taehyung felt butterflies swarm around in his stomach as the time approached 7:00. he and jeongguk had texted - way less awkwardly than last time - and agreed to go on saturday.

well it was saturday, and taehyung still hadn't mentally prepared himself. he was rummaging through his closet trying to get ready, having no idea in the slightest of what to wear.

the last time taehyung went on a date was almost a year ago, and he wasn't sure if he was nervous to go out with jeongguk, or just nervous to go out in general.

he finally decided on a light brown sweater and black jeans.

he didn't know if he should wear makeup or not, because he didn't know if jeongguk would be into that.

but after staring at a red spot on his face in the mirror for five minutes he thought, fuck it, and decided he would wear it anyways.

he felt a bit uneasy as he applied a small layer of foundation and lip gloss onto his face, but he couldn't find it in himself to care THAT much.

he quickly snapped a picture to yoongi to ask if he looked okay.

tae🍰
hey yoongi

tae🍰
photo attached

tae🍰
do i look okay?

yoon🥳
you look fine to me

tae🍰
what's that supposed to mean?

yoon🥳
idk i'm not really good at fashion stuff

yoon🥳
hold on a sec

tae🍰
?

tae🍰
yoongi?

tae🍰
wya?

yoon🥳
k i'm back

tae🍰
wait but where'd you go?

yoon🥳
jimin says you look great

tae🍰
jimin?

tae🍰
wait like the guy with orange hair that
we met at the movies?

yoon🥳
yeah, your boyfriend's friend

tae🍰
jeongguk isn't my boyfriend

yoon🥳
yeah yeah

tae🍰
he's not! i don't even know him that
well!

yoon🥳
whatever

yoon🥳
well anyways

yoon🥳
jimin's really good with all that fashion
type stuff, so i asked him and he said
you look great!

tae🍰
tell him i said thank you!

tae 🍰
wait, how did you ask him?

yoon🥳
when we met at the movie theater, me
and jeongguk's friends hit it off!

yoon🥳
they're all really cool actually so i got
namjoon's number and he gave me
everyone else's

tae🍰
oh, cool!

tae🍰
i'm glad you're making new friends!

yoon🥳
you should try talking to them too

tae🍰
ehhhh maybe

yoon🥳
you'll like them, i promise!
read 6:53pm

taehyung knew that at the moment yoongi was sitting in his house and sighing at how antisocial his friend was, but it didn't change his mind. him agreeing to go out with jeongguk was already pushing his limits enough.

he was contemplating picking his phone up and texting yoongi back, when his doorbell rang.

jeongguk.

his stomach dropped to his feet. he mentally prepared himself and straightened his hair, before running across his small apartment towards the door.

he was glad his parents weren't home, or they would want to meet the boy and bombard them both with questions.

as he reached the door he paused for a moment, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. only when he heard the doorbell ring a second time did he finally open the door, revealing a very nervous jeongguk on the other side.

he was dressed in a jean jacket with a white shirt and black sweatpants, a black beanie and some timberlands. despite not dressing fancy, he had a flower in his hands.

taehyung's breath hitched when he saw it. a tulip? how did he know...

"hey tae, are you ready?"

he involuntarily blushed at the new nickname, a light pink spreading across his cheeks. jeongguk noticed and smiled.

"y-yeah, just let me grab my phone."

he turned around into his apartment and walked quickly towards his room, jeongguk still standing at the doorway.

"you can come in if you want." taehyung called, already in his room. he heard a faint, "okay" in response.

he felt along the bedsheets, not feeling his phone anywhere. "where the fuck did i put it?" he sighed, even going so far as to lift the blanket up and shake it.

he looked on his dresser, and then under his bed, still not seeing it anywhere.

then after about a minute of desperately searching, he found it on the floor.

"found it!" he exclaimed happily, grabbing it and standing up. when he walked out of his room, he saw jeongguk standing in the hallway looking at pictures on the walls.

"okay, i'm ready to go now jeongguk-"

"is this you?" jeongguk asked, pointing towards a picture of a little boy running around with a small dog.

taehyung's breath hitched, and he paused for a moment, stepping closer to jeongguk. he looked at the picture carefully, before looking down at jeongguk's face.

"yep." taehyung said breathily, noticing how entranced jeongguk looked from the large picture. he didn't understand why, but he liked the look on his face so he didn't ask.

"you were adorable." jeongguk laughed, not even looking away from the photo.

"so i'm not adorable anymore?" taehyung teased with an eyebrow raised, not that jeongguk was looking at him anyways.

"no, you're definitely adorable now, maybe even more so then you were then.  but just-" he brought his hand back up and pointed to the photo again. "just look at you."

taehyung did look, and he noticed how happy he looked. his hair was a lighter brown, but his smile was so wide you could see it from a mile away. even taehyung thought it was kind of adorable.

"look at that smile." jeongguk laughed, finally looking down from the picture a moment to nudge taehyung with his elbow playfully.

"we should go now, i don't want to miss any of the movie." taehyung chuckled as jeongguk laughed at how flustered he looked.

"you're right. come on, let's go." jeongguk held his hand out for taehyung to take it, and taehyung hesitated for a moment before observing the younger's smile.

he took his hand and let jeongguk lead him out of his house, the pink never fading from his cheeks.

adorable.

the word rung in his mind, repeating over and over until it was almost annoying.

adorable.

he was adorable?

and when jeongguk blasted music through his car speakers, and it just happened to be black bear, they both sung the songs at the top of their lungs.

they laughed at each other's voice cracks, both feeling so-

happy.

and the whole time taehyung's mind kept wondering back to one word.

adorable.

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