinking about Tae.

They walk over to an area that has a pool and hot tub. When they turn around, Yoongi sees the large canvas he requested. It's much bigger than he expected.

He looks over to Tae hoping to see some kind of spark when he sees the art

supplies. Their eyes connect for a split second and Tae quickly walks in the other direction.

"Shit," Yoongi curses under his breath.

Perhaps there was a grain of truth to what Hoseok said.

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Well methinks this might be longer than a short drabble. Heh! I gotta cook dinner. Let me know what you think! Or just say hi! 😁😁

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Well that was a short break... Ha! I love my wife.

Anygays...

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Later that night, they gather at the main house to determine who is sleeping where.

"You're taking the campervan, yeah?"

"Yeah," Yoongi looks around. "I'm afraid it will be loud for all of the equipment here."

"Where's Taehyungie?"

"There," JK points out the door.

Tae tries to pull the door open but it's locked. The guys start riling him up.

"What's the password?" Namjoon laughs.

"Act cute," Jimin pipes up.

Taehyung's boxy smile spreads across his face as he tries to guess the supposed password. Yoongi's stomach swoops. He's missed that

smile. He looks away in case Tae catches his eyes again. He doesn't want to be the reason his smile falters like earlier today.

When Tae steps in the room, the tension is palpable. It's hangs heavy in the air. Can the others feel that as well or is it just in Yoongi's head?

They start discussing how the rooms will go.

"Yoongi has the camper van."

"I wouldn't mind going back and forth between it and

here," Yoongi says.

"Ok. And Taehyungie can share the upper house with Jimin."

There's only one (1) bedroom in the upper house with one (1) bed. Is Yoongi jealous? No. It's no secret that Jimin and Tae are close. He also just confessed his feelings for Yoongi. He wouldn't

move on to his best friend... Right?

Yoongi shakes the thought him his head. He's talking crazy right now. Take deep breaths, Yoongi.

So what if he did move on? It's none of his business if he did and whom with. He doesn't have feelings for Taehyung.

They finally have their room assignments and not that it matters Tae shares a room with Hoseok. Hoseok's room has two (2) beds and it doesn't matter if it comes

as a relief to Yoongi.

He tracks up the drive to the upper house where the campervan is parked. He looks around and begins to put things away.

He gets out his laptop. Once it's booted up, taps on the keyboard not really typing anything. He just stares at it.

After awhile, he shuts it down and lays in bed staring at the ceiling. Sleep doesn't come easily for him tonight.

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Ok. I think I'll stop it here and start planning the next updates! Thanks for reading! Say hi to me and let me know what you think so far!

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If Yoongi thought that the first day was awful, the next few days were even worse. It's as if Taehyung is purposely going out of his to avoid being around him and to be honest it's grating on his nerves.

In his opinion, Taehyung is acting like a child having a tantrum because

he didn't get what he wanted. Well, you know what two can play at that game. If he wants to avoid him, fine! So be it!

The problem with two playing at that game is the tension is thick enough for even the others to catch on. Either Tae was leaving when he sees Yoongi and now

Yoongi is doing the same. They don't talk to each other and they don't even look at each other. In fact, Yoongi spends most of his time either outside reading or in the campervan. And when he's not doing that, he's cooking.

"What the fuck, hyung?"

Yoongi blinks up from his book to see a very irritated Hoseok. If his frown got any deeper, it would be on the ground.

"What?"

"You said this wasn't going to be awkward. Everyone is asking Jimin and I what the fuck is going on with the two of you."

"He's the one being the baby. I'm just giving him a taste of his own medicine," Yoongi pouts.

"Oh. So that makes you less of a baby?"

Yoongi rolls his eyes and looks down at the book. Not really reading because you can't really focus when you have a very angry best

friend invading your space.

"Fix this today."

"How am I supposed to fix it when he won't even enter the same room as me?"

"I don't know and I don't care. Just fix this shit."

Hoseok stomps off mumbling and the only words could pick out was 'fucking babysitter.'

Yoongi runs his hands through his hair as he takes in a deep breath. Honestly he would love to fix things. He would love to go back to the way it was before Taehyung confessed. Before Yoongi rejected him.

"Yoongi-yah! We should start on lunch," Jin says breaking him free

from his thoughts.

