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The loud music and many conversations mix together to reach a head-splitting decibel for the man sitting at the bar, downing his fifth cocktail. He groans and holds his head in his hands as it rings and everything spins. “I just want a good fuck.” He slurs and taps his empty glass on the black walnut bar.

“Me too.”

The man sitting at the bar spins around with surprise when he hears a deep voice answer him. His eyes widen with awe when he sees a stunning man who fits all of his wettest dreams.

“Talking to me?” He asks and squints to get a better look at the gorgeous man.

“I am.” The man drunkenly chuckles and leans forward. “I’m in luck. I’m in desperate need of a good fuck.” He grins and lifts a hotel keycard. 

“Fucking finally.” 

The stunning man with the deep voice reaches out and grabs the man at the bar’s hand. He swiftly pulls the man out of the stool and leads him to the elevator. Both men are too drunk to care about anything else except fucking.

Once they are inside the hotel room, the larger man shoves the man from the bar onto the bed and straddles him. Without saying a word, the two men quickly take their clothes off. The larger man swiftly flips the smaller man beneath him and lifts his hips up.

Seeing that the smaller man has already prepped, he presses in and moans with relief. The smaller man cries out with pleasure and grips the sheets as the larger man drills into him. Their minds are too foggy to make rational decisions, but they both know this is what they came to the bar for. 

“Faster! Please! God!” The smaller man cries out with pleasure as he thrusts his hips at the same pace as the man fucking him. “Oh god!” He whimpers and suddenly cums. He whines with pleasure when the large man on top of him does not slow his pace. “Fuck. This is what I needed.” He whispers and grits his teeth as he milks everything the stranger can give him.

“Fuck.” The larger man grunts and tightens his grip on the smaller man’s hips. He throws his head back and slams his dick into the smaller man over and over again.

“Again. Hingh. Ungh.” The smaller man pants and whimpers as he cums a second time.

The night continues on until both men collapse from exhaustion. By the time the smaller man wakes up, the spot next to him on the bed is empty. He groans in pain and slowly sits up. When he looks at the nightstand, he sees a note telling him that the room is paid for for the entire day.

With a quiet sigh, he lies down on the pillows and looks up at the ceiling. “Must be rich.” He mumbles as he looks around the expensive hotel suite. “That was insane. What was I thinking?” He rolls over and buries his face in the pillow. “Kim Taehyung! You’re insane! With a complete stranger!” He screams into the pillow with horror.

After panicking, he gets out of bed and limps to the bathroom. Feeling the dried cum on his thighs and abdomen, he grimaces and quickly turns the bath on. When he looks in the bathroom mirror, he sees how exhausted he looks after the exhilarating night.

Once he has showered and dressed, he quickly leaves the hotel. When he gets to his apartment, he lets the events of the night sink in. “Why do I want to do that again?” He whispers as he sinks onto his couch. “I’m insane.” He grabs his hair in horror.

To his surprise, Taehyung finds himself back at the bar the next Saturday night. He sighs as he swirls the drink in his glass. “What am I even doing here?” He mutters to himself with a small frown.

“I’ll order a whiskey and another one of those for him.”

“I don’t … oh.” Taehyung pauses when he sees the man sitting next to him. “You’re here.”

“I am.” The man hums and looks at him.

The two men continue to look at each other quietly until their drinks are placed in front of them. “Thank you.” Taehyung hums as he enjoys the drink the stranger bought for him. 

While Taehyung enjoys his drink, a man sits on his other side. Taehyung pays him no mind as he thinks about the direction his night is going to go with the man from the previous weekend. His thoughts are interrupted when the newcomer suddenly places his hand on his thigh.

“Let go.” Taehyung hums and turns to look at the newcomer.

“Wanna fuck? I’ll get you a drink.” The newcomer grins and eyes Taehyung up and down.

“No. I already have someone for the night.” Taehyung motions to the man to his right. “He beat you to it.” He grins and twirls his drink. “Better luck next time.” 

“Let’s go.” The man from the previous weekend hums and stands up, motioning for Taehyung to follow him.

With a wink at the other man, Taehyung follows the man to the elevator. Once they are in the elevator, the man wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist and pulls him flush against his body. “Jeon Jungkook.” He mutters and looks into Taehyung’s eyes.

“Nice to meet you.” Taehyung hums as he smiles up at the gorgeous man.

“From now on, every Saturday night, let’s fuck.” Jungkook murmurs and brushes his nose against Taehyung’s neck.

“Okay.” Taehyung moans and arches his neck, giving Jungkook access to his throat.

“How often do you fuck?” Jungkook asks as he nips Taehyung’s Adam’s apple.

“Only Saturday nights.” Taehyung breathlessly hums and grips Jungkook’s black silk shirt.

“Then, only let me fuck you. I don’t share.” Jungkook mutters and grips Taehyung’s ass.

“I only just met you.” Taehyung chuckles and flicks his finger under Jungkook’s chin.

“And?” Jungkook looks into Taehyung’s eyes as he takes in Taehyung’s beauty.

“Then, you better keep this in your pants unless you’re with me. You don’t get to keep my ass to yourself and shove your dick into other holes.” Taehyung whispers and nips at Jungkook’s jaw as he grabs the bulge in Jungkook’s pants.

“Deal.” Jungkook smirks and pulls Taehyung out of the elevator.

Jungkook quickly pushes Taehyung into the hotel room and shoves him against the wall. Taehyung moans when Jungkook’s thigh presses between his legs and grinds against his groin. A gasp fills the room when Jungkook suddenly lifts Taehyung and presses him against the wall. With ease, Jungkook lowers Taehyung’s pants and presses into him.

“Did you come here looking for me?” Jungkook asks as he fucks Taehyung against the wall.

“Yes.” Taehyung pants out and cums.

“Good.” Jungkook grins and carries Taehyung to the bed.

Taehyung readily flips over and lifts his ass into the air. He moans with pleasure when Jungkook thrusts into him and relentlessly pounds him into the bed. When Jungkook suddenly spanks his ass, Taehyung cries out with pleasure and cums a second time. Seeing Taehyung’s reaction, Jungkook hums with satisfaction and spanks him again.

“What’s your name, Pretty?” Jungkook asks as he bends over and bites into Taehyung’s lower back.

“Taehyung. Kim Taehyung.” Taehyung whimpers and turns to look at Jungkook.

“Pretty.” Jungkook hums and roughly grips Taehyung’s hips, drilling into him. “You’re pretty sloppy. Look at you. Drooling and cumming so easily.” He chuckles and tangles his fingers in Taehyung’s messy hair, yanking his head back. 

“Oh god.” Taehyung chokes out as he is forced to look into Jungkook’s eyes.

“So fucking pretty.” Jungkook grins and tightens his grip on Taehyung’s hair. 

Once Jungkook has filled Taehyung twice, he gets up and gets dressed. Taehyung watches through blurry vision as Jungkook zips his pants and buttons his shirt. I can get used to this. Taehyung hums and falls asleep when Jungkook walks out of the room.

When Taehyung wakes up, he groans in pain and tries to sit up. “Fuck. He was rougher than last time.” He mutters and looks up at the ceiling. At least he leaves instead of kicking me out. That would be embarrassing as fuck.

After spending Sunday recovering from Saturday night, Taehyung walks into his classroom. Teacher Taehyung is a large contrast from wild Taehyung at the bar. Teacher Taehyung is soft and pretty, while wild Taehyung is dressed sultrily and seductively. Teacher Taehyung wears large, soft sweaters, while wild Taehyung wears revealing, clinging clothing.

The students all grow quiet and turn their attention to their adorably soft teacher. “I hope you all completed your reading for today.” Taehyung smiles as he faces his students. 

Taehyung knows that world history is not exactly the most exhilarating subject, so he always does his best to keep his students engaged. To him, world history is beyond fascinating, but to his students, it is a class filled with irrelevant stories.

While Taehyung teaches, several of his students doze off while others doodle on their notepads. He chuckles when one student snores and falls off his desk. “If only I could nap right now.” He laughs, causing several of his students to snicker as well. Picking up a meter stick, Taehyung walks over to the snoring student’s desk. The other students all grow quiet and watch with bubbling excitement.

Taehyung slaps his meter stick on the desk, causing the student to sit up and look at him with shock. “If you can recite the rulers of Joseon in order,  I won’t send you to detention.” He hums and smiles at his student.

“His smile is always so unnerving. It’s sweet but scary.” A student whispers to her friend as they watch the scene.

“Uhm Sejong-”

“Wrong.” Taehyung hums and walks away from the desk. “Come see me after class.” He smiles and continues the lesson. 

The students all snicker when their classmate melts into his desk with horror. “But I have baseball practice.”

“And?” Taehyung looks up from his book and cocks his brow.

“I can’t miss it.” The student tries to argue.

“Then you shouldn’t have snored. At least sleep quietly like her.” Taehyung chuckles and points to the student sleeping in the back of the classroom. The classroom instantly fills with snickers and giggles.

Once the class is over, Taehyung goes to the teachers’ office and sits at his desk. He sighs with exhaustion and looks at the mountain of work.

“TaeTae!” A very energetic man runs into the office.

“Hey, Jimin-ah.” Taehyung smiles when his friend runs over to him.

“What did you do this weekend?” Jimin asks as he sits on Taehyung’s desk.

“Nothing much. I rested.” Taehyung hums, hiding his little weekend adventures.

“Are you coming over for dinner tonight? Jisung has been asking about you nonstop. My little brother likes you better than he likes me.” Jimin huffs and fiddles with the stacks of papers on Taehyung’s desk.

“Sure.” Taehyung chuckles and smiles up at his friend.

“Good. Because I already know what you’d be eating for dinner. You’d eat a bag of chips and drink like three cans of soda.” Jimin scowls and smacks his friend’s head.

“Rude.” Taehyung huffs and glares at his best friend. “I would eat something healthy.”

“Like what?” Jimin laughs as he shakes his head and gets off the desk. “You literally eat like a sixteen-year-old gamer.”

“I do not.” Taehyung whines and continues to glare at his best friend.

“You know you do, so stop arguing with me.” Jimin chuckles and ruffles his pouting friend’s hair. “I gotta go. Behave.” He softly laughs and walks off.

“Rude,” Taehyung grumbles and crosses his arms with a pout on his face.

That evening, when Taehyung arrives at Jimin’s place, Jimin’s little brother eagerly opens the door. “Hyung!”

“Hey.” Taehyung smiles and ruffles Jisung’s hair. 

“When are you going to stop doing that?” Jisung whines as he tries to fix his messy hair. “I’m not a little kid. I’m in college.”

“Still a little kid.” Taehyung chuckles and takes his shoes off. 

“Why are you all stiff?” Jisung asks when Taehyung slowly stands back up.

“I’m old.” Taehyung huffs and walks past the younger man.

“You’re not that old, Hyung.” Jisung laughs and follows Taehyung.

“Jimin! Get your bratty little brother to stop bugging me.” Taehyung whines as he walks over to his friend.

“Not happening.” Jimin laughs and places the food he made on the counter. “I did my best.”

“Is this something your old ass boyfriend taught you to make?” Taehyung asks as he sniffs the food.

“He’s not old!” Jimin smacks Taehyung on the back of the head and scowls at him. 

“Sure.” Taehyung snickers and sits down. “It smells delicious.”

“Hyung really has you here so that you can taste it before he makes it for the old man.” Jisung laughs while Jimin scowls at him.

“For the last time! He’s not old!” Jimin shouts and throws a spoon at his younger brother.

“He’s literally thirty-six.” Taehyung scoffs and quickly digs into the food.

“And?” Jimin grumbles as he glares at his best friend and little brother.

“You’re twenty-five.” Taehyung points out as he blows on the steaming stew.

“He’s perfect.” Jimin hums and dreamily smiles while thinking about the man he loves.

“He’s the father of one of your students.” Taehyung deadpans before taking a bite. “Oh! It’s actually good!” He gasps with shock and quickly scoops up another bite.

“He’s her uncle! Not her father!” Jimin corrects his friend and then smiles at the compliment about the food. “I’m glad you like it.” He hums and scoops up a bite of the food.

“Still old.”

“Kim Taehyung!”

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Every weekend, Taehyung finds himself bouncing on Jungkook’s dick. Every Saturday, Taehyung’s senses are overloaded with pleasure. This Saturday is no different.

The hotel room is filled with sweaty, cum-covered, hickey-littered bodies. Taehyung’s little pants and whines are swimming through the thick, suffocating air. “More. More. Fuck. More. Fuck me. More. Please. More. Give me more.” He sloppily bounces on Jungkook’s dick, begging for more. 

He sobs with pleasure as Jungkook roughly grabs his wrists and slams them against the headboard. “Go-hingh-d.” Taehyung chokes out as Jungkook fucks him raw.

“So pretty.” Jungkook growls and wraps his hand around Taehyung’s throat.

Taehyung gasps as he struggles against the tight hold the large man has on his wrists. Tears prick his eyes as pleasure overwhelms him.

“So fucking pretty. So sloppy. Such a filthy mess.” Jungkook sneers as he increases the pressure around Taehyung’s throat.

Taehyung’s eyes roll to the back of his head, and a high-pitched whine fills the thick air as he cums all over his soiled and marked stomach.

“Such a good little Princess.” Jungkook’s voice is low as he leans forward and bites Taehyung’s ear, releasing the trembling man’s throat.

Taehyung gasps for air as he looks up at Jungkook with teary eyes, his used body trembling with exhaustion and overwhelming pleasure. Jungkook’s deep chuckle fills the room as he watches Taehyung tremble uncontrollably.

“I haven’t even cum yet, but you’ve cum four times already. Aren’t you a greedy little thing? Hm, Princess?” Jungkook grins as he flicks the tip of Taehyung’s limp dick, causing Taehyung to yelp and flinch.

“S-sorry.” Taehyung whimpers as he looks up at Jungkook with big, teary eyes.

“Don’t apologize, Princess. You and I both know that no matter how many times you cum, I can make you cum again.” Jungkook chuckles and releases Taehyung’s throbbing wrists. “On all fours.”

Taehyung nods as he weakly tries to turn over. Jungkook watches with satisfaction as Taehyung’s body shakes with each movement.

When Taehyung’s ass is facing him, Jungkook spanks it before biting. Taehyung cries out with pleasure as his face falls into the pillow.

“Ass up.” Jungkook growls and spanks Taehyung’s red ass cheek.

“Y-yes.” Taehyung nods and weakly lifts himself up.

Jungkook softly hums and presses his hand on the small of Taehyung’s back, causing him to arch beautifully. “Such a pretty Princess.” He praises and spanks Taehyung again. “You’re so pretty and submissive today.”

“I wouldn’t be if you weren’t fucking me well enough.” Taehyung hums and turns his head to look at Jungkook with a grin.

“There it is. There’s that feisty attitude.” Jungkook chuckles as he roughly grips Taehyung’s face. “I guess I haven’t fucked you enough.” He grins and shoves Taehyung’s face into the pillow. Without warning, Jungkook thrusts into Taehyung, earning a pleasured yelp from the man beneath him.

Taehyung cries into the pillow as his raw dick is roughly rubbed against the crumpled, filthy sheets beneath him. He sobs as he is violently fucked to his next orgasm. “That’s better.” Jungkook chuckles when he hears Taehyung’s cries. 

Instead of letting Taehyung cum, Jungkook reaches over and grips the base of Taehyung’s erect dick. “Don’t.” Taehyung hisses before biting Jungkook’s arm.

“Feisty.” Jungkook chuckles and spanks Taehyung’s ass. When he looks at the bite mark on his arm, Jungkook’s chuckle deepens, and he roughly grabs Taehyung’s hair. Taehyung yelps when Jungkook yanks his head back and forces him to bend backwards and look at him. “Filthy, feisty, and perfect.” Jungkook hums as he looks into Taehyung’s blissed-out gaze.

Once Jungkook is satisfied, he drops Taehyung onto the bed, roughly grabs Taehyung’s hips, and presses him into the bed, filling him with cum. Jungkook groans with pleasure as he cums. A soft moan fills the room when Taehyung cums with Jungkook.

When Jungkook pulls out, he watches his cum dribble out of Taehyung’s twitching hole. He chuckles and slaps Taehyung’s ass before standing up. Taehyung weakly watches as Jungkook walks to the bathroom and showers.

“Fuck.” Taehyung weakly hisses as he tries to roll over. Too weak to move, Taehyung gives up and buries his face in the pillow.

“Need help?” Jungkook asks with amusement when he sees Taehyung still in the same position after he finishes showering.

“I can do it myself.” Taehyung hisses and squeezes the pillow in his arms.

“If you say so.” Jungkook chuckles and gets dressed.

When Taehyung hears the door open and close, he sighs and turns his head to look at the door. “Asshole knows he’s fucking good.” He grumbles and slowly tries to get up. “Well, he is good, so I can’t really curse him.” He huffs and finally rolls over.

As Taehyung stares at the ceiling, he recovers from the wild night. “Why’s he so verbal?” He chuckles as he remembers everything Jungkook said. Goodness. I wonder what he’s … no. Don’t go there. He quickly closes his eyes and wills himself to sleep.

After a few weeks, Taehyung and Jungkook exchanged numbers. One weekend, Taehyung finds himself beyond busy with work, so he texts Jungkook to let him know. To his surprise, Jungkook offers to have sex at Taehyung’s apartment.

“I definitely need to blow off some steam, and not having to go to the bar won’t waste as much time,” Taehyung mutters to himself as he contemplates letting Jungkook come over. “He’ll just fuck and then leave.” He hums and looks around his messy apartment. “But I still have to clean.” He grumbles and falls onto his bed. “Fine. I really need to de-stress.” He quickly texts Jungkook his address and then speed cleans his disgustingly messy apartment.

Once his apartment is presentable, Taehyung hops into the shower. Because he knows he will end up naked anyway, he only puts on an oversized shirt. Right as he finishes changing the bedsheets, there is a knock on his door. When he opens the door, Taehyung is suddenly pushed inside by Jungkook. He giggles when he is suddenly picked up and carried to the bedroom.

“Only having one ass to fuck is quite troublesome,” Jungkook mutters as he drops Taehyung onto the bed. 

“Not my problem.” Taehyung laughs and spreads his legs open.

“Always prepped and ready is why I don’t mind.” Jungkook chuckles and presses into Taehyung. “Fuck.” He groans and bottoms out.

Taehyung places his legs on Jungkook’s shoulders and lets him do whatever he wants. When Jungkook controls everything, Taehyung does not have to think about anything and only enjoys the pleasure Jungkook fills him with; however, with Jungkook in his apartment, his mind starts to wander.

I wonder what kind of lover he is. Taehyung’s mind drifts as Jungkook’s hands dig into his body. “You’re not married, right?” He suddenly asks.

“No. Don’t worry.” Jungkook grunts and angles his dick to slam against Taehyung’s prostate.

“Good.” Taehyung moans and arches off the bed. “I don’t do affairs.” He groans and rolls his hips.

Without a word, Jungkook flips Taehyung onto his stomach and roughly fucks into him. Taehyung gasps with surprise and tries to get up, but Jungkook slams his head into the pillow and growls. Taehyung whimpers as he fights to breathe.

“Stop moving.” Jungkook growls and slaps Taehyung’s ass. Taehyung yelps and hugs his pillow as he is roughly fucked into the bed. 

Each thrust is rough and filled with frustration. Taehyung trembles and lets go of all inhibitions, letting Jungkook do whatever he wants to him.

By the time Jungkook is done, Taehyung is exhausted. He can tell that something happened to Jungkook during the week because he was less affectionate and quieter than usual.

Without a word, Jungkook gets dressed and leaves the apartment. Taehyung stares at his front door and wonders what it would be like if Jungkook stayed. No. You can’t have those thoughts. We’re fuck buddies without the buddy. All we do is fuck. Don’t think about anything else. He closes his eyes and rolls over.

The next morning, Taehyung wakes up to a knock on his door. He groans in pain and sits up, wondering who would be knocking at his door. He quickly grabs a pair of boxers and a t-shirt and goes to the door. When he opens the door, he is surprised to see Jimin standing there with a worried frown.

“Why haven’t you answered my calls?” Jimin asks as he looks at his friend with worry.

“I think my phone is dead,” Taehyung mutters and awkwardly scratches the back of his head.

“Why are you looking at me like a kid who got caught doing something bad?” Jimin squints his eyes as he examines his friend.

“Because I didn’t answer your calls?” Taehyung looks at Jimin with big, innocent eyes.

“Aish. Move aside. I know I need to clean your crappy apartment.” Jimin grumbles and shoves past Taehyung, only to be surprised by how clean his messy friend’s apartment is. “Woah. Did you clean?”

“Yeah.” Taehyung hums and shuts the door. 

“I’m surprised,” Jimin mutters and looks around, looking for anything suspicious.

“Want breakfast?” Taehyung asks as he slowly walks to the kitchen.

“Are you hurt?” Jimin looks at his friends with worry when he sees him limping.

“Hurt? Oh yeah. I fell off the bed last night.” Taehyung chuckles, trying to hide his Saturday night excursions.

“You’ve always been hella clumsy.” Jimin sighs and shakes his head as he sits on the couch.

“I’m going to try to keep my apartment cleaner from now on,” Taehyung mutters as he fixes instant coffee for his friend.

“That’s surprising, but I’m glad.” Jimin hums and watches his friend. Something is going on. He seems happy? I can’t tell.  

“Here.” Taehyung hands his friend a mug of coffee and sits next to him on the couch. 

“Your bedroom is still a mess.” Jimin chuckles when he looks into Taehyung’s room.

“Yeah.” Taehyung hums and leans his head back on the couch. I wonder what he does. No! Dear god. Stop thinking about him. Fuck.

“Oh. Did you hear? YNM Entertainment’s CEO turned down a marriage proposal this morning. I heard that the CEO of Baek Entertainment proposed to him in public, and he turned her down. He’s cold as hell.” Jimin shoves his phone into Taehyung’s face.

“You know that I don’t care about celebrity goss … ip …” Taehyung stares at the face of the CEO of YNM entertainment. 

“She was fuming but had to keep a calm facade, and he was clearly annoyed.” Jimin hums and watches Taehyung zoom in on the CEO’s face.

“This is the CEO of YNM?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jimin with shock.

“Yep.” Jimin nods and takes his phone from Taehyung.

“Isn’t that like one of the big ones?” Taehyung grabs onto his friend as his mind fills with horror.

“The biggest one. It was a struggling company until he bought it.” Jimin chuckles when he sees his friend’s big eyes. “What? Is he your type?” He snickers and pokes Taehyung’s cheek. “Don’t worry. It’s not like you’ll ever run into him or anything.”

Really?! HOW ABOUT LETTING HIM FUCK ME LIKE SEX CRAZED MANIACS EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS?! Taehyung screams and curls up into a ball.

“Are you mortified that you finally have a celebrity crush when you swore you never would?” Jimin grins and wiggles his eyebrows with excitement. “You should follow him on social media.” He suggests and goes to Taehyung’s room to find his phone.

When Jimin returns with Taehyung’s phone, he opens his social media app. “NO!” Taehyung shrieks and grabs his phone. “Absolutely not! Never!”

“Dramatic.” Jimin laughs and shakes his head. “Having a celebrity crush isn’t bad.” He tries to take the phone back. When he successfully takes the phone from Taehyung, he runs into the bathroom and locks the door. “Don’t worry! I’ll make an anonymous account for you!” Jimin snickers and creates an account while Taehyung shrieks and bangs on the door. He quickly finds a picture of Taehyung and zooms in on his eye, making a beautiful profile picture. Once he has made the account, he follows the CEO.

When Jimin opens the door, Taehyung tackles him like a crazed animal. He quickly snatches his phone and shrieks with horror.

“Trust me. No one will know it’s you.” Jimin laughs and watches as his friend stares at his phone in shock.

“Y-you like ALL of his posts?!” Taehyung shrieks like a rabid animal and tackles his friend. “You devil! HOW COULD YOU?!” He screams and bites Jimin’s shoulder.

“This is too funny!” Jimin laughs so hard that tears form in his eyes.

When Taehyung’s phone dings, he sees that he has received a message from Jungkook. He gulps and shakily picks up his phone. “JIMIN! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!” He wails when he sees Jungkook’s message. Jungkook sent him a screenshot of the supposedly anonymous account and asked if it was his account.

“What?” Jimin snickers and glances at Taehyung’s phone. “Eh?”

“I’m going to kill you.” Taehyung seethes and tackles Jimin again.

“I have no idea what’s going on.” Jimin laughs as Taehyung tickles him.

“You’re a devil.” Taehyung groans and falls on top of Jimin.

“Get off me.” Jimin grunts and tries to shove Taehyung off.

“No. Let me die here in peace.” Taehyung mumbles and then screams with horror.

“Oh! Yoongi hyung is calling me!” Jimin chirps with excitement and sits up. “Bye!” He runs out of the apartment, leaving Taehyung to wallow in misery.

When his phone rings, Taehyung jumps and stares at Jungkook’s name. He shakily reaches out and picks up his phone. “Hello?” He quietly mumbles into the phone.

“Is that you?” Jungkook asks as he looks at the account.

“No. My friend made the account.” Taehyung mutters and curls up on the floor. “I didn’t know who you were until my friend showed me a picture of you today.” He sighs and closes his eyes.

“That’s fine. I was just curious.” Jungkook hums and leans back in his office chair.

“Why did you think it was me?” Taehyung asks and nervously picks at his nails.

“It’s your eye,” Jungkook responds and turns his chair to look out at the city beneath him.

“Oh.” Taehyung hums and looks at his little apartment. “Sorry if it bothered you. I’ll delete the account.”

“It’s fine. I don’t mind. I’m not bothered.” Jungkook mutters before ending the call.

“Wow,” Taehyung mutters and scrolls through Jungkook’s account. There’s not any pictures of the woman. Is he gay, or does he like women and men?

After going through Jungkook’s account, Taehyung gets up from the floor and goes to his room. “It’s a relief Jimin didn’t look at my bed.” He grimaces when he sees his dirty sheets. I need to shower. Ugh.  

When he is in the shower, Taehyung leans against the wall and wonders why Jungkook called him about the account. He quietly sighs and grabs his shampoo bottle as his thoughts swirl in his mind. Oof. It’s useless thinking about it. I’m just his fuck buddy. He quickly finishes showering and gets out. As he dries off, his phone goes off. He is surprised when he sees a message from Jungkook asking if he can go over in the evening.

“I don’t see why not,” Taehyung mutters as he responds, letting Jungkook know he can go over. I’m sure that being proposed to and having to turn it down in front of cameras must be exhausting and frustrating. I can’t imagine the pressure he lives under.

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For the rest of the day, Taehyung finishes up his work. Once he has finished everything, he contemplates looking Jungkook up online but decides against it. If he doesn’t want to tell me, who am I to snoop online? That’d be pretty fucked up.

When there is a knock on the door, Taehyung gets up from his desk and goes to the door. The moment he opens the door, he is swept off his feet. He softly gasps and wraps his legs around Jungkook’s torso.

No words are exchanged as Jungkook carries Taehyung to the bedroom. Taehyung gasps when he is dropped on the bed and pinned down. When he looks into Jungkook’s usually emotionless eyes, he sees swirling emotions trying to drown the man. 

Jungkook suddenly flips Taehyung onto his stomach and rips his shorts off. Taehyung braces himself when he hears Jungkook quickly unzip his pants and drop them to the floor. A sharp gasp fills the room when Jungkook roughly enters him and fucks him without pausing to let him adjust. 

Taehyung cries out and bites into the sheets as his back burns in pain. Jungkook’s thrusts are rough and animalistic as he chases his high, using Taehyung for relief. Taehyung whimpers when Jungkook digs his fingernails into his hips. 

When Taehyung tries to turn his head to look at Jungkook, Jungkook roughly presses his face into the bed and continues his hammering pace. Taehyung cries into the bed and cums when Jungkook roughly spanks him multiple times. 

After cumming in Taehyung, Jungkook flips him over and grips his jaw. He roughly pushes his thumb between Taehyung’s plump lips and looks into his teary eyes. Knowing what Jungkook wants, Taehyung opens his mouth and nods. Without hesitation, Jungkook slams his dick down Taehyung’s throat, causing him to choke and for tears to stream down his face.

Taehyung chokes and gags as Jungkook’s dick roughly thrusts down his throat. He grabs Jungkook’s thighs, desperately trying to anchor himself. When Jungkook cums down his throat, Taehyung chokes and coughs. He desperately gasps for air when Jungkook finally pulls his dick out of his mouth. 

Before Taehyung can recover, Jungkook flips him on his stomach and thrusts into him again. Taehyung claws at his bed as his mind grows foggy and darkens. Tonight is going to be a long night.

After fucking relentlessly using Taehyung’s body, Jungkook gets off the bed and gets dressed. As he gets dressed, he looks at Taehyung’s spent body. He quietly sighs and sits on the edge of the bed, pulling the blanket to cover Taehyung’s exhausted, naked body. Without thinking, he reaches out and gently brushes his fingers over Taehyung’s face. Realizing what he is doing, Jungkook quickly gets up and leaves the apartment. “Get a grip.” He mutters and clenches his fist as he storms to his vehicle. 

Waking up to his screaming alarm, Taehyung groans and blindly searches for his phone. When he finds his phone, he looks at the time and grumbles with displeasure. I can’t believe I have to work after a night like that. He stumbles out of bed and limps to the bathroom to get ready for the day. When he looks at his reflection, he sees that his lips are chafed and that there is a bruise around his neck. “Brute.” He huffs and limps to the shower. 

While in the shower, he quickly scrubs the dried cum off his body. He grumbles to himself as he thinks about how he is going to hide the bruises around his neck. “I need to tell him to stop leaving marks next time. Thankfully, it’s winter. I can wear a turtleneck and don’t have to use makeup to cover it. Oh. My wrists are bruised again. God. Last night was insane. He was silent again.”

When Taehyung arrives at school, he does his best to hide his limp; however, Jimin notices the limp. “Are you not better yet?” Jimin asks as he worries about his friend.

“I fell out of that damn bed again,” Taehyung grumbles and winces as he sits down.

“Should you get another bed?” Jimin mutters and thinks of a way to help his friend. He’s been falling off that cursed bed a lot recently.

“I’ll probably still roll off.” Taehyung hums as he looks at his agenda for the day. “Don’t worry about it.” He smiles and looks up at his friend.

“Your shirt is pretty.” Jimin smiles as he reaches out to touch the soft fabric.

“Thank you. It’s finally cold enough to wear it.” Taehyung mumbles and pulls his sleeves down to cover the bruises.

“True. Winter is finally here.” Jimin hums and pats Taehyung’s head. “Come over for dinner. I’m making something new.”

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and nods as he smiles up at his sweet friend. 

When Taehyung teaches class, he sits the entire time. His lower back throbs the entire day. No matter how how many times they have fucked, Taehyung’s body still aches each time.

“Mr. Kim, are you feeling okay?” One of his coworkers asks as a group of them take their lunch break together.

“Why do you ask?” Taehyung looks at his coworker with confusion.

“Your voice is scratchy today.” She points out, causing Taehyung to cough with surprise.

“Oh! Yeah! I’m okay.” Taehyung nervously mutters and grips his soda can.

“She’s right. You don’t seem to sound well.” Jimin mumbles and places the back of his hand on Taehyung’s forehead.

“I’m fine. I promise.” Taehyung grumbles as he takes a big drink from his soda.

“It’s because of your horrid diet.” Jimin hisses and tries to take the soda away from Taehyung.

“I’m not sick.” Taehyung fights his friend to protect his soda.

For the rest of the day, Jimin frets over Taehyung and constantly takes his snacks and sodas away. To escape from his friend’s mothering eye, Taehyung hides in corners to eat his snacks, but he is always found.

“Stop sneaking around!” Jimin shouts as he yanks the bag of shrimp chips out of Taehyung’s hand.

“Those are my favorite!” Taehyung cries out and tries to rescue his snack.

“You can have them once you are feeling better!” Jimin smacks Taehyung on the top of the head and storms off. 

“I’m fine, though!” Taehyung whines and follows his friend like a scolded child. The scene that the two are making has the students laughing and giggling. 

By the end of the day, Taehyung is fussy and cranky. Jimin watches with amusement as his friend fusses the entire way home. Once they are in Jimin’s apartment, Taehyung dramatically falls onto the couch and continues to fuss.

“Aigoo. My little baby.” Jimin coos and brushes his fingers through Taehyung’s soft hair.

“I’m hungry. Someone kept stealing my food all day.” Taehyung whines and glares up at his friend.

“Such a little baby.” Jimin smiles and pats Taehyung’s forehead.

“Hyung! Is Taehyung hyung here?!” Jisung runs into the apartment, full of excitement.

“Your hyung is cruel!” Taehyung whines and sits up to look at Jisung.

“Why? What happened?” Jisung asks as he rushes over to Taehyung.

“He took all of my food and starved me all day.” Taehyung huffs and glares at Jimin.

“Hyung! Why would you do that?!” Jisung asks, looking at his brother with horror.

“He’s just being a dramatic baby.” Jimin laughs and walks into the kitchen. “He’s not feeling well, so I didn’t let him eat junk.”

“Hyung, you’re sick?” Jisung looks at Taehyung with worry as he places his hand on his forehead.

“He’s just being dramatic.” Taehyung huffs and lies down. “Food! I want food!” He wails and flails his limbs like an angry toddler.

“He seems normal to me.” Jisung softly laughs and shakes his head at Taehyung’s antics.

Within a few minutes, Taehyung falls asleep. When Jimin notices how quiet it is, he looks into the living room and sees Taehyung sleeping on the couch while Jisung does his best to make him comfortable.

“He wore himself out.” Jisung softly chuckles as he gently slides a pillow under Taehyung’s head. His breath hitches when he sees how Taehyung’s eyelashes rest on his face and how his lips perk when he sleeps.

“Careful. He snores.” Jimin snickers and goes back to cooking.

“I doubt he snores as much as you do, Hyung.” Jisung laughs, earning a scowl from his older brother.

“Brat.” Jimin hisses and glares at his little brother. 

When the food is ready, Jimin wakes his friend up. As he shakes Taehyung, Taehyung’s turtle neck slips a little, revealing some bruising.

“What the fuck?” Jimin whispers with horror when he sees the bruises on his friend’s neck. “Sungie, will you go to the convenience store and buy some more beer? I forgot to get some.” He wants to get his little brother out of the apartment so that he can talk to Taehyung without any interruptions.

“Sure!” Jisung quickly puts his shoes on and rushes out the door.

“Kim Taehyung!” Jimin shouts and roughly shakes his friend awake once the door is shut.

“What?!” Taehyung sits up and looks around frantically.

“What is this?!” Jimin rolls up Taehyung’s sleeves and reveals the bruises.

“Oh. Uhm.” Taehyung blushes and tries to pull his sleeves down. “It’s … well … I’ve been seeing someone sort of.” He shyly mutters and nervously smiles at his dearest friend.

“What?! Is he hurting you or something?” Jimin asks as he worries about Taehyung.

“No. We’re just fuck buddies. Well, minus the buddies. We met at a bar and had sex. Turns out we liked it and have kept on doing it. It’s usually rough, but I like it.” Taehyung whispers and hides his face in his hands.

“Oh my god. I’m the one in a long term relationship, and you’re the one with a fuck buddy. Wow. Things have changed.” Jimin suddenly snickers and hugs his friend. “I’m honestly so relieved.”

“Your mind goes to dark places sometimes.” Taehyung softly chuckles and smiles with relief.

“So the limp and scratchy throat are from hard core fucking. That’s a relief.” You can’t blame me after … Well … never mind. Jimin laughs and ruffles Taehyung’s hair. “What’s his name?”

“Not saying.” Taehyung hums and gets up from the couch. “I’m starving.” He grumbles and shuffles over to the table to examine the food.

“Is he hot?” Jimin’s curiosity is piqued as he follows his friend to the table.

“Very.” Taehyung nods and picks up a piece of pork to try. “Oh! It’s good!” He excitedly squeals and takes another bite.

“I’m back!” Jisung announces when he walks into the apartment.

“I was wondering why it was so quiet.” Taehyung hums and sits down.

“Hyung! You didn’t even notice I was gone?!” Jisung gasps with disbelief as he runs over to Taehyung.

“Too hungry to notice.” Taehyung mumbles and picks up a large piece of pork to shove into Jimin’s mouth. 

“I have been stabbed through the heart.” Jisung dramatically whines as he sits down. “I bought beer.” He grumbles and sets the bag of beer on the table.

“Thank you.” Jimin smiles with excitement and grabs a beer out of the bag.

“Hyung! The bruises!” Jisung shrieks when Taehyung rolls up his sleeves.

“He has a boyfriend.” Jimin hums and downs an entire beer in one go.

“What?” Jisung looks at Taehyung with surprise.

“He’s not my boyfriend.” Taehyung sighs and rolls his eyes. “It’s complicated. Not something I can tell a kid.” He chuckles and reaches across the table to ruffle Jisung’s hair.

“I’m not a kid.” Jisung scowls and shoves a large bite of rice into his mouth.

“Sure you’re not.” Jimin softly laughs and shakes his head.

“I’m twenty! You and Taehyung hyung are only five years older than me!” Jisung protests as his brother continues to laugh.

“You’ll always be our little baby brother.” Taehyung coos and pokes Jisung’s nose.

“Oh my god!” Jimin shouts and shoves his phone into Taehyung’s face. “Your celebrity crush is live in an interview right now!”

“Get that out of my face.” Taehyung hisses and shoves Jimin’s phone away. “I don’t have a crush on him.”

“Sure.” Jimin snickers and plays the interview. “Here. Have fun.” He grins and places his phone in front of Taehyung.

Taehyung sighs and rolls his eyes, but ends up watching the interview. Wow. He’s really well spoken and well-mannered. People would be shocked if they knew. I hope he doesn’t run into someone who would out him.

“See? He’s got a crush.” Jimin whispers to Jisung.

“It’s just a celebrity crush. It doesn’t mean anything.” Jisung grumbles as he glares at the man on his older brother’s phone.

“That’s why we have crushes on celebrities. We know it’ll never happen, so it’s safe.” Jimin hums and places more food on Taehyung’s plate.

“Says the one who’s dating someone who’s basically a celebrity.” Taehyung chuckles and glances at his friend.

“Oh! I should ask Yoongi hyung about your celebrity crush. He might know CEO Jeon.” Jimin perks up with excitement.

“Trust me. I don’t need anyone to introduce me to him.” Taehyung hums and shoves a large bite of food into his friend’s mouth.

“Is your boyfriend hotter?” Jimin asks with overflowing curiosity.

“Not saying.” Taehyung playfully sings and finishes his food. “Thank you for the food. I have to go.” He gets up and stops the interview.

“Wow. All you come here for is food.” Jimin playfully huffs as he watches his friend leave. 

“Love you.” Taehyung smiles and waves before shutting the door.

“Love you too!” Jimin shouts and laughs.

“Is his boyfriend or whatever abusive? What’s with the bruises?” Jisung asks as he plays with his food.

“There are other ways to get bruises, little brother.” Jimin chuckles and opens another can of beer. 

When Taehyung gets home, he receives a message. He is surprised when he sees that the message is from Jungkook. “Why is he asking if I saw the interview?” He mutters after reading the message. “Part of it.” He types out and sends before going to take a shower. It is strange that someone like him found me attractive enough to have this arrangement.

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The next weekend, on Friday, Taehyung watches TV with Jimin. He watches as Jungkook stands in front of the flashing cameras with his arm draped around a beautiful woman. Something twists in his chest as he watches Jungkook smile for the cameras. What is wrong with me? We’re not even fuck buddies. We fuck without being buddies. It’s just to blow off steam. All we do is fuck. That’s all it is and all it’ll ever be. He huffs and gets up from the couch.

Jimin watches Taehyung storm off with confusion and then looks at the TV. When he hears Taehyung opening a soju bottle, he quickly gets up and walks over to him. “Tae, what’s wrong? Did something happen?” He worriedly asks as Taehyung drinks straight from the bottle.

“I’m fine,” Taehyung mutters and sets the bottle down. I’m ridiculous, is what I am. “I think I’m going to head home.” He hums and grabs his bag.

“Are you sure? Should you be going home like this?” Jimin asks as he follows Taehyung to the door.

“I’m okay. Really.” Taehyung softly smiles and hugs his friend.

“Okay.” Jimin hums and nods. He watches with worry as Taehyung leaves.

When Taehyung leaves Jimin’s apartment, he walks to the bus. His thoughts are confused and wadded in a tangled ball as he walks past the bus stop. After realizing he has walked past the bus stop, he shrugs and keeps walking. 

As his mind clears, Taehyung sighs and looks up at the stars. He softly smiles when he sees the stars twinkling in the night sky. “To be up there without a worry in the world.” He hums and reaches his hands up.

Not paying attention to where he is going, Taehyung ends up in front of the bar he always goes to. “A drink won’t hurt.” He mumbles and walks into the bar.

To his surprise, he sees a man who looks like Jungkook sitting at the bar with a frown on his face. Taehyung stands at the door and watches the man swirl whiskey at the bottom of his glass before drinking it. He blinks and rubs his eyes to get a better look at the man. When his vision focuses, he sees Jungkook looking at him with surprise.

“What the fuck?” Taehyung whispers as he walks over to Jungkook and pokes his forehead. “You’re real.” He gasps with horror and pulls his hand back like he has touched a hot skillet.

“I am.” Jungkook chuckles and looks at Taehyung.

“But … TV?” Taehyung looks around the bar with confusion.

“What about the TV?” Jungkook asks as he looks at Taehyung with amusement.

“You. On it.” Taehyung mumbles and squints his eyes to get a better look at the man.

“Oh. Yeah, I was.” Jungkook hums and nods as he watches Taehyung process what he is doing at the bar.

“This isn’t our bar.” Taehyung frowns and places his hands on his hips.

“You’re right. It’s not. I just kind of ended up here.” Jungkook softly mutters as Taehyung sits in the chair next to him.

“You were just on TV. How are you here?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook with confusion.

“It’s been about two hours since I was on TV.” Jungkook chuckles and watches Taehyung’s reaction with amusement.

“Really?!” Taehyung gasps and clumsily pulls his phone out of his pocket. When he sees the time, he gasps again.

“Yes.” Jungkook softly laughs as Taehyung stares at his phone with horror.

“I never walk around that much,” Taehyung mumbles with a frown as he stares at the phone, refusing to believe that so much time has passed. “Should we get out of here?” He randomly asks, surprising Jungkook.

“Why?” Jungkook hums and looks at Taehyung with amusement.

“You look miserable, and I feel suffocated.” Taehyung shrugs as he leans against the bar.

“Sure. Where should we go?” Jungkook asks as he stands up.

“The beach.” Taehyung smiles and hops off the bar stool.

“Okay.” Jungkook nods and walks out of the bar after placing a few bills on the counter.

“Cool.” Taehyung happily grins as he follows Jungkook out of the bar.

“Aren’t you being a little too trusting?” Jungkook turns his head to glance at Taehyung.

“I literally let you choke me and fuck me until I feel like dying. I think going to the beach is not as crazy as that.” Taehyung laughs and walks over to Jungkook’s car.

“True.” Jungkook hums and nods with an amused smile. “Very true.”

As Taehyung and Jungkook get into the vehicle, Taehyung thinks about everything he heard on the TV about South Korea’s most sought-after and drooled-over bachelor. He glances at Jungkook and wonders who the woman is to the man.

“What?” Jungkook asks when he feels Taehyung’s gaze boring holes into him.

“Nothing.” Taehyung murmurs and quickly looks away. “Did you fuck her?” He bluntly asks, surprising Jungkook.

“Who?” Jungkook’s face frowns with confusion.

“The woman from earlier,” Taehyung grumbles and stares out the car window.

“No. She just goes with me every now and then.” Jungkook responds with a little grin. “Why do you want to know?”

“Because we are exclusively fucking, in case you forgot.” Taehyung huffs and shoots a glare at Jungkook.

“I didn’t forget. Your hole is the only hole I fuck.” Jungkook chuckles with amusement. “So is your mouth.”

“The fuck?” Taehyung hisses and looks at Jungkook with mortification.

“What?” Jungkook laughs when he sees the scandalized look on Taehyung’s face. “You told me that I can only fuck you, so I make good use of both holes.” He grins mischievously while Taehyung shrieks with horror.

“I take it back! Let me out right now!” Taehyung melts in his chair, desperately wanting to run away.

“Relax.” Jungkook chuckles and shakes his head.

“I’m going to kill you someday.” Taehyung growls and shoots Jungkook a scandalized glare.

“I’m sure you will.” Jungkook hums with amusement.

The rest of the drive is quiet as Taehyung watches the city pass by them. When they leave the city, Taehyung smiles and excitedly searches for a little store. Jungkook notices Taehyung’s excitement and is surprised when he finds it endearing.

“Stop! There!” Taehyung suddenly points to a little convenience store.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums and pulls up to the convenience store.

“Wait here.” Taehyung smiles as he quickly gets out and runs into the little store. When he enters the store, he quickly goes to the refrigerator and grabs several sodas and soju. With little happy hums, he fills the basket with drinks and then grabs every snack that catches his eye.

When Jungkook walks into the store, he is shocked to see Taehyung rummaging around like a happy little kid at a candy store. He leans against the door frame and watches Taehyung with a little smile.

“Oh! You came in.” Taehyung smiles with excitement as he hurries to the cashier. “Did I take too long?”

“Not at all.” Jungkook hums as amusement twinkles in his eyes.

After buying everything, Taehyung rushes to the car. “Hurry! The drinks will get warm, and the ice cream will melt.”

“Coming.” Jungkook hums as he buys a carton of cigarettes.

When Jungkook returns to his car, he sees Taehyung happily hugging the bags of snacks and drinks he bought. Fuck. Jeon Jungkook, get a grip. He quickly jerks his gaze away from Taehyung and starts the car.

“There! Pull over there!” Taehyung excitedly points to a pullout by the sand.

Before the vehicle has even come to a complete stop, Taehyung swings the door open and leaps out of the car. Jungkook quickly puts his vehicle in park and looks at Taehyung with big eyes.

“Come on.” Taehyung smiles before turning to run toward the water.

When Jungkook steps out of his vehicle, he places a cigarette between his lips and lights it. As he smokes, he slowly follows Taehyung. He watches as Taehyung plops down on the damp sand and quickly rummages through his bags. 

“Here.” Taehyung holds up an ice cream to Jungkook.

“Thank you.” Jungkook hums and sits down as he accepts the ice cream.

The two men sit next to each other without talking as they enjoy the taste of sweet ice cream, sound of the gentle waves, and brush of the sea wind.

When Jungkook glances at Taehyung, he sees light dancing in his brown eyes. Sensing Jungkook’s gaze on him, Taehyung turns to look at him. He offers a small smile before turning his gaze back to the rippling ocean.

After finishing his ice cream, Taehyung grabs an orange soda and pops the lid off. He happily sighs after he takes a large swig of his favorite drink.

“Have whatever you want.” Taehyung turns and looks at Jungkook with a bright but soft smile.

“Thank you.” Jungkook hums and glances at the bag.

“What? Do you not like these snacks?” Taehyung asks as he tilts his head to the side and looks at Jungkook with curiosity.

“I do. I like these.” Jungkook softly smiles as he picks the snack he always ate as a kid.

“Dried squid. Classic.” Taehyung nods with approval as he leans back on his elbows. “Do you dance?” He asks after a few beats of silence.

“Me? No.” Jungkook chuckles and shakes his head.

“Boring old man.” Taehyung snickers and mirthfully smiles.

“Sure.” Jungkook hums and nods as he looks at Taehyung. “Do you?”

“Of course!” Taehyung laughs and stands up. 

Jungkook watches with big eyes as Taehyung kicks his shoes off and scurries to the water. To his surprise, Taehyung starts happily jumping in the water. He softly laughs as Taehyung’s little hops turn to dance moves. He watches as Taehyung happily plays in the water.

“See?!” Taehyung turns and looks at Jungkook, slightly panting from his sudden burst of energy.

“I see that.” Jungkook’s chuckle is soft and full of gentle happiness.

“Come dance with me!” Taehyung beckons Jungkook over to him.

“I’m good.” Jungkook laughs and shakes his head.

“Come on!” Taehyung whines as he runs over to Jungkook.

“I really don’t dance.” Jungkook throws his head back as he laughs harder.

“Sure you do!” Taehyung suddenly bends down and pulls Jungkook’s shoes off before pulling the older man to the water. “Wait, where’d you put your cigarette butt?” Taehyung asks when he sees that Jungkook is no longer smoking.

“In your soda jar,” Jungkook responds and points to the soda jar standing upright on the sand.

“Good.” Taehyung smiles before pulling Jungkook to dance with him.

As Taehyung giddily splashes around, raindrops suddenly start splattering on them. Taehyung looks up with surprise as he lifts his hand to catch the little drops.

“Should we go back or stay?” Taehyung breathlessly asks as he looks at Jungkook with a soft gaze.

Without answering, Jungkook grabs Taehyung’s face and smashes their lips together. Taehyung moans and instantly melts into the kiss. Jungkook’s kiss is fervent as the raindrops fall on them. As Jungkook’s kiss grows more fervent, Taehyung grabs the front of his shirt and pulls him closer. He gasps when Jungkook suddenly picks him up.

As they continue to kiss, Taehyung wraps his legs around Jungkook’s torso and moans into the kiss. Jungkook’s hands slide into Taehyung’s pants and grip his ass, causing him to whimper and grind against him. 

