A small yawn escaped Jeongguk's lips, his eyes fluttering open. The boy furrowed his brows, vision adjusting to the bright light peaking through his blinds. He blinked a couple of times as his mind scrambled to find its memories from yesterday. Jeongguk's hand reached up to rub his eyes but he was startled by a sudden deep voice.

"You awake, baby?" Taehyung called out, and Jeongguk looked up to see the boy warmly smiling at him, scrolling through his phone. It was then Jeongguk's memories of last night and the musical flooded back, his lips curled into a small smile. He nodded slowly.

"M'still sleepy," Jeongguk mumbled, snuggling into Taehyung's broad chest and felt the boy chuckle underneath him. "You're nice and warm." He let out a sigh, eyes drifting close again but Taehyung gently shook him.

"No, baby. You should wake up. It's already nine o'clock." He ushered, putting his phone down. Jeongguk let out a groan and only wrapped his arms tighter around the boy.

"I don't have any classes today," Jeongguk grumbled, inhaling Taehyung's scent which made always made him feel safe. "Just let me sleep."

Taehyung shook his head in disbelief, reaching out to brush some tufts of hair away from Jeongguk's face. Instead of saying anything, Taehyung proceeded to get up, sitting up but that only got him a groan from Jeongguk who forced him to lie back down, head still on his chest.

"N-no, stay." Jeongguk let out, eyes still closed. "Don't go."

Taehyung smiled, kissing Jeongguk's forehead. "We do this every time. Apparently, there's a theatre and music meeting about the musical later. You should keep yourself awake for that."

Jeongguk paused, opening his eyes again as his lips formed a small pout as if he was thinking. "When is it?"

"In about an hour, we really should go, baby."

Jeongguk paused once more, thinking really hard and Taehyung laughed at how hard he was thinking. Reluctantly, Jeongguk nodded into Taehyung's chest, slowly rolling off.

"Thank you." Taehyung chuckled, sitting up but not before leaning over to kiss the pout off Jeongguk's lips. "I need to go back to my dorm to change but I'll be back in five minutes. Is that okay?"

Jeongguk scrunched his fingers around the bedsheets, eyebrows furrowed but like before, he reluctantly nodded. "Be quick."

Chuckling again, Taehyung hummed in agreement and ruffled Jeongguk's brown locks before getting up from the bed. He walked over to the door, his hand resting on the door frame. "Whatever you do, don't fall back asleep!" He called out to the boy, seeing him nod once more before finally leaving.

Being the obedient person he was, Jeongguk yawned and threw the blanket over himself, closing his eyes. He was far too tired from yesterday with all his limbs sore all over from performing though he was very happy about the outcome.

A warm smile painted itself on Jeongguk's lips from the memories, words couldn't describe how thrilled he was from everything that had happened. Not only was his mind finally at peace after realising that he really wasn't over Taehyung, he was his again now. Jeongguk thought he couldn't get any luckier, he would've sworn that Taehyung was over him but he wasn't.

Fuck, he was so in love.

After a few minutes, Taehyung soon returned to see Jeongguk with his eyes closed again, the blanket covering his small frame. He let out a sigh in disbelief, walking over to the bed and shaking the boy. "I told you to stay awake." He muttered, caressing Jeongguk's puffy cheek but the boy laid still, not responding.

"I can see you smiling, baby. You're not fooling anyone." Taehyung smirked when Jeongguk let out a groan, squeezing his eyes shut tighter. "Come on, get up." He ushered, pressing a quick kiss to the boy's lips.

Begrudgingly, Jeongguk swallowed his pride and opened his eyes once more and the moment he did, his breath hitched, lips parted.

His eyes immediately landed to the patterned bandana that tied up Taehyung's curly locks, sweeping them back, a tuft of hair sticking out at the side. Sitting up from the bed, Jeongguk gazed at the black and white jungle-printed shirt that gloved Taehyung's broad shoulders, matching the patterns on his bandana, that and some black jeans.

Jeongguk almost forgot to blink while looking at his boyfriend, eyes big. Fuck, he was hot. Taehyung quirked his brow at him, poking the boy. "Jeongguk? You alright?"

Meanwhile, the boy couldn't stop staring, eyes mainly fixated on the bandana Taehyung wore, almost drooling. Taehyung seemed to notice that and chuckled, subconsciously adjusting the fabric.

