Prettiest Lie - A Taekook Love Story.

04 - You're Being Mean To Me.

"This place is so beautiful, Han Sang-ah. Thank you for bringing me to this place."

"I'm glad you like it."

"I do, very much."

"Areum-ah.."

"Y-yes?"

"I like you.."

"That's good." Yoongi gave an approving nod to both Taehyung and Sana. "Sana-ssi, I want you to try and make it look more hesitant. Cause you are somewhat aware of Min-Hyuk's feelings too. You want to accept Han Sang, but at the same time, don't want to hurt Min-Hyuk either. He's your friend too."

Sana gave a nod to show that she understood the instructions. They did the scene again, and this time, it was up to Yoongi's satisfaction.

They went through pretty much all the important and dramatic scenes, one by one. Taehyung often offered his input to the script, as well as some of the other veteran actors. They discussed and made some changes to the script accordingly. Jungkook never realised that there was such an elaborate process, even before the actual shooting started. 

He had relatively less screen time than the two main leads. His character and Taehyung's character are best friends, so there were quite a number of scenes between them in the first half. Happy ones. 

The latter parts, however, weren't that happy.

"I thought you were my best friend, Min-Hyuk-ah!! I never thought you'd back stab me like this!"

"I-I'd never do that, Han Sang-ah. Y-you don't know anything!."

"What more do I need to know?! I saw you with Areum, holding her hand. You knew how I felt about her! You know I love her!!"

"Please listen to me.."

"No, I don't want to listen to anything! You- you betrayed me.."

"I-I.."

Jungkook looked up from the script in his hand. He didn't even remember when he lowered his face. He gulped a bit, before reaching for the glass of water in front of him.

"Are you okay, Jungkook-ssi?" Yoongi's concerned voice made Jungkook focus his attention on him.

"Y-yes, I am." Jungkook tried to say it in a confident voice, but he could hear it was not successful. He sounded really shaken up. "Just give me a minute, Director-nim."

Jungkook could feel Taehyung's concerned gaze burning through him but he couldn't look up at the man. The thing was, Taehyung is a phenomenal actor. His emotions of anger, sadness, and even disgust, looked so real to Jungkook.

The elder is acting, but Jungkook still couldn't bear to see those emotions directed at him. It shook Jungkook to his core, making him hard to breathe. Making him want to run away or run into Taehyung's arms, demanding the elder to shower him with affection that is usually reserved for Jungkook only.

Sure, he has watched Taehyung act in dramas and movies for years now. While he admired the elder's acting skills, it never felt real. But here, sitting in front of him and having those ugly expressions directed at him, was too much for Jungkook to handle.

Yoongi looked troubled but didn't ask for anything else, except for giving a 15 minutes break for everyone. 

Jungkook got up from his seat, apologised to everyone and walked out of the room. He went straight to the nearest washroom and didn't have to wait for Taehyung to find him.

Taehyung immediately locked the washroom from inside and walked to Jungkook. He gently put his hands over Jungkook's waist and pulled the man close to his body.

"Baby.." Taehyung whispered into Jungkook's ear, his worry growing in each second as Jungkook had him in a tight hold. "What's wrong?"

Jungkook didn't want to say anything. He really didn't want Taehyung to know about how silly he had been. Now that he's in Taehyung's arms, his earlier fear seemed rather foolish. 

"N-nothing."

Taehyung humorlessly chuckled. "It looked far from Nothing. Talk to me, Kookie."

"You-" Jungkook sighed. "You're gonna make fun of me."

"Baby, I will never make fun of you. You know that."

"It's just that-" Jungkook paused, only for Taehyung to give him an encouraging smile and a nod. "You were being mean to me."

"What?! When did I-" Taehyung looked confused for a second before he realised what the younger was saying. "Kookie! You can't be serious!"

Jungkook tried to push the elder away but Taehyung didn't let him. "See! I told you that you would make fun of me!"

"Baby.." Taehyung waited till Jungkook looked up at his face. "I was just playing a part-"

"I know that!" Jungkook pouted like a small child. "But it looked so real to me. You have never yelled to me like that."

"Oh Kookie, I didn't yell at you. It was Han Sang who yelled at Min-Hyuk."

"Whatever.."

"Aww, my adorable baby." Taehyung couldn't help but coo. "I will never yell at you. My baby is way too precious for that.'

Jungkook let out a whine at the elder's cheesiness, before burying his face in Taehyung's chest. Taehyung gently stroked the younger's back, till Jungkook was ready to face the cast again. Their 15 minutes were almost done too. 

Rest of the reading went without any problems. Everyone was happy with the script and the general direction of the drama. 

Everyone was excited for the shooting, which is scheduled to start in two weeks time. It was a little difficult to allocate time slots because both Jungkook and Sana were rather busy with their respective professions. 

Later that night, Taehyung was extra caring and sweet to Jungkook in their love making, while praising and offering words of endearment. He wanted to make sure that Jungkook felt nothing but love.

He may follow a script while playing in his part, but in real life, nothing mattered to him more than Jungkook.