"how the fuck is it so cold?" taehyung asked as he and jeongguk got out of the car, stepping into the cold night air. he was shivering, and kept running his hands up and down his arms.

"shit tae, i don't have another jacket or i'd give it to you." jeongguk groaned, feeling bad while looking at how cold taehyung seemed.

"it's okay, we're not that far away from the theater-" taehyung started to say, but was cut off from his teeth chattering. jeongguk sighed and extended his arm out, wrapping it around taehyung and pulling him close to his side.

taehyung let out a small sound of surprise, but then eased into jeongguk's embrace, enjoying the newfound warmth.

"thank you, but won't this make it hard for us to walk?" taehyung asked timidly as he and jeongguk struggled slowly while jeongguk was holding the older.

"shhh, it doesn't matter." he took his hand and began rubbing it up and down taehyung's arm, trying to warm up the still slightly shivering boy even more.

"do you feel any warmer now?" he continued the motions, and it felt amazing to taehyung.

"yeah actually, i do."

it took them a minute to do so, but when they did reach the theater, taehyung was no longer shivering. he was smiling instead. it was cute.

they went to get snacks, jeongguk of course saying he would pay for everything.

"jeongguk, i can't just let you pay for everything!" taehyung was clutching onto his wrist as the approached the concessions stand, tugging on it lightly to show he was protesting.

"oh, but you're going to." jeongguk didn't even look over at taehyung, he just kept his eyes forward with a shit-eating grin plastered across his face.

taehyung let out a small whine at how stubborn jeongguk was being, but the younger just kept walking towards the counter with a pouting taehyung trailing behind him.

he leaned up against the counter, and grudgingly taehyung did the same.

"i want-" taehyung started to tell the other his order, but he was stopped.

"no need to tell me, i know what you want."

taehyung raised his eyebrows. "oh do you?"

jeongguk was ready to respond with something clever, when a peppy cashier came up to the register.

"what would you guys like?" the girl asked, and taehyung felt himself involuntarily cringe at her high pitched voice.

"um i'll have a sprite and some twizzlers," jeongguk faintly pointed in the direction of both of those things.

"and he'll," he gestured towards taehyung, "have a cherry cola and some cookie dough bites." the girl raised an eyebrow, confused. "you mean a cherry coke?"

jeongguk gave taehyung a small smile, and then firmly answered, "nope, i meant cherry cola."

meanwhile, taehyung's eyes were widened. how did jeongguk know his favorite flower, and his snack order? was he a stalker? did he ask yoongi or something?

when the girl smiled and turned around to grab the snacks, taehyung gripped jeongguk's arm and pulled him closer.

"how did you know that's what i wanted?" he whisper yelled, sounding concerned. "did you ask yoongi? did yoongi tell you?"

jeongguk didn't answer him, and instead just watched him freak out while laughing. taehyung stepped back and ran his hands through his hair. "of course yoongi told you, he always messes with anyone i talk to-"

jeongguk noticed how actually frustrated he looked, and decided to put an end to his worrying. "hey tae, relax." he grabbed both of taehyung's wrists softly, interrupting how taehyung was grabbing at his hair, and pulled him closer.

"yoongi didn't tell me, and i didn't ask him." jeongguk reassured, making taehyung look straight into his eyes. after blushing a bit because of their close proximity, taehyung let out a very noticeable phew.

jeongguk laughed at how relieved he looked, but then taehyung raised an eyebrow. "wait, then how did you know?"

jeongguk sighed, letting go of his loose grip on taehyung's wrists. he felt a little embarrassed, but he knew he was going to tell taehyung anyways.

"well, since i work at the skating rink, i kinda noticed that you get the same thing every time." jeongguk admitted shyly, and taehyung felt his heart swell, before once again, feeling confused.

"wait but i've only ever ordered from you twice, and one time i just got soda."

jeongguk sighed again, and covered his face with his hands. "i may or may not have watched you order from hyungwon a couple times?" as he said it he peeked out from inbetween his fingers, looking for taehyung's reaction.

taehyung probably would've found it creepy, if he hadn't thought about how that mean jeongguk cared. and he literally memorized his order? taehyung actually found the whole thing super sweet.

