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jeon jungkook always had his eyes closed. that was until he met kim taehyung. jeon jungkook had his eyes closed when he auditioned that first day. nobody was in the room, just him and the back of his eyelids. swaying to the beat of a song that was not his. singing the words to a melody that he did not write.living in the moment was something jeon jungkook never did. always ten steps ahead or always ten steps behind. he was never right here. he was never right now, but that was before he met kim taehyung.the day jeon jungkook met kim taehyung, he was ten steps ahead. what if they don't like me? what if i? what if? what.he opened the door to the studio on the first day to meet the six boys who would change his life forever, the six boys who would change him forever. he heard the door click behind him, and he opened his eyes to face five boys standing in front of him. five? thighs, handsome, short, even shorter, and a boy who smiled so bright, jungkook had to close his eyes."jeon jungkook!" says thighs, "i’m kim namjoon, the leader of this crew." jungkook was taken aback. they knew his name. anxious introductions were exchanged followed by silence followed by hushed whispers between namjoon and yoongi. jungkook decides this is the perfect time to shut his eyes yet again.it must have been a sight, meeting someone for the first time only the be shut out by a brick wall that is the human eyelid. it must have been a sight to kim taehyung as he walked through the door on that first day, unsuspecting and fashionably late to the day that would change his life forever. kim taehyung always had his eyes open.that was until he met jeon jungkook.kim taehyung thinks that the eyes are the window into the soul. maybe that explains the borderline obsessive eye contact he makes with every person (and animal) he meets. but it sure doesn't explain the things he felt that first day he saw jeon jungkook's soul. kim taehyung was never early. to anything. ever. it never bothered him. ever. guess it never dawned on him the consequences of being late on the first day, the most important day. ever. he pushed open the door slowly and took in the sight in front of him. five pairs of beautiful eyes and one pair of beautiful eyelids. he stared. he stared at the beautiful eyelids, willing them to open. and then they did. in jungkook's soul, taehyung found something. something so distinct, he could not put his finger on it. something that caused him to close his eyes. for the first time, jeon jungkook did not know what to do. in that moment, he was stuck in time. trapped in between the hands of the clock. time stood still. there was no previous planning, and he was sure going to regret this later. jeon jungkook walked out of the room. kim taehyung followed. he didn't know what he was doing. his soul was drawn in, and his feet followed. it was almost like dancing. they walked. jungkook ten steps ahead. taehyung ten steps behind. the space between them was the only constant. hearts were beating out of their chests. their minds could only focus on the man ten steps away.jungkook stopped. he stopped in front of a room that they both knew. the room that they auditioned in. taehyung however didn't stop. he kept walking until he was five steps away. three steps. two steps. one step.following jungkook into the room with the white walls, kim taehyung spoke the first words he ever said to jeon jungkook."i don't really like it.""like what?""our debut song."jungkook turns to face taehyung, in hopes of catching a glimpse of those beautiful eyes once more. taehyung wasn't looking."you heard it?""yes." jungkook didn't say anything after that. moments passed. time stood still. jeon jungkook's eyes locked on kim taehyung's. kim taehyung's eyes locked behind his eyelids because one does not have to look at jeon jungkook to see his beauty. a spontaneous decision: kim taehyung starts to sing. a low hum filled with passion and newfound love. jungkook listens.he listens and listens until suddenly his feet are moving underneath him. suddenly, he is dancing. swaying to the beat of their song. it doesn't take long for the other man to join in. singing the words to their melody. hearts beat as one. minds focused on the man that was right there. right here. one pair of eyes open and one pair of eyes closed.