6 months later.

yeah, a whole six months.

now, you're probably thinking that's a pretty big time skip for a light-hearted social media story and you're probably wondering what the fuck happened during all that time.

trust me, we'll get to that.

but right now, i'll tell you about the present...

seokjin pressed his ear against jeongguk's bedroom door, trying to find out if he was sleeping or not.

what he heard behind the door was something he wished he could erase.

"ah j-jeongguk, ah- fuck."

jin immediately stepped back, covering his ears, "ew ew ew!"

"what is it babe?" namjoon asked, walking up the stairs.

"nothing, nothing. just, don't come near jeongguk's room for a while, trust me." seokjin shivered.

"oh, isn't taehyung with him though? i needed to talk to him about something." namjoon said, allowing himself to be led downstairs by his boyfriend.

"from what i heard, he's a little busy right now." seokjin gagged.

namjoon's eyes widened, "ew..."

"yeah, ew." jin confirmed.

taehyung and jeongguk got closer over the last few months.

a lot closer.

i don't know what to call it without it sounding complicated so i'll just say they were friends with benefits.

except they're only sorta friends and there's only like 50% benefits.

by "sorta friends" i mean that they still argue and disagree on 80% of life's aspects, however, for the other 20% they're practically attached at the hip.

by "50% benefits" i mean that the obvious sexual tension between them had been sorta relieved but they've never actually went all the way.

the main thing to take away from this is that they got closer, alright.

closer than either of them had imagined. to be honest, the only ones who saw it coming were jimin and yugyeom.

speaking of jimin, he had his own boy situations to deal with too. such as trying to date two people at once.

yeah so jimin, yoongi and hoseok couldn't really deny the tension any longer and ended up kind of dating? i say "kind of" because no one really knew what they were, not even themselves.

they classified it as "less than boyfriends but way more than fuck buddies".

as for namjoon and seokjin, they were still going strong, making it seokjin's longest relationship so far. namjoon considered that a win and liked to rub it in jeongguk's face a lot.

now that i've given you a run-down of what's going on right now, maybe i should backtrack to that 6 month gap.

i guess i'll give you a moment for each month.

yeah, let's do that.

~6 months ago~

"jimin i don't know what to do! i have a crush on him, fuck! i have a raging crush on him! why?! why do i have a raging crush on him?!"

taehyung was pacing up and down the room, freaking out.

it was two weeks after the sleepover at seokjin's and taehyung needed to get things off his chest before he exploded.

"taehyung, calm down. is it really the end of the world that you like him?" jimin rolled his eyes, texing hoseok while he painted his toenails.

"yes! yes, it is. i literally only just agreed with him that we'd be friends like a month ago and now i've caught feelings for him!" taehyung cried.

jimin looked up, "woah, hold on. you said you had a crush, you never said you caught feelings. you mean like serious feelings? or just a little eye candy moment?"

taehyung sighed and slumped onto his vanity chair, "i don't even know anymore. i mean, yeah he's great fun to look at but... i don't know, he's also just kinda fun in general. since we agreed to be friends we've been texting more. we've talked a lot these past two weeks and he's actually really funny and interesting once you get to know him. i kinda feel bad for judging him so quickly before."

jimin smiled in sympathy, "you definitely caught feelings... you're fucked."

taehyung groaned, "ugh, i know."

"well, what're you gonna do about it?"

"nothing, i guess."

"what d'you mean nothing?" jimin raised an eyebrow.

"well, i can't tell him. it's way too soon, we barely know eachother yet. i'm surprised i fell so fast, to be honest. besides, jeongguk has a hard time getting close to people so i don't wanna scare him off by telling i wanna have his babies when we've only known eachother for five minutes. it's gonna take some time. if i feel like he's warming up to me or if he ever shows signs of liking me back, i'll tell him. right now, though, it wouldn't be a good time." taehyung reasoned.

"fair enough. just don't hurt yourself, yeah?" jimin said.

