jeongguk spends the train ride to madrid texting seokjin while taehyung dozes on his lap. dangerously close to that place. and he feels quite anxious - like the nervous flutter of butterflies right before asking someone out.

he hasn’t texted seokjin, his friend, close to being his mom since before montserrat. he opened his messages once the train started, looking through all the messages that eventually increased in irritation and worry.

["eomma"is seokjin, lil kid is jeongguk]

"eomma": jeon ing jungkook, if you've been kidnapped in spain, namjoon and i will kill you.

jungkook chuckled at his friend's antics, typing out a reply. 

namjin love child: hi eomma, appa.  i'm alive and i'm sorry about not responding, i've been busy exploring around with taehyung-ie. 

eomma jin: taehyung-ie who? child, are you having a fling? in spain? ohh, namjoon is really gonna kill you aha, good luck :)

namjin love child: pls don't start. i met taehyung bc he's also touring europe. he's from daegu. here's what hyung looks like...
[picture attached]

the raven haired boy attaches the pictures of them they took from places in barcelona.

eomma jin: hyung? HYUNG?! it tooK YOU A MONTH TO USE HONORIFICS WITH NAMJOON, HOSEOK, AND ME! wait... this isn't a fling, is it? you like the blonde, don't you? ;))))))))))))

jungkook blushes, reading jin's text, when taehyung wakes up. "what's got you blushing hard, pretty boy?" and jungkook blushes harder. 

"nothing, tae." jungkook says, shutting off his phone. leaving jin on read which the latter whines at. 

*

they soon arrive in madrid, the weather perfect - light and breezy. it’s late by the time they get in, sun setting behind the mountains, soft fading purples and pinks, but the city is lit up with lights still. 

their hostel is just outside of the city center, so they drop their bags off and venture out in search of dinner. they end up with kebabs from a street vendor, settling on a bench in plaza de oriente.

"so kookie, have you ever been traveling before? besides traveling here?" taehyung asks, deciding to spark up a conversation. 

"not really. i mostly stayed in busan for most of my life. you?" jungkook replies, biting his kebab. 

"yeah. i have. in the streets of daegu." taehyung says, making jungkook chuckle a little. 

"i guess this is both our first time then? well, i wouldn't have spent it with any other person than you." jungkook says, all serious, a smile on his face, standing up to throw away his trash since he's finished and to also avoid taehyung's reaction. 

"same for you, bel ami." taehyung shouts out from where he was sitting, calling jungkook a pretty boy once again. 

jungkook walks back to the bench, extending a hand out to taehyung to help him stand, "ready to go, hyung?" he says, beaming at the blonde boy. 

the rest of the way to the hostel filled with little talks about their own childhood and dreams, both learning new information about each other when they're finally standing outside their rooms. just staring at each other. 

taehyung leans against his door, voice deep due to exhaustion from the trip he says, "good night, jagi."

jungkook laughs and replies, "good night, you flirt." faint smile on his lips as he enters his room. 

*

they spend the next few days exploring madrid. everywhere they go, taehyung's unabashed with his affection towards jungkook. it started with taehyung leaning more to jungkook, then later on lacing their hands together. jungkook happily soaks up taehyung's affection in return.

later on during the afternoon, the two boys were walking along the plaza when a poster caught jungkook's eyes. tugging taehyung along to get a closer look at the poster, he read the information "hyung, look, they have a karaoke night tonight at the bar down this street!" jungkook exclaims excitedly. 

"wanna go, kookie-ah?" taehyung offers, turning to the latter. 

"if it's okay with you. i did drag you all the way here to madrid... i want you to have an enjoyable experience." jungkook says sincerely, still looking at the poster to review the details. 

i'm with you, of course i'll have an enjoyable experience, taehyung thinks. 

but instead he says, "i want you to enjoy this too," taehyung beams at jungkook, "so let's go to the bar after eating dinner?" he suggests. 

*

they soon arrive at the bar after eating ice cream and different kinds of pastries, because taehyung insisted on having it for dinner. 

the two sit at a table in the middle row, getting a perfect view of the petite stage people were going to be up in soon. 

"jungkookie, i have to go to the washroom, order us drinks alright, bel ami?" taehyung lies, instead making a bee line for the sign up sheet for singing when jungkook wasn't looking. 

#13; kim taehyung, jeon jungkook

taehyung smiles evilly, returning back to jungkook. 

twelve performances later, jungkook tugs at taehyung's sleeve. "taehyung-ah, should we leave now? it's getting a bit late." he asks. 

"and our last performance for today... kim taehyung and jeon jungkook!" the lady who's dressed in too revealing clothes, calls out from the stage. 

jungkook freezes, turning to taehyung who has a sheepish smile. "taehyung, you sneaky little ." the raven haired boy says, glaring at his hyung. taehyung simply smiles at the latter, pulling him up from his seat and dragging him to the stage. 

"hyung, i don't sing," jungkook starts, trying to lure taehyung into his trap by giving him his cutest face. "jungkook," taehyung starts warningly, "that is not going to work on me." he states, while jungkook simply sighs. 

"fine, hyung." jungkook states, pouting while he picks a song for both of them to sing. "as i told you?" jungkook turns to taehyung, suggesting the song. "arasso, let's go jungkook. time to woo everybody with my painfully pretty face and voice!" taehyung exclaims, tugging jungkook towards the stage.

"as i told you,
i'm in love with you..."

[skipping the song part, i'm sorry lmao]

soon the two boys had the whole bar at their feet and clapping for them. while the two blushing boys were laughing and thanking their audience, getting off the stage. 

"hyung! i can't believe we did that." jungkook breathed out. beaming at taehyung brightly. "i knew you could sing, dongsaeng-ah," taehyung says teasingly while jungkook blushes. 

oblivious to the fact that he's slowly falling for the bottle blonde. 

and taehyung felt the same for the raven haired boy.