✨01✨

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He slid down the steel banister of the staircase singing his favorite song only to jump off it onto the other side, his lips curled into a bright smile. The hall was full of people. Of men. Women. Kids. His hazel eyes searched around the place.

He spotted his mother. His cousins, his eldest uncle and aunts from everywhere. From Korea. From Spain. Caribbean islands and he don't even remember the names. Their family, extended family, more specifically was a small representation of the diversity in the world. His own father was from Japan.

Oh, there was his father, pouring beer for his mother.

The boy shook his head and continued searching for certain someone, his hands on his hips.

Kids were all over the floor playing with toys their mothers have very conveniently provided them so that they could sit and gossip. He didn't blame them. First day of their month-long get-together was mostly like that only.

Catching up on people's lives because they don't get the time to do that for the rest eleven months of the year. Someone gives a birth, and the family gets to know about the baby on the 20th of May, the first day they all meet up here on the beach house at Meridian key islands.

His cousins sat in another group, laughing like donkeys over something. They have already discarded their clothes. Boys wore their swimming trunks while girls wore mini dresses, as small as they could. His eyes travelled down their faces just a little, down their long neck, down to their collarbones.

His eyebrows flew up while a wicked, amused grin curled up on his lips when his eyes travelled a little lower to the swells of their breasts. The boy stick out his tongue playfully and looked away but his eyes returned to the rising youth peeking out of their dresses once more.

He didn't blame them. In fact, he sympathized them. Poor girls. It was so hot, and they were forced to wear those mini dresses in the name of decency. Like why they can't just let 'everything' be free and breath?

He gawked at the cleavages disappearing into clothes totally forgetting about the person he was searching for. He wasn't to be blamed. He was just a boy. A boy just over nineteen. A very innocent, hormone tortured, sympathetic boy.

Summer wasn't helping. It was hot. He was hot. And he wasn't alone by the way. He knew every bastard sitting there in that group was staring at the same thing. The girls were so innocently oblivious. Or maybe they were not as innocent and oblivious as they appeared.

The black-haired boy stood licking his lips, his gaze moving from one girl to another when someone called him from behind. "Want a drink?"

The boy looked at the condensed droplets of water around canned drinks. Just the thing he needed. "Thanks, Uncle." He gave a smile picking up a drink. The man smiled and walked away patting his shoulder. The black-haired male opened the can of Ghia Le spritz. As soon as the first sip was down his throat, it washed down his windpipe like a wave against the beach.

He let out a refreshed breath.

He had always loved this drink. Since the very childhood. He remembered how they used to steal cans from the fridge and camp outside on patio. He and him. The beverage was nonalcoholic but still, they were not allowed to have too much of it. That reminded him again. Where was he?

He hadn't got a hold of him since they arrived here two hours ago.

His eyes went back to the group of his cousins. He was not there. The black-haired boy didn't expect him to be there anyway. With a last glance at Suzy, the daughter of his mother's uncle's son's daughter, he walked away from there smirking.

Last year did too good to her.

She was blossoming.

"Oh, here you are!" He let out a long sigh. After spending almost half an hour in searching the house, he found the other there, sitting on the stairs in front of the house.

The said male turned around to have a look at him, his lips curled into a bright smile. "Hey..."

The black-haired boy shook his head. "Kim Taehyung! You have been here all this time? I have been searching for you all over the place."

The other boy smiled. His brown eyes watched the other with a raised eyebrow. "Were you? Where? In someone's cleavage?"

The black-haired chuckled shaking his head. Taehyung and him, they have been diaper buddies. Not literally. He was almost two years older than Taehyung but that's what he liked to call it. Since the very childhood, they have been the best of friends despite not living in the same cities.

The two knew each other inside out. Or that's what he thought. He looked away still shaking his head momentarily only to walk ahead to sit beside him. "Well... I already knew you won't be there. You don't play that way."

Taehyung just rolled his eyes. Jimin let out another laugh and took another sip of his drink. The tart and citrus flavor made him close his eyes momentarily. "Want some?" He asked.

Taehyung glanced towards the drink in his hand. Contemplating for a minute, he took the can and took a sip. His face scrunched slightly at the strong taste. He never preferred that flavor. His favorite was La Fizz. The drink combined the orange blossom with strawberry and gave a bubbly feel at the tongue.

"What are you doing here sitting alone?" Jimin questioned taking the drink back from Taehyung. The boy shook his head.

"Just watching the sea. Isn't it beautiful?" His eyes went to where waves crashed against the shore almost fifty meters away. The evening was coming through. Sun was descending down turning the water reddish orange. Taehyung could see the white froth at the edges from where he sat.

The black-haired boy gave him a side eye. "Oh C'mon! Don't give me that shit. I know you better."

Taehyung looked at him innocently, but his eyes held the playfulness. "I can't admire the beauty now?"

"You're really sitting here, watching the waves when half the girls in there are practically falling out of their dresses. So much for admiring beauty?" He let out sarcastically.

Taehyung chuckled, shaking his head, his brown eyes holding a secret. "I'm not interested in them."

"Oh Goodness! You are still stuck there." The black-haired boy looked at him in disbelief. "Get over it, Tae. You are grown up now. You are literally turning eighteen in a week."

Taehyung's ears turned red, and he looked away. "I am not stuck anywhere. I am just not interested."

"Of course. That's why you are sitting here waiting for him. Tell me I am wrong." He wasn't. And the black-haired boy also knew that. "Damn, Tae. I didn't know you had such... mature taste. I don't blame you though. Anyone would want to fuck him. He has got that rizz." He winked.

Taehyung looked back at him. "What are you doing here? I thought there are enough things of your interest in there." He wanted him gone already.

