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"To our last weekend of freedom!"
"Here's to being young and beautiful!"
"Here's to getting laid, because I can't stand being a third wheel all night."
Without waiting for his friends' permission, Taehyung grabbed a glass and drank the liquid. The alcohol pleasantly burned his throat and immediately made him much more eager to party. Aurora was their favorite club, and it was LGBT-friendly, so there was no better place for three pretty and gay best friends to have fun before their classes started on Monday.
"I can't believe this is our last year already," Jimin said over a glass of colored drink he was sipping through a red straw. He didn't look the least bit worried about going back to college.
"Yeah, me too," Jungkook sighed and gently hugged Jiminin's waist and pulled him closer to him. Taehyung fought not to roll his eyes at the sight. "But we shouldn't worry about that now."
"Exactly. What's meant to be will be, now let's have some fun!" Taehyung's cheerful exclamation made Jimin and Jungkook smile. "Remember, the plan for today is simple..."
"Yes, we'll let you know when someone worthy of your sweet butt appears on the horizon," Jimin said with a wince in his voice. "Seriously Tae, why don't you just call Hyunwoo and tell him to be fuck buddies again?"
"He's so boring, Jimin," Taehyung groaned and pouted his lower lip. "I need to find a man who will turn my whole world upside down.”
"Be careful what you wish for, hyung," Jungkook said with a laugh.
"I just get bored with guys our age. They don't know how to treat me, let alone what to do with me in bed."
"Oho, here it comes."
"Shut up, Jimin."
"What's coming?" Jungkook, after knowing Taehyung and Jimin for several years, still had trouble keeping up with their thinking sometimes. The two had their own "soulmate bond" and not all things were as obvious to Jungkook and the rest of the people around him as they were to Taehyung and Jimin. Because of this, he had to ask them for clarification more than once.
"Taehyung and his strange attraction to older men," Jimin explained, causing Taehyung to roll his eyes. "As if age matters."
"Okay, I'm glad you two are happy and found each other," Taehyung pointed his finger at the two friends to emphasize their happy three-month relationship (even though they had unofficially acted like a couple much, much earlier). "But I meet jerks myself. What's wrong with wanting to meet someone mature and responsible?"
"And with a big dick," Jimin added.
"And to have the same weird kinks as you," Jungkook said.
"They're not weird, it's you who are too vanilla."
"No kink shaming! And there's nothing wrong with vanilla sex if you love someone," Jimin defended. "Besides, we're not as vanilla as you think."
"Baby!"
"Oh, Jimin, I suggest we meet without Jungkook because I think you haven't told me something."
"Whatever. I've finished my drink, so it's time to hit the dance floor," Jimin announced and started to push Jungkook forward between all the people. After a second he turned to Taehyung and winked at him, signaling his agreement to his earlier invitation to meet. Taehyung smiled and followed right behind them.
***
Taehyung loved Jungkook and Jimin. He really, really loved them.
What he didn't love was that when the three of them went out together, they quickly shut themselves away in their own world. Taehyung didn't blame them: they were still in their honeymoon phase, so he didn't mind at all. But he did not hide the fact that he felt a little lonely and maybe a little jealous. Not of the two of them, but rather of what they had.
The last time Taehyung had been in a relationship was during his sophomore year at college, and even though Seojoon was still a good friend of his, they realized after a few months that it wasn't going anywhere. Seojoon was three years older and seriously looking to the future, while Taehyung couldn't imagine committing to anyone at that point in his life. Since then he preferred hookups and if someone was interested in him for the long term, he offered to be fuck buddies with them.
Tired of watching his friends flirt with each other, he decided to go to the bar and get a drink. Being a lightweight, he always tried to be careful with alcohol, but the shots he had earlier had long since evaporated during the hour he spent on the dance floor without a break.
Luck favored him enough to make his way to the bar without too much trouble, and he spotted a familiar face. "Hey, Sim!"
A man with long blond curls looked at Taehyung and smiled at the sight of him. "Taehyung! My favorite customer. What would you like to drink?"
"Hm, I don't know, surprise me," Taehyung replied in a flirtatious tone. "Something sweet, not too strong and with ice."
