Chapter 8

               The sky was clear and blue, it was calming and beautiful, Taehyung looked up on it and smiled. The cold wind gently crashed on his face, the atmosphere was bubbly, he knew it's going to be a good day. Somehow, somewhere within him was changed yesterday when Seokjin stopped him from jumping off the rooftop.

               Indeed, yesterday he tried to step into the other side because for him it was much more appealing than staying behind the

line. The sadness, loneliness and anger inside him drove him to do that, for him, his life was just in a black and white color. He was just good at acting and hiding, he was like that for a long time now, pretending that he's happy and fine, masking the pain and suffering with a fabricated smile.

               But  what happened yesterday just made him realized of how much a coward he was, he realized he was an idiot for attempting to end his own life, he forgot to think about his bestfrieds and what would they feel if he was gone. He was thankful that an angel like Seokjin came, yesterday when Seokjin hugged him, he felt safe and warm. Seokjin was like a blanket that could make you warm in a cold night.

                Also those words he heard from Seokjin "Let me save you", it's the first time he heard it from other people and somehow it made him want to hold onto it, to hold onto those words because they feel so real, for once he want to hold on someone for a support, he wanted to hold onto Seokjin. Seokjin didn't even know him that time, they were a total stranger but now they were friends and he was happy about that.

                Remembering the scene yesterday made him felt  warm and fuzzy inside but above all he was glad because after a long time, he felt alive again , because after a long time someone could see the real him, could see through his mask and mostly because someone freed him from that dark cage, he was glad Seokjin came.

                He looked up in the sky again and just smiled, it felt like a dream, all of the things that have happened yesterday and Seokjin being his friend, all of them felt like a dream and so surreal but he loved it and he knew that sometimes dream comes true, just like the dream he was having right now.

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               Seokjin was making his way towards the rooftop, his heart was singing out of happiness, first he was glad because now he learned how to apologize everytime he makes a mistake or what, a thorn was also removed from him now after he left the foods he made beside the sleeping Jungkook, he just hoped that Jungkook would like and eat them and accept his apology.

               He was humming while holding the two bags on his hand, he just couldn't stop his lips from curving. He looked at the bags containing the foods he cooked, he hoped Taehyung would also like them, he really wanted to cook for Taehyung because he was his first friend, also he prepared something for the boy in the auditorium who was making the beautiful sound.

               Atlast he was already infront of the auditorium and he could hear the sound coming from it he closed his eyes and listen to it for a while, it was really beautiful, Seokjin knew he liked the sound creating by the person inside. He then put the bags on the floor and brought out the lunch box he prepared for the person inside. He also wrote a note and stuck it on the top of the lunchbox, he smiled before knocking on the door so the person could see it. And then before the person came, he left and ascend the stairs to the rooftop.

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               The boy inside the auditorium stopped playing the piano when he heard some knocks on the door, he wondered who it was because he knew that no one was staying or coming to this place or on the rooftop bt anyway he stood up from the chair he was sitting in and walked towards the door.

                When he reached it, he opened it cautiously but when the door was finally wide open, no one was there instead he found a lunchbox on the floor and on top of it was a clean note with written words on it. "Your music is beautiful", it were the written words on the note, he didn't what to feel or react, he was sure no one was staying so how in the world, someone heard him playing the piano. 

                He just shrugged, he just hoped that it's not going to happen again because he didn't want people to know what he was doing. He got the lunch box and the note then came back inside the auditorium, he was alone there. Inside, he opened the  lunch box and was met by the delicious scent of the food, his stomach growled at the sight of the food. He forgot to buy foods at the cafeteria so he would just eat the food.

                And that's what he did, the food were so delicious, it was his first time to eat something like them, it was like the food you ordered from a high class restaurant. He wondered who gave it to him and why. He didn't know that he was already smiling while eating the foods, he was glad and thankful to whoever gave it to him because he wouldn't starve today.

