jeongguk woke up first, opening his eyes to see a sleepy taehyung curled up against him like a koala, naked from the night before. he smiled to himself and leaned forward to press a small kiss onto taehyung's nose, his angelic features making it impossible not to.

he slowly wiggled out of the brunette's grasp, trying his best to slide out without waking him up. he ended up nearly succeeding, until he had wiggled a bit too far and ended up falling off the bed.

landing on the ground with a big thud, he groaned in pain and frustration when he heard taehyung sitting up. taehyung's hair was messed up and his eyes were puffy, looking incredibly sleepy.

he hissed from getting up, the pain in his lower area impossible to ignore. "ow." he mumbled and jeongguk yelled a small "sorry!" from the floor.

taehyung's head snapped in jeongguk's direction, letting out a low sigh when he noticed that he was naked and on the ground.

"what's going on?" taehyung asked, his voice gravelly from having just woke up. jeongguk rolled over, dismissing the pain in his back from the fall.

"nothing baby, just go back to sleep." he stood up, stretching his limbs out as he did so. taehyung hummed laid back down, rolling over over and burying his face into the pillow. "you're so cute." jeongguk cooed, and taehyung flushed.

"come cuddle." he whined, and jeongguk inhaled sharply. "i'm sorry tae, but i can't right now." he sat on the bed, feeling terrible when taehyung looked up at him with big eyes.

"why, where are you going?" he asked, scooting closer to jeongguk. "i haven't heard from hoseok in awhile, so i'm going over to his and chim's apartment to check on him."

taehyung pouted but nodded anyways, and jeongguk leaned down to kiss him softly, pulling away and hopping off the bed reluctantly.

"i'll come back later, i promise." jeongguk said, pulling on his pants and boxers that were on the floor. "okay, you better." taehyung mumbled and rolled over, his back to jeongguk.

"oh, don't forget to grab your shit that's on the porch." taehyung said lazily, and jeongguk cursed. "i forgot about that." he groaned, and taehyung chuckled sleepily.

"do you think it got wet?" jeongguk asked as he pulled his discarded shirt on. "no, my porch has covering." taehyung yawned, drifting off, and jeongguk decided to stop talking and let him sleep.

"see you." jeongguk called and exited the room, feeling glum that he had to separate from his boyfriend. the feeling didn't dissipate the entire way to hoseok's house, he just wanted to go back and cuddle his boyfriend to death.

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jimin was the one who opened the door, but it didn't make a difference and jeongguk just walked past him, not even waiting for the orange haired to invite him in.

"well come right on in, why don't you." jimin scoffed, closing the door and locking it behind jeongguk. he rolled his eyes when he saw jeongguk was already comfortably seated on the couch, his feet kicked up on the coffee table.

"where's seok?" he looked around curiously, not catching the way jimin's face fell at the mention of the name.

"um, he," jimin started, but jeongguk interrupted him by yelling a loud, "seok?", as if it would make him suddenly appear.

"he went back to gwangju to uh, stay with his parents." jimin said, and jeongguk looked at him with wide eyes, finally noticing the crestfallen expression that jimin wore. he quickly took his feet off the counter and scooted over.

"come sit chim." he ordered, patting the spot next to him. jimin swallowed thickly and sat down, being caught by surprise when jeongguk leaned over and wrapped his arms around the boy, comforting him.

"what happened?" he asked, and jimin closed his mouth that was gaping open, taking a second to wet his extremely dry lips.

"i was keeping few secrets from him so he left, but he told me to call him to come back once i figured everything out." jimin explained, trying not to show how caught off guard he was when jeongguk began rubbing soothing circles onto his back.

"it's weird, he didn't even text me or anything that he left." jeongguk thought out loud and jimin gulped, nodding into his shoulder.

"m-maybe his phone is turned off?" jimin suggested and jeongguk hummed. "probably, his parents are like that." he laughed, and jimin chuckled too.

"look jimin, i know we aren't that close, but i'm here for you m'kay?" jeongguk whispered, and jimin relaxed into his grasp, letting himself be held. "okay."

"thank you jeongguk." jimin closed his eyes, and jeongguk nodded. "anytime."

there was a silence, but it was interrupted when jeongguk's phone buzzed. jeongguk pulled back from the hug to check it, his eyebrows furrowing when he read it.

"shit." he whispered, and jimin craned his neck to try and see what was going on. jeongguk was holding his phone too close to him for anything to be visible though, so he looked a little harder.

he frowned when he caught a glimpse of the contact name.

father?

who calls their dad father?

"chim, i gotta go, i'll see you later. give me any updates you can on seok." jeongguk said, putting a hand on Jimin's shoulder.

"okay, i will." jimin agreed, and jeongguk smiled, before getting up to leave, placing his phone in his back pocket. he looked extremely stressed.

"oh and jimin," he called over his shoulder as he approached the door. "hmmm?" jimin questioned, and was met with a big smile from jeongguk, contrary to the earlier look of terror on his face.

"don't worry." he smiled. "everything will work out with hoseok, that boy really loves you." jimin smiled back, and gave jeongguk a wave as he left.

he crossed his arms as the doors shut, not forgetting about how jeongguk's mood had switched up so many times in the past 10 minutes.

father
Come home now.

jeongguk
why

father
Capitalize and punctuate when you're speaking to me.

jeongguk
I'm sorry.

jeongguk
Why?
read: 2:57 pm

jeongguk
Dad?

father
Don't call me that.

jeongguk
I'm sorry.

jeongguk
Father.

father
Quit apologizing and just get home.

father
Now.

jeongguk
Okay, I'm coming now.
read: 2:59 pm

&

taehyung couldn't stop checking his watch.

it was 8:53.

jeongguk had left the house at 11:34.

it's been the entire day, and he still hasn't received even as much as a text from jeongguk.

it was 8:54.

taehyung wasn't sure if he was angry at the younger for possibly ditching him, or worried because he wasn't picking up his phone either.

it was 8:55.

taehyung sighed and got up to turn off his porch light, accepting the fact that jeongguk probably wasn't coming back.

it was 8:56.

he turned off his bedroom light and decided to sleep early tonight, there was nothing else for him to do anyways.

he would get hoseok's number from yoongi and text him tomorrow to ask where jeongguk is.

it was 8:57.

taehyung laid in his bed, staring around the dark room, eyes scanning the walls that he had already memorized from staring at them so many times before.

it was 8:58.

there was a knock on his window.

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