easy || jungkook angst/fluff
Summary: Date you, win a bet, get his rent paid off. Sounds promising enough, right? Jungkook should’ve known that his ambitions would end in disaster, but even if he did, that still wouldn’t have stopped him from pursuing you.
Warning: cursing, crude humor, fuckboy talk
Genre: college!au, fuckboy!au, bet!trope, angst, fluff
Pairing: Jungkook x female!reader
Premise: In which Jungkook accepts a bet from Taehyung to date the first girl that walks into the lecture hall and realizes that he bit off more than he could chew when starts to catch feelings. Now, he has to suffer the consequences of being an idiot.
It’s not like Jungkook planned to be one of the most sought after person in Yonsei University, but it somehow turned out to be that way. Truthfully, he basks in it, loves that so many people idolize him for doing the bare minimum. He was handsome after all and had a level of charm that surpassed the need to have a good personality.
He got into such a prestigious school through an athletic scholarship for Taekwondo, managed to convince his professors to pass him when he put in minimal effort, and there was no shortage of girls to call when he was feeling lonely for a night. He was the stereotypical ‘it’ boy on campus and maybe if he was a little bit smarter, he’d have a better choice of friends than the six idiots he always hangs around with.
“How about this,” Taehyung starts, gum in his mouth, “the first girl who walks in, you have to successfully get in her pants.”
Jungkook rolls his eyes. They were in a damn lecture hall and yet Taehyung had no shame bringing up sex. Typical.
“This again, bro?” Hoseok sighed. “Aren’t you sick of bribing us to do weird shit for you?”
“For how much?” Namjoon cut in, probably curious for the price point Taehyung would arrange this time. He was fired from his job just a week ago and could really use the money. “I’ll do it if it’s enough to pay for my rent this month.”
Taehyung scoffs, although knowing full well he could pay for all of the boys’ tuitions combined if he wanted to. He was the resident rich bachelor on campus after all.
“I’ll pay it for a full year and your utility bills too if you’re really down,” Taehyung flaunts. “You just gotta have proof you actually managed to do it.”
“Dude that’s gross,” Seokjin chimes in, “No one wants to send you proof of us doing it with a random girl.”
Taehyung shakes his head.
“No, no, no,” he says, clicking his tongue. “I phrased it incorrectly. I’m not a fucking pervert.”
“You got us fooled,” Jimin mutters.
Taehyung leans in closer to the six boys and even Jungkook finds himself getting intrigued. Admittedly, he was a little curious considering he hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. He could really use having some extra cash for food without worrying about rent.
“You have to date the girl for like three months,” Taehyung says seriously, “and I’ll consider that as enough proof that you managed to actually do it since I know you guys are too horny to wait any longer than that to fuck.”
They all look at Taehyung in disgust, Jimin even opting to hit him in the back of the head for being so vulgar. To be fair, they were all thinking of accepting Taehyung’s bet regardless. It’s not like they were new to leading girls on anyway.
“You gotta pay me more than that to fuck just any girl,” Yoongi says, yawning in the process. He seemed the least likely to take up Taehyung’s offer, but he was still game depending on the person.
“Then how would you feel,” Taehyung starts, “if I told you guys that I could get you priority registration for next quarter.”
The boys, even the ones who weren’t interested, were now listening to Taehyung’s every word.
“You mean,” Hoseok gulps, “I could finally get that fucking Organic Chemistry class I need to get out of this hell hole?!”
Taehyung shrugs, an ominous smile on his face.
“Just the perk of having parents who have connections,” Taehyung replies. “I’ll only accept one of you guys to do it though. I don’t wanna have you all fucking the same girl- that’d be weird.”
“Yeah, that’s what’s weird about this,” he grumbles.
“So are you guys in or not?” Taehyung asks, his patience growing thin.
He lays back on his chair, a smoldering look on his face when they all nod. They were desperate for money after all.
“The next girl that walks in will be the subject of this bet and whoever calls dibs on her first will be the one to woo her,” he says with a stretch of his arms. “Good luck boys.”
They all turned to look at the door and Jungkook watches silently as guy after guy walks into the lecture hall. No girl yet.