                Meanwhile on the other side of the school Jungkook was the only one left inside the room, it was empty for a mean time because their class would resume in 2 hours, they have 2 hours break. He opened the lunch box that Seokjin gave him, he mouth watered because of the scent coming from it, the foods looked delicious, he dug in and the foods were really delicious.

                He thought that Seokjin was a good cook, the foods were like from a famous high class restaurant. When he finished eating, he got the note again and looked at. "I'm sorry" he read the words loudly, his mind wandered back to the time he got mad at Seokjin at the cafeteria and asked him to apologize. 

                He remembered that Seokjin said he didn't know what to say or how to apologize, he thought maybe that was true and maybe the boy now learned how to apologize. But to think that Seokjin would cook for him just to apologize was something he was not expecting from anyone and he wondered what really kind of a person Seokjin was, because everything that the boy was doing always surprised him.

              Seokjin was really something, he just couldn't point it out, he was like a puzzle that was hard to solve, that's why he was always observing the boy but upon doing it for two weeks now after that incident in the cafeteria, he found out a lot of things about Seokjin and these last few days he was feeling something unfamiliar inside him and it made him confused. It shouldn't be and maybe it was just because he was really curious, he couldn't let it happen.

              He looked at the empty lunch box and wondered how would he give it back to Seokjin. He remembered something about the boy, he stood up and smiled before leaving the room.

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              Taehyung was just watching the sky, a smile was not leaving his face. Suddenly a figure blocked his view, he looked at the person. "That smile suits you well" the person softly said, Taehyung knew that the person was smiling because he could clearly see its crinkled eyes. He felt his cheeks gone red.

             "Ah.. thanks, Seok..jin" he stuttered, he felt his warm cheeks, he knew he gone red. Seokjin moved back and just sat infront of him, now they were facing each other and were sitting in the middle of rooftop. Seokjin looked at him and smiled though he couldn't really see it because the boy was still wearing a mask.

            "You know what the most beautiful smile is?" Seokjin asked out of nowhere and he gave him a questioning look but Seokjin just looked at him gently. "It's the smile you have just a while ago, real smile" Seokjin said and extended its hand towards him specifically on his chest where his heart was located. "A smile that comes from here, it's the most beautiful smile and your smile is so beautiful and so you are." Seokjin said while pointing his heart and once again he flushed red and his heart pounded so fast, he was glad because at that time Seokjin already moved his hand back.

             Taehyung smiled at Seokjin "Thank you" he said, but actually what he really wanted to say was "It's because of you that I can smile like this again, I just knew you yesterday and yet you've already done a big impact in my life" but he couldn't bring himself to actually say that. Seokjin just smiled back at him.

             Seokjin nodded at him and he saw him brought out two lunch boxes from the bag he was holding a while ago. He didn't buy any foods yet at the cafeteria because he was waiting for the boy to come so he could buy foods for both of them but seeing the lunch boxes in front of him, he was sure he didn't need to buy foods for them but that thought also saddened him because he planned to treat Seokjin today but at the same time he was also happy because it seemed that Seokjin brought food for him.

             "What is that?" he asked though he already have an idea.

             Seokjin put one of the lunch box in front of him and smiled. "Open it, I cooked it for you"  the boy with a mask softly said. Taehyung nodded shyly and opened the lunch box Seokjin gave him and he was met by a delicious scent and beautiful look of the foods that were well placed in the lunch box, the foods were bibimbap and sashimi.

              "Aww this is too much Seokjin, you don't need to..." he was cut off when Seokjin suddenly fed him with sashimi on his open mouth, he was surprised by that sudden move of Seokjin and he couldn't move for a while. His heart was also racing and he just looked at Seokjin in wide eyes while his face was all red but the boy in the mask just innocently looked and smiled at him.

               "I wanted to do it and I cooked it for you so please accept it" Seokjin said gently while smiling and at that time he knew his heart melt that he needed to look away from the boy to hide his blushing face, no one ever did it to him to him, no one ever cooked for him except his mother, that's why this small thing that Seokjin have done for him made his heart happy. He chewed the food in his mouth and it was so delicious that he felt like crying.