Excellent! Cooking! The only thing that can distract him from his overactive mind at the moment.

He closes his book and follows Jin to the upper house.

Yoongi gets the charcoal going while Hoseok and Jin prepare the meat.

If he wasn't already on edge, popping sounds from the grill startles him so much that he lets out a scream.

He goes into the house to tell the other two that he's ready for the meat and tells Jimin

(who is still sound asleep by the way) to call the others from the main house to come up.

Jimin looks at Yoongi as if he's still not on the physical plane quite yet so he repeats himself slowly.

"I need you to call Taehyung," Yoongi says, pausing at his name. It feels foreign in his mouth. He hasn't said Taehyung's name in a long time. A knot forms in his stomach. How can someone miss saying a name so much?

Yoongi blinks and sees that Jimin is still looking at him.

Waiting for the rest of his instructions.

Yoongi clears his throat.

"I need you to call Namjoon and Jungkook. Tell them that lunch will be ready when they get here."

He goes out to the grill with the bucket of meat. It's so fucking hot next to the grill. As he places the ribs on the on the grill and a something catches his eye.

Taehyung is bouncing his way up with Namjoon and a plate of melon wrapped in jamon and plate of cheeses.

He's smiling. God. Yoongi's misses that smile. He can't help but to stare. It's been so long. He wants to commit it to memory. The way his lips stretch into a rectangle. His eyes disappearing into crescents. His face is the most beautiful when smiles. Genuinely smiles.

He used to smile at Yoongi like that. But now... Just like this exact moment. It's gone once their eyes meet and the air gets sucked out of Yoongi's lungs. It hurts.

Hoseok's right. He has to fix this. Now. The only problem is Namjoon is not too far behind Taehyung.

It was like the gods want him to fix things too because Taehyung sits down at the table to decorate the cheese and Namjoon heads into the house.

It's now or never.

"Taehyung," Yoongi says. His voice wavering and barely a whisper. "I-"

"Hyung. I really don't want to talk about it," Taehyung says not even looking in Yoongi's general direction.

"I think we should, Taehyung-ah. I think-"

"Hyung. Please," Taehyung says. "I can't. I-"

Namjoon walks out of the house and sits right next to Taehyung.

Never mind. The gods hate Yoongi.

Sorry for the short update! Life... Ya know!! I just had an amazing idea tonight. I'm going to continue this throughout the episodes and make my little clown like observations. Let me know what you think about that by rt or hit me up on cc! 😚😚

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Something felt heavy on his body. Something that smelled strangely like vanilla and the summer sun.

"Taehyungie. Wake up," the voice pulls him from his slumber, patting his bum. "Lunch is ready. Come on and get up. They're all waiting for you."

Taehyung only grunts his response. He opens his eyes slowly and Hoseok is already out of the door.

They've arrived back at the soop for the second time. The members all chiming in how this place feels like home and how going back to Seoul last week felt like a vacation.

Neither place feels like home to Taehyung. Since he made that stupid mistake of confessing his feelings to his hyung. Now awkwardness hangs thick in the air making it very uncomfortable in the air.

He's been trying to give himself space but with this whole pandemic and being on top of each other practically 24/7. It's hard. But it's much easier to avoid Yoongi in Seoul. He has meetings with producers and trips to the studio to put the final touches on his first mixtape.

But those excuses will be vanish soon once the album drops.

Why did he do it?

9 years of looking up to his hyung. 8 years of pining. 2 years of maybe thinking his hyung felt the same way. All went down the tubes in less than 15 minutes.

He feels worse here than he does in Seoul.

Of course there are some things that he absolutely loves here. The river is beautiful and he loves to canoe out in the middle of it. Away from everything and everyone.

He had a blast assembling and racing his RC boat with Namjoon-hyung. He absolutely adores singing with Jimin and making Hobi-hying laugh while doing so Playing ping pong with Jin-hyung is hilarious despite both of them being extremely competitive.

He's even having fun goofing around with Jungkook like they did back before they debuted.

But the moment he sees Yoongi-hyung, he's reminded of his mistake and the knife in his heart twists a little deeper.

Like now. As he makes his way to the upper house and he sees Yoongi near the grill cooking up something amazing as usual. His meals are always the best. Even better than Jin-hyung's.

