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“Kim Taehyung is so weird”
“Did you see him at the fansign today?”
“Does he really think he’s funny and cute when he does that?”
“Honestly sometimes I don’t know why BigHit keeps him, BTS would be better without him”
Usually Taehyung could deal with negative fan comments. He was a naturally sweet and cheerful person who would be upset for a few minutes before moving on. This week it was harder. Taehyung was tired. Everyone was tired, members and staff alike. Comebacks and promotions were always intense, and with their shortened promo period, there seemed to be even more pressure than usual.
So when Taehyung happened to see something negative written about him, it was harder for him to shake it off and move on. As the comments piled up though, he couldn’t take it anymore. Shutting off his phone, he tossed it across the room onto a couch and curled up in his chair, knees clutched to his chest.
Jungkook found him there a few minutes later, looking up from his own phone to see Taehyung staring off into space. "Tae is something wrong?" Jungkook knelt beside Taehyung's chair, hand on his arm.
"I'm fine Kookie." Taehyung said, still staring ahead blankly. After a moment he turned to meet Jungkook's disbelieving stare. "Really Kook, I'm alright. I'm just tired." He gave the younger boy a wide smile, hoping to convince him.
Jungkook squinted at him and seemed to want to say more, but decided against it. Standing up, he wrapped his arms around Taehyung's shoulders over the back of his chair. Poking his chin into Taehyung's shoulder, he gave the older a quick squeeze.
"Get some rest, we have a couple hours before we need to be at practice." The warm comfortable weight around Taehyung's shoulders disappeared as Jungkook stood up and walked back out of the room. Taehyung, staring into space again, didn't see the worried frown on the younger's face.
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"Kookie has started a new chat"
Kookie: 'hyungs I'm worried about Tae'
Chimchim: 'what happened kookie, is he hurt?!'
Kookie: 'I don't think he's physically hurt, but I found him just sitting earlier, and he looked so sad'
Hobi: 'did he tell u what was wrong??'
Suga~: 'Who do I need to kill, someone pls give me names'
Eomma: 'Yoongi no killing'
Suga~: 'but'
Clumsy: 'let kookie speak'
Kookie: 'he said he was just tired, but I think it's more'
Kookie: 'he just seems off'
Chimchim: 'has anyone checked the fancafe and SMS lately? the comments on there can really get to him sometimes'
Hobi: 'Oh...'
Hobi: 'It seems to be more than usual, poor Taehyungie'
Suga~: 'So what do we do?'
Eomma: 'We'll show him that he's loved.'