one month later.

yes, a whole month.

have taehyung and jeongguk finally confessed to eachother yet?

ha, no!

however, now that they were besties again, they'd been closer than ever which is understandable since they missed eachother like hell.

that being said, spending 80% of your time with the person you're in love with when they don't know about your feelings is a blessing and a curse.

many too-flirty-for-friends moments.

many blushy moments.

many too-long-for-comfort stares.

many touches that never used to feel weird but now they do.

heck, they almost kissed.

~three weeks ago~

"hey, taetae?" jeongguk called, walking into the room.

"yes?"

"do you want anything from the store? i'm going right now."

"hmm, yeah! but i'll come with you." taehyung said, getting up and pulling on his shoes.

"oh- alright then." jeongguk said, chuckling lightly at the older boy who was hopping on one foot, trying to put his shoes on.

twenty minutes later, they arrived at the nearby gas station and they were walking around, picking up snacks on the way.

they made it to the ramen and both of them went to pick up the same pot, jeongguk's hand landing on top of taehyung's.

"hey! this one's mine!" taehyung pouted.

"but i want it!" jeongguk argued.

"my hand was on it first!" taehyung yelled.

"well... i'm stronger than you so it doesn't matter!" jeongguk said before yanking the noodles into his own hand, looking proud.

"hey! no fair!" taehyung whined.

"nope, this is totally fair taehyungie~" jeongguk teased, holding the cup high above his head.

taehyung started jumping up and down, trying to reach it as jeongguk laughed his ass off.

fuck my dna for being three inches shorter that jeongguk. taehyung thought.

jeongguk got amusement out of a whiny taehyung begging for him to give him what he wanted.

he was gonna give him the ramen, of course. there's no way he'd let his baby go without his favourite flavour. he just wanted to watch him struggle for a while because he missed it.

after twenty seconds of jumping, taehyung gave up and crossed his arms with a pout, turning his back to jeongguk.

"fine. i don't want it anyway." he huffed.

jeongguk laughed to himself before wrapping his arm around the boy's waist from behind, dangling the ramen in front of him with the other.

he spoke against his neck, "i'm sorry taehyungie~ here you go, my big baby."

jeongguk couldn't tell, but taehyung's cheeks were on fire and his heart was beating out of his chest.

he snatched the ramen from jeongguk's hand like a bratty teenager would snatch money from their parents.

"w-whatever! let's go~" taehyung insisted, releasing himself from the younger's strong grip and walking towards the counter, a giggling jeongguk following shortly behind.

~two weeks ago~

taehyung and jeongguk were alone in their dorm, watching movies on the couch.

taehyung was feeling needy for attention so he did what he did best.

bugging jeongguk, of course.

"ggukie~"

"yes, taebaby." the younger boy answered.

taehyung scooted closer to him so their thighs were touching, "pay attention to me!"

jeongguk blushed slightly at their close proximity but kept his composure.

"i'm trying to watch the movie~" jeongguk complained.

taehyung pouted, poking jeongguk's cheek continuously.

jeongguk sighed and swiftly picked taehyung up by his hips, pulling him onto his lap and wrapping his arms around his waist.

"is this enough attention for you?"

taehyung looked down, trying to cover his blush.

"y-yes."

"good." said jeongguk, continuing to watch the tv with taehyung on his lap.

~a week ago~

taehyung woke up at 4am in a cold sweat.

he'd woken up from a nightmare.

he shot up and looked around, realising it was all just in his head.

he sighed in relief and let a few tears escape his tired eyes, falling down his cheeks and onto the sheets.

he looked over and saw jeongguk fast asleep.

he argued with himself in his head before finally deciding to get up and walk over to him.

so, with shaky legs, he got out of his bed and walked over to jeongguk's bed, tapping him lightly.

the younger boy opened his eyes slowly and turned on the lamp on his bedside table to see taehyung with dried up tears on his face, shivering without his blankets.

jeongguk cooed at the sight and sat up, holding his arms out as a sign for taehyung to fall into them, which he did.

tae climbed into jeongguk's lap, holding him tightly by wrapping his arms around his torso.

"what happened taetae?"

"bad dream."

"awh, my poor baby. are you okay?" jeongguk asked, speaking softly almost like how a mother would speak to a toddler because it made the other boy feel safe.

growing up, taehyung's parents didn't tell bedtime stories, he didn't get tucked in, he didn't get comforted after his scary dreams, they wouldn't check for monters under his bed. so now that he was older, when it came to things like nightmares, he was still a little kid. they still scared him because he felt like no one would be there. when jeongguk found out about this, he told him "always come to ggukie when you have bad dreams because i'll make them all disappear". so, now jeongguk was his after-nightmare comfort.

the younger boy didn't mind being woken up at fuck-off-o'clock when it came to taehyung.

" 'm okay."

"do you wanna tell ggukie what happened?" he asked him.