               He saw in his peripheral vision that Seokjin was still looking at him so he turned his face and composed himself and showed his signature boxy smile. "Thanks for this Seokjin, we just befriended yesterday but you've already done this for me"  he said in a sincere voice, indeed he was really thankful and was actually happy, Seokjin was just so sweet and pure. Seokjin just smiled at him in response.

               "So should we eat now?" he asked happily and was ready to dig in at the foods, Seokjin nodded at him and then a sudden idea popped on his mind. "Hey Seokjin how will you eat with that mask on your face, will you remove it?" he asked again, he wondered if Seokjin would remove his mask in front of him and also his mind wondered how Seokjin would look like without the mask, not that he mind if Seokjin would look different or what, he would still be his friend. But his wonders were cut off when he saw that Seokjin went rigid on it's spot.

                 On the other hand Seokjin froze as if some cold water was suddenly poured on him when he heard Taehyung's question, he didn't think about it before, he was so excited about the fact that he's going to eat with a friend that he forgot about his mask and what his mother told him about not showing his face to anyone, if he would eat with the boy in front of him, he needed to remove his mask but Taehyung would see his face and he didn't want that because Taehyung might got scared of him and stop being his friend.

                 His mother would always remind him to not to show his face and never allow him to see himself in a mirror, his mother would always be the one to fix his hair and decides what he should wear so he never knew what he looks like, he thought maybe his face was scary or not pleasant to look at that's why his mother would always make him wear mask but even though it was like that he understood his mother. 

                And one more thing he didn't know what to feel, he just knew what it means to be happy or what happiness means, he also knew sad and feeling sorry but that's what all he knew, the other feelings or emotion, he never knew them nor felt them. But right now he didn't know what to do.

                "If you're not comfortable with it we can eat back to back, I mean if you don't want me or anyone to see your face then we can eat facing the opposites side, so we have our backs facing each other" Taehyung suggested with a reassuring smile, maybe he noticed that he didn't want to remove his mask in front of someone so he said that.

                "Thank you" he said shyly, it was a good idea. They could eat with Taehyung not seeing his face. He was happy because Taehyung could understand him, he even think of a way so that both of them could eat. Taehyung was considerate, understanding and smart, that's what he learned from today, he smiled.

                "It's nothing beside I know we just become friends so that's why maybe you still don't want to remove it in front of me but I hope someday you could show it to me, your face."  Taehyung said while showing his boxy smile, Seokjin just smiled at the boy.   "So shall we eat?" Taehyung asked and he nodded, Taehyung turned his back on him. "You can remove your mask now so let's eat together" Taehyung added and Seokjin could hear the smile on Taehyung's voice. 

               When Taehyung turned his back on him, Seokjin finally removed his mask, the wind brushed on his face, he smiled, the feeling of it was different, it was as if it was caressing his face gently or maybe he was just happy from the fact that he and Taehyung could still eat together without Taehyung seeing his face. "Let's eat" he said and Taehyung responded by the pop of the chopsticks. And with that they started eating.

                "Woah so yummy, so delicious" Taehyung shouted happily, Seokjin could imagine how the boy look like while saying those words, he could see the smile on Taehyung's face even if he couldn't really see it, he couldn't help but chuckled at those thoughts about Taehyung.

                "Woah Seokjin did you just chuckle?" Taehyung asked and Seokjin eyes widened at the sudden realization, he never chuckled in front of anyone beside his parents, it was the first time someone heard him chuckled or his first time chuckling with someone hearing it. He went all red and just replied a short 'yes' to Taehyung.

                 "That's so cute' Taehyung stated and Seokjin could feel his warm cheeks. On the other hand Taehyung was still thinking about Seokjin's chuckle, he couldn't believe Seokjin made a sound and it was so cute and like a music to the ear, how he wished he could see the boy right now. Seokjin didn't reply so they just continued eating after that, he couldn't help but compliments Seokjin cooking skill and the food. All the time they were eating he was just talking about how delicious the foods were but he wasn't joking because they were really delicious something like a professional chef could cook.

