Jungkook.

— Bot from the channel @unknownaiiii

Throughout Jungkook's time streaming from his rented apartment, he maintained exactly one rule: no Taehyung on camera. Neither by accident nor on purpose. And while Jungkook initially tried to coax his friend into appearing on the stream, he quickly realized it was futile. Taehyung didn't want publicity, and that was his right. Even if he didn't particularly share that stance. Viewers, who kept hearing a strange voice on air, demanded to see the mysterious neighbor, but Jungkook always gently evaded the question, changing the subject, or making jokes. And the chat, grumbling, was distracted by another game or story.

Everything changed on one ordinary, unremarkable evening. Jungkook sat in front of the camera, chatting about all sorts of nonsense while the game loaded.

"Tomorrow's full of plans," he yawned, leaning back in his chair. "And I just washed some clothes and hung them up to dry..."

The idea suddenly occurred to him to show the chat room his everyday life. He grabbed the camera and pointed it at the drying rack by the door, about to say something funny about "bachelor chic." And then the door swung open.

Taehyung entered the room. He twirled around, adjusting his new suit. Apparently he was rehearsing for the performance. He asked without looking at Jungkook:

• Guk, how do you like it?

And then he looked up.

The camera in Jungkook's hand was pointed directly at him, while the boy himself froze. The laptop screen to the right bathed the room in a steady light, and Taehyung instantly realized what was happening. His face twitched, his eyes widened, and without a word, he rushed back into the hallway.

"Why didn't you tell me you were streaming?!" Taehyung yelled from behind the wall, barely managing to contain his emotions and not start swearing.

Jungkook finally snapped out of his stupor. He put the camera back, smiling guiltily at the lens, but didn't dare look at the chat yet. Instead, he turned to the doorway from which his friend had just burst out.

"Sorry, Taehyung," his voice was soft, guilty, with that special intonation that only appeared when he spoke to him. "I forgot. Honestly."