"I tried something new, does it look bad?" He asked and Jeongguk nearly scoffed at that. Instead of saying anything, Jeongguk leapt from his bed and onto Taehyung but the boy was taken aback by the sudden action so his reflexes weren't as quick and-

"Baby, you need to stop jumping on me!" Taehyung groaned, lying on the floor with Jeongguk sitting on top of him, straddling him after they had toppled over. "You seriously could've gotten hurt-"

But before Taehyung could even finish his sentence, Jeongguk had leaned down and pressed their lips together, grabbing at Taehyung's shirt. Taehyung blinked for a few seconds before closing his eyes and kissing back, hands finding Jeongguk's petite waist where he massaged it softly.

After a bit, Taehyung jerked his head to the side to pull away, a slight smirk on his face. "So, I guess it doesn't look that bad. You seemed to like it a lot." He breathed out, laughing. Jeongguk rolled his eyes and nodded, hiding his head in the crevice of Taehyung's neck.

"You look like the lead singer in a rock band," Jeongguk mumbled, wrapping his arms around Taehyung's neck which made the boy laugh once more. "You- you suit it."

"Hm, do I?" He teased, sitting up with Jeongguk on his lap. Jeongguk blushed and whacked Taehyung in the chest, feeling Taehyung run his hands along his waist.

"Shut up. Don't get cocky now." Jeongguk snapped, pulling away to look at Taehyung with a pout, he reached over to adjust his bandana. Taehyung just laughed, kissing Jeongguk's pout away.

"Brush your teeth, your breath stinks. It'll help you be more awake." Taehyung grimaced, patting Jeongguk's thigh. Jeongguk scoffed but obliged, getting up from Taehyung's lap and walking into his bathroom where he brushed his teeth. Taehyung followed him, wrapping his arms around the boy's waist from behind and putting his chin on his shoulder, gazing at their reflection in a comfortable silence.

After all that, Jeongguk strolled over to his closet where he spent a few minutes picking out an outfit, eyes skimming through all of his clothes.

Jeongguk kept rambling to Taehyung, asking him what clothes would look good together to which Taehyung responded that he'd look good in anything. Jeongguk blushed at that, picking out some ripped jeans and a loose cotton shirt which was tucked into his pants.

Taehyung sat down the bed, hands pressed against the mattress as Jeongguk continued to ramble and look through his closet with his eyebrows knitted in concentration, a hand on his chin which Taehyung found adorable. He smiled at his boyfriend's antics.

Jeongguk's head rested on top of Taehyung's shoulder, the boy's hand on his waist as they sat in the theatre hall like they always used to while in class. "Fuck- I'm nervous." Jeongguk let out as the hall filled up with more and more students from music and theatre.

"Why's that?" Taehyung asked, massaging Jeongguk's waist to help calm his jitters. "You did pretty well in the performance, what is there for you to be afraid of?"

Jeongguk resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "I literally froze on stage when it came to the kiss scene. I could hear everyone mumbling when I did." He began with a pout which turned into a giggle when he felt the material of Taehyung's bandana drape down and brush against the back of his neck, almost tickling it.

"Yeah, but you managed to improvise which is very important in theatre, you did amazing." Taehyung smiled, moving the hanging fabric of his bandana to his chest, away from Jeongguk's neck. "Even if you said that you adored me in front of the whole theatre." He chuckled which dusted Jeongguk's puffy cheeks in a shade of red.

"Shut up, that was in the heat of the moment! I had a wholeass realisation that I still loved you during everything and my body just- moved on its own." Jeongguk blurted out, grabbing Taehyung's hand to lace their fingers together.

Taehyung turned his head to kiss Jeongguk's forehead through his bangs, his lips lingering there for a few more seconds than it should have. "I love you too, my baby." He whispered.

Warmth rose to Jeongguk's cheeks again, turning them red which prompted the boy to hide his face into Taehyung's hair. Taehyung sighed at that and pressed another kiss to Jeongguk's cheek, feeling a few stares from some of the other students from that.

Taehyung pulled away with wide eyes, gulping when he realised all the stares that were on them the whole time. Some students mumbled to the person next to them, presumably something about the couple. Taehyung's eyes widened.

Fuck. He nearly forgot about Jennie.

As promised, she was gone. She didn't turn up to any of her classes which confirmed Taehyung's beliefs that Jennie did indeed move back to Daegu. He didn't know whether or not he should be relieved about that.