Without hesitation, Jungkook carries Taehyung back to the car, leaving behind their shoes and snacks to the mercy of the storm. When he reaches the car, he opens the back door and places Taehyung on the back seat. He quickly climbs on top of Taehyung and shuts the door. Once the door is shut, Jungkook quickly tears their clothes off and hungrily kisses Taehyung’s body.

Taehyung gasps and moans when Jungkook’s lips ravage him. His body arches when Jungkook’s lips travel down his stomach to his twitching dick.

“Oh god. Ngh!” Taehyung whimpers when Jungkook’s tongue licks up his shaft. 

With a hum, Jungkook sucks on Taehyung’s balls and then moves to his twitching hole. Taehyung gasps when Jungkook buries his face between his cheeks and eats him out. Jungkook moans when Taehyung’s thighs tighten around his head and squeeze. He hungrily grabs Taehyung’s thighs and squeezes, leaving bruises.

After leaving Taehyung a trembling mess, Jungkook sits up and spits on his dick. He quickly slathers his saliva on his dick before pressing into Taehyung’s eager hole. Taehyung gasps and moans when Jungkook presses into him. 

As Jungkook fucks Taehyung, the rain outside pours on the car, muffling out the sounds of Taehyung’s cries of pleasure and Jungkook’s curses. The car creaks and shakes as Jungkook roughly and passionately pounds into the man beneath him. 

When Taehyung looks into Jungkook’s eyes, he watches the water drip out of Jungkook’s hair and down his face. His eyes fill with awe as he watches the water trickle down the muscular man’s body. 

“Fuck.” Taehyung moans and sits up to suck on Jungkook’s nipple.

“Princess. Fuck.” Jungkook curses and grabs the hair on the back of Taehyung’s head. 

Both men moan and curse as they pleasure each other. Their minds swirl with overwhelming pleasure. When Taehyung’s gaze flicks to Jungkook’s dark gaze, Jungkook sees hunger and pleasure roaring in his eyes.

“Fuck. So pretty.” Jungkook groans and picks up his pace. “So fucking pretty.”

Taehyung grins as he sucks a hickey on Jungkook’s clavicle. Knowing what Taehyung has done, Jungkook quickly flips him on his stomach, grabs his hands, and pulls him back. Taehyung cries out with pleasure and eagerly slaps his ass against Jungkook’s hips.

“Such a sloppy Princess. So messy. What would people think if they saw you all sloppy like this? Hm?” Jungkook chuckles as he raises his hand and spanks Taehyung’s jiggling ass. 

“Only you.” Taehyung whimpers as he looks back at Jungkook.

“Good.” Jungkook growls and slams his dick into Taehyung’s prostate, causing Taehyung to sob and cum. “So fucking sloppy.” He snarls and spanks Taehyung over and over. “So sloppy but so fucking pretty.” His voice softens as he watches Taehyung cry and tremble on the leather seat.

With a few quick, sharp thrusts, Jungkook cums inside Taehyung. He grunts and curses as he fills Taehyung until his cum spills out. Taehyung’s body trembles as he recovers from his intense orgasm.

“Good job. You did so well.” Jungkook softly praises and kisses Taehyung’s back. Hearing the soft praises, Taehyung weakly smiles and purrs. 

When Jungkook realizes Taehyung is still wet, he quickly gets dressed and gets out of his vehicle. Seeing that the rain has stopped, he quickly grabs a blanket from his trunk and then wraps Taehyung’s exhausted body in it. After wrapping Taehyung in the blanket, Jungkook goes back to the beach and grabs everything. When he returns to the car, he sees that Taehyung is fast asleep. 

“Sorry. Was I a bit too rough?” Jungkook softly asks as he slowly reaches out to brush Taehyung’s wet hair out of his face. Realizing what he is doing, Jungkook quickly pulls his hand back and goes to the hood of the car. With a sigh, he lights a cigarette and leans against the hood. “What am I doing? We’re nothing. We just fuck.” He murmurs to himself and takes a deep breath of his cigarette. When he turns and looks at Taehyung sleeping in the back of his car, a soft smile creeps up on his face. “Fuck.” He whispers before stamping his cigarette out and dropping it into the glass jar.

The drive to the city is filled with Taehyung’s soft snores. Jungkook is surprised when he finds Taehyung’s little snores soothing. When they reach Taehyung’s apartment, Jungkook helps him up.

“Thank you.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs before he stumbles into his apartment and shuts the door, leaving Jungkook outside and alone with his thoughts.

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Saturday afternoon arrives, and Taehyung wakes up and finds himself miserably sick, so he messages Jungkook to let him know that he is not feeling well and will not be able to meet up. As Taehyung trembles in pain and shivers from his fever, he is disturbed by a knock on his door. He whines and curls up in a ball, praying the person will leave, but there is another knock on his door. With an exhausted sigh, he shakily gets out of his bed and shuffles to the door.

Upon opening the door, Taehyung is shocked to see Jungkook standing there with a few bags. “I brought some things,” Jungkook mutters and lifts the grocery bags. 

“Oh. Thanks.” Taehyung murmurs and reaches out for the bags.

“You’re burning up. Should you go to the hospital?” Jungkook places the back of his hand on Taehyung’s forehead to feel his temperature.

“I’ll be fine.” Taehyung murmurs and tiredly looks into Jungkook’s eyes. How come I’m sick, and he’s not? We both got rained on. He frowns as he examines the perfectly healthy man.

“Let me make something for you to eat,” Jungkook mutters and gently pushes past Taehyung, who has no strength to fight back. When Jungkook enters the apartment, he sees it in its usual shape: a complete disgusting mess. As he looks around, he sees clothes strewn on the couch and empty snack bags and soda cans lying around. “Go lie down. I’ll bring you the food once it’s ready.”

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and nods before sleepily walking back to his room, too exhausted to realize that the man he wants to impress is seeing his horrendously messy apartment.

Jungkook quickly goes into the tiny kitchen and looks for what he will need to cook. As he prepares the ingredients, he hears Taehyung groan in pain. “Do you have medicine for the fever and pain?” Jungkook asks when he walks into Taehyung’s room.

“No.” Taehyung mumbles and shivers in pain.

“I’ll be right back. What’s the code to your door?” Jungkook asks as he prepares to go to the pharmacy to pick up medicine.

“1310.” Taehyung quietly mutters and watches the beautiful man who does not fit in with his small, messy apartment.

“Okay. I’ll be quick.” Jungkook hums and leaves the apartment.

“What kind of weird dream is this?” Taehyung whispers to himself before falling asleep.

When Jungkook returns with the needed medicine, he helps Taehyung sit up and gives him the medicine. After giving Taehyung medicine, he places a wet cloth on Taehyung’s forehead and tucks him under the covers. Once he has made sure Taehyung is sleeping comfortably, Jungkook returns to the kitchen and prepares congee. When the congee is in the pot, he quickly cleans the messy apartment.

“What kind of diet is this?” Jungkook mutters to himself as he throws away several empty snack bags. “Is he a teenager?” He grumbles and picks up the dirty clothes. 

While Taehyung sleeps, Jungkook turns his messy apartment from an uninhabitable nightmare into a shiny, clean, livable space. By the time Jungkook has a load of laundry in the washing machine, the congee is bubbling and ready. He carefully scoops the congee into a bowl and goes to Taehyung’s room to feed him.

“Hey, you need to eat.” Jungkook softly tells Taehyung as he gently helps him sit up.

“I didn’t know CEOs could cook.” Taehyung mumbles and leans against Jungkook for support.

“Some of us can.” Jungkook chuckles and carefully blows on the spoonful of congee before pressing the spoon against Taehyung’s lips. 

When Taehyung tastes the food, he hums and opens his mouth, waiting for another bite. Jungkook softly chuckles when he sees Taehyung waiting for a second bite.

“I’m sorry that I got you sick.” Jungkook softly murmurs as he gently takes care of Taehyung.

“You didn’t get me sick. Plus, I always get sick from whatever my students give me.” Taehyung mumbles as he waits for another bite.

“Oh. What do you teach?” 

“History to angsty high schoolers.” Taehyung weakly laughs and eagerly watches Jungkook blow on the food.

“Is this the first thing you’ve eaten today?” Jungkook asks as he feeds Taehyung another bite.

“It’s the first thing I’ve eaten since our late-night snacks.” Taehyung softly chuckles and enjoys the comforting food.

“You need to take better care of yourself,” Jungkook mutters and places the empty bowl on the nightstand before carefully helping Taehyung lie back down.

“Too tired to.” Taehyung sleepily mumbles as his eyes flutter closed. “Thank you for the food.” He murmurs before falling asleep.

For the rest of the night, Jungkook sits by Taehyung’s side and takes care of him. He worries when Taehyung’s temperature spikes during the night, so when Taehyung’s fever finally breaks at dawn, Jungkook sighs with relief.

When Taehyung wakes up, he is surprised to see Jungkook sitting beside his bed, dozing off. “You really came.” He whispers as he watches Jungkook’s head bob. “Jungkook.”

“Hm?” Jungkook quickly opens his eyes and looks at Taehyung.

“Thank you.” Taehyung softly smiles as he looks at the exhausted man.

“How are you feeling?” Jungkook asks as he places his hand on Taehyung’s forehead.

“A lot better.” Taehyung hums and looks into Jungkook’s soft gaze.

“I’ll heat up some more congee.” Jungkook stands up after making sure Taehyung’s temperature is still down.

“You need to go home. You look exhausted.” Taehyung mutters and sits up.

“No. I’m okay. You need to continue to rest.” Jungkook quickly has Taehyung lie back down before walking out of the room.

As Jungkook heats up a bowl of congee, there is a knock on the door. “I’ll get it!” He shouts when he hears Taehyung trying to get out of the bed. When he opens the door, he crosses his arms and looks at the young man standing there with a bright smile.

“Oh? Who are you?” Jisung asks as he looks at the tall, gorgeous man in his friend’s apartment.

“Who are you?” Jungkook slants his eyes as he looks at the younger man.

“I’m here to see Hyung.” Jisung smiles and tries to walk past Jungkook.

“Not right now.” Jungkook hums and pushes Jisung away before shutting the door.

“Who was it?” Taehyung asks when he hears the door shut.

“Wrong address,” Jungkook mutters and walks to the bedroom.

“Oh. That happens a lot.” Taehyung hums and nods as he snuggles under the blanket. 

Once the congee is heated up, Jungkook brings it to the room and helps Taehyung sit up. Taehyung happily hums as Jungkook feeds him. This man is strange. He always leaves me a complete mess, so I thought he didn’t care at all. But here he is taking care of me. I thought he’d be annoyed that I got sick. I can’t figure him out.

While Jungkook feeds him, Taehyung’s phone dings. Jungkook picks up the phone to hand it to Taehyung.

“Who is it?” Taehyung asks when Jungkook picks up his phone.

“Someone named twerp,” Jungkook mutters when he sees the name of the person texting Taehyung.

“Oh. That’s my best friend’s little brother. What does he want?” Taehyung softly laughs and lies down.

“He’s asking if you want to hang out later.” Jungkook hums as he glares at the message.

“Will you tell him not today?” Taehyung asks and looks up at Jungkook with big eyes.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums and quickly types out a message. 

When Jisung reads the message, he scoffs. “He said not today.” He mutters as he reads the message. “That old man is the one texting me? Is he controlling or something?” He quickly calls Taehyung to check on him.

“Hello.”

“You again? Will you put my Hyung on the phone?” Jisung asks as he stands next to his motorcycle and looks up at Taehyung’s apartment on the third floor.

“He is not feeling well,” Jungkook responds and gently brushes Taehyung’s hair out of his face.

“What? Really? Does he need anything?” Jisung quickly asks, surprised.

“No. I’m taking care of him.” Jungkook hums and tucks Taehyung under the blankets.

“It’s not like the kiddo can take care of me.” Taehyung softly laughs and reaches up for the phone. “Kiddo, I’m fine. Trust me. Don’t you dare tell your brother about this. I don’t want him to chastise me about my habits.” He tells Jisung once Jungkook hands him the phone.

“Hyung, you can send him home. I can take care of you.” Jisung mumbles as he grips his phone.

“I do need to send him home because he’s been here all night, but he is stubborn. Plus, how are you going to take care of me? Remember last time? You slept more than I did.” Taehyung softly laughs and looks up at Jungkook.

“Hyung, I’m not a baby anymore. I can take care of you.” Jisung argues as he shoots a glare at the black luxury sedan parked outside of his friend’s apartment.

“Go have fun with your friends. I’m fine. I promise.” Taehyung hums and ends the call before Jisung can argue anymore.

“You should go back to sleep. Your fever is rising again.” Jungkook sighs when he feels Taehyung’s forehead.

“Are you going to be here when I wake up?” Taehyung quietly asks as he looks up at Jungkook.

“Yes.” Jungkook hums and softly smiles at Taehyung.

“Doesn’t your back hurt? You should lie down.” Taehyung shyly murmurs.

“I’m fine. I have some work I have to do.” 

“Okay, but if you get tired, you can lie down.”

“Okay. Go to sleep.”

Once Taehyung is asleep, Jungkook pulls out his laptop from his bag and focuses on work. Whenever Taehyung moves, Jungkook glances up from his laptop and checks on him. When his phone rings, he quickly answers it and walks out of the bedroom. While on the phone, Jungkook continuously checks on Taehyung.

“Song Yoonah is in your office.” Jungkook’s assistant informs him.

“Well, I’m not going in today.” Jungkook hums and stands at Taehyung’s bedroom door. “I’m busy, and it’s Sunday. Tell her to go home.”

“Okay.”

“Is there anything else?” Jungkook asks and smiles when Taehyung grumbles in his sleep.

“Where are you? I was informed you did not go home.” His assistant asks.

“I’m out.” Jungkook hums and walks into the kitchen to heat up some food. “Don’t worry. I’m not doing anything crazy that you have to worry about.” He chuckles and leans against the counter.

“Okay … don’t make me feel like ripping my hair out later.” His assistant grumbles and ends the call.

When Jungkook wakes Taehyung up, he has made several meals for Taehyung to eat throughout the week. Taehyung sleepily hums and opens his eyes when Jungkook gently shakes him.

“I’m sorry. I wasn’t going to leave until morning, but something has happened at work.” Jungkook softly explains as he checks Taehyung’s temperature.

“It’s okay. You’ve done more than enough.” Taehyung hums and looks into Jungkook’s gentle gaze.

“I made enough food to last for a few days. Make sure to eat properly. If you need anything, call me or message me. I’ll make sure you get anything you need.”

“Woah. I have a sugar daddy.” Taehyung blurts out before he can stop himself.

“Sure.” Jungkook softly chuckles as he smiles softly at Taehyung.

“I did not mean to say that out loud.” Taehyung whispers, mortified that he voiced his thoughts.

“Cute.” Jungkook hums and grabs his suit jacket. “I'd better get going. Don’t forget to let me know if you need anything.” 

“Okay.” Taehyung mumbles and watches Jungkook get all of his belongings.

“Get well soon. Oh. Also. Don’t go to work tomorrow.”

“Now that you’re my sugar daddy, you’re bossing me around?” Taehyung playfully raises his brow and looks at Jungkook with a scrutinizing stare.

“Sure.” Jungkook hums and checks on Taehyung once more. “You need to rest. Stop being so feisty. Get better soon.” He smiles and places a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead, leaving Taehyung frozen in shock as he walks out of the apartment.

“What the actual fuck?” Taehyung whispers as he stares up at the ceiling.

As Taehyung stares at the ceiling in complete shock, the door to his apartment slams open. “Did you leave something?” Taehyung calls out as he sits up.

“Kim Taehyung!”

“Oh.” 

“I knew it! I knew I shouldn’t have listened to you! I knew you were getting sick and that it wasn’t just dick down your throat!” Jimin shouts as he storms into Taehyung’s room, not noticing the flawlessly clean state the apartment is in or the fresh food sitting in the kitchen.

“I’m fine.” Taehyung laughs when he sees his fuming friend.

“You do seem surprisingly fine,” Jimin mutters and squints at his friend. “You usually look like a dead zombie when you’re sick. Did that brat lie to me?”

“I didn’t lie, Hyung!” Jisung shouts and runs into the apartment. “And, there was a man here!”

“Oh?” Jimin looks at Taehyung with surprise. “The boyfriend is here?”

“More like sugar daddy, and no. He’s not here.” Taehyung softly laughs and gets out of the bed.

“Is this his?” Jimin asks as he picks up a tie from the nightstand.

“He was in a hurry. I guess he forgot it.” Taehyung hums and takes the tie from Jimin.

“Woah … he’s rich rich,” Jimin mutters as he stares at the silk tie. “And you let him see you like this?”

“It’s not like I had a choice. He just kinda showed up and refused to leave.” Taehyung hums and walks into his restroom to empty his bladder.

“Rich and caring. Damn. You didn’t tell me you two reached this phase.” Jimin mumbles as he watches his friend. “Your apartment is spotless.”

“He cleaned it.” Taehyung sighs and looks at his friend, who is watching him pee. “Get out.”

“No. I have so many questions.” Jimin playfully grins.

“I’m not telling you anything.” Taehyung huffs and washes his hands. “I have to grade. Leave.”

“Not leaving. You are still sick.” Jimin hums and walks to the kitchen. “Woah. He even cooked.” He mutters and looks at the several containers of cooling food. “Is this abalone congee?!” He gasps and stares at the congee.

“I think so,” Taehyung mumbles as he walks into the kitchen to get something to eat.

“I want some,” Jimin grumbles when Taehyung takes the food from him.

“Get your own. This is for me.” Taehyung scowls and protects his food.

“Oh. You like him.” Jimin grins with excitement.

“I do not. He’s just kind.” Taehyung huffs as he grabs a spoon and opens the container of fresh congee.

“I can cook for you.” Jisung mumbles as he watches Taehyung enjoy the congee.

“And burn it?” Jimin laughs and shakes his head.

“I wouldn’t burn it.” Jisung shoots his brother a glare.

“The last time I left you to take care of him when he was sick, I returned to him vomiting in the bathroom and you snoring on the bed.” Jimin laughs as he ruffles his brother’s hair.

“That was years ago.” Jisung whines and continues to glare at his older brother.

“I trust Tae’s mysterious sugar daddy to take care of him over you any day. I didn’t even ask, and look at how well he took care of Tae.” Jimin hums and sits at the counter.

“He’s definitely very caring.”

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When Taehyung walks out of his apartment on Monday morning to catch the bus to work, he is surprised to see a luxury sedan parked outside his apartment with a man in a black suit standing next to it.

“Good morning. I was told to take you to work if you did not listen and stay home.” The man bows to Taehyung and opens the back door.

“It’s okay. I can take the bus.” Taehyung mutters and nervously bows to the man.

“CEO Jeon told me to tell you that he would fire me if I didn’t take you to work.” The man informs Taehyung and motions for him to get into the vehicle.

“That seems rather extreme.” Taehyung mumbles and walks to the vehicle.

“He hired me specifically to drive you, so if I can’t drive you, my job wouldn’t exist.” The man explains and helps Taehyung into the car. 

“He’s taking my sugar daddy comment to the extreme,” Taehyung mutters to himself once the door is shut. He huffs when he receives a text from Jungkook.

I see that you’re not staying home.

STALKER! Taehyung quickly messages back and grumbles to himself.

He will pick you up from work as well.

I don’t need a driver. I can take the bus just fine.

Behave.

“Oh my god,” Taehyung whispers to himself and blushes when he sees Jungkook’s last message.

As the sedan pulls out of the parking lot, Jisung arrives on his motorcycle. He instantly stops his motorcycle and watches as Taehyung is driven off in the sedan. He quickly turns his motorcycle around and follows the sedan. When it pulls up at the school, he watches as the driver gets out and opens the door for Taehyung.

“Thank you, but you really don’t need to pick me up. I’ll talk to Jungkook.” Taehyung bows to the driver.

“CEO Jeon had informed me that if you said that, that meant you didn’t like me and wanted another driver.” The driver responds with an apologetic smile.

“I’m going to fight him.” Taehyung grumbles and bows to the driver. “Thank you for driving me.” He mutters before marching into the school.

“Woah. He even had a driver pick you up. I sent Jisung to get you.” Jimin chuckles and slings his arm over his friend’s shoulders.

“Oh. I didn’t see him.” Taehyung mutters.

“He was probably late. I can’t trust that brat to do anything.” Jimin groans and shakes his head.

“He’s still growing up.” Taehyung laughs and ruffles his friend’s hair. “I was thinking of bleaching my hair.” He tells Jimin with an excited smile.

“Really?” Jimin looks at his friend with surprise.

“Yeah.” Taehyung hums and walks over to his desk.

“You’d be gorgeous with blonde hair.” Jimin smiles with excitement as he imagines his friend with blonde hair.

“It’s something I’ve been wanting to do. I’ll see if my hairdresser has an opening.” Taehyung mutters and calls his hairdresser.

“You’re serious.” Jimin giggles and waits for his friend to set an appointment.

“Today? You have an opening today? Okay! I’ll definitely go after work. Thank you so much, Noona!” Taehyung shouts with excitement.

“Your sugar daddy is going to be shocked.” Jimin snickers once Taehyung ends the call.

“So?” Taehyung hums and eagerly grabs the materials he will need for the day.

The entire day, Taehyung buzzes with excitement. When he walks out of the school, he is surprised to see the black sedan waiting for him. Because of his excitement, he had forgotten about suddenly having a driver.

“Good evening, Mr. Kim. Where would you like me to take you?” The driver asks as he opens the back door.

“Uhm, I’m going to get my hair done. This is the address.” Taehyung mutters as he shows the driver the address.

“Okay. I will get you there swiftly.” The driver smiles and motions for Taehyung to get into the car.

“Since it seems that Jungkook is serious about this, what’s your name?” Taehyung asks before his driver shuts the door.

“My name is Go Kyungpyo.” The driver introduces himself before shutting the door.

“It’s nice to meet you.” Taehyung smiles when the driver gets in the driver’s seat.

When they pull up to the salon, Taehyung’s hairdresser looks at the expensive vehicle with surprise. Seeing Taehyung get out of the vehicle, she gasps and rushes to the door. “What on earth is going on?” She asks when Taehyung gets out of the car.

“Don’t even ask, Noona,” Taehyung grumbles and walks into the hair salon.

“Should I wait outside?” Kyungpyo asks as he shuts the car door.

“You can come in.” The hairdresser quickly motions for him to enter the salon.

“Thank you.” Kyungpyo bows before entering the hair salon.

“So, you want to bleach your hair?” The hairdresser asks as Taehyung hands her the reference for his hair. “You’ll look stunning with this color.” She smiles with excitement. “You looked gorgeous with the red last time. Too bad the superintendent of your school was less than pleased.”

“Blonde is one of the hair colors the school allows.” Taehyung smiles and sits at the wash station.

When Taehyung’s phone dings, he shoots Kyungpyo a glare. “He knows where the vehicle goes. It has a tracker on it.” Kyungpyo quickly explains when Taehyung glares at him.

“Stalker.” Taehyung huffs and ignores the text.

“He told me to pay with the card he gave me for your expenses.” Kyungpyo nervously tells Taehyung.

“Seriously? He can shove that card up his ass.” Taehyung scoffs and lies down, placing his head in the sink.

“Controlling rich boyfriend?” The hairdresser asks as she massages Taehyung’s head.

“Seems like it.” Taehyung sighs and closes his eyes. “I need to find that damn tracker and rip it out of the car.” He grumbles with a frown. “It was a joke! I had a fever! How did he take me seriously?” 

“I’ve been his bodyguard for years, and he’s, uhm, never had a relationship before. I was surprised when he told me that my job had changed to being your driver.” Kyungpyo mutters as he looks at his phone when it dings.

“You lied! You said that you were hired to drive me!” Taehyung gasps with shock.

“My job was changed to be your driver. He’d still fire me.” Kyungpyo hums and sends Jungkook a picture of Taehyung getting his hair washed.

“So, you think he took my joke seriously?” Taehyung asks as he tries to look at Kyungpyo.

“No. He knew you were joking, but he liked the idea. So, whether you like it or not, brace yourself. He’s quite, uhm, well, he’s like a bulldozer and does whatever he wants.” Kyungpyo tries to explain his boss to Taehyung. “I’m surprised he lets you call him by his name when he’s six years older than you and a CEO.”

“That’s just how it happened.” Taehyung hums and tries not to think about Jungkook anymore. I just want to enjoy getting my hair done. That’s all.

Once Taehyung’s hair is clean, his hairdresser has him sit in the salon chair and prepares him to cut his hair. Kyungpyo is quiet as Taehyung and his hairdresser talk. He had wondered what kind of man had caught his boss’s attention, but after meeting Taehyung, he understood. As cliche as it is, Taehyung is different. He couldn’t care less about Jungkook’s money and power.

By the time Taehyung’s hair is styled, Kyungpyo has sent Jungkook many pictures and short videos. Every time Taehyung caught Kyungpyo taking a picture of him, he would scowl and glare at the camera.

“Thank you, Noona. I love it.” Taehyung smiles as he looks at himself in the mirror.

Before Kyungpyo can pay, Taehyung quickly pays. “CEO Jeon is going to kill me,” Kyungpyo mutters to himself.

“I’ll tell him to leave you alone.” Even though I have no place to tell him what to do. Taehyung frowns as they walk out of the salon.

When they arrive at his apartment, Taehyung is surprised to see another expensive sedan parked in front of the building.

“Have a good night, Mr. Kim.” Kyungpyo bows before getting back into the sedan.

“You too.” Taehyung mumbles and walks into the building.

When Taehyung walks into his apartment, he is surprised to see Jungkook cooking in the kitchen. Hearing the door open, Jungkook turns around and smiles. “Welcome home.”

“What is going on?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook with disbelief.

“I wanted to see your new hair in person,” Jungkook explains and plates the food. “Luckily, the food finished cooking in time.”

I want to ask so many questions, but those questions might scare him off, and I like this too much to risk that. “Do you like it?” Taehyung asks as he drowns out all of the questions overwhelming him.

“You are beautiful.” Jungkook smiles and walks over to Taehyung. “Blonde suits you, but I bet any color suits you.”

“I had really red hair about two weeks before we met.” Taehyung shyly mutters as Jungkook looks at him with a fond gaze.

“Really? I would have really liked to see that.” Jungkook hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “I am sure you looked ravishing.”

“Ravishing?” Taehyung softly laughs as he smiles at Jungkook.

“What? Don’t like it?” Jungkook softly asks and cradles Taehyung’s face in his hands.

“No. It’s just it’s not what I expected.” Taehyung hums and snuggles his face in Jungkook’s hands.

“It suits you.” Jungkook smiles and presses another kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

“Have you ever dyed your hair?” Taehyung asks as they walk to the table together.

“I was blonde once. It was a long time ago. Probably before you were born.” Jungkook laughs and pulls out the chair for Taehyung.

“How old are you?” Taehyung asks and sits down as he looks up at Jungkook.

“I’m surprised you haven’t looked me up online.” Jungkook softly smiles and sits across from Taehyung.

“Well, I figured you would tell me about yourself when you wanted to, and that it would be rude for me to look you up since you can’t look me up,” Taehyung explains as he looks at the candle-lit dinner.

“There are ways to look up your information,” Jungkook smirks and pours wine into Taehyung’s glass.

“Did you look me up?” Taehyung asks with surprise.

“Yes. I wanted to know who you were.” Jungkook hums and takes Taehyung’s plate to cut his steak.

“Rich people have no boundaries,” Taehyung grumbles as he glares at Jungkook.

“Don’t worry. I won’t do it again.” Jungkook softly smiles as he cuts Taehyung’s steak.

“You better not.” Taehyung huffs and watches Jungkook cut his steak. “Do you know how shocked I was when my friend showed me your picture after we had been sleeping together for months?”

“I was really surprised when you didn’t recognize me.” Jungkook chuckles and looks up from the steak to look into Taehyung’s eyes. “It was nice.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t treat you any differently. It’s not like your Frank Sinatra or anything like that.” Taehyung smiles innocently.

“I noticed that you have a lot of classic records.” Jungkook hums as he softly smiles at Taehyung.

“I really enjoy the classics.” Taehyung smiles as Jungkook hands him his cut steak. “Thank you.” He blushes and accepts the plate.

“I hope you like it.” Jungkook softly smiles and cuts a bite of his steak.

“I’m sure I will. I’ve already learned you’re a good cook.” Taehyung mutters and takes a bite of his steak. “Mhm. Good.” He nods as he happily munches on his food.

“The wine is a sweet wine. I noticed that you drink soda and only have sweet soju.” Jungkook hums as he motions to the wine.

“I do prefer sweeter things.” Taehyung shyly mumbles and tastes the wine. “Woah. I like it.” He eagerly nods and takes another sip.

“I’m glad you do.” Jungkook softly smiles and takes a sip of his wine.

“Are you not going to brag about the price?” Taehyung laughs as he looks at the expensive-looking bottle.

“Why brag about it when you already know?” Jungkook smirks at Taehyung.

“Wow. I feel like that’s worse than bragging.” Taehyung playfully scoffs and takes another drink of his wine. I like this a lot. Spending time with him is really nice.

The rest of the dinner is filled with playful banter and smiles. Once they finish eating, Jungkook gets ice cream out of the freezer. As he scoops the ice cream into bowls, Taehyung cleans the dishes. Because the kitchen is so small, the two men continuously bump into each other.

Taehyung gasps when Jungkook suddenly spins him around and pins him against the counter. “I didn’t come here to have sex with you, but fuck. It’s hard to hold back.” Jungkook grits out as he brushes his nose against Taehyung’s jaw.

“Why don’t you want to have sex?” Taehyung asks as he innocently looks at Jungkook.

“Because you are still recovering.” Jungkook hums and gently kisses Taehyung’s jaw, lifting Taehyung onto the counter.

“You’re too considerate,” Taehyung whispers and leans his head back to give Jungkook access to his throat.

As Taehyung and Jungkook make out in the kitchen, Taehyung’s door is suddenly opened, startling the pair. “Hyung! I brought chicken!” Jisung announces as he enters the apartment, only to be shocked by the scene in front of him.

“Jisung! How many times do I have to tell you to only enter without knocking if there’s an emergency?” Taehyung sighs as Jungkook’s grip around him tightens.

“I didn’t realize you had someone over,” Jisung mutters as he looks at Jungkook with a glare.

“Did you even text me?” Taehyung asks as he glares at the boy he sees as a little brother.

“I wanted to surprise you,” Jisung mumbles as he glances at the candles on the table. “Did you eat already?”

“Yes. Jungkook cooked.” Taehyung hums and looks at the melting ice cream.

“I’ll, uhm, sorry, Hyung. I didn’t mean to interrupt your date. I’ll go.” Jisung murmurs before quickly rushing out the door.

“You need to change the code,” Jungkook grumbles as he glares at the shut door.

“Why?” Taehyung laughs and pecks Jungkook’s lips.

“Because too many people know it. What is the code, anyway? It’s not your birthday.” Jungkook hums and scoops the melting ice cream, lifting the spoon to Taehyung’s lips.

“It’s that kid’s older brother’s birthday. He’s my best friend.” Taehyung explains and accepts the bite of ice cream.

“Change it,” Jungkook grumbles and scoops up another bite.

“And what should I change it to?” Taehyung asks as he looks up at Jungkook.

“0109.” Jungkook hums and feeds Taehyung more ice cream.

“And what’s that?” Taehyung smiles and accepts the ice cream bite.

“My birthday,” Jungkook mutters as he wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist, pulling him close as he steps between Taehyung’s legs.

“Oh! September first.” Taehyung hums as he leans against Jungkook. “Do you know mine?”

“December thirtieth.” Jungkook smiles and lifts his hand to brush his thumb over Taehyung’s cheek.

“Stalker.” Taehyung softly laughs, playfully shaking his head.

“Sure. Whatever you say.” Jungkook hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

What is this? You’re being so gentle and loving. Loving? Yeah … loving. What am I supposed to do? He was already making my heart flutter, and now it’s racing. I’m scared.

“What is it?” Jungkook softly asks when he sees the worry, fear, and confusion in Taehyung’s eyes.

“You’re just … very nice.” Taehyung softly smiles and places his hands on Jungkook’s chest. I’m confused. What do you want from me?

“I’m trying to be.”

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Taehyung lies in his bed, surprised, as Jungkook sleeps next to him. He’s … different. He used to never stay or even clean me. Now, he’s sleeping next to me and cooking for me. What if I get used to this and he suddenly disappears? I’m scared.

Taehyung slowly reaches out to brush his fingers across Jungkook’s face, but stops himself. He quickly brings his hand back to his chest and clenches it. His eyes search Jungkook’s calm face as he tries to will away the emotions swelling within him. 

As Taehyung tries to quiet his deafening thoughts, Jungkook’s arm reaches out and wraps around him. His breath leaves his chest as he is pulled close to Jungkook and snuggled in the man’s arms. The sudden embrace sends his thoughts running away and quiets his mind. “Oh,” Taehyung whispers, and he buries his face against Jungkook’s chest. Listening to Jungkook’s soft breathing, Taehyung’s mind stays empty and calm.

Releasing a quiet hum, Taehyung closes his eyes and falls asleep in Jungkook’s warm embrace. The thought of waking up alone does not cross his mind as Jungkook’s embrace brings him peace and comfort he has never felt before.

When Taehyung wakes up, it is to Jungkook’s alarm ringing. He grumbles and chases after Jungkook’s warmth. Jungkook softly chuckles and wraps his arm around Taehyung as he uses his other arm to reach for his phone. Once he turns his alarm off, he turns back toward Taehyung and wraps him in both of his arms. I could get used to this. Is this why people form relationships? He softly smiles and snuggles his face in Taehyung’s hair. This is what I want.

They stay in each other’s arms until Taehyung’s alarm rings. Taehyung whines and tries to bury himself deeper in Jungkook’s embrace. Jungkook softly smiles as he reaches over to turn Taehyung’s alarm off. “It seems like we really need to get up.” He softly chuckles and presses a gentle kiss on the crown of Taehyung’s head.

“I don’t wanna,” Taehyung whines as he grips Jungkook’s shirt. “So warm.” If I pull away, my thoughts will start again.

“Do you want to get dinner tonight?” Jungkook quietly asks as he gently pets Taehyung’s head.

“Dinner? I would like that.” Taehyung nods and looks up at Jungkook.

“I’ll pick you up from work then.” Jungkook softly smiles as he cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and smiles.

“I'd better get going.” Jungkook hums and slowly sits up, slowly releasing Taehyung from his embrace.

“Okay,” Taehyung whispers, suddenly feeling cold as he watches Jungkook stand up.

“I’ll see you after work.” Jungkook smiles as he bends down and gently kisses Taehyung’s forehead.

“See you.” Taehyung hums and smiles as Jungkook’s lips gently press on his forehead. 

The moment the front door shuts behind Jungkook, Taehyung is left alone in silence with his thoughts. He quickly gets out of the bed and shakes his head to chase his thoughts away. Without letting his thoughts roam, he grabs his clothes for the day and showers. As he blow-dries his hair, he looks at his reflection and begins to let his thoughts roam.

“No. Don’t do that.” Taehyung mutters and glares at himself in the mirror. “Just go with the flow. Don’t let your feelings keep building.” He murmurs and styles his hair.

By the time Taehyung arrives at work, he is exhausted, and his thoughts refuse to stop. He is startled when Jimin saunters over to him with a devilish grin. “So … Sungie told me something interesting.” Jimin sings as he hooks his arm with his friend’s arm. “But at this moment, I don’t believe him. You don’t look very happy.” He hums when he sees the state his friend is in.

“I’m just overthinking. Remember last ... time? I’m the idiot who got attached and left behind broken.” Taehyung mutters quietly as he walks to his desk.

“So you are getting attached to him.” Jimin hums as he looks at his friend with worry. He knows how hard Taehyung has avoided relationships ever since his last relationship.

“I’m afraid so.” Taehyung sighs and tiredly smiles at his friend.

“Did he go over last night?” Jimin carefully asks as his worry for his friend grows.

“He did.” Taehyung hums and nods as he leans against his desk.

“How did it go?” Jimin’s voice is soft when he sees his friend processing everything.

“It was amazing. He was so sweet, and it almost seemed like he cared about me. It does … it does seem like he cares.” Taehyung whispers as he remembers how gently and carefully Jungkook handled him. “But what if … what if he doesn’t care? What if it’s all just to string me along?” Taehyung’s voice quiets as his fears scream at the forefront of his mind.

“I haven’t met the man, but I do know he took care of you when you were sick and looked like absolute crap. Seeing you and your apartment in that state did not cause him to waver. He stayed by your side and took care of you. And then he still wanted to spend time with you. I feel like you can give him a chance if you want to. I’m not saying you should give him your heart at this very moment. Just go with the flow of the relationship. Take what he gives you and only give what you are comfortable giving.” Jimin softly tells his friend as he holds Taehyung’s hand.

“Thank you, Jimin-ah.” Taehyung smiles and pulls his dearest friend into a hug.

“So, do you want to have dinner tonight?” Jimin asks as he hugs his friend back.

“About that …”

“Don’t tell me that you’re having dinner with him when he already saw you yesterday! What about me?!” Jimin whines and pouts as he glares at Taehyung.

“I already agreed to it.” Taehyung chuckles as he ruffles Jimin’s hair. “Bother your boyfriend.”

“But I learned a new recipe,” Jimin grumbles and huffs.

“Let your old man be the first to try it.” Taehyung softly laughs and shakes his head as he grabs his materials for the first class of the day.

“Fine.” Jimin fusses and stomps to his desk.

By the time Jungkook arrives at the school to pick Taehyung up, Taehyung is walking out of the school with Jimin. Seeing the luxury vehicle, Jimin snickers and pushes Taehyung to the door.

“Hyung!” Jisung shouts and runs toward them, surprising Taehyung and Jimin. “Where are you going? Are you not coming to dinner?” Jisung asks as he grabs Taehyung’s wrist.

“Sung-ah, I have a date.” Taehyung chuckles and pinches Jisung’s cheek.

“A date.” Jisung looks at the luxury vehicle as the driver's door opens, and Jungkook steps out.

Jimin gasps when he sees Jungkook. He looks at Taehyung with disbelief. “The CEO you have a crush on is-”

“Shut it.” Taehyung hisses and covers his friend’s mouth.

After shooting a quick glare at Jisung that only Jisung saw, Jungkook softly smiles at Taehyung and leisurely walks over to him. When Jungkook stands in front of him, Taehyung blushes and shyly bites his bottom lip.

“Am I late?” Jungkook softly asks as he gently cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“No.” Taehyung mumbles and shakes his head.

“Good. Ready to go?” Jungkook’s gaze is gentle as he looks at Taehyung.

“Marry him!” Jimin shouts as he drags Jisung away.

“I’m ready to go. Please ignore him.” Taehyung shyly mutters as he shoots a glare at his giggling friend.

“Whatever you want.” Jungkook hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

“Is that CEO Jeon? Is he with Kim Taehyung-ssi?” Several of the students and teachers whisper amongst themselves when they see Jungkook with Taehyung.

“Let’s go.” Jungkook murmurs and opens the door for Taehyung when he hears the whispers and sees how uncomfortable Taehyung becomes.

“Thank you.” Taehyung smiles and slides into the passenger seat.

After making sure Taehyung is comfortably seated, Jungkook shuts the door and walks to the driver's side. He shoots a warning glare at Jisung, who is watching from a distance, before getting into the vehicle.

“Can I ask where we’re going?” Taehyung quietly asks as Jungkook pulls out of the school parking lot.

“Of course.” Jungkook smiles and reaches over to hold Taehyung’s hand. “We’re going to a rooftop restaurant near the river.” 

“Oh. That sounds expensive.” Taehyung mutters and looks at the clothes he is wearing.

“Do you want to go somewhere else?” Jungkook softly asks when he realizes Taehyung is uncomfortable.

“No. It’s just … I doubt I’m dressed for the environment.” Taehyung nervously responds and looks out the window.

“I think you’re dressed perfectly, but I want you to be comfortable. We’ll still have our date at the river. It’ll just be different.” Jungkook’s response has Taehyung looking at him with surprise.

“You don’t have to change it because of me.” Taehyung mumbles and nervously bites the bottom of his lip.

“I’m taking you on this date because I want to get to know you. I don’t want you to be uncomfortable.” Jungkook softly explains as he soothingly rubs his thumb over the top of Taehyung’s hand.

“Oh,” Taehyung whispers and nods with a blush dusting his cheeks as he glances at Jungkook.

The rest of the drive is filled with comfortable silence. Taehyung enjoys how Jungkook holds his hand the entire drive. 

“We can watch the sunset,” Jungkook explains as he parks his car and opens the door.

Taehyung clumsily fumbles with his phone and his wallet. By the time he has everything, Jungkook is already holding the door open for him. “Thank you.” Taehyung shyly mumbles as he gets out of the vehicle. 

“There are food trucks over there, and some restaurants in that direction. Which one do you prefer?” Jungkook asks as he wraps his arm around Taehyung, surprising the high school teacher.

“Uhm, there’s a noodle restaurant.” Taehyung murmurs and points to a small restaurant in the distance.

“Okay.” Jungkook smiles and nods as he walks toward the small restaurant.

The short walk to the restaurant is filled with Taehyung’s heart beating out of his chest and his mind screaming. None of his dates in the past were this thoughtful or sweet.

When they enter the small noodle restaurant, Taehyung suddenly realizes that Jungkook stands out like he would have if they had gone to the restaurant Jungkook originally chose. We are clearly from different worlds. “I hope the food is okay,” Taehyung murmurs as he nervously glances at Jungkook.

“It smells delicious. I’m sure it’s going to be very good.” Jungkook softly smiles and pulls a chair out for Taehyung at the table by the window.

As they sit down, the other people stare at them with curiosity. Before Taehyung can feel awkward, Jungkook motions the waiter over and orders. While Jungkook orders, Taehyung watches him and realizes that Jungkook is unfazed by the many stares.

“How do you do it?” Taehyung asks once the waiter leaves.

“Do what?” Jungkook hums and places his elbows on the table, resting his chin on his knuckles.

“You don’t seem to care.” Taehyung points out as he quickly scans the room.

“I’m used to being stared at.” Jungkook chuckles and softly smiles at Taehyung.

“Oh. Your job does require that.” Taehyung nods and nervously bites his bottom lip.

“Is that your habit?” Jungkook softly asks as he reaches over to gently tug Taehyung’s lip from his teeth with his thumb.

“Oh. Yeah.” Taehyung’s cheeks turn light pink as he avoids looking Jungkook in the eyes.

“I would have never guessed that you are shy. You’re usually so fiery.” Jungkook chuckles as he examines Taehyung. “This is why I want to get to know you.” He whispers as he takes in Taehyung’s beauty.

“Do you want me to get to know all of you or just the pieces you show me?” Taehyung shyly asks as his eyes flit to look at Jungkook and then to the view outside.

“All of me.” Jungkook quietly admits as he gently grabs Taehyung’s hand and intertwines their fingers. “I don’t know when … but at some point, you were more than just someone to fill my Saturday night. I started wondering what … what it would be like to … to stay.” His voice is soft as Taehyung turns his gaze to look at him.

“Me too,” Taehyung whispers as he searches Jungkook’s eyes for any lies.

Jungkook instantly smiles when he hears Taehyung’s response. He has never wanted to get to know someone more than he does with Taehyung. He has never wanted to take care of and share everything with someone as much as he does with Taehyung. 

“Step by step?” Jungkook softly asks as he lifts Taehyung’s hand to his lips to leave a gentle kiss.

“Yes. I would like that.” Taehyung smiles with happiness.

“Finally. You smiled.” Jungkook’s voice is tender as he soaks in Taehyung’s beautiful smile.

“I-I have a past relationship that makes feelings difficult.” Taehyung quietly admits as he looks at their intertwined hands. “Having fun on Saturday nights is one thing, but … feelings are completely different.

“I have never had a relationship before, so I want to do this at your pace.” Jungkook smiles and presses another kiss on Taehyung’s hand.

“Thank you.” Taehyung breathes out with relief as he continues to smile.

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When their food arrives, Taehyung watches Jungkook to see if he likes it. To his surprise, Jungkook seems to devour the food. Seeing that Jungkook is not uncomfortable and likes the food, Taehyung relaxes and enjoys his dinner. 

By the time they finish their food, the sun is setting, so Jungkook quickly pays and grabs Taehyung’s hand. As Taehyung and Jungkook walk to the river’s edge together, several people give them scandalized, judgmental gazes, but Jungkook ignores them and wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist.

“What if I can’t get used to the stares?” Taehyung quietly asks as Jungkook shields him from the scrutinizing stares.

“Then, I’ll shield you from them.” Jungkook softly answers and presses a gentle kiss on the crown of Taehyung’s head.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and nods. 

When Taehyung relaxes, Jungkook smiles with relief. He finally met someone he wants to pursue a relationship with, so he will do everything he can to make Taehyung comfortable and safe.

“Wah.” Taehyung gasps as he watches the sunset. He leans into Jungkook’s embrace as they stand at the water’s edge and watch the night sky light up with fiery colors.

“We should watch more sunsets together,” Jungkook whispers as he leans his cheek against the top of Taehyung’s head.

“Definitely.” Taehyung’s response brings a large smile to Jungkook’s face. It was just supposed to be sex. I want it to be more. Taehyung places his hand on top of Jungkook’s hand on his waist and intertwines their fingers.

“Can I stay at your place tonight?” Jungkook softly asks as he gently squeezes Taehyung in his embrace.

“Yes.” Taehyung quietly hums as he watches the final sliver of the sun disappear beneath the horizon.

“I’ll keep your apartment clean.” Jungkook chuckles, earning a smack on the chest from Taehyung.

“Rude.” Taehyung huffs and turns to march off.

“And I’ll cook for you.” Jungkook quickly grabs Taehyung’s hips and pulls him back toward him.

“You better,” Taehyung grumbles and shoots a little glare at Jungkook.

“What do you want for breakfast? I know we need to go buy groceries because someone seems to only live off of chips and soda.” Jungkook chuckles as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s cheek.

“Anything works with me.” Taehyung hums as he giggles from Jungkook’s lips pressing several kisses on his neck.

“Let’s go shopping.” Jungkook smiles as he plants one final kiss on Taehyung’s neck before walking with him to the car. It seems that his thoughts have quieted down. Jungkook fills with relief when he sees that the thoughts that had clouded Taehyung’s beautiful eyes have dispersed and that Taehyung’s usual spunky, feisty personality is showing again.

The drive to the store is filled with peaceful, sweet silence. Every now and then, Taehyung quietly hums a song that will not leave his head. Jungkook smiles when he hears Taehyung’s soft voice filling the car.

When they reach the grocery store, Taehyung looks around with surprise. “This is one of the rich people's grocery stores. The groceries here are going to cost twice as much as the place I go to.” Taehyung grumbles as he follows Jungkook into the store.

“Well, I’m buying, so I don’t care about the price.” Jungkook chuckles as he grabs a shopping cart.

“I can’t believe you buy your own groceries,” Taehyung mutters as he follows behind Jungkook and gasps horrifically at the prices. “An apple for ₩7,000 (~$5)?! A single apple for ₩7,000?! And this is the cheapest one here?!”

Jungkook softly chuckles as Taehyung follows behind him, letting out scandalized gasps. “Hyung! There’s no way! This box of grapes is ₩42,000 (~$30)!” 

“Do you want to try them?” Jungkook asks as he leans against the shopping cart and watches Taehyung with amusement.

“Absolutely not. Just get the necessities.” Taehyung shakes his head as he carefully sets down the expensive box of grapes.

“The necessities are whatever you want.” Jungkook hums and wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist as he continues to push the basket.

“I definitely don’t want those,” Taehyung grumbles and continues to look around the store. Every time Jungkook picks up something, Taehyung chokes with horror at the prices. 

By the time Jungkook has grabbed everything, Taehyung has given up on trying to convince Jungkook not to spend so much on groceries. As they walk to the register, Taehyung sees a bag of his favorite chips. When he sees the price, he screeches and smacks Jungkook on the back. “This just proves that the prices are ridiculous! Look! I can buy that for a quarter of the price at the store I shop at!”

“Maybe they use different ingredients.” Jungkook hums and grabs the bag of chips.

“Absolutely not! This is where I draw the line. If I want chips, I will buy them at a reasonable price.” Taehyung snatches the bag from Jungkook and places it back on the shelf.

“Very well. We can go to your grocery store and buy the snacks you like.” Jungkook chuckles and pushes the basket to the checkout counter.

“I’ll show you reasonable prices.” Taehyung grumbles and stomps after Jungkook.

When the total is shown, Taehyung silently screams with horror. Jungkook looks at Taehyung with amusement as he pays for the groceries. 

“Is everything covered in gold? Is that why it’s so expensive?” Taehyung asks as he follows Jungkook out of the store, and then is surprised to see that Jungkook’s car is waiting for them at the front of the store.

“I think that would upset your stomach.” Jungkook chuckles as the store employee takes his basket and begins placing everything in the trunk.

“These prices upset my stomach,” Taehyung grumbles and gets into the passenger seat of the vehicle before Jungkook can open his door.

“You’ll get used to it.” Jungkook hums and gently shuts Taehyung’s door.

“I doubt it.” Taehyung huffs and buckles himself up.

When they make it to Taehyung’s usual grocery store, he shows Jungkook the prices he is used to. Jungkook just softly smiles and follows Taehyung as the energetic man explains why these prices are even expensive. I could get used to this.

