study interlude!au

"All Alone"
Day6

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sorry I've been gone so long ahaha *scratches neck while an uncomfortable silence lurks* anywhoooooo...

I'M BACK!yehet

And WHOA, did I come back to find all these votes and views and comments, like wth, thank you all so much!!!!! I don't deserve it, but I will try harder when writing so I can improve my stories :3

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studying alone is shitty but studying with teh boyfriend is not productive BUT WHAT IS THERE TO DO, aka a break from studying for exams to cuddle, watch shows, and stuff the self with food

(even tho jackson and mark don play tennis or baseball, I just went along with the concepts of the shirts in the gif... to at least what I THOUGHT the concepts were supposed to be XD)

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"but briaaaaaaan..." jae drawled over the phone. half his body was hanging off the side of his couch and a half-eaten bag of chips was lying on his stomach. "i don't want to right now."

brian sighed over his side of the line. "you promised me you'd come and study with me, jae. come on... mark and jackson are going to come, too."

"noooooooo," jae groaned in reply. his eyes were still glued to his television, where spongebob glowed on the mesmerizing screen. "i'm in high school... i don't have time to help you study for your middle school exams!!"

"why do i hear gary, jae?" brian pointedly argued. his hand found his hip when there was no reply, and he whispered out, "you better come or i won't speak to you for a week." jae must not have heard him, as he once more did not reply. this time the furious boy impatiently yelled, "if you're not at my house by two, i'll break into your house and smash your guitar, shithead!"

and this time, jae got the message. his ears tinted red in fear and his stuttering voice broke over the line. "i was planning to come later anyway, bri bri. i just wanted to finish my episode. honest!" he in fact had been planning to finish the episode and head over to brian's straight after so he could hopefully get some alone time with the boy before mark and jackson came over. but brian did not know that, of course.

"oh. sorry, bro."

and then the line went silent and jae found himself setting his bag of chips to the side and fumbling to turn off the tv so he could sprint out the door, cutting off his previous plans to laze around.

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"honeeeeeeeeeeeeey~"

brian scoffed as jae peeked his head through the door he had just opened and hastily turned around with a dismissive wave of his hand. "leave me."

"but briaaaaan..."

the boy ignored his boyfriend and instead headed up the staircase to his room, where he had been busy studying at his desk. jae hurriedly fumbled with his shoelaces and somehow managed to pull off his shoes after closing the door on its lock. then he sprinted after the blue-haired eighth grader.

"hyunnie~" he spoke, slowly stepping into the boy's room. jae caught sight of younghyun hunched over his desk, staring at a textbook with his eyes skimming one line over and over and over and ov— "oh, hyunnieeeee~" the older boy shook his head, exasperated. "c'mon, man! i just wanted to finish my spongebob episode!! honest!"

brian kept staring at his textbook, but now a small grin was growing on his lips despite his best efforts to hide it deep in his cheeks.

"dang... you're so high maintenance, bro..." jae sauntered up beside the boy who was biting into the grip of his mechanical pencil to keep in his breathy giggles and leaned down to peck his temple. "move over."

brian scooted forward in his swively chair and felt the piece of furniture dip as jae swung his lanky leg over its armrest to sit behind him. he leaned back into the blonde's chest when the older boy wrapped his arms around his waist and grumbled out, "the only high-maintenance one here is my textbook..."

"you say that, yet you still read it." jae snuggled his chin onto the now-relaxed boy's shoulder, at peace.

"that's because i'm good at maintaining things... unlike some people," the younger boy chuckled out. jae didn't even try to argue.

half an hour passed. brian's clock now lazily ticked out '1:30' from its place on the wall. and, to be honest, the way jae was quietly singing songs into younghyun's wing bones was starting to get on the younger boy's nerves. as was the buzzing, electrifying feeling that came with it. "jae." brian tapped jae's forearm with the eraser of his mechanical pencil and sighed. "jae, please stop. i'm trying to study. you should help."

jae mumbled some incoherent sounds into the blue-haired boy's back and pushed his forehead further between his shoulder blades. his arms wrapped tighter around brian's waist and he nuzzled his nose into the younger boy's shirt in a ticklish way.

"jae. i mean it." brian wriggled and then turned around to smack jae with his pencil. "i need help. if you won't give me it, go home."

"but we've been studying for, like, two hours, broooo. it's time for a breeaaaak," jae drawled out, brushing his lips on brian's neck as he moved his face up to rest his chin on the boy's shoulder.

"it's been barely twenty minutes, jae. and as far as i can see, i'm the only one who's studying here!"

"fine." the blonde traced his fingers over brian's abs and murmured out, "let's study something else, then."

"i swear... if you don't shut your mouth, jae hyung park, i won't speak to you for a month!"

"sounds good, dude. at least you won't imitate me and make fun of me."

"you piss me off." the blue-haired boy tried to escape from the hold of the boy behind him but the blonde held him tight and pulled at the small hairs on the back of his neck with his lips.

"don't act like you're less obnoxious than me, bri bri." jae tugged at the bottom of the younger boy's shirt, and, with a whine: "i just want to relax and watch sponge bob with you..."

brian sat still a few moments before giving in. "fine. but as soon as jackson and mark get here, we're going back to studying. got it?"

"eeeh... knowing markson, they'll come no earlier than 2:30."

brian rolled his eyes and swiveled around his chair so he could stand up. "couch or bed?"