Taehyung could hear about the some of the things that were spread about Jennie and about where she was, some about her 'pregnancy' and some about her relationship with Taehyung and he wasn't going to lie, a lot of students had quite an imagination.

"I heard they did a DNA test and that the baby wasn't even Taehyung's! Apparently, Jennie eloped with the real father."

"What, really? I thought it was Taehyung's, wasn't that why he broke up with Jeongguk? Ew, why would he take him back?"

"That's what I was thinking! I mean- they did have to kiss during the play and everything but what was Jeongguk thinking?"

Taehyung dug his nails into his palm after hearing those words, chewing the inside of his cheek but he tried to ignore them, ignore the disgusted glares and snickers in his direction because of everything that had happened. He should've been used to them by now.

Taking a deep breath, Taehyung gazed down at his feet as he caressed Jeongguk's waist to keep his mind off everything. Ignore them, just ignore them-

"How about you don't involve yourself in other people's relationships?" Jeongguk snapped at the group of students who were talking about Taehyung. "You literally have no idea about what happened so don't go around making empty assumptions or spreading false rumours." He scoffed, smirking when they immediately went silent.

Taehyung glanced over to Jeongguk who had an irritated expression on his face, eyes big. He continued. "And I don't appreciate you questioning my choices or making any rude remarks towards my boyfriend. You honestly don't know shit so will you kindly-" Jeongguk aggressively shot up his hand which held the middle finger, his brows furrowed in anger.

That managed to get the group of students to mind their own business, instead, they were whispering to themselves about the matter as well as Jeongguk's reaction but Jeongguk couldn't give half a shit about that. Taehyung was still shocked about the boy's sudden assertiveness but was snapped out of his thoughts when Jeongguk kissed his cheek.

"You okay, Taehyungie?" Jeongguk let out, features softening. "I- I'm sorry you had to hear that, you shouldn't have had to deal with that for all those weeks because of Jennie." He sighed as he grabbed Taehyung's other hand to massage the nail dents in his palm away, his hands gentle and soft.

Taehyung smiled at that but shook his head, waving his hand dismissively. "No, it's okay. I don't let it get to me most of the time."

However, Jeongguk didn't seem convinced, he pouted. "At least all of our friends know about everything. I'm happy they apologised for how they treated you." Taehyung nodded, a small smile on his face.

"I- I'm sorry too, Taehyungie. You literally broke up with me to protect me and my reputation, only t-to have me to properly break up with you because of my dumb fears." Jeongguk mumbled, fingers tracing over the creases of Taehyung's palm. Taehyung looked at Jeongguk with wide eyes.

"A-and I was so horrible to you as well. I- I'm no better then they are, I'm so sorry-"

"Hey, hey." Taehyung let out, voice soft. "It's okay, you didn't know about what was happening and it made sense for you not to be nice. After all, I did hurt you really badly when I was breaking up with you." He reassured, reaching out to caress Jeongguk's cheek with one hand. "Not to mention that you were confused, that's okay. Everyone gets confused once in a while and you needed some time too."

Jeongguk shook his head, continuing to brush his nimble fingers along Taehyung's creases. "You- you only had to be harsh because I wouldn't stop pestering you when you broke up with me. I'm really sorry about that." He frowned but Taehyung hushed him and kissed his forehead.

"Don't be. I'm sorry too. I should've tried to find another way around the problem and not be irresponsible and try to solve it myself." He sighed, his face dull. "I was just- scared of texting you that day because Jennie was constantly watching me."

Jeongguk looked up to meet Taehyung's gaze. "So that was an accident? When Jennie jumped on you and kissed you?"

Nodding, Taehyung brushed a few strands of hair away from Jeongguk's face. "That was the day she blackmailed me and everything. I was super shocked when she did that I didn't move. I would never want to kiss someone who isn't you, baby."

Jeongguk giggled and blushed, hitting Taehyung's chest in embarrassment before he leaned to press a quick kiss to Taehyung's lips. Meanwhile, he flipped off the same group of student from before who were watching them with raised eyebrows, not bothering to spare a glance at them.

"You don't have to be so harsh, baby." Taehyung smiled, taking Jeongguk's other hand into his. Jeongguk let out a sigh.

"It's just- it really makes me angry how they've been saying so many horrible things to you when they don't even know the full story." The boy complained, his small hands balling up into a fist but Taehyung squeezed it lightly.