"i'll try."

~5 months ago~

"oh my god, jeongguk!" taehyung screeched.

"what?" jeongguk held back his laughter.

"real mature, gguk!"

"listen, it was too easy." jeongguk cackled.

the two boys had a sleepover last night and taehyung had woken up with marker drawn all over his face.

he read the words on his forehead.

"jeongguk was here" as well as "plz don't kill me tomorrow".

there was a dick drawing on one cheek and a peach emoji on the other.

"i'm gonna kill you!" taehyung chased him around the house.

for ten minutes the two of them ran around the house until jeongguk got an idea and quickly ran into the backyard.

"get over here!" taehyung followed him outside.

jeongguk tripped him up to try and get away but taehyung grabbed his leg which made him tumble onto the ground aswell.

taehyung crawled on top of jeongguk and began punching his chest repeatedly.

"you little bitch!"

"okay! okay you win!" jeongguk hissed in pain.

"no, you've ruined my face! it's my best quality, you slag!" taehyung yelled.

jeongguk grabbed his wrists in one hand to stop him from hitting him and used his other hand to hold taehyung's hip, stopping him from thrashing.

"stop abusing me, you ass!" jeongguk laughed.

"you abused my beauty." taehyung said, trying not to laugh.

"i mean, you don't look that bad." jeongguk snickered.

"i have a dick on my face, jeon." taehyung deadpanned.

with that, jeongguk burst out into hysterical laughter.

taehyung looked down at him and he couldn't help himself. he bursted out laughing too.

jeongguk's hand fell from taehyung's wrists and onto his thigh as he tried to catch his breath.

when they both composed themselves, they realised the rather compromising position they were in. taehyung was sitting on jeongguk's lap while he layed down underneath him, hands on his hip and thigh.

taehyung blushed furiously and jeongguk looked anywhere but into his eyes.

neither of them knew when but at some point they began leaning in ever so slightly.

they leaned closer.

and closer.

finally their eyes met and they looked at eachother, both with unreadable expressions.

their lips touched for barely a second before seokjin came bursting out of the backyard doors screaming, "JEON JEONGGUK! DID YOU GET PERMANENT MARKER ON MY COUCH?!"

jeongguk immediately pushed taehyung off of him and ran for his life.

~4 months ago~

"soooo, you and taehyung seem pretty close now." yoongi commented while him and jeongguk were re-watching american horror story.

"what d'you mean?" jeongguk asked, disinterested, while stuffing popcorn into his mouth.

"i mean that you two get along a lot better than you did a couple months ago. it's nice to see." yoongi elaborated.

"oh, yeah i guess." jeongguk said.

"any reason?"

"for what?"

"i dunno, i mean, you were so opposed to the idea of taehyung even knowing who you was a few months ago so what changed?" yoongi questioned.

"meh, i dunno. he messaged me a few months back asking to be friends. like, actual friends not just putting up with eachother for seokjin and namjoon. i guess it started there." jeongguk explained.

"i see... do you only see taehyung as a friend?" yoongi raised an eyebrow.

"what's that supposed to mean?" jeongguk looked up at him.

"i just think you and him are... cute, i guess. the way you fight one second but then strongly agree the next. it's hilarious." yoongi admitted.

"wait, you mean- you think i- no! no no no, we're just friends." jeongguk quickly stumbled upon his words.

"for now."

"huh?!"

"hey, seokjin told me about how he saw taehyung on top of you that one time." yoongi justified.

"he was attacking me because i drew on his face with marker when he was sleeping over." jeongguk argued.

"the fact that you two had a sleepover just proves my point further." yoongi laughed.

jeongguk huffed, "it's not like that..."

"on a serious note, though. do you like him in that way?" yoongi asked.