"Okay, I'll get back to you soon."
The bartender took another look at Taehyung and moved away to prepare his order. It wasn't subtle at all and it wasn't the first time. Simon was Korean-American and really charming, which convinced Taehyung to go with him to the staff room for a quickie one night. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't what Taehyung was looking for. Still, he was willing to consider the option of inviting Simon to his apartment if no one else caught his eye. He had felt so horny in the last week and his own hand or his favorite toys were not enough anymore.
Out of the corner of his eye, Taehyung noticed someone occupying the bar stool next to him and ordering a glass of whiskey with Coke from another bartender. Taehyung turned his head to the side to get a better look at the person and felt stunned. Taehyung knew that he was handsome himself, but this man was on a completely different level.
"Do I have something on my face?"
Oh shit.
Taehyung didn't even realise that he was staring at him and might made him uncomfortable because of that.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude," Taehyung apologized, slightly embarrassed by his behavior. But he quickly returned to his usual self-confident attitude. "I'm Taehyung, by the way. Is this your first time here?"
"Is it that obvious?" the stranger replied, smiling.
"I'm sure we would have met before," Taehyung said, teasing him a bit and hoping not to alienate the man. "If you're here alone, we could spend some time together."
"I'm not alone, but my friends are too busy with each other," Taehyung said.
"Mine too."
"And what would we do, Taehyung-ssi?"
Taehyung felt a shiver run down his spine at the sound of his name coming from the man's mouth. He wanted to hear it again, but under different circumstances.
"Would you dance with me if I asked you nicely?" Taehyung spoke sweetly, hoping for his approval.
At that moment, the bartender appeared with a glass for the stranger, bowed to him, and apologized for making him wait so long. As he walked away, the dark haired man took his first sip, put the glass back on the bar, and, without taking his eyes off it, said: "Your offer sounds very... tempting and worth considering."
Taehyung felt his heart beat a little faster. He was so fascinated by the man he had just met that he didn't even pay much attention to Simon, who was probably hoping for a longer conversation. Taehyung just thanked him for the liquor and paid for it, not spending a second longer than necessary.
With a pink and orange drink in his hand, Taehyung turned to his neighbor, who was enjoying his whiskey. The man was insanely good-looking, with his full rosy lips, strong jaw, and exposed forehead, he was without a doubt the most handsome guy in the club. He looked as if Michelangelo had personally sculpted his face. Oh, Taehyung would do anything to take him back to his apartment.
"Come dance with me," Taehyung said seductively, putting a hand on the stranger's shoulder. The man smirked but didn't answer, instead taking another sip of his drink. "You said you would."
"I said I would consider," he replied, emptying his glass to the brim.
The stranger tilted his head back, and Taehyung's eyes automatically went to his Adam's apple. He had never found the neck to be the most attractive part of a person's body, but hell, Taehyung was ready to leave his marks on it, and maybe he was curious how his own hands would look around it. Taehyung had met this guy 20 minutes ago, still didn't know his name, and yet he was able to awaken his most hidden desires.
"Okay, I've got a better idea," Taehyung muttered, running his hand suggestively down the length of the man's arm and gently wrapping it around his wrist. "I live nearby. I don't have any whiskey, but I do have good red wine and a very comfortable bed."
The man chuckled, and Taehyung would be offended, if his laugh wasn’t so sincere and not mocking at all.
“Seokjin."
“Hm?"
“My name is Seokjin. If I'm supposed to fuck you, then you should know what name you'll be moaning for the rest of the night."
Throughout their conversation, Seokjin had seemed quite modest, so Taehyung was a bit surprised by this bold declaration. However, he didn't want to lie that he wasn't happy about such a turn of events.
"I'll just let my friends know that I'm leaving," Taehyung said and grabbed his phone, which had been lying on the bar next to his drink. After sending a short message ("I found my dream guy. I'm sure he's big, BIG and knows how to use it. I'll let you know how it went") and the last sip from his glass, Taehyung was ready to leave the club.
He and Seokjin went to the cloakroom to get their coats and left the bar. They took a taxi and drove to Taehyung's apartment, still not expecting how much this night would change their lives.