« No, no Jimin, I'm not gay and stop saying that I am.»
The Bring The Sauce Pizzeria was almost at its closing time. Three of the remaining workers there were talking loudly while cleaning the eating room.
«But you like boys! That's basically the same thing, Tae!»
«I don't?!»
«Dude, why are you always assuming that he is gay ? I found it funny at first but he litterally did NOTHING to make you think that ! »
« Listen Joon, I feel it in my heart. It's a soulmate thing, you wouldn't understand.»
As the taller one started argumenting with the smaller one with pink hair, the third coworker sighed and rushed to the restroom to avoid anymore talking. Ok, Tae and Jimin were bestfriends and soulmates, and Jimin could practically guess everything the brown haired man thought about, but this whole gay thing was becoming annoying. As Namjoon had said, he'd litterally never done anything that could show his love for boys.
But the thing that was actually pissing him off, is that his little friend wasn't entirely wrong. Even if he never said it to anyone, he was actually quite curious about other guys lately. If he had the courage to, he would try to date a man so he would be sure about his orientation, but he had sadly grown up in a family were such things were absolutely taboo, so he never actually got himself into anything. Not even a kiss. And to admit it would be easier if Jimin wasn't always pushing him up to do so. «Aha! Told ya!» he could already hear him say.
As he got out of the restroom, Namjoon and Jimin were almost done and ready to close the pizzeria. As soon as they saw him, the taller man jumped on him, yelling.
« Hey, Tae ! I tried to explain that you're straight but he doesn't want to hear it ! So I thought about something: you create a Tinder account and you get yourself a hot girl to prove the shorty wrong!»
« …Why are you acting like one of these straight random people when YOU are actually gay?» Taehyung said, trying to push the giant away.
«Because I know that people assuming your sexuality is really embarassing and I don't want you to be embarassed. But that was just a proposition. You don't need to do it if you don't want to. »
« No actually, that could be great ! » Jimin said. « And TaeTae has been single for wayyy to long, we need to change that ! »
Taehyung raised a brow and stared at them like they were saying nonsense "Are you guys serious?"
"Dead serious!"
"… Just wait until I find someone even hotter than your boyfriend, Namjoon."
"I think not, Seokjin would find her and throw something like ashes or ciment at her."
"Your boyfriend is a creep" Jimin laughed.
…
Three days went by, Taehyung had made a Tinder profile and had already matched with several ladies. He and his two coworkers were taking their lunch break when it happened.
"Oh my god guys look who I just matched with!" Taehyung yelled as he jumped on his chair, showing his phone screen to his friends.
"Holly shit" Jimin mumbled.
"Forget it" Namjoon sighed. "She is TOO hot, it must be fake. Just wait until she invites you to see her on some random porn website-"
"She said Hi, what do I reply?"
"Say Hi!"
"Say Shut the fuck up!"
"… I can't with you both, I'll do it myself." Saying that, he stood up and went to the kitchen, closing the door behind him.
12:57
Da won
-Hi!
Me
Hello!-
Da won
-Is Taehyung your real name? I find it cute!
Me
Yeah, but people usually call me TaeTae-
Da won
-Aw that's even cuter hahaha
Me
I think Da won is cute too -
Da won
-Ikr? But Da won isn't my real name
-I'm trying to find and match with my sister's ex to prank him
-So I took her name hahaha
Me
Oh so the pics are also your sister's?-
Da won
-No, but they were only dating online and she never sent a real pic of her
-So it's ok, he will think that it's her
-If you wanna hear the whole story: They started dating after meeting on World of Warcraft, but never actually got to see each other, then he started threading her, and even MOVED here to hunt her down when they broke up
-So now I'll try to find him, meet him, and beat the shit out of him.
-Of course I'll seduce him first and then hit, because I'm not the strongest out there
Me
Hahahaha sounds like a good plan, if you're lucky enough to find him here-
But why did we match then? Shouldn't you focus on that dude?-
Da won
-Yeah but I saw your profile and I thought you were cute
-I like talking to cute people!
Taehyung giggled and didn't wait more to go back to the eating room to show the chat to Namjoon and Jimin. Both of them were screaming and laughing at how cute this conversation was, regarding to how it usually happens on Tinder.
"Go for it man!" Jimin laughed even more "She is definitely the one! And look at the pics, she is really, really hot!"
The three of them kept chatting and laughing until the end of their break. By the end of the day, Taehyung knew that the girl was two years older than him, that she was working at day care with her sister and that she liked to dance and to go shopping. Taehyung had also learned that she hated snakes and was afraid of height, and that she lived not so far away from the pizzeria.
"Come on, you have to meet her!" Jimin had said, a huge smile glued on his face.
"She is almost too perfect, everything about her is cute!" Namjoon had added.
Taehyung grinned and looked at his phone one last time before putting it down. "what do you mean 'too perfect' ?" He glared at Namjoon. "Is she too perfect to be real or too perfect for me to use her as a proof that I'm not gay?"
Namjoon rolled his eyes. "Come on, you're just trying to have fun and that's exactly what Tinder is for. You don't need to take it too seriously, because she probably doesn't."
"Yeah, whatever. I'm going home guys."
Jimin and Namjoon glanced at each other as their friend walked out of the room, his eyes back again on his phone.
22:32
Da won
-You work in at the Bring The Sauce Pizzeria?
Me
Yeah, if you live close to my job we might walk passed each other without noticing!
Da won
-Yeah!
-Well, not tonight, I'm stuck in a wastewater treatment plant right now
-But maybe tomorrow we'll randomly see each other in the street!
Me
Yeah! That would be awesome!
22:39
Me
Wait, you what?