"Winging it should be easy enough," the older mumbled under his breath, "I'll just tell him to be himself."

Suddenly, someone grabbed his forearm and pulled him to the side. It was the man Taehyung had noticed earlier, he smiled warily. "What's up?" he asked, staring at the tall, attractive blonde.

"I was just thinking about how we didn't get to finish what we started at my party last month," the male said, tucking a long strand of Taehyung's hair behind his ear.

"What did we start?" Taehyung asked in confusion.

His classmate laughed, "I had a feeling you forgot. I'm Jackson, Namjoon's roommate. He invited you to one of my parties last month and we danced some, that's all."

"Oh," Taehyung said, feeling relieved. "Sorry, I feel bad for not remembering you!"

"It's okay, you can make it up to me," Jackson said with a wink. "How about a date?"

"A date!?" Taehyung asked, a look of surprise on his face.

He had never been asked out on a date before, even Jimin had never asked him out. His roommate just assumed that, after he was ready, they would start a relationship...which was a little unfair considering he had never really asked Taehyung how he felt about him. Taehyung thought for a moment, he wondered what a date would feel like.

"What do you say, pretty boy?" Jackson pushed, studying the other's face intently.

"Um," Taehyung's mind raced, technically him and Jimin weren't in a relationship, but if he went on a date with someone else Jimin would be really upset...but it would just be for the experience, right? After all, Jackson wasn't a name on his wrist.

"If you would rather, we could call it something else," Jackson suggested, "like...a get together or hangout?"

Taehyung giggled, "Okay," he agreed. It couldn't hurt to make a new friend!

Jackson smiled widely and ran a hand teasingly down Taehyung's side. "Are you available tomorrow?" he asked.

Taehyung shivered a bit under his touch. "I'm meeting with my partner to work on our project at seven, but I could do something after that?"

"Perfect! How about we meet at my place at nine? We can watch a movie or something?"

"Alright, but only if there's snacks," Taehyung playfully responded.

"Sure, I'll make sure to pick some up for you, but as for me," he leaned in close to whisper, "you're the only snack I need."

Taehyung laughed, Jackson seemed like a nice guy. He was looking forward to getting to know him better.

~♡~

"Where do you want to start?" Jungkook asked, setting up his cellphone on a makeshift tripod.

"I have an idea, let me know when you get that setup," Taehyung responded.

The two boys were at the back of the mostly empty cafeteria in order to film the first part of their project. They had decided to split it into three parts: the cause of bullying, the bullying, and the effects of bullying. Right now they were filming the middle part, but they would need a few different locations. They were hoping to get the filming done within two weeks so they could spend the third week editing.

Which meant they would be spending a lot of time together.

"Alright, the camera is set up!" Jungkook announced proudly. "What do you need me to do?"

"Okay, you're going to be the bully and I'm going to be your target. I'm going to be sitting right here reading this book," he held up a copy of Twilight, "and you're going to start from out of frame and approach me."

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