As always, Yoongi is beautiful. His shiny skin free of flaws reminds Taehyung of a porcelain doll and when Yoongi fluffs his silky black, it's over for the younger man. Why does he have to be so gorgeous without doing nothing at all?

After lunch, Taehyung needs to get out. He needs to be somewhere not here.

"You're gonna go on a drive?" Hobi asks as they walk back to the upper house after Taehyung got dressed.

"Yeah," Taehyung says. "You wanna come? I'm gonna ask Jiminie, too."

"Yeah, sure."

Jimin, Jin and Yoongi are playing video games when Taehyung approaches. Taking extra to not look in Yoongi's direction.

"Hobi-hyung and I are going on drive, Jiminie. Come with us."

"I'm playing games."

"Come on," Taehyung whined. He felt nervous about leaving Jimin alone with Yoongi should Jin decide to do something else on his own.

When he told Jimin that Yoongi rejected him, he was none to pleased and it didnt help that he guilty about pushing Taehyung into confessing to his hyung. He's always been afraid of Jimin talking to Yoongi about it when he wasn't around.

"We are getting hanwoo burgers."

"You're getting hanwoo burgers?" Yoongi asks. "Sounds delicious."

Taehyung ignores him still staring at Jimin willing him to answer yes with his soulmate powers.

"No. I don't want to go," Jimin says.

"Okay. Let's go Taehyungie," Hoseok says and Taehyung follows him out the door.

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Going for a drive with Hoseok was exactly what he needed. At first he was pretty upset that Jimin didn't come along, but spending time with Hobi-hyung alone is great. His laugh and smile helps heal a little of his broken heart.

After going for a walk, they grab their burgers. Taehyung finds a peaceful spot overlooking the river. Taehyung is happiest when he's eating burgers, but spending time with Hoseok made it so much better.

"So do you wanna talk about Yoongi-hyung?"

"He told you?"

"Of course he told me. I am his business associate after all," Hoseok winks, taking a bite from his burger.

Taehyung sits back further inside the trunk of the car. The sun is beating down on them and the heat creeping up on Taehyung's face is making it quite unbearable.

"I was stupid, hyung," Taehyung sighs, balling up his hamburger wrapper. "I read into things wrong. Each touch. Each private smile. Each private conversation. All wrong. He told me that he doesn't think of me like that.

He said I've been a little brother to him. I just wish I could take it all back."

"Taetae, you know Yoongi-hyung loves you very much."

"I know."

"Please talk to him. For your sanity and ours, yeah?"

"Okay."

"Okay," Hoseok balled up his empty wrapper. "Now. Taehyung. Put on some music."

Taehyung and Hoseok dances to Surfaces by This View with big smiles on their faces. It's the first time Taehyung's heart felt lighter. After the song they decide to head back and as Taehyung buckles his seat belt, he gets a message from Jimin.

So that short update just now was supposed to be uploaded last night. Oops!

So now Tae's done moping, Yoongi won't know what's gonna hit him. Stayed tuned for after this week's ITS.

Let me know you think!! I love that shit!! 😚😚

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“We’re having fried chicken and beer instead,” Hoseok announces.

They have been debating on what to make for lunch for about an hour now. Jin and Yoongi had finally burnt out on cooking for the seven of them and Hoseok suggested making ramen in the cauldron. He offered to make it himself.

But after he announced to everyone else, he and Jin decided to make fried chicken.

Now Taehyung isn’t that much of a drinker, but beer sounded so good to him right now. He knows exactly how Yoongi is when the elder is tipsy. He’s talkative and loud and can be a little handsy.

And not to mention it will help a bit with his mission.

As they gathered around the table, Taehyung’s a bit gutted that Jin took the seat right next to Yoongi and not too long after Jungkook takes the seat across from him.

/All right. I guess this is where I’m sitting./ Taehyung settles in between Hoseok and Jin.

The room fills with laughter, beer and smells of fried chicken. It is delicious and hilarious when Jin regaled them all of the tales of how fucking hard it really is to fry a chicken.

“We should open up our own chicken restaurant,” Yoongi says. “BTS Chicken.”

“Two chickens in two hours,” Namjoon laughs.

“We’ll only sell 10 chickens a day,” Jin joins in.