“See?! These prices!” Taehyung grabs the bag of chips he saw at the previous store. “I can buy four bags here for the price of that one !” He exclaims and shows Jungkook the prices.

“You’re right.” Jungkook smiles and nods as he places the bags of snacks in the shopping cart.

“Granted, no one here brings your car to the front or places the groceries in the car for you, but still! It’s reasonable!” Taehyung explains as he pushes the shopping cart to the cashier.

“I agree.” Jungkook hums as he stands next to Taehyung and watches as he excitedly buys his snacks. 

“You’re still going to shop at that expensive store, aren’t you?” Taehyung huffs and glares at Jungkook.

“I am.” Jungkook chuckles as he adores Taehyung.

“As long as you don’t buy my snacks there, let me buy my snacks here,” Taehyung grumbles and hands the cashier his card.

“Of course.” Jungkook smiles and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s temple.

“We’re in public.” Taehyung gulps and looks at the couple standing behind them, who are looking at them with horrified and scandalized looks. He worries that Jungkook will be upset, but a snippet of his past sends chills down his spine. Jungkook quickly notices how terrified Taehyung looks, so he pulls back, but not enough to make Taehyung feel alone.

“It’s going to be okay.” Jungkook softly smiles at Taehyung before shooting a disgusted glare at the couple behind them.

“I’m sorry.” Taehyung quietly mutters, worried that Jungkook is upset with him or disappointed.

“Don’t apologize. This is my first relationship. I don’t know what it’s like to get looks like that out in public. I’ll be more careful.” Jungkook’s voice is soft and filled with understanding as he gently places his hand on Taehyung’s upper back.

“Thank you.” Taehyung looks up at Jungkook and gives him a small smile.

“There’s no need to thank me. I care about you, so I want you to be happy.” Jungkook softly smiles as he gently ruffles Taehyung’s hair.

Taehyung blushes as his heart flutters. His past relationships were not so caring or gentle. Knowing that Jungkook seems to actually care about him causes the emotions in him to swell to dangerous heights, heights that would shatter him if Jungkook ever took his footing away.

Once they arrive at Taehyung’s small apartment, they carry the groceries up the stairs. When Taehyung looks at Jungkook, he realizes that the CEO looks like he belongs, despite being dressed in luxurious clothing.

As Taehyung walks to his door, he is surprised to see Jisung nervously standing outside. “Sung-ah, what is going on?” Taehyung asks as he walks over to the nervous boy.

“I called you so many times! Why didn’t you answer, Hyung?!” Jisung asks as he reaches out to grab Taehyung.

“He’s carrying groceries.” Jungkook growls and stops Jisung from grabbing Taehyung. 

“Don’t touch me.” Jisung hisses as he glares at Jungkook.

“Jisung. What are you doing here?” Taehyung asks as he looks at his best friend’s little brother with confusion.

“Why didn’t you pick up?!” Jisung asks as his chest heaves.

“I was out on a date. I turned my phone on do not disturb. You know that Jimin is the only one who can contact me when my phone is in that mode.” Taehyung explains as he continues to look at Jisung with confusion. “Why are you so upset?”

“You were with him! He hurts you! What if he’s like-”

“Jisung! Stop it! Do not bring that up!” Taehyung clenches his jaw as he looks at Jisung with anger and hurt.

“Tae, go in.” Jungkook’s voice is soft as he types in the code and opens Taehyung’s door.

Worried he will say something he will regret, Taehyung nods and enters his apartment. Once Taehyung is inside, Jungkook shuts the door and sets the groceries on the floor.

“Listen here, Kid. I can tell that you have feelings for him, but you need to back off.” Jungkook takes a step forward, towering over the younger man. “Never ever bring up his past like that again. Do you really wish to hurt him like that?” His gaze is dark as Taehyung’s pained expression fills his mind. “Do not ever make him hurt like that again.” Jungkook snarls as he presses the younger man against the railing. “Until you grow up and can actually care about him past your young, selfish desires, stay the fuck away from him.”

“Who do you think you are?! You suddenly showed up out of nowhere! Hyung had bruises like- like that last-”

“Shut it!” Jungkook hisses and grabs the young man’s shirt collar. “Do not bring up his past! Don’t you get it?! When you do that, all you do is selfishly hurt him to make your point!”

“Jisung!” Jimin shouts as he runs over to the two arguing men.

“Take him. He’s caused Taehyung enough pain for one night.” Jungkook growls and shoves Jisung toward his older brother.

“What happened?” Jimin asks as he grabs his brother and looks at Taehyung’s closed door with worry.

“He brought up something he never should have breathed about,” Jungkook mutters as he composes himself and bends down to grab the groceries.

“Hyung! He’s just like-”

“Jisung! Did you seriously bring that up?!” Jimin shouts with disbelief as he looks at his little brother with horror.

“I’m just trying to protect Taehyung hyung!” Jisung argues as tears stream down his face.

“You are protecting no one by bringing up his past like that.” Jungkook hums before he opens the door and disappears into Taehyung’s apartment.

“Are you fucking stupid?” Jimin hisses as he looks at his brother with disappointment. “You don’t even know anything.”

“Because you two keep me in the dark!” Jisung argues as he cries with anger.

“Because you are a fucking child! All you do is throw tantrums like a child and do things you shouldn’t! Every time I ask you to look after him, you fuck up! You don’t have the right to accuse that man of anything since you aren’t even mature enough to properly look after Taehyung!” Jimin shouts as he drags Jisung away from Taehyung’s apartment. “Do you really think I would let Taehyung get into a relationship like that again?! DO YOU?!”

“No, Hyung.” Jisung murmurs as he follows his furious brother.

“That man clearly cares more about Taehyung than you claim to.” Jimin’s voice is filled with disappointment as he walks away from his brother. “Do not ever bring up his past like that again, and stay away from them.”

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When Jungkook enters the apartment, his heart breaks. He sees Taehyung curled up on the floor with silent tears streaming from his eyes, which are filled with horror from the past.

Jungkook quickly sets the groceries aside and walks over to Taehyung. When he reaches him, he carefully crouches down and settles in front of him. He gives Taehyung the space he needs while letting him know that he is there for him.

After a few suffocating moments, Taehyung scoots forward and timidly crawls into Jungkook’s lap. Jungkook instantly wraps Taehyung in his arms and holds him close. He does not say anything as Taehyung breaks in his arms. As Taehyung breaks in his arms, Jungkook holds his breaking pieces together.

The quiet apartment is filled with Taehyung’s choked cries as he desperately tries to lock away the memories he had finally started forgetting. Jungkook’s gentle, protective touch begins to pull him back to reality as he desperately clings to the older man.

“I-I’m s-sorry.” Taehyung hiccups on his cries as he buries his face against Jungkook’s chest.

“Don’t apologize. You didn’t do anything wrong.” Jungkook whispers and presses a tender kiss on the crown of Taehyung’s head.

Taehyung’s cries soften as he finds comfort and safety in Jungkook’s embrace. After a few minutes, his cries subside into soft hiccups. He pulls away from Jungkook just enough to shyly look into his eyes. “I’m not exactly how I was when we met.” He mumbles and nervously bites his bottom lip.

“We were drunk.” Jungkook chuckles and presses a soft kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “Plus, I’m not how I was when we first met.” He softly smiles and gently brushes Taehyung’s hair out of his face. “So far, I like all versions of you.”

Taehyung shyly smiles and buries his face in the crook of Jungkook’s neck to hide his face. Jungkook softly chuckles as he feels Taehyung’s shy smile against his neck.

“I’m sleepy.” Taehyung quietly whispers as he stays in Jungkook’s arms.

“Let’s get ready for bed.” Jungkook hums and stands up with Taehyung in his arms, causing Taehyung to squawk with surprise. “I won’t drop you.” Jungkook chuckles as he adjusts Taehyung in his arms and carries him to the bed.

When Jungkook sets Taehyung on the bed, Taehyung looks up at him with big eyes. Jungkook softly smiles when he sees Taehyung’s big eyes looking up at him. “I’m not going anywhere.” Jungkook softly hums as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods as he softly smiles.

“Let’s get you comfortable. How do you prefer to sleep?” Jungkook softly asks as he kneels in front of Taehyung and looks up at him. Why do I want to take care of you? I’ve never wanted to take care of anyone before.

“Naked,” Taehyung mutters as his cheeks turn pink.

“Why are you getting shy right now?” Jungkook chuckles as he adores Taehyung.

“Don’t know,” Taehyung mumbles with a little pout. “I don’t really cry. That’s probably why.” He whispers and looks down at his hands in his lap.

“I won’t tell anyone you cried.” Jungkook softly smiles and places his hands over Taehyung’s hands.

“I didn’t exactly want to cry in front of you,” Taehyung admits as he continues to avoid Jungkook’s gaze. 

“I want to get to know all of you.” Jungkook gently reminds Taehyung. 

Taehyung quietly hums and nods his head before darting his gaze toward Jungkook. Seeing Jungkook looking at him, he blushes and quickly looks away.

“Do you want to shower before going to sleep?” Jungkook softly asks as he reaches up and gently brushes his thumb over Taehyung’s face.

“Yeah. I usually shower before sleeping.” Taehyung hums and nods as he looks into Jungkook’s eyes.

“Okay. Go and shower.” Jungkook smiles and stands up, gently pulling Taehyung up.

“What about you? When do you shower?” Taehyung asks as he walks to his closet.

“At night.” Jungkook hums as he goes to the living room to grab his keys.

“Where are you going?” Taehyung asks as he clutches his clothes in his hands and looks at Jungkook with big eyes.

“I packed a night bag. It’s in my car.” Jungkook softly explains as he reaches out and gently pulls Taehyung into his arms. “I’m not leaving. I promise.” He whispers and presses a kiss on the top of Taehyung’s head.

“M’kay.” Taehyung nods and snuggles in Jungkook’s arms. How did our relationship become so soft and safe?

When Jungkook goes to his car, Taehyung goes to the bathroom to get ready for the night. As he brushes his teeth, he hears Jungkook entering the apartment. He pokes his head out of the bathroom and looks at Jungkook.

“Wanna shower with me?” Taehyung shyly asks, surprising Jungkook.

“Yeah. Definitely. Sure.” Jungkook nods as he quickly grabs his bag and spins around to face Taehyung.

When Jungkook joins Taehyung in the bathroom, Taehyung realizes just how small his bathroom is and how big Jungkook is. He smiles when Jungkook wets his toothbrush and squeezes toothpaste on it. When they bump into each other because of the tight space, Taehyung softly laughs and looks at their reflections in the mirror.

After getting ready, the pair gets undressed, causing Taehyung to blush and quickly turn the shower on. When he glances at Jungkook, he blushes and quickly looks away because Jungkook is shamelessly ogling his body.

Once the water is warm enough, Taehyung quickly scurries into the shower and avoids looking at Jungkook. With a soft hum, Jungkook follows Taehyung into the tiny space. When Taehyung realizes how small his shower is and squeaks at the bodily contact, Jungkook chuckles and wraps his arms around him.

To Taehyung’s surprise, he relaxes when Jungkook embraces him. He happily hums and leans his back against Jungkook’s chest, enjoying the older man’s embrace.

“Better?” Jungkook softly asks as he presses a tender kiss on Taehyung’s shoulder.

“Yeah.” Taehyung nods and reaches out to grab his soap.

“I’m going to smell like you,” Jungkook whispers, his lips brushing against Taehyung’s neck.

“Oh.” Taehyung blushes and glances at Jungkook. “I like that.” He barely whispers, earning a smirk from the man holding him.

“Me too.” Jungkook grins and nips Taehyung’s ear, causing him to squeak a little.

Jungkook trails his lips and teeth up and down Taehyung’s neck, causing goosebumps to shiver across Taehyung’s body. No one has ever been able to make Taehyung feel the way he does when Jungkook is touching him.

Wanting to distract Taehyung from the memories that are still plaguing him, Jungkook takes the soap and slathers his hand with it. Taehyung whimpers when the older man wraps his large hand around his dick and gently pumps. Little gasps fill the shower as Taehyung leans his head on Jungkook’s shoulder and turns his head to look at the older man.

When Taehyung looks at him, Jungkook presses a tender kiss on his lips and quickens his strokes. Taehyung whimpers into the kiss as Jungkook deepens the kiss and brushes his thumb over the tip of his dick.

As his orgasm nears, Taehyung tries to pull away from the kiss, but Jungkook does not let him. Taehyung’s mind spins and turns fuzzy when he cums and is unable to gasp for air.

When Taehyung falls limp against him, Jungkook hums and slowly pulls away from the kiss. Taehyung quietly whimpers as Jungkook holds him up and gently cleans him. In Jungkook’s arms, all of his thoughts and memories are chased away.

After cleaning himself and Taehyung, Jungkook carefully picks Taehyung up and carries him out of the shower. Taehyung softly smiles when Jungkook sets him on the counter and begins drying his hair. With a sleepy hum, Taehyung leans forward and leans his forehead against Jungkook’s shoulder. Jungkook presses a gentle kiss on Taehyung’s head as he continues to dry his hair.

Once they are dried, Jungkook carries Taehyung to the bed and gently lays him down. “Thank you,” Taehyung whispers as he snuggles under the blankets.

“You don’t have to thank me for anything.” Jungkook hums as he lies down next to Taehyung.

As he settles next to Taehyung, Jungkook wraps his arm around him and pulls their bare bodies together. Taehyung releases a happy sigh as he snuggles against Jungkook’s bare chest and tangles their legs together. It feels nice to have someone. Wait … to have someone?

“Stop thinking,” Jungkook whispers as he presses a gentle kiss on the top of Taehyung’s head.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and softly smiles. 

To Taehyung’s surprise, Jungkook starts humming, and his voice is soothing and beautiful. Jungkook’s soft humming eventually lulls Taehyung to sleep, stopping his thoughts from returning.

As Jungkook falls asleep with Taehyung in his arms, his phone vibrates nonstop in his pants pocket, but he does not hear it.

When morning arrives, Taehyung’s alarm rings. He sleepily yawns and stretches in Jungkook’s embrace. “Good morning.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs as Jungkook grabs his phone and turns his alarm off.

“Good morning.” Jungkook softly hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “Did you sleep well?”

“I did.” Taehyung smiles and pecks Jungkook’s cheek.

“Good.” Jungkook softly smiles as he adores Taehyung. “I’ll make something yummy for breakfast.” He hums and gently cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and presses a kiss on Jungkook’s lips.

When Jungkook gets up, Taehyung remembers they are both naked. He blushes when he sees Jungkook’s sculpted body. He is used to walking around his home without any clothes on, but he is always alone. This is the first time someone else is casually walking around his home without any clothes.

Shy about walking around without anything on, Taehyung picks up Jungkook’s shirt from the floor and puts it on. He contemplates buttoning it, but decides against it. When Taehyung walks out of the bedroom, Jungkook stops what he is doing and stares at Taehyung. He gulps and carefully sets down the uncracked egg in his hand.

“Come here.” Jungkook hums as he takes in Taehyung’s appearance.

Taehyung silently nods and walks over to Jungkook. When he reaches the older man, he is suddenly pulled flush against Jungkook’s body.

“Fuck. How can you be even more attractive?” Jungkook’s voice is low as he nips at Taehyung’s lips and presses his thigh between Taehyung’s legs.

“Hyung.” Taehyung whimpers as he grinds against Jungkook’s bare thigh.

A deep hum vibrates through Jungkook’s chest when Taehyung calls him ‘hyung’ with a soft, breathless whimper. He quickly grabs Taehyung's waist and hoists him onto the counter. A quiet gasp leaves Taehyung’s lips at the swift motion. 

“Fuck. You’re gorgeous, Princess.” Jungkook roughly whispers as he nips at Taehyung’s jaw.

Taehyung whimpers as Jungkook’s teeth graze against his neck and then dig into his jaw. “I-I have to work.” He breathlessly whispers as he tangles his hand in Jungkook’s hair and plants his other hand behind him on the counter, leaning back and giving Jungkook access to whatever he wants.

“I’ll be careful,” Jungkook murmurs as his lips travel down Taehyung’s body to his erect dick. When he presses his lips against the tip of Taehyung’s dick, Taehyung whimpers and twitches. With a hum, Jungkook engulfs Taehyung’s dick in his mouth.

“Oh god.” Taehyung chokes out as he throws his head back. His chest heaves as he pants and tries to catch his breath.

The sounds of slurping and pleasure fill the small apartment as Jungkook swirls his tongue around Taehyung’s dick and presses his thumb against Taehyung’s perineum. When Jungkook sucks on his balls, Taehyung cries out with pleasure, and his body jerks. Hearing Taehyung’s cries of pleasure, Jungkook hums with satisfaction and deep throats him. 

“God! I-I’m cumm-ing.” Taehyung cries out as he tries to pull Jungkook off his dick.

Hearing Taehyung’s warning, Jungkook goes as deep as possible, choking himself on Taehyung’s dick. Taehyung’s body trembles as he cums down Jungkook’s throat.

“I-I’m s-sorry.” Taehyung whimpers as he looks at Jungkook through teary vision. He watches as Jungkook sucks him dry and swallows his cum.

“Don’t apologize, Princess.” Jungkook hums as he stands up and kisses Taehyung’s lips. 

“Don’t you dislike it?” Taehyung asks as he searches Jungkook’s face for any disgust or anger.

“Not at all.” Jungkook smiles as he wraps Taehyung in his arms. “If I didn’t like it, I would have pulled away.”

“Oh.” Taehyung nods and relaxes in Jungkook’s embrace. He’s not angry. He actually liked it. He’s never made me swallow when I didn’t want to. He’s always let me do what I want. “What about you?” He asks when he realizes Jungkook has pleasured him twice.

“I’m fine.” Jungkook softly hums and presses a kiss on the top of Taehyung’s head.

“But I’ve gotten to cum twice,” Taehyung mumbles as he pulls back and looks at Jungkook with confusion.

“I like it when you cum if you haven’t learned over the months,” Jungkook smirks as he gently grabs Taehyung’s chin and brushes his thumb over Taehyung’s chin. “Plus, since when has our relationship ever been transactional? Sometimes, I give all, and sometimes I take all. Sometimes you give all, and sometimes you take all. With us, it doesn’t matter who got what and who didn’t.”

“True.” Taehyung murmurs as he thinks about their relationship before it began to change. That must be why I have always felt safe with him. It’s never been about making sure I give him everything every single time. He gives me whatever I want whenever I want. Feelings are making me overthink. I’m becoming too scared of losing him. He used to just be sex, but he’s more than that now. He’s comfort and safety. He’s starting to become a part of me. It’s terrifying.

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Jimin nervously waits for Taehyung at the school's entrance. He wanted to call Taehyung to check on him, but Taehyung was with the CEO. He did not want to interrupt them.

When a black luxury sedan pulls up to the school, Jimin quickly but nervously walks over to the car. He watches as Jungkook gets out of the vehicle and goes to the passenger door.

“Do you have everything?” Jimin listens to Jungkook’s soft voice as he helps Taehyung out of the vehicle.

“I do.” Taehyung hums as he juggles all of his books.

“Careful.” Jungkook murmurs as he catches the tumbling books.

“Sorry.” Taehyung apologetically smiles at Jungkook.

“Don’t apologize.” Jungkook softly smiles and takes some of the books from Taehyung to help him with the heavy load.

“I can help.” Jimin quickly walks over and offers to carry the books in Jungkook’s hands.

“Thank you.” Jungkook smiles with gratitude and hands Jimin the books.

Seeing how calm and peaceful Taehyung seems, Jimin knows that Jungkook is healing the wounds that never healed in Taehyung’s gentle heart. 

“I probably won’t be able to come tonight.” Jungkook softly tells Taehyung as he looks at Taehyung with such a tender gaze.

“Okay. I’ll, uhm, I’ll probably hang out with Jimin.” Taehyung’s response has Jungkook looking at Jimin with a gaze that warns him about his little brother being involved.

“We should go to Yoongi hyung’s place. He wants to try a new recipe he learned on his last business trip.” Jimin suggests, letting Jungkook know that he will not let Jisung around Taehyung.

“Oh! He’s a really good cook. That would be fun. Where did he go last?” Taehyung’s eyes light up with excitement, which puts Jungkook at ease.

“Panama.” Jimin smiles and glances at Jungkook. They share a look promising each other to protect and take care of Taehyung.

Knowing that Taehyung will be taken care of, Jungkook turns to leave. “Hyung, when will I see you again?” Taehyung quietly asks when he sees that Jungkook is leaving.

“Tomorrow, if you’re not busy.” Jungkook softly responds. I’m not going anywhere. I promise. I’ve made up my mind.

“I won’t be busy.” Taehyung instantly smiles.

“Then, I’ll pick you up from work tomorrow.” Jungkook smiles and reaches out to gently brush his thumb over Taehyung’s cheek.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and happily grips his books. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

It takes every muscle in Jungkook’s body to stop himself from kissing Taehyung, but he remembers how nervous Taehyung became when he showed public affection. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” Jungkook softly smiles before getting into his vehicle. So, that is CEO Min’s partner. He’s very cautious about people finding out about him. I need to be more careful as well. I don’t want Taehyung getting hurt. CEO Min’s last partner was dragged through hell.

Throughout the day, Jimin hovers over Taehyung like a worried mother hen. Usually, Taehyung gets annoyed when his friend frets over him, but he understands why Jimin is acting the way he is.

“Does your old man know that I am coming over?” Taehyung asks as he and Jimin walk out of the school together at the end of the day.

“He does.” Jimin hums and nods before pausing and looking at his younger brother with anger. “What are you doing here? Didn’t I tell you not to come near him?” He hisses as he grabs Taehyung and holds him closer.

Taehyung quickly looks away from Jisung, not ready to discuss the night before and the trauma Jisung unknowingly stirred up. 

“Little Love.” A deep, soft voice calls out as a man in a suit gets out of a luxury sedan.

“Hyung.” Jimin instantly smiles when he sees his boyfriend walking over to him.

“Let’s go.” Yoongi reaches out and gently grabs Jimin’s hand, intertwining their hands. “Don’t worry. I told Jeon that I’m picking you up.” He tells Taehyung and motions for his security guard to step between Taehyung and Jisung. “He told me not to let anyone near you.” 

“Thank you.” Taehyung whispers and nods. He has only met Yoongi a couple of times, but the older man has always been kind to him.

Once Taehyung gets into the car, Jisung tries to run over. “Hyung! Please! Talk to me!” He shouts as Yoongi’s security guard stops him.

“Not right now.” Taehyung quickly buckles and avoids looking at Jisung.

“I’m sorry, Tae.” Jimin whispers as he holds Taehyung’s head.

“I’m the one who should be apologizing. You’re fighting with your little brother because of me.” Taehyung murmurs as he looks at Jimin with guilt.

“Don’t apologize. He should know better. I didn’t raise him like that.” Jimin sighs and apologetically smiles at Taehyung. “I don’t understand why he’s acting like this.”

During the drive to Yoongi’s home, Jungkook messages Taehyung. Seeing Jungkook’s message, Taehyung softly smiles and quickly responds.

“The fact that someone is happy to message Jeon is new to me,” Yoongi mutters under his breath as he thinks about the cold asshole he knows.

“You know him?” Taehyung asks when he hears Yoongi mention Jungkook a second time.

“I do.” Yoongi hums and nods as he glances at Taehyung through the rear-view mirror.

“Does he not date?” Taehyung looks at Yoongi with curiosity.

“Jeon? Date? Never. Everything to him has always been transactional. Every relationship is purely business. Imagine my surprise when he asked me to protect my boyfriend’s best friend.” Yoongi explains with a chuckle.

“But … I don’t have anything to give him,” Taehyung whispers as he nervously bites his bottom lip.

“You’re the first person who is outside of his business. He does not see you as a business relationship. You don’t have to give him anything. He’ll give you everything.” Yoongi hums and pulls through a pair of open gates. “He even sends his personal bodyguard for you.” He mutters when he sees Kyungpyo waiting in his driveway. What the fuck did that kid do to earn this reaction out of Jeon? Even my Jimin seems livid. I thought Jimin would let him get away with murder. What would be worse than murder to Jimin?

“CEO Jeon sent clothes and belongings for Kim Taehyung-ssi,” Kyungpyo explains as he shows Taehyung several luxury shopping bags.

“What on earth?” Taehyung whispers as he peeks into the bags.

“He told me to tell you that he would prefer it if you slept fully clothed tonight.” Kyungpyo’s statement has Taehyung turning bright red and snatching the bags out of his hands.

“Tell him that I’m killing him.” Taehyung hisses as he avoids looking at Jimin, who is smirking and cackling.

“I will relay the message,” Kyungpyo mutters and bows. “CEO Min, I was told to stay the night to report everything that happens to CEO Jeon.”

“Do whatever you have to.” Yoongi sighs and shakes his head as he walks into his large home.

“He’s going overboard.” Taehyung murmurs as he scampers after Jimin.

“I’m amused. I never expected to see Jeon in love.” Yoongi smirks like a giddy cat as he takes his tie off.

“Love?” Taehyung looks at Yoongi with confusion.

“Jeon is in love with you,” Yoongi responds as if it is a fact.

“With me? Why on earth would he be in love with me?” Taehyung gawks with shock as he looks at Yoongi with big eyes.

“How would I know? I’m not in love with you.” Yoongi shrugs and walks to the kitchen.

“Show me what he bought you.” Jimin quickly peeks into the bags to see the contents.

“Okay.” Taehyung murmurs and walks over to the large, open living room. He chooses a couch and settles down before opening the first bag. When he pulls out a silk pajama set, he quietly gasps and gently runs his fingers over the soft fabric.

“Woah.” Jimin softly gasps as he admires the night outfit Jungkook bought for Taehyung. “Check the next bag.” He excitedly grins.

Taehyung quickly opens the other bag and finds clothes to wear the next day. He softly smiles when he sees that the clothes are exactly his style.

“That man definitely loves you,” Jimin murmurs as he lays his head on Taehyung’s shoulder.

Taehyung does not respond as he gently holds the clothes in his hands. When he looks up at Kyungpyo to see if Jungkook is the one who really bought them, the man chuckles and nods his head, understanding the question written all over Taehyung’s face. Taehyung gulps and carefully runs his fingers over the fabric. He wants to agree with Jimin, but a part of him is terrified of Jimin being wrong. He is afraid to hope and end up being abandoned.

“He’s definitely observant,” Taehyung mutters and places the clothes back into the bags.

“He even bought shoes.” Jimin points out as he goes through another bag. “They're your size too!” He gasps and shows Taehyung the shoes.

“Oh.” Taehyung looks at the beautiful leather shoes and nervously bites his bottom lip.

I would certainly say that CEO Jeon is in love. Kyungpyo smiles to himself as he thinks about how different Jungkook is when it comes to Taehyung.

As Taehyung and Jimin spend time together, Yoongi works on the recipe he learned while away for his business trip. He smiles as he listens to their quiet but happy conversation. When his phone rings, Yoongi frowns and looks at the screen. A sigh passes his lips when he sees that the caller is his boyfriend’s younger brother. He ignores the call but is forced to answer his phone when it continues to ring.

“What?” Yoongi hisses as he answers the phone.

“Is my Hyung at least okay?” Jisung asks as he sits on his motorcycle and looks out at the city below him.

“Which one?” Yoongi sighs and works on his dish.

“Both of them.” Jisung murmurs as he wishes he could go back in time and stop himself the night before.

“They are both fine. I don’t know what you did, but you need to cut it out. They raised you. They’re basically your parents.” Yoongi mutters as he walks out of the kitchen to watch Jimin and Taehyung.

“I … I brought up his past,” Jisung whispers, guilt tinging his voice.

“Taehyung’s? Why on earth would you do that?” Yoongi hisses and walks back into the kitchen.

“The man he’s seeing … he … he hurts him.” Jisung grits out and clenches his fist.

“What?” Yoongi pauses what he is doing and stares at the counter with shock.

“Taehyung hyung had bruises on his wrists and neck.” Jisung grinds his teeth as he remembers the bruises.

“So you compared his past to Jeon?” Yoongi sighs and shakes his head. “You really are a kid. I doubt he would ever get himself into a situation like that again. If your brother saw them and did not seem worried, then forget it.”

“But-”

“Stop.” Yoongi quickly interjects and rubs his forehead out of frustration. “There are things that you don’t need to know if you can’t figure it out on your own.” He mutters before ending the call.

“Hyung?” Jimin calls out as he walks into the kitchen. “What’s wrong?” He frowns when he sees Yoongi’s clenched jaw.

“Your brother called,” Yoongi mutters and places his phone on the marble counter.

“What did he want?” Jimin sighs as he leans against the counter.

“He was just checking on you two and told me what happened.” Yoongi hums and presses a kiss on Jimin’s forehead.

“Your friend is something else because he was able to comfort Taehyung and take away his pain. Taehyung seemed to be happy despite what had happened.” Jimin softly murmurs as he lovingly smiles at his boyfriend.

“Good.” Yoongi smiles and wraps Jimin in his arms.

After dinner, Taehyung goes to the room Yoongi provides for him and gets ready for bed. Once he has showered, he puts on the clothes Jungkook bought for him. He smiles when the soft fabric encompasses his body.

He quickly sends Jungkook a text, thanking him for the clothes. He is startled when his phone suddenly rings.

“Hey.” Taehyung quietly murmurs when he answers the phone.

“Hey.” Jungkook’s soft, silky voice filters through the phone. “How was dinner?” He asks as he leans back in his office chair and looks outside his office window at the city below him.

“It was good. I’ve never had the dish before. There were plantains.” Taehyung responds as he hugs his pillow and soaks up Jungkook’s soothing voice. “Have you eaten anything?” 

“Not yet.” Jungkook hums and softly smiles when he hears a gasp from Taehyung.

“You need to eat.” Taehyung chastises as he worries about Jungkook.

“I’ll be okay.” Jungkook chuckles and leans his head back. 

“You sound tired.” Taehyung’s voice is filled with worry.

“I’m okay. I’m used to this.” Jungkook softly murmurs as he softly smiles.

“Have you eaten anything other than breakfast?” Taehyung asks as he worries about Jungkook.

“Not really.” Jungkook chuckles when he hears Taehyung huff at him.

“Why didn’t you get anything to eat while you were out buying my clothes?” Taehyung grumbles as he pouts.

“Why do I feel like I’m missing seeing a new facial expression?” Jungkook softly hums as he tries to imagine Taehyung’s face at the moment.

“Don’t change the subject.” Taehyung huffs and shyly buries his face in the pillow.

“I was concentrating on trying to get everything perfect.” Jungkook murmurs and closes his eyes as he listens to Taehyung's little grumbles and shy murmurs. “Go to sleep. I’ll see you tomorrow.” He whispers when Taehyung’s grumbles turn into sleepy hums.

“Okay. Are you going home soon?” Taehyung sleepily asks as he tries to stay awake.

“After I finish this task.” Jungkook hums and smiles when he hears a little yawn from the phone.

“Thank you for everything.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs as his eyes droop shut.

“Of course. Sleep well, Baby.” Jungkook whispers and hangs up the call, not realizing that his final word woke Taehyung up completely.

“Baby???”

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Taehyung’s eyes are big as he stares at the phone, and Jungkook’s words echo through his mind. Baby … Baby … BABY?! He suddenly screams and buries his face in his pillow as Jungkook’s voice continues to play through his mind. 

Hearing Taehyung’s screams, Jimin runs into his room, slamming the door open. “What happened?! What’s wrong?!”

“He called me … BABY!” Taehyung shrieks and looks at Jimin with big eyes.

“Oh.” Jimin chuckles and sits on the edge of the bed.

“No one’s ever called me that! I mean, he’s called me other things! But that’s during sex!” 

“Do you like it?” Jimin asks with a soft smile when he sees the happiness radiating from his friend.

“Of course I do! But now I won’t be able to sleep! He called me baby and hung up!” Taehyung wails as he flops onto his back on the bed and looks at the ceiling.

Jimin stays quiet as he watches his friend process his happiness. He softly smiles when Taehyung squeals and writhes on the bed, overwhelmed with happiness. You’ve never acted this way before. I’ve never seen you this happy before.

“Try to get some sleep.” Jimin chuckles as he stands up.

“How?! How am I supposed to sleep?!” Taehyung asks as deep, tender Jungkook’s voice refuses to leave his mind.

“Just think about what makes you sleep the best.” Jimin softly laughs as Taehyung continues to freak out.

“That’s him! I sleep the best when he’s holding me!” Taehyung wails as he flops around on the bed.

“Should I film this and send it to him?” Yoongi asks as he leans against the door frame.

“OH GOD! PLEASE NO!” Taehyung shrieks and flops off the bed. “I’m begging you not to.” He wails and curls up into a tight ball on the floor.

“I won’t. Don’t worry.” Yoongi chuckles as he returns to his room with Jimin.

Once Taehyung is alone, he stares at the ceiling and does his best to think of anything that is not related to Jungkook, but he finds his mind continuously drifting back to the older man. Wait … did he ever tell me how old he is? Didn't Kyungpyo tell me that Jungkook is six years older than me? What does that make him? I’m twenty-five, so … he’s … thirty-one? Woah. I like that. That seems rather perfect. He smiles and snuggles with his pillow.

Before Taehyung knows it, his alarm is screaming for him to wake up. “I actually slept.” He sleepily murmurs to himself as he groggily turns his alarm off.

When he walks out of the room after getting ready for the day, he is surprised to find Jungkook waiting for him in the living room.

“Is everything okay?” Jungkook asks with concern as he walks over to Taehyung.

“Yeah? Why?” Taehyung looks at Jungkook with confusion as Jungkook frets over him.

“Kyungpyo told me that he heard screaming last night.” Jungkook murmurs as he gently cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“Oh god.” Taehyung blushes and shyly bites his bottom lip. “It’s nothing. I promise.” He presses his face against Jungkook’s chest to hide his embarrassment from him.

“Are you sure?” Jungkook wraps Taehyung in his arms as he continues to worry about him.

“You called him baby,” Jimin murmurs as he walks past the pair.

“Huh?” Jungkook quickly looks at Jimin while Taehyung shrieks against his chest.

“You called him baby,” Jimin repeats, causing Taehyung to shriek louder.

“Oh.” Soon, a smirk plasters on Jungkook’s face as he pulls away to look at Taehyung’s blushing face. “Do you like it when I call you that, Baby?”

“Oh god. I’m fucking killing Jimin.” Taehyung squeals and tries to run away.

“Where are you going?” Jungkook chuckles as he catches Taehyung’s wrist to stop him from running away.

“Hiding.” Taehyung whines and tries to escape.

“Cute.” Jungkook coos and pulls Taehyung to him.

Taehyung whines against Jungkook’s chest as Jungkook holds him. He contemplates how he will kill his best friend.

“Are you taking him to work, Jeon?” Yoongi asks when he walks out of his room and sees Jungkook holding Taehyung.

“Yes.” Jungkook hums as he gently kisses the top of Taehyung’s head.

“You need to be more careful.” A flash of concern appears and quickly disappears in Yoongi’s eyes, surprising Jungkook.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let what happened to you happen to us.” Jungkook murmurs as he gently cradles Taehyung’s nape in his hand.

Hearing Jungkook and Yoongi, Taehyung wonders what they are talking about. He feels how Jungkook’s hold on him tightens and hears how his voice becomes strained. 

“Just … be careful. Your relationship affects my Jimin now.” Yoongi hums before going to the kitchen.

“I will be careful,” Jungkook responds as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “Ready to go to work?” He asks as he gently cups Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“Yes.” Taehyung smiles as he looks into Jungkook’s eyes. When he is truly looking into Jungkook’s eyes, he sees concern dimming the older man’s beautiful eyes. I’ll have to ask Jimin what happened.

The drive to Taehyung’s school is quiet as Jungkook’s mind wanders. Every now and then, Taehyung glances at Jungkook with concern. 

When Jungkook pulls up to the school, he snaps out of his trance and looks at Taehyung. He softly smiles when he sees Taehyung’s confusion and worry.

“I’ll tell you tonight.” Jungkook hums as he leans over and presses a kiss on the corner of Taehyung’s mouth.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and softly smiles.

Jungkook quickly gets out of the vehicle and goes to Taehyung’s side to open the door. Taehyung smiles brightly when Jungkook opens the door for him and helps him get out.

“Do you have everything you need?” Jungkook asks as he helps Taehyung place his bag strap on his shoulder.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and grips his bag.

“I’ll pick you up after work,” Jungkook mutters as he reaches out to gently brush Taehyung’s blonde hair out of his face.

“Okay.” Taehyung smiles and nods before turning to enter the school. “Have a good day at work.” He quickly turns around and smiles at Jungkook.

“Thank you, Tae. You, too.” Jungkook softly smiles when he sees Taehyung’s beautiful eyes.

Once Taehyung is inside the school, Jungkook gets into his car and drives to the company. As he walks through the building, he plans the dinner he wants to cook for Taehyung. When he walks into his office, he is surprised to see one of the actresses signed under his company sitting in one of the chairs.

“Do you need something?” Jungkook asks as he walks around her to his desk.

“No good morning?” She asks as she stands up and turns to face Jungkook.

“You have contracts for two dramas and several commercials. What else do you want?” Jungkook mutters as he pulls his chair out from the desk and sits down.

“Come with me to my red carpet tonight.” She smiles brightly and walks over to Jungkook, swaying her hips.

“I have plans.” Jungkook murmurs and pages his secretary. “Secretary Son, find someone to go with Miss Hong.” He tells his secretary, who quickly bows and motions for the actress to follow him out of the office.

“Why won’t you go with me?” She asks as she refuses to leave.

“I have plans. I do not need to explain myself to you. Find someone else.” Jungkook sighs as he refuses to look at the actress.

“People say you’re gay because you only ever go with Kwon Nara, and she is your cousin and married. Shouldn’t you at least change the rumors? ” She asks as she walks around the desk and places her hand on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“Don’t touch me.” Jungkook hisses as he looks at the hand on his shoulder with displeasure. “Secretary Son, get me a new shirt.” He quickly loosens his tie as he tries to calm down.

“Yes, CEO Jeon.” Secretary Son quickly grabs the actress and pulls her out of Jungkook’s office.

Once he is alone, Jungkook sighs and leans back in his chair. He softly smiles as he thinks about seeing Taehyung after work.

When Secretary Son enters the office, he is surprised to see Jungkook smiling. He wants to ask what has Jungkook smiling so happily, but he decides against it.

“Here is your shirt.” Secretary Son hands Jungkook a brand-new shirt that is still in its packaging.

“Thank you.” Jungkook hums as he stands up and unbuttons his shirt.

“CEO Kim of NMJ has called me and has informed me that he is coming to have dinner with you.” Secretary Son informs Jungkook as he takes the used shirt from him.

“Tell him that I have plans,” Jungkook responds and puts on the new shirt. “Very important plans.” He softly smiles and buttons his cuffs.

“Very well.” Secretary Son hums and looks at Jungkook with suspicion.

The rest of Jungkook’s day goes by quickly as he goes over possible contracts. The moment his alarm rings, he closes his laptop and walks out of his office. Secretary Son watches as the man who usually stays late into the night leaves the office early.

“Do not tattle on me to Chairman Kim,” Jungkook warns his secretary as he gets into the elevator.

When Taehyung walks out of the school, he is greeted by Jungkook. His face lights up with a smile when Jungkook opens the car door for him. “Did you fire Kyungpyo-ssi?” Taehyung asks as he gets into the vehicle.

“I did not. He has other things to deal with.” Jungkook smiles and gently shuts the car door.

As Jungkook pulls away from the school, Yoongi pulls up to pick up Jimin. He chuckles when he sees Jungkook driving away with Taehyung. I never thought I’d see him being a good partner. Kim is going to flip out when he finds out that his little brother is not telling him about his relationship. Oh well. That’s not for me to divulge.

The drive to Taehyung’s apartment is much lighter than the drive to work that morning. Taehyung smiles as Jungkook holds his hand during the drive.

“How was work?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook with love swimming in his eyes.

“It was good. Not very eventful. There was a little issue this morning, but it was handled.” Jungkook responds as he stops at a red light and turns to look at Taehyung. “How about you? Did the kids behave?”

“One student fell out of his desk because he was sleeping so hard.” Taehyung softly chuckles and shakes his head. “His parents just had a newborn, and apparently the baby screams all night.”

“Oh goodness.” Jungkook chuckles as he gently brushes his thumb over the top of Taehyung’s hand.

“Did you change your shirt?” Taehyung asks when he sees that the shirt is a different shade of blue.

“I did. Someone touched my shoulder. I don’t enjoy being touched.” Jungkook explains as he lifts Taehyung’s hand and presses a gentle kiss on it.

“I touch you.” Taehyung murmurs as he looks at Jungkook with curiosity.

“You are you. You can touch me.” Jungkook softly smiles and kisses Taehyung’s hand once more as the light turns green. Taehyung blushes as he shyly nibbles on his bottom lip.

When they reach Taehyung’s apartment, Jungkook’s phone rings. Seeing who is calling him, he turns his phone off and follows Taehyung inside. He gasps when Taehyung suddenly grabs him and kisses him. With a low hum, Jungkook wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist and pulls him close. Taehyung happily whines and opens his mouth, letting Jungkook take control. 

As they kiss, Jungkook pushes Taehyung toward the couch. When the back of Taehyung’s knees bump into the couch, he falls down. Jungkook quickly places his hand on Taehyung’s lower back and slows the fall. They collide together on the couch and softly laugh.

Jungkook presses a kiss on Taehyung’s lips as Taehyung’s fingers tangle in his hair and gently scratch his head. With a hum, Jungkook lies on top of Taehyung and buries his face in the crook of Taehyung’s neck. Taehyung softly moans when Jungkook’s teeth nip at his collarbone.

“Should we eat first?” Jungkook asks as he brushes his lips over Taehyung’s neck.

“I’m starving.” Taehyung whimpers and grinds against Jungkook.

“Me too.” Jungkook murmurs as he presses open-mouthed kisses on Taehyung’s neck. “Fuck. I am starving.” He growls and unbuttons Taehyung’s shirt.

Taehyung’s whimpers fill the apartment as Jungkook’s hands travel down his body to his pant line. He tightens his grip on Jungkook’s hair, desperately wanting more. 

“I’ll be quick and then we can eat.” Jungkook’s voice is deep and rough as he quickly yanks Taehyung’s belt off and unzips his pants.

“You? Quick?” Taehyung laughs as he lifts his hips so that Jungkook can pull his pants off easily.

“Definitely.” Jungkook grins as he unzips his pants and pulls out his dick.

“Liar.” Taehyung huffs and then yelps when Jungkook lifts his hips and buries his face in his ass. He groans and curls his toes when Jungkook’s tongue enters him and slurps. “God! Fuck.” He gasps as he digs his fingers into Jungkook’s hair and presses him deeper.

Jungkook moans when Taehyung’s thighs press against his head and suffocate him. Loud, lewd slurping sounds fill the apartment as Taehyung cries with pleasure. 

“Perfect,” Jungkook grunts out once he frees himself from Taehyung’s thighs. 

Taehyung watches with anticipation as Jungkook spits on his dick and quickly pumps his hardening penis. “It’s going to hurt,” Jungkook warns Taehyung as he presses the tip of his dick against Taehyung’s clenching hole.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and grips the couch. “You know I like it rough.”

“I know.” Jungkook chuckles and then suddenly presses into Taehyung’s tight hole.

Taehyung cries out with pleasure and trembles as his body burns with overwhelming pleasure and pain. Tears trickle down his face as he tries to find something to hold. Seeing Taehyung searching to hold something, Jungkook leans over him. Taehyung’s nails quickly find Jungkook’s back and dig into him.

“Fuck.” Jungkook grunts as he roughly fucks into Taehyung’s hole. 

“Oh god.” Taehyung chokes out as his orgasm nears all too quickly.

“I’ll be quick. I swear.” Jungkook pants as he chases his high.

“You better.” Taehyung whimpers and pulls Jungkook closer.

Knowing Taehyung wants to be held, Jungkook wraps his arms around him and holds him close. Taehyung whines with happiness when he is wrapped in Jungkook’s arms while Jungkook’s dick tears into him.

“God. Jungkook! HINGH!” Taehyung suddenly cums and bites into the crook of Jungkook’s neck, earning a grunt from the older man.

Jungkook groans and cums inside Taehyung as Taehyung’s teeth dig into him. “I didn’t know I liked that.” Jungkook chuckles as he rides out his orgasm.

“Fuck.” Taehyung breathlessly whispers as he nuzzles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s shoulder.

“I love you.”

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Taehyung freezes when he hears Jungkook’s soft whisper. His heart hammers out of his chest as he processes Jungkook’s tender confession. As his heart drums in his ears, he waits for Jungkook to take it back and to tell him to forget it.

“Fuck. I love you so much.” Jungkook murmurs as he presses kisses down Taehyung’s neck.

“You do?” Taehyung’s voice is quiet and unsure.

“I do, but if you don’t, it’s okay.” Jungkook hums as he avoids looking into Taehyung's eyes. “I’m sorry. I must’ve made you uncomfortable.” He gulps and slowly lets go of Taehyung.

Taehyung’s mind seems to process everything in slow motion. By the time he has processed his racing heart and Jungkook’s beautiful confession, Jungkook has pulled away and is standing up.

“Wait.” Taehyung quickly reaches out and grabs Jungkook’s hand. “Give me a moment. This is the first time the person I love has loved me back.” He whispers as he looks up at Jungkook with big, teary eyes.

Jungkook’s eyes grow wide when he hears Taehyung. Within a split second, a beautiful smile blooms on Jungkook’s face. He quickly sits down next to Taehyung and pulls him into his arms. “I love you.” He whispers and completely engulfs Taehyung in his arms.

“I love you, too.” Tears of happiness stream down Taehyung’s face as he cries in Jungkook’s arms. I love him. I love him so much. Taehyung finally admits to himself. His past has made him terrified of loving again, but Jungkook makes it so easy and safe.

“Fuck. I’m so relieved.” Jungkook murmurs as he lies down with Taehyung on his chest.

“Me too.” Taehyung tearily chuckles and nuzzles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s neck.

“I feel like I should have planned something romantic.” Jungkook hums as he kisses the top of Taehyung’s head.

“Love shouldn’t be planned.” Taehyung mumbles against Jungkook’s neck.

“You’re right.” Jungkook chuckles as he gently traces his fingers up and down Taehyung’s bare back. “I love you, Baby.” He whispers and presses another kiss on Taehyung’s head.

“I love you, too, Hyung.” Taehyung hums as he closes his eyes and listens to Jungkook’s gentle breaths.

“Honestly, if someone had told me the night we met that I would fall in love with you, I would have believed them,” Jungkook admits as he gently cradles Taehyung in his arms.

“I would have been terrified.” Taehyung’s voice is quiet as he presses a kiss on Jungkook’s neck. “Love has never turned out well for me.”

“Then we will work hard for our love to turn out well.” Jungkook softly murmurs as he brushes his fingers through Taehyung’s hair.

As Jungkook and Taehyung cuddle on the couch together, Jungkook’s family releases a statement. During dinner, Jimin screeches when he gets the news announcement on his phone.

“What’s wrong?” Yoongi asks when he hears his lover’s scream of horror.

“Since when is he engaged or even in a relationship?!” Jimin shoves his phone into Yoongi’s face.

“He’s not,” Yoongi murmurs as he reads the news release. “Fuck. This must be why his brother returned to the country.” 

“We need to let him know!” Jimin quickly dials his friend’s number, but does not receive an answer. “I don’t care if they’re in the middle of fucking. He needs to know.” He huffs and gets up from the table.

Yoongi quickly follows Jimin out of the large residence to his car. During the drive, he constantly tries calling Taehyung, but his calls go unanswered.

“He’s not answering?” Yoongi asks when Jimin groans again.

“Nope,” Jimin grumbles and tries to call Taehyung again.

As Taehyung and Jungkook make love on the couch, Taehyung’s door slams open, causing Taehyung to screech and tumble off the couch.

“GET DRESSED!” Jimin shouts and shoves Yoongi out of the apartment before following him out and shutting the door behind himself.

“What on earth?” Taehyung mutters as he stares at the door with disbelief.

Once they are dressed, Jungkook slams the door open and glares at Yoongi. “This had better be important, Min.” 

“Oh. It is.” Yoongi smirks and walks past Jungkook into the apartment.

“LOOK! Your fuck buddy is engaged!” Jimin shoves the phone into Taehyung’s hand.

Taehyung stares at the news article with shock before turning to look at Jungkook, who is looking at him with confusion. “Uhm, here.” He hands the phone to Jungkook.

“For the record, we were never fuck buddies.” Jungkook scowls at Jimin as he takes the phone.

“Whatever,” Jimin grumbles and rolls his eyes.

When Jungkook reads the article, he clenches his fist and curses under his breath. “I will handle this.” He mutters as he walks over to his suit jacket and pulls his phone out. He gives Taehyung an apologetic look before he turns his phone on.

“So uhm you two seem to be more than just fuck buddies.” Jimin quietly mutters to his friend.

“Yeah.” Taehyung sighs and sits down on the couch.

“I have to go.” Jungkook softly tells Taehyung when he receives a message.

“Okay.” Taehyung murmurs and nods as his mind begins to race again.

“I’ll come back tonight.” Jungkook kneels in front of Taehyung and gently holds his hand. “I promise.”

“Really?” Taehyung looks at Jungkook with surprise.

“Of course.” Jungkook smiles and gently kisses Taehyung’s hands.

