Stay With Me - Sam Smith

There's not a layer of Jeongguk's back that didn't cramp in pain. From the base of his neck to the lower end off his spine, stiff and sore by the hard wooden floor as a source of his bed for the rest of his night; And it also wasn't helping the numbness one side of his entire arm and inner thigh, being a main reason why he slowly eased awake from his silent dreams.

The first thing he could see upon fluttering his eyes open is the faint light from the morning glimmering in the room, not exactly to his face as the bed beside him served as a border from enduring it intensely.

And next was a mess of chocolate brown strands of hair, close to his face much for his liking - well right beneath his nose to be exact. A familiar candy scent caresses his nostrils, subconsciously making him melt to the smell with a heavy exhale before he could notice the way his own body tangled with another one glued to his.

Not until he felt the owner of the brunette hair nuzzling more their face to his chest, the arm around his torso tightening with a hand balled to his button up shirt. Jeongguk's sleepy mind didn't process either how his arm is being used as a neck rest or pillow of the said person, hugging them by the neck to his chest while the other is around their arm with fingers caressing the spine of their back-

Wait....

Jeongguk blinks a few times, trying to snap awake while trying to push the headache from the alcohol he drank last night to the back of his mind. A faint breathing against his neck had his body tensing up immediately, no thoughts running through his mind as he slowly begins to realizes he's hugging someone close to him.

Shit...

Shit!

A thick gulp slides down his dry throat, blinking a few times a little in nerves. Ok, maybe he's dreaming? There's no way in hell Jeongguk ever gets lucky enough to be sleeping with someone on the same place - or bed.

Not even his teammates sleep with him, so it's only obvious that this could be a dream.

Wait maybe it's not a body? What if this is part of the illusion and he's tied up or something?

This could be one of his nightmares..... Where they transform...

Jeongguk squirms a little, his hand over the person's arm dropping to the outline of their silhoutte to notice they're very similar to a human body, all the way as he reaches to-

His eyes widen.

It is a body! He's not dreaming!

Jeongguk was just about to squeak in panic until the person hums a little, grunting under their breath while getting closer to him, "I'm sensitive."

He damn well recognizes that voice from anywhere.

Jimin.

Jeongguk is holding Jimin in his arms.

And it's not a damn dream.

Upon the drop of reality hitting him down, Jeongguk was seconds away from pushing him back, but then he realized another thing -not so well- when he shifted his lower region.

Something that had him inhaling intensively in frustration.

Morning wood.

Fantastic.

Jimin's leg is right between Jeongguk's thighs, pressing against his dick hard that with one wrong move than it will definitely have him exploding on the spot. So the only way he can be able to move will be if Jimin gets off him, but the only problem with that is Jeongguk inability to speak.

His speaking skills in the morning lacks more than throughout the day, so his vocals are useless by this point. As for pushing or rattling Jimin away, he's learned from experience and therapy that it isn't wise to wake someone up so suddenly when they're in a deep sleep.

It could rise his blood pressure and heart rate to the point his breathing will be pitched, making him feel all types of disoriented when they're awake. Jeongguk has faced many mornings of discomfort by being forcefully awaken, that being the cause of his high stress levels throughout the day and inability to fall back asleep. So his therapist told him he has to wake up naturally, in that way the body can adjust to it.

So, even if Jeongguk didn't want to, he stayed quietly in place with Jimin holding him and murmuring things in his sleep. He raised his hand off his body, trying to be gentle when removing his arm from under Jimin's head, but that only lead to Jimin once against snuggling closer to him with a faint whimper.

"Don't... Go.... Please."

This quiver was too weak to reach Jeongguk's ears, especially without his hearing aids, so he still moved up until Jimin's body starts to stir more in his arms.

Jeongguk grimaces when Jimin's thigh lifts up between his thighs, trying not to whine to the pressure and eventually gives up. There's no doubt that Jimin will be absolutely horrified once he wakes up. There's many factors here that he doesn't like already; physical contact, probably sleeping on the floor, and Jeongguk's existence.

Would it be enough for him to throw a fit? Who knows.

That's what Jeongguk is getting mentally prepared for-

"My head fucking hurts-"

"Shhh."

Jeongguk's ears perked to the faint buzzes of sudden noises, but couldn't hear anything more so mostly likely it's eased whispers now.

And that's when Jeongguk began to remember the details from last night.

New Years.

Calming Jimin's fit.

Fireworks.

And..... Taehyung and Minho.