“And you’ll find burnt parts,” says Jungkook.

“Blood seeps out too.” Namjoon adds.

As always, when they are all a little tipsy and in the same room, the conversation drifts to reminiscing about how they came together.

“It is fate that we met,” Namjoon says.

Namjoon always says that and it makes Taehyung smile. It’s true. What else could you call it?

“I used to think: how did 7 incompatible people end up together,” Yoongi laughs at this thought.

“It’s dangerous to be too close to each other,” Namjoon says.

Taehyung knows that all too well, but it isn’t something that could have been helped. He fell for Yoongi hard and fast before he could have realized that it was too late. If Taehyung had to do it all over again, he would have stopped himself.

If he would have known that Yoongi is going to reject him, he wouldn’t have let himself fall. Or at least, try harder.

“I feel like I’m brothers with Jin these days,” Yoongi says.

“We’re like soulmates lately,” Jin adds.

Taehyung’s stomach dropped.

/Get a hold of yourself, Tae. You and Jimin are soulmates. This is nothing different./

But no matter how he tries to convince himself, it still stung a bit.

“In what sense?”

Taehyung isn’t sure who asks the question. He is too busy trying not to throw up his dinner.

“If we went for a drive for four hours, we would talk nonstop,” Jin says.

Taehyung really is not in the mood for this. He rubs his eyes and hopes the angels will hear his prayers and they will stop talking.

“We’re so compatible,” Yoongi adds.

/What the fuck, angels?/

Then all of the sudden, out of the blue.

“I can’t wait to go and practice,” Namjoon says.

/I’m sorry, angels. I take it back. Thank you./

Everyone laughs at Namjoon for the sudden change of subject. They even try to convince him to dance for all of them. He waves it off, refusing to dance. Taehyung is then hit by sudden inspiration and jumps up to dance. Maybe he can get Yoongi to watch him dance.

Not too long after, Jungkook got up to dance. All eyes were on him. Taehyung’s heart sank, but he continues to dance even though no one is watching him.

They finish dancing and everyone is laughing and having a good time. Taehyung smiles wishing he could join in the laughter but he’s too busy trying to keep his heart from breaking. He can’t help to feel pathetic at this point.

Chicken and beer night did not yield the results that he had hoped for.

After a while everyone starts to disperse to their sleeping areas. Well everyone except for a very drunk Jungkook and Jimin. Jimin is currently chasing Jungkook around the lawn, his loud cackles filling the air as everyone else says their goodbyes.

On the way up the stairs, Taehyung feels a hand grab for his own. He looks behind him and sees Hoseok smiling up at him. Except this isn’t his normal bright and happy smile, it’s more of an apology in lip form.

Taehyung accepts his hand with his own apologetic smile and they walk up to their bedroom. Not saying a word, because if Taehyung dares, the tears would flow.

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On the way up to the campervan, Yoongi notices the sound of another set of footsteps in the gravel.

“Jesus fucking Christ, Jin!” Yoongi clutches his heart.

Jin chuckles at Yoongi’s reaction.

“So I noticed,” Jin says, still laughing and clutching his side.

“What are you doing?” Yoongi asks. “You going to game?”

“Ah, no. I’ve had too much beer for that, but now that I’ve confessed my soulmate bond with you, are you going to tell me what’s up with you and the kid?”

“What kid?” Yoongi plays dumb but he’s pretty sure he knows who Jin is referring to and by the look his ‘soulmate’ is giving him, he knows Yoongi’s playing dumb too.

“He confessed to me and I kind of rejected him.”

Jin made an ‘o’ with his lips.

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah,” he says as they both enter the campervan. “I mean he's like a brother to me. You know.”

Jin grabs two bottles of water from the cooler and hands one over to Yoongi.

“That sounds like you’ve been saying that a lot,” Jin says, untwisting the cap off his bottle. “Why are you trying to convince yourself?”

Yoongi’s mouth flaps open and closes like a fish out of water.

“I-I’m not,” he stutters.

Jin raises an eyebrow. Yoongi sighs. His head hits the wall.

“Ever since he confessed, I can’t stop thinking about him in a non-brotherly way. It’s gotten to a point where I can’t even look at him.”

