Two boys were sitting on the bench that marked their story of togetherness basking in the silence of hesitation. One battling over how to tell the other that this might be the last time they would be meeting and another fighting his silent battles in his head.

Then came the deep oceanic voice "Kook" making the other hum in response.

"I am getting married."

A defeaning silence surrounded them , none of them spoke for the next 2 minutes. Then without lifting his gaze from his lap ravenette asked "When?"

"Huh?" Taehyung murmed frowning.

"When are you getting married Taehyung?" Jungkook ellaborate his when.

Oh , so it's Taehyung now? blonde head thought internally.

"After 2 days" shortly came the reply.

After getting another suffocating silence as the response Taehyung continued "My parents fixed this marriage a month before and they informed me about this just the last week , they said it's now time for me to get married and this marriage would also be beni-"

"Who is it?" Jungkook asked cutting the rambles of blonde head.

"Zendae , my colleague also my Dad's partner's son" Taehyung answered.

Again , no response from the other.

"Mom asked me , if I have someone else in my life then I can share it with them and that made me scoff at their words because if they cared so much about my opinion they would have considered asking my opinion before fixing the marriage not when it's there in just a week , so I just said it's nothing like that and I am rea-" blonde head was again interrupted with another question.

"Are you happy?" Jungkook asked.

"Come again?"

"I am asking are you happy with this marriage Taehyung?" Jungkook continued now meeting the other's eyes making the other's breath hitch.

"Of-ofcourse w-why won't I be? It's not like I am gonna get anyone getting down on their knees and asking me out like I always-"

"This isn't what I am asking , am I now?" Jungkook asked with stoic unreadble face.

"Y-yes , yes I am" Taehyung continued turning his face away controlling tears gathering in his eyes.

"Well , congratulations then , I am happy for you" Jungkook said standing up from the bench they both were sitting on.

Taehyung stayed silent for a good minute.

"Wh-where are you going?" Taehyung asked with his big bambi eyes standing up beside the other.

"Home" came the short reply.

"I will be moving out tomorrow , will be going back to my parents house" Taehyung continued.

"Okay" Jungkook said.

Jungkook and Taehyung lived together in their shared apartment for past 2 years , when they moved out of their parent's house. They had been together since their high schools. 7 years of bickerings , teasing , a shoulder to cry and rely on , a hand to intertwine with , an embrace to confine into . Everything will change after 2 days . They won't be each other's any longer.

Jungkook was about to leave when Taehyung grabbed his wrist turning him on his heels , now both were facing each other. Jungkook's face was unreadable , no sign of remorse , or of happiness , no vital emotion displayed. Taehyung's eyes were glistening with unsaid pain and words.

"Th-that's all you had to say? Congratulations? That's it? You don't have anything else to say ?" Taehyung lashed shaking the other asking for his answers but it barely had any effect on the other.

Jungkook raised his hands quitely wiping the tears that spilled from the blonde's eyes his own eyes softening in the process "Don't cry Tae" Jungkook said making the other finally breaking into a sob which he was trying to control all while long.

"You said you are happy and that's all that truly matters to me, your happiness." Jungkook continued with soft voice caressing Taehyung's cheekbones removing the left traces of tears.

"Are you happy?" Taehyung asked meeting the other's eyes making him still with his moments.

"If you are then that's all I need to be happy." Jungkook replied with a small smile which didn't quite reach his eyes.

Taehyung stayed rooted watching Jungkook turn his back on him , he watched him unfocused till he disappeared from the reach of his sight.

Taehyung knew exactly what was shattering inside him , he knew despite getting to started the new phase of life why he felt like he was being ripped apart from the place that belonged to him , solely him.

But then again was he supposed to feel this? Was he even allowed to have the melancholic ache touching his heart when he didn't even know if the latter returned even one percent of agony he was feeling currently in his bones.

Maybe as the passing time , he won't matter. Jungkook will too get someone and settle down with them as he should because he deserves the best , he deserved someone who brought happiness in his life , not a clumsy dumb best friend who always gets himself in trouble and drag him in too , not some cowardice whose too coward to come out and confess that he doesn't want to marry Zendae , heck he doesn't want to marry anyone who is not Jungkook-

that since past 4 years he's been the only one and he will be the only one for the rest of the breaths of his life.

But he can't do that , he can't force his feelings on Jungkook , he can't make him love himself just because he feels the same , he can't ruin their friendship of years just because of his dumb feelings.

So he stays where he is , he lets Jungkook walk away despite each step he takes away from him feels like the summersault on his heart , he lets his heart break because he can't watch their friendship break because to hell with him why would Jungkook even like him as lover let alone love him , who would want a bundle of problems to be their betterhalf. No one.

Taehyung stayed back till his heart was in control , or so he thought.

Taehyung reached their shared apartment , letting aside his agonising pain he was feeling inside him he needed to pack his stuffs because he needs to move out tomorrow , he will be going back to his parents.

He enters home , his home. Home he's built with Jungkook for past 2 years , from the beautiful bright vases to all the bright handmade lanterns hovering over and illuminating their photos on the wall , from laughter in the corner of kitchen because Jungkook dumped a bucket of flour on himself in their cake baking session to the sound of cries that filled the dining where Taehyung cried his heart out in Jungkook's embrace due a nightmare where he thought he lost Jungkook. He feels the whole memoir of 2 years rushing like snapshots in front of his eyes in a roll and he can't help but just let them slide by a sad smile adorning his ethereal features.