"i... i dunno. not really. i mean, not right now. at least, i don't think i do. you know me, i'm not good with feelings. i could be in love with him and i wouldn't even know because i'm an idiot." jeongguk laughed.

yoongi chuckled, "true, you're a fucking dumpster fire when it comes to relationships. a literal hot mess."

"i just wanna chill, yknow? i wanna hang out with him without overthinking whether i want him to have my babies or not." jeongguk sighed.

"do that, then. if something happens then something happens."

"yeah."

after a few moments of silence, yoongi spoke up again.

"he definitely likes you, though."

"huh?" jeongguk said, once again stuffing food in his mouth.

"taehyung's so into you that it hurts to watch." yoongi repeated.

jeongguk spit out the beer he had just began to sip.

"what?!"

"what? you didn't notice?"

"no!"

"oh... well, it's really obvious." yoongi said.

"it is?!" jeongguk screeched.

"bro, chill. you're hot and another hot person likes you. it's not a big deal, you can handle that problem when it faces you."

jeongguk slumped back down, tugging his hair, "oh my fuck. why does he like me? i'm a mess! there's no way he likes me, you're lying. did he tell you that?"

"no, he didn't. like i said, it's just painfully obvious. that reminds me, maybe i should ask jimin, he'd know." yoongi said.

"no! don't ask jimin because if i know that you know the truth, it'll stress me out." jeongguk complained.

"whatever jeongguk." yoongi laughed.

~3 months ago~

"damn, i need a hair cut." jeongguk said, running his hands through the tangled, curly mess.

"don't." taehyung whined.

"don't do what?"

"don't cut your hair. keep growing it out, you look good." taehyung said, beginning to braid one of the shorter locks.

now that yoongi told jeongguk that taehyung was into him, he overthought about everything he said.

he didn't say it looks good, he said i look good. he thought.

he bit his lip, "i dunno. it's just too much effort. i grew it out to my shoulders once but i cut it because it meant i had to actually do my hair every day. nowadays i just roll out of bed and let it do it's thing."

"wait, you don't style your hair?" taehyung looked up in shock.

"nope. too complicated." jeongguk confirmed.

"wait, so your hair does... that... it does that by itself?" he asked, confused.

"does what?"

"i dunno, that! the way it falls and the way the loose curls form and the way it bounces... it does that on it's own?" taehyung was fascinated.

"yeah. i didn't know my hair was so mesmerising to you." jeongguk chuckled.

"i mean, your hair is amazing, you said it yourself." taehyung giggled.

just to set the scene for you: jeongguk was sat on his bed while taehyung was sitting on one of jeongguk's thighs, playing with his hair.

once taehyung finished his little braid, he came closer and looked through the other boy's hair once more, hunting for another piece to mess with. jeongguk's hands landed on his waist on instinct.

when taehyung pulled back with a piece of jeongguk's hair twirling around his finger, he noticed the other staring at him intently.

neither said anything, they just came closer in silence. no words were exchanged yet both boys felt that the room was deafeningly loud.

to this day, neither boy is sure who kissed who first but, either way, the other kissed back which is all that matters.

that was the moment it started.

~2 months ago~

how did they end up like this?

by "like this" i mean making out with eachother on the balcony of a party.

the group of 7 decided that they should go to another house party together since the first one was pretty hilarious.

they'd been there for three hours when some guy bumped into jeongguk and tried to fight him.

lesson one: don't start a fight with a drunk jeongguk.

long story short, jeongguk knocked the guy out and stormed off.

taehyung found him up on balcony banister, smoking a cigarette.

he was getting all sappy and emotional like he did the last time taehyung saw him drunk. those stages that seokjin made for him really were accurate.

he sat with him and comforted him for a while.

he smiled as he ran his fingers through his long hair because he noticed that jeongguk hadn't cut it. he let it grow out.

just like he told him to.

one thing led to another and they ended up kissing. then the kissing led to this mess.

taehyung laying on the lounge chair on the balcony with jeongguk literally on top of him.

