"What are you up to?", Taehyung asked as he sat next to Jeongguk on the sofa.

"Nothing much. Just repeating a little voice message that Hoseok sent me", Jeongguk said, trying his best not laugh or smile.

"Why is that?", Taehyung asked, now curious.

"It's not really a voice message. More like a video but it's all black so to me, it's a voice message. Listen to it yourself", Jeongguk said, putting the phone close to Taehyung.

"Alright", Taehyung agreed, pressing on the play button.

"-doesn't mean it's the end of the world. We can still have fun."

"It just doesn't feel the same without him."

"Oh, please. I bet you just wanna sit on his lap and kiss him til you're out of breath."

"Yeah, I'd like that but... even if he didn't leave schools, our friendship wouldn't be the same. He wants to start all over and become a better person for me while I'm over here frustrated because I can't wait for him to just take and claim me as his!! Like he can run me over with a truck and I'd still be grateful. I want him to hold me, kiss me, fuck me to the point I can't walk for months-"

"Woah there, buddy. No one here need to kn-"

"Wow, Tae. Didn't know you talked about me like that~", Jeongguk teased. Taehyung was a blushing mess.

"Shut up! I never said that. It's photoshopped!", Taehyung said as an excuse.

Jeongguk bursted out laughing.

"Really, Tae? Photoshopped? You do know that you can't photoshop voices, right? Pfft. Photoshop. I'll remember that always.", Jeongguk said, still laughing.

"Shit", Taehyung mumbled.

"How badly do you wanna be fucked by me that you had no shame saying such things out loud?", Jeongguk asked with a grin.

"JEON JEONGGUK!"

———

"Tomorrow, I will go check out the school's football team and see if they're worth competing with. If not, I will straight up laugh at them", Jeongguk said as he watched a movie with Taehyung's head leaning on his shoulder.

"That's mean", Taehyung said.

"Nah"

Taehyung then received a message from Bogum so he went to check it out.

"Who's that?", Jeongguk asked.

"Bogum", Taehyung replied casually as he texted back.

"What does he want now?", Jeongguk asked, rolling his eyes.

"He wants to meet up one of these days", Taehyung said, getting up from the sofa to go get a glass of water.

"Tell him you're busy that day", Jeongguk said a bit loud so Taehyung could hear him from the kitchen.

"He hasn't even told me the day. How would you know?", Taehyung said giggling.

"If it has to do with him, then you're always busy", Jeongguk said, heading towards the kitchen.

"What if I have nothing to do that day?", Taehyung asked, getting some ice for his glass of water.

"You aways have something to do which is spending time with me. Bogum isn't worthy of your time", Jeongguk said, leaning closer to Taehyung.

Taehyung put his glass of water on the kitchen counter, afraid it might fall since Jeongguk was getting way too close.

"Are you.. jealous?", Taehyung questioned backing away a bit.

"Perhaps I am", Jeongguk said. This time, just two inches away from Taehyung.

Taehyung didn't know what was gonna happen but he was actually excited.

'Is he going to kiss me?', he thought.

Just when their lips were about to touch, Jeongguk backed away and said, "Well you look at the time. I better go take a shower."

Jeongguk didn't have his watch on since he only wears it when he goes out like restaurants, amusement parks, special events, etc. He wasn't on his phone either. Just to make sure, Taehyung looked around the kitchen to see if there was any type of clock around but there was none.

'What the fuck?!'

"How- I- What?", Taehyung started saying all confused, trying to process what just happened.

"What? Did you think I was gonna... kiss you?", Jeongguk asked while smirking.

"I- Of course not!", Taehyung lied.

"Go shower! It's late", Taehyung said all flustered, leaving the kitchen.

"Come back here", Jeongguk told him but Taehyung wouldn't listen. He caught up to him, turned him around and gave him a peck on the nose.

"Happy?", Jeongguk asked, chuckling.

"Go take a shower, you pig. Don't talk to me", Taehyung said, covering his red face.

"Oh, come on. Why are you mad? Take your hands off your face", Jeongguk said.

"What are you still doing here? Take a shower!", Taehyung said, pushing Jeongguk away.

"Alright, fine. Just one more thing", Jeongguk said.

"Which is?", Taehyung questioned, taking his hands off his face.

"Wanna shower with me?", Jeongguk asked, wanting to see Taehyung's reaction.

Taehyung went to the sofa, grabbed a pillow/cushion and threw it at Jeongguk.

"NO!"

———

"Are you still mad? I was just messing with you", Jeongguk said, hugging Taehyung.

"I wasn't mad. I was just-"

"Disappointed?", Jeongguk interrupted.

"Shut up"

"Awe. You're so cute", Jeongguk said, kissing Taehyung's head.

"I told you to shut up"

...

"I Love You", Jeongguk confessed.

"What?", Taehyung questioned, looking up at Jeongguk.

"I feel like ever since I met you, I've been living the best dream of my life. I was just being ignorant all this time. I don't know what we are anymore. We're not best friends but we're not just friends either. We like each other but at the same time, our feelings are more than that. We have a unique relationship, that's for sure. When I'm ready to ask you out, I hope you'll still love me the way you do now and that you don't fall out of love. Maybe not now or in a few days but mark my words when I say we'll be official at some point in our lives. I Love You, Kim Taehyung. Do me a favor and remember that always", Jeongguk said smiling.

Taehyung was crying.

"You can't just say that out of nowhere. Now I'm crying out of happiness", Taehyung said, snuggling on Jeongguk's chest.

"At least you're crying for good reasons. Still,.. don't cry", Jeongguk said, making Taehyung look up so he can wipe his tears away.

"Let's go to sleep, okay?", Jeongguk suggested.

"Yeah..", Taehyung agreed.

When Jeongguk was about to enter his room, Taehyung called out his name.

"Jeongguk"

"What's up?", Jeongguk asked, turning around.

"I Love You, too"

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