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Taehyun knocked on the door to their personal music studio, hoping for a response. In a building this big, there's no telling where his hyung could be.

When a voice yelled 'Come in!', Taehyun's heart leapt with joy, recognising it as Beomgyu's.

Taehyun opened the door and stepped in the studio. Beomgyu was turned around in his chair, facing the door, causing them to make eye contact the second Taehyun stepped into the room. Taehyun grinned at Beomgyu. "Hi, hyung."

Beomgyu's face was pink as he squeaks out a tiny 'hi'. Taehyun chuckled in response and sat on the tiny sofa in room.

"Have you eaten lunch yet, hyung?"

Beomgyu shook his head with a meek smile. "Nope. Why?" Taehyun cheered mentally in his head. "Do you want to have lunch with me? In te cafeteria?"

Beomgyu nodded enthusiastically. "That would be nice." He said with a small smile on his face. Taehyun grinned giddily at the acceptance. He stood up and motioned to Beomgyu.

"Shall we go now?"

Beomgyu hummed in response as he quickly shut down the computer while Taehyun waited patiently behind him. Once done, Beomgyu turned around with a matching giddy grin on his face and red ears. He reached to link arms with Taehyun before stopping himself midway, remembering what he had done earlier and how Taehyun might have been uncomfortable and figured out that it was him.

Taehyun noticed the miniscule change in Beomgyu's expression and the arm withdrawing itself. He frowned before taking the initiative to link arms with Beomgyu. The older boy looked up in surprise at the action.

Taehyun only grinned in response.

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"Oh hyung, let me remove it for you."

The two were seated at Hybe's cafeteria, each with their own tray of food. Beomgyu had ordered a burger but the presence of his greatest enemy in a burger (tomatoes) slipped his mind. The lovestruck Kang Taehyun immediately noticed the change of expression on his crush's face when he spotted the tomatoes and swiftly sprung into action.

Beomgyu felt his face heat up as he watched Taehyun attentively pick out the tomatoes in Beomgyu's burger and placed them into his own salad.

"There. A tomato-free burger." Taehyun grins proudly at Beomgyu. "T-Thanks!" Beomgyu spluttered, feeling flustered.

He immediately busied himself with his burger in a poor attempt to hide his red face by keeping his head done. Across him, Taehyun grins widely at the amusing sight of Beomgyu's red ears.

They eat in silence till their food is completely devoured. Once Beomgyu had gobbled down his burger, he had finally controlled his blush and finally had the courage again to make eye contact with Taehyun.

Taehyun immediately chuckled when Beomgyu finally looked back up at him, with sauce on his lips. He reached out with his finger to wipe the sauce left on Beomgyu's lips.

"You have some sauce left on your lips, hyung." Taehyun says before licking the sauce off his thumb with a cat-like grin on his face.

Taehyun watches in amusement as Beomgyu's face explodes into a bright shade of red that could rival a tomato.

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haha hi... im back after a year 🫣

don't worry, I'll definitely be finishing this and i won't leave yall on a long cliffhanger again 😭😭 there aren't that many chapters left anyway so don't worry, our main couple is finally getting together very very soon 🙏🙏