"and you remembered?" taehyung asked with big eyes, reaching out and taking jeongguk's hands away from his face.

jeongguk blushed a bit, because this was probably the first time taehyung had actually initiated any form of touching between the two.

"yeah, i did." he looked down sheepishly, and taehyung had to stop himself from squealing. he was about to tell jeongguk how cute that is when the cashier came back with their stuff.

as jeongguk handed her some money, taehyung eagerly grabbed his soda and took a big sip, letting out a loud sigh afterwards.

"okay gguk, lets go."

jeongguk almost choked on his sprite.

he thought that he had weirded taehyung out, but taehyung had just called him by a nickname. as taehyung walked towards their theater, jeongguk trailed behind him like a puppy, his heart doing flip flops the entire time.

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"jeongguk this is the part!" taehyung whispered a bit too loud, but he was clutching onto jeongguk's arm so tightly that there was no way in hell jeongguk was going to tell him to quiet down.

the main characters were about to break up, and both boys were scared of crying in front of the other.

when it happened, taehyung didn't hold back. he was scared at first, but in the moment he stopped caring, nuzzling his face into jeongguk's arm with tears in his eyes.

jeongguk however tried to hold it in, and turned the other way, refusing to let a singular tear fall.

"how are you not crying right now?" taehyung asked quietly with a sniffle, his face still pressed into jeongguk's shoulder.

"i guess i-i'm just tough." jeongguk tried to hide the way his voice wavered, but he could tell the older noticed when his head snapped up and he looked at jeongguk with a small smile.

"you are crying!" he whispered triumphantly, and jeongguk made a sad sounding little pffttt sound. "no i'm not." he refused to admit it, but in reality he was crying like a baby.

he should've known not to take taehyung to a romance movie. he loves them but he has an extremely weak heart, and especially after taehyung told him the movie was sad. he should've known he would cry.

"it's okay gguk, we can cry together." taehyung sniffles at the end and then laughed, making jeongguk's heart nearly stop. his laugh was so pretty, and he was just really noticing that now in the quiet movie theater with few others in it.

"okay." jeongguk admitted defeat, and he scooted towards the edge of his seat so he was next to taehyung, and wrapped his arms around the older. the position was a little awkward at first, but as the movie progressed and more sad shit happened, they found one another's embrace extremely comforting.

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when taehyung arrived home after the date, he couldn't stop smiling. he laid down on his bed and stared at his ceiling, unable to wipe the massive grin off his face.

he had just gone out on a date, and it had gone so well it was almost scary.

but he loved the feeling.

he heard a ding! sound come from his phone, and immediately picked it up, looking at the message.

jeongguk🥤
hey taehyung!

taehyung's immediate reaction was to change his contact name, no longer happy with the current one.

tae🍰
hey jeongguk!

gguk👀
i had a lot of fun at the movies tonight;)

tae🍰
me too;)

gguk👀
sooo...

tae🍰
so?

gguk👀
would you wanna go out with me again?

taehyung nearly threw his phone across the room, trying not to squeal because his parents were home, and asleep. he felt his heart leap up into his chest, and he felt giddy, but also nervous.

jeongguk had asked him out on a second date? maybe he actually did like taehyung?

and taehyung was realizing, that maybe he was starting to like jeongguk?

his brain thought no, there's no way that you're falling for this dude.

but the butterflies in his stomach said otherwise.

and the butterflies are what he listened to.

tae🍰
i thought you'd never ask:)

gguk👀
wait, really?

tae🍰
so what would we do on said date?

gguk👀
oh shit i didn't think i'd get this far

gguk👀
but i'll think of something!

tae🍰
im looking forward to it😚

gguk👀
gvdjdksjhshja

gguk👀
holy shit i am too

tae🍰
text me when you come up with something!

gguk👀
definitely!

taehyung smiled to himself and clicked his phone off, staring at the ceiling once again.

he was going on another date, and it was with jeongguk.

and he couldn't feel happier.

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