“You don’t have to,” Taehyung whispers as he clenches Jungkook’s hand.

“I do. I want to be with you.” Jungkook murmurs and reaches up to cradle Taehyung’s face in his hand. “You’re the one I love. I will do what I have to so that I can return to you tonight.” His voice is soft as he reassures the man he loves.

“Okay. I will wait for you.” Taehyung smiles as he decides to trust Jungkook. If he breaks my trust or love, I will never be able to trust or love anyone ever again.

“I love you,” Jungkook whispers only for Taehyung to hear as he tilts his head up and gently kisses Taehyung’s soft lips.

“I love you, too.” Taehyung murmurs against Jungkook’s lips.

“I’m sorry that I won’t be able to clean you.” Jungkook quietly mutters as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s cheek.

“It’s okay. I’ll be okay, but you better clean me next time.” Taehyung softly chuckles as he presses a kiss on Jungkook’s lips. “Go so that you can come back quickly.”

“I love you.” Jungkook softly murmurs before he stands up to leave.

Taehyung sits on the couch and quietly watches Jungkook leave. A part of him trembles with the fear that Jungkook will not return, but he quickly shoves those fears away and looks at his grinning friend. “What?” He huffs as he stands up from the couch.

“Nothing.” Jimin sings and gets up to go to Taehyung’s kitchen. “Do you have anything to eat? Did your sugar daddy cook?”

“We were, uhm, cuddling before dinner,” Taehyung mutters as he goes to his restroom to clean himself. “Do whatever you want. I’ll be right back.”

Once Taehyung is gone, Yoongi goes to the refrigerator and finds ingredients to make dinner. He knows he would want Jungkook to take care of Jimin should the need arise, so he does his best to take care of Taehyung.

When Taehyung undresses, he quietly sighs and looks at the marks his lover left on his body. He softly smiles as he traces his fingers over the blooming marks on his body. “He loves me. I love him.” He quietly whispers as tears pool in his eyes.

He quickly cleans himself and gets dressed before he goes out. When he leaves the restroom, he is surprised to hear someone cooking in the kitchen. Worried Jimin is cooking, he quickly rushes out of the bathroom to the kitchen. To his relief, Yoongi is the one cooking.

“Why do you look so relieved? I’ve been practicing, and you’ve tried them and told me they were good!” Jimin huffs as he glares at his best friend.

“I still don’t trust you.” Taehyung chuckles and leans against the counter. “What is your old man cooking?” He quietly asks Jimin.

“I’m making kimchi jjigae with beef. Jeon bought really good ingredients.” Yoongi responds when he hears Taehyung’s question.

“It smells really good.” Taehyung smiles with happiness.

“I figured something homey would be soothing,” Yoongi explains as he turns to look at Taehyung.

“Thank you.” Taehyung softly hums and smiles at Yoongi.

While Taehyung enjoys a warm, home-cooked meal, Jungkook storms into a large mansion. The large mansion echoes with the sounds of Jungkook’s shoes storming down the marble hallways.

“What is this?!” Jungkook slams the door to the large dining room open as he seethes with anger.

“It’s time for you to settle down.” The man at the end of the table responds as he calmly cuts into his bleeding steak.

“I settle down when I want to settle down with whom I want to settle down.” Jungkook snarls as he glares at his father.

“Jungkook, do calm down. Stop acting so child-like.” The woman sitting on the other end of the table calmly sighs as she lifts a wine glass and takes a sip. “Your Hyung tried to tell you.”

“You barely gave me time to tell him.” A young man responds as he clenches the knife in his hand.

“If you do not revoke this statement, I will make my own statement. Trust me. You will absolutely hate my statement.” Jungkook warns as he glares at the people at the table.

“Oh goodness, Jungkookie. What on earth are you going to say?” A young woman at the table mockingly laughs as she looks at Jungkook with mock amusement.

“You will see.” Jungkook hisses as he straightens his posture and turns to leave. “Trust me. You will wish you had never released that filthy statement.” He growls before storming out of the mansion.

The drive to Taehyung’s apartment is filled with curses and reckless driving as Jungkook tries to calm himself down. When he reaches his love’s apartment, he quickly enters, slamming the door open.

Taehyung looks up from his laptop with surprise when the door to his apartment is slammed open. When he sees the overwhelming emotions in Jungkook’s eyes, he quickly gets up and rushes over to him. “What’s wrong? What happened?” He asks as he cups Jungkook’s face in his hands and has Jungkook look him in his eyes.

“I’m sorry,” Jungkook whispers as he takes a deep breath and rests his forehead against Taehyung’s forehead. “I’m so sorry, Baby.”

Taehyung stays quiet as he tries to comfort the man he loves and calm him down. After a few minutes, Jungkook sighs and completely relaxes against Taehyung. “I love you,” Jungkook whispers as he nuzzles his face in the crook of Taehyung’s neck.

“I love you, too.” Taehyung softly murmurs as he gently threads his fingers through Jungkook’s hair and holds him up.

“Have you eaten?” Jungkook quietly asks as he wraps his arms around Taehyung’s waist and holds him close.

“Jimin’s old man cooked dinner. There is some still in the pot.” Taehyung softly responds as he kisses Jungkook’s cheek.

“I want some,” Jungkook mutters as he tightens his embrace around his lover’s waist.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums as he continues to brush his fingers through Jungkook’s hair.

Once Jungkook feels like he can finally let go, he slowly pulls away from Taehyung’s comforting embrace. He softly smiles when he sees the loving worry in Taehyung’s eyes. “I’m okay. I promise.” He whispers and gently pecks Taehyung’s lips.

“I will get a bath ready for you to relax in. My bathtub isn’t anything fancy. It’s small, but at least you’ll be able to soak in warm water.” Taehyung softly murmurs as he gently brushes Jungkook’s hair out of his lover’s eyes.

“Thank you,” Jungkook whispers and kisses Taehyung’s forehead before going to the kitchen to fix himself a bowl of the food Yoongi made.

While Jungkook eats, Taehyung prepares the bath. Wanting to cheer Jungkook up, Taehyung undresses and sits on the edge of the bathtub. When Jungkook walks into the bathroom, he freezes and stares at Taehyung with big eyes.

“Oh god, Baby. What did I do to deserve you?”

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Taehyung softly laughs when he hears Jungkook’s silly words. He watches as Jungkook quickly undresses and walks over to him.

“Are you joining me in the bath?” Jungkook asks as he snakes his arms around Taehyung’s waist.

“It’s too small for both of us.” Taehyung chuckles and pecks Jungkook’s lips.

“I think we could fit.” Jungkook grins as he presses his forehead against Taehyung’s forehead. “Fuck. I love you so much.”

“I love you, too.” Taehyung softly smiles as he slowly and lovingly kisses the man he loves. “Time for you to bathe. Once you’re done, we’ll cuddle the night away.”

“Okay.” Jungkook smiles and pecks Taehyung’s red lips before he pulls away and gets into the warm water. A sigh of satisfaction passes his lips as the warm water encompasses his tired body. He is surprised when Taehyung sits on the edge of the tub and starts cleaning his hair.

The bathroom is quiet as Taehyung gently massages Jungkook’s scalp and cleans his hair. He wants to give Jungkook the same level of care that Jungkook has been constantly giving him. He does not want to be the only one constantly receiving in their relationship. Relationship … What are we? Should I ask him? No. I should wait until he’s less stressed.

Once Jungkook is finished with his bath, he stands up and gets out of the slippery tub. He quickly dries himself off before scooping Taehyung up into his arms. Taehyung squeaks with surprise and wraps his arms around Jungkook’s neck. When Jungkook reaches the bed, he lies down with Taehyung in his arms and holds him close.

“I’m going to release a statement that I’m gay,” Jungkook mutters as he stares at the ceiling.

“Really?” Taehyung sits up and looks at Jungkook with surprise.

“Yeah. That’s the only way I can stop this madness.” Jungkook hums as he looks into Taehyung’s worried gaze.

“But … you’re reputation. What about your position in the company? Your livelihood …”

“I’ll be okay. I’d rather have to start my life over than be tied up in a relationship I do not want.” Jungkook chuckles as he reaches up and pulls Taehyung down into his arms. “Plus, I’m actually pretty frugal, and YNM is my company. It’s not under my family’s corporation.”

“I’m worried about you,” Taehyung mutters as he snuggles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s neck.

“I’ll be okay, Baby. Don’t worry about me. Just … don’t get online and read the articles. I’m sure a lot of speculations will be made.” Jungkook sighs as he buries his face in Taehyung’s hair. “My past will be dug up. I want to be the one to tell you.” He murmurs and closes his eyes.

“I didn’t even know who you were in the first place.” Taehyung chuckles as he kisses Jungkook’s neck. “I’m clearly very good at avoiding news about you.”

“True.” Jungkook softly laughs and smiles. “Thank you.” He whispers as Taehyung is able to calm his heart.

“Can I ask you something, Hyung?” Taehyung’s voice is quiet as he whispers against Jungkook’s neck.

“Anything.” Jungkook quietly murmurs as he turns over to face Taehyung.

“What were you and Jimin’s old man talking about?” Taehyung asks as he looks into Jungkook’s eyes.

“Oh. That. He had a relationship before Jimin. He was going to marry her. She was a person like you and Jimin. She was not in the spotlight. The media somehow found out about her. They released information about her, and then people started harassing her. It was horrible. Understandably, she couldn't take it anymore and broke it off with Min.” Jungkook explains as he holds Taehyung in his arms. “Don’t worry. My statement tomorrow will not involve you. I will not even tell anyone that I’m in a relationship.”

“What kind of relationship are we in?” Taehyung quietly asks as he searches Jungkook’s eyes for an answer.

“Well, Baby, I was planning on asking romantically, but I was hoping you would be my boyfriend,” Jungkook whispers as he lovingly smiles at Taehyung.

“Oh.” Taehyung blushes and quickly snuggles his face under Jungkook’s chin to hide. “Me too.” He murmurs against Jungkook’s throat.

Jungkook softly chuckles as Taehyung shyly nuzzles against him. Anytime Taehyung does anything, Jungkook finds himself falling more and more in love with him.

“I’ll still ask you romantically.” Jungkook hums as he completely wraps Taehyung in his arms.

“Okay.” Taehyung quietly whispers as his heart beats out of his chest with happiness. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Jungkook mutters as he closes his eyes and listens to Taehyung’s soft breathing.

The two men peacefully drift off into the world of dreams as they fall asleep with full hearts.

When morning comes, Jungkook begrudgingly sits up and looks at Taehyung. Seeing Taehyung sleeping peacefully, he softly smiles and leans over to press a kiss on his forehead.

“Hyung?” Taehyung sleepily murmurs as his eyes flutter open.

“I have to go, Baby.” Jungkook hums as he gently reaches over and brushes his fingers through Taehyung’s hair.

“Call me if … if you want to. It doesn’t matter why.” Taehyung sleepily sits up and faces the man he loves.

“Thank you.” Jungkook softly smiles as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “Kyungpyo will take you to work. I’m not sure what will happen. I will keep you updated.”

“Okay. I love you.” Taehyung hums as he wraps his arms around Jungkook’s shoulders.

“I love you, too, Baby.” Jungkook murmurs as he holds Taehyung in his arms.

When Jungkook gets up, he quickly gets out of bed and gets dressed. As Taehyung watches Jungkook, he worries about the man he loves.

Once Jungkook leaves, he heads to his penthouse to prepare for the day. When he walks into his penthouse, he is surprised to see his older brother sitting on the couch.

“What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be in London.” Jungkook gruffly mutters as he walks past his brother.

“Where have you been?” His older brother asks with worry as he quickly follows after his younger brother.

“None of your business.” Jungkook mumbles and quickly grabs a fresh set of clothes.

“What are you planning?”

“You’ll see.” Jungkook hums and walks into his large bathroom.

“Are you still fucking around?” His older brother’s voice is exasperated and filled with concern.

“None of your business,” Jungkook mutters as he changes. 

His older brother’s eyes widen when he sees the marks on Jungkook’s body. Remembering Jungkook’s past, he quickly reaches out and grabs him. “Please. Tell me. Tell me you’re at least being safe.”

“I’m fine.” Jungkook quickly pulls his arm out of his brother’s grip. “You never cared in the past, so why pretend to care now?”

“Jung-”

“Save it. I have to go.” Jungkook shoots his older brother a glare before storming out.

“I’ve always cared about you!” Jungkook’s brother’s voice is so full of desperation that Jungkook turns around and looks at his brother with surprise.

“Really? You did? Then why … why did you never stop him ? Why did you always disappear? You’re like a shadow in my life that barely exists.” Jungkook growls as he grabs his briefcase and storms out of his penthouse.

His brother stands in the middle of the penthouse and listens to the echoes of Jungkook’s loneliness and pain surrounding him.

“I … I’m sorry.” His broken whisper joins the aching pain filling Jungkook’s penthouse.

When Jungkook arrives at the company, he sees that the reporters have arrived for his sudden announcement. As Jungkook walks over to the podium that has a bouquet of microphones, Secretary Son looks at him with worry. Jungkook gives his secretary a reassuring smile before he addresses the reporters.

“Good morning. I am sure you were all just as surprised as I was by the announcement made by the Chairman of NMJ Enterprises. I am here to announce that I am not engaged to Mun Kayoung. I am also here to announce that I am attracted to men.” The moment the final word leaves Jungkook’s mouth, a pause of silence seems to fill the nation before the cameras start flashing and the questions start blowing up like Jungkook is a city under attack. “Thank you for coming. I have nothing further to say.” Jungkook bows and is then quickly escorted into the building by his security.

He takes a deep breath as he marches through the lobby to the elevator. He cannot imagine the maelstrom he has suddenly unleashed, but he prays that the man he loves does not become a casualty.

Once Jungkook is in his office, he calmly walks over to his desk and sits down. After taking a deep breath, he continues his day as if it were any other day.

While Taehyung walks down the school’s corridors, he hears the students gasping. When he hears Jungkook’s name, he clenches his books to his chest and goes to his office. Jimin quickly walks over to him and hands him his phone.

“I promised him that I wouldn’t read the articles,” Taehyung mutters as he hands the phone back to Jimin.

“His family must be fuming.” Jimin hums as he leans against Taehyung’s desk.

“I’m sure. I’m a regular person, and my parents lost their minds.” Taehyung murmurs as he remembers the day his parents found out.

“Knowing that he has you must be comforting,” Jimin mumbles as he scrolls through the many articles.

When Taehyung walks to his next class, he hears some of the students whispering. “Wait, didn’t he come here to pick up one of our teachers? What if they’re in a relationship?” Taehyung quickly ignores the whispers and goes to his class.

During his lunch break, Jungkook calls Taehyung. I just need to hear his voice. Everything is okay.

“Hyung?” 

Jungkook instantly smiles with relief when he hears Taehyung’s voice. “Sorry. I just wanted to hear your voice.” Jungkook murmurs as he leans against his desk and looks out at the city below him.

“Is everything okay?” Taehyung softly asks as he walks through the school garden.

“Yes. Everything is okay.” Jungkook hums as he wishes he were with Taehyung at the moment.

“Let’s get away for the weekend,” Taehyung suggests when he hears the exhaustion in Jungkook’s voice.

“Where should we go?” Jungkook’s voice instantly cheers up when he thinks about spending the weekend with Taehyung.

“A national park in the mountains. I know a really remote area.” Taehyung hums as he looks up at the clear sky. “I already have camping gear.”

“I get to know another piece of you.” Jungkook’s voice is soft as he speaks to Taehyung.

“Yes.” Taehyung softly smiles when he hears the tenderness in Jungkook’s voice.

“Should we leave after work today?” Jungkook asks as he fills with excitement.

“Of course,” Taehyung responds and sits on a bench in the garden.

“Thank you,” Jungkook whispers as Taehyung’s care comforts him.

“I love you, Hyung.” Taehyung’s whisper is quiet so that only Jungkook can hear him.

“I love you, too, Baby.” Jungkook murmurs before ending the call.

As Jungkook works, his brother walks into his office. Jungkook looks at him with surprise because he expected his fuming parents to storm in.

“Let’s get away this weekend.” Jungkook’s older brother suggests to Jungkook’s ultimate surprise.

“I already have plans this weekend.” Jungkook murmurs as he looks at his older brother and tries to understand the man he never really knew.

“Good.” His older brother nods and gives him a small, nervous smile. “I-I’m gay too.”

Jungkook’s eyes widen with shock as he looks at his older brother.

“That’s why I was sent overseas to a private school. I was sent to conversion too. I, uhm, I’m sorry that I was never there for you.” His older brother’s voice is small as he tries to explain why he was never there for Jungkook. “I was caught kissing another boy and was sent away.” 

“Hyung.” Jungkook’s voice is soft as he looks at his brother with sorrow.

“I’m not trying to make excuses. I just don’t want you to think I don’t care about you. I always have ever since the moment your mother brought you to the mansion.” His older brother softly smiles and nervously stands in the middle of the office.

“Hyung, do you at least have someone now?” Jungkook softly asks as his heart aches for his older brother.

“I do. He came back to Seoul with me. He’s amazing.” His older brother’s face instantly lights up as he talks about his partner. “We … we are actually married.”

Jungkook’s heart throbs with pain when he realizes just how little he knows about his older brother. “Can I meet him?” His voice is hesitant.

“Of course.” His older brother quickly smiles and nods.

“Uhm … I have a boyfriend.” Jungkook’s voice is quiet and shy as he talks about Taehyung. “He’s the one I am spending the weekend with.”

“I’m so happy and relieved.” His older brother’s tense body instantly relaxes. “He must be rather amazing since he seems to have mellowed you out quite a bit.” He chuckles as he looks at his little brother with adoration.

“Hyung. That’s rude.” Jungkook huffs and pouts. “But he is rather amazing.” A sappy smile lights up his face as he thinks about Taehyung.

“Maybe we can have dinner sometime?” His older brother suggests with hope in his voice.

“I will ask him. If he agrees to it, we’ll have to do it privately. I don’t want anyone finding out about him.” Jungkook responds as he worries about Taehyung’s safety.

“Of course. Let me know what he says. I'd better go. I’ll tell the Chairman that you and I fought and that you were being stubborn as always.” His older brother softly chuckles as he turns to leave.

“Seokjin hyung, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be, Jungkookie.”

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Taehyung smiles when he walks out of the school and sees Kyungpyo waiting for him. He tries to act natural as he walks to the front passenger’s seat. Kyungpyo smiles softly and opens the door for Taehyung. “CEO Jeon told me to act like your lover.” He quietly tells Taehyung.

“Thank you.” Taehyung hums and gets into the front passenger seat.

Several of the students watch with curiosity and try to figure out what is going on with their teacher.

“Aigoo! Don’t you all want to go home?!” Jimin loudly huffs as he walks past the gawking students to his waiting partner.

When Taehyung arrives home, he quickly enters his apartment. However, his smile instantly drops when he sees Jisung waiting inside. “What are you doing here?” He asks as he steps back and does not let the door close.

“Hyung, can we talk?” Jisung asks as he looks at Taehyung with desperation.

“Sure.” Taehyung sighs and leans against the door frame. “What do you want to say?”

“I … I’m sorry. I was out of line. I should never have brought up your pain.” Jisung apologizes with teary eyes. “I won’t do it again, Hyung.”

“I swear that if you bring it up ever again, I will beat your ass.” Taehyung huffs and shakes his head. 

“I won’t. I swear!” Jisung instantly perks up when he sees Taehyung’s smile. “Do you want to hang out this weekend?” He asks with excitement.

“He has plans.” Jungkook’s voice fills the apartment when he opens the cracked-open door and stands behind Taehyung.

“Oh. Right.” Jisung’s smile falls as he looks at the man in his way.

“You seriously need to start dating.” Taehyung chuckles before he turns around and kisses his boyfriend. “Give me some time. I’ll get everything ready.”

“Okay.” Jungkook lovingly murmurs as his eyes train on Taehyung’s lips.

“Be patient.” Taehyung softly laughs when he sees the hunger in his boyfriend’s eyes.

“I’ll do my best.” Jungkook grins and watches Taehyung walk away. “Now, what are you doing here?” His voice deepens as he turns his attention to the person he considers a pest.

“None of your business.” Jisung scowls and grabs his motorcycle helmet.

“Did I not tell you to stay away from him?” Jungkook’s voice is dangerous as he steps in Jisung’s way. “If I didn’t make myself clear enough, I don’t fucking share. He’s mine, so fuck off.”

“You don’t own him.” Jisung snarls as he stands face to face with Jungkook.

“Listen to me very closely. He is mine . I do not share. I will not repeat myself again.” Jungkook’s voice is low as he towers over the younger man.

“Hyung, the weather is supposed to be cold and rainy, so I’m going to pack lots of blankets.” Taehyung’s voice filters into the living room from the bedroom.

“Okay, Baby. We’ll be warm since we’ll cuddle the whole time anyway.” Jungkook grins as he watches Jisung’s face twitch with anger.

“Obviously!” Taehyung laughs from his bedroom as he fills his camping backpack with everything they will need. 

“And don’t worry about packing clothes. You know how we prefer to cuddle.” Jungkook’s grin darkens as he looks at Jisung like a predator hunting its prey that knows the prey is right in its grasp and will not be able to escape.

“As if I’d let you wear clothes.” Taehyung scoffs and zips up the bag.

When Taehyung walks out of the bedroom, his eyes widen with surprise. “Jisung, I thought you left.”

Jungkook watches with amusement when Taehyung’s mask of surprise slips for a split second. Taehyung has been vulnerable around him recently, but the man who eagerly let a stranger fuck him all night is still part of who Taehyung is.

“Sorry. I left my helmet.” Jisung mutters before rushing out of the apartment.

“Did you pack everything?” Jungkook asks and walks over to Taehyung.

“I did.” Taehyung smiles and hoists the large backpack over his shoulders.

“I’ll carry it.” Jungkook chuckles when he sees that the backpack is much larger than his boyfriend.

“I’ve got it.” Taehyung smiles and pecks Jungkook’s lips before grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the apartment.

Jungkook happily follows Taehyung to his car. When he hears a motorcycle engine start up, he looks and watches Jisung drive away.

“We need to get there before the rain starts,” Taehyung tells his boyfriend as he places the oversized bag and tent in the back of the vehicle.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums as he adores his boyfriend.

When Taehyung gets into the vehicle, he sees that his boyfriend has bought a lot of food for their weekend. He smiles when he realizes his boyfriend is excited for their little getaway.

The drive to the mountains is quiet and peaceful as Taehyung holds his boyfriend’s hand and watches the dark clouds roll in. Every time Jungkook looks at his boyfriend, his chest fills with warmth.

“There. Turn down that little road.” Taehyung points to an unkempt road once they enter the national forest.

“Okay.” Jungkook murmurs and turns down the road that very few people have gone down. He wonders how his boyfriend found the small, haunting road.

After driving down the little, windy road, Taehyung points to a single parking spot. “We will hike from here.”

“Hike. Okay.” Jungkook chuckles as he watches his boyfriend happily hop out of the vehicle.

“It’s a really short hike. It really can’t be called a hike. It’s more like a walk in the park.” Taehyung explains as he grabs the large backpack and the tent.

“Whatever you say.” Jungkook smiles and grabs the bags of food.

The little hike Taehyung leads Jungkook on ends up being more than a little walk in the park. Jungkook stops and leans against a tree as he watches his boyfriend easily climb up the steep mountain ahead of him. He shakes his head and chuckles when his boyfriend turns to look at him with curiosity.

“You okay?” Taehyung asks when he sees his boyfriend leaning against a tree to rest.

“Give me a moment.” Jungkook softly laughs as he smiles up at his boyfriend.

“Your muscles are clearly only for show.” Taehyung laughs and waits for his boyfriend to catch his breath.

“Sure.” Jungkook chuckles and starts walking toward his boyfriend. “You’re like a little mountain goat.”

“I’d like to say that I’m a mountain lion.” Taehyung huffs as he playfully glares at his boyfriend.

“Adorable like a little goat.” 

“I am insulted,” Taehyung grumbles and scowls at his grinning boyfriend.

“They’re cute, though!” Jungkook laughs and gently bumps arms with his pouting boyfriend.

“I’m a predator.” Taehyung huffs as he flicks his head back in defiance.

“Too cute to be a predator.” Jungkook grins as Taehyung shoots him another scowl.

“I will prove to you that I’m a predator,” Taehyung grumbles as he stomps off.

“I can’t wait to see what you show me.” Jungkook chuckles as his adorable boyfriend storms away.

By the time they reach the top of the mountain, Jungkook is exhausted. He plops on a rock and watches Taehyung quickly start setting up their campsite.

“Do you always do this alone?” Jungkook asks as he stretches to relieve his exhausted muscles.

“Yes. You’re the first person I’ve brought here.” Taehyung quietly responds and looks at the man he loves.

“I’m honored.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he stands up and walks over to his boyfriend.

“You better be.” Taehyung giggles as he looks up at his boyfriend.

“I love you.” Jungkook crouches down and pecks Taehyung’s soft lips.

“I love you, too.” Taehyung softly whispers against Jungkook’s lips.

“What do I need to do?” Jungkook asks as he gently cups Taehyung’s face in his hands.

“Cook and not get in my way.” Taehyung giggles and gently pushes Jungkook away. “We need to beat the rain. Look.” He points at the dark clouds in the distance.

“Okay. Food. Not in your way.” Jungkook grins as he stands up and walks over to the bag he filled with food and snacks.

Taehyung quickly sets up the camp as he keeps an eye on the oncoming storms. When thunder rumbles, he is already placing their bedding inside the tent and fluffing it up. With a happy little sigh, he sits in the middle of the small tent and smiles with happiness. Closing his eyes, he leans his head back and takes a deep breath of the fresh mountain air.

When Taehyung pokes his head out of the tent, he sees Jungkook filling bowls with the food he made. Taehyung smiles and sits down to watch him. His heart swells with happiness as he remembers that the man in front of him loves him.

“Okay! It’s ready!” Jungkook smiles and looks up from the food.

“It smells so good.” Taehyung softly smiles and puts his shoes on to walk over to Jungkook.

“Here.” Jungkook motions for Taehyung to sit in the chair he set up to face the valley.

Taehyung happily sighs as he settles into the chair and eagerly accepts the warm bowl of stew from his lover. Jungkook’s heart swells with happiness when he sees how happy Taehyung is.

“This is really nice.” Jungkook hums as he sits in his chair and looks at the beautiful view.

“It’s so nice that we get to watch the storms roll in.” Taehyung smiles and reaches over to hold Jungkook’s hand. Jungkook instantly smiles when he holds Taehyung’s hand and intertwines their fingers.

They eat in peaceful silence as they watch the lightning in the distance. When the wind blows off the storm, Jungkook takes a deep breath of the stormy air. He closes his eyes and leans his head back as he rests in the beautiful, peaceful mountain atmosphere.

“Oh!” Taehyung squeaks when a raindrop lands on his nose.

Jungkook quickly gets up, grabs the empty bowls, sets them aside, and picks Taehyung up. Taehyung laughs as Jungkook carries him to the tent and sets him inside. “Can’t have you getting sick.” Jungkook chuckles and kisses Taehyung’s forehead.

“True.” Taehyung giggles as he watches Jungkook quickly take their shoes off and place them outside.

“This is a one-person tent, isn’t it?” Jungkook grins as he squeezes into the tiny tent with his lover.

“You’d be surprised to know that this is a two-person tent. They make tents really small.” Taehyung softly laughs as he cups Jungkook’s face in his hands and lovingly kisses him.

“Wow.” Jungkook chuckles as he leans forward, pushing Taehyung down onto the bedding. They both happily hum as they continue to lovingly kiss each other.

When Jungkook presses his bulge against Taehyung, they both moan into each other’s mouths. Taehyung softly pants and whimpers as his lover’s hands slide under his shirt and squeeze him. Wanting more of his lover, Taehyung jerks his hips up.

“Fuck.” Jungkook groans and sits up, pulling away from Taehyung. “I need to be romantic.” He mumbles and reaches over for his bag.

Taehyung watches with curiosity and confusion as Jungkook rummages through his bag. His eyes widen when he sees Jungkook pull out a large jewelry box.

“I, uh, guess I should have asked out there,” Jungkook mutters as he sits down and holds out the box to Taehyung. “I love you. I’m sorry that I’m not very good at this.”

Taehyung stays quiet as he watches Jungkook with teary eyes. He tries his hardest to fight his tears as he waits for Jungkook to find the words he is so desperately searching for.

“I love you. You entered my life like a storm and settled into my heart. You are something beautifully unknown. I have loved getting to know every piece of you. I can’t wait to get to know you better. Without even trying, you have become my everything. I love you. You are my breath and peace. I had planned a whole speech, but with you, everything is unpredictable and unknown. I had planned out my entire life. I had never planned on loving anyone, but then you blew in and changed everything. I love you. Will you be my boyfriend?” Jungkook’s eyes are filled with tears as he nervously grips the jewelry box in his hands.

“I love you, too.” Taehyung smiles as he lunges forward and hugs Jungkook. “I’m so happy. Of course, I’ll be your boyfriend.”

“I love you so much,” Jungkook whispers as he wraps Taehyung in his arms. He happily sighs as he squeezes Taehyung in his arms before letting go. 

Once they are separated by only a couple of centimeters, Jungkook opens the jewelry box to reveal two matching sets of necklaces and bracelets. Taehyung’s eyes widen with awe as he looks at the beautiful jewelry.

“I don’t know you perfectly yet, but I do remember all of the pretty jewelry you wear.” Jungkook quietly explains as he watches Taehyung stare at the jewelry with shock. 

“I’m going to marry you someday.” Taehyung tearily mutters as he looks at Jungkook.

“Happily.” Jungkook softly smiles and leans forward to kiss his boyfriend’s forehead. 

“I love you so much.”

“I love you, too, Baby.”

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Taehyung’s gaze is hooded and soft as Jungkook gently clasps the necklace around his neck. His breathing is heavy as his boyfriend’s fingers gently brush his neck. Jungkook softly hums when he hears his boyfriend’s heavy breathing and sees his hooded gaze.

“Will you put mine on?” Jungkook leans forward as he whispers, brushing his lips against his boyfriend’s ear.

“Yes,” Taehyung whispers and nods as his body shivers with anticipation. “But, I want you naked.” He hums and looks at his boyfriend’s clothed body.

“Happily.” Jungkook grins and grips the bottom of his shirt, quickly pulling it off. Taehyung watches with anticipation as Jungkook’s fingers grip the pants button. Seeing Taehyung’s anticipation, Jungkook grins and slowly unbuttons his pants.

“Stop teasing.” Taehyung growls and glares at his grinning boyfriend.

“Then, you do it.” Jungkook grins as he leans back.

Taehyung gets on his hands and knees as he looks up at Jungkook with big eyes. “Should I do this naked?” He innocently asks as he continues to look up at his boyfriend. 

“Of course.” Jungkook hums and reaches over to grip Taehyung’s chin. “Why would I want you on your hands and knees with clothes on?” As Jungkook looks into Taehyung’s eyes, lightning flashes outside. The moment stills as the storm picks up.

With a purr, Taehyung sits up and pulls his shirt off. Jungkook watches with a dark, hungry gaze as his boyfriend quickly undresses. When he sees the lace panties, he groans and leans forward to push his boyfriend onto the bedding. “Fuck. How can you be so perfect?” He growls and roughly grabs Taehyung’s erect dick through his lace panties.

Taehyung whimpers when the lace roughly rubs against his sensitive dick. Tears prick his eyes as his boyfriend roughly presses down and rubs. 

“So pretty, Princess.” Shivers run down Taehyung’s spine when he hears Jungkook’s deep, rough voice. “These are pretty, but I want you naked,” Jungkook whispers as he slides his fingers over the hem of the panties and daintily tugs them down. Taehyung’s heart hammers out of his chest as Jungkook lifts Taehyung’s legs with one hand and slides his panties off with the other.

When the blue lace panties slide past Taehyung’s feet, Jungkook presses soft kisses on his ankles. “I-I thought you’d tear them.” Taehyung shyly whispers as he looks at his panties in Jungkook’s hand.

“Why would I tear them when I want to see you walking around in them?” Jungkook asks as he sets the panties aside and spreads Taehyung’s legs open. “Right now, I want to just look at your pretty little cock throbbing so prettily. But later, I want to see your ass swallowing them so prettily.”

“God. Your mouth is worse than usual.” Taehyung blushes and looks away.

“Now, weren’t you supposed to be doing something?” Jungkook hums as he flicks the tip of his boyfriend’s dick.

“Right.” Taehyung whimpers and looks at the bulge in his boyfriend’s pants. When he sits up, he pushes his boyfriend back and kneels in front of him. Jungkook watches with slanted eyes as his boyfriend gets on all fours in front of him and lifts his bare ass. 

“That’s better.” Jungkook hums as he watches Taehyung stick out his tongue to grab his zipper. Jungkook tilts his head to the side and watches with a grin as Taehyung unzips his pants. Taehyung hums when he sees his boyfriend’s underwear blocking what he wants. Jungkook gasps when Taehyung suddenly grabs his underwear and pants and quickly pulls them off.

“There.” Taehyung smiles and crawls toward his naked boyfriend.

Jungkook watches his boyfriend crawl into his lap and sit down. He softly smiles and reaches up to gently brush his hand up his boyfriend’s body. “I love you.” He whispers as he gently grips the hair at the bottom of his boyfriend’s head, causing Taehyung to moan.

“I love you too.” Taehyung softly hums as he picks up the necklace and gently places it around his boyfriend’s neck. He brushes his lips against his boyfriend’s lips as he clasps the necklace on him.

“Don’t ever take it off.” Jungkook looks into his boyfriend’s hooded gaze.

“Never.” Taehyung whispers and flits his fingers over the necklace on his chest. He smiles when he sees the “T” on his boyfriend’s chest and feels the “J” on his chest.

“If you do, I’ll fucking tattoo my name on your ass,” Jungkook warns as he squeezes his boyfriend’s ass.

“You can do that anyway.” Taehyung softly giggles and grinds his ass on his boyfriend’s throbbing dick.

“Really?” Jungkook hums as he nips at Taehyung’s jaw.

“Really.” Taehyung smiles and lovingly presses their lips together. “Anywhere you want.” He breathes against Jungkook’s lips.

“Then, I’ll have to think of a perfect, pretty little spot.” Jungkook murmurs and presses his fingers into his boyfriend’s hole. “I see you weren’t just setting up the tent while you were in here.” He chuckles when he feels the lube.

“I’m always prepared for you.” Taehyung purrs and lifts up to give Jungkook better access. 

“You are.” Jungkook hums and looks into Taehyung’s hungry gaze as he presses his fingers against his prostate. When Taehyung whimpers and jerks a little, Jungkook hums with approval and nips at his plump lips. “Ready?”

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and eagerly waits for Jungkook to press into him.

“I want you to do it.” Jungkook softly murmurs as he pulls his fingers out. 

“Me?” Taehyung mumbles as he wraps his hands around his boyfriend’s aching dick.

“Yes. You.” Jungkook whispers and helps his boyfriend adjust on his lap.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums as he presses the tip of his boyfriend’s throbbing dick against his rim. He moans with pleasure as he slowly lowers himself on his lover’s dick. With dark eyes, Jungkook watches Taehyung bite down on his lip and whimper with pleasure. He grins when Taehyung suddenly grabs his shoulders to keep himself steady.

“Need help?” Jungkook asks as he grips Taehyung’s chin and makes him look into his eyes.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and whimpers.

“Such a princess.” Jungkook coos and roughly thrusts his hips up, causing Taehyung to cry out with pleasure and fall limp against him. Taehyung’s cries of pleasure continue as Jungkook continuously thrusts into him, never giving him a moment to catch his breath. 

As Jungkook holds his boyfriend in his arms and roughly fucks him, the storm outside the tent rages on. The rain knocks on the tent as thunder rumbles and fills the air. Taehyung’s and Jungkook’s groans of pleasure charge the air as lightning crackles in the sky above them. 

“Fuck.” Jungkook grunts and pushes Taehyung onto the bedding. Taehyung looks up at Jungkook with teary eyes as he presses back in. When Jungkook sees his boyfriend’s big, teary eyes, he hums with satisfaction and roughly grabs his hips. Taehyung cries out and reaches behind his head to grab the blanket, desperately trying to hold himself in place as his boyfriend roughly makes love to him. 

Taehyung’s feet flex and his toes curl as his boyfriend continuously slams into his prostate without faltering. Taehyung gasps for air as his orgasm nears at a hurling pace. Without warning, cum splatters on Taehyung’s chest as he cries out with pleasure.

“Still so fucking sloppy.” Jungkook chuckles and leans forward to lick up his boyfriend’s cum. Taehyung gasps when Jungkook suddenly slams their lips together and hungrily kisses him. He whimpers as he tastes his own cum. “So pretty and so messy.” Jungkook grins as he pulls away from the kiss and looks at his blissed-out boyfriend. “Do you like the way you taste? Hm?”

“No. Only you.” Taehyung looks into Jungkook’s eyes and presses his hand on his lower stomach.

Jungkook groans with satisfaction and eyes his boyfriend’s elongated neck. When Taehyung sees his boyfriend’s eyes on his neck, he lifts his hand and brushes it down his throat. “Do what you want.” He whispers and tilts his head to give Jungkook access.

“Fuck. Princess, you are too perfect.” Jungkook growls and wraps his hand around his lover’s delicate neck. 

Taehyung whimpers with anticipation as Jungkook’s strong hand claims his neck. When Jungkook’s fingers press against the perfect spots, Taehyung moans and rolls his eyes back as his body arches off the bedding. Jungkook watches with a dark gaze as Taehyung arches beneath him. When Jungkook increases the pressure, Taehyung gasps for air, and his chest heaves. Jungkook chuckles and leans down to kiss his boyfriend’s parted lips. 

“So pretty,” Jungkook mutters against Taehyung’s lips as he releases his throat. Taehyung desperately gasps for air, but his boyfriend hungrily kisses him, not letting him breathe. Taehyung tangles his fingers in Jungkook’s hair as he tries to ground himself. 

When Jungkook pulls away, Taehyung falls limp and looks up at Jungkook with glazed-over eyes. Jungkook chuckles when he sees the drool and tears on his boyfriend’s beautiful face. “Like a pretty little doll.”

Hearing Jungkook, Taehyung realizes just how much he trusts the man on top of him. I’ve never been so vulnerable in front of anyone before. He smiles when he knows he can trust Jungkook and is not afraid of him. I’ll give him everything. Every little piece of me.

“What are you thinking about?” Jungkook softly asks as he scoops Taehyung into his arms and picks him up.

“I love you,” Taehyung whispers as he settles into Jungkook’s lap.

“I love you too.” Jungkook hums and tenderly kisses Taehyung’s lips.

“I trust you.” Taehyung’s voice is quiet as he searches Jungkook’s eyes one last time for any sign that he will be broken again.

“Me too.” Jungkook whispers, vulnerability flickering in his eyes. Taehyung’s heart melts when he hears Jungkook’s response. With a soft smile, he presses their foreheads together and takes a deep breath. 

Jungkook softly groans when Taehyung rolls his hips and slowly rides him. Their soft pants and moans are drowned out by the storm outside. As Taehyung’s bounces pick up their pace, Jungkook’s moans grow louder. 

When Jungkook’s thrusts join Taehyung’s bounces, Taehyung arches his head back and moans. Jungkook groans and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s chest as he picks up his pace. “Fuck.” He hisses against Taehyung’s chest and wraps his hand around Taehyung’s neglected dick. 

“A-are you cumming?” Taehyung asks as he looks down at his boyfriend.

“Yes.” Jungkook grunts and wraps his arm around Taehyung, holding him close.

Taehyung tangles his fingers in Jungkook’s hair and hungrily kisses him as they desperately chase their orgasms together. Their kiss is sloppy and needy as they give everything they have to each other. 

“Hyung.” Taehyung whimpers as he cums and trembles with pleasure.

“Fuck. So good, Baby.” Jungkook groans as his boyfriend clenches around him. With two more rough, deep thrusts, Jungkook cums, filling his boyfriend. 

Taehyung whimpers with happiness as his boyfriend’s warm cum spills into him, filling him up. “D-don’t pull out.” He whispers and goes limp against his boyfriend’s chest.

“I won’t.” Jungkook murmurs and kisses his boyfriend’s clavicle. 

Jungkook’s loving whispers fill Taehyung’s world with warmth as he catches his breath in his lover’s arms. He softly smiles and purrs as Jungkook’s hands gently brush up and down his spine. He reaches up with his trembling hand and gently cups Jungkook’s face as he continues to lean against his lover’s chest. 

Jungkook softly smiles and kisses the palm of his boyfriend’s trembling hand before lying down, pulling Taehyung with him. Taehyung happily smiles as he lies down next to the man he loves. He whimpers when his boyfriend pulls out and cum spills out of him. 

“Thank god I put a towel down.” Taehyung softly laughs and curls up in Jungkook’s arms. 

“Yeah.” Jungkook chuckles and wraps the man he loves in his arms. “I love you.” He whispers and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s shoulder

“I love you too.” Taehyung lovingly smiles and looks into Jungkook’s eyes.

“How has the storm not stopped?” Jungkook asks with disbelief when their tent shakes in the wind.

“The storms on this mountain can last quite a while.” Taehyung hums and closes his eyes as his boyfriend’s warmth comforts him. 

Jungkook softly smiles when Taehyung falls asleep in his arms. He watches with a tender gaze as his boyfriend sleeps peacefully. He gently brushes the back of his finger over his boyfriend’s face before leaning in to gently peck his lips. “Thank you for trusting me.” He whispers and pecks Taehyung's nose before carefully pulling away.

While Taehyung sleeps, Jungkook grabs wet wipes, water, and a soft washcloth. He is beyond gentle as he wipes his boyfriend’s body down and cleans him. Once Taehyung is clean, he grabs the soiled towel and tosses it in the corner of the tent. As he lies down next to the man he loves, he suddenly remembers all of the times he left Taehyung alone without cleaning him.

“I’m sorry.” Jungkook whispers and lovingly wraps his boyfriend in his arms. “I’ll take care of you. I promise. I’ll learn how to become the best partner for you.”

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When Taehyung wakes up, he is lovingly wrapped in his boyfriend’s embrace. He softly smiles when he sees the peaceful look on Jungkook’s face. After watching Jungkook sleep for a few minutes, Taehyung leans forward and gently pecks his lips. Jungkook sleepily hums and flutters his eyes open. When he sees Taehyung, he happily smiles and tightens his embrace around him.

“Good morning, Baby.” Jungkook softly murmurs and pecks Taehyung’s forehead.

“Good morning.” Taehyung smiles and snuggles closer to the man he loves.

“Did you sleep well?” Jungkook sleepily asks as he buries his face in Taehyung’s soft hair.

“I did. Did you?” Taehyung mumbles and closes his eyes as he stays snuggled in Jungkook’s arms.

“I did.” Jungkook hums and takes a deep breath of Taehyung’s soft scent. “What time is it?”

“I’m not sure.” Taehyung yawns and looks up at his boyfriend.

“Cute.” Jungkook chuckles and pecks Taehyung’s nose. “You hungry?”

“Starving.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs and rests his chin on Jungkook’s chest.

“I’ll fix us something.” Jungkook hums and pecks Taehyung’s forehead before sitting up. He chuckles when Taehyung whines and refuses to let go of him. With Taehyung clinging to him, Jungkook grabs a pair of sweats from his bag and does his best to put them on. 

“Ooo, grey sweatpants.” Taehyung grins when he sees what his boyfriend is putting on. “I’ll have to watch you make breakfast.”

“Are these really a thing?” Jungkook asks as he stands up as much as the tent will allow.

“Yep.” Taehyung nods and hungrily eyes his handsome boyfriend. “God, no underwear either. Fuck.” He groans and lies down, staring up at his lover.

“I guess I should wear this more often.” Jungkook chuckles before stepping out of the tent.

“I have been blessed,” Taehyung mutters to himself as he watches Jungkook leave the tent.

Once Jungkook is gone, Taehyung grabs a clean pair of lace panties from his bag and puts them on before grabbing Jungkook’s t-shirt. After getting dressed, he steps out of the tent. When Jungkook looks up, he smirks and eyes his pretty boyfriend.

“I’m going to make breakfast sandwiches,” Jungkook tells Taehyung as he grabs the ingredients he needs.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and sits down, facing his boyfriend to watch him.

Jungkook smirks when he realizes Taehyung was being serious about watching him. As Jungkook cooks, Taehyung’s eyes follow his every movement. Every time their eyes meet, they both grin and laugh. 

“Baby, your legs are very distracting,” Jungkook tells his boyfriend as he toasts the bread on the skillet.

“Really?” Taehyung hums and stretches out one of his legs before placing it on top of the other, crossing them.

“Really.” Jungkook chuckles as he watches his boyfriend’s movements. “You’re being a brat.”

“I don’t think I am.” Taehyung softly giggles and happily relaxes. “The morning after a night of storms is beautiful.” He hums and takes a deep breath of the fresh morning air.

“It really is. I’ve never experienced anything like this.” Jungkook mutters and fixes the sandwiches. “I actually have tried quite a few new things with you.”

“Like what?” Taehyung asks with surprise.

“Going to the beach late at night. Dancing in the rain. Falling in love. Going grocery shopping with someone. Hiking. Camping. Having sex in a tent. Just lots of things.”

Taehyung stays quiet as he listens to his boyfriend. For some reason, Jungkook’s words cause his heart to ache. “Then, we’ll keep experiencing new things together.” He softly tells the man he loves.

“I would really like that.” Jungkook softly smiles and walks over with the sandwiches.

“Oh, also, do not ever camp on a mountain during a storm like last night. I know this spot and know that it’s not dangerous, but most mountains during storms are deadly.” Taehyung warns his boyfriend as he accepts the sandwich.

“Don’t worry. I won’t ever go camping if it’s not with you.” Jungkook chuckles and sits in the chair next to Taehyung.

“Good.” Taehyung hums and nods before taking a bite. “Damn. This is so good.” He moans and hungrily takes another bite.

Jungkook chuckles when he hears his boyfriend and watches him hungrily devour his food. The moment is soft and beautiful as the morning birds sing in the forest and the wind gently rustles through the trees. Jungkook quietly eats as he looks at the beautiful valley below them. 

“More clouds are rolling in.” Taehyung points out as he watches the sky darken. “It’s supposed to rain all day.”

“Perfect for cuddling.” Jungkook hums and reaches over to hold Taehyung’s hand.

“Definitely perfect.” Taehyung softly smiles as he holds Jungkook’s hand. 

Before the rain starts, Taehyung sets up the tent so they can watch the rain. While Taehyung sets everything up, Jungkook cleans up the cooking supplies. After cleaning everything up, Jungkook enters the tent. His eyes widen with surprise when he finds his boyfriend only wearing panties, but his surprise quickly subsides. 

“Pants off,” Taehyung demands as he snuggles with a blanket.

Without hesitation, Jungkook slips his pants off and tosses them to the side. With a happy sigh, he lies down next to Taehyung and pulls him into his arms. Taehyung happily hums and scoots backward into his lover’s embrace. Jungkook softly hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s shoulder. “I love you.” He whispers against his lover’s shoulder.

“I love you too.” Taehyung hums and turns his head to kiss Jungkook’s cheek.

“Oh, my Hyung asked to meet you,” Jungkook whispers as he tightens his embrace around Taehyung. “We … we haven’t really ever had a brotherly relationship. I didn’t know it, but he was sent away when our parents found out he was gay. He’s married. He wants to kind of have a double date.”

Taehyung rolls over to face Jungkook. When he looks into his lover’s eyes, he sees uncertainty, guilt, fear, and hope. He gently cradles his lover’s face in his hands and pecks his lips. “I would love to meet him,” Taehyung whispers as he gently brushes his thumbs over Jungkook’s cheeks. 

“I’ve never met his husband.” Jungkook murmurs as he looks into Taehyung’s gentle gaze. “Growing up, I thought … I thought he abandoned me.” He grits his jaw, trying to stop his emotions from welling up. “I never knew he was in hell, too.” His voice cracks as he thinks about what his older brother has been forced through.

“Hyung,” Taehyung whispers as he wraps Jungkook in his arms and holds him close. “Are you blaming yourself?” He quietly asks as he gently threads his fingers through Jungkook’s hair.

“I think so.” Jungkook murmurs and buries his face in Taehyung’s chest. “Yeah. Probably.”

“It’s not your fault. Your parents are to blame. Not you. Not your brother.” Taehyung hums and kisses the top of his lover’s head. “Never you.” He murmurs against the crown of Jungkook’s head.

“I wish I could have comforted him,” Jungkook whispers as he clings to Taehyung.

“You can now.” Taehyung hums and gently pulls away to look into Jungkook’s eyes. “You have the rest of your lives to be the brothers you always wished you were.” 

“Yeah.” Jungkook nods and softly smiles. “We do. Thank you.” He gently pecks Taehyung’s lips. 

As they cuddle in the tent, the chilly wind from the rainstorm blows into the tent. Taehyung quickly snuggles closer to Jungkook, seeking his warmth. With a soft smile, Jungkook pulls Taehyung closer and wraps him in his arms. 

“Do you have siblings?” Jungkook quietly asks as he watches the rain outside.

“No. It’s just me. Jimin is like a brother to me.” Taehyung murmurs and snuggles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s neck. “We grew up in the same small town together, but his parents moved them to Seoul because of his father’s job when we were in middle school. We did everything we could to stay in touch.”