Immediately Jeongguk's heart squeezed, the fresh details in his head as though he's living through them all over again before his eyes. The thought about Selgui soon came cruising in that already had him-

"Jeongguk."

That was definitely not Jimin.

Jeongguk swallows the saliva down his throat drily, snapping his eyes to the man standing by his feet, tracing up his body covered by a robe in a fresh shower - Minho.

It's Minho.

Words were lost between them, filled now with this evident awkwardness because obviously the two know the clear presence of the elephant in the room.

And Minho didn't really like beating around the bush about it.

"We gotta talk-"

"Why so early in the fucking morning?" To Jeongguk's surprise, Jimin sits up from being in his arms. His puffy eyes in clear sleep, groggily glares at Minho, a deep frown on his plump lips, "Dammit, I wasn't even fucked over last night and my own head hurts like a bitch- FUCK!"

Jimin startles when he sees Jeongguk laying beside him, hand on his chest with his body heaving in clear distress to his mild scare, "Don't just lay around there silent- Oh my dumbass, I'm a mess today."

Minho rolls his eyes with a shake of his head as he waits for the coffee machine to finish up making some tea for him in a cup, while Jimin sits there with his face buried in his hands to ease himself down. Taehyung has made no appearance yet, or from what Jeongguk's angle hasn't seen so far, but no doubt he will make his appearance soon enough.

As for now, his attention is on his teammate, who looks like he's fighting a whole war in his head as he waits with eyebrows furrowed and eyes staring off into a distance. He's never seen Minho this serious before, not even for competitions, so clearly this situation is getting to his head on a more sentimental side of him than it should be.

This is definitely going to be a long morning indeed.

From there on, it was a bit of a blur but Jeongguk recalled himself getting up and going to the bathroom to wash up before their talk. He made it quick, since he just doesn't want to stay in this place for so long. When he got out of the shower, wrapped in a robe, he noticed something on the sink with a little note to the side.

His hearing aids and pills for his anxiety.

"Came by to drop these off for you last night, but everyone was sleeping. I'm sure you're going to need them :) - Felix <3"

Ah right, he was the one that got this room in the first place.

Well, that's Felix for you, being the little angel of the team when Woosung isn't the one owning the title. It does feel comforting in some way, to know he has people looking after him from all angles even when he's not aware of it.

If he didn't take his medicine than there's a guarantee he wouldn't have been able to handle whatever Minho may tell him properly, or deal with Jimin presence in general.

So with a small smile, he grabs his pills and takes them immediately while drinking from the water bottles lined by the sink, followed by putting his hearing aids on and adjusting the volume properly to where he usually has them for a frequency. With raven hair brushed by his fingers back and tied away from his face in a pony tail, he gets out of the bathroom.

He didn't even get to step into the room properly before being met with Minho walking to the bed with two plastic cups in hand. Taehyung is sitting there, fingers threading through the blond mess of his hair with eyes closed in concentration. However his attention is caught when Minho places a knee to the bed beside him, nuzzling the plastic cup to his open hand that Taehyung reacted with wrapping his fingers around it and looking up with a small smile.

"Thank you ba- Minho," Taehyung corrects himself, cheeks blushing a little but a frown now on his lips as he looks down to the tea he made for him.

Minho hesitated, really badly, it's as clear as the morning light from where Jeongguk is standing, watching them with his body frozen in fear that he'll intrude on them.

Yet it still took his breathe away when Minho softly smiles and leans forward, craning his head and pecks Taehyung's cheek in a quick kiss. Taehyung nearly spat the tea back into the cup as he was sipping it, wide eyes looking at Minho while the other didn't care and only caresses his hair affectionately.

Minho.... Really looks like that.

It's been years already since Jeongguk has met Minho. Lived with him, ate from the same plate as him, even showered once together since they were in a hurry for some event a year or two back. Minho was like a brother figure around Jeongguk whenever Namjoon wasn't around, trying to always motivate him and drag him to all the hectic activities just so he could have fun.

And never has Jeongguk seen Minho look at another human being the same way he's looking at Taehyung at this very moment, not even to Seulgi.

What is even going on?

This is so wrong on so many levels, especially if he's cheating. Wrong from both Taehyung and Minho's part.

So that's why Jeongguk needs answers, now before he actually looses his mind.

"Alright let's get this over with," He spoke too soon. Jimin emerges out of the bathroom with freshly wet brunette hair being rubbed by a towel, and a robe also around his body. Probably sometime while Jeongguk was too busy over thinking, Jimin went into the bathroom to shower to ease the stress.