"couch. the tv's bigger than your laptop screen."

"why do i even ask?" the blue-haired boy chuckled out, having already known the answer to the question from prior experience.

"cuz it never gets old, bro." jae stood up and wrapped his arms around the boy once more, swinging from side to side. "unlike your couch."

"that's a talk you'll have to take up with my parents."

"i'll finally have something other than you to talk to them about! oh goody!" jae sarcastically replied, and brian smacked his head over his shoulder.

"why don't you go turn on the show, dickhead? i'll make some popcorn."

the blonde's eyes lit up from the prospect of buttery snacks and he excitedly nodded his head. "sure thing, man!"

as the boy scampered down the stairs at the speed of lightning, heading in the direction of brian's living room, the blue-haired boy chuckled and turned off his desk lamp. "what a child..."

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the two boys were sitting on the couch, watching spongebob side by side, with jae's legs tangled with brian's and brian's arm draped over jae's shoulder, when the doorbell screeched a good twenty times. "fuck... they're here," jae breathed out, bringing his arms to clutch brian's waist. "can't we just... not let them in?.."

brian shook his head at his nerdy boyfriend and, despite the blonde's whines and protests, switched off the tv. "remember your promise, jae park." the blue-haired boy stood up after unlatching the older boy's hands from his waist and headed over to the door, from which more obnoxious ringing could be heard, along with some thumps and muffled screams.

as younghyun unlocked the door and opened it, mark's apologetic face smiled back at him. "sorry, brian. i tried to hold him back, but he's gotten so strong lately..."

jackson ripped his arms away from mark's grasp and proudly pointed at them. "yeah!! these guns can't be contained!"

"lift me, then!" mark challenged, but let out a squawk when the younger boy encircled his arms around his waist and actually brought him into the air. brian rolled his eyes and walked back to where jae was sitting on the couch, his hands over his tortured ears. "jackson!! put me the fuck down!!! do you have a death wish?!! i'll kill you, you fucker!!!! kill you -- you hear me?!!" the lanky boy with silvery-pink hair yelled as said fucker spun him around in the air, laughing.

"let's just go," brian whispered to jae, who nodded in agreement. they headed up the stairs hand in hand, leaving the bickering boys behind.

the baseball boy slowly spun closer and closer to the stairs with the tennis player wriggling in his arms, yelling for him not to even "DARE carry me up the steps!!!"

meanwhile, younghyun dragged jae onto the carpeted floor of his room and lay down on it. jae lay on top of him.

soon enough, they heard a BAM! from downstairs, then a gasp of surprise, then the sound of heavy footsteps thudding up the stairs. a certain baseball player burst into the room. "ew... couples are gross," jackson chortled as he banged the door shut.

"says you," jae lazily murmured into his boyfriend's shoulder, who kept stroking his back, already half-asleep from the onslaught of warmth encasing him from above.

jackson ignored the blonde and instead excitedly yelled out, "do you have any more dip n' dots, brian?! it's so hot today!!" he leaned on the door with all his strength as sharp bangs and grunts were heard from the other side. mark was trying to get in.

"jackson! you bitch... i have to study for my test!!!" a louder bang resounded from the abused wood, followed by a hiss of pain. "LET ME IN!!!!!"

"if you say so."

jackson sidestepped and mark came flying into the room. the poor boy swung his arms about and fell onto the carpet beside jae and brian. "jackson~" he groaned in pain. "nggguuuhh—"

jackson stood still a few moments, then lay down on top of mark's back to give the older boy a tight hug. "sorry, markie... i'm really sorry!~" he gave the boy's cheek a loud kiss, and the silvery-pink haired guy pretended to gag in order to hide the smile bursting his cheeks.

"seriously, jackson? was that really necessary??!" mark was now trying to hide his face in the carpet.

"ew, couples are gross," brian imitated in a nasally, parrot-like voice, still lazily stroking his smiling boyfriend's back.

jackson immediately sprang away from mark. "we're not a couple!!"

mark rolled over onto his back and propped himself up on his elbows. "yeah. we're not."

jae raised his head to look at them quizzically. "but i saw jackson propose to you at the pool just yesterday..."

"he asked me to marry him." mark shook his head, exasperated, then added in a savage tone: "i said no."

jackson's face acquired a huge pout as he plopped down into a criss-cross position. "yeah! i had a ring and everything..."

"it was a fucking plastic dora the explorer ring bambam gave you from his sister's birthday party! and you licked it before you tried to jam it onto my finger!!" mark rubbed at his ring finger, scowling. "you totally tried to rip me off!"

jae and brian, already used to this sort of bickering, easily tuned out the exchange. they instead relaxed against each other and enjoyed the warmth radiating from one another's bodies which contrasted with the stark coolness of the a/c cooling the air around them. brian's hand found the hem of jae's shirt and went under it, his chilly fingers soon coming into contact with the soft skin of his boyfriend's back. he rested his hand there as the blonde eased into the touch and pressed a lingering kiss to his shoulder. and maybe, just maybe, they got slightly less studying done than brian and mark had initially planned... and that may have been because jackson forced everyone to go out for pop n' dots with him (by screaming like a banshee until mark sealed his lips with a sloppy kiss and brian brought out his wallet in pity for the flustered, distraught boy).