2 | Part 1

Characters from oldest to youngest:

Seokjin/ Jin

Yoongi/suga

Hoseok/jhope/hobi

Namjoon/joon (leader)

Jimin

Tae/Taehyung/V

Jungkook/Kook (maknae)

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Maknae=the youngest of the family

Hyung=synonym for older brother (from male to male)

Unnie=synonym for older sister (from female to female)

Oppa=synonym for older brother (from female to male)

Noona=synonym for older sister (from male to female)

Dongsaeng=younger sibling

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Taehyung POV

What is this Sound? I opened my eyes and turned my head to where the noise was coming from. It was my alarm. I picked my phone up from my bedside table and took a look at the time. Oh shoot it was already 5:40 am. My alarm has been trying to wake me for 10 Minutes. I really didn't want to be late so I got up and quickly made my bed. I didn't like to leave it as it is, because I always wake up with the covers being everywhere else than on my bed. And when I'm coming home late in the evening I don't want my room to be looking like this. I still had to shower because I smelled really badly and a warm shower in the morning always helped me to get rid of my sleepy eyes.

My night wasn't the best. I was troubling to fall asleep, for some reason I couldn't make myself tired, so I just stayed awake replying to fans on weverse. After a while I was tired enough to actually give it a try. But that didn't happen until 2 am. Normally I go to one of my member's room but I didn't want to be a burden to anyone. I knew my fans would be glad to spend some time with me, because I knew some of them live in different time zones where they didn't have to sleep at that moment.

As I continued I grabbed a towel and turned the shower on. I really had to hurry so I only had time to wash my hair.

As soon as I was done, I got out of the shower and put some clothes on. Luckily I already prepared some the night before so I didn't have to choose what to wear anymore. Then I heard a knock on my door. I knew to who that knock belonged. With his small hands he can't make that much noise.

"Come in", I said.

"Tae, the others are waiting for you, are you coming?", Jimin asked.

"Yes, almost done hyung", I replied. I quickly grabbed my headphones and my phone and then went up to the door, where Jimin was waiting for me.

"You're late today, did you sleep okay?", Jimin asked.

"I Jimin today", I replied having a smile on my face.

"Very funny Taehyung. But seriously, how did you sleep?"

"Not great", I admitted, letting my smile disappear.

"You have to let it get checked out. It's the third time this week. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine hyung, just let it go", I said, not wanting Jimin to worry.

"Fine, but you are going to text me next time you can't sleep, okay?", Jimin asked, still worrying about me. "Alright, I will, now let it go, please?" Jimin nodded as a response finally understanding that I didn't want to talk about it.

"Did you guys already have breakfast?", I asked, changing the subject.

"No, we were waiting for you, that's why I came to get you", Jimin said.

"Like I told you, I Jimin today", I said as we were walking into the room where the other members sat. "Still not funny Tae", Jimin said while hitting my head lightly from behind. I grinned. It was way too easy to tease him. "Good morning, Taehyung", Jin said, while standing up to embrace me in a warm hug. "How was your night?", he asked. My mood sank a bit. "It was all right, how was yours?", I replied, faking a smile. I shouldn't tell him, how upset that question made me. He was just being polite and I shouldn't be disrespectful. "I slept like a handsome baby", Jin answered. I rolled my eyes with a smirk on my lips. "What are we having for breakfast? I smell scrambled egg", I said. "Yes, I cooked for us this morning", Yoongi answered. I licked my lips, that's exactly what I needed. Hoseok gave me a plate with eggs on it. I took it and thanked him with a smile. He smiled back.

As I sat down next to Jungkook, he patted my arm and said :"Pass me the salt please, hyung?" I nodded, grabbed the salt and held my hand with the salt in front him, waiting for him to take it. As he took it, he slowly brushed over my fingers. I let go and looked at him. Our eyes locked for a split second. "What's wrong?", he asked, still looking at me. "N-Nothing", I replied and looked away. He looked away too, as he noticed that I was getting uncomfortable. "So Taehyung, as we all know that you Jimin-ed today-", began Namjoon to speak, "can you stop using my name as a verb, when someone is late?", Jimin interrupted slightly annoyed. Jungkook next to me laughed. As did I. "Sorry", Namjoon said with a smirk. "As I was wanting to ask you, Taehyung, how did you sleep?", he continued. I wanted to snap but remembered that he was just trying to be polite. I was thinking about what I should reply. If I was being honest, Jin would know that I lied to him. He wouldn't like that. After that they would worry about me and continue asking questions. But if I lied, Jimin would know, that something is up, because you don't lie to people who are important to you if it doesn't matter. I realized that I wasn't okay, otherwise I wouldn't care for them finding out. "So?", Namjoon asked again. "I slept fine", I said, noticing Jimin on my left next to me, putting his right hand on my back petting me carefully. He looked at me but I avoided his gaze. As I continued to eat, I felt his hand moving up and down to support me. I smiled. In the corner of my eye I see him smiling too. He really is a great friend.