“Yoongi,” Jin begins and Yoongi knows this voice. It’s the ‘you’ve really fucked up but I love you so I’m going to break it to you easy’ voice. “You know more than anyone on the team how sensitive Tae can be. You guys have grown so close in the last couple of years.”

“And like Joon said tonight, that’s dangerous.”

“Oh Joon doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He wouldn’t know danger if it bit him in the ass.”

It’s Yoongi’s turn to raise his brow.

“Is there something you need to tell me.”

Jin slams his hand down on the table.

“Dammit! This isn’t about me! This is about you and you need to really talk to that poor poor beautiful child.”

“Hyung, I’ve tried! He doesn’t want to talk to me.”

“You’re not trying hard enough,” Jin says with a smile on his face. “Thanks for the water.”

“Night, hyung.”

Not trying hard enough? Yoongi doesn’t know what else he can do other than pin him to the ground and make him listen. That’s a visual that Yoongi didn’t want entering his head at this moment, but it kind of spouts wings, flying in all the corners of his mind.

He imagines Taehyung under him, a halo of the soft espresso curls falling around him in the grass. His perfectly dark pink lips parted and the sensation of this warm breath fanning on Yoongi’s skin.

Yoongi squeezes his eyes and rubs them with the heels of his palms.

“What the fuck, Min Yoongi. He’s your fucking brother. He’s your brother.”

The words come out like a mantra willing the fire that starts to spark within his gut to cool. He rests his head on the wall again.

“Kim Taehyung is going to be the absolute death of me.”

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The following day begins pretty much like all the other days. Hoseok is up wanting to know what they should cook for lunch. The first suggestion was Namjoon’s steak and pasta dish, but they - meaning the four that happen to be awake - all agreed that it’s too heavy for lunch so

they finally put ramen back on the menu.

Taehyung helps his hyungs with preparing the ramen. Cooking helps. Cooking means that he has something to distract him from perhaps the biggest mistake of his life. Until the man that is attached to said mistake wakes up and looks like

the softest and fluffiest dumpling in his life.

Min Yoongi was put on this earth to destroy him. That's the only logical answer Taehyung’s brain can come up with.

/A way to a man’s heart is his stomach./ Taehyung thinks and goes into the house to make some tuna mayo rice. The guys always loved eating this dish with their ramen.

When he walks out with the bowl, Hoseok’s eyes light up.

“Is that tuna mayo rice?”

“Yes,” Taehyung smiles.

“Ramen and tuna mayo rice!” Hoseok shouts.

The six men descended upon the bowl of rice, praising Taehyung.

“I was wondering what you were doing inside,” Yoongi says.

/He spoke to me?/ Taehyung almost malfunctions as he sits directly in front of him. /And why is he so beautiful?/

After a long silence of all 7 of them eating, Yoongi asks, “So what are we doing?”

Taehyung looks up from his bowl to see Yoongi’s gaze on him and he almost chokes on his noodles. Yoongi laughs and they all start talking about plans and what they could do together as a group.

Honestly, there’s so much they could do together, but it seems that sometimes the members just want to be on their own and do their own things. Taehyung very much wants to do something as a group. They discuss several options not really committing to anything before they all

finally disperse to do their own things.

Taehyung is exhausted. Emotionally and physically. He played catch with Jin for a little bit trying his hardest to replay Yoongi’s statement from last over and over in his head.

/We’re so compatible./

He lies down in his bed with his phone, but before he drifts off to sleep his phone vibrates in his hand.

“What are you doing?” Jimin says.

“I’m taking a nap.”

“You’re taking a nap?”

“Yes.”

“When do you want to go on the canoe?”

“Not right now.”

“The sun is setting. I think we should go within an hour.”

“Why don’t you go without me?”

“You want me to go without you?”

“Yes. I’m just really tired.”

“We need to go together.”

“I’m going to take a nap.”

“What happened to aborting Operation: Moping Around and commencing Operation: Show Him What He’s Missing?”

“Well, it’s hard to show him when the man won’t even look at me.”

“Come on, Taetae. Let’s go on a canoe ride. I’m going to come over and wake you up.”

“No. I’m exhausted.”

“I really wanna wake you up.”

“Are you going to tell me how you /broke/ Jungkook’s mosquito net?”

“Ok, bye.” Jimin hangs up on him.

