A sad Tae with a comforting Yoongi is always a good Taegi. I’m really excited to see your writing style!!
tae sat completely limp on the couch, staring blankly up at the ceiling. thoughts raced through his head, none of them even remotely registering with him.
everyone was still settling down from their recent fan meet that ended less than an hour ago. the fan meet itself was nothing out of the ordinary. girls upon girls lined up to give their gifts and get signatures from each of the members.
except this time there was a girl, younger than him who couldn’t have even been out of her teens, that commented to him, “oh i used to be a huge fan of yours, but now i prefer jungkook oppa.”
of course in hindsight, it wasn’t anything particularly huge. taehyung could attest to certainly meeting worse fans, fans that would throw things when upset or were generally just downright rude. the girl didn’t have any ill will towards him. her comment wasn’t meant to bring him down. that he knew for sure.
but he couldn’t stop thinking about it. don’t get him wrong, he cheered for jungkook. he and jungkook were like brothers, he loved him. the only thing was that he had been seeing a lot of comments like that circulating around.
it all started with that top most handsome men of 2018 list, where jungkook got a higher rank than him. after that all of a sudden came a flood of comments on their twitter, many of them expressing how they weren’t surprised.
it wasn’t about jungkook being better, it was about taehyung apparently getting worse. “slacking,” “losing his touch,” “irrelevant,” whatever you wanted to call it, that was what taehyung read. it goes without saying that it hurt.
taehyung didn’t think that he was any of those things that their supposed fans were saying about him before. but now the more and more he thought about it, the more it all stuck in his head. maybe he should work harder, be better. he always strived to do his best but maybe his best just wasn’t good enough. maybe-
“hey.” yoongi’s head popped into taehyung’s vision, his expression as calm as ever.
“hyung.” taehyung mumbled, losing his thousand mile stare.
“you ok?” yoongi asks, concern dripping into his tone. aside from jimin, yoongi has surprisingly been one of the most comforting members to him. sending him heartfelt texts, calling him whenever they were apart so that they could talk. despite yoongi’s shy demeanor, he was very affectionate.
“yeah.” taehyung replied, lifting his head up so that he was looking forward.
the older plopped down next to him on the couch, he didn’t seem convinced. taehyung doubted that he was being all that convincing in the first place. however, yoongi didn’t push, he never usually did. wasn’t the type, taehyung had guessed.
after a moment taehyung spoke up, “do you think that i’m lacking? or getting lazy?” his tone was filled with emotion, genuine concern. he was an artist, a performer, that was his life’s work. he put everything into it.
yoongi looked at him incredulously, “of course not.” he stated it with confidence, as if it was a fact. taehyung’s eyes were downcast, he suddenly found the floor intriguing.
“you are the most hardworking, talented, kindhearted person i’ve ever met.” the older elaborated. taehyung turned his head towards yoongi, only for him to awkwardly add, “and i’m not the only one that knows these things are true.”
taehyung smiled, he knew that yoongi had trouble with expressing sentimentality, at least out loud. he was adorable. taehyung’s most adorable hyung. he leaned over, resting his head on yoongi’s shoulder.
“yah, you’re heavy.” yoongi complained, even though taehyung knew that he didn’t actually mean it.
instead taehyung let his head fall into the older’s lap, grinning playfully. yoongi grumbled some more, but didn’t outright push him off. in fact, taehyung could see the blush forming on his pale face, spreading all the way up to the tip of his ears. taehyung giggled, deep echoes rumbling yoongi.
he wrapped his arm around yoongi’s waist, squeezing, “thanks hyung.”
if yoongi smiled, if he kissed taehyung’s head, if taehyung’s heart fluttered for the first time at that for yoongi, no one had to know.