Shit, was he thinking for that long?

Taehyung and Minho both look up, eyes following Jimin sitting on the chair where the desk is. A smooth leg is crossed over, still rubbing his hair with a towel indifferently. This is when Jeongguk appreciates Jimin's bluntness, uncaring to how upfront he may sound but only wanting to get to the point to avoid bullshit of possibilities that could be running through Jeongguk's head right now.

Which is happening as he leans against the wall, unable to look at Minho in the eye when he glances at him, only focused on the floor with a deep frown but ready to be told what needs to be said.

And Taehyung's clear hangover spoke without wait.

"Last night, what you guys saw," Taehyung pauses, making Jeongguk cast a stare to his clear tired expression staring at the cup, "The alcohol wasn't at fault.... Minho and I.... Well-"

"We're in a relationship," Jeongguk's heart dropped to Minho's sudden words, "Have been for a couple months now, and as you could tell, a secret relationship."

No way.

No fucking way...

Jeongguk's eyes flutters closed, pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger as the truth slowly sinks in. He would've never have expected this, not from Minho or Taehyung since they always fight whenever they're around each other.

This doesn't make any sense.

"Well that's not new," Jimin mutters, putting his towel on the desk while leaning back to the chair, "I'm assuming the question Jeongguk has here, or the cause of his distress right now, surrounds the idea of Seulgi. Is this some type of affair or.."

"No!" Taehyung retorts, eyebrows furrowed, troubled, while now looking at Jimin, "We would never- No... She knows. She actually has been helping us.... That's why everyone thinks she's dating Minho-"

"As a cover," Jimin mutters, nodding to himself while Jeongguk just stares at him as though he's waiting for him to do something, "Well this is none of my business, and I sincerely do not care so... Yeah, wish you guys the best."

Wait what? Just that!

Jeongguk now glares at him, pushing himself off the wall, "Are you insane? They're dating! My teammate and teammates brother-"

"I know this may seem wrong," Minho instantly responds to Jeongguk's signs of his hands, his voice a little on the desperate side when Jeongguk looks to his gaze, "And this is why we kept it a secret, shit not even Karma knows."

"Karma doesn't know this!?" Jeongguk's hands are shaking now, the signs not even clear by how fast he's doing them, "Do you guys even realize how bad this is? If this goes out to the public your careers are done!"

Minho runs his hands down his face, distressed and filled with desperation while Taehyung just sips his tea quietly, a frown to his lips while not daring to meet Jeongguk's gaze. Then there's Jimin, who's casually making himself coffee while typing on his phone with a heavy sigh.

Meanwhile Jeongguk is trying not to break down right now by his bubbling overwhelming emotions, "Answer me Minho! What are you planning to do-"

"I don't know okay!" Minho explodes, eyes tearing up, "You two are the first people who know about this besides Seulgi. We never planned to tell anyone. Just.... Please, let this be between us.... Please, for me."

Jeongguk remains with a deep grimace on his lips, this damn robe feeling hot around his body by how infuriated he is.

Don't get him wrong, he's not homophobic.

As mentioned before, he's not against same sex relationships but he's just not homosexual himself. When he use to live with his parents, they were very conservative - well still are - so of course they conditioned Jeongguk as a kid to have those seem views as they do; even if he didn't want to. However after Namjoon came out to him as being gay, he grew less uptight about it and became more flexible about the topic.

So no, he's not against Taehyung and Minho because of their romance behind closed doors, but he's worried about how long this can last as a secret before they're exposed. At least Namjoon and Jimin were careful, but with these two after last night, if they're with the wrong company while being intoxicated than they're done.

Not to forget to mentioned that Taehyung is a worldwide known figure skater - adored and loved by everyone, and Minho is in a speed skating team that are known as the jewels of South Korea; This will completely destroy them, especially if Seulgi is in the equations.

They will without a doubt point this as adultery as well.

This is why he's reacting like this.

And it feels like no one is fucking understanding him, as always-

Jimin stands up from his chair, stretching his limps while suddenly untying the strings of his robe. Jeongguk automatically shields his eyes in panic while the couple immediately looks away, making Jimin scoff.

"Relax, unlike you idiots, I had someone drop me off clothes. It's fucking hot in here," Reluctantly Jeongguk peaks through his fingers to see Jimin thankfully wearing the robe still with an underwear underneath at least.