Jungkook was hoping, from the bottom of his heart, that no familiar faces would walk in. If he had to deal with a past fling, he’d have to back out immediately. He never dealt with exes very well.
The guys are at the edge of their seats, praying for a cute girl to walk through that didn’t already know about their horrible reputation. They were looking for an easy target, someone that could fall for their charms almost immediately.
And then, you walk in. You were clad in sweats with earphones on, rushing toward the front row seats of the lecture hall. You were chatting with your friends, yawning several times throughout your conversation with them. Jungkook couldn’t help but smirk. There was nothing special about you to point out, in fact, you were just like everyone else. Strangely enough, he found that the most intriguing part about you.
"Nope, nope, nope,” Jimin shakes his head repeatedly. “Can’t, won’t, never will. Sorry, Tae.”
They all stare at him in confusion.
“What the fuck, what’s wrong with her?” Yoongi asks, crossing his arms over his chest. Jimin faces away from you, not wanting to look at you any longer.
“No, nothing,” there seems to be a blush forming on his face. He was hiding something.
“Bullshit,” Taehyung furrows his brows. “Bro, if she’s crazy and one of us gets our dick bitten off, we’re all blaming you, so spit it out.”
“She’s been giving me Professor Kwon’s notes for the past few weeks,” he starts, much to the confusion of his friends. “Her name is [Y/N]. It’ll be really mean if I go after her, especially since she and I are kind of friends. Plus, I really need to pass this class. I failed last quarter…”
The boys groan. Jimin was no fun.
“She’s not my type so I don’t think I could really get into it either,” Seokjin states, no longer interested in the prize after Jimin’s confession. He’s been banking off of your notes from him too.
“Aren’t we all old enough to know not to mess with people’s feelings?” Hoseok sighs.
They roll their eyes at Hoseok’s statement. Who was he trying to fool with the nice guy act? He probably fooled around with girls just as much as the other guys did.
“Yeah, I’m backing out,” Yoongi agrees, “and she hates me so there’s that.”
They all look at him questioningly and he puts his hands up in the air from their gazes.
“What? I just realized who she’s talking to down there.”
He pointed at a girl discreetly, but no one seemed to recognize her.
“Her friend and I dated,” Yoongi continues, “and I broke up with her over text and blocked her without letting her respond. That whole friend group is pretty much pissed at me. I’d rather not have to deal with them again.”
The guys look disapprovingly at him. Breaking up over text was harsh, but probably not the worst thing Yoongi has done to his exes.
“You’re actually a piece of shit,” Namjoon sighs. "I really do need my rent paid though…“
Jungkook nods in agreement. It’s been almost impossible to balance Taekwondo practices, college papers, and working a part-time job all at once. If he could somehow find a way to quit his job for a while and get priority registration for classes, then he doesn’t mind getting his hands a little dirty in the process. Plus, you were cute enough and he’s sure you weren’t too difficult to befriend as long as he doesn’t mention Yoongi in any conversations.
"I’m in,” Jungkook chides, finally saying something after such a long period of silence.
They all look at him with disbelief in their eyes. Jungkook was never the one to partake in Taehyung’s bets. In fact, he was the one usually ridiculing them for participating. He must have been really desperate if he was willing to do it.
“I mean, it’s all yours if you want,” Namjoon replies, “I don’t wanna turn it into a competition.”
“Don’t worry dude,” Jungkook fist bumps Namjoon, “I’ll quit my job and refer you for it.”
They nod at each other as if they were on the same wavelength.
“I knew I could rely on you,” Namjoon says, faking tears from his eyes. The boys groan in response.
“Alright,” Taehyung claps his hands. “In exchange for providing me some mindless entertainment and going out with [Y/N], you will get your rent paid for the rest of the year and get early registration for next quarter. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.”
“I don’t know about this, guys…”
Jungkook doesn’t hear him and instead takes one last look at you. You catch him in the corner of your eye and you can’t help but feel flustered at his serious expression.
“Should be easy enough,” he mutters to himself and turns his gaze back onto his friend.
“So we have a deal?” Taehyung asks.
He smirks, shaking the outreached hand Taehyung held out for him. He steals another glance at you and he finds you staring right back. He gives you a wink.