Taehyung laughs. He really didn’t plan to stay in bed. He just can’t handle this much longer. What he really wants to do is shake his hyung by the shoulders and scream “Notice me!” But another part of him just wants to give up.

To forget all those mixed signals that he thought were green lights. He really just wants to go back before he confessed and shoved those feelings so far down until he moved on.

But how does one move on from Min Yoongi?

Taegi really wants to hurt us during ITS, don't they! Here I was all ready to give y'all sassy Tae ready get his mans but noOoOoOoo! Hopefully we'll have some kind of glimmer of hope for us in the next episode.

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Tonight is the last night the seven of them will spend in the soop and tonight is also the night that Namjoon and Taehyung have been tasked to cook dinner. It’s steak and pasta night. Cooking isn’t one of Taehyung’s natural talents. He’s not a terrible cook.

He’s just not on the same level as Jin-hyung or Yoongi-hyung. To be cooking something for the “chefs” of BTS is a little daunting.

“If I mess up, I’m never cooking again,” he tells Namjoon as he rubs the spices into the steak. “And what’s cooking all about? The plating. I believe another key aspect of cooking is plating, which can bring the taste to a whole other deeper level.

I believe plating is a key in stimulating a person’s appetite.”

He feels as if he’s giving a lecture on plating practices in a culinary course. He’s not even sure if Namjoon is even listening to him, but he’s enjoying himself and he really does appreciate the art of plating.

“We may be ameteur cooks,” he continues. “But we have to act as if we are professionals.”

He looks over to Joon who is preparing the pasta for the dish.

“That’s right,” Namjoon says.

“Cooking is all about confidence,” Taehyung continues his schooling. “I was taught we shouldn’t be intimidated by the food.”

“Who taught you that?” Namjoon asks.

“Who taught me that? I just made it up,” Taehyung says matter-of-factly.

After the cooking is complete, everyone sits around the table. Hoseok is quick to sit next to Jin-hyung, so left the only seat next to Yoongi. They were close. Unbearably so, but neither made a move to sit further away from the other. Oddly enough, it feels right.

It feels like it used to before. Comforting. Warm.

They all made a toast with champagne and the conversation amongst all of the members flowed freely and this lifted Taehyung’s heart a bit. Perhaps, he could get over his crush with time. Perhaps, there is hope.

“I made a guide track for ‘In the Soop’,” Yoongi laughs with a mouth full of rice. “I just finished it and sent in the guide track.”

Taehyung loves it when Yoongi starts talking about music. Especially the music that he creates. There’s always a sparkle in his eye and honestly it’s one of THE most attractive things about Yoongi.

“Let’s hear it, SUGA-hyung,” Taehyung says, popping another piece of steak in his mouth.

“Do you wanna hear it now?”

“Yes,” Taehyung replies.

He runs into the campervan and grabs his equipment.

“You’ll have to lower your expectations a bit,” he laughs.

As the song plays, Taehyung is endeared by the way Yoongi giggles at his own voice and the other members tease him. He is so in love with this man. Perhaps getting over him won’t be as easy as Taehyung thinks it will be.

After dinner, they all decide that they want to play board games. Not too long after arriving at the main house, Taehyung remembers all of the fireworks that they have left to light. He decides he needs to light them and he’ll have to light them all tonight.

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Yoongi and Jin settle in at the table in the main house’s lounge and they see a blur of curly deep brown hair bounding into the house then leaving with an arm full of fireworks. Yoongi laughs at the sight as he gets up to look out the window.

Taehyung seems to be in a good mood which makes Yoongi smile. He’s missed this side of Taehyung so much that it hurt.

“What’s he doing?” Jin laughs from the table.

“Looks like he’s putting on a fireworks show,” Yoongi says, still smiling as he walks back to the table.

“Who even thought that was a good idea?”

“Wasn’t it you, hyung?”

“What?” Jin looks up at Yoongi scandalized. “Me? You know how I am with explosions. Aish. You don’t know me at all. I’m revoking your soulmate card.”

Yoongi laughs at this looking up at the window watching the fireworks go off in the sky.

Their conversation drifted into wondering what they would be doing if they weren’t BTS. They spoke of regrets and accomplishments. At that moment, Yoongi can’t help but to be thankful for Jin. His words always bring him comfort.

