"Hey, erm, Pilseung?" 

Pilseung looked up from cleaning the dishes to see Taeyang playing with his fingers while leaning on the door. His eyes darted around, and once in a while, he would twirl a strand of hair absentmindedly. 

"What's up, Taeyang?" he asked while putting the final dish on the drying rack before drying his hands off. 

"Well... erm..." his face heated up. "A-About yesterday..." 

Yesterday? Wait, yesterday, the day he actually slept with his crush, at night for 8 hours straight--

Without thinking, Pilseung stammered, panic beginning to take over his gut, "W-Was it uncomfortable? Did I snore a lot?!" 

"No no no!" Taeyang immediately shut it down. "I-It was really nice how you did that for me... A-And I enjoyed it... B-But I need to ask you something, if that's okay." 

"S-Sure," Pilseung was bracing himself for rejection now. Taeyang seemed so nervous... Was it something he did?! 

Maybe it was the bullying. Maybe he had finally snapped and decided Pilseung was a coward. 

His grip grew tighter, but he still asked, "Taeyang?"

Taeyang's face grew redder, and he looked away before mumbling something.

"H-Huh?" he blinked. "What did you say?..." 

"A-Are... you straight?" Taeyang spoke up after a long while of silence. 

Pilseung actually stopped processing the moment he loaded that question. He knew that Taeyang probably reciprocated the feelings he had for him, but to be confronted with it so blatantly... He was really surprised. 

The Tobots watched from the sides idly, some bored, some interested, and some downright excited. 

Pilseung, on the other hand, could only blink in confusion. 

Huh?

Wha?

EHHHH?!

"EH!?" He yelped, eyes wide as he stared at Taeyang. 

Taeyang jumped too, wincing slightly, but he still managed to ask, "W-What's wrong?!"

"Y-You... Do you like me or something?" 

....

His mouth was his tiger indeed. 

Welp, it was out. He was officially doomed. 

Taeyang's mouth was now a perfect zero, eyes wide as his face turned all shades of red. 

They could only stare at each other. No words were exchanged. Not even Galaxy Weapon 6 could cut through the atmosphere. 

"Oh God, these kids..."  Speed finally groaned, making their heads snap over to the Tobots as they all sighed loudly. 

"You guys are two peas in a pod," Big Trail protested. "You guys deserve each other, really." 

"Yeah, so just accept it and confess already!" Air Pang impatiently demanded, ignoring the chastising look Ultra Commander was giving him. He was definitely getting a scolding later, but he was too frustrated with them. 

"Eh? EH? EHH?!!?!!" they said at the same time, and then proceeded to react in their own way.

Pilseung actually fell onto the couch, eyes wide and processing this information. 

Taeyang leaned on the wall, legs suddenly losing their strength. 

The only thought going through their minds?

H-He likes me?

( "Wow, so this is when Appa and Bochi confess!?"

"Yep, you're not wrong, Taepung." 

The child named Taepung had stars in his eyes, "That's so cute!" 

"Just don't tell any of your aunts and uncles though," a brunette male laughed while ruffling his son's hair, brown eyes as bright as they were in his childhood.

"We told them we got together when we were 13, and that's the story we would like to keep up," Taepung's other dad chuckled, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. 

"The can of worms that week would open up would be messy, and I, for one, would never want to tell them this story," the brunette shivered. 

"Never," the other agreed. 

Taepung could only look at his dads, confusion in his eyes. Wasn't lying bad? )

After a long bout of silence, Pilseung looked at the clock and chuckled nervously, "W-Well, would you look at the time! I-I should go and cook dinner then--" 

Before he could run off, Taeyang's hand grabbed his wrist, and he turned to meet the brown eyes of the person he had fallen in love with. 

"H-Hey, e-erm...." Taeyang's face was red, but he managed to get out, "I-If we like each other... m-maybe we can make it work?" 

Pilseung's eyes widened, "W-W-Wait... A-Are you saying...?" 

Taeyang nodded slowly. 

Pilseung's eyes met Taeyang's, and they stared into each other's eyes for a while before Pilseung gave a laugh. A purely happy laugh. 

He had found someone who loved him...

Wow, this was really... really liberating...

He felt... so free. 

"T-Thank you," he wiped away the tears streaking down his face. "I-I mean it." 

"N-No, t-thank you for helping me finally stand up to Jeon Ilra. Y-You're the reason I could do it after all," Taeyang finally let his own tears fall. "Y-You helped me realise... that it's okay to not be okay... S-So thank you... so so much... Pilseung. I-I love you."

No words were needed to trigger the tight embrace the two gave each other afterwards as they cried, letting out their repressed emotions at long last. 

That night, they slept together again, their hands still intertwined. 

tuanhmyy294 The confession we have all been waiting for, and Taeyang telling Pilseung that it's okay to not be okay. Also, Taepung cameo cause that kid is so sweet.