Jungkook was never one to worry too much, but the issue between Taehyung and Jin was really starting to worry him. He was naïve to think everything would gradually fall back to the way they were before the festival, because things were far from that. Of course, he couldn’t at all blame Taehyung for the way he was acting, but enough was enough and he couldn’t help but feel a little bit responsible for this. He knew Irene liked Jin, but had kept it to himself and now look at the mess they were all in.

“Until when do you think he’s going to keep acting like that?” Jungkook voiced one afternoon. Jimin who had been sitting beside the younger boy stared aimlessly back at him.

“No idea,” and despite being the closest to V, Jimin honestly had no idea how long Taehyung was going to play the part of a betrayed friend. Was V betrayed? Yes, even he thought as much. It was wrong for Jin to go behind V’s back when he clearly knew V had a thing for Irene. Then again it wasn’t as if Jin had purposely went behind V’s back. Love worked in mysterious ways and though he knew little about love, he knew Jin and he knew Jin would never knowingly hurt V.

He heard a sigh beside him and placed an arm around the maknae.

“Don’t worry too much about it Jungkook. This is between Jin and V.”

“I know, but it’s so hard. Especially when Jin and even Irene noona are trying their best to apologize and V won’t even spare them a glance. Where’s Jungeng noona?”

At the mention of Jungeng, Jimin tilted his head in confusion.

“Jungeng noona no doubt would knock some sense into hyung.” Jimin couldn’t exactly disagree with his statement, if it was going to be anyone, it would definitely be Jungeng.

“I wonder where she is?” The last time anyone had seen her was at the festival when she ran up on stage and kissed V. The kiss had become a hot topic around school and Jungeng had suddenly become an overnight celebrity.

“It’s been days now and she hasn’t shown up. I suspect she had an idea about Irene noona and Jin hyung.”

Jimin stared at the younger boy. Jungkook always seemed to know more than anyone. He had been the first one to note that Irene was interested in someone else and though he wouldn’t say it, Jimin had a strange sense that Jungkook had known it was Jin all along.

“Why do you say that?”

“Jungeng noona may seem crazy at times, but I believe she’s actually very smart, or maybe perceptive is the word I’m looking for?”

“You think so?” It was hard to imagine Jungeng as perceiving when she seemed to never take the hint that V didn’t particularly enjoy her presence.  

“Oh trust me, she knows V don't like her. How could anyone not? But back to what I was saying, the reason why I think she knew about Irene noona and Jin hyung was because of the kiss. Think about it, right before she ran on stage, what was V hyung about to do?”

Jimin rubbed his chin, he had tried hard to forget about that night or at least the part after their performance. It was a reminder of what their group had turned into. Rapmon, Suga, J-hope, Jungkook, and him were trying their best to continue as if V wasn’t giving Jin the silent treatment, but it was proving to be a lot harder. Everything would be fine, but the minute Jin entered the same room as V, the room would suddenly turn tense and awkward. Jimin had to give it to Jin, he really was trying. Irene was trying as well, but V was such a hard head that he was seriously starting to wonder if V was ever going to forgive them.

“Confess?”

“Exactly, but right before he could even mutter Irene noona’s name out, Jungeng noona had already kissed him. If you ask me, it looked a lot like she was trying to shut him up.”

 “Where do you come up with these theories?” But even as he stared wide-eyed at Jungkook, he couldn’t help but wonder about the possibility.

Still, “but why would she do such a thing?” There was absolutely no benefit for her, if anything wouldn’t it make Taehyung hate her even more.

“Cause it’s Jungeng. She does things like that.” Jungkook replied, a smile on his lips as he thought about the older girl. She was truly a saint.

“What does that even mean?”  

“She pretty much saved him from being humiliated that night. Imagine if he had gotten the chance to say Irene’s name. I’m sure Irene noona would have rejected him. And now we go back to what I said about Jungeng noona knowing about Irene noona and Jin hyung. Imagine the backlash they would receive. I say Jungeng noona definitely knew about them.”

Okay, so what if Jungkook was right, and Jungeng had known about Irene and Jin, and that her kiss had in actuality saved V from being humiliated? None of this was going to solve the current tension between Jin and V. Not even Jungeng, especially when she seemed to have vanished into thin air.

A confrontation was not what Taehyung had expected when he woke up that morning, none the less Jin was already waiting for him the moment he opened his bedroom door. He made a mental note to repay Jimin later who no doubt had a hand in letting Jin their shared apartment. He sighed, he supposed this was long over do. Though he didn’t think there was a problem with him ignoring them a little bit longer. He wasn’t over reacting, heck he had all the right to be mad. Jin knew, the entire school knew that he was head over heels for Irene and yet Jin was the one with Irene. It was as if he didn’t know this man at all. Jin had been the nicest hyung, the sweet one of the group, the last one Taehyung would have ever thought to betray him.  

“Taehyung,” the older man spoke, his voice shaking and Taehyung could tell he was nervous. It was wrong, but he found solace in their nervous voice. Their guilty face whenever they saw him gave him a peace of mind that they knew what they did had wronged him and with that thought he walked passed Jin.

Taehyung wondered how his life had come to this? When did he become so petty? And why the hell did he leave? If anything he should have kick Jin out. It was his place, but no he just had to play the cool part. In all honestly though, he had every intention to hear Jin out. He had let this carry on long enough and god knows Jin and Irene were trying. That much he could see, still there was something inside of him that couldn’t completely forgive them. Was he really that much in love with Irene? He could still remember the first time he laid eyes on her. It was as if a goddess had descended from heaven and he was pretty sure that was the moment he had claimed her as his. Okay, so Irene was beautiful, but was that the only reason he was in love with her? He never thought himself to be shallow, but as he sat on a bench, he began to think perhaps he was shallow. Irene was kind and smart, but her beauty was what he always associated her with. 

“God, I’m a horrible person,” he concluded. If this was the kind of person he was, he couldn’t blame Irene for not liking him. He was starting to dislike himself. Pulling out his phone, dialed a number and hoped he would pick up.

“Hello Jin? Let’s talk.” Irene deserved someone who liked her for her, and not just her beauty. It wasn't to say that he liked her solely because of her beauty, but he had been so blinded by her beauty that he overlooked her her kindness and intelligence. Perhaps if he had paid more attention to the Irene underneath her beauty, he would have saw the timid girl who got nervous at the smallest things. Maybe if he had paid attention to her just a little bit more he would have saw that she liked Jin. 

Hello! Please don't hate me. I know I've been gone forever, but things have just been very hectic with me. I'm also sorry that I can only offer you guys this filler chapter for now, but please don't give up on me and this story. On the bright side, Taehyung is forgiving Jin and Irene.