Jungkook's POV

I looked up from my phone as I heard Taehyung's voice. I turned my head around and saw him walking into the room with Jimin. Tae looked tired. It seemed like he had a rough night. I saw that he was on weverse around 1 am because of the multiple notifications I got. I guess he was replying to fans. "Like I told you. I Jimin today", I hear Taehyung saying. "Still not funny Tae", Jimin said to him and hit his head from behind. I saw Taehyung grinning and it made me feel a bit better. At least he is making some jokes, so he can't be in a bad mood, I thought to myself. Jin stood up to embrace him in a hug and greeted him with a happy "Good morning." I can see Taehyung having a smile on his lips as he hugged Jin. But when Jin asked him, how his night was, he looked a bit sad.

I wondered what was bothering him. I stood up and sat down at the table after Hoseok gave me a plate with scrambled eggs on it. On my left was an empty seat. I hoped for Tae to notice it. He did. After he got his plate he sat down right next to me. I was trying to figure out why he looked so troubled with his thoughts. To distract him a bit, I asked him to pass me the salt. After he did what I asked, I slowly brushed over his fingers, when I took the salt. He seemed confused. "What's wrong?", I asked him. He nervously replied:"N-Nothing." I wondered what he was thinking. As soon as the other members were sitting too, Namjoon made the same joke as Tae and was using Jimin as the verb for being late. It's always fun to tease him and that he was getting annoyed by it made it even funnier. I laughed and I noticed Taehyung was laughing too. I am really glad he did. I like the noise of him laughing. It cheered me up to know that he was okay enough to have fun with us and to make some jokes. After we laughed, Namjoon apologized to Jimin for making fun of him and turned his face in Tae's direction. He was asking him how he slept. As soon as Namjoon finished the question, Tae looked upset and a bit worried too. After spacing out for a couple of seconds, Namjoon brought him back to reality as he asked: "So?" Taehyung looked at him with a small bit of anger in his tone and said: "I slept fine." There was clearly something wrong. Whenever someone says that they're fine, they're definitely not fine. Everybody knows that. When I looked at him, I saw Jimin's hand caressing Tae's back. He probably knew what was up. He was acting all careful and supporting towards him. I'm gonna talk to him later, I want him to know that I'm there for him, whenever something's up. Maybe I could sit next to him during the ride to our studio. He might open up a little. Even though I don't want to push him. I just want to support him.

After everyone was done with breakfast, we cleaned up and got ready to wait for the minibus, which was supposed to pick us up and get us to our studio where we were going to have dance practice. As Jin got a call that they arrived, we packed our stuff and got out of the apartment. Hoseok was the last one, so he closed the door and locked it. I saw Taehyung walking down the stairs in front of me. I tried to hurry, to get to him but he was really fast. When we got out of the building the minibus was standing right in front of the doors, so we could get in there without many people seeing us. The first one to get on the minibus was Yoongi, right after him came Jimin. Both of them sat down next to each other in the back. Yoongi was in the middle, Jimin on his right, Hoseok on his left. I saw Tae sitting down in front of Yoongi, so I quickly put my phone on the seat next to him, to make sure no one else would sit himself down there. So now I sat in front of Jimin and on Tae's right side. Tae was sitting in the middle seat in the middle row. On his left was Namjoon. In front of me was Jin, sitting in the passenger seat. I got my earpods out of my pockets and turned them on, to connect them with my phone, using bluethooth. Luckily, I remembered to charge them over night. In the corner of my eyes, I saw Taehyung's right hand moving to his mouth.

As I turned my head to his side, I could see him yawning. I smiled to myself because of how cute he was. After I turned my head forward again, I felt Tae tapping on my shoulder. I took my earpod out of my left ear and turned to him. As I looked into those warm eyes I could feel myself getting goosebumps. After a long second of looking into each others eyes he gathered himself. "Can I, like, maybe put my head on your shoulder to sleep?", he asked me. I nodded "sure" and smiled at him. He shyly smiled back and put his head on my shoulder.

I could feel myself getting all nervous and my hands were starting to sweat. They always do, when I'm nervous. It makes everything so obvious for others. I quickly wiped my hands on my jeans so no one would notice. I tried to calm myself down. It was just his head on my shoulder, nothing special. I looked at him, his eyes were closed, he was breathing calmly and it seemed like he already fell asleep. He must have been really tired. I felt his breath gently tickling my neck. I leaned my head on his head and closed my eyes. This just felt so right.

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