But the moment he enters strong aroma hits his nostrils making him take a deep breath calming his raging heart down. His feets takes him to their kitchen where Jungkook's working his back in view , sleeves rolled up to his elbows chopping something efficiently like a chef he's always been.

"What are you doing?"

"Making mak-guksu." Jungkook replies without turning his back to Taehyung.

Again a defeaning silence envelops them , so much so that if a third person was there he could hear the sound of things-

oh-

heart breaking.

"I thought this might be the last time I get to make your favourite for you" Jungkook said turning towards Taehyung his voice returning to the cheerful tone and a smile that always makes Taehyung's heart go wild.

Not trusting his voice he just watched Jungkook , standing their making him his favourite food as if that gives him imense pleasure to cook for him , as if he could do that for him for the rest of his life and the realisation hits hard. So much so that it knocks out the remaining air Taehyung was functioning on.

It was Jungkook , it was always him who cooked for him. Even when they were young Jungkook learned for him , learned cooking for him because whenever they went to a resturant together and Taehyung wanted to try new dishes but because of his low-tolerance to spicy foods their menu confined with a limited options-

So putting an end to his misery he learnt how to cook , learnt how to cook every dish that Taehyung wanted to try but with his level of spiciness and ever since he was the one who cooked for his Taetae.

And look at the brutal conspiracy of fate now-

this perhaps gonna be the last time he is cooking for him , how the hell is he supposed to acknowledge this fact and let it settle it in his heart.

Sensing Taehyung being extremely silent again Jungkook rises his head and stare at him for good two minutes before breaking the silence "Go and freshen up and I will set the table meanwhile". Taehyung just nodded because if he even tried to utter a single word he'll break down into the pits of sobs he's been controlling since the moment he entered his home.

After 20 minutes he's coming downstairs. Watches Jungkook removing his apron after he's done setting the table neatly.

"Oh you are here" Jungkook voices out with a small smile.

"Sit" Jungkook is busy plating their plate and Taehyung is busy plating Jungkook in his eyes , he's not even blinking , he doesn't know what he's gonna reply if Jungkook asks him why is he ogling him like that , but it doesn't matter , he keeps watching him.

"Here you go" Jungkook nudges him to eat placing the plate in front of him that snaps him out of his haze. Jungkook hands him the chopsticks and asks to dig in.

Taehyung quitely takes the chopsticks and the moment he takes the very first bite and the taste settles on his taste buds a teardrop rolls down his bread cheeks but he's quick to wipe it off with the back of his hands.

Jungkook doesn't get to watch him because he's busy serving himself and digs in.

"Easy there tiger , no one's taking your food from you" Jungkook chcukles when he sees Taehyung eating food hastily and speedy as if he's been starved for days but he gets silenced by the chugged sound more like a sob tearing from his throat when as if they aren't allowed to breath.

"Tae-" "I hate you , I hate you so fucking much , I hate you to the moon and never back" and Taehyung is full on sobbing with his mouth still stuffed with food. He tried okay . He did his best to not break down like this , assaulted his own lips continuously so that he can stop himself from letting out the muffled noise , but he can't , because he just fucking can't-

because from past 7 years he has never imagined his life without Jungkook and past 2 years? They were ridiculously glued to each other , not a single day where their annoying asses were not annoying each other , not a single day when Jungkook didn't cook for him , even if they ordered he atleast once cooked for Tae and suddenly everything's going to be taken away from him and Jeon Jungkook is not fucking helping him with letting go.

He absolutely didn't need to do this to him today , he didn't need to cook the dish that carried all their good-bad , low-high , happy-sad every memory with it. He didn't need to hit him with the nostalgia of their shared years , but here he is doing absolutely the opposite.

Jungkook pulls his chair away from the table and pulls him in his embrace. Taehyung protest , tries to pull away. Hits Jungkook on his chest with his fist clenched but nothing fazes the lad.

"L-let go , I-I hate you so much , you don't get to do this to me , you absolutely l-lunatic asshole , GET AWAY from me" he tries to scream the last words but they get muffled as Jungkook pulls him closer and tightens his hold on him. Unable to deliver words to comfort the elder he just keeps stroking his back and places a lingering kiss to his temple making Taehyung sob harder in his chest.

Jungkook keeps caressing his back until his sobs dies down and he's just sniffling quitely still snuggling in Jungkook's chest.

Jungkook still stays silent not trusting himself with the vocab he got , because how is he going to-

"Jungkook"

"Hm"

"Who will cook for me n-now?" Taehyung asks feeling his voice breaking at the end despite trying his best not to. Jungkook stays silent for a minute and Taehyung listens to his heart beat it's beating too fast 95 bpm to be exact-

Average than in the resting case a human should have.

"Your husband will" Jungkook says pulling back with a smile which he tries to do whole heartedly but fails.

"What if he doesn't know how to?"

"Then he will learn , like I did." He replies back showing his bunny teeth and Taehyung thinks he might have another break down over how he's going to miss this bunny smile that made his every morning brighter. So he turns his head away , nodding in agreement not trusting his voice to reply back.

They both sat in silence for next 5 minutes collecting their scattered emotions , was it even possible anymore? A man can always try.

"You should go to your room and have some rest , you need to finish packing by tonight as well" Jungkook says and Taehyung stands up from his chair giving a curt nod to him.