"alone. no ggukie, no joonie, no jiminie, no jinnie, no hoseokie, no yoonie. was scary." taehyung attempted to explain.

"why was no one there taetae?"

"no one liked me anymore. they hated taetae." taehyung said, begining to cry again.

"no no, don't cry. listen, it was only a nightmare. you'll be fine. and no one hates you, we all love you. especially ggukie. okay?" jeongguk assured.

"yeah."

everything had been said so now they just sat there in eachother's arms.

however, when taehyung looked up into jeongguk's eyes, the atmosphere changed slightly.

their faces were merely a few inches apart as they stared into eachother's souls.

it could've been all in jeongguk's imagination but he swore that taehyung leaned in closer.

he took a second to admire the boy's face. his rosy cheeks, his long eyelashes, mismatching eyelids and his pink plump lips.

he wanted to kiss him.

so badly.

so he did.

he leaned closer and he kissed him.

on the forehead.

on the forehead like he usually did when taehyung was upset.

after that, jeongguk stood up with the boy's arms and legs still wrapped around him and layed him down on the bed before getting in next to him.

taehyung slept better than ever this time.

~back to the present~

everyone was at the vkook dorm, just hanging out as usual.

suddenly jeongguk came stomping in.

"TAEHYUNG!"

the other five boys sighed.

"god, not again." namjoon groaned.

"i thought i missed them like this but i'm starting to question it." hoseok said, not even looking up from his phone as he was texting someone.

"what did i do?!" taehyung yelled back.

"CONTROL YOUR DEMON!"

"I TOLD YOU, YEONTAN IS NOT A DEMON!"

"IT FUCKING BIT ME!"

"HE'S NOT AN "IT"! YEONTAN IS NOT A THING, HE'S A DOG!"

"SAME FUCKING THING!"

"TAKE THAT BACK!"

"NEVER!"

and with that, taehyung began to chase jeongguk around the dorm.

"COME BACK HERE YOU BITCH!"

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE! IT'S YOUR FAULT YEONTAN BIT ME, YOU WHORE!"

"I'M NOT A WHORE, YOU SLUT!"

"I'M NOT A SLUT, YOU HOE!"

"SHUT UP, YOU LOVE ME!"

"YEAH, I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU, SO WHAT?!"

taehyung stopped chasing and jeongguk stopped running.

he didn't say he loved me... he said he was "in love" with me. that's different, right? that's not the same thing, is it?

"you're in love with me?" taehyung asked.

seokjin and jimin looked at eachother with a knowing look.

"hey guys. we should go now!" seokjin said, pulling hoseok and namjoon out of the dorm, ignoring their questions and complaints.

"come on yoonie! let's go~" jimin said.

yoongi groaned, "i can't be bothered to get up~"

jimin sighed and pulled yoongi up by his collar, planting a kiss on his lips.

"if i told you that we were going back to my dorm, could you be bothered then?" jimin asked innocently.

"y-yeah..." yoongi said, still dazed, as he got dragged out of the room.

and then there were two.

taehyung and jeongguk.

"uh, i- what are you talking about?" jeongguk asked.

fuck.

"you said you were in love with me." taehyung stated.

"i-"

"are you?"

"well, of course i love you, you're my best friend-"

taehyung came closer to jeongguk and put his hands on his shoulders.

"no, jeongguk. are you in love with me? please tell me."

jeongguk sighed.

this is my chance. i might as well come clean because i know he won't let this shit go.

"yes! okay! yes, i'm fucking in love with you. there, i said it."

"i-"

"now you can reject me and use this as blackmail material against me for the rest of your life. i don't really care. i'm just tired of seeing you everyday knowing how i feel about you and knowing that you're literally oblivious to it. you're literally the most important person in my whole life and every time i look at you i think about how beautiful you are inside and outside and it takes all the strength i have in my body not to kiss you every time i see your face. are you happy now?!" jeongguk blurted out.

taehyung stared at him for a few seconds before breaking out into a huge smile.

"yes." he said.

"huh?" jeongguk asked, confused.

"yes, i'm happy now." taehyung said before wrapping his arms around the other boy's neck.

"what- i-"

"i'm in love with you too, idiot."

jeongguk's widened.

well... that was unexpected.

"hold me, dumbass." taehyung said.

as taehyung said that, the shock washed away and that's when the happiness really hit him. jeongguk did just what he asked, he wrapped his arms around the boy's waist and spun him around with the biggest smile on his face.

taehyung giggled as he felt his feet lift from the ground. once he was put back down, he looked up into the younger's eyes.

"should we like... kiss?"

"like... on the mouth?"

"yeah, i guess."

after hearing that, jeongguk immediately attatched his lips to the other boy's. taehyung kissed him back, their arms still around eachother. they both smiled into the kiss.

they each had the same exact thought.

finally.

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