"j-jeongguk we were supposed to meet up with the guys downstairs five minutes ago." taehyung breathed out as jeongguk kissed at his neck.

damn, that's definitely gonna leave a mark. taehyung thought.

"i don't care." jeongguk mumbled onto his skin, grabbing his hips hard.

taehyung ran his fingers through jeongguk's hair, occasionally tugging and pulling at it which made jeongguk let out a quiet growl every time.

why is he so hot?! taehyung wanted to slap himself for falling right into jeongguk's grasp.

he couldn't help it.

whenever he wrapped his hands around his waist, whenever he kissed him, even whenever he looked at him, he would just turn into putty in his hands.

their relationship was very much unestablished, though.

neither of them really knew what they were.

"cmon, let's go." taehyung insisted, pushing jeongguk up and standing up too.

"i'm so drunk, fuck." jeongguk slurred, laughing slightly as he burried his face in taehyung's hair.

taehyung blushed and wrapped his hand around jeongguk's arm, "let's go to the other guys."

"but i don't wanna, 's not fair." jeongguk whined like a baby, sloppily kissing the side of taehyung's face.

"well, sometimes life isn't fair." taehyung laughed at him.

jeongguk pouted and kissed the shell of his ear, "you're mean."

"whatever." taehyung rolled his eyes in amusement.

drunk jeongguk was really cute sometimes. this was one of those times.

jeongguk wrapped his hands around taehyung's waist and pulled him impossibly close while resting his head on his shoulder.

the entire moment seemed so intimate and so loving that it made taehyung's heart ache

why?

because they never did these things when jeongguk was sober.

"hey guys! hurry up!"

they both looked down from the balcony and saw seokjin screaming up at them.

that was their cue to leave.

~1 month ago~

taehyung and jeongguk were laying on the couch in seokjin's apartment.

jeongguk was stuffing his face with crap like m&ms, popcorn and crisps while taehyung was eating a chicken salad.

"how the hell do you stay so in shape when you eat like a 5 year old on steroids?" taehyung asked, putting a cruton in his mouth.

"don't judge me, you bitch. and to answer your question, i go to the gym and drink a lot of water." jeongguk enlightened.

"that still doesn't make it healthy." taehyung snickered.

"i never said it did." jeongguk said with his mouth full.

"you're disgusting." taehyung laughed.

"you love me." jeongguk kicked him.

"as if. you're the one who loves me, sir." taehyung argued.

"keep dreaming." jeongguk giggled.

taehyung loved his laugh.

he loved his smile.

he was just so beautiful.

next thing they knew, they were force feeding eachother their food.

"okay, i let you shove chicken and leaves in my mouth so now eat my m&ms, slag!" jeongguk shoved the candy into his mouth.

"i'm on a diet!" taehyung complained, chewing the chocolate nonetheless.

"you're already hot, it doesn't matter." jeongguk argued, feeding him more chocolate.

"shut up." taehyung said but it was muffled by jeongguk's hands that were squishing his cheeks together.

"it's true though. you don't need to go on a diet, you're already skinny. i'm feeding you candy to make you slim thick. thank me later when you have an ass."

taehyung spat out the candy and laughed hysterically, "what the fuck!"

~the present~

nowadays, the two were still trying to figure out what they actually were.

it was harder than it seemed because, despite all the moments we just went through, jeongguk was still extremely closed off.

the moments you just read showed jeongguk as confident, sweet and funny. it seemed like he had all his shit together.

in reality, jeongguk mental heath was still just as fucked as usual.

he still cried alone in his room, he still disappeared for days, he still got drunk and high off his mind to cope with his feelings.

on top of that, he still refused to open up.

he didn't talk about his feelings, he didn't talk about his past, he didn't tell anyone when he was obviously hurting.

it sucked for taehyung because he wanted to get closer to jeongguk emotionally but the other boy made it so difficult.

does he even like me or is he just fucking with me?

i guess only more time would tell.

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