That didn't stop the blush of Jeongguk's cheeks upon taking the glimpse of his thin yet toned body from what he can see, forcing him to clear his throat by how dry it got and look away.

"Not trying to be the devil's advocate on the adorable love story with you two, but you guys are being way too damn careless," Jimin huffs, moving across to his side of the make shift bed on the floor to gather his mess of clothes, "As someone with experience, I never was in this position because I made sure no one ever caught me. You have to remove any possibility of what may bring the two of you together in public."

Did he just exposed to them that he's gay?!

Out in the open like that?!

Jeongguk for a second panicked on his behalf, but Jimin only casually folds his own clothes on the floor while pulling out a duffle bag that obviously wasn't there before. He probably had Taemin - his instructor right? - leave it at the door for him this morning. It clearly had everything he needs in regards to clothing.

"Not like I fucking care since I don't know you two," Jimin continues bitterly, standing up right with a hand to his hip as he looks at the couple, "But if your worry is about anyone knowing, I know how to keep secrets since as I said, I don't care. As for Jeongguk," He looks back to look at the ravenette, who still isn't looking at them, "If you know him well enough, you'd know he'll need time but will eventually accept it. So his lips are sealed."

Now neatly taking out his new clothes and putting the used ones in the duffle bag, Jimin claps his hands in delight, "Alright so if we're done here, I have to get ready to go to practice," And he turns to Jeongguk, "I need a word with you, alone."

Jeongguk glances at him, trying to read his expression but only seeing that familiar emotionless stare that doesn't allow him to read his features well. Anything can come up right now, and it doesn't make sense why Jimin would want to talk to him alone now if they're going to practice either way later.

So why now?

"Thank you and um.... We'll step out. Heard they'll have breakfast at the dining area up stairs," Taehyung manages to speak from the tension in the air, sensing the unease between the two males. Still in his clothes from last night, he gets off the bed while Minho dresses up in the same clothes from last night quickly.

The two were about to hold hands to leave, but it seems like they realized hat they're not exactly in a.... Safe place while being in this building, so they just awkwardly move past the two males still in the room and exits out with the key card to step back inside.

Jimin and Jeongguk stayed in place, eyes still on each other up all the way till the door closes to leave them behind.

Despite not having invading presence now hearing their conversation, Jimin didn't say anything as Jeongguk expected of him. He was ready to witness him exploding in whatever emotion he's feeling when the couple left the room, but then again there's no reason for him to be angry.

The wait is slowly itching Jeongguk's skin, nervous as Jimin just stares at his face with that empty stare. Who knows what Jimin may say or do, that's what making him spike up in a little panic but he obviously didn't show that out in the open.

Even after Jimin start walking towards him, slow yet taunting step that sounded just as loud at Jeongguk's heart beat against his chest, there's still no emotion in his eyes. All the way until he stands in front of Jeongguk, looking between his eyes.

Jeongguk didn't want to show him how unease he is by his bold presence, so he stands up straighter and kept his eyes stern like how he use to do back then before when they weren't acquainted with each other.

Jimin was definitely not impressed the slightest bit.

And he didn't waste time to say what he has to say.

"If you don't support it, that's fine," Jimin suddenly mutters, "But don't act like a little bitch around them. What they're doing is not easy and the last thing they need is someone breathing down their necks to how unmoral it is from your eyes. So just act natural."

Jimin really acts like Jeongguk is naïve at times, and it's so damn infuriating.

Jeongguk had to roll his eyes to his words, especially because he knows this by now. He's not planning on acting like a strict parent or like he's a saint himself, whatever they have is their business and their choice from this point on. Just like how he behaved when he knew about Namjoon and Jimin's relationship.

But Jimin took that attitude Jeongguk displayed as stubbornness to the scold, and his rising irritation was evident from the slightest twitch of his eye.

He wasn't done. There's more as to why he wanted Jeongguk here alone.

Something he wants only him to do, just out of comfortable habits.

"There's another thing I want you to do for me," He ventures calmly, placing a hand against the wall beside Jeongguk's head.

The ravenette's eyes narrowed, glancing from his hand and back to his face before slapping it away from his close bubble. Jimin twitches a smile, maybe even a smirk with a small dark chuckle to Jeongguk's stubborn stare.

Saying someone Jeongguk would never have expected to ooze out of his plump lips.

"I want you to mark a hickey on me Jeongguk."

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A/N:
Oop.....

That was.... unexpected.... aha aha....

:)

I PURPLE YOU! <33