“He does seem to love you quite a bit. How close are you to the younger brother?” Jungkook asks as he scowls at the thought of Jisung.

“He’s like an annoying little brother who will never grow up.” Taehyung chuckles and gently kisses his boyfriend’s neck. “Jimin and I kind of raised him,” Taehyung whispers as his past flashes through his mind.

“Sorry. You don’t have to talk about it.” Jungkook softly apologizes when he hears the sadness in Taehyung’s voice.

“I want to tell you.” Taehyung hums and snuggles closer, seeking safety and comfort in Jungkook. “My parents caught me with a boyfriend when I was in high school. My father blew up. He was furious. He beat me while my mother yelled at me.” His voice trembles as he squeezes his eyes shut. “When they went to sleep, I ran away. I ran to Seoul and ended up at Jimin’s home. When I showed up, his mother quickly took me in without asking any questions. This was when I learned that Jimin’s father divorced his mother and ran away with a foreign woman.”

“Goodness, Baby,” Jungkook whispers as he tightens his embrace around the man he loves.

“Then … Jimin’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. She only lived six months after the diagnosis. Jimin and I were seventeen, and Jisung was twelve. We worked to raise him and go to school. Somehow, we made it.” Taehyung quietly tells his boyfriend a piece of his past. 

“You’re so strong. I’m so proud of you.” Jungkook whispers as he presses a tender kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

“I haven’t seen my parents since that night.” Taehyung hums and looks into Jungkook’s eyes. 

“Do you want to see them again?” Jungkook carefully asks as he looks into Taehyung’s emotion-filled eyes.

“Yeah. Someday.” Taehyung nods and softly smiles. “I want them to meet you.”

“If they try anything, I might not be the nicest person.” Jungkook chuckles and lovingly cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand. He softly smiles when Taehyung nuzzles his face in his hand. “I'd better be nicer to that kid, though.”

“I don’t really know what’s going on in his head.” Taehyung sighs and shakes his head. “He’s been strange recently.”

“Do I really need to tell you, or do you know?” Jungkook cocks his brow as he looks at Taehyung.

“Ugh. You don’t have to tell me.” Taehyung groans and buries his face against Jungkook’s chest. “I just don’t want to accept it.” He mumbles with a little frown.

“I’m guessing you still see him as a little kid.” Jungkook chuckles and gently rubs the back of Taehyung’s head.

“Yeah. I bet when he’s eighty, I’ll still see him as that little kid.” Taehyung sighs and kisses Jungkook’s chest. “I don’t know what to do.”

“Well, there are two options. Ignore it and keep treating him as your younger brother, or talk to him about it.” Jungkook hums and chuckles when Taehyung whines and shakes his head.

“Definitely never talk to him! That sounds horrible!” 

“Then ignore it and hope it goes away.” Jungkook softly laughs and kisses Taehyung’s forehead.

“Do you think Jimin knows?” Taehyung asks as he looks up at Jungkook with horror.

“Probably.” Jungkook hums and softly smiles. “Except he’s probably in the phase of pretending it’s not true.”

“I hope this doesn’t cause a crack between Jimin and me.” Taehyung murmurs with a pout.

“I seriously doubt it will.” Jungkook softly tells his worried boyfriend. “When Jisung caused problems, Jimin knew he was in the wrong and protected you. You are both his brothers. He loves both of you.”

Taehyung hums and snuggles closer to Jungkook, hoping what he said is right. “You’re old, so I’ll believe you.” 

“Good.” Jungkook chuckles as he looks at his boyfriend with adoration.

“Kyungpyo ahjussi said that you’re six years older than me. Is that true?” Taehyung asks as he gently cups his boyfriend’s face in his hand.

“It’s true. I turned thirty-two a couple of months ago.” Jungkook murmurs and softly smiles. “Am I too old?”

“Not at all.” Taehyung smiles and shakes his head. “I remember that you told me your birthday is September first.”

“Yes.” Jungkook hums and gently brushes his lips over Taehyung’s soft lips. “And your birthday is December thirtieth.”

“Stalker.” Taehyung giggles.

“You caught me.” Jungkook chuckles and pecks Taehyung’s forehead. “I’ll always be your stalker.” He grins, causing Taehyung to laugh harder.

“You’re ridiculous!” Taehyung squeals and smacks Jungkook’s chest.

“What can I say? I’m a man in love.” Jungkook grins and nips Taehyung’s jaw.

“You’re so silly.” Taehyung laughs as he fondly looks at the man he loves. 

“I love you,” Jungkook whispers as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s lips.

“I love you too.” Taehyung murmurs against Jungkook’s lips. “So much.”

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Soft pants fill the tent as Taehyung and Jungkook make love. They softly and lovingly whisper praises to each other as the rain softly falls around their tent. Jungkook’s touches are loving and gentle as he thrusts into his boyfriend’s exhausted and marked body. 

Taehyung’s body trembles as he weakly cums. When he looks up at Jungkook through blurry vision, he admires his boyfriend’s beauty. 

“Fuck.” Jungkook grunts and cums inside of his trembling boyfriend. With an exhausted sigh, he lies down next to Taehyung and softly smiles at him. 

“I am never calling you old again.” Taehyung weakly fusses and smacks Jungkook’s arm. “Your stamina is ridiculous.”

“I can’t have my young boyfriend feeling unsatisfied.” Jungkook chuckles and wraps his arm around his boyfriend’s sweaty body.

“You’re ridiculous.” Taehyung laughs as he looks at the man he loves with adoration. 

“We need to come here more often.” Jungkook grins and pulls Taehyung to him.

“So that you can fuck me like a wild animal?” Taehyung laughs as he snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

“So that we can spend time away from everything and everyone. The sex is obviously a nice bonus.” Jungkook smirks and gently pecks Taehyung’s lips.

“Don’t even think about it,” Taehyung grumbles when Jungkook’s hands roam over his body.

“Don’t worry. I’m exhausted.” Jungkook chuckles as he lovingly smiles at the man he loves. 

“I’m not going to be able to walk.” Taehyung huffs and rests his head against Jungkook’s sweaty chest. “And you’re sweaty.” He whines and pulls away.

“Goodness.” Jungkook coos as he ruffles Taehyung’s hair. 

Taehyung watches with a soft smile as Jungkook grabs water and a soft cloth. He happily hums when Jungkook wipes him down with the wet cloth. Jungkook softly smiles when he hears his boyfriend’s happy little hums. 

“You’re usually sleeping when I clean you.” Jungkook hums as he gently wipes the cum off of Taehyung’s body. “I will always clean you.” He whispers as his guilt wells up.

“Hyung.” Taehyung softly calls out when he sees the guilt on his boyfriend’s face. “You had no reason to clean me in the past.” He sits up and looks into the eyes of the man he loves. 

“Still. You must have been exhausted, and then I just … I just left like … like you meant nothing.” Jungkook whispers as he looks at Taehyung with guilt in his eyes.

“Honestly, I was always relieved when you left because we didn’t have to talk. We both met up for one reason, and we both needed it to be that way then.” Taehyung’s voice is soft as he gently cradles Jungkook’s face in his hands. “Now, it's different. Now, I love waking up in your arms and talking to you after we have sex. Now, it would hurt if you just left. But then, it was needed.”

“I could have been kinder. I usually just left without a word.” Jungkook mutters as he gently brushes his hands up the sides of Taehyung’s body.

“Trust me. You were kinder than you needed to be. You always booked the hotel room and let me stay. You could have kicked me out if you wanted to. I was always thankful to have time to sleep before getting up to clean up.” Taehyung’s voice is soft as he tries to clear the guilt in his lover’s eyes. “I never blamed you or resented you. Never.”

“Sometimes, I wanted to stay.” Jungkook quietly admits. 

“Now, you always get to stay.” Taehyung hums and gently pecks Jungkook’s cheek. “Always.”

“I will.” Jungkook softly smiles and wraps his arms around Taehyung.

“You’re still sticky.” Taehyung giggles and lets Jungkook hold him.

“Right.” Jungkook chuckles and pecks Taehyung’s forehead before pulling away to finish cleaning Taehyung. “Okay. How do you want me to do this?” He asks when it comes time to clean Taehyung’s hole.

“However you do it when I’m asleep.” Taehyung shyly mumbles and lies down.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums and gently rolls Taehyung onto his side and wipes the cum off. Taehyung blushes as Jungkook gently cleans him. “There,” Jungkook mutters and tosses the soiled rag away. 

Before Jungkook can grab the clean cloth, Taehyung grabs it and wets it. He smiles and gently wipes Jungkook’s body down. “We’re partners.” Taehyung hums when he sees the surprise on his boyfriend’s face. 

“Yeah. We are.” Jungkook softly smiles and gently kisses Taehyung’s lips. “Thank you.” He softly murmurs.

Once they are clean, they lie down together and cuddle. They softly smile as they relax in each other’s embraces.

“Too bad we have to go back in the morning.” Jungkook hums as he gently brushes his fingers up and down Taehyung’s back.

“Are you going to be okay?” Taehyung softly asks as he worries about the man he loves.

“I’ll be okay.” Jungkook softly murmurs and tenderly kisses Taehyung’s forehead. “I’m sure everything is a mess, but I can handle it.” He chuckles and looks into Taehyung’s worried gaze.

“I know I can’t really do anything, but you can always come to me. I’ll always be there for you. I promise.” Taehyung softly tells the man he loves.

“You do so much for me. You’ve become my everything.” Jungkook softly tells the man he loves. “You are my everything.”

Taehyung’s breath hitches as he looks into Jungkook’s eyes with surprise and happiness. He quickly pulls Jungkook into a kiss and pours all of his happiness into the kiss. Jungkook softly hums as he wraps his arms around Taehyung’s waist and pulls him closer.

“I love you,” Taehyung whispers once he pulls away from the kiss.

“I love you too.” Jungkook softly smiles and gently brushes their noses together.

The next morning, they quickly pack up their camp and hike down the mountain. The hike down is slow because Taehyung’s body aches from their activities. Jungkook makes sure to help Taehyung as much as he can, but he is carrying everything they carried up the mountain. 

“We’re almost there.” Jungkook softly tells Taehyung as he helps him.

“I should have thought about this more carefully,” Taehyung grumbles as he slowly takes a step.

“What if you sit there, and I run all of this down to the car and come back up for you?” Jungkook suggests as he points to a large rock.

Taehyung contemplates it for a moment before nodding and going over to the large rock. Once Taehyung is comfortably seated, Jungkook runs the rest of the way down the mountain. When he reaches his car, he throws everything in and runs back to Taehyung. 

While Jungkook is gone, Taehyung looks at the bracelet on his wrist and softly smiles. Just like his necklace, his bracelet has a “J” pendant. He softly smiles as he gently brushes his finger over the golden bracelet. 

When Jungkook rounds the bend, he sees Taehyung looking at the bracelet with a soft smile. Jungkook’s heart melts when he sees the smile on his lover’s face. He looks at the matching bracelet on his wrist and softly smiles with happiness.

“Oh. Hyung!” Taehyung perks up when he sees Jungkook walking toward him. 

“Was I gone too long?” Jungkook asks as he lovingly looks at the man his heart beats for.

“Not at all.” Taehyung smiles and stands up. 

“Get on my back,” Jungkook tells his boyfriend as he kneels down.

“Sorry,” Taehyung mutters as he gets onto his boyfriend’s back.

“Don’t apologize. I’m the one who didn’t think about the difficulty for you.” Jungkook hums as he starts hiking down the narrow trail. “Next time, I’ll be more thoughtful.”

“You’re already very thoughtful.” Taehyung softly smiles as he kisses the back of Jungkook’s head. 

Once they make it to the mountain base, Jungkook carefully sets Taehyung down. Taehyung smiles with gratitude as he gets into the vehicle. 

The drive back to the city is quiet as they think about the many possibilities that are waiting for them. Taehyung constantly glances at Jungkook with worry. The man he loves is heading toward a den of vipers and lions ready to tear him to pieces. 

When they reach the city, Jungkook stops at a rest stop and turns his phone on. He sighs when he sees all of the missed calls and messages. Seeing how stressed Jungkook is, Taehyung reaches over and gently holds his hand. Jungkook instantly smiles and looks at the man he loves. He gently squeezes Taehyung’s hand before opening his messages. Seeing his brother’s text telling him to call him, he quickly calls him.

“Hyung.”

“Hey. How did your weekend go?” Seokjin softly asks as he worries about his little brother.

“It went well.” Jungkook hums and softly smiles at Taehyung. “How bad is it?”

“Surprisingly, your announcement didn’t cause as much ruckus as I expected; however, … one of the people you slept with came out and blabbed about it.” Seokjin sighs as he looks at the article on his laptop.

“Right.” Jungkook clenches his jaw as he grips his phone. “Which one?”

“Park Yoonhyun. He’s claiming you two were in a relationship for three months. He’s saying some not great things about you.” Seokjin softly tells his younger brother.

“Like what?” 

“That you cheated on him the entire time and physically and sexually abused him.” Seokjin’s voice is quiet as he waits for Jungkook’s response.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums and leans back in his seat. “I’ll deal with him.” His voice is cold as he clenches his jaw.

“Just … be careful. Your boyfriend …”

“I’ll be careful. I’ll tell him.” Jungkook mutters and looks at Taehyung, who is looking at him with worry. “Thank you, Hyung.”

“Of course. Call me if you need anything. I’ll do whatever I can.” Seokjin softly tells his little brother.

“Thank you.” Jungkook hums before ending the call. He takes a deep breath and looks at Taehyung with an apologetic gaze.

“Hyung, I won’t believe anyone. Just you.” Taehyung tells the man he loves. “Only you.”

“Thank you.” Jungkook softly smiles and leans over, pressing a loving kiss on Taehyung’s soft lips. “Someone from my past went to the news and said some things. He said that I cheated on him and that I abused him. First of all, we were never in an exclusive relationship. The only person to ever tell me to be exclusive is you.” He chuckles as he looks at Taehyung with adoration. “Second of all, we only had sex. I don’t know what abuse he’s talking about.” He sighs and shakes his head. “In the past, I only slept with people I planned to sleep with. I have dirt on every single one of them. I didn’t sleep with anyone unless I knew I could control them. But everything we did was consensual.”

“Wow.” Taehyung’s eyes are big and filled with curiosity. “What dirt do you have on me?” 

“You’re not mad?” Jungkook looks at Taehyung with surprise.

“You already told me that you looked me up.” Taehyung shrugs and then nudges Jungkook with his elbow. “So?”

“When I looked you up … I couldn’t bring myself to look for anything like that. I genuinely enjoyed being with you.” Jungkook blushes as he shyly looks at Taehyung. “You were an accident. I went to the bar to find someone I had already made a packet on, but there you were. You were beautiful, and I, uhm, decided to ditch my plan.” He shyly murmurs as he reveals he was attracted to Taehyung from the start. “I wasn’t thinking. I was drunk and really only thinking with my dick.” 

“Why are you so cute?” Taehyung gasps as he reaches over and squishes Jungkook’s cheek.

“Only you’re allowed to do that to me.” Jungkook frowns as Taehyung continues to squish his cheek.

“So, who were you planning on screwing?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“An actor. I don’t even remember his name, to be honest. After meeting you, everything just changed.” Jungkook softly explains as he lovingly smiles at Taehyung. 

“So, what are you going to do? Threaten him or just reveal everything?” Taehyung hums and gently grabs Jungkook’s hand.

“I’ll reveal some pieces to let him know what I have. If he doesn’t shut up, I’ll destroy his career.” Jungkook hums and starts his car.

“Damn, you’re hot.” Taehyung sighs and dramatically places his hand on his chest.

“Most people would call me other things.” Jungkook chuckles as he pulls out of the rest stop.

“I’m not most people.” Taehyung playfully winks.

“Very true. You’re not.” Jungkook smiles and intertwines their fingers. “You’re my Taehyung.”

“Yes. I’m your Taehyung.” 

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Taehyung is surprised when Jungkook does not take him to his apartment. “Where are we going?” He asks and looks at Jungkook.

“To my home.” Jungkook hums and gently squeezes Taehyung’s hand. “I’m not quite ready to let you go yet.” He chuckles and glances at Taehyung.

“Fine.” Taehyung laughs and lovingly smiles at Jungkook. 

When they arrive at Jungkook’s penthouse, Jungkook parks on the parking garage floor that only he parks on. Taehyung’s eyes are big as he looks at the other luxury vehicles in the parking garage. “I feel like I need to look up videos of you arriving at award shows and events in the cars.” 

“Sure. Go for it.” Jungkook chuckles and reaches his hand out to Taehyung.

“You must like cars,” Taehyung mutters as he holds Jungkook’s hand and walks with him to the elevator.

“I guess.” Jungkook hums and presses his thumb on the elevator button.

“Did it scan your fingerprint?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook with curiosity.

“It did.” Jungkook smiles and pulls Taehyung onto the elevator.

“Wow.” 

“I’ll have yours put in.” Jungkook hums and wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist.

“Do you really want to give me access to your home?” Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook with big eyes.

“Of course.” Jungkook softly smiles and lovingly kisses Taehyung’s lips. 

“Crazy.” Taehyung murmurs against Jungkook’s lips.

“Sure.” Jungkook smiles into the kiss. 

When the elevator doors open, Taehyung realizes that it opens up into Jungkook’s home. He is surprised when he is pulled into his boyfriend’s simple but luxurious home. 

“I’d show you around, but I have to handle this before it gets worse. Feel free to look around.” Jungkook tells Taehyung as he pecks his temple.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and nods.

“Oh. There’s food in the warmer. You can eat that if you want.” Jungkook points to the kitchen as he walks toward his office.

“Okay.” Taehyung murmurs and looks around. The curiosity bubbling in him urges him to roam around Jungkook’s large home. He pokes his head into each room and softly gasps each time.

When he reaches Jungkook’s room, he slowly walks inside. His gaze is instantly drawn to a painting on the wall. He gasps with shock when he realizes the painting looks like him. He quickly walks over to it and looks at it with big eyes. As he scans the painting, he sees a “JK” in the corner as the artist’s signature. 

Did he paint this? Taehyung wonders as he looks at the painting. 

After looking at the painting for a few moments, he walks over to Jungkook’s closet and opens it. This closet is literally the size of my apartment. He slowly walks through the closet as he looks at the many luxurious items on display. 

He suddenly stops when he realizes that the style has changed and that the clothes seem smaller. His eyes widen when he sees soft brown sweaters and pants. He quickly tells himself that the clothes are not for him, despite his heart screaming that they were meant for him. 

Trying to quiet his screaming mind, he rushes out of the closet. With a little sigh, he leaves the room and goes to the kitchen. As he walks toward the kitchen, he realizes there is a room he did not go into. When he opens the door, he instantly smells paint and art supplies. His eyes widen when the lights turn on and reveal Jungkook’s art studio. 

I shouldn’t. This is very personal to him. Taehyung quickly shuts the door and walks away. If he wants to show me, he will.

“Food in the warmer.” Taehyung murmurs as he walks into the large kitchen and looks around. After looking around, he finds the warmer and opens it. To his surprise, there is freshly cooked food. “Wow. He must have had someone cook this.” He mutters and reaches in to grab a plate.

With a little hum, he walks into the living room toward the large glass wall. Wanting to admire the beautiful view of the city, Taehyung sits on the floor and looks out through the large glass wall. He quietly munches on his food as he watches the city below him.

While Taehyung happily eats and enjoys the view, Jungkook goes through the file on Park Yoonhyun and finds what he wants to release. Once he has chosen what he wants to use, he sends the information and evidence to a large news station from an anonymous email account. After sending the email, he sighs and leans back in his chair. 

He takes a few moments to compose himself and simmer down his anger. After a few minutes, he gets up and walks out of his office. The sight that greets him instantly melts his heart. 

Taehyung is quietly munching on his food while looking out of the window with big eyes. With a soft smile on his face, Jungkook leans against the door frame and softly watches him. 

When Taehyung runs out of food, he sets the plate down and pulls his knees to his chest. He quietly hums as he rests his chin on his knees and continues to look outside.

“Baby.” Jungkook softly calls out as he walks toward Taehyung.

“Hyung.” Taehyung smiles and turns to look at his boyfriend. “Did you get everything you wanted sent?” He asks as he looks up at his handsome lover.

“I did.” Jungkook hums and sits beside his sweet boyfriend. “Are you having fun?” He softly asks and pecks Taehyung’s lips.

“Yeah. Your view is beautiful.” Taehyung hums and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“That’s why I chose this place.” Jungkook murmurs as he wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist and pulls him closer.

“What if people blame you for the news release against the guy?” Taehyung worriedly asks.

“They won’t since it’s not exactly about him. It’s about someone he is close to.” Jungkook hums and looks into Taehyung’s worried gaze.

“You use people they care about against them,” Taehyung murmurs as he tries to understand Jungkook better.

“Yes.” Jungkook nods and looks for anger or disgust in Taehyung’s eyes. “People are smart. They would instantly think that I’m retaliating, so I don’t use information directly about the person.”

“Oh. That makes sense.” Taehyung hums and nods as he lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder, looking out at the city below him. “What kind of world did you grow up in that made you have to protect yourself like this?” He quietly whispers as he thinks about the torment the man he loves grew up in.

“You aren’t disgusted?” Jungkook quietly asks as he tightens his grip around Taehyung.

“I am, but I’m disgusted with the people who made you have to think this way.” Taehyung murmurs and looks up at Jungkook with a soft gaze. “Not you.”

“Thank you,” Jungkook whispers as he presses his forehead against Taehyung’s forehead.

“I love you.” Taehyung softly tells the man he loves.

“I love you too.” Jungkook softly smiles and gently pecks Taehyung’s lips.

The pair sits together in front of the large glass wall until Jungkook’s phone rings. Jungkook quietly sighs as he pulls away from Taehyung and grabs his phone from his pocket. When he sees that his father is calling, he frowns and answers the phone.

“I warned you.” Jungkook coldly hums as he stands up and walks toward the window.

“You fucking bastard! Were you trying to destroy everything?!” His father screams at him over the phone.

“If I have to, I will destroy everything. Don’t make me do it.” Jungkook warns as he slides his hand into his pocket and clenches his jaw.

“You ungrateful piece of shit! After everything I did for you!”

“After everything you did for me.” Jungkook hums with a cold chuckle. “Right. Thank you for reminding me about everything you did for me.” He snarls before he ends the call. 

Taehyung’s heart aches as he looks at the back of the man standing in front of him. The man standing in front of him is alone and fighting to stay above water. The man in front of him, with a rigid posture, seems like an untouchable god. Despite that, Taehyung stands up and reaches out, gently brushing his hand against the untouchable god’s back. 

That single touch melts everything, turning that untouchable god back into his loving boyfriend. I love every piece of him. Taehyung realizes as Jungkook turns to look at him. Even when he’s untouchable.

I’m going to end up scaring him away if I keep showing him this side of me, but this side of me is all I’ve known for most of my life. Jungkook’s eyes carry immense pain that pierces through Taehyung’s heart. I’m going to lose him.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Taehyung whispers when he sees the fear in Jungkook’s eyes. 

Jungkook suddenly reaches out and places his hand behind Taehyung’s head before pulling him into a desperate kiss. Taehyung softly gasps and grabs onto Jungkook’s shirt as he keeps up with Jungkook’s kiss. 

When Jungkook’s other arm wraps around his waist and pulls him flush against his body, Taehyung whimpers and melts into the kiss, completely submitting to Jungkook. 

“Fuck.” Jungkook mutters against Taehyung’s lips after he bites down on Taehyung’s lip, drawing blood. 

Taehyung gasps when Jungkook suddenly picks him up and presses him against the glass wall. He moans as his lover’s thigh presses against his groin and grinds into him. Jungkook’s hands roughly grip Taehyung, leaving bruises on Taehyung’s already marked and bruised body.

“Fuck. I can’t.” Jungkook suddenly pulls away and sets Taehyung down.

“Why?” Taehyung softly asks.

“I’ll hurt you,” Jungkook mutters and shakily takes a step back. 

“Then hurt me.” Taehyung reaches out and grabs onto Jungkook.

“Are you crazy?” Jungkook’s eyes widen with shock as he looks at the man he loves. “Never. I could never hurt you.” He quickly shakes his head.

“I trust you.” Taehyung softly hums as he pulls Jungkook closer.

“I don’t trust myself.” Jungkook gulps as he fights to put out the anger that is still coursing through his veins. 

“You trust me, so trust me right now. I trust you and know you could never truly hurt me. Trust my trust in you.” Taehyung softly whispers as he looks into Jungkook’s eyes. “Trust me.” 

“Stop me if it’s too much,” Jungkook murmurs as he searches Taehyung’s eyes for any uncertainty or fear. 

“I will.” Taehyung nods as he gently brushes his lips against Jungkook’s. “I promise. I want every piece of you.”

Jungkook suddenly picks Taehyung up and carries him to the master bedroom. Taehyung’s eyes are big as he is dropped onto the bed. Jungkook is quiet as he looks at Taehyung sprawled out on his bed. Without saying anything, Jungkook quickly undresses Taehyung and eyes his marked and bruised body. He hums when he sees the hickeys and bruises that he left behind to mark Taehyung as his. 

As Jungkook observes Taehyung and sees the exhaustion in his eyes, he realizes that the man he loves seems too used to being used for frustration and anger. That realization fills him with horror. When he takes a proper look at Taehyung, he realizes just how exhausted he is. 

“No.” Jungkook quickly shakes his head and takes his jacket off to gently drape it over Taehyung’s body.

“Why? I trust you. You can use me.”

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Jungkook’s heart instantly shatters when he hears Taehyung. “No.” Jungkook’s voice is soft as he sits on the bed and pulls Taehyung into his arms. “Never. I will never use you again.” He whispers as he tightens his embrace around Taehyung. “When we have sex, it is for both of us. It’s for us to connect and show our love for each other.”

“I don’t mind.” Taehyung grips Jungkook's shirt and looks at him with big eyes.

“I’m never going to take out my anger and frustration on you.” Jungkook’s voice is loving but firm.

“But … but then y-you’ll turn to someone else.” Taehyung’s voice trembles with fear at the thought of Jungkook abandoning him.

“No. I won’t.” Jungkook’s voice is soft but firm as his heart bleeds with agony.

“Then h-how will you let it out?” Taehyung’s eyes are filled with tears as he looks into Jungkook’s gentle gaze.

“There are plenty of ways. I box. I’ll do that.” Jungkook softly hums as he cradles Taehyung’s face in his hands. 

“But then I’ll be useless.” 

Jungkook chokes on a sob as he pulls Taehyung into a tight embrace and holds onto him. “No. You’re not useless. I’m not in love with you because of the sex. I’m in love with you because you are you.” He cries as he lovingly presses Taehyung’s face into his shoulder. “I’m sorry I made you feel like this.” 

“They all leave when they get tired of my body.” Taehyung’s words haunt Jungkook as he tightens his embrace. 

“Baby, they didn’t love you,” Jungkook whispers as he presses a gentle kiss on the side of Taehyung’s head. “ I love you.” 

“Then … what am I supposed to do for you?” Taehyung quietly asks as he desperately grips Jungkook’s shirt. I can't lose you. I can't bear to lose you. If-If you ever look at me like he did, I will die.

“Love me.” Jungkook softly whispers and gently presses another kiss on the side of Taehyung’s head. 

“That’s all?” Taehyung quietly murmurs as he nuzzles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s neck. “Is that enough?” How can that be enough? It's never enough. I'm never enough.

“More than enough. More than I could ever ask for.” Jungkook lovingly responds as he lies down with Taehyung in his arms. 

“Okay,” Taehyung whispers and closes his eyes as his exhaustion fills him. I trust you, but I'm so scared.

“Go to sleep, Baby. I’m never leaving you. I promise.” Jungkook’s voice gently lulls Taehyung to sleep.

Once Taehyung is asleep, Jungkook sits up and watches him sleep. Tears stream down his face as he realizes he almost became one of the men who told Taehyung they loved him but used him. He realizes Taehyung’s desperation was out of fear of being abandoned. I need to learn the difference between when you truly want to be intimate from when you’re afraid I’m going to leave you if you don’t have sex with me.  

Jungkook quietly sighs as he gently brushes Taehyung’s hair out of his face before he gets up and grabs something for Taehyung to wear. “Two broken people navigating how to love sure is a heartbreaking rollercoaster.” He mutters to himself as he grabs a soft t-shirt.

Jungkook is gentle as he dresses Taehyung and tucks him under the blankets. He lovingly pecks Taehyung’s forehead before he goes to his gym and wraps his hands. The anger bubbling inside him is now directed toward himself.

Time passes quickly as Jungkook beats all of his anger into the punching bag. He does not notice when Taehyung walks in and sits on one of the workout machines. He does not see the soft smile on Taehyung’s face, indicating a small piece of Taehyung is healing because of his choice to truly look at him and stop himself from using him.

Once Jungkook is too exhausted to be angry, he stops and turns around. When he sees Taehyung looking at him with big eyes, he pauses and looks at him with surprise.

“How long have you been sitting there?” Jungkook asks as he walks over to Taehyung.

“Long enough to enjoy watching.” Taehyung smiles and looks up at Jungkook. “Thank you.” He softly whispers as he looks at the man who truly loves him. 

“I’m sorry.” Jungkook murmurs as he kneels in front of Taehyung and looks into his beautiful brown eyes.

“Don’t apologize. We … we have a lot to heal from.” Taehyung hums and lovingly looks at his boyfriend. 

“I want to do better so that you feel safe with me.” Jungkook softly tells Taehyung.

“I already feel safe with you.” Taehyung softly responds and pecks Jungkook’s lips.

“No. You don’t. And that’s okay.” Jungkook’s voice is beyond gentle as he holds Taehyung’s hands. “You have your fears, and they’re valid. I just … I want to become someone who quiets those fears.”

“Okay.” Taehyung gulps and nods as he fights his tears. “Me too. I want to become someone you’re not afraid to show every part of yourself to. I know you’re afraid I’ll run away when you show me all of you, but I want to become the person you know will never run away.”

“We’ll work on it.” Jungkook softly smiles and squeezes Taehyung’s hands.

“Yeah.” Taehyung nods and softly smiles. “For now, you need to go shower. You stink.” He giggles and pecks Jungkook’s lips.

“I do.” Jungkook chuckles as his heart fills with relief. “I almost really fucked up.” He hums and places his head in Taehyung’s lap.

“No.” Taehyung murmurs and gently places his hand on top of Jungkook’s head. “We would’ve eventually had this conversation even if you followed through. Remember? I trust you. At some point, you would have stopped. I know it.” I didn’t even know how much I needed you to stop. You saw me when I didn't even see myself.

“I love you,” Jungkook whispers as he gently kisses Taehyung’s lips.

“I love you too.” Taehyung murmurs against Jungkook’s lips.

With a loving smile, Jungkook presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead before standing up. Taehyung watches as Jungkook walks out of the gym. Once he is alone, he takes a deep breath and looks at the gloves Jungkook left on the floor.

“I’m sorry. It looks like he’ll use you a lot.” Taehyung sighs as he picks up the boxing gloves.

After he sets the gloves on the weight bench, he walks out of the gym and goes to the kitchen. Wanting something warm and soothing, Taehyung finds ginger and cuts it into chunks. Once the ginger is cut, Taehyung finds a small pot and fills it halfway with water. After setting the small pot of water on the stove, he turns it on and places the chunks of ginger in the pot. 

As Taehyung watches the small pot, he zones out and stares at it. He patiently waits for the water to boil before setting a timer and turning the heat down to a simmer. 

“What are you making?” Jungkook’s voice startles Taehyung, causing him to spin around with big, shocked eyes. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.” 

“Oh. I must have zoned out.” Taehyung smiles and reaches his hands out to his boyfriend. “I’m making some ginger tea. My mom used to make it for me. Do you want some?”

“I’d love to have some.” Jungkook softly smiles as he wraps his arms around his boyfriend’s waist. “It smells cozy.”

“It’s a very cozy drink.” Taehyung hums and leans into Jungkook’s loving embrace.

“I can’t wait to try it.” Jungkook murmurs and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s shoulder.

The pair of lovers quietly stand in the kitchen together as they wait for the tea to finish. When the timer dings, Jungkook gets excited, but to his surprise, Taehyung does not pour the tea. He only turns the heat off and continues to wait.

Seeing the confusion on Jungkook’s face, Taehyung softly giggles and looks at him with fondness. “We have to let it steep for a little bit now. If we let it simmer for too long, it’ll get bitter.”

“Oh. Okay.” Jungkook nods and rests his chin on Taehyung’s shoulder. “I can wait.”

“Cute.” Taehyung coos as he gently plays with the bracelet on his boyfriend’s wrist.

“Don’t tell anyone else,” Jungkook grumbles as he breathes in Taehyung’s soft scent.

“I won’t.” Taehyung chuckles and presses a kiss on his boyfriend’s cheek.

Once Taehyung has deemed the tea has steeped enough, he grabs two mugs and drops rock sugar into them. As Taehyung pours the tea into the mugs, Jungkook grabs two spoons to stir them. Once the tea is ready, Jungkook quickly pulls Taehyung to the living room and sits on the couch facing the window. Taehyung smiles when his boyfriend gently pulls him into his lap. 

After they get comfortable, they sip on their tea. Jungkook hums with happy satisfaction as he relaxes on the couch with his boyfriend in his lap.

“What do you think?” Taehyung turns to look at the man he loves.

“It is absolutely delicious. I’ve never had ginger tea before. Thank you for making me a mug.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and pecks his love’s lips.

“I’m glad you like it.” Taehyung smiles and snuggles in his boyfriend’s lap.

As they cuddle on the couch, Taehyung’s phone constantly rings and rings on Jungkook’s bedroom floor. Neither of them hears the ringing phone. The calls keep lighting up the phone until the phone dies.

“Are you staying the night?” Jungkook softly asks as he presses a kiss on Taehyung’s shoulder.

“If you want me to,” Taehyung responds and takes a sip of his tea.

“What do you want?” Jungkook asks as he pulls Taehyung to lean his back against his chest.

“I want to.” Taehyung quietly murmurs and grips his mug.

“Me too.” Jungkook smiles and wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist.

“Being with you makes my thoughts go quiet,” Taehyung whispers as he looks at the glowing city below.

“Mine too.” Jungkook murmurs and gently rubs his thumb over Taehyung’s stomach. “I feel at peace when I’m with you. I always have.”

“For me, that feeling quietly grew, and I didn’t even know it. But one morning, when I watched you leave, the thoughts all came back so loud. That’s when I realized I had grown to find comfort in your presence.” Taehyung slowly explains as he tries to find the right words to describe his feelings. Your arms are my safest place. I’m so scared to lose it.

“I will never walk out like that again,” Jungkook whispers as he tightens his embrace around the man he loves.

If you do, I know I’ll fall and shatter. Taehyung does not respond, but his eyes hold everything he wants to say.

“Never again,” Jungkook promises as he takes Taehyung’s empty mug and sets it on the table next to the couch. Taehyung smiles when Jungkook stands up with him in his arms and carries him to the bedroom. 

Jungkook carefully lays Taehyung on the bed and then quickly gets in with him. Taehyung happily hums and scoots closer to Jungkook to cuddle with him.

“I really feel safe with you.” Taehyung softly tells Jungkook as he lays his head on his boyfriend’s chest. “I just want you to know that I feel the safest when I’m with you. Even when we first started our arrangement, I knew I was safe when I looked into your eyes. I knew you would never hurt me.”

“I am free when I’m with you. I don’t have to hide myself or pretend to be someone else. I’m just me.” Jungkook softly responds as he gently brushes his fingers through Taehyung’s hair.

“I love you.” Taehyung whispers and kisses Jungkook’s chest.

“I love you too.”

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Once morning arrives, Jungkook gets ready to face the cameras. Taehyung sits on the bed and quietly watches him get ready with worry.

“I don’t want you to have to face it alone,” Taehyung mutters as he looks up at his boyfriend.

“I’m not alone.” Jungkook softly smiles and walks over to his worried boyfriend. “I have you.”

“Hyung-”

“No.” Jungkook shakes his head and presses a gentle kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “I will not let them hurt you the way they hurt Min’s past lover.” He murmurs and presses their foreheads together.

“I wouldn’t run, though,” Taehyung murmurs as he reaches out and gently cups Jungkook’s face in his hand.

“I know, but not right now. Not until things have settled down, and not until you are wanting to be known as my boyfriend just because you want to.” Jungkook’s voice is tender but firm as he presses another kiss on his boyfriend’s forehead. “You are the most precious person in my life. I will protect you no matter what.”

“If it becomes too much, just come to me,” Taehyung whispers as he wraps his arms around the man he loves.

“I will.” Jungkook hums and rests his forehead on Taehyung’s shoulder. “I have Kyung-pyo hyung coming to pick you up since you have work today.”

“Thank you.” Taehyung smiles and gently brushes his fingers against the nape of Jungkook’s neck. “Be safe.”

“I will.” Jungkook softly smiles as he pulls away from his boyfriend’s loving embrace. “I will see you this evening.”

“Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.” Taehyung lovingly smiles.

“Have a good day at work.” Jungkook leans forward and lovingly kisses his boyfriend.

“I love you.” Taehyung murmurs against Jungkook’s soft lips.

“I love you too, Baby.”

Once Jungkook is gone, Taehyung gets up and takes a quick shower. Jungkook has laid out several outfits for him to choose from, so he picks the one he wants to wear. He smiles as he looks at the many beautiful outfits his boyfriend picked for him. As he gets dressed, he looks at the painting and places his hand over his hammering heart. I found someone who truly loves me and sees me.

When Jungkook arrives at the company, he takes a deep breath and prepares himself to face the flashing lights. As he gets out of his car, the reporters swarm him. The security guards do their best to escort Jungkook into the company safely.

“What are you doing?”

Jungkook looks up when he hears his older brother’s voice. His eyes grow large when he sees his older brother standing tall like an unbreakable shield.

“This building is private property. You are trespassing. Get out before I call the police.” Seokjin scowls as he motions for the security to work on getting the reporters out.

Because Jungkook’s company is not part of NMJ, Seokjin has no authority to tell the security what to do.

“Listen to him,” Jungkook growls when his employees hesitate.

The security guards quickly begin forcing the reporters out of the building. As the doors are shut, Jungkook looks at his brother with a surprised and relieved smile. “Hyung.”

“Are you okay?” Seokjin asks as he checks on his younger brother.

“I’m okay.” Jungkook smiles and stays still so that his brother can examine him.

“Good.” Seokjin sighs with relief as he gently squeezes Jungkook’s shoulders. “What about him? Is he okay? Did you talk to him?”

“I talked to him, and he surprisingly understood.” Jungkook hums with a soft smile.

“I’m glad he understands you.” Seokjin smiles with relief.

“Hyung … thank you for coming.” Jungkook quietly whispers as he looks at the brother he has longed for protection from.

“Always. You are not alone.” Seokjin softly mutters and squeezes Jungkook’s hand. “Let’s go to your office. We need to plan your next moves.”

Before going to school, Taehyung goes to his apartment to gather what he needs for teaching. When he walks up to his apartment, he is surprised to see Jisung. He gulps because the look on Jisung’s face is all too familiar. 

“Hyung! Where have you been?! Why haven’t you been answering my calls?!” Jisung runs over to Taehyung and roughly grabs his shoulders.

“I was in the mountains. It died.” Taehyung winces and tries to pull the younger man off.

“You can’t stay with him! Have you seen what he did?! He’s a rapist!”

“Jisung!” Taehyung shouts and shoves the younger man away, who is looking at him with wild eyes. “Enough! I’ve had enough!” Taehyung’s eyes fill with tears as he looks at the boy he raised. “You do not know him! You do not know how good he is to me! I need him! I NEED HIM!” He shouts as his tears stream down his face. “Leave him alone! Stop trying to make me leave him! Stop trying to break my heart! You know how broken I already am! Why?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!”

“Hyung.” Jisung’s eyes grow wide with surprise when he hears Taehyung’s screams.

“LEAVE ME ALONE! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!” 

“Taehyung!” Jimin comes running up the stairs when he hears Taehyung’s screams. When he sees his brother, his heart constricts with anger and disappointment. “Park Jisung! What are you doing here?!” He storms over and steps between Taehyung and Jisung.

“Hyung, I-I h-he th-that man-”

“That’s enough! Leave!” Jimin snarls and points to the staircase. “Leave them alone for fuck’s sake! Get over your fucking obsession! Taehyung raised you! I raised you! You are our little brother! Stop stepping out of line!”

Taehyung shakily reaches out and grabs the back of Jimin’s shirt. “I-I need to grab my things.” He whispers as he grips the shirt of the man he grew up with.

“Go in. He will be gone by the time you come out.” Jimin’s voice softens as he turns around and looks at Taehyung.

“I’m sorry.” Taehyung looks at Jimin with teary eyes. “He’s your brother. It’s my fault-”

“No. It’s not your fault. He needs to grow up. Plus, you are my brother, too. You have been my brother since the day we met.” Jimin softly smiles and gently pulls Taehyung into a hug. “Get your things. We’re going to be late.”

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and shakily walks into his apartment.

“You.” Jimin seethes as he looks at his younger brother once Taehyung has entered his apartment. “I know about your feelings for him. I used to find it cute, but that was before you started trying to hurt him. I can’t tell anymore if you’re trying to protect him or trying to break them up so that you have a chance.”

“Hyung, I’m worried about him. We don’t know anything about that man.” Jisung tries to explain.

“Exactly. We don’t know that man, but we know Taehyung. Have you not seen how happy he is? Have you not seen the sparkle in his eyes that he lost a long time ago? Have you not seen the changes? That man loves him in a way no one ever has. He is helping Taehyung heal. Taehyung’s eyes are filling with life. His smile is no longer hollow. He is not faking a laugh anymore. So, why? Why are you trying to make him hollow again? Why are you trying to take the life from his eyes again? Why are you trying to hurt someone I love so dearly?! Why are you trying to take him from me?!” Jimin cries as he shoves his brother against the wall. “You don’t love him. If you loved him, you would protect him by protecting the person who loves him. You are obsessed, and your obsession is hurting him. Can’t you see it?!”

“I … I’m sorry, Hyung.” Jisung trembles when he sees the pain, anger, and disappointment in his older brother’s eyes.

“Figure yourself the fuck out before you approach him again.” Jimin hisses and shoves his brother to the stairs. “Stop hurting him and actually help him heal. He can’t heal alone. He loves you, too. You are his little brother. So figure out your shit.”

Jimin is quiet as he watches his brother run away. His heart aches because his little brother is hurting Taehyung. His heart aches because he feels as if he failed when he raised Jisung.

“Ji.” Taehyung softly calls out when he opens his door and sees Jimin staring off into the distance.

“Tae.” Jimin turns and looks at Taehyung with a soft smile. “Let’s go.”

“I-”

“Don’t apologize. It seems that I’m not done raising him. He still needs some raising before he is fully grown.” Jimin smiles and reaches out for Taehyung’s hand. 

“Thank you.” Taehyung smiles and holds Jimin’s hand.

“Why would you thank me? I’m your older brother. I’m supposed to protect you.” Jimin’s smile is soft as he walks with Taehyung to the bus stop. “You do need to charge your phone, though. I was worried you died on the mountain or something.”

“I would never leave you like that. I already scared you once. I won’t do it a second time.” Taehyung whispers as he squeezes Jimin’s hand.

“Good.” Jimin’s voice is barely a whisper as a knot grows in his throat. 

The bus ride is quiet as the pair stands next to each other. With a quiet sigh, Taehyung lays his head on Jimin’s shoulder and closes his eyes.

When the bus arrives at the school, Taehyung sees Kyung-pyo waiting for him with a worried frown. He instantly smiles when he sees the worried man.

“CEO Jeon is going to kill me,” Kyung-pyo whines as he runs over to Taehyung. “You snuck away without me seeing you.”

“I won’t tell him. I honestly needed the bus ride.” Taehyung chuckles as he looks at the kind man. “Don’t worry, though. I won’t sneak off after school is out.” 

“Good.” Kyung-pyo sighs with relief. I really am dead. Something happened. Worry grows when he sees the look in Taehyung’s eyes.

“Don’t worry. I’ll explain everything to Hyung.” Taehyung chuckles and pats Kyung-pyo’s shoulder before walking into the building.

“I’m genuinely worried about you.” Kyung-pyo softly responds and watches Taehyung walk away. I know that he is busy, but something happened. He needs to know. He quickly calls Jungkook.

“What happened?” Jungkook asks when he answers Kyung-pyo’s call.

“I’m not sure, but something definitely happened. He seemed really happy before I dropped him off at his place to pick up a few things. He is not happy right now.” Kyung-pyo explains as he gets into the car.

“It’s the fucking brat.” Jungkook hisses with anger. “Get me Park Jisung’s university schedule. I’m going to pay him a visit.”

“Yes, CEO Jeon.” Kyung-pyo quickly responds. Within a few minutes, Kyung-pyo has Jisung’s schedule and sends it to Jungkook.

When Seokjin sees the anger in his younger brother’s eyes, he instantly fills with worry. “What is wrong?”

“Some kid keeps hurting my boyfriend.” Jungkook growls and abruptly stands up from his desk. “He needs to be put in his place.”

“What are you going to do?” Seokjin asks and looks at Jungkook with a raised brow.

“Talk to him.” Jungkook hums and puts on his suit jacket. When Jungkook walks out of the back of the building, his driver is waiting for him. “Take me to the university,” Jungkook tells his driver as he seethes with anger. The drive to the university is quiet as Jungkook’s anger simmers. I don’t want to hurt Taehyung, but this kid really needs to get it through his thick skull that his little obsession is hurting Taehyung.

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The university buzzes with life as the thousands of students roam around campus and run to classes. Because the student body is large, Jungkook is able to walk around the campus without anyone paying him any attention.

When Jungkook walks into the building where Jisung’s class is held, he stops a student. “Is Park Jisung here?” He asks and scans the many faces walking through the hallway.

“He didn’t come today. Why do you ask?” The student gives Jungkook a wary glance.

“I need to talk to him. Do you know where he might be?” Jungkook responds and slides his hands into his pants pockets.

“Probably at the dorm.” The student mutters and wonders what his classmate has gotten himself into. “He’s a scholarship student, so he’s required to stay in the scholarship dorms.”

“Thank you.” Jungkook hums and walks off.

When Jungkook marches out of the building, his driver quickly follows him. The walk to the dorms is quick, and Jungkook stops a student once again. “Where is Park Jisung?”

“Jisung? Oh. Probably in his room. He looked like shit all weekend.” The student mutters and adjusts his backpack. 

“Which one is his?”

“I don’t think I should be telling you.” The student nervously responds when he sees how angry Jungkook is.

“Which dorm room is his?” Jungkook looks at his driver.

“He is in dorm 17C, CEO Jeon.” The driver responds and shows Jungkook the information that Kyung-pyo sent him.

“Let’s go,” Jungkook mutters and marches into the building.

Not seeing the warning texts from his friends, Jisung lies on his bed and stares at the ceiling as his thoughts spiral. The loud banging on his dorm room door startles him out of his trance. When he opens the door, he is surprised to see Jungkook.

“What did you do?” Jungkook hisses as he pushes Jisung back into the room. “Why am I being told that my boyfriend, who was perfectly happy when I left this morning, is now upset?”

“I-I didn’t m-mean to. H-hyung … I l-love-”

“Don’t start with the bullshit.” Jungkook scoffs and shakes his head. “You love him? Then why are you hurting him? What kind of love is that? If that’s the type of love you have to offer him, then stay the fuck away from him.” He scowls and steps closer to Jisung, towering over him. “He is mine. He is my person to love. When I love him, he is safe and happy. When you love him, he breaks. Keep your disgusting love to yourself.”

“What if you’re like the past ones?! What if you break him like them?!” Jisung shouts and grabs Jungkook’s collar.

“I’m not like them.” Jungkook calmly hums and looks into the younger man’s eyes. “I’m not like them, and I’m not like you. I see him. I truly look at him. When was the last time you looked past your infatuation and actually saw him? His heart is closed off and protected, but his eyes carry his soul. If you haven’t seen the soul his eyes carry, then you don’t deserve to call it love.”

“He never gave me a chance!” Jisung shouts as his body trembles with overwhelming anger.

“Have you ever thought about why you never got a chance?” Jungkook asks and pulls Jisung’s hands off his collar. “Do you think he can’t see your obsession in your eyes? Do you think he can’t see that your soul does not look at his soul? Trust me. If you had truly seen him and looked at his soul, I would not even be standing in front of you. I can’t say whether you would be his lover or not, but I can say that even if I were dating him in those circumstances, I would not be here telling you to fuck off. If you truly loved him, I would not be here trying to protect his soul from you.”

“You’re just jealous and insecure! You know I mean more to him than you ever will! I’ve known him- I’ve known him ever since we were kids!” Jisung shrieks and tears at his hair.

“Me? Jealous? Insecure?” Jungkook chuckles and shakes his head. “Why should I be jealous and insecure about you? You are his little brother.” He hums with a little smirk.

“You are a fucking bastard.” Jisung hisses as he glares at Jungkook.

“You and I can agree on that.” Jungkook laughs and turns to leave. “Stay the fuck away from my boyfriend. I do not know what I will do the next time you hurt him.”

“Is that a threat?” Jisung scowls as he clenches his fists with anger.

“It is a promise that I will not sit back and let you hurt the man I love.” Jungkook hums and walks out the door.