“I need to regret less to be happier,” Yoongi smiles.

“I don’t really regret much in life,” Jin says.

“You’re one of the people I strive most to be like these days.”

“Go ahead. What’s stopping you?”

“You know you can’t be optimistic just because you want to ,” Yoongi laughs. “I’m still going to try though.”

“You don’t have to try to be optimistic,” Jin explains. “You just have to live mindlessly.”

It was like one of those serendipitous moments you only see in television or the movies. Just as Jin ends his sentence, Taehyung appears to grab more fireworks with the glint of wonder in his big brown eyes and a smile you can only wear when you’re truly enjoying the moment.

/You just have to live mindlessly./ Jin’s words kept ringing in his ears even after Taehyung left the house with a new arsenal of explosions in his arms.

“Come on out, everyone,” Taehyung calls.

“Let’s play fireworks together,” Hoseok says.

It feels like a siren’s call. Yoongi is up on his feet. His legs carry him to the front lawn as he sees Taehyung kneeling down over the fireworks he gathered. He looks up and blows a curl out of his eye which only returns back to his eye seconds later.

Yoongi smiles wide and it hit him like a ton of bricks just as Taehyung returns a smile just as wide.

He’s in love with Kim Taehyung.

Kim Taehyung who always makes sure he has something to eat during those long days in the studio. The man that has coffee ready for him when he wakes up. This is the Kim Taehyung who cuddles him despite his protests (he secretly loves them) and holds his hand when he needs it.

His Kim Taehyung who is so gorgeous all the time and smiles at him like Yoongi holds his entire universe in his eyes.

“You okay, hyung?” Taehyung smiles up at him.

Yoongi holds his hands out and without a second thought Taehyung takes them and allows himself to be pulled up. Flashes of light fill the space behind him along with the sound of explosions or was that the sound of his heart. Yoongi isn’t quite sure.

He cups Taehyung’s cheek and rubs the soft skin underneath his thumb. He pulls the younger man closer by his waist. Taehyung’s eyes go wide and his lips part in surprise.

“To be honest. I haven’t been for a long time,” Yoongi says, drinking in all of Taehyung’s features. “I’ve been lying to myself.”

“About what?” Taehyung says, his voice shakes a little. Yoongi doesn’t let it go unnoticed that his gaze falls between Yoongi’s lips and his eyes.

“I-I think...” Yoongi stutters and flinches as another firework fires off. Taehyung smiles at him and wraps his arms around Yoongi’s waist.

“Yeah?” Taehyund licks his lips. “What are you thinking about, hyung?”

“I think I’m in love with you.”

Taehyung’s eyes shine with unshed tears and a smile stretches over his face lighting it up prettier than any firework.

“And I really want to kiss you,” Yoongi says with his own massively giddy smile.

“What are you waiting for?”

“For those idiots to stop staring at us,” Yoongi looks over to Jungkook and Hoseok who are giggling.

Taehyung places his hand under Yoongi’s chin and pulls him into a kiss. Yoongi wraps his arms around Taehyung’s tiny waist pulling him as close as possible. Taehyung tastes like steak and champagne.

Quite possibly the most expensive tasting kiss Yoongi has ever had his life and by far the sweetest. He can’t help but smile and Taehyung is smiling too.

“Hyung, I can’t kiss you if you keep smiling,” Taehyung says against Yoongi’s lips.

“I can’t help it,” Yoongi laughs.

“Oh my god!”

The sudden exclamation makes the two men whip their heads towards the sound.

“Fucking finally!” Jimin slaps Taehyung’s ass and then slaps Yoongi’s. “Let’s go. I wanna play board games.”

Taehyung rolls his eyes and laughs. Yoongi doesn’t want to leave Taehyung’s arms, but knows he has to eventually or the other guys will give him hell. He plants a few more kisses on Taehyung’s soft lips.

“Come on!” Jimin whines from inside. “You’ll have all the time in the world to make out later.”

Taehyung, smiling, takes Yoongi by the hand and leads him into the main house. Yoongi still thinks Taehyung’s face is the prettiest when he’s smiling and Yoongi will try his best to always make him smile.

🌲🌲🌲The End 🌲🌲🌲

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