                  Seokjin was just smiling the whole time, Taehyung was noisy while eating but he found it cute and he was glad because it seemed like Taehyung liked the foods he cooked for him. Not too long both of them were already finished eating, Taehyung asked him if he could turn now, he said he would put his mask first and Taehyung answered 'okay', when he was finished putting his mask, he told Taehyung and the latter faced him with a smile playing on it's face.

                  "Thank you for the foods Seokjin, they were delicious, I'm so full" Taehyung said while tapping his stomach and it was a cute sight for Seokjin. He smiled at the boy, he was happy because now he has someone to eat with, it was sad eating all by himself so he was glad he has Taehyung now, who was making cute noises while eating. 

                   "I'm glad you like it" he said softly and saw a piece of rice on Taehyung's face so he swiped it away with his thumb and once again Taehyung was surprised and couldn't move. Seokjin couldn't understand why Taehyung was frozen all he knew was just it's just okay to do it, swiping the dirt on your friend's face was normal and a right thing to do.

                   On the other hand Taehyung was dumbfounded.."I.. love..them" he stuttered, he knew one day he would have an heart attack because of Seokjin but at the same time he was questioning himself why even the smallest Seokjin's move could have an effect on him, they just befriended yesterday but it seemed like Seokjin already made a big impact on him.

                   "Really? Then I always cook foods that we can eat together here in the rooftop" Seokjin said happily, he could see that Seokjin's eyes were twinkling, though he could only see his eyes, Taehyung found Seokjin cute especially with the chuckle he let out a while ago, he blushed and just smiled and nodded at Seokjin.

                  They went silent after that, not loo long a group of black with shade of pink butterflies were already sorrounding Seokjin who was sitting and just smiling at them. Taehyung wondered how the butterflies came and why they were always surrounding Seokjin, he remebered that yesterday those same kind of butterflies also came and flew around Seokjin, maybe the butterflies love Seokjin that's why. He just smiled and watched Seokjin and the butterflies but suddenly he felt sleepy.

                   Meanwhile Seokjin already expected the butterflies coming because they always come to him, he counted them and it lost number again and he wondered why. But nevertheless he just enjoying them and it seemed like the butterflies were happy too, maybe they could also feel his feeling. He looked at Taehyung in front of him though there was a distance between them, he saw that the boy was sleepy, he checked his clock, there's still one hour before their next class.

                  He stood up and walked towards Taehyung then when he was already beside the sleepy boy he sat down. They were now sitting next to each other, Taehyung gave him a questioning look but he really looked sleepy so Seokjin didn't reply and just put Taehyung's head on his shoulder "You can sleep, we still have one hour" he said softly, Taehyung didn't scuffle, he must really sleepy. Seokjin hummed and not too long he could feel Taehyung's even/light breathing, the boy already fell asleep.

                 He smiled and looked up the clouds, it was clear and blue, the wind was embracing them and it was too peaceful, the black with shade of pink butterflies were flying around them. And after a few minutes Seokjin felt his eyes getting heavy and not too long he drifted off to sleep. 

                 It was a beautiful sight and instead of bubbles, the butterflies were the ones sorrounding the two sleeping boys.

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A/N

          hi guys I'm back.

          I'm sorry if I didn't update for a long time. The truth is that I lost my confidence in writing. i've always have an inferioty complex and always thought that I'm not good enough, so I'm really sorry. But I'm not planning on abandoning my fics. :)

          I hope you guys can understand. And I hope you like this chapter. And I know that this story is a  slow progress but thank you for being patient :)

          Enjoy guys and I might update again tomorrow or the next day. :)

Ps: I'm back on writing/action and will update all of my stories. :)

Wait for #jinkook and yoonjin they are coming :) 

Aww and aslo I'm proud of the boys, I know they could win the Top Social Artist Award, I'm so happy for them, they deserve it. and also I think it's time for the whole music world especially american/western music world that when it comes to music, language isn't a barrier.

BTS might change the mentality of those in western music world :)

They broke an invisible wall.

BTS fighting!! They are amazing and legends. :)