When the door clicks shut, Jisung screams and kicks over his chair. Jungkook sighs and shakes his head when he hears Jisung’s screams.

Once school is over, Taehyung and Jimin walk out of the building together. Taehyung smiles when he sees Kyung-pyo waiting for him. 

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Jimin tells Taehyung when he sees Yoongi pulling up.

“See ya.” Taehyung smiles and waves before walking over to Kyung-pyo.

When Jimin gets into the car, he pecks his boyfriend’s cheek and then sits back and lets out a little sigh. Yoongi quickly notices that something is wrong. “What happened?”

“Jisung caused a scene again,” Jimin mutters with a frown.

“Are you okay?” Yoongi softly asks as he looks at his boyfriend with worry.

“I’m fine. I’m just worried about Tae.” Jimin responds and smiles when his boyfriend places his hand on his thigh and gently squeezes. 

“It’ll be okay. It will all work out.” Yoongi gently comforts the man he loves.

“Thank you, Hyung.” Jimin sighs and places his hand on top of his boyfriend’s hand.

To Jimin’s surprise, Jisung is waiting outside Yoongi’s home. Yoongi’s gaze darkens when he sees Jisung’s agitated state.

“Hyung!” Jisung runs over to Jimin and grabs him. “You have to do something! He’s dangerous! He came to my dorm and threatened me!” His eyes are wide and wild as he looks at his older brother.

“What are you talking about?” Jimin asks and takes in his brother’s disheveled appearance.

“He threatened me! You have to protect Taehyung hyung! He won’t listen to me, but he’ll listen to you! He’s in danger!” Jisung shrieks and tightens his grip on his brother.

“How did he threaten you?” Jimin looks at his brother with worry.

“He said- He said he’d do something! He told me!” Jisung shakes Jimin, trying to get him to understand.

“Let go.” Yoongi hums and pries Jisung off Jimin. “You need to sleep.”

“I’m telling you! He’s dangerous! Why is no one listening?!” Jisung lets out a crazed shriek. “I will show you! I will show you just how dangerous he is!” He screams and runs to his motorcycle.

“Stop him. He’s going to get himself killed if he leaves like this.” Yoongi tells his security as he gently pulls Jimin into his arms.

“You can’t stop me!” Jisung screams as he fights against Yoongi’s security guards.

“Why? Why are you doing this?” Jimin asks as he looks at his little brother with teary eyes. “Why can’t you just leave them alone?”

“Because I love him!” Jisung cries out as he is dragged into the house.

“NO! No, you don’t!” Jimin responds as hot tears stream down his face. “You don’t love him!”

“Why don’t you believe me?! I love him!” Jisung screams and grabs onto the door jam to stop the security guards from dragging him inside. “HYUNG!”

“Then stop loving him! Your love only hurts him!” Jimin shouts and glares at his brother.

“I’m protecting him!” 

“NO YOU’RE NOT!” Jimin roars as he trembles with fury. “Why can’t you see how happy he is?!”

“I couldn’t protect him last time, but I’ll protect him this time!” Jisung screams as he looks at his brother with tears streaming down his face.

“You could never have protected him anyway!” Jimin shouts and digs his fingernails into the palms of his hands. “You can’t protect him!”

“Why?! Why can’t I protect him?!”

“Because you’re a fucking child obsessed with a pretty toy!!!” Jimin screams as he trembles with anger and sorrow.

Jisung falls silent and stops struggling when he hears his older brother. He drops to his knees as his brother’s words ring in his head.

“You always run everyone off when they try to get close to him! Even before he got hurt! We both turned the other way because we love you, but I can’t stand this anymore! Stop trying to isolate him! Stop it!!!” Jimin sobs and leans into his boyfriend’s embrace. “You’re toxic for him! You don’t want his happiness! You don’t even want his love! You just want his attention! That’s all it’s ever been!”

“Hyung,” Jisung whispers as he looks at his older brother with horror. “That’s not-”

“Don’t argue with me. It’s been this way since you were little.” Jimin whispers and looks at the sky. He releases a sigh before looking at his brother. “You are obsessed with him. He doesn’t want obsession. He wants love.”

“Isn’t obsession what that man is doing?” Jisung asks as he grits his teeth.

“No. Jeon Jungkook is giving him love. He is giving him safety.” Jimin softly responds as he looks at his little brother with sorrow. 

The security guards carefully help Jisung up and take him to his room. When the guards leave Jisung in his room, he sits on the floor and stares into nothingness as he processes everything his brother told him. He suddenly sobs when Taehyung’s pain-filled eyes flash through his mind.

“I did that. I did that to him.” He whispers and curls up into a tight ball.

While Jisung cries in his room, Yoongi gently pulls his lover to their bedroom and comforts him. He is gentle and loving as he lies down with Jimin in his arms.

“Why did he turn out like this?” Jimin whispers as he buries his face against his lover’s chest.

“The three of you have been through hell. Going through what you went through would twist anyone’s sense of reality. The way Jisung perceives the world has been warped by everything you three have been through.” Yoongi softly mutters as he gently threads his fingers through Jimin’s hair.

“What about you?” Jimin asks and tilts his head to look into his boyfriend’s gentle gaze.

“Me? Hmm. My life hasn’t been nearly as traumatizing as yours. The only thing I can complain about is absent parents. It’s just the typical work was more important to my parents than I was. It did warp me. Before Ji-Eun, I never dated. I was like Jeon. I never wanted to love anyone because I knew I didn’t know how to love.” Yoongi softly explains as he lovingly holds Jimin in his arms.

“She taught you how to love.” Jimin softly smiles as he looks at the man he loves.

“She taught me the first step, but then she left because I couldn’t protect her.” Yoongi murmurs and gently brushes his thumb over Jimin’s face. “Then you showed up.” He softly smiles as he remembers the first moment he met Jimin. “You showed up and never stopped showing me what love is.”

“I will never leave you.” Jimin softly hums as he looks into his love’s tender gaze.

“I know.” Yoongi smiles and presses a soft kiss on Jimin’s forehead. I know. I can see it in your eyes. You are strong.

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When Taehyung arrives at Jungkook’s home, he is surprised to see his boyfriend waiting for him in an apron.

“What happened at work?” Taehyung quickly walks over to his boyfriend to check on him.

“Work was just work.” Jungkook hums and wraps Taehyung in his arms. “How are you?”

“I’m okay. I’m not the one who had to deal with the media. Are you okay?” Taehyung’s eyes are filled with worry as he looks into his boyfriend’s eyes.

“I’m okay. My hyung was there.” Jungkook smiles and lovingly kisses Taehyung’s forehead.

“Good.” Taehyung sighs with relief and pecks Jungkook’s lips. 

“I’m worried about you, though. What happened?” Jungkook softly asks as he gently rubs Taehyung’s back.

“Jisung,” Taehyung mutters and presses his face against his boyfriend’s chest.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Jungkook’s voice is soft and filled with concern.

“Not really.” Taehyung mumbles and nuzzles his face against his boyfriend.

“Are you hungry?” Jungkook softly asks and presses a kiss on the crown of his boyfriend’s head.

“Starving.” Taehyung pouts and looks up at his boyfriend.

“Aigoo.” Jungkook coos as he lovingly smiles at the man he loves.

“It smells really good. What did you make?” Taehyung rests his chin on his boyfriend’s chest as he looks into his boyfriend’s loving gaze.

“Just some comforting dishes.” Jungkook hums and kisses Taehyung’s forehead before he pulls away. 

“Like?” Taehyung prods as he follows his boyfriend to the kitchen.

“Soondubu jjigae and side dishes.” Jungkook chuckles when he sees the excited look on his boyfriend’s face.

“Your cooking is the best.” Taehyung squeals with excitement as he looks at the two clay bowls filled with steaming stew.

Jungkook softly smiles as he watches his boyfriend bounce around with excitement. When Taehyung reaches out to grab a bowl, Jungkook quickly stops him. “It’s hot. Be careful.”

“Right. Careful.” Taehyung nods and watches as his boyfriend carefully sets the table.

Once Jungkook sets the table, Taehyung quickly sits down and takes a deep breath of the steam. He happily sighs and looks at Jungkook with a big smile. “Thank you.”

“Of course.” Jungkook softly smiles and motions for his boyfriend to eat.

Soon, the dining area is filled with Taehyung’s happy squeals and little hums. Jungkook watches with adoration as Taehyung giddily dances with each bite of food.

“Who taught you how to cook?” Taehyung asks as he picks up a piece of kimchi with his chopsticks.

“My Eomma.” Jungkook quietly responds and looks at his food.

Noticing that his boyfriend’s response is quiet, Taehyung stops and looks at him with concern. He sets down his chopsticks and reaches over to hold his hand. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked.” He softly murmurs.

“No. I want you to know everything about me.” Jungkook instantly smiles and looks at the man he loves.

“I don’t want you to force a smile around me,” Taehyung whispers as he gently squeezes Jungkook’s hand.

“Sorry. It’s kind of automatic.” Jungkook grimaces and turns his hand over to hold his boyfriend’s hand.

“It’s okay. It’s no reason to apologize.” Taehyung softly smiles as he intertwines their fingers.

“She taught me a lot.” Jungkook hums and looks at all of the dishes he made. “She must have known.” He quietly whispers and clenches his jaw.

“I think eommas know a lot. They have an intuition that no one else has.” Taehyung softly murmurs and gently squeezes his lover’s hand.

“Yeah.” Jungkook nods and softly smiles. “I remember the first time I made gamja jorim (the sweet braised potatoes). It stuck to the plate.”

“How old were you?” Taehyung softly asks with curiosity.

“I think I was nine.” Jungkook hums and looks at the gamja jorim dish on the table.

“You must have been so adorable when you were little.” Taehyung coos as he imagines little Jungkook.

“I was really shy when I was younger.” Jungkook chuckles and looks at his boyfriend. 

“Shy?” Taehyung playfully gasps, causing Jungkook to laugh.

“Yeah. Shy.” Jungkook nods and gently squeezes Taehyung’s hand. “What about you?”

“I was the complete opposite. I was rather loud and rowdy. I would run away from school to explore outside or just to escape.” Taehyung chuckles as he thinks about everything he did as a child. “I was the student that the teachers would shake their heads about. I was always causing trouble.”

“I bet those teachers would be shocked that you're a teacher now.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he looks at the man he loves. 

“I’m sure they wouldn’t believe it.” Taehyung laughs and shakes his head. 

“Your students are definitely lucky to have you as their teacher.” Jungkook hums as he lifts Taehyung’s hand to press a gentle kiss on it.

“Were you ever bullied?” Taehyung asks as he tries to imagine his boyfriend’s childhood.

“No one ever dared to. I was quiet, but I had quite an explosive temper.” Jungkook mutters and gently rubs his thumb over Taehyung’s hand. “What about you?”

“Yeah.” Taehyung nods and looks at his food. “Somehow, they could sense that I was different.” He mumbles and grips Jungkook’s hand as memories flash through his mind.

“If we had met in high school, I would have never let anyone hurt you.” Jungkook murmurs and gets up from his chair. Taehyung looks up and watches his boyfriend walk over to him. “No one is ever allowed to hurt you.” Jungkook hums and kneels in front of the man he loves.

“You met with Jisung,” Taehyung mutters as he reaches out and gently cradles his love’s face in his hands.

“Yes.” Jungkook hums and nuzzles his face in his boyfriend’s hands.

“I knew Kyung-pyo hyung would tell you.” Taehyung chuckles and leans forward to gently kiss the man he loves.

“He cares about you, too.” Jungkook softly smiles and pecks the tip of Taehyung’s nose.

“He’s kind.” Taehyung hums and then squeaks when his boyfriend suddenly stands up and carries him to the room.

“Why aren’t you asking me?”

“Asking you what?” Taehyung looks at his boyfriend with confusion.

“What I did to Jisung,” Jungkook mutters and gently sets Taehyung on the bed.

“Well, I trust you.” Taehyung smiles and pulls Jungkook onto the bed with him, causing Jungkook to gasp.

“Careful,” Jungkook mutters and falls beside his boyfriend.

“So, tell me what happened at work.” Taehyung hums and tangles their legs together.

“The news was there, but it doesn’t seem like anyone knows what I did,” Jungkook mutters and wraps his boyfriend in his arms. 

“I am curious. What did you do?” Taehyung mumbles against his boyfriend’s chest.

“I revealed some information on his secret husband.” 

“Whoa.” Taehyung looks up at Jungkook with big eyes. “A secret husband?”

“Yeah.” Jungkook chuckles and gently pecks Taehyung’s forehead.

“That’s quite a secret.” Taehyung mumbles with surprise.

“I didn’t reveal their secret marriage. I just revealed that his secret husband has a secret girlfriend and a kid.”

“What?” Taehyung’s eyes widen even more with surprise. “Wow.”

“They’d have to reveal their relationship to attack me.” Jungkook hums and lovingly smiles at his boyfriend. 

“Sneaky.” Taehyung laughs and smiles at the man he loves with adoration and admiration. “I really want to know what dirt you dug up on me.”

“I really didn’t find anything. I started looking into you and stopped. A part of me wanted something normal with you. I only found your basic information.” Jungkook softly responds and tightens his embrace around the man he loves.

“Wow. I got really lucky that we met at that bar.” Taehyung murmurs as his eyes fill with love for the man holding him. I can’t imagine how difficult it was not to do something you always do to protect yourself. I would’ve been so scared.

“There was something in your eyes that first night. Your eyes were hard to forget, and every time I tried to look into you, your eyes would fill my mind. I couldn’t do it.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he gently cups Taehyung’s face and tenderly brushes his thumb over Taehyung’s cheek.

“I love you. I’m so happy we met.” Taehyung smiles and whispers against Jungkook’s soft lips.

“Me too.” Jungkook lovingly hums and presses their foreheads together. “I am so lucky to be loved by you.”

“I’m the lucky one.” Taehyung whispers and snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

“Is this going to be our first argument?” Jungkook chuckles as he pulls Taehyung closer.

“Yes.” Taehyung giggles against Jungkook’s chest. “It’s an argument I’ll happily have.”

“Me too, Baby.” Jungkook hums and kisses the top of Taehyung’s head. 

“Jisung didn’t do anything to you, right?” Taehyung quietly asks as he worries about the man he loves.

“No. He didn’t do anything.” Jungkook murmurs and gently massages Taehyung’s head.

“Good.” Taehyung sighs as he slides his hands under his boyfriend’s shirt.

“Baby.”

“Hm?” Taehyung looks up at his boyfriend with big, innocent eyes. 

“Do you want to have sex?” Jungkook softly asks as he looks into his boyfriend’s eyes.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and gently pecks Jungkook’s lips. “What about you?”

“Of course.” Jungkook chuckles and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead.

“I’m going to go shower.” Taehyung grins before running to the restroom.

“I’ll shower with you.” Jungkook smiles and quickly follows his boyfriend.

“No.” Taehyung shakes his head and pushes Jungkook out of the bathroom.

“Why?” Jungkook looks at Taehyung with confusion.

“I have a tiny surprise for you.” Taehyung grins and shuts the door, leaving his boyfriend stunned.

“Surprise?” Jungkook mumbles and walks to the guest bathroom. “Should I be naked? Would he like that?” He mutters to himself as he unbuttons his shirt. “Yeah. Naked.” He smirks and walks into the bathroom.

Jungkook takes a quick shower and then returns to his room. Knowing that Taehyung will take some time, Jungkook goes to his balcony and lights a cigarette. He sighs and watches the final sliver of sunlight disappear.

As Jungkook smokes on the balcony, he hears his bathroom door open. With a smirk, Jungkook turns around. When he sees his boyfriend, his smirk falls, and his eyes widen with awe. The man standing in front of him is wearing a black ribbon harness, a black ribbon choker, and black ribbon anklets, leaving everything else bare. 

Jungkook is not the only one left in awe. Taehyung gulps as he looks at his naked boyfriend. His eyes travel up his boyfriend’s muscular body. When their eyes meet, Taehyung blushes and flutters his eyelashes. 

“Fuck.” Jungkook mutters and quickly stamps out his cigarette in the ashtray. “Where the fuck do you buy your lingerie? I need to thank them.”

“Not telling.” Taehyung hums and watches his boyfriend walk over to him. 

“You’re gorgeous, Baby,” Jungkook whispers as he pulls Taehyung into his arms and brushes his lips over his boyfriend’s lips.

“Before we do anything, we need to talk,” Taehyung mutters and gently pecks his lover’s lips.

“Okay.” Jungkook nods and brushes his hands up his boyfriend’s back.

“I’ve had time to think today.” Taehyung hums as he looks into his boyfriend’s gaze. “I like having sex with you in all different ways. There are definitely going to be times when I want to have sex with you when you’re angry or frustrated. It won’t be out of fear of losing you. I just want you to know that.”

“Then you have to be honest with me.” Jungkook softly murmurs as he gently cups Taehyung’s face in his hand. 

“I will work on it. I promise.” Taehyung smiles with relief at Jungkook’s response.

“Good. My Baby is so good.” Jungkook mutters and buries his fingers in Taehyung’s hips.

“Always for you.”

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“My Baby is so pretty. Such a pretty Princess.” Jungkook praises as Taehyung lies beneath him on the bed. Taehyung happily purrs as his boyfriend’s hands glide down his body and grip him.

Jungkook leans down and hungrily kisses his boyfriend as his middle finger presses into him. Taehyung whimpers and pulls Jungkook closer, wanting everything the man he loves will give him. 

“You already prepped.” Jungkook murmurs against Taehyung’s lips.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and nips his boyfriend’s lips. “I want you inside me.” He grins and licks Jungkook’s swollen lips.

“Show me.”

“Hm?” 

“Show me how you prep yourself since you took that from me tonight.” Jungkook smirks and sits up.

“Oh.” Taehyung blushes and nods. 

“Show me every detail.” Jungkook grins as he flicks the tip of Taehyung’s throbbing dick.

“I did it like this.” Taehyung gets on his hands and knees, facing his ass toward Jungkook. He whimpers as he presses his fingers into his ass and stretches. Jungkook’s gaze darkens as he watches his boyfriend’s slender fingers disappear into his ass. “That’s all I did.” He whimpers and looks back at Jungkook.

“Keep going until you cum.” Jungkook hums as he wraps his hand around his dick and pumps.

“O-okay.” Taehyung nods and moves his other hand to jerk himself.

“No. Only with your ass.” Jungkook suddenly reaches over and stops Taehyung.

“I can’t.” Taehyung whines and pouts.

“You can. Do it.” Jungkook pulls Taehyung’s arm behind his back, causing Taehyung to fall into the pillow. 

“I really can’t.” Taehyung whimpers into the pillow.

“Then use both hands.” Jungkook hums as he releases Taehyung’s arm.

“Okay.” Taehyung whispers and presses two more fingers into his ass. 

Jungkook’s breathing grows ragged as he watches Taehyung desperately finger himself. He grins when Taehyung whimpers and humps against the bed.

“Stop.” Jungkook roughly grabs Taehyung’s hips and lifts him from the bed, earning a yelp and whimper from his boyfriend.

“You’re making me do something I can’t.” Taehyung huffs and shoots a glare at his boyfriend.

“Goodness. Do you need help?” Jungkook chuckles as he looks at his glaring boyfriend.

“Obviously.” Taehyung scowls.

“Then if I do what you want, you’re not allowed to touch yourself.” Jungkook hums and taps his dick against Taehyung’s twitching hole.

“Okay.” Taehyung eagerly nods and rolls onto his back.

“Such a pillow princess.” Jungkook coos as he lifts Taehyung’s legs.

“Obviously.” Taehyung grins at the man he loves. 

“So fucking pretty.” Jungkook murmurs as he bites into Taehyung’s ankle.

“Fuck.” Taehyung gasps and grips the sheets as his boyfriend’s teeth dig into his ankle. 

Without warning, Jungkook presses into his boyfriend. Taehyung whines with pleasure as he arches off the bed and grips the sheets. “Hyung. So good.” He whimpers and rolls his hips. 

“Fuck.” Jungkook groans as he pulls out and slams back in. The room is quickly filled with their pants and the slapping of their bodies. With each thrust, Taehyung whimpers and calls out his boyfriend’s name. Loving his boyfriend’s cries, Jungkook speeds up his thrusts.

“God! Jungkook! Fuck!” Taehyung cries out as his boyfriend slams into his prostate over and over without faltering. 

“So good. Fuck, Tae.” Jungkook grunts as he leans over Taehyung and strengthens his thrusts.

As Taehyung looks up at his boyfriend, he smiles and watches the golden necklace dangle above him. Jungkook is surprised when Taehyung suddenly sits up and pulls him into a passionate kiss. “Fuck. I love you so much.” Taehyung hisses against his boyfriend’s lips and continues to kiss him. 

Jungkook wraps Taehyung in his arms as they continue to kiss. Taehyung whimpers when Jungkook roughly grabs his hair and presses him closer, deepening the kiss. He desperately clings to Jungkook, trying to keep up with his boyfriend’s pace. 

While Taehyung drowns in the kiss, Jungkook roughly slams his hips up, driving his dick into Taehyung’s prostate, causing Taehyung to cry out in the kiss. Trying to ground himself, Taehyung digs his fingers into his boyfriend’s shoulders.

As Jungkook continuously slams into his prostate, Taehyung suddenly cums. His mind dizzies as he fights to breathe while pleasure rips through his body. 

“God. Hyung.” Taehyung chokes out and gasps for air when Jungkook finally lets go of him. He slumps onto the bed and trembles as he looks up at his boyfriend.

“So perfect.” Jungkook growls and hooks his finger under the choker. When Taehyung nods, Jungkook yanks him up by the choker and hungrily kisses him. Taehyung trembles against Jungkook as his boyfriend continuously thrusts into him. 

“Hyung.” Taehyung yelps when Jungkook wraps his hand around his limp penis.

“One more time. Hm?” Jungkook whispers as he leans down and brushes his lips against Taehyung’s cheek.

“Okay.” Taehyung pants out and nods. 

Jungkook’s thrusts slow and become gentle as he wraps Taehyung in his arms. Taehyung hums and snuggles against his boyfriend as he is set in his boyfriend’s lap. 

“You’re absolutely perfect.” Jungkook softly praises as he holds the man he loves in his arms. 

Taehyung softly gasps and hums when his boyfriend’s teeth nip against his throat. He arches his neck back, giving his boyfriend access to mark him. 

“So fucking perfect.” Jungkook lovingly growls as his hands glide up and down Taehyung’s back. 

“Hyung.” Taehyung whimpers as his dick hardens and rubs against his boyfriend’s abdomen. “Fuck.” He whines and trembles in Jungkook’s arms. 

“You’re doing so well, Baby.” Jungkook coos as he speeds up his thrusts, chasing their orgasms.

“Jungkook hyung.” Taehyung hums and kisses the man he loves as his hands tangle in Jungkook’s hair. 

“Yes, Baby?” Jungkook murmurs against Taehyung’s lips.

“You’re mine.” Taehyung purrs and looks into Jungkook’s dark brown eyes.

“I am yours.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and nips Taehyung’s lips. 

“Wanna cum.” Taehyung murmurs as he rubs his dick against Jungkook’s abdomen.

“Okay.” Jungkook hums as he tightens his embrace around Taehyung and picks up the pace. Taehyung softly whimpers and whines as his boyfriend’s dick digs into him and sends pleasure coursing through his body. 

“Fuck. Baby.” Jungkook grunts out as his body tenses and cum spills into Taehyung’s trembling body.

“Hyung.” Taehyung purrs as he yanks Jungkook’s hair to make him look him in the eyes as they cum together. Jungkook’s heart stutters as he looks into Taehyung’s gorgeous, fiery eyes. 

“God.” Jungkook groans and presses their lips together. 

“I love you,” Taehyung whispers against Jungkook’s lips.

“I love you too.” Jungkook smiles as he lies down with Taehyung wrapped in his arms. 

Soft, happy hums fill the room as the pair lies in bed together and lovingly cuddles. Neither of them says anything as they recover. After a few quiet minutes, Jungkook pulls out. Taehyung softly whimpers and snuggles in his boyfriend’s arms. 

“Let’s take a bath.” Jungkook hums as he gets out of bed with Taehyung in his arms.

“Okay.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs as he lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder. 

Jungkook holds Taehyung in his arms as he turns the bath on and pours soap into it. While the bath fills up, he carries Taehyung to the shower and rinses their bodies off. As Jungkook takes care of him, Taehyung’s face glows with a soft, happy smile. Jungkook hums when his boyfriend presses a soft kiss on his neck.

“Thank you,” Taehyung whispers against Jungkook’s neck.

“For what?” Jungkook softly asks as he turns the bath water off.

“For loving me.” Taehyung’s voice is quiet as he wraps his arms around Jungkook’s shoulders and hugs him.

“I should be the one thanking you.” Jungkook softly whispers as he steps into the large tub and sits down with his boyfriend in his arms. 

“I believed for so long that I was too broken to be loved.” Taehyung barely whispers as he clings to the man who loves him. 

“So did I.” Jungkook hums and gently rubs Taehyung’s head. “I was always too guarded and afraid to ever show myself to anyone, let alone love anyone.”

“Thank you for trusting me and showing yourself.” Taehyung softly smiles and relaxes against Jungkook. “You’re beautiful.” 

“Fuck. I love you so much.” Jungkook smiles and lovingly kisses his boyfriend’s forehead. 

“I love you.” Taehyung hums and closes his eyes as he rests against his boyfriend’s chest. 

Once they are cleaned off, Jungkook gets out and goes to change the bedding. While Jungkook changes the bedding, Taehyung dries off and gets ready for the night. When the bed is ready, Jungkook goes to the bathroom and finishes getting ready. 

“Let me check your ankle. I bit harder than I meant to.” Jungkook grips Taehyung’s waist and lifts him onto the counter. 

Taehyung softly smiles as he watches his boyfriend check on his ankle. When Jungkook sees that he did not break the skin, he smiles with relief. “Thank goodness.” Jungkook hums and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s ankle. “It’s bruised, but it didn’t bleed. Are you in pain?” He looks up at his boyfriend with relief. 

“It’s throbbing a little.” Taehyung hums and reaches out to gently brush his fingers through Jungkook’s hair.

“Sorry.” Jungkook presses another kiss on Taehyung’s ankle.

“It’s okay.” Taehyung softly smiles as he adores the sweet man he loves. 

“This should help.” Jungkook stands up and searches through his cabinet for ointment. Once he has the ointment, he lifts Taehyung’s leg and gently rubs the ointment on the bruise. Taehyung’s heart throbs with pure happiness and love as he watches Jungkook care for him. “There.” Jungkook presses a kiss on Taehyung’s leg before gently setting it down. 

“Thank you.” Taehyung smiles and reaches his hands out to his boyfriend. 

“Let’s go to bed.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he picks his boyfriend up. Taehyung happily hums and purrs as he snuggles his face in the crook of his boyfriend’s neck. 

Once they reach the bed, Jungkook lies down with Taehyung in his arms. Taehyung sleepily hums as he snuggles against his boyfriend. 

“Sleep well, Baby.” Jungkook murmurs against the crown of Taehyung’s head.

“Sweet dreams, Hyung.” Taehyung sleepily whispers as he falls asleep in his boyfriend’s arms. 

The pair peacefully sleeps in each other’s arms until the alarm rings, rudely waking them up for the day. Taehyung grumbles and whines as he tries to bury himself in his boyfriend’s arms. “Baby.” Jungkook chuckles as he lovingly kisses the top of his boyfriend’s head. 

“Don’t wanna get up,” Taehyung grumbles and curls up against his boyfriend. 

“Me neither.” Jungkook hums as he wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist.

“You’re warm and safe.” Taehyung sleepily murmurs.

“My sweet Baby.” Jungkook lovingly mutters and gently rubs his thumb against his boyfriend’s back.

When a second alarm goes off, Taehyung fusses and tangles his legs with Jungkook’s legs. Jungkook chuckles as he turns the alarm off and sits up.

“No.” Taehyung whines and wraps his arms around his boyfriend’s waist.

“Baby, we have to get ready to go to work.” Jungkook softly laughs as he gently scratches Taehyung’s head. 

“Can I just stay home with you forever?” Taehyung looks up at his boyfriend with a pout.

“I would absolutely love that.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he gently brushes Taehyung’s hair from his eyes. 

“Did you sleep well?” Taehyung asks as he presses a kiss on Jungkook’s abdomen.

“I did. How about you?” Jungkook hums and brushes his thumb over Taehyung’s cheek.

“I sleep best with you.” Taehyung softly smiles and sits up.

“Me too, Baby.” Jungkook softly smiles as Taehyung gets into his lap and straddles him. 

“I’m so lucky,” Taehyung whispers against Jungkook’s lips. I’m the luckiest person in the universe.

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While Taehyung works, Jisung goes onto the high school campus and watches him from a distance. His heart aches when he sees Taehyung laughing at something a teacher tells him.

“What are you doing here?” Jimin walks over to his brother and warily examines him.

“I- I came to make sure Hyung is okay,” Jisung mutters with a nervous smile. “I wanted to make sure I didn’t hurt him too much.”

“His boyfriend took care of him.” Jimin sighs and shakes his head. “I really think you need to take time away from him.”

“Yeah. I was thinking the same thing.” Jisung nods and hugs him. “I’m sorry, Hyung.”

“I love you, Sungie.” Jimin hums as he hugs his little brother.

“I love you too, Hyung,” Jisung mutters and tightens his embrace around his older brother. “I’ll stay away from him, but you’re stuck with me.”

“Good. You’re not allowed to stay away from me.” Jimin softly laughs as he pulls away and looks into his brother’s eyes. “I just want you to be able to heal.”

“I know.” Jisung smiles and nods as his eyes tear up.

“Eomma’s memorial is in a month. The three of us will go together.” Jimin softly tells his little brother.

“Okay.” Jisung nods and smiles. “I’ll be good. I promise.”

“I know you will.” Jimin ruffles his little brother’s hair. “Don’t you have class?” He crosses his arms and frowns at his little brother.

“I do. I’ll be going.” Jisung laughs and turns to leave. 

While Jungkook works, his assistant walks in. “CEO Jeon, there is a man named Park Jisung here to see you. He says you know him.”

“Send him in,” Jungkook responds as he fills with curiosity.

When Jisung walks in, he looks around with awe. “Wow. You really are a rich CEO.” He mutters as he looks at the luxurious office.

“I am.” Jungkook chuckles and watches Jisung with curiosity and intrigue. “So, why are you here?”

“To apologize and let you know that I’ll be staying away from Hyung for a while.” Jisung bows to Jungkook, surprising the older man. “Hyung didn’t tell me to do this. He doesn’t know.”

“I don’t dislike you, but you need to get help.” Jungkook hums as he stands up and walks to the younger man.

“I am. I signed up for counseling.” Jisung responds and looks at Jungkook.

“Good. Taehyung will be relieved.” Jungkook sighs and nods with relief.

“Just … take care of him.” Jisung murmurs and nervously fidgets with his pants as he realizes just how intimidating Jungkook is. I really am an idiot for picking a fight with a man like this.

“I will.” Jungkook hums and reaches his hand out to the younger man. “Get better. My Tae wants you to be happy.”

“I’ll do my best.” Jisung nervously smiles as he shakes Jungkook’s hand. “One last thing. Please protect him. I don’t want to see him getting torn to pieces by the media.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let anyone find out about him until he’s ready. I will always be his shield.” Jungkook smiles and slides his hands into his pockets.

“Good.” Jisung sighs with relief. “Are you telling Hyung about this?” He nervously asks.

“Obviously. I don’t hide things from him.” Jungkook chuckles and walks back to his chair.

“Okay.” Jisung nods and turns to leave.

“Tae loves you. Don’t break his heart.” Jungkook tells Jisung as he leaves the office.

“I won’t make the same mistake again.” Jisung looks at Jungkook and smiles before shutting the door.

“Looks like someone grew up a little.” Jungkook chuckles and shakes his head as he sits at his desk.

That evening, when Taehyung arrives at Jungkook’s place, he is surprised to see that Jungkook is already home. He smiles and quickly takes his shoes off before rushing to his boyfriend’s office.

“Hey, Baby.” Jungkook instantly smiles when Taehyung walks into his office.

“Are you busy?” Taehyung asks as he walks over to his boyfriend.

“Not at all.” Jungkook smiles and closes his laptop. “How was work?”

“It was good.” Taehyung hums as he straddles Jungkook’s lap. “What about you? How did work go?” He asks as he presses several kisses on his boyfriend’s face.

“Jisung paid me a visit.” Jungkook murmurs and lovingly looks into Taehyung’s eyes.

“Really? Did he do anything?” Taehyung looks at the man he loves with worry.

“He came to apologize and told me he’s going to counseling,” Jungkook responds and gently grips Taehyung’s thighs.

“The brat is growing up.” Taehyung chuckles and presses their foreheads together. 

“He is.” Jungkook hums and lovingly kisses the man his heart beats for. “Are you hungry? The cook came today and made dinner since I worked late.”

“Oh. What did they make?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“Some rice dish and sides,” Jungkook answers as he stands up with Taehyung in his arms. Taehyung squeaks and wraps his legs around his boyfriend.

“It smells good.” Taehyung hums and presses a kiss on his boyfriend’s lips. “I love you.” He smiles as he looks into his boyfriend’s beautiful eyes.

“I love you too, Baby.” Jungkook softly smiles and boops their noses together. 

When Jungkook walks into the kitchen, he sets Taehyung on the counter and kisses him before he examines the food and fixes their plates. “My Hyung was wondering if Saturday is a good time to meet. He said he’d cook for us.”

“Oh. Sure.” Taehyung smiles and nods. 

“I looked up his husband. He’s married to the heir to a large oil company.” Jungkook tells his boyfriend as he fixes their plates.

“Wow.” 

“Yeah. I wonder how they met. The media here stayed quiet about their marriage, but apparently, it sparked quite a debate around the world. He’s the heir, but decided to be a professor.”

“What does he teach?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“Economics.” Jungkook hums and turns around to face his boyfriend. “Apparently, he’s tenured and everything. People seem to worship him.” He chuckles and hands Taehyung a plate of food.

“Are you nervous?” Taehyung softly asks as his boyfriend stands between his legs.

“Yeah. Hyung and I … we haven’t had the best relationship. A lot of it is my fault.” Jungkook sighs and sets his plate down.

“Are you worried his husband won’t like you?” 

“Yeah.”

“Do you dislike Jisung?” Taehyung softly asks and sets his plate down.

“No. He’s a brat.” Jungkook chuckles as he places his hands on his boyfriend’s thighs and squeezes.

“Your Hyung’s husband probably feels the same way about you.” Taehyung softly laughs and gently kisses his boyfriend’s lips. “If he’s mean to you, I’ll fight him.” 

“My feisty mountain goat.” Jungkook laughs as he adores his sweet boyfriend.

“Lion! I’m a mountain lion!” Taehyung huffs and glares at his grinning boyfriend.

“Too cute to be a mountain lion.” Jungkook coos and runs his hands up Taehyung’s thighs.

“Sometimes, you infuriate me,” Taehyung grumbles and crosses his arms as he continues to pout.

“I love you too.” Jungkook chuckles and suddenly picks Taehyung up.

“We haven’t eaten yet!” Taehyung yelps when he is suddenly lifted off the counter. 

“We can eat later.” Jungkook grins as he carries Taehyung to the couch.

“Absolutely not! I’m hungry!” Taehyung fusses and struggles in Jungkook’s arms.

“Fine. We’ll eat first.” Jungkook chuckles and sets his boyfriend on the couch. After placing a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead, he goes to the kitchen to grab their plates.

“So horny. How can someone so old be so horny?” Taehyung huffs and watches his boyfriend.

“You’re my boyfriend. How am I not supposed to be horny?” Jungkook laughs and hands the plate to Taehyung.

“Ridiculous. Absolutely absurd.” Taehyung grumbles and scoops up a bite of rice.

“It’d be even more absurd if I weren’t horny.” Jungkook grins as he sits next to his grumbling boyfriend.

“Crazy,” Taehyung mutters as he hungrily eats. “If I let you, you’d have sex 24/7. I’d starve to death.” He grumbles and shoves a large spoonful of rice into his mouth.

“I’d feed you. I can’t have my Baby starving.” Jungkook smirks and pulls Taehyung into his lap.

Taehyung grumbles under his breath as he settles in Jungkook’s lap and eats. Jungkook softly smiles and kisses his boyfriend’s head.

“So, my company is hosting a competition for a new girl group and a new boy group.” Jungkook hums and wraps his arm around his boyfriend’s waist.

“Really? That’s cool.” Taehyung turns his head and looks at his boyfriend with curiosity.

“The idea is that they will be like sibling groups. We will see how it goes.” Jungkook explains as he takes a bite of the risotto.

“I’ll watch it. I’m intrigued.” Taehyung hums and leans against Jungkook’s chest.

“It starts this weekend.” 

“I’m not into idol stuff, but I am intrigued since my boyfriend is the Chairman and CEO.” Taehyung smiles and pecks Jungkook’s cheek.

“Let me know if it’s boring.” Jungkook chuckles as he slides his hand under Taehyung’s shirt and gently rubs his stomach.

“I doubt it’ll be boring.” Taehyung softly hums and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder. “God. Hyung.” Taehyung gasps when Jungkook’s hand slides under his pants.

“Too much?” Jungkook softly asks.

“No. Not at all.” Taehyung moans against Jungkook’s ear. “I ate everything.” He grins and shows his boyfriend his empty plate.

“I see that.” Jungkook chuckles and sets the plates to the side.

When Jungkook’s work phone suddenly rings, he groans with frustration. “This had better be an emergency.” He sighs and presses a kiss on his boyfriend’s cheek before getting up to answer his phone.

“What?” Jungkook grumpily hisses when he answers the phone.

“I’m so sorry to call at this hour, but a picture of Taehyung has leaked.” Kyung-pyo hurriedly tells Jungkook.

“What?!” Jungkook’s eyes widen with horror. “What is it about?”

“Uhm … people speculate he’s CEO Min’s partner.” Kyung-pyo nervously laughs as he looks at the leaked picture of Taehyung getting into Yoongi’s vehicle.

“What …” Jungkook deadpans and looks at his boyfriend. “CEO Min?”

“Yes …”

“Okay … why?” 

“It’s a picture of Taehyung getting into CEO Min’s vehicle. Well … another one just dropped. It’s Taehyung going into CEO Min’s home.” Kyung-pyo nervously laughs, terrified of Jungkook’s reaction.

“Well, that news is better than people finding out about Taehyung and me.” Jungkook suddenly laughs, surprising Taehyung and Kyung-pyo.

“Hyung, what’s going on?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“Apparently, you’re dating Min Yoongi.” Jungkook chuckles with amusement.

“What?!” Taehyung gasps with horror. “CEO Min?!”

“Yep.” Jungkook grins as he walks over to his horrified boyfriend.

“Never.” Taehyung adamantly shakes his head.

“I know, Baby.” Jungkook chuckles and sits next to Taehyung, pulling his boyfriend into his lap. “Don’t worry. Min will handle it.”

“I’d better call Ji.” Taehyung mumbles and grabs his phone to call his friend. When Jimin answers the phone, Taehyung gags because he can hear two men panting. “Sorry to interrupt your sexy time, but uhm, you should look up CEO Min’s boyfriend.”

“What?” Jimin raspily asks with confusion.

“Just do it,” Taehyung grumbles as he leans against Jungkook’s chest.

“Okay,” Jimin mutters and searches his boyfriend’s boyfriend. When he sees Taehyung, he bursts out laughing and shows his frowning boyfriend. “Apparently, you’re dating my best friend.”

“What in the actual fuck?” Yoongi huffs as he takes his boyfriend’s phone. “What a pain in the fucking ass. I’ll have a statement published.” He sighs and gets out of bed.

“Now, why are you acting all grossed out when I see the aftermath of what your boyfriend does to you?” Jimin laughs at his friend.

“Because it’s still gross,” Taehyung grumbles and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“Okay. I released a statement on my social media account.” Yoongi hums and returns to bed. “Goodbye, Kim Taehyung.” He snatches the phone from his boyfriend and ends the call.

“Rude.” Taehyung huffs as he goes to Yoongi’s profile. “Not his type?! Wow … he didn’t have to insult me like that.” He scowls.

“You’re my type, though.” Jungkook grins and lovingly kisses Taehyung’s shoulder.

“I’d better be your type.” Taehyung laughs as he adores his sweet boyfriend. “If … in the future people find out about us, don’t worry about it. I can handle it. I’m willing to face the crazy with you. I love you, and I’m not going to let crazy gossip separate us.”

“Wow. You are definitely my type.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and turns Taehyung in his lap to face him. “I love you too. I will protect you if things get out of hand.”

“I know you will. I trust you.” Taehyung softly smiles with teary eyes. “So much.”

“Fuck. Thank fuck I went up to you in that bar.” Jungkook softly whispers as he tenderly kisses the man his heart beats for.

“In all honesty, I don’t mind if our relationship goes public.” Taehyung softly murmurs against his boyfriend’s lips.

“My brave, beautiful Baby.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as Taehyung’s every word and action fills him with more warmth and love. “I have something I want to show you.”

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Taehyung follows Jungkook to the room that smells like paint. When they walk into the room, Jungkook turns the light on and gently pulls Taehyung in.

“I’m guessing you saw the painting in the room.” Jungkook hums and walks over to the large, covered canvas.

“I saw it,” Taehyung responds and then gasps when Jungkook pulls the cover off the canvas.

“Growing up, painting was the only way I could express myself. After I met you, my paintings began to fill with you.” Jungkook explains as he reveals canvas after canvas.

Taehyung is silent as he goes from painting to painting. The paintings show the evolution and growth of Jungkook’s feelings for Taehyung. They change from curiosity and intrigue to confusion and uncertainty to pure, unadulterated love.

When Taehyung stops in front of the painting of him dancing in the ocean in the rain, tears start trickling down his face. The painting truly shows Taehyung through Jungkook’s eyes, and that Taehyung is beautiful.

Jungkook does not say anything and lets Taehyung process everything he is feeling.

“Thank you.” Taehyung turns and smiles at Jungkook as his tears trickle down his face. “Thank you for loving me.”

Jungkook instantly smiles and pulls Taehyung into his embrace. He does not say anything as he holds Taehyung in his arms and lets him cry his heart out.

“Hyung.” Taehyung looks up at Jungkook with teary eyes.

“Hm?”

“I want everyone to know that you’re the one I love.” Taehyung brightly smiles at Jungkook. “And I have a little idea how.”

“Okay.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he gently cradles Taehyung’s face in his hand.

“Can I have your phone?” Taehyung asks as he pulls Jungkook out of the art room.

“Of course.” Jungkook hums and hands his boyfriend his phone.

“Aren’t you going to ask me what I’m doing?” Taehyung looks at Jungkook with a little mischievous grin.

“I trust you.” Jungkook chuckles and pecks Taehyung’s forehead.

“You trust me too much.” Taehyung giggles and goes to the couch with both of their phones.

“I don’t.” Jungkook softly laughs as he sits next to his boyfriend and pulls him into his lap.

“Whatever you say.” Taehyung grins and goes to their social media accounts. “Okay. Let’s do this.” He leans against his boyfriend’s chest and scrolls through his pictures.

Jungkook watches with curiosity as Taehyung scrolls through his many pictures. To his surprise, Taehyung’s camera roll is filled with pictures of him. “When did you take all of these?” He asks and rests his chin on Taehyung’s shoulder.

“When you weren’t looking.” Taehyung softly hums and goes to the weekend they spent in the mountains together.

“Clearly. They’re either of my back or of me sleeping.” Jungkook chuckles and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s neck.

“Most of these are for my eyes only, so don’t worry. I’m not going to make an NSFW account about you.” Taehyung snickers and scrolls past many pictures of Jungkook naked.

“Thanks.” Jungkook chuckles as he presses another kiss on his boyfriend’s neck.

“This one.” Taehyung happily hums and chooses a picture he took of his hands intertwined on Jungkook’s abdomen, showing their bracelets with their initials.

“I’m still naked in this one.” Jungkook softly laughs and nuzzles his face in the crook of Taehyung’s neck.

“Well, true. But this will definitely make a splash, and it doesn't show anything explicit.” Taehyung grins and edits the coloring of the picture.

Once the picture is to Taehyung’s liking, he goes to the social media account Jimin made for him and posts it with the caption “My Type 🖤.” Jungkook chuckles and kisses Taehyung’s cheek. After posting the picture, Taehyung goes to Jungkook’s account on his boyfriend’s phone and has his boyfriend follow the social media account.

“Do more than that.” Jungkook hums and takes his phone from his boyfriend. Taehyung watches with curiosity as his boyfriend likes the image and shares it on his page. When Jungkook comments on the post “You should have tagged me, Baby 🥺”, Taehyung giggles.

“My bad.” Taehyung presses a kiss on Jungkook’s cheek. “I will next time 🖤,” He responds to Jungkook’s comment on his post. “Now, let’s see if people notice.” Taehyung hums and sets the phones aside.

“My cute, mischievous Baby.” Jungkook lovingly hums as Taehyung turns around in his lap and straddles him. 

“I love you.” Taehyung hums and gently kisses Jungkook.

“I love you too.” Jungkook smiles into the kiss and pulls Taehyung closer.

As the two men make out on the couch, their phones suddenly begin blowing up. Jungkook scowls and glares at the constantly buzzing phones.

“I guess it worked.” Taehyung laughs and picks up the two phones.

When Jimin starts calling Taehyung, he quickly answers it. “What is this, Taehyung?!” Jimin shouts as he looks at his phone.

“I had to clarify my type since your boyfriend told everyone I’m not his type.” Taehyung laughs and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“You just poured oil on the fire,” Jimin grumbles as he watches the likes on Taehyung’s post blow up and the comments explode.

“We can see that.” Taehyung chuckles and watches his notifications.

“People don’t even know if it’s you or not since your name isn’t on the account, and your profile pic is just your eye.” Jimin points out when he sees the speculations in the comments.

“Oh. You’re right.” Taehyung hums as he looks at his account. “Well, I guess we can leave little hints here and there.”

“I knew it was you the moment I saw your profile picture.” Jungkook hums with a satisfied smile.

“Wait … you two were already fucking by then?! How long has this been going on?!” Jimin shrieks when he hears Jungkook.

“A while.” Taehyung chuckles and lovingly kisses his boyfriend’s cheek.

“That’s why you were freaking out when I made that account. That’s way too funny.” Jimin snickers when he remembers how Taehyung was screaming at him. “Your reaction made no sense then, but it’s too funny now that I know.”

“You’re a tiny little evil devil.” Taehyung scowls, causing Jimin to grumble in annoyance.

“I’m not tiny or little! How could you use both in one sentence?!” Jimin wails as he kicks his feet.

“Just like Rumpelstiltskin.” Taehyung snickers, earning a yowl of horror from Jimin.

“I’m going to fucking kill you! Just you wait, Kim!” Jimin shrieks into the phone.

“You can’t reach high enough to kill me.” Taehyung hums with a grin.

“You are EVIL!” Jimin screams and wails as his boyfriend fondly watches him.

“Angry leprechauns are just adorable.” Taehyung chuckles as Jimin continues to wail.

“Just you wait, Kim.” Jimin hisses into the phone when his boyfriend lovingly scoops him into his arms and holds him in his lap.

“Cute. Your old man must be comforting you.” Taehyung snickers when Jimin calms down.

“You’re dead to me,” Jimin grumbles with a pout.

“Love you.” Taehyung giggles as his friend pouts.

“I highly doubt it,” Jimin whines as his boyfriend lovingly kisses his forehead.

“I love you soooo much!” Taehyung happily laughs.

“I’ll believe you this time.” Jimin giggles and softly smiles when he hears Taehyung’s happiness.

“People are guessing you’re an actor.” Jungkook murmurs as he scrolls through the comments on Taehyung’s post.

“Makes sense. You own an entertainment company.” Taehyung hums and looks at the phone in his boyfriend’s hand.

“True.” Jungkook mumbles and snickers when he sees the guesses. “How have people not guessed it with your caption? You gave it away with just that.”

“Literally.” Taehyung laughs and kisses his boyfriend’s lips.

“Oh. They’re getting steamy.” Jimin softly chuckles when he hears the kiss over the phone. “Before you two do anything nasty, I’m going to hang up.”

“Bye, Jimin-ah. Thank you for checking in on us.” Taehyung smiles as he talks to his dearest friend.

“Of course. I love you, Tae.” Jimin softly hums.

“I love you too, Ji.” Taehyung softly smiles.

Right as the call ends, Jungkook gets a phone call. To his surprise, it is about one of his actresses committing a scandal that he needs to take care of and not about his dating news.

“Okay. I’ll be right there.” Jungkook sighs and ends the call. “I’m so sorry, Baby.”

“It’s okay, Hyung. Go.” Taehyung lovingly smiles and pecks Jungkook’s lips. “I love you.”

“I love you too. I will be back as soon as I can.” Jungkook murmurs against Taehyung’s lips.

“I’ll do some grading while I wait for you.” Taehyung hums and pecks his boyfriend’s nose.

“If it gets too late, go to bed. Don’t wait up for me too long.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and gently cradles Taehyung’s face in his hands. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” 

Jungkook quickly gets ready and then leaves his home to handle the scandal. Once Jungkook is gone, Taehyung pulls out his students’ homework and begins grading. As Taehyung grades, he hears a knock on the door. 

“Who would be here at this hour?” Taehyung grumbles as he gets up from Jungkook’s desk and goes to the front door. When he looks at the monitor, he sees a woman he recognizes. The woman who goes to events with Hyung? If Hyung goes to events with her, then he must trust her.