"Oh, that reminded me of Suzy. Did you see her? She is all grown up in all areas."

"Jimin..." Taehyung warned him amused.

"She got those long sexy legs and perfect curves. She waved at me earlier with those eyes. I have this strong feeling we are going to fuck." The black-haired already had plans. "This summer is going to be exciting."

"Sounds like a plan." Taehyung made an impressed face.

"What about you? Any plans of losing your V-card?"

"I am not virgin."

"You can convince the world and not me. Fucking in dreams doesn't count."

Taehyung couldn't stop himself from giggling. "Goodness, Chim! Just what do you eat to get this foul mouth?"

"Pussies!" The black-haired stick his tongue out. "Let's go inside. It's fucking hot out here. I need to show you something." He said getting up.

"What?"

"Just come with me. I brought you something." Jimin offered his hand which Taehyung took and got up. Dusting his pants, he walked towards the door. The two boys stopped watching some of their family going out somewhere. All the women smiled at Taehyung on their way out.

"Hey, Taehyung..." Jimin's sister, Sera, smiled at him. "How are you?"

The boy gave a smile. "Am good. How have you been?"

The girl looked at the others who have walked ahead. "I am also good. I'll catch up with you later. We were going out a bit for grocery shopping."

"Okay..." The boy smiled and Jimin rolled his eyes. "Just go already." He pushed her sister lightly who made a face at his brother, but Jimin didn't care. Both of them turned to leave but stopped hearing a car honking.

Taehyung already knew who it was before he even walked out.

His heart picked up its pace. His brown eyes watched the man smiling brightly at everyone who have stopped to welcome him. People surrounded him but Taehyung could still see him.

He stood tall and muscular. Standing against the sunlight, his eyes appeared even darker under the shade of black cap he wore. Like charcoal. Hot. Liquid. Wild. The sharp edges of his jaw made Taehyung curl his fingers into fists.

The man was thirty-three. And he looked just his age. Mature. Rough. Sexy.

Fuckable.

The muscles in Taehyung's abdomen twisted and he felt the need to shift in his place. He was aching everywhere with just a look of him.

The man still had the same affect on him. Or maybe even more. He left Taehyung imagining every time.

Taehyung's eyebrows drew together slightly watching someone else coming out of the car.

A girl.

"Who is she now?" Jimin questioned checking out the woman. "She is hot."

Taehyung glanced towards his best friend. "Wipe your mouth already. You are fucking drooling." Jimin... he just needed a hole. No matter which? Or whose? He just couldn't keep his dick in his pants.

His brown eyes returned to the woman who wore an oversized top and jean shorts leaving her long legs for people to hawk at and fantasize. Her long, blonde curls fell over her back and face. She pushed them back revealing her blue eyes. She was pretty. He couldn't deny that.

Jimin looked at him. "That's called admiring beauty."

Taehyung didn't reply to him. He kept staring at the woman who smiled at him when he placed a hand on the back introducing her to everyone. The boy furrowed his eyebrows. He kept staring in front of him blankly until the introduction was over.

It was when he guided the blonde woman towards the house that Taehyung curled his toes. He could feel the heat dancing on his skin already as he approached them, and he knew summer wasn't the reason. The heat all over his body coiled to form a very familiar knot in his abdomen.

"Hey Jimin!"

His deep, husky voice went straight into Taehyung's stomach making it twist in funny ways. The boy fisted the hem of his own shirt secretly as he stated at the other.

"Uncle Jeon!" Jimin beamed shaking the hand with the man who gave his bright smile. "How have you been? Didn't hear from you all year."

The man shrugged "Just travelling and having fun."

"And she is?"

"Oh, that's Vera. My girlfriend." He introduced. "Baby... that's Jimin and... Taehyung" His black eyes went to the other for just a brief moment.

"Vera... that's such a beautiful name." Jimin complimented giving the woman a nice, long hug. "It's really nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too, Chimin...." The woman kissed the boy's cheek. While the two talked, Jungkook's eyes went back to Taehyung, a smile on his face. "How are you, Taehyung?"

The boy kept staring right into his eyes. Did he want to hear the truth? "Am good, Uncle Jeon." He replied instead.

The man nodded. Placing his hand on his girlfriend's back, he smiled at the two cousins. "I'll see you boys around. Vera must want some rest. Don't you, baby?" He questioned, his hand holding the woman by her neck. Taehyung noticed how small her neck looked in his hand.

He could choke anyone to death, and anyone would hardly mind.

Just what Taehyung wouldn't do to get those big hands all over himself. The thought made him let out a shaky breath.

The woman melted into her boyfriend. "Yes Honey... My legs are heavy."

Jungkook smiled at her. Glancing towards the two boys, he nodded in a silent hint and walked away from there leaving Taehyung to follow him with his eyes.

"Fuck man! Uncle Jeon has got good taste." He commented gawking at the woman's ass as she walked beside. "Oh Vera... Fuck! Even her name is sexy."

"Of course, it is. Aloe Vera!" Taehyung rolled his eyes irritated.

Jimin chuckled. "What got you so pissed?"

"You, Chimin!" Taehyung mocked. "Any species with XX chromosomes walk in front of you and you start drooling. Get some standards."

"She isn't standards?"

"No. She is anything but standards." Taehyung retorted, his irritation suddenly spiking watching Jimin's lips curling into a sly smile.

"You are just jealous, Kim Taehyung!" He jumped into the dangerous waters not caring. "How's your uncle going to fuck you when he has someone else in bed?" He teased.

Taehyung looked at him annoyed. "I am not fucking jealous." He spat and walked away from there. He? Jealous? Yes, he was. He looked forward all this year for summer vacation for this?

How was he going to notice him when he will have her available all the time?

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