"It's okay, their opinions don't matter-"

Taehyung was interrupted by Mr. Han suddenly bursting through the door, donning one of his usual blouses. He abruptly clapped his hands like he always did to steer everyone's attention to him.

"I see everyone is here." He muttered, eyes skimming the seats, smiling to himself when it seemed as though that everyone was here. "Right, so I'd like to start off by congratulating everyone for a job well done. The audience seemed to enjoy the musical we put together very much yesterday." Mr. Han grinned, looking at Jeongguk and Taehyung for a split-second.

"He totally looked at us," Jeongguk whispered to Taehyung who nodded, now holding Jeongguk's hand with their fingers laced together.

"I mean- the audience did go crazy during one of our scenes. If you know what I mean." Taehyung wriggled his eyebrows, and Jeongguk lightly slapped his arm from that comment.

"Gosh, you're making it sound like we had sex on stage. We just kissed, Taehyung." Jeongguk scoffed, tightening his grip on Taehyung's hand when he tried to move it away. He smiled at the gesture before that turned into a smirk.

Taehyung leaned in close to Jeongguk's ear, lips barely brushing the cusp of it. "It wouldn't have been the first time though." He whispered. Jeongguk immediately widened his eyes, his cheeks being painted in a pretty colour of red.

"We never speak of that ever again." Jeongguk quickly said, cheeks still as hot as an oven. "Never, ever, ever-"

"Okay, okay." Taehyung chuckled softly, gazing at their interlaced fingers, the sight bringing a smile to his face. "That never happened, we didn't do anything in here at all. Nope, I don't know what you're talking about-"

"Good." Jeongguk grinned, picking at the strings of his ripped jeans.

Meanwhile, the teacher continued to ramble on about everything else, thanking the actors, techies and the students from music for making the musical a real thing. The room erupted into a series of claps from that, some cheering, some whistling, Jeongguk giggled amongst the claps.

"Anyway, lovelies! You will soon be graded for your performance and efforts in the play but for now, you get to relax for a little bit." Mr. Han announced, a few of the students let out sighs of relief from that.

Soon enough, the students were free to leave after the teacher had wrapped up his congratulations. Jeongguk and Taehyung reached down to collect their things, walking down the stairs to leave the hall but before they could, Jeongguk was stopped by a sudden voice.

"Good improv during the play, Jeongguk." Mr. Han chuckled, smiling at the boy and then at Taehyung. "Have fun in music." He said before walking off. Jeongguk blinked for a few moments, so did Taehyung before he let out a series of laughs.

"What?" Jeongguk frowned and Taehyung shook his head.

"Nothing. He is right though. Good job on your improvisation. That kiss sure was something." Taehyung smirked which earned him a light shove from Jeongguk as they walked out of the hall and outside.

"You're lucky that I love you too much or else I would've thrown you away by now," Jeongguk grumbled, his frown growing bigger when Taehyung kissed his cheek softly.

"Hm, I love you too." Taehyung chuckled, ignoring Jeongguk's other statement after that as well as the weird stares he got from students he didn't know. They didn't matter.

Jeongguk paused in his tracks, staying there for a second. "You're unbelievable." He muttered. Taehyung raised a brow at that but before he could reply the boy abruptly turned around and grabbed his shirt to press their lips together.

Taehyung's eyes were big for a few moments before he closed them and hummed into the kiss, reaching his hands down to hold Jeongguk's waist as always. He didn't care that other students were watching, whispering behind their backs about whatever. He honestly couldn't give half a shit about their opinions about him or Jeongguk.

They didn't know a goddamn thing.

It was later that day the couple were in Jeongguk's dorm again. Jeongguk was seated on Taehyung's lap on the bed, eating a can of pringles as they watched a movie together. Legally Blonde.

"This movie isn't even that bad," Taehyung commented with wide eyes, taking a few pringles from the can. Jeongguk giggled, turning to the boy behind. "I told you! Isn't it great?"

Taehyung nodded in agreement, eyes fixated on the screen in Jeongguk's room. "Now I understand why you and Hoseok hype this movie up so much." He muttered, resting his chin on Jeongguk's shoulder.

"Speaking of that bitch, his theories are seriously getting out of control." Jeongguk began, Taehyung slightly chuckling at that comment. "It was only the other day he told me that we probably have a phobia that we don't know of yet and that's making me really paranoid." He grumbled, and Taehyung paused.