“Hello?” Taehyung opens the door and nervously looks at the woman.

“Oh. You must be Kim Taehyung.” The woman softly smiles when she sees the nervous man. “I’m Kwon Nara. I’m Jungkook’s cousin.”

“Oh. Hi. Uhm, he’s not here right now.” Taehyung mutters and opens the door more.

“It’s late, though.” Nara hums as she looks at the time on her phone.

“Something happened with an actress,” Taehyung explains and steps aside for Nara to enter. “You can come in. I don’t know how long Hyung’ll be gone.”

“Thank you.” Nara smiles and walks into the penthouse. This place feels a lot less lonely. Her smile brightens when she sees the blanket draped over the couch, more shoes in front of the door, a plant on the counter, and little things here and there that show someone actually lives there.

“Would you like something to drink?” Taehyung asks as he nervously stands in front of the gorgeous woman.

“Can I have some tea?” Nara responds with a smile.

“Of course.” Taehyung quickly nods and goes to the kitchen.

As Nara looks around, she sees more and more details of Taehyung’s warm presence settling into the once cold penthouse. She hums and nods with approval before she goes to the kitchen.

“What kind would you like?” Taehyung asks as he rummages through the tea drawer.

“I’m sure whatever you choose will be great.” Nara softly responds and sits at the counter. He’s sweet. I never thought a man like him would be Jungkook’s type, but for some reason, he seems to fit Jungkook so well.

“Okay. How about rooibos tea? It doesn’t have caffeine.” Taehyung asks and looks at Nara.

“That sounds wonderful. Thank you.” Nara smiles as she continues to observe Taehyung.

“What kind of sweetener? Hyung has all kinds.” Taehyung opens the drawer filled with different kinds of sweeteners.

“If you have monk fruit, I’ll take that,” Nara responds as she begins to adore her cousin’s boyfriend.

“Monk fruit …” Taehyung hums as he looks at each jar of sweetener. “Here.” He smiles with relief when he finds the sweetener his boyfriend’s cousin wants. 

Once the tea is ready, Taehyung sits with Nara and sips on his mug of tea. He is quiet as he enjoys the warm tea.

“Jungkook wanted me to tell you some things.” Nara hums as she watches Taehyung.

“Really?” Taehyung looks at Nara with surprise.

“Yes. He asked me to, a while back. It’s about his childhood. It’s difficult for him to talk about, especially since he repressed a lot of his memories due to trauma.” Nara softly sighs and sets her mug down. “I came tonight to ask him if he still wants me to tell you.”

“Oh.” Taehyung nods and grips his mug. “I’ll text him.” He mutters and grabs his phone.

Within a few minutes, Jungkook messages that Nara can tell him. Taehyung shows Nara the message and sets his phone down.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Nara whispers and sighs. “Jungkook and I are cousins through his mother. She was an actress.”

“Oh.” Taehyung hums as he wonders about his boyfriend’s mother.

“Jungkook’s father is Kim Jongsu. He is married to Park Hyesoo and has two children with her. Jungkook has an older brother named Kim Seokjin and an older sister named Kim Jihyun. Jungkook is the youngest, and as I’m sure you realize, his family name is Jeon. His mother’s name is Jeon Chaewon.” Nara explains to Taehyung, who is listening with his mug clenched in his hands.

“Jungkook’s mother was an up-and-coming actress when she had an affair with Jungkook’s father. People whispered about the affair, but no one outright called them out for it. Jeon Chaewon suddenly stopped filming or taking any jobs. Then, eight years later, she showed up at Chairman Kim Jongsu’s home with a seven-year-old boy.”

“Jungkook.” Taehyung murmurs as he thinks about his boyfriend.

“Yes. Jungkook.” Naa hums and nods. “From what I know, Jeon Chaewon was dying of cancer. Well, his appearance caused an absolute uproar. Chairman Kim took five paternity tests before he believed that Jungkook was his son. All that time, Jungkook was already being abused. Park Hyesoo was furious, and Kim Jongsu wanted him dead.”

“Hyung,” Taehyung whispers with teary eyes as he thinks about the pain his boyfriend went through as a small child. 

“His life … stayed hell.” Nara quietly mutters. “I didn’t meet him until he was a college student. When I met him, he was already shattered.” She whispers and takes a sip of her tea. “I met him through my husband. My husband was his professor, who instantly recognized him. He mentored Jungkook and eventually brought him home.”

“What about his Hyung? I’m supposed to meet him. What’s he like?” Taehyung asks as he prays that Jungkook's Hyung had nothing to do with his Love’s abuse.

“From what I’ve heard, he was sent to America at a young age for being gay. The family sent him to numerous conversion camps. He is five years older than Jungkook, but I heard he was caught rather young. Jungkook never really knew him.” Nara explains with a sorrowful sigh. “And Jungkook … he learned rather young what it took to protect himself, and it was to be ruthless and cold.”

“That family is horrible.” Taehyung whispers and wipes his tears away.

“Do you want to know something cute?” Nara asks, trying to lighten the mood.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods.

“There was this night that Jungkook showed up at my home completely soaking wet. He said he went to the beach with a man and needed to talk.” Nara hums with a soft smile. “He told my husband and me all about this beautiful man. I could instantly tell he was in love, but didn’t know how to process it. He spent the entire night telling my husband and me about that beautiful man, until in the morning, he found out the man was sick. Without even telling us goodbye, Jungkook ran out to take care of him.”

“Hyung is so sweet.” Taehyung softly smiles and looks at his reflection in his tea. “That night, I was jealous of you.” He quietly giggles.

“Really?” Nara looks at Taehyung with surprise.

“Yeah. I have my own past that makes loving difficult, so I bottled everything up and pretended it was just … well … what we were doing.” Taehyung blushes and drinks some of his tea. “And that night, I saw him on TV with you. You’re gorgeous and well … I’m just me.”

“What on earth does that mean? You’re gorgeous.” Nara looks at Taehyung with disbelief.

“My brain kept telling me that you were perfect with him and I was odd with him, and that we’d never work out.” Taehyung quietly whispers as he remembers all of the insecurities he has been fighting through.

“You are perfect.”

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Taehyung looks up with surprise when he hears his boyfriend’s voice. His eyes are big when he sees his boyfriend walking over to him with a frown.

“You are perfect.” Jungkook cups his boyfriend’s face in his hands and looks him in the eyes. “Absolutely perfect.”

Taehyung’s eyes fill with tears as he looks into his boyfriend’s sincere, loving gaze. When Taehyung’s lips tremble, Jungkook leans down and gently kisses them. “You are gorgeously perfect.” He whispers against his Love’s lips.

Nara softly smiles as she watches Jungkook and Taehyung. He is beyond perfect. I prayed that Jungkook would meet someone to love and who would love him so genuinely.

“Thank you, Noona.” Jungkook looks at Nara as he presses Taehyung to his chest.

“I gave him a rough overview. I’m leaving the details that you remember to you.” Nara hums and stands up to leave.

Once Nara leaves, Jungkook picks Taehyung up and carries him to the bedroom. Taehyung is quiet as he thinks about everything Nara told him.

“Your older sister … what is she like?” Taehyung quietly asks as Jungkook sets him on the bed.

“She’s like my parents,” Jungkook mutters and sits next to Taehyung.

“Oh. So, she hurt you.” Taehyung murmurs and looks at Jungkook with sorrow.

“Yeah.” Jungkook nods as he lets out a sigh.

“Your Eomma is …”

“Dead.” Jungkook barely whispers and looks into Taehyung’s soft gaze.

I’m even more determined to stand with you. Taehyung suddenly pulls Jungkook into his arms and holds him. “You’re not alone anymore.” He whispers and tightens his embrace around the man he loves, causing Jungkook to cry and bury his face in the crook of his neck. You will never have to fight alone again.

As Jungkook cries, he lies down in Taehyung’s lap and buries his face against Taehyung’s stomach. Taehyung is quiet as his boyfriend cries in his lap. His heart aches when he hears his boyfriend’s cries. I can’t imagine how lonely you’ve been. He is gentle as he threads his fingers through Jungkook’s hair.

Eventually, Jungkook’s cries subside, and soft snores fill the room instead. Taehyung softly smiles when he realizes his boyfriend has fallen asleep in his lap.

“So cute.” Taehyung whispers and looks at his boyfriend with adoration.

After watching his boyfriend sleep peacefully for a few minutes, Taehyung carefully scoots backward onto the bed and pulls Jungkook with him. Once Taehyung is in a comfortable spot, he lies down and pulls his boyfriend onto his chest. He chuckles when he realizes just how big his boyfriend is.

“Sleep well, Hyung. I love you.” Taehyung whispers as he falls asleep with his boyfriend sleeping on his chest.

When morning arrives, Jungkook groans and wraps his arms around Taehyung, who is sleeping under him. Taehyung grumbles in his sleep when he is suddenly being crushed in his boyfriend’s arms.

“Baby?” Jungkook sleepily mutters and looks at his boyfriend. “Oh.” He chuckles when he realizes he slept on top of his boyfriend. “Sorry.” He whispers and kisses his boyfriend’s cheek.

“Morning, Hyung.” Taehyung sleepily hums and flutters his eyes open. “Did you sleep well?”

“I did. Thank you, Baby.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he scoops Taehyung into his arms and lies down, pulling Taehyung onto his chest.

“I’m really angry.” Taehyung huffs as he sits up on Jungkook’s stomach.

“Why?” Jungkook softly asks as he looks up at his boyfriend with adoration.

“Your father and stepmother are shitty people. It’s not like you chose to be born.” Taehyung scowls and crosses his arms with anger.

“It’s okay, Baby. They can’t do anything to me anymore.” Jungkook softly smiles and reaches up to gently brush his fingers over Taehyung’s face. 

“I’ll fight them.” Taehyung hisses and balls his hands into fists.

“My pretty Baby.” Jungkook coos as he gently boops Taehyung’s nose with his finger.

“And your older sister, why would she mistreat you? You never did anything to her.” Taehyung scowls and looks at his boyfriend with a frown.

“She loves her mother and hates that her mother was cheated on.” Jungkook hums and watches his boyfriend with adoration.

“So? She should hate her father then, not you.” Taehyung huffs with a frown. “You’re too nice.”

“They say my Eomma seduced him.” Jungkook quietly murmurs and gently slides his hands under Taehyung’s shirt to gently knead his hips.

“I don’t know anything about your Eomma, but I do know your father could have kept his pants zipped. Taking the blame off of him is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.” Taehyung scowls and lies down on his boyfriend’s chest. “Well, I’m grateful you were born. At least your father did one good thing.” He mumbles and snuggles his face in the crook of Jungkook’s shoulder.

“Me too, because I got to meet you and fall in love with you.” Jungkook softly smiles as he gently massages Taehyung’s head.

“If I ever meet them, there might be some screaming,” Taehyung grumbles against Jungkook’s neck.

“Goodness. Aren’t you feisty?” Jungkook softly chuckles as he wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist.

“I have to go to work, but I don’t want to,” Taehyung whines as he pouts and snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

“Aigoo.” Jungkook hums as he tightens his embrace around his boyfriend.

“Hyung.”

“Hm?” 

“When things get difficult, don’t hide it from me. I’m your partner.” Taehyung softly tells his boyfriend as he looks him in the eyes.

“I won’t. I promise.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and pecks his boyfriend’s lips.

“If you do, I’ll fight you,” Taehyung warns with a little frown.

“I believe you.” Jungkook chuckles as he sits up, causing Taehyung to slide into his lap. “As much as I want to spend the entire day at home with you, we need to go to work.” 

“Should I just quit and become your secretary or something?” Taehyung giggles as he settles in Jungkook’s lap.

“We’d never get any work done.” Jungkook laughs as he squeezes Taehyung’s ass.

“Very true.” Taehyung softly laughs and kisses his boyfriend. “I love you.”

“I love you too, Baby.” Jungkook lovingly murmurs into the kiss.

When Taehyung gets to work, he hears his students excitedly talking in the hallways, trying to guess who CEO Jeon is dating. He softly chuckles when he hears the top guesses. 

“Mr. Kim! What do you think?” A group of students runs over to Taehyung with big eyes. “We have a running list.”

“About who CEO Jeon is dating?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“Yes!” A student nods with excitement and hands the list to Taehyung.

“Hm, there are quite a few options.” Taehyung smiles as he reads the list of guesses.

“Most of us think it’s Cha Eunwoo. They’ve been seen out together a few times.” A student points to the name at the top of the list.

“Then, I’ll guess it’s him.” Taehyung chuckles and hands the list to the students.

“He even gets the best scripts. We think the CEO picks those scripts specifically for him.” The students giggle together as they imagine the handsome actor and CEO together.

“Really?” Taehyung asks with intrigue.

“Really.” A student nods with big eyes.

“I can’t believe that account on social media was right. They’ve been shipping CEO Jeon and Cha Eunwoo for a long time.” A student pulls out her phone and shows it to Taehyung.

“Plus! That new account looks like it could be Cha Eunwoo!”

“How interesting.” Taehyung hums as he scrolls through the social media account.

“He’s overseas right now to film a show. I bet CEO Jeon misses him.” A student sighs with a dreamy smile.

“I’m sure he does.” Taehyung chuckles and shakes his head. I am curious to know if they ever had sex. Just a little curious. A teeny tiny bit. Super tiny. “Okay, go to class. You’re all going to be late.”

“We got Mr. Kim’s vote!” The students shout as they run to their classes.

“Goodness.” Taehyung softly laughs and shakes his head.

“I see that you got pulled into the gossip.” Jimin walks over to Taehyung with a grin.

“I did.” Taehyung shakes his head with amusement.

“What do you think? Is Cha Eunwoo the winner?” Jimin hums as he holds up his phone with Taehyung’s profile picture pulled up. He grins as he compares the eye to Taehyung’s eye. “I don’t know. It might just be me, but this person looks eerily like you.”

“Let the kids have their fun. It’s cute.” Taehyung chuckles and takes the phone from his friend.

“Has he ever mentioned Cha Eunwoo?” Jimin asks with curiosity as they walk to the office together.

“No.” Taehyung shakes his head.

“Figured. All that man can think about is you.” Jimin chuckles and slings his arm over Taehyung’s shoulder. 

“I’m surprised people aren’t really being crude about this.” Taehyung hums and looks out the window as they walk down the hall together.

“Some people are, but the curious people are louder,” Jimin responds with a smile. “Plus, the kids these days are more open-minded.”

“True.” Taehyung smiles and nods.

Once the day is over, Taehyung goes to Jungkook’s penthouse. When he gets home and sees that his boyfriend is not home yet, he goes to the bedroom to change into comfortable clothes. While Taehyung gets ready for the evening, he listens to music and softly sways his hips. 

When Jungkook gets home, he hears Taehyung in the bathroom and quickly goes to find his boyfriend. The man instantly stops in his tracks when he sees his boyfriend only in an oversized shirt while swaying to the music.

“Baby,” Jungkook calls out as he looks at his boyfriend with awe.

“Hyung.” Taehyung turns around and smiles. “How was work?” He asks, not realizing the battle his boyfriend is fighting and losing. “Hyung?” He softly asks when Jungkook does not respond.

“Hm? Oh. Good.” Jungkook mutters and quickly walks over to his boyfriend. “Fuck. You’re gorgeous.” He hums and wraps his love in his arms.

“That’s random.” Taehyung softly laughs as he looks up at his boyfriend with stars sparkling in his eyes.

“Not random at all. Look at yourself.” Jungkook chuckles and lovingly kisses his boyfriend.

Taehyung happily hums as his boyfriend kisses him. As the kiss deepens, Taehyung reaches up and tangles his fingers in his boyfriend’s hair. 

“Fuck. I love you.” Jungkook whispers against Taehyung’s lips and presses another kiss on the lips he loves so much.

“I love you too.” Taehyung smiles and gently cups his boyfriend’s face in his hand.

“Because I knew I’d be late, I asked the cook to make dinner.” Jungkook hums and pecks Taehyung’s forehead before pulling away.

“Okay. I am starving.” Taehyung giggles and turns around to look at himself in the mirror. “I’m going to get my roots re-touched tomorrow.”

“Kyung-pyo will go with you. Let him pay this time.” Jungkook responds as he undresses.

“No.” Taehyung huffs and crosses his arms, shooting a glare at his boyfriend.

“Why not?” Jungkook asks as he unzips his pants.

“Because I make money.” Taehyung laughs and grabs lotion.

“I know you do, but-”

“Don’t argue with me. I’m an adult.” Taehyung chuckles and squeezes lotion onto his hand.

“I know, but-”

“We’re not some manhwa couple. I can pay for my own things.” Taehyung hums as he bends down to rub lotion onto his legs.

“You can’t deny the gifts I give you then,” Jungkook grumbles with a frown.

“Okay. I won’t.” Taehyung chuckles and looks at his frowning boyfriend. “You already pay for most of my things, anyway.”

“Save up your money. You never know when you might need it.” Jungkook suggests as he puts on grey sweatpants after taking his underwear off.

“Are you trying to convince me by seducing me?” Taehyung playfully gasps as he examines his boyfriend.

“Is it working?” Jungkook grins and walks over to his boyfriend.

“A little.” Taehyung softly laughs as his boyfriend wraps him in his arms.

“Do you know how many pairs of grey sweatpants I bought after you told me you liked them?” Jungkook asks with a grin.

“Just because I said I liked them?” Taehyung asks with surprise.

“No. Not just because you said you liked them. It's because you said you liked them. Everything you say is important to me.” Jungkook’s voice is soft as his boyfriend looks at him with big eyes.

“Fuck.” Taehyung whispers as his eyes tear up. “I love you so much.”

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Taehyung and Jungkook end up eating dinner curled up in bed together because Taehyung could not stop the tears that continuously streamed down his face.

“My students have a poll about who your boyfriend is.” Taehyung sniffles as he tries to stop his tears.

“Oh? Are you at the top?” Jungkook asks as he grabs more tissues for his boyfriend.

“I’m not on it. You’d think they’d recognize their teacher.” Taehyung giggles as his boyfriend gently dries his tears with a tissue.

“You’d think so.” Jungkook chuckles and lovingly pecks his boyfriend’s cheek. “So, who’s their guess?” 

“Cha Eunwoo.” Taehyung hums and lays his head on his boyfriend’s shoulder. 

“Cha Eunwoo? Why him?” Jungkook laughs and shakes his head. “We’re friends, but he has a boyfriend.”

“Oh? He does?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“He’s dating a singer,” Jungkook responds as he picks up a bite of food for his boyfriend and feeds him.

“Really?” Taehyung mumbles as he munches on the food.

“Really. I’m dead if the boyfriend finds out people think I’m dating Eunwoo.” Jungkook shivers and shakes his head.

“I’ll protect you.” Taehyung smiles and pecks his boyfriend’s cheek.

“My little mountain goat will definitely be able to protect me.” Jungkook grins as Taehyung scowls at him.

“Mountain lion.” Taehyung huffs and glares at his boyfriend.

“Baby, I’m afraid you're much smaller than his boyfriend.” Jungkook chuckles as he adores his boyfriend.

“I can still take him! I’m not small!” Taehyung scowls and bites his boyfriend’s cheek, surprising Jungkook.

“I never said you’re small. He’s just big. He’s bigger than me.” Jungkook softly laughs and lovingly rubs his boyfriend’s back.

“Whoa. He’s big.” Taehyung mutters with surprise.

“He is.” Jungkook nods and lifts another bite up for his boyfriend.

“You eat. You’ve barely been eating.” Taehyung mumbles and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“I’ve already finished my food.” Jungkook chuckles and shows his boyfriend the empty bowl.

“Whoa. Magic.” Taehyung murmurs with awe. “Wait … why the fuck do people think it’s Cha Eunwoo? Our bracelets have T and J. Our initials.” He lifts his wrist and looks at the golden J.

“Good point. I’m guessing people are coming up with some explanation.” Jungkook chuckles and kisses his boyfriend’s hand.

“I have an idea.” Taehyung suddenly smiles and grabs his phone.

Jungkook stays still and watches his boyfriend with amusement. When Taehyung settles in his lap and positions the two empty bowls, Jungkook watches him take a picture of the bowls in their laps.

“There.” Taehyung grins and goes to his social media to post the picture.

“Hm. Give me a moment.” Jungkook murmurs as he grabs his phone.

“Okay.” 

Once Jungkook has the phone, he lifts it in one hand and places his other hand on Taehyung’s stomach. Taehyung watches as Jungkook takes a picture holding him.

“I’ll post this on mine. Don’t forget to tag me on your account.” Jungkook hums as he goes to his social media.

“Okay.” Taehyung smiles as he posts his picture on social media, tagging Jungkook.

“Good.” Jungkook hums as he looks at the two posts. “I love this.”

“Me too.” Taehyung happily smiles and sets his phone aside. “Cha Eunwoo is out of the country, so this should be a hint.”

“We’ll see.” Jungkook chuckles and lies down with Taehyung in his arms. “Do you want to watch something?” He softly asks as he grabs the remote.

“I’d love that.” Taehyung smiles as he snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

While they scroll through the options, Jungkook’s phone rings. Seeing that the caller is his father, Jungkook sighs and rejects the call. As they continue to scroll through the various shows, Jungkook’s phone continuously rings. 

Before Jungkook can reject the call for the fifth time, Taehyung grabs it and answers it. “Hello? Is this Jeon Jungkook’s father? If it is, then I’m warning you that if you don’t stop harassing my boyfriend, I’ll post pictures of us doing some things you won’t be very happy seeing.” 

Jungkook stares at Taehyung with shock as his boyfriend threatens his father.

“Who is this?! Who do you think you are?!” Kim Jongsu screams into the phone.

“I’m Hyung’s boyfriend.” Taehyung calmly responds and lays his head on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“How dare you threaten me!” Jongsu bellows with anger.

“It’s not a threat. It’s a promise. The post would blow up. Hyung has a beautiful body.” Taehyung grins and looks at his surprised boyfriend. “Should I post a teaser so that you have an idea?”

“You wouldn’t dare.” Jongsu hisses as he grips his phone and trembles with rage.

“I’m not rich or sophisticated like you. I have no manners. I don’t understand the ways of the world like you do, so I would dare.” Taehyung hums and scrolls through his phone. Something that’ll scare him but not violate Hyung’s privacy.

“Jungkook would never let you.” Jongsu snarls as fear grips him.

“I’ll let him choose.” Taehyung grins and hands his phone to his boyfriend.

“You’re something else.” Jungkook chuckles and looks through the pictures. “This one.” He hums and chooses a picture of him sleeping naked, but the sheet covers anything explicit. However, the sheet is low enough to show off most of his body, including the claw marks and hickeys.

“He picked one. I’ll post it. Let me know what you think.” Taehyung hums as he posts the picture on social media. “It shouldn’t take long to blow up. The next one will be of your son sucking my dick.”

“You have a picture of that?” Jungkook whispers with surprise.

“No.” Taehyung quietly giggles.

“You’re something else.” Jungkook chuckles and pecks his boyfriend’s forehead.

“And if sucking my dick isn’t enough, I’ll post a video of me fucking his ass.” Taehyung taunts as his boyfriend snorts with amusement.

“You!”

“What?” Taehyung hums with a grin, knowing he has won.

Without saying anything else, Jungkook’s father ends the call. Taehyung laughs with amusement when he hears the call end. “Well, he’ll be quiet for a little bit.” He grins and looks at his smiling boyfriend.

“You’re going to be a bigger nightmare for him than I ever was.” Jungkook laughs and kisses his boyfriend’s forehead. “So, do you want to fuck me?” He asks with curiosity.

“Not really. I like what we do.” Taehyung hums and grabs the remote from his boyfriend. “I doubt he’ll cause too many problems from now on, but if he does, we’ll figure something out.

“Remind me to never get on your bad side.” Jungkook chuckles as he wraps his arm around his boyfriend’s waist.

“You’d never.” Taehyung softly laughs as he snuggles against his boyfriend.

Once they pick the movie they want to watch, they cuddle under the blanket. As they cuddle, Jungkook’s hand slides under Taehyung’s shirt and tenderly caresses his stomach. Taehyung happily purrs and snuggles closer to his boyfriend. 

“What an idiot.” Jungkook scoffs as he watches the male lead avoid the female lead, trying to hide himself from her.

“Agreed. She’d love him no matter what. If she doesn't, then she’s horrible.” Taehyung grumbles with his head resting on Jungkook’s chest.

“Coward.” Jungkook scowls against the top of his boyfriend’s head.

As they continue to watch the movie, Taehyung listens to his boyfriend’s steady heartbeat. He smiles every time Jungkook’s voice rumbles through his chest.

“Why did my company produce this shitty movie?” Jungkook scoffs once the credits roll.

“It ranked at the top in the box office,” Taehyung tells his scowling boyfriend.

“It’s shit. Do people really enjoy watching this shit?” Jungkook asks with disbelief as he looks at his giggling boyfriend.

“I guess.” Taehyung giggles as he moves to straddle his boyfriend’s lap. “So, about Cha Eunwoo. Do you really pick out his scripts for him?” He asks with curiosity.

“I only picked out one at the beginning. He was my friend, and I thought it’d be a good role for him. He still had to audition like everyone else, and I never told anyone to treat him any differently. I just knew it’d fit him.” Jungkook responds as he looks at his boyfriend with a soft smile.

“You’re a good friend.” Taehyung smiles and leans forward to kiss his boyfriend.

“When he returns to the country, I’ll introduce you to him.” Jungkook hums and runs his hand down his boyfriend’s back.

“I should watch his movies then.” Taehyung laughs and presses another kiss on his boyfriend’s lips.

“You don’t watch movies or get on social media. What did you use to do in your free time?” Jungkook asks with curiosity.

“I graded and went to bed. I … I was struggling.” Taehyung explains and gently brushes his thumb against Jungkook’s face. “Going to the bar that night was my desperate attempt to fight against my depression. I’ve been on medication and have been going to therapy sessions. None of them was working. I felt like I was going to disappear if I didn’t do something.”

Jungkook’s heart aches as he listens to the man he loves. He knows that feeling. He knows all too well how it feels to disappear.

“When you feel like you’re disappearing, tell me. I will do everything I can for you.” Jungkook softly whispers as he gently holds his boyfriend’s hands.

“I still take my medication. I don’t want to go back to what I was like before medication. I didn’t exist.” Taehyung murmurs as he grips his boyfriend’s hands.

“I understand. I take medication too. It helps.” Jungkook hums as he looks into his boyfriend’s beautiful eyes.

“It does. Even a small amount of help means a lot.” Taehyung softly smiles and nods in agreement.

“We will celebrate the good days and fight through the bad ones together.” Jungkook wraps his arms around his boyfriend and pulls him into a tight hug.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and wraps his boyfriend in his arms.

“I love you more than I ever thought was possible,” Jungkook whispers and tightens his embrace around Taehyung.

“Me too, Hyung.” Taehyung hums and buries his face in the crook of his boyfriend’s neck. “Hyung.”

“Hm?”

“It’s past midnight.” Taehyung laughs when he sees the time.

“When did it get this late?” Jungkook grumbles and looks at the clock next to the bed.

“I don’t know.” Taehyung giggles and lies down next to his boyfriend.

“Good night, Baby.” Jungkook smiles and wraps his boyfriend in his arms.

“Good night, Hyung. I love you.” Taehyung hums as he snuggles against his boyfriend’s chest.

“I love you too. Sweet dreams, my Love.” Jungkook whispers and closes his eyes.

“You too, Hyung.”

At three in the morning, Jungkook’s phone rings. Jungkook curses and quickly grabs his phone. When he sees that Eunwoo is calling him, he rolls his eyes and answers the phone as he gets out of bed.

“What?” Jungkook grumbles and walks to the living room.

“Since when am I dating you?!” Eunwoo shouts with horror as he looks at the pop news article on his phone.

“What a fucking stupid question.” Jungkook huffs as he grabs his cigarettes and goes to the balcony.

“What do you mean stupid? Did you release this to get back at your father? At least give me a warning when you do things like this.” Eunwoo sighs and scrolls through the articles.

“No. I didn’t. I have a boyfriend. People are just stupid as hell. Look at the fucking picture. I’m wearing a fucking T on my wrist.” Jungkook scoffs and places his lit cigarette between his lips.

“Since when do you date?” Eunwoo asks with surprise.

“Ever since I met my boyfriend,” Jungkook grumbles as he smokes.

“You never date.”

“Well, I’m dating.” Jungkook chuckles and leans against the railing. “And, you almost woke him up with your fucking call at three in the fucking morning.” He grumbles with a frown.

“Sorry. I didn’t know you were dating and clearly serious about it.” Eunwoo chuckles as he closes his phone and looks at the set. “Mingyu is going to kill you.”

“I know. Why are you dating such a brute?” Jungkook asks.

“He’s not a brute. He’s sweet and-”

“I don’t want to hear it.” Jungkook scoffs and shakes his head.

“So, your boyfriend. How long?” Eunwoo asks with curiosity because he never thought Jungkook would date anyone. It was more plausible that his friend was using him to get back at his father, which he would not be against.

“We’ve been seeing each other for several months, but we’ve been dating for a few weeks.” Jungkook hums with a smile as he thinks about his boyfriend.

“Wow.” Eunwoo hums and nods. “He must be amazing.”

“He is. He’s absolutely perfect.” Jungkook softly smiles and flicks the ash off the tip of his cigarette. “He’s fighting Kim Jongsu. He’s strong. He scared Kim Jongsu.”

“Damn. He’s definitely something else.” Eunwoo chuckles and shakes his head. “Just don’t fuck it up.”

“I won’t. I love him.”

“You what?!” Eunwoo shouts with shock when he hears Jungkook’s soft admission.

“I love him so much. He’s my entire world. Fuck that. He’s more than that. He’s everything. My universe.” Jungkook’s heart rapidly beats as he thinks about the man he loves.

“You’re in love,” Eunwoo mutters with awe.

“Yes.” Jungkook nods and stamps out his cigarette. “Now. I’m going back to bed. My boyfriend was left alone. I have a feeling he’s awake. Don’t call me at such fucking absurd hours.”

“Okay. By- Wow.” Eunwoo huffs when Jungkook hangs up on him. He’s really in love. The Jeon Jungkook is in love. I thought I’d die before that ever happened.

When Jungkook returns to the room, he sees his boyfriend awake with a little frown. He instantly coos and walks over to his frowning boyfriend. “Sorry. A little pest called.” Jungkook softly apologizes as he gets into the bed and wraps his frowning boyfriend in his arms.

“M’kay.” Taehyung sleepily mumbles and falls asleep in his boyfriend’s arms.

“Good night, Baby.”

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As the days pass, the rumors about Eunwoo and Jungkook grow. Taehyung’s students excitedly talk about all the theories, and Taehyung listens with amusement. He chuckles to himself when he hears his students trying to figure out a nickname that starts with a T because, apparently, Jungkook calls Eunwoo by a nickname that starts with a T. His favorite is that Jungkook and Eunwoo are constantly flying to see each other.

“Who has that kind of time?” Taehyung softly laughs when he hears his students.

While Taehyung finds the entire situation entertaining, Jungkook is startled when a large man busts into his office. “Well, shit,” Jungkook mutters under his breath when he sees Eunwoo’s fuming boyfriend.

“What the fuck, Jeon?! Why haven’t you released a statement?!” Mingyu shouts as he storms over to Jungkook.

“Eunwoo told me to let it run,” Jungkook explains and crosses his arms as he looks at the large fuming man.

“Why?!” Mingyu scoffs and glares at Jungkook.

“Because speculation is good for numbers.” Jungkook calmly explains. 

“So, who the fuck is your secret boyfriend?” Mingyu sighs and sits in the chair across from Jungkook.

“A teacher.” Jungkook softly smiles as he thinks about his boyfriend.

“I suddenly felt chills run down my spine.” Mingyu scowls when he sees the smile on Jungkook’s face. “Stop smiling. It doesn’t fit you.”

“I’m surprised you’re calm. You're usually an emotional caveman.” Jungkook laughs while Mingyu growls with annoyance.

“You and Eunwoo are scheduled to go to his next event together,” Mingyu grumbles with a pout. “We can’t go together.”

“Oh. Right.” Jungkook hums and nods. “I’m not going with him. I’m not going to feed into people’s delusions. I already took my name off the list.”

“Really? I’m surprised. I thought you’d really want to feed into the numbers.” Mingyu looks at Jungkook with shock.

“It takes up the time I could be spending with my boyfriend. I canceled all of my public outings.” Jungkook explains with a soft smile.

“Wow.” Mingyu’s eyes widen with shock when he sees how truly happy Jungkook is.

“Go with Eunwoo.” Jungkook looks at the surprised singer. “You’re both under my company. I’m giving my permission. Just don’t make out in front of the cameras.”

“You’ll really let us?” Mingyu asks as he looks at the usually strict CEO with awe.

“Yeah. It’s your careers. Do what you want.” Jungkook chuckles when he sees the shock in Mingyu’s eyes.

“You’ve really changed,” Mingyu mutters and softly smiles.

“My boyfriend would kill me if I stopped you two.” Jungkook smiles and leans back in his chair. “Just think about the consequences and talk to each other about what you’re willing to let people know.”

“We’ll definitely talk. I won’t do anything Woo doesn’t like.” Mingyu smiles and stands up. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Jungkook hums and watches the large, happy man leave his office.

Once the work day is over, Jungkook goes home and prepares dinner for his boyfriend. While Jungkook cooks, he hears his boyfriend walk into their home. He smiles when he hears his boyfriend run over to him with excitement.

“How was work, Hyung?” Taehyung chirps as he wraps his arms around his boyfriend’s waist from behind.

“It was good. How about your work?” Jungkook softly responds and turns around to wrap his boyfriend in his arms.

“It was good. The students have been coming up with some bizarre theories.” Taehyung giggles and pecks his boyfriend’s lips.

“I’m sure they’re entertaining.” Jungkook chuckles as he looks at his boyfriend with adoration. “Eunwoo’s boyfriend paid me a visit.”

“How did it go?” Taehyung asks with curiosity.

“It went well. I think they’re going to have a soft launch or something.” Jungkook hums and presses their foreheads together.

“That’s cute.” Taehyung smiles as he looks into his boyfriend’s soft gaze. “So, what’s for dinner?”

“Pasta. I saw this recipe and thought it would be fun to try.” Jungkook responds and pulls away to look at the simmering sauce.

“It smells so good.” Taehyung happily hums as he takes a deep breath of the warm scent.

“Go wash up. The food will be ready soon.” Jungkook softly tells his boyfriend and kisses his forehead.

“Okay.” Taehyung smiles and quickly goes to the bedroom.

While Taehyung changes into comfortable clothes and washes his face, Jungkook finishes cooking the food. Jungkook chuckles when he hears his boyfriend scurrying out of the bedroom to the dining room. 

“It looks so yummy!” Taehyung squeals with excitement.

“I hope you like it.” Jungkook softly smiles and watches his boyfriend happily plop down into his chair.

Taehyung excitedly places a lot of pasta onto his plate and takes a big bite. The moment the pasta hits his tongue, he moans with happiness and closes his eyes. “So good.” He murmurs with a mouth full of pasta.

“I’m very glad you like it.” Jungkook chuckles as he watches his boyfriend hungrily devour the food.

“We have dinner with your Hyung and his husband tomorrow.” Taehyung reminds his boyfriend as he scoops up another bite of pasta.

“We do.” Jungkook hums and nods.

“Are you nervous?” Taehyung softly asks and looks at his boyfriend with worry.

“Just a little.” Jungkook smiles and takes a bite of pasta.

“If his husband isn’t nice to you, I’ll fight him.” Taehyung growls and angrily slams his fork onto his plate.

“I’ll hide behind you.” Jungkook softly laughs as he adores his boyfriend.

“I can take him.” Taehyung laughs and continues to eat.

That night, Jungkook stays awake, staring at his ceiling as his nerves run rampant. During the night, Taehyung wakes up and sees that his boyfriend is not sleeping. “Hyung.” He sits up and looks at Jungkook.

“Hm?” Jungkook looks at his boyfriend and softly smiles.

“You okay?” Taehyung softly asks and sits on his boyfriend’s abdomen.

“Just nervous.” Jungkook smiles and sits up, sliding his boyfriend into his lap.

“Smoke. That’ll help you.” Taehyung reaches over to the nightstand and grabs Jungkook’s carton of cigarettes.

“I didn’t want to wake you up.” Jungkook softly hums as he wraps his arms around his boyfriend.

“Don’t suffer because you’re worried about me.” Taehyung gets out of bed and pulls his boyfriend with him. “Come on.” He pulls Jungkook to the balcony.

Jungkook’s face is filled with a soft smile as he follows his boyfriend. He chuckles when Taehyung places a cigarette between his lips and lights it once they are on the balcony.

“There. Relax.” Taehyung hums and wraps his boyfriend in his arms.

“Thank you,” Jungkook whispers and kisses his boyfriend’s forehead.

“What’s a good nickname that starts with T?” Taehyung asks as he rests his head on his boyfriend’s shoulder.

“Tinkerbell.” Jungkook chuckles and blows out a cloud of smoke.

“Tinkerbell?” Taehyung giggles as he kisses his boyfriend’s neck.

“Yeah.” Jungkook smiles as he looks up at the moon.

“I like it.” Taehyung laughs and goes to his social media page. Jungkook watches with amusement as his boyfriend changes his social media handle to “Jeon’sTinkerbell.” “Why do I actually like it?” Taehyung laughs even harder as he looks at his handle.

“It seems to fit.” Jungkook hums and kisses his boyfriend’s cheek.

“How do I have over a million followers?” Taehyung mutters as he looks at his large number of followers. “It’s funny that this is an account Jimin made to follow you anonymously.” He laughs and looks at his smiling boyfriend.

“I was pretty surprised when I saw your profile picture.” Jungkook softly chuckles and gently brushes their noses together.

“I thought I was going to kill Jimin.” Taehyung laughs as he remembers the day Jimin made the social media account.

“I love you, Baby.” Jungkook hums as their foreheads press together. 

“I love you too, Hyung.” Taehyung smiles and pecks Jungkook’s lips. “Did the cigarette help?”

“It did. Thank you.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and stamps the cigarette out.

“You don’t have to worry about smoking around me. It really doesn’t bother me.” Taehyung softly tells the man he loves.

“I don’t smoke much. Just once in a while.” Jungkook hums as he wraps his boyfriend in his arms and pulls him flush against his chest.

“Do whatever you want. I’m not going to stop you.” Taehyung softly smiles as he lovingly cups his boyfriend’s face in his hands. 

“Let’s go to bed. I’m better now.” Jungkook smiles and pecks Taehyung’s lips.

“Okay.” Taehyung hums and follows Jungkook to bed. 

Once they are in bed, Taehyung wraps his boyfriend in his arms and snuggles against him. Jungkook softly smiles as his boyfriend snuggles against him. Within a few minutes, Jungkook falls asleep in his boyfriend’s arms. Taehyung softly smiles when he hears Jungkook’s soft breaths.

“Good night, Hyung,” Taehyung whispers as he presses a gentle kiss on Jungkook’s cheek.

When Jungkook wakes up, he hears a little commotion in the kitchen. He quickly gets out of bed and rushes to the kitchen. The sight that greets him causes him to laugh and rush over to his struggling boyfriend.

“What are you doing, Baby?” Jungkook asks with a grin as he walks into the chaotic kitchen.

“Trying to make a simple breakfast.” Taehyung huffs and glares at the burned eggs and charcoal toast. “I even watched a video!” He whines and looks at his boyfriend with big eyes.

“Well, it must have been a bad video.” Jungkook lovingly smiles and pecks his boyfriend’s forehead. “Did you get hurt?” He softly asks with worry.

“I burned my thumb.” Taehyung pouts and lifts his thumb to show his boyfriend the burn.

“Goodness.” Jungkook worriedly murmurs when he sees the blister on the pad of his boyfriend’s thumb. “Let’s take care of that first.” He softly hums and gently pulls Taehyung to the bathroom.

“I’m sorry. I wanted to do something for you, but all I did was make a mess.” Taehyung grumbles as he follows Jungkook to the bathroom.

“Baby,  I love you, but let’s make a deal.” Jungkook smiles as he lifts Taehyung onto the bathroom counter.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and holds his burned thumb out for his boyfriend to take care of.

“Let’s agree that the kitchen is my space.” Jungkook chuckles as Taehyung’s pout grows.

“Okay.” Taehyung nods and looks at his boyfriend with a pout.

“God. I love you so much.” Jungkook coos and presses a kiss on Taehyung’s forehead. “Also, if I’m not home, and you’re hungry, call the cook. She’ll come and cook you whatever you want.”

“Okay.” Taehyung hums as he watches Jungkook grab the burn ointment.

Jungkook is careful and gentle as he cares for his boyfriend’s burned thumb. Once it is bandaged, Jungkook presses a gentle kiss on it. Taehyung happily smiles as his boyfriend kisses his thumb.

“There. Now, let’s go clean up.” Jungkook softly smiles and kisses his boyfriend’s forehead.

While Jungkook cleans, Taehyung sits at the counter and watches him. As Jungkook cleans, Taehyung’s eyes suddenly tear up. He quickly bites his lip, trying to stop himself from crying. He’s so gentle with me. No matter how much I mess up, he doesn’t get angry. How can someone be so kind?

“Baby?” Jungkook quickly turns around when he hears a sniffle. “What’s wrong?” He rushes over to his crying boyfriend.

“Nothing.” Taehyung quickly wipes his tears and tries to smile.

“Talk to me, Baby.” Jungkook softly hums and wraps the man he loves in his arms.

“You’re just so nice.” Taehyung cries as he buries his face against Jungkook’s chest. “You don’t get mad.”

“Why would I be mad?” Jungkook softly asks as he gently places his hand on the back of Taehyung’s head and gently rubs his head.

“I messed up and made a lot of work for you.” Taehyung tearily explains as he clings to his boyfriend.

“You didn’t mess up. This little bit of chaos makes me happy. It makes me so happy because it’s a little chaos made by you. It reminds me that the man I love is here with me. The little chaos you bring into my life is the most beautiful thing.” Jungkook softly explains as he presses a kiss on the top of Taehyung’s head. “I love it all. I love everything you bring into my life.”

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Jungkook sits on the couch and stays quiet as his boyfriend cries in his arms. Knowing that the man he loves is crying because of the men he dated in the past pisses him off. The thought of someone even raising their voice at Taehyung makes him want to destroy them.

“One time.” Taehyung’s voice is quiet as he buries his face in the crook of his boyfriend’s neck. “One time, I dropped a bowl, and cereal spilled on the floor. I got a cracked rib in return.” He quietly whispers as he tightens his grip on his boyfriend.

“Fuck.” Jungkook whispers and tightens his embrace around the man he loves.

“This morning, when I made a mess, I knew you wouldn’t hurt me. I thought you’d get mad, but I knew you wouldn’t hurt me.” Taehyung quietly whispers as his tears continue to fall from his eyes.

“Nothing you do could ever make me mad.” Jungkook softly hums as he lovingly brushes his fingers through his boyfriend’s hair.

“If I ever do anything that upsets you, will you tell me?” Taehyung asks as he sniffles.

“I will. I promise.” Jungkook lovingly murmurs as he holds the man he loves in his arms. “How many other men have you dated?”

“Three.” Taehyung mumbles and nuzzles his face against his boyfriend’s neck.

“Did they all hurt you?” Jungkook clenches his jaw with anger.

“Yes.” Taehyung barely whispers.

“What are their names?” 

“Park Minjae, Hwang Taeju, and Do Yongsun.” Taehyung quietly mutters as he clings to his boyfriend.

“Thank you, Baby.” Jungkook softly hums and kisses the top of his boyfriend’s head. “You never have to think of them again.”

“Thank you, Hyung.” Taehyung softly whispers as he leaves a kiss on Jungkook’s neck.

“Are you hungry?” Jungkook asks as he gently rubs Taehyung’s back.

“Yes.” Taehyung nods and pulls away, just enough to look at his boyfriend.

When Jungkook stands up from the couch, he continues to hold Taehyung and carries him to the kitchen. Taehyung happily hums as his boyfriend carries him and makes a quick meal for them. Jungkook smiles as his boyfriend leaves little pecks on his neck and collarbone. 

“Do bagels with avocado, salmon, and fried eggs sound good?” Jungkook asks as he grabs the fresh bagels from the bread basket.

“Yes.” Taehyung hums and nuzzles his nose against his boyfriend’s shoulder.

“After we eat, let’s watch something in bed. We have time before we have to get ready for dinner.” Jungkook suggests as he fixes their food.

“I like that.” Taehyung happily smiles and sucks on his boyfriend’s collarbone.

Once the food is ready, Jungkook carries Taehyung to their bed and then returns to the kitchen for their food. When he walks into the room, he sees his boyfriend lying in bed, completely naked. Jungkook pauses and wonders what is going on in his boyfriend’s head.

“Cuddles without clothes,” Taehyung explains with a smile.

“Okay.” Jungkook chuckles and walks over to his smiling boyfriend.

After handing the plate to Taehyung, Jungkook undresses and joins him in bed. Taehyung happily hums and snuggles closer to his boyfriend, tangling their legs together.

“We should watch the idol competition show your company is doing,” Taehyung suggests as he happily munches on the toasted bagel.

Jungkook hums in agreement and turns the TV on. When the first episode starts, Taehyung watches with excitement while clinging to his boyfriend. Jungkook smiles fondly when he sees how excited Taehyung is about the competition.

“Kade has the best voice out of all of them,” Taehyung tells Jungkook as he watches the twenty teenagers compete to create a seven-member boy group.

“I agree.” Jungkook hums and nods, pressing a kiss on Taehyung’s head.

“But, TJ has the best stage presence and dance skills,” Taehyung mumbles as he snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

“You’re right,” Jungkook murmurs as he gently brushes his fingers over his boyfriend’s bare sides. He takes note of everything his boyfriend says so that he can relay it to the production team.

Once the episode is over, it is time for them to get ready to visit Seokjin and his husband. While they get ready for dinner, Taehyung continuously talks about the episode. As Taehyung talks, Jungkook watches him with adoration. 

“Yunho was really cool. He gives off the vibes of being the leader. I can tell that the others already look up to him.” Taehyung explains as he runs his fingers through his hair.

“I agree.” Jungkook smiles as he puts his shirt on.

“Did you say that seven of them would make it?” Taehyung asks as he glances at his boyfriend through the mirror.

“Yes.” Jungkook nods and stands next to his boyfriend.

“Cool.” Taehyung hums with a smile. “I’m excited to watch the show progress. It’s exciting.”

“I’m glad you’re enjoying it.” Jungkook smiles as he leans against the counter and fondly watches his adorable boyfriend.

By the time they are ready, Jungkook has heard every thought Taehyung has about the episode they watched. The drive to Seokjin’s home is filled with Taehyung’s guesses about the next episode. Being so engrossed in Taehyung’s happiness and excitement, all of Jungkook’s worries and fears are forgotten.

Even when they arrive at Seokjin’s home, Taehyung continues to talk, and Jungkook continues to be enraptured by him.

When the door opens, Taehyung suddenly remembers where they are and what they are doing. He quickly bows and shoves the bouquet of flowers they bought for Seokjin against Seokjin’s chest. Seokjin softly smiles and accepts the flowers.

“Hyung, this is Kim Taehyung, my boyfriend.” Jungkook introduces his shy boyfriend to his older brother.

“It’s nice to meet you, Taehyung. I’m Kim Seokjin, Jungkook’s older brother.” Seokjin smiles and gently has Taehyung stand up. 

“It’s an honor to meet you.” Taehyung shyly mutters as he glances at the stunning man.

“Please, come in.” Seokjin quickly steps aside to let Taehyung and Jungkook inside.

As they walk in, Taehyung nervously grabs Jungkook’s arm. Realizing that Taehyung is nervous, Jungkook wraps his arm around his waist and pulls him closer. 

“My husband is still getting ready. He’s a bit nervous.” Seokjin tells Taehyung and Jungkook as they walk to the sitting room. “Would you like something to drink?”

“I’m good,” Jungkook responds and looks at his boyfriend. 

“Me too.” Taehyung quietly mutters and nervously leans against Jungkook.

“I watched the first episode of the idol competition your company is airing,” Seokjin tells his surprised younger brother.

“It’s really fun.” Taehyung’s eyes light up with excitement.

“It is! Kade’s voice is like an angel!” Seokjin eagerly tells Taehyung.

“It really is!” Taehyung grows with excitement.

Soon, Taehyung and Seokjin are excitedly talking about the idol competition. Jungkook smiles with relief when he sees that Taehyung has relaxed and is excited. While Taehyung and Seokjin excitedly talk about the show, Seokjin’s husband enters the room. 

“Joon.” Seokjin smiles when he sees his husband. He quickly gets up and walks over to his husband. “Jungkook, this is my husband, Kim Namjoon.” 

“It’s nice to meet you.” Jungkook quickly bows to Namjoon.

“It’s nice to meet you, too.” Namjoon also quickly bows to Jungkook, causing Taehyung and Seokjin to chuckle.

Once Jungkook and Namjoon stand up, they awkwardly look at each other, not knowing what to do. Taehyung and Seokjin look at each other and chuckle when their boyfriends awkwardly stand in silence.

“Goodness.” Seokjin softly smiles and pats Namjoon’s shoulder. “Dinner is ready, so let’s go sit down.”

“Okay.” Namjoon quickly nods and looks at his husband.

