nights,the optimum atmosphere to let memories creep in mind.

jaehyun poured himself a glass of beer with foams settling on top perfectly. he was good at making tea,now he consider himself better at bartending.

sarcastically,his addiction to cigarettes never lasted longer than his obsession with taeyong,he got tired of the odor and quit smoking,how simple and easy.

the days when taeyong was back with yuta,they still remained as friends,or to be specific,best friends.

somehow,yuta was never involved in their conversation,it was as if the inhibition that none of them wanted to reach,and they both agreed to this untold rule.

not until the day they broke up all ofa sudden did jaehyun notice the difference in taeyong.

he was a little bit different than before; more insecure,more punctilious,more vulnerable to what jaehyun sensed.

cite ten's words here,"it seems like he doesn't believe or want to believe in love anymore."

that penetrating night in January,taeyong came to his house right after he said goodbye to yuta.

"can I uh...stay here for another time?"

startled by the sight,taeyong's face nose tinted with red,breathing viewable white,rubbing his quivering arms "...sure,whenever you want."

jaehyun brought a kettle of tea upstairs,he saw taeyong lying on his bed,staring blankly at the ceiling.

considerate as him,he continued his work,the whole room was only filled with the sound of flipping pages.

"I...broke up with yuta."
after a long dead silence,taeyong chose to utter.

at first,furious,anxious,worried jaehyun was,somehow they all subsided when he realized the cause.

if taeyong chose this answer,he would stay by his side,no matter what it costs.

as jaehyun was to go back to clean up the kitchen,taeyong clutched to the edge of his shirt,slightly embarrassed when those blush betrayed him,"can you like....stay?"

jaehyun pursed his lips into a smile eventually,he nodded.

a taeyong fool confirmed,he thought to himself.

this time,he told himself to take it as a last,a real last.

approximately a week after,nakamoto yuta,out of everyone's surprise,flew back to his country as what sicheng did,he was told to take the opportunity to work in his dad's company as a preview of taking over it.

gradually with the stream,jaehyun and taeyong stuck together like glue.
like friends,like families,like lovers were they.

jaehyun didn't want to confess this time,he appreciated every moment with him,in which he refused to wake up from this dream alike reality.

somehow the truth slapped him awake cruelly without a sign.

on the night of their graduation,he excused himself from the party due to his sleepy head, walking back to his place alone.

taeyong called,

"i have ugh...something to say"

jaehyun didn't think much about the shilly-shally,aware of simmering water in the kitchen,he hummed as a reply.

"it's been a while"

he ceased his work,leaning against the wall.

"and I think I.....like you."

left speechless,jaehyun couldn't come up with a response to the miraculous day he had dreamed about thousands of times. he almost cried after absorbing the words clearly in his mind.

"I...uh....me too" he stuttered,voice scarcely audible.

it was silence that left.
not until jaehyun thought taeyong didn't hear it clear was he about to repeat his words,taeyong spoke.

"jaehyun....
we were playing truth or dare."

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i know y'all mad at taeyong,but
*wink wonk
be patient hahahahah