Chapter 3

Tied Like Puppets

"You and Taehyung and Jungkook are really ed up, you know." Yoongi said to Seokjin one day. Seokjin had no idea what he was talking about. His last interaction with Taehyung and Jungkook, together, had been giving them dinner the night before. His last interaction with them individually was passing Taehyung the toothpaste and hugging Jungkook in the kitchen about twenty minuter prior.

"Why are me and Taehyung and Jungkook ed up? What did we do?" Seokjin asked. Yoongi gave him a look that said Seokjin was clueless. Seokjin didn't feel very clueless. What could he possibly be missing? Was it because he'd been the last one to find out about Jungkook and Taehyung dating or something? Had the others already known?

"It's like a ing love triangle or something. All the is making me really uncomfortable." Yoongi said. Seokjin nearly dropped the cup of coffee he was making for Hoseok. Love triangle? ? There was no triangle, it was just JungkookandTaehyung and Seokjin. And surely there was no - right? Right?

"If one of you doesn't make a move on one of you I'm going to step in and push your faces together like I pushed Hoseok's and Taehyung's faces together, I swear to God." Yoongi said. Seokjin actually did drop the cup this time, his hands gone rigid from shock. Hoseok began screeching from the next room over, and Yoongi just smirked, leaving Seokjin to pick up the pieces of the newly broken cup on his own.


Deja vu, Seokjin thought, because here he was again, standing in front of the closed door of his own room, ready to knock, ready to hope this conversation was going to go a lot better than he was expecting it to. It wasn't midnight this time, though, only nine o'clock. He figured Taehyung and Jungkook weren't quite sleeping yet, but he didn't know if they could be....

Seokjin knocked before he could tell himself to turn around and avoid the conversation. Because avoiding the conversation meant feeling awkward for the rest of forever and constantly wondering if Taehyung was looking at his or if he was looking at Taehyung's  or if Jungkook was looking at him like such a respected hyung or if he was looking at Jungkook like a tall glass of water-

Jungkook opened the door this time. His clothes were on him tight, and he looked really good, way too good for nine o'clock at night. Seokjin glanced behind him to see Taehyung pulling a nice shirt over his head. He bent and picked up some socks, threw them on his feet. Seokjin looked back at Jungkook, who was smiling, "Hey hyung! What's up?"

"Are you- going somewhere?" Seokjin asked. It was pretty obvious they were- Taehyung wouldn't be dressing up this late for no reason. Seokjin wondered, briefly, where they were going, but he decided not to directly ask. If Jungkook didn't tell him then it was really none of his business.

"Yeah, we're going to a party. Taeyeon-noona is having one for fun. Do you want to come with us?" Jungkook asked. Seokjin had to think, find in his muddled brain who Taeyeon was, because, yes, he was that confused. "You'd have time to shower and everything, the party doesn't start for another half-hour or so. We can be there late- there's not too much of a schedule."

"Uh-uh, yeah, sure, okay." Seokjin said, because why not? He was walking towards the bathroom, grabbing a towel from the closet before he remembered that he was supposed to be talking to Jungkook and Taehyung about the apparent between the three of them. He turned around, his mouth open, ready to speak, but Jungkook and Taehyung were standing right next to each other, whispering, giggling, and then kissing gently, briefly, and Seokjin wheeled himself around and into the bathroom, because this wasn't a moment he was meant to witness.

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CoolJirl
#1
Chapter 11: Ahhh. I almost forgot about homework oh god. This fic istg. Thank you authornim. The story was great, the dose of angst was perfect i swear. My love for taejinkook is kindled.
masaharu
#2
Chapter 11: oh my god, okay, i have so many things to say about this fic no matter how much time has passed and honestly sjdjfldl i actually don't know how to word them at all because WOW????

this fic is,,,,, everything i ever wanted in a fic i'm so serious just, it's so real. every moment of this was so believable and amazing and the emotions were rAW and everything the characters said, all the ways they reacted and the subtle things in between events and just ? i don't know what i was expecting but you don't know how honestly surprised i was that jin walked away initially and - how. happy that made me because it maDE SO MUCH SENSE like obvs you walk in on two friends and they're both beautiful wow awkward, and all the times he walked away afterward even when they were straight up inviting him like honestly it's so realistic and the tension is through the roof and the very first time yoongi commented on the tension i choked at the same time jin did just. the decisions jin made gave him so much depth like, his hesitation and his confusion and guilt even? sjdkl and the emotions of the other two were so clear and poignant and TAEJINKOOK I REALLY CAN'T. the domestic yoonmin kills me, all the conversations in this kills me i love them all so much. and also this fic, and you for writing this?? :")

pictured above: an actual essay i'm,, so sorry. thank you so much for writing this. bless you <3 <3 <3
lucinda818
#3
Chapter 11: *start singing love is not over* This fanfic is really cute!!!!!!!!!<3♥♥♥
chuppoppo #4
Chapter 11: i LOVE the part where they're making coffe. LOVE IT.
of course along with your magnificient story, yeah. *throws confetti*
faithful-lie
#5
Chapter 11: Oh man, I read this entire thing in one sitting and now it's 1am O_O

This was so cute and angsty and so good and I needed this! I'm sad it ended, but thank you for writing something so good and so bittersweet and seemingly heartfelt.
tsubakitheshawol
#6
Chapter 11: Damn this is sooo cute
SungrinBF
#7
Chapter 11: Oh my gosh i love this and i stayed up late for this <3 thanks for making this ot3 story :3
MikeyHeartsWG
#8
Chapter 11: OMG me and taehyun like the same type of coffee~~~~ adorable ending!!!! <3
bl5908 #9
Chapter 11: This story seriously made my day :) It's so hard to find good ot3 stories, but this one was so well written. Thank you for writing this!