“I hope the food is to your liking, Taehyung. Jungkook told me that you like to eat Korean food.” Seokjin tells Taehyung as they walk into the large dining room. “It’s not anything fancy, but I thought eating comforting food would be nice.”

“I’m sure it’s amazing. Jungkook hyung’s cooking is really good, and you’re brothers.” Taehyung smiles as he holds his boyfriend’s hand. 

Once they are all seated, Taehyung looks at all of the dishes with excitement. Jungkook softly smiles when he sees the sparkle in his boyfriend’s eyes.

“Hyung, this looks amazing. Thank you.” Jungkook tells his brother as he lifts a spoon to get a bite of his jiggae.

“Thank you.” Seokjin smiles with happiness and watches his little brother taste the jiggae.

“It’s delicious.” Jungkook instantly looks at his older brother and smiles.

“I’m glad.” Seokjin softly hums as his eyes fill with the pain of the past.

“How did you two meet?” Jungkook asks as he looks at his brother’s husband.

“We met during university. Hyung was always reading by a window in the library. I found him absolutely beautiful, so I very clumsily asked him for his number.” Namjoon chuckles as he looks at the man he loves.

“He was adorable.” Seokjin fondly smiles and reaches over to hold his husband’s hand. “I am beyond grateful that he asked me for my number.”

“Me too.” Namjoon softly hums and presses a kiss on Seokjin’s forehead. “So, how did you two meet?” He asks and looks at the now very red pair.

“A bar,” Jungkook responds as he looks at his blushing boyfriend. 

“Oh. Bars are good places to meet people.” Seokjin softly smiles when he sees how shy Taehyung has become. 

“I’m beyond lucky that I met Taehyung in the bar that night.” Jungkook softly hums as he gently intertwines their fingers, causing Taehyung to look up at him with big eyes.

“Me too.” Taehyung whispers and softly smiles. They both stay quiet as they think about how differently their lives would have gone if they had left with different people that night. Seokjin’s heart fills with relief when he sees the way his little brother and Taehyung look at each other. He knows that neither of them is giving all of their love without receiving all of the other’s love as well.

“So, when are you going back?” Jungkook asks as he looks at his older brother.

“We’ve decided to stay.” Seokjin smiles with excitement. “I’m quitting the company and starting my own.”

“Really?” Jungkook’s eyes widen with surprise.

“Yeah. Joonie has been offered a tenured spot at SNU, and I have started working on building my own alcohol brand.” Seokjin excitedly tells his little brother, surprising him more. “I’ll eventually even dabble in making snack products.”

“Wow. I am really glad you’re going to do something you love.” Jungkook softly smiles when he sees how excited his older brother is.

“I’m cutting ties with the family,” Seokjin mutters and looks at his husband. 

“You’re all so smart.” Taehyung looks at the three men with awe.

“So are you. I don’t think any of us would be able to teach high schoolers.” Namjoon softly tells Taehyung.

“Oh. It’s not that difficult.” Taehyung nervously responds.

“That’s what makes you so smart. Teaching isn’t easy, and since it’s easy for you, you’re really smart.” Jungkook lovingly tells his boyfriend and presses a kiss on the side of his head.

“I’m not that good.” Taehyung mumbles and nervously picks at his sleeve.

“That’s actually not true. I was curious about you, so I looked into you. Your students have the highest scores out of your entire school and are at the top in the nation. Teenagers are good at making us feel like we’re not doing anything, but that doesn’t mean you’re bad. Trust me. Your students’ scores are very impressive. Last year, your students beat the private school that is known for having the top students.” Namjoon tells Taehyung, causing his eyes to widen with shock.

“I didn’t realize that.” Taehyung whispers as he processes the information Namjoon just told him. Last year, it was so difficult for me to even drag myself out of bed. I thought I was failing them. I quit so that I wouldn’t harm students’ future chances. Without realizing it, a tear falls into his lap.

“You used to teach literature, but this year you switched to world history.” Namjoon softly murmurs as he observes Taehyung. “Your third-year students from last year will be my students next year. I can’t wait to teach them.”

Jungkook gently wraps his arm around Taehyung’s waist as he looks at Namjoon with gratitude. He knows that what Namjoon is telling Taehyung is helping him heal.

“Sorry. I shouldn’t be crying. This is such a nice dinner.” Taehyung smiles and quickly wipes away his tears.

“Don’t apologize.” Seokjin quickly gets up to grab a tissue for Taehyung.

“The school asked me to go back to teaching third-year literature. I’ll do it.” Taehyung smiles and wipes his tears away again.

“It looks like we have a similar type.” Seokjin chuckles and looks at Jungkook, who nods in agreement.

“We do.”

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During the dinner, they are disturbed by the buzzing at the front gate of the home. Seokjin looks at his husband with confusion because only Jungkook and Taehyung were invited over. When the buzzing does not stop, Namjoon sighs and stands up, already annoyed with whoever is interrupting their dinner.

“I’ll be right back.” He mutters and walks to the door to see who is buzzing at the gate. 

When Namjoon sees who is at the gate, he scowls and mutes the buzzing. After muting the buzzing, he returns to the table.

“Who is it?” Seokjin asks when he sees how upset his husband is.

“Your sister.” Namjoon sighs and looks at his husband with worry.

“Oh. Let her stay out there.” Seokjin hums and gets up to grab the dessert he made. “I made an orange rum cake. I hope it’s good. This is my first time making it.” He smiles at Taehyung and Jungkook.

“Hyung, is everything okay?” Jungkook asks when he sees how tense his older brother has become.

Seokjin looks at his little brother and contemplates whether he should tell him what is going on or not. When he sees the genuine concern in his little brother’s eyes, he softly smiles. “I’ll tell you once I grab the cake.”

“Okay.” Jungkook nods and watches his older brother walk away.

Once Seokjin returns, he cuts the cake and sits down. When he looks at his little brother, he sighs and tells him what is happening. “The family is trying to force me to get married to Chairwoman Choi.” Seokjin grimaces as he tells his little brother what is happening.

“But, you’re already married.” Jungkook’s eyes widen with shock and horror.

“South Korea doesn’t recognize our marriage since we’re both men.” Seokjin looks at his husband with a sorrowful smile.

“Oh.” Jungkook hums and looks at the pair of husbands with sorrow.

“That’s fucked up,” Taehyung mutters with a frown.

“Yeah.” Seokjin sighs and nods in agreement.

“Where did you two get married?” Jungkook asks with curiosity.

“Hawaii.” Seokjin happily smiles, remembering the beautiful day he married the love of his life.

“Wow. That sounds amazing.” Taehyung’s eyes widen with awe and sparkle with happiness. Jungkook quickly notices the way his boyfriend’s eyes light up.

“It was amazing. Beyond amazing.” Namjoon softly hums as he kisses his husband’s cheek.

“Well, even if the government refuses to recognize your marriage, I always will,” Jungkook tells his older brother, causing Seokjin's eyes to tear up with gratitude.

“Thank you, Jungkookie.” Seokjin happily smiles as he looks at his little brother.

“We’re family.” Jungkook softly smiles, warmth spreading through his chest.

“We are.” Seokjin nods in agreement, the smile never fading from his face.

“Let’s try the cake.” Namjoon quickly picks up a cake server and does his best to scoop a slice of cake for his husband.

Seokjin softly laughs when he sees his husband clumsily doing his best. 

“Why am I so bad at this?” Namjoon grumbles once he is able to get the broken cake slice onto Seokjin’s plate.

“Thank you, Joonie.” Seokjin softly smiles and accepts the plate from his husband.

“Fun fact, the taste doesn’t change,” Taehyung tells Namjoon when he sees the pout on the older man’s face.

“He’s right.” Seokjin smiles and kisses his husband’s pout away.

Once Namjoon gives everyone a clumsy mound of cake, they all take a bite. Taehyung’s eyes widen with awe, and a little gasp leaves his lips when he tastes the delicious cake. “I might just start showing up for some cake.” Taehyung giggles as he happily takes a large bite of the cake.

“I am very happy you like it.” Seokjin happily smiles when he sees how much Taehyung likes the cake.

“You and Jungkook hyung are such amazing cooks. Before Hyung started cooking for me, I lived off of soda and snacks.” Taehyung happily hums as he eagerly eats the cake.

“At least Joon bought pre-made meals.” Seokjin chuckles and shakes his head. 

“I thought I was bad.” Namjoon shakes his head as he looks at Taehyung with amusement.

When Seokjin’s phone rings, Namjoon grabs it and sees who is calling. Seeing the caller, Namjoon scowls and hangs up the call. “Fucking persistent.” 

“Give it to me.” Seokjin reaches his hand out.

Once Namjoon gives Seokjin the phone, Seokjin blocks his parents’ numbers, his sister’s number, and his sister’s husband’s number. When the family is not able to contact Seokjin, they start calling Namjoon’s phone. He quickly blocks all of their numbers as he curses under his breath.

To everyone’s horror, Jungkook’s phone starts ringing. “Wow. They are persistent fuckers.” He grumbles and quickly blocks all of the numbers.

“I’m going to make a public statement. Joon already spoke with the university, and they informed him that they do not care about his sexual orientation or our marriage. Hopefully, after I make the announcement, they will leave us alone.” Seokjin explains as he reaches over and holds his husband’s hand.

“We’ll support you.” Taehyung smiles at Seokjin.

“Thank you.” Seokjin softly hums, grateful that he has been able to build a relationship with his little brother and meet his little brother’s sweet boyfriend.

“Oh.” Namjoon chuckles when he sees a notification on his phone.

“What?” Seokjin looks at his grinning husband with curiosity.

“Apparently, Jungkook and Cha Eunwoo were spotted at a cafe last night.” Namjoon shows them a picture of two men who look very similar to Jungkook and Eunwoo from behind.

“I was at home with my Baby last night.” Jungkook laughs as he kisses his boyfriend’s forehead.

“Are the paparazzi just taking pictures of random men now and claiming it’s you and Cha Eunwoo?” Taehyung asks in disbelief.

“That’s what it seems like.” Jungkook chuckles as he looks at his boyfriend with adoration.

“Wow.” Taehyung laughs and shakes his head.

“Anything for views,” Seokjin explains and scrolls through the article. “Do you plan on telling everyone the truth?” He asks and looks at his brother.

“We’ve been giving out hints. I like the game we’re playing.” Jungkook hums and looks at his boyfriend to see what he thinks.

“It’s honestly so much fun.” Taehyung snickers as he lays his head on his boyfriend’s shoulder.

“It’s clear that you two are perfect for each other.” Namjoon chuckles as he looks at the younger pair.

“I agree.” Jungkook happily smiles as he lays his head on Taehyung’s head.

“Do you really call Taehyung ‘Tinkerbell ’?” Seokjin asks when he sees Taehyung’s social media page.

“No. He’s my little mountain goat.” Jungkook grins while Taehyung gasps with horror and whips his head to the side to give him a scandalized glare.

“You’re the worst,” Taehyung grumbles as he glares at his grinning boyfriend.

“Mountain goat?” Namjoon chuckles with amusement.

“We went camping together and had to hike to the camping spot. He hiked up the mountain like a little goat.” Jungkook smiles as his boyfriend continues to glare at him.

“Mountain goat … wow … not even a mountain lion, just goat.” Seokjin shakes his head as he chuckles.

“Isn’t he the cutest mountain goat?” Jungkook coos as his boyfriend hisses at him.

“I’d better be the cutest mountain goat.” Taehyung huffs and lays his head back on Jungkook’s shoulder.

“Of course you are.” Jungkook coos and kisses the top of his pouting boyfriend’s head.

“We hike, but we don’t really go camping.” Seokjin hums as he looks at his husband. “Maybe we should try it.”

“That’d be fun.” Namjoon softly smiles and kisses his boyfriend’s forehead.

Once they finish dinner, Taehyung and Jungkook leave. They are all relieved when they see that the sister is not still outside the gate.

“Get home safely,” Seokjin tells his little brother as Jungkook walks to the car.

“I will. I’ll see you later.” Jungkook smiles at his older brother.

“Thank you for coming.” Seokjin hums and suddenly pulls his brother into a hug. “Thank you for giving me a chance.” He quietly whispers.

“Thank you for not giving up on me, despite my behavior toward you.” Jungkook murmurs and hugs his older brother. “I’m happy, Hyung.”

“Me too, Jungkookie.” Seokjin softly smiles as they pull away from the hug and look at each other.

“Despite having different mothers, they look a lot alike.” Taehyung quietly tells Namjoon as they watch the men they love build their bond.

“I agree.” Namjoon hums as he looks at the brothers with relief. “Jin hyung told me a little about Jungkook’s life, so I want to thank you for entering his life and loving him.”

“I didn’t do anything. I’m the one who’s lucky to have his love.” Taehyung quietly murmurs.

“Then, I’m grateful you two met each other.” Namjoon softly smiles and looks at Taehyung.

“Yeah. Me too.” Taehyung smiles at Namjoon. “I hope we can be friends.”

“Of course.” Namjoon happily responds.

“Thank you for what you said tonight. I’m going to teach literature again.” Taehyung quietly mutters as he continues to smile at Namjoon. “I don’t know if you know how much I needed to hear that from someone I had just met.”

“I hope that you’re able to heal from whatever hurt you.” Namjoon softly hums, and his smile softens when he sees the pain in Taehyung’s eyes.

“I will. I know. I’m determined to.” Taehyung murmurs and looks at Jungkook.

“If you ever need anything, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re family.” Namjoon quietly tells Taehyung.

“Thank you.” Taehyung softly responds.

When Taehyung and Jungkook arrive home, they both quickly get ready for bed and then crash on their bed. Jungkook happily sighs as he looks up at the ceiling.

“Thank you, Baby.”

“For what?” Taehyung asks and wraps himself around his boyfriend.

“For coming with me and being there with me.” Jungkook hums as he turns his head to the side to look at his smiling boyfriend.

“I’ll always be there for you.” Taehyung smiles and snuggles closer to his boyfriend.

“Me too, my pretty Baby.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he presses a kiss on his boyfriend’s forehead. “Me too.”

“I’m glad you and your hyung get to build a relationship.” Taehyung softly hums as he reaches up to brush his fingers through his boyfriend’s hair.

“Me too. You are the biggest blessing in my life.” Jungkook wraps Taehyung in his arms and holds him close.

“What do you mean?” Taehyung looks at Jungkook with confusion.

“Ever since you showed up in my life, beautiful things keep happening. You and I fell in love, and my Hyung and I have built a relationship. You’ve brought happiness, safety, comfort, love, warmth, and so many more beautiful things into my life. That’s why you’re a blessing.” Jungkook softly explains, causing Taehyung’s eyes to tear up.

“I love you, Hyung,” Taehyung whispers as his tears trickle down his cheeks.

“I love you too, Baby. So much.” Jungkook lovingly smiles as he gently wipes his boyfriend’s tears away.

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As a young professor sits in the library and looks around, he sees the same student sitting in the same spot, staring off into the distance. He frowns when he sees that the student seems more upset than usual. Worried about the student, the professor walks over to him.

“Is everything okay?”

The professor’s voice startles the student, causing him to flinch and look up at him with big eyes. “I’m okay.” Jisung quietly murmurs and looks down at his hands.

The professor nods and hums before walking away. Once he is alone, Jisung sighs and looks at his abandoned notes. Ever since the last incident with Taehyung, he has been beating himself up and struggling to move past what happened. As he blankly stares at his notes, a cup of coffee is set in front of him.

“I don’t know what you’re blaming yourself for, but don’t let that cause you to fail your classes.” The professor hums before walking away, leaving Jisung alone to stare at the cup of coffee with surprise.  As he stares at the cup of coffee, tears trickle down his face. He takes a deep, shaky breath and clenches his eyes shut, desperately trying not to cry.

Seeing Jisung hunched over and crying, the professor grabs tissues and walks over to the crying student. He gently sets the tissues on the table and returns to his spot. 

Jisung cries and picks up the tissues. The professor chuckles when Jisung blows his nose and continues to cry. “Goodness. What did he do to make himself this miserable?” The professor sighs and shakes his head.

Once Jisung stops crying, he picks up the coffee and drinks it. The warm coffee instantly cheers him up. He looks over at the professor, who has turned his attention to his laptop and is working. 

The next day, Jisung buys a cup of coffee for the professor and finds him in the same spot as the day before. After taking a deep breath to give himself a sliver of confidence, Jisung walks over to the professor. Hearing someone approaching him, the professor looks up. He smiles when he sees Jisung nervously walking over to him.

“Here,” Jisung mutters as he hands the coffee to the kind professor.

“I didn’t give you coffee yesterday for you to pay me back.” The professor hums as he smiles at the nervous student.

“My hyung taught me to repay people’s kindness.” Jisung mumbles and sets the coffee on the desk. “Thank you for yesterday.” He bows before scurrying to his table.

The professor sighs and shakes his head as he looks at the coffee. When he looks at Jisung, he sees the student nervously looking at him, waiting for him to accept the coffee.  The professor softly chuckles and picks up the coffee, taking a drink of it. Seeing the professor drink the coffee, Jisung happily smiles and turns his attention to his homework.

“I wonder which professor he is,” Jisung mutters to himself as he tries to focus on his homework. “Wait? He’s really young? What if he’s not a professor? He could be a PhD student.” He hums and glances at the professor, who is focusing on his work. “Yeah. Probably a student.”

The next day, Jisung is surprised to see the professor sitting at the table he sits at. Upon seeing him, the professor smiles and waves. “I apologize for sitting where you seem to like to sit. Someone sat where I usually sit.” He points to his usual table, which is filled with a loud group of students.

“Oh. That’s okay. Is it okay if I sit here?” Jisung nervously asks.

“Of course.” The professor smiles and motions for Jisung to sit down.

“Thank you.” Jisung smiles with relief and sits down. 

“Here.” The professor places a fresh cookie in front of Jisung. “For letting me sit here.”

“Oh. It’s okay. I don’t need anything.” Jisung mutters and pushes the cookie back to the professor.

“No. It’s for you.” The professor hums, refusing the cookie. “I already ate one.”

“Okay. Thank you.” Jisung bows his head and accepts the cookie.

While Jisung studies, he munches on his cookie. Every now and then, he looks up at the professor. Woah. He’s handsome. Jisung quickly looks down at his homework and mentally scolds himself. When Jisung bangs his head on the table, the professor looks at him with worry.

“What’s wrong?” The professor asks.

“Nothing. Sorry.” Jisung mumbles with a frown. That’s literally what started your crush on Taehyung hyung. Good god, you’re hopeless, Park Jisung.

Without a word, the professor gets up and walks off. Once he is alone, Jisung groans and slams his head on the table again. When the professor returns, he places two cups of coffee on the table and sits down. Jisung looks up with surprise and looks at the coffee sitting in front of him.

“Try not to give yourself a concussion.” The professor hums and sips on his hot coffee.

“Thank you.” Jisung murmurs and bows his head to the professor before picking up the warm cup of hot coffee. He happily smiles as he wraps his hands around the warm cup. Nice, handsome men are a problem. He sighs and glances at the professor. “Fuck me.” He whispers under his breath.

“Hm?” The professor looks up from his laptop when he hears the quiet mutter.

“Nothing.” Jisung mumbles as his face turns bright red.

“Okay.” The professor nods and turns his attention back to his laptop.

As the days pass by, Jisung finds himself seated across from the handsome man at the same table. To his surprise, he finds the man’s presence comforting. Every day, they bring little things to each other. 

After an entire month of sitting across from each other, Jisung plucks up the courage to ask the man for his name. “Can I ask what your name is?” Jisung asks as he nervously looks at the handsome man.

“Jung Hoseok.” Hoseok smiles and looks up from his laptop.

“Oh. Nice to meet you, Hoseok sunbae. I’m Park Jisung.” Jisung happily introduces himself to the professor, not knowing that Hoseok is a professor.

“Nice to meet you, too, Jisung.” Hoseok smiles at the happy student. Sunbae? I guess he thinks I’m a student.

As the days go by, Jisung finds himself getting more and more excited to sit with Hoseok and study. One day, when Jisung walks into the library and does not see Hoseok, he frowns and slowly walks to the table. With a frown, he sets his bag in his chair and plops down. I guess Sunbae is busy today, and I don’t have his number to see if he’s okay.

While Jisung studies, Hoseok rushes into the library. When he sees Jisung, Hoseok softly smiles and takes a deep breath to catch his breath.

“Sorry that I’m late.” Hoseok smiles as he walks over to Jisung, getting the student’s attention.

“Sunbae.” Jisung instantly smiles when he hears Hoseok and sees him.

“We should exchange numbers so that we can let each other know if we’re going to be late.” Hoseok hands his phone to Jisung.

“Yeah.” Jisung eagerly agrees and puts his number in Hoseok’s contacts. His heart stutters with excitement as he hands the phone back to Hoseok.

“Thank you.” Hoseok smiles and sits down. Once he sits down, he texts Jisung so that Jisung will have his number. “Also, Jisung, I feel like I’m deceiving you. I’m a professor. I didn’t want you to be uncomfortable around me, so I didn’t tell you.”

“Oh.” Jisung’s eyes widen as he looks at the young professor. “You look really young.”

“I’m twenty-seven.” Hoseok chuckles as he looks at the student.

“You’re young for a professor.”

“Yeah. I got my doctorate pretty quickly.” Hoseok hums and watches to see if Jisung gets upset or uncomfortable. “You can still call me 'Sunbae', though. I like it.”

“Okay, Sunbae.” Jisung smiles and nods. “Thank you for telling me.”

“I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you sooner.”

“I don’t mind. It did make me more comfortable around you.” Jisung hums as he looks at the kind man. “I’m not uncomfortable now, though. I feel like we know each other well enough that you don’t make me uncomfortable.”

“I’m relieved.” Hoseok smiles with relief.

“So, what do you teach?” Jisung asks with curiosity.

“Calculus 1 and advanced calculus,” Hoseok responds, causing Jisung to gasp with horror. Hearing Jisung’s gasp, Hoseok chuckles. “Yeah, most people are mortified.”

“I can barely get through statistics,” Jisung grumbles and looks at his notes.

“Do you want help?” Hoseok asks.

“Please.” Jisung looks at Hoseok with big eyes.

“Of course.” Hoseok smiles and moves his chair to sit beside Jisung.

For the next three hours, Hoseok helps Jisung with studying. Jisung eagerly absorbs everything Hoseok tells him. By the end of the three hours, Jisung is exhausted. Hoseok chuckles when he sees how exhausted Jisung is.

“Let’s go get something to eat. It’s getting late.” Hoseok suggests as he stands up from his chair.

“Yes, please. I’m starving.” Jisung whines and quickly packs up his books.

Jisung happily follows Hoseok out of the library without a care in the world. He does not worry about where they are going to eat or how they will get there. He just happily follows the older man.

Hoseok finds it beyond endearing how Jisung follows him. He listens as Jisung happily tells him about his favorite facts he has learned from his classes. 

When they reach Hoseok’s car, Hoseok opens the door for Jisung. He smiles when Jisung gets into the car and continues talking. 

During the drive to the restaurant, Jisung’s phone rings. When he sees that his older brother is calling him, Jisung instantly smiles and answers the call.

“Hey, Hyung.” 

“Hey, Sungie. I’m just making sure that you remember the dinner with Yoongi hyung and me tonight.” Jimin reminds his little brother, who gasps with horror. “You forgot, didn’t you?” Jimin softly chuckles and looks at his chuckling boyfriend.

“I’m so sorry, Hyung! I’ll be right there!” Jisung responds.

“It’s okay, Sungie. You don’t have to come. I just wanted to make sure you’re okay.” Jimin softly hums, a soft smile igniting his face when he hears how happy his little brother sounds.

“No. I’m coming. I miss you.” Jisung softly responds.

“I miss you too, Sungie.” Jimin smiles and holds back his tears. Sungie really is getting better. I’m so proud of him.

“I’ll be there soon. I promise.” Jisung promises his brother before ending the call. “I’m so sorry, Sunbae. I had plans with my Hyung that I forgot about.” He apologizes to Hoseok and quickly bows to him. “You can let me off at the bus stop.”

“There’s no need to apologize. I’ll drop you off. Give me the address.” Hoseok hums as he drives past the bus stop.

“Okay. Thank you, Sunbae.” Jisung smiles with gratitude and routes Hoseok to his older brother’s home.

When they pull up to the large gate outside of the luxurious home, Hoseok is surprised because he did not expect Jisung to come from a wealthy family. As the gate opens, Hoseok’s eyes widen with awe.

“That’s my Hyung.” Jisung happily tells Hoseok as he points at Jimin, who is waiting for his little brother outside the front door. “Hyung!” Jisung happily calls out as he gets out of the car.

“Sungie.” Jimin smiles and pulls his little brother into a hug. “You should invite your friend in for dinner.”

“Okay.” Jisung happily smiles and walks over to the car. “Sunbae, my Hyung is inviting you over for dinner. Do you want to come in?” 

“It’s okay. I don’t want to interrupt your family time. Thank you, though.” Hoseok responds as he smiles at Jisung.

“You won’t be interrupting. Come in.” Jimin tells his little brother’s friend before walking into the house.

“You should come in.” Jisung smiles as he urges Hoseok to join them for dinner.

“Okay.” Hoseok nods and turns the car off.

As Hoseok walks into the house with Jisung, he sees security guards walking the grounds. What does his family do to have security like this? He wanders and sticks close to Jisung, nervous in the new environment.

“My Hyung’s boyfriend is really wealthy. He’s a CEO and Chairman.” Jisung quietly tells Hoseok as they walk to the dining room.

“Oh.” Hoseok hums and nods.

“Hyung, Sungie’s friend is joining us,” Jimin tells his boyfriend as he walks into the dining room.

“Okay. I made enough for another person.” Yoongi responds as he walks out of the kitchen with a large platter of food.

As Yoongi sets the table, Jisung and Hoseok walk into the room. When Yoongi looks up, he and Hoseok look at each other with shock. Jisung and Jimin quickly notice their reaction to seeing each other.

“Hyung, is everything okay?” Jimin asks Yoongi as he steps closer to his boyfriend.

“Yeah. He’s Jiwoo’s little brother.” Yoongi hums, surprising Jimin.

“Your ex-girlfriend?” Jisung asks with shock and looks at Hoseok.

“Yeah.” Yoongi chuckles and nods when he sees the shock on Jisung’s face.

“Wow. This is awkward.” Jisung nervously laughs and looks at his older brother.

“No. It’s fine.” Yoongi softly smiles and motions for Hoseok to sit down. “She had her reasons, and they were valid. Also, Hoseok never did anything wrong.”

Hoseok does not say anything and sits down. He looks at Jimin and thinks about all of the times Jisung has gushed about him. He remembers all of the times Jisung happily told him about his older brother’s boyfriend and how that boyfriend is perfect and beyond loving. Would my Noona be this happy if she had stayed? She always said that Yoongi hyung didn’t properly protect her, but she had her own part to play in how everything unfolded.

“How have your classes been, Sung?” Yoongi asks as he moves a platter of beef toward Jisung.

“They’ve been good! Sunbae has been helping me so much! I think I’m actually going to pass statistics, now.” Jisung happily beams as he happily puts several pieces of beef in his bowl.

“That’s good. How about your zoology class? Are you still enjoying it?” Yoongi looks at Jisung with such a soft gaze, surprising Hoseok.

He has become a different person.

“It’s such a cool class,” Jisung responds and instantly begins telling everyone about everything he has been learning in his class.

The Min Yoongi I knew was always stressed and on the verge of snapping.

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“So, Hoseok, what have you been up to?” Yoongi asks once Jisung has finished talking.

“I’m a professor. I teach Calculus 1 and advanced calculus.” Hoseok responds and awkwardly looks at the man who barely ever spoke to him when his sister was dating him.

“You were always amazing at mathematics. That makes sense.” Yoongi hums and nods.

Jimin stays quiet as he observes Hoseok. He can tell that Hoseok is surprised by Yoongi. He remembers how cold and closed off Yoongi was when they met. That cold and lonely Min Yoongi must have been the Min Yoongi that Hoseok knew.

“I made dessert as well. I’ll be right back.” Yoongi hums as he stands up from the table and goes to the kitchen.

“How is your older sister? Is she okay?” Jimin softly asks because he remembers what Yoongi told him about the breakup.

“She’s okay,” Hoseok responds with a small nod.

“That’s good.” Jimin hums with a soft smile.

“Hyung, he’s older than you,” Jisung tells his older brother, surprising him.

“Oh. I thought we were the same age.” Jimin’s eyes widen with surprise.

“I’m twenty-seven,” Hoseok tells Jimin.

“I’m twenty-five. I really thought we were the same age.” Jimin responds with a smile. “So, you’re seven years older than Sungie.”

“Oh.” Hoseok looks at Jisung.

“Yeah. I’m twenty.” Jisung shyly mumbles. “Sunbae has been really kind to me. He’s taken care of me a lot.” He tells his older brother.

“Thank you.” Jimin quickly bows his head to Hoseok. 

“How did you meet Yoongi-ssi?” Hoseok asks with curiosity because Jimin seems to be so different from Yoongi.

“I taught his niece, Go Minsi,” Jimin responds with a soft smile. 

“My Little Love yelled at me. That’s how we met.” Yoongi chuckles as he walks over to the table with a fresh creme brulee in his hands.

“You were late .” Jimin huffs and crosses his arms.

Yoonmin’s Past

“Yah! Are you Go Minsi’s uncle?” Jimin marches over to the man who has just pulled up to the school building.

“I am,” Yoongi responds as he gets out of his vehicle and looks at the fuming teacher.

“You are an hour late! She’s been waiting for you!” Jimin shouts as he stands face to face with the calm man.

“I had an emergency at work.” Yoongi calmly hums, looking at the teacher with amusement.

“So? She should be your priority when it’s your responsibility to pick her up from school.” Jimin seethes, crossing his arms with disapproval.

“I knew she was in a safe place.” Yoongi lightly smirks at Jimin.

“You could have at least sent someone for her or let her know you were going to be late.” Jimin scowls and turns away from the man before marching into the school. “Minsi, your busy uncle finally arrived.” He announces as he walks over to the waiting teenager.

“Thank you, Mr. Park.” Minsi gives him a small smile and grabs her backpack.

“Why have that stupid rule that she needs to be picked up by someone in the family if you’re not going to pick her up on time?” Jimin grumbles under his breath as he watches Minsi hurry over to her uncle. “Be on time next time, Min Yoongi-ssi!”

“Your teacher is interesting.” Yoongi hums as he opens the back seat door for Minsi.

“He’s really sweet.” Minsi quietly mutters and gets into the car.

Yoongi hums and nods when he hears his niece. Once he shuts the door, he turns and looks at Jimin, who is looking at him with a disapproving scowl. No one has ever dared to talk to him with such a tone or look at him with anything other than respect and reverence. 

A week later, Yoongi arrives at the school to pick up his niece. When Jimin sees him, he sighs and shakes his head. He is late once again.

“Does no one care about Minsi?” Jimin murmurs, just loud enough for Yoongi to hear. 

“Don’t most high school students walk home? Minsi gets picked up every day.” Yoongi responds as he walks behind Jimin.

“Do you see any other students at the school right now?” Jimin asks and looks at the older man.

“No.” Yoongi hums and looks around.

“That’s because the parents who know they won’t make it on time to pick up their kids make sure their kids have what they need to leave school and go to tutoring or go home. Just because someone picks Minsi up does not mean people actually care about her. She is stuck here, alone, while her family is busy with other things, too busy to even give her a card to take the bus.” Jimin explains as they walk over to Minsi, who is hunched over with her head down. “Most teenagers her age walk home with their friends instead of having to wait over an hour at school to get picked up by someone who doesn’t care enough to get here on time.”

“This is what’s safest for her.” 

“Then hire someone specifically to pick her up and keep her safe, or hire someone to walk with her.” Jimin looks at Yoongi with a frown. “You’re clearly rich enough to.”

The next time Yoongi arrives to pick up Minsi, he is ten minutes early. As he waits in his car, Jimin’s words poke at the shield around his heart. When he sees Minsi’s surprise and excitement when she sees that he is on time, Yoongi realizes that Jimin was right.

“Samchon! You’re early.” Minsi happily runs over to Yoongi.

“How was school?” Yoongi asks as he opens the back door for his niece.

“It was really good!” Minsi smiles and gets into the car.

Seeing Yoongi on time and seeing Minsi’s happiness, Jimin smiles and nods. When Yoongi turns and looks at him, Jimin gives him a thumbs up.

“I’ll be right back,” Yoongi tells Minsi before walking over to Jimin. “Here is my number. If it’s my day to pick her up, I’ll let you know if I’m running late and have to send someone else to pick her up. I’ll send you a picture of whoever is picking her up that day.” He gives Jimin his business card.

“Thank you. I’ll text you so that you have my number.” Jimin hums and accepts the business card.

“Have a good day,” Yoongi mutters before walking away.

As Yoongi leaves, Taehyung walks over to Jimin with a grin and bumps into his shoulder. “Who’s that?”

“Who?” Jimin asks and looks at his grinning friend.

“That very handsome old man?” Taehyung snickers, getting a scowl from his friend.

“He’s one of my students’ uncles. He’s been late every single time he comes to pick her up. Today is the first day he has been on time.” Jimin huffs and marches into the building.

From then on, Yoongi does his best to arrive at the school on time to pick up his niece. One day, when he arrives, he sees Jimin arguing with a set of parents. He quickly gets out of his car and walks over to Jimin.

“What is going on?” Yoongi asks as he protectively stands behind the teacher.

“This has nothing to do with you! Fuck off!”

“Hey! Don’t direct your anger at others! Let’s go in and talk about this civilly. All you’re doing is embarrassing your son.” Jimin tries to get the angry parents to go inside.

“You’re the one embarrassing him! Why would he get in trouble when the other boy started it?!” The father shouts with anger, stepping closer to Jimin and getting in his face.

“Back up,” Yoongi growls as he gently pulls Jimin back to protect him. 

“This is not something to discuss in public.” Jimin sighs and looks over at his student with worry.

“What is going on?” The principal quickly marches out of the building.

“This teacher has accused our son of cheating! Our son would never cheat!” The mother shouts as she reaches out and grabs Jimin’s shirt.

“Hands off.” Yoongi snarls and quickly swats the woman’s hand away.

“Our son didn’t cheat, but he got in trouble for it!” The father roars with rage.

“Appa! Eomma! Stop it! Please!” The boy shouts as tears stream down his face. “I did it, so please! Stop embarrassing me!” 

“Let’s all go inside to talk.” The principal sighs and motions for everyone to go inside.

The walk to the principal’s office is filled with the student’s cries as he follows with his head bowed in shame. “Minho, come here.” Jimin softly hums and pats the boy’s shoulder. “It’s going to be okay.”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Park.” Minho apologizes as he continues to cry.

Once they are in the principal’s office, the parents instantly start yelling again. Jimin looks at them in disbelief as their son continues to cry, and they seem not to care. “What is wrong with you people?! Can’t you see that you’re hurting him?!” Jimin shouts as he looks at them with horror.

“How are we the ones hurting him when we’re protecting him from you?!” The mother shouts with anger.

“Let’s calm down. Mr. Park, what course of action did you take?” The principal asks with a sigh of exhaustion.

“Minho is an excellent student. He’s never done anything like this before. I know he’s been exhausted, so I gave him the weekend to rewrite the paper. He has until Monday morning to turn it in.” Jimin responds as he looks at the boy with a soft, reassuring smile. 

“I agree with that. He’s never caused any trouble. So, why are you two upset?” The principal asks as she looks at the parents. 

“Because he falsely accused our son!” The father shouts as he continues to seethe with anger.

“I did it,” Minho whispers as tears continue to stream down his face. “I didn’t have time to work on the paper because I was watching Minhwa.” He mutters and wipes his tears away. “She was sick while you were gone, so she cried the whole time.”

“You left your teenage son home alone to watch his little sister, who isn’t even a year old?” Jimin asks with disbelief. “She is your daughter, not his.”

As Yoongi watches Jimin handle the boy’s parents, his eyes fill with awe and wonder. Jimin is strong and does not allow anyone to push him over. 

“Chairman Min, why are you here?” Once things calm down, the principal realizes that Yoongi is in the room.

“I was making sure Mr. Park was going to be okay,” Yoongi responds, never taking his eyes off Jimin. “I know how much he cares about his students, so I know he would never do anything to hurt a student.”

Jimin looks at Yoongi with surprise. He never expected Yoongi to see him that way. He has always thought he was constantly overstepping his boundaries.

“Don’t worry, Chairman Kim. I know what Mr. Park is like.” The principal smiles as she looks at Jimin with pride.

Once the situation is handled, Yoongi brings Jimin out to get drinks after sending his niece home with a driver. Jimin quickly downs a beer and releases a sigh. 

“Are you okay?” Yoongi asks as he looks at Jimin with concern.

“Yeah.” Jimin hums and nods. “Just a lot going on.”

“Drink all you want.” Yoongi places another beer in front of Jimin.

“Thank you.” Jimin smiles and grabs the beer. 

As Jimin drinks, he tells Yoongi everything about his life. Yoongi stays quiet as he listens to everything Jimin tells him. When Jimin passes out, Yoongi takes him to his home. 

“Fuck. This isn’t good.” Yoongi whispers as he gently lays Jimin in the bed. 

The next morning, Jimin wakes up and instantly runs to the bathroom connected to the room he is in and vomits in the toilet. While Jimin vomits, Yoongi makes hangover soup.

After Jimin has emptied his stomach into the toilet, he drags his feet out of the bathroom. I must be at Min Yoongi-ssi’s home. Fuck. Why the fuck did I tell him all of that? Am I insane? Clearly!!!

When Jimin walks into the kitchen, Yoongi points to a glass of water and a bottle of painkillers. “Thanks,” Jimin mutters and shuffles to the counter. 

“Did you sleep well?” Yoongi asks as he watches Jimin take the painkiller.

“Yeah. Thank you for taking care of me last night, and I’m sorry for troubling you.” Jimin mutters in embarrassment.

“Date me.”

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Jimin stares at Yoongi with shock, processing what he just heard. He looks at Yoongi, trying to figure out if the older man is joking. To his surprise, he realizes that Yoongi is serious. 

“Can you cook?” Jimin asks as he leans against the counter.

“Yes.” Yoongi points to the hangover stew he just made.

With a hum, Jimin picks up a spoon and tries the stew. When he tastes the stew, his eyes instantly widen. “Okay. I’ll date you.”

“Cool.” Yoongi hums and nods. 

The Present

“Is that really how you two started dating?” Hoseok looks at Yoongi and Jimin with surprise.

“Yeah.” Jimin chuckles as he looks at the man he loves. “I already had feelings for him, so dating him made sense. Eventually, he became my one and only love.”

“I fell in love with him the moment he yelled at me.” Yoongi lovingly smiles with a soft chuckle. 

Nevermind. My Noona wouldn’t be happy with him. To be happy with Min Yoongi, you have to be Park Jimin. Hoseok softly smiles when he sees how happy Yoongi has become. He had always assumed that Min Yoongi could never smile or be happy.

“It’s really late,” Jisung mutters when he realizes what time it is.

“You’re right. Goodness. I wasn’t paying attention to the time.” Jimin murmurs as he looks at the time. 

“I’d better head home.” Hoseok stands up and politely bows his head to Jimin and Yoongi. “Thank you for letting me have dinner with your family.”

“You should stay the night. It’s really late.” Jimin looks up at Hoseok with worry. 

“I’m used to being out late.” Hoseok softly smiles at Jimin.

“Stay. It’s late.” Yoongi hums and gets up to clean the table. “There are plenty of rooms here.”

“I-”

“Sunbae, his breakfast is divine.” Jisung looks at Hoseok big-eyed, begging him to stay the night.

“Okay.” Hoseok chuckles as he gives in. “Thank you for letting me stay.” He smiles at Jimin with gratitude.

“Of course.” Jimin smiles with relief when Hoseok gives in. “Sungie, let him stay in the room across from yours.”

“Okay.” Jisung smiles with excitement and quickly leads Hoseok to the room he will be staying in. “Yoongi hyung bought this place after he and my Hyung started dating. He learned about Taehyung hyung and me, so he bought a place we could all fit in.” He explains as he walks toward the many bedrooms. 

“He’s kind and thoughtful.” Hoseok hums and looks around the beautiful home, a stark contrast to the cold penthouse Yoongi used to live in. 

“He really is.” Jisung nods in agreement. “Here’s your room for the night.” He stops in front of a door and opens it for Hoseok. “It should already have everything you’ll need for the night, even pajamas.”

“Thank you, Jisung.” Hoseok softly smiles at the younger man.

Jisung shyly smiles and nods before scurrying off to find his older brother. Once Jisung is gone, Hoseok walks into the room and shuts the door. He quietly sighs and goes to the bathroom to get ready for bed. As he gets ready, he hears Jisung and Jimin laugh at something together. He smiles because their laughter is almost identical. 

When morning arrives, Hoseok wakes up and gets ready for the day. Once he is ready, he leaves the bedroom and makes his way to the breakfast room. As he walks toward the breakfast room, he hears Jisung happily telling Yoongi about a show he has been watching. When he sees the way Yoongi is listening to Jisung with a soft smile, he thinks about the times he was around the older man.

The man Hoseok remembers was always closed off and distant.

“I’m so hungry, Hyung,” Jisung whines as he leans against the counter.

“I know.” Yoongi chuckles and checks on the steamed buns. “Hoseok, did you sleep well?” He asks and glances at the man awkwardly standing in the distance.

“Yes. Thank you for letting me stay here last night.” Hoseok quickly bows his head in thanks.

“There’s no need to thank me. We kept you late and didn’t watch the time.” Yoongi hums and pulls the bamboo container with steamed buns out of the steamer. “We’re having pork baozi, century egg congee, jian bing, douhua, and soy milk. Is there anything else you want?” He asks as he carries the dishes to the breakfast table.

“That’s a lot,” Hoseok mutters, his stomach growling in hunger.

“Sungie eats like he’s starving, so I hope it’s enough.” Jimin chuckles as he walks over to the breakfast table.

“Hyung.” Jisung whines in embarrassment.

While Jimin, Yoongi, Jisung, and Hoseok enjoy their breakfast, Seokjin and Namjoon stand outside the conference room doors. Seokjin takes a deep breath and holds his husband’s hand.

“It’s going to be okay, Hyung. I’m going to be with you the whole time.” Namjoon softly hums as he presses a kiss on Seokjin’s forehead.

“Thank you, Joon.” Seokjin smiles and kisses his husband’s lips.

When the doors to the conference room open, Seokjin squeezes Namjoon’s hand and enters. The reporters all quickly notice that the two men are holding hands. 

As Seokjin walks into the conference room, he notices his little brother standing in the back of the room with an encouraging smile. Seokjin instantly smiles when he sees his little brother. Seeing the smile on his older brother’s face, Jungkook sighs with relief. 

Once Seokjin stands behind the podium, he takes a deep breath and addresses everyone. “Good morning. I have called this press conference to make an announcement.” He looks at the many cameras and grips the podium. “I am married. My husband is Professor Kim Namjoon.” He announces, causing the reporters to quickly begin typing their reports. “I am also resigning from the corporation. I am starting my own company. I am separating from the family. They have been trying to force me into marriage because my marriage to my husband is not recognized in our country. I will not marry anyone else, and I will pave my own path with my husband. That is all.” Seokjin bows before quickly leaving with his husband.

As the doors shut behind them, Seokjin releases his pent-up breath and looks at his husband. He softly smiles when he sees the pride sparkling in his husband’s beautiful eyes.

“You are so brave.” Namjoon pulls his husband into his arms and holds him close.

“Thank you, Joonie.” Seokjin mutters as he buries himself in his husband’s protective embrace.

“Hyung,” Jungkook calls out as he walks over to his older brother and brother-in-law. “You did such a good job.”

“Thank you.” Seokjin smiles and looks at his little brother. “Thank you for coming.”

“Of course. You’re my Hyung.” Jungkook smiles as he looks at his older brother with pride. “I’m sure your parents are fuming.”

“I’m sure.” Seokjin chuckles and shakes his head.

“Seokjin hyung! Namjoon hyung!” Taehyung runs over with a bright smile and two large bouquets of stunning flowers. “So sorry that I’m late! The flower shop was crazy busy.” He grins and shoves the bouquets against Seokjin’s and Namjoon’s chests. “Congratulations!” 

“Thank you, Taehyung.” Seokjin softly smiles at the sweet teacher.

“Aren’t you worried about the cameras?” Namjoon asks as he sniffs the flowers.

“Nope. I don’t care about them.” Taehyung happily hums and leans against Jungkook.

While they talk, Seokjin’s phone rings. He answers it when he sees Yoongi’s number. “Hey.” 

“Hey. I saw your announcement.” Yoongi mutters as he worries about his friend.

“Yeah. I was getting tired of my parents constantly hounding me to marry someone else.” Seokjin explains as he leans against his husband.

“Congratulations. We should celebrate.” Yoongi smiles with relief when he hears the happiness in his friend’s voice.

“We definitely should.” Seokjin quickly agrees.

“Is Jeon with you?” Yoongi asks as he takes a quick glance at Jisung.

“Yes,” Seokjin responds, wondering why Yoongi is asking about his little brother.

“What about his boyfriend?”

“He is.” 

“How is he?” 

“He’s good. He seems really happy.” Seokjin hums as he looks at Taehyung, who is excitedly telling Jungkook about a new trail that opened at one of his favorite national parks.

“Good.” Yoongi softly smiles and nods.

“What’s going on?” Seokjin asks as he steps away from his family to talk to Yoongi.

“My boyfriend is best friends with Taehyung,” Yoongi responds and watches his boyfriend tackle Jisung.

“Okay? So why are you worried about Taehyung?”

“My boyfriend’s little brother caused some problems. I was just making sure Taehyung is doing well.” Yoongi explains and chuckles when Jisung shrieks.

“Oh. I see. He seems to be doing well. He was a little down about something last night, but my husband helped him.” Seokjin hums as he watches his husband excitedly talk about rare animals found only on a certain mountain.

“Good. I’m glad everyone is doing well.” Yoongi softly hums. “Jiwoo’s little brother is at my place right now.”

“Really?” Seokjin gasps with shock, getting his husband’s attention.

“Yeah. He knows my boyfriend’s little brother. They seem close.” Yoongi murmurs as he watches Jisung hide behind Hoseok as Jimin chases him with a wax strip.

“Small world,” Seokjin mutters and gives his husband a reassuring smile.

“Let me know when you have time to celebrate.” Yoongi hums as he prepares to end the call.

“Sounds good. I’ll see you later.” 

“See you.”

Once the call ends, Seokjin walks over to his husband and holds his hand. “Yoongi called. He was checking on us.”

“Oh. How is he?” Namjoon asks as he intertwines their fingers.

“He’s good. Jiwoo’s little brother is at his place. He’s apparently close to Yoongi’s boyfriend’s little brother.”

“Who’s close to Sung?” Taehyung looks at Seokjin with curiosity.

“Yoongi’s ex-girlfriend’s little brother.”

“Whoa.” Taehyung’s eyes widen with surprise. 

“Yeah.” Seokjin chuckles and nods.

As they leave the building, they are stopped by Seokjin’s parents. “You! This is all your fault!” The father shouts as he points an accusatory finger at Jungkook.

“You!” Taehyung shrieks, instantly recognizing the man who abused Jungkook. “You monster!”

Everyone stills when they hear Taehyung. They all look at him with surprise as he storms over to Jongsu. “You fucking monster! How could you?! You’re the fucking piece of shit that cheated on your own wife! You’re the one to blame! How dare you hurt a small child for your own sins?!” He shoves his finger in the much taller man's face as he continues to seethe. “And trying to sell your oldest son to the highest bidder is beyond atrocious! He’s a married man!”

“Who the fuck are you?” Jongsu growls as he looks at Taehyung with anger.

“Someone who has every thought of dragging your dead parents out of their urns and making them discipline you better because they clearly didn’t, you fucking spoiled old hag!” Taehyung shouts as he stands face-to-face with the man who terrifies others.

Jungkook’s eyes are wide and filled with awe as he watches his boyfriend shout at the man who abused him. As Taehyung shouts at his father, the little boy in Jungkook begins to heal. 

“How dare you come here! You are such a disgrace! An absolute disgrace! You should be embarrassed! What grown ass man uses his strength against small children and abuses them?! I know for a fact that all three of your children were born very unlucky to be born to such a horrid, horrid, weakling of a man like you!”

Jungkook’s and Seokjin’s older sister quietly gasps as she watches Taehyung berate her father. She had always hated the man who used her mother. 

“And sending a child to another country and forcing him to do conversion therapy is just shameful! He was a child! How dare you!”

As Taehyung shouts at Kim Jongsu, the reporters gather and film the interaction. They are all surprised that Chairman Kim has not lashed out or retaliated against the younger man. 

“I hope you know that you’re an embarrassment and a disgrace to our country.” Taehyung hisses before turning around and marching over to Jungkook. “I’ve been wanting to do that for a while.” He whispers to himself as he grins with happiness.

“Well, I guess that’s it then.” Seokjin hums and smiles at Taehyung with gratitude.

“We’re going to be late for our lunch reservation.” Namjoon wraps his arm around his husband’s waist and quickly escorts him to their waiting vehicle before Jongsu can recover from Taehyung’s anger.

Instantly, social media and the news are filled with speculations about the identity of the man who shouted at Chairman Kim. The clip of Taehyung is shared over and over as people try to find out who he is.