April, 2019 :

It was almost half past six in the evening when Seokjin's doorbell rang,making the owner of the apartment jolt on his bed.

Sighing, Seokjin ran his hand through his blonde hair and got up to open the door.

He was not ready for this.However, he was the one who had invited Jungkook only. There was no way he could tell his bestfriend to go back now!

"What took you so long?!",Jungkook started grumbling as soon as Seokjin opened the door.

"I was...just taking a nap.",the older lied.

Sleep seemed to have left the man since his mind has become a mess of jumbled up thoughts and worries.

"How was your first day though?!",Jungkook's stoic face broke into a small smirk as he made his way towards the kitchen.

Seokjin pursed his lips,awkwardly shuffling around the breakfast island while the other was busy in searching an evening snack inside the kitchen-cupboards.

"Did they actually call you Professor?! ",Jungkook chuckled,grabbing a large pack of chips and placing it upon the island.

"I still can't believe it!",he mused while opening the door of the fridge."I bet you have students of my age too.And...they call you sir!"

"Jin-hyung!",he scoffed."Don't tell me you don't have anything to drink!"

Seokjin remained silent as he took a long and deep breath.

The younger finally caught the queerness of the silence and his doe eyes looked up at the older.

The fridge's door closed with a soft thud as Jungkook took small steps towards the blonde.

"What's the matter?",he inquired in a quiet yet firm tone.

Seokjin gulped,letting his gaze roam everywhere but at the raven."I told you that there's something to discuss."

"I know that.",the younger rolled his eyes."But I didn't know that it would be this serious."

"JK...",Seokjin sighed.

"You finally found someone or what?!",Jungkook smirked again,which faltered as soon as he noticed that Seokjin's expression didn't change because of his teasing.

"Oh...",he trailed before grasping the packet of chips to tear it open.

"No,listen !",Seokjin huffed a frustrated sigh."It's.... It's not that..."

The younger remained silent as he walked past Seokjin and slumped down on one of the bean bags in the living room.

The blonde frowned."JK,I...I want you to listen to me very carefully, alright?",he muttered.

"Please just...Just listen to me first and then I'll be ready to hear whatever you will want to tell me.",he requested to the boy who was busy in munching on the chips with an unreadable expression.

"JK~",he whined,taking his seat on the couch.

"I'm all ears.",Jungkook assured,offering the packet of chips in his hands to the older.

Seokjin sighed and closed his eyes for a brief moment.

"It all started at Busan...",his eyelids fluttered open."After Eomma's wedding..."

August, 2016 :

"My glasses!",Seokjin moaned,removing his specs which had become blurred because of the sprinkles of raindrops.

He looked at the red haired younger who's shirt was almost drenched. Clearly, a single umbrella couldn't really protect both of them from the heavy rain.

"There must be a fresh towel in the cabinet...",Taehyung mumbled,sliding his umbrella inside the brown rack.

"You seem to need that more than me.",the older commented truthfully, wincing almost immediately as another thunder roared in midst of the constant rain.

Seokjin clutched at Taehyung's hand,preventing him from going away as the younger was just about make his way towards the bathroom.

"I won't take much time.",the other assured in his soft, velvety voice while clutching back Seokjin's hand.

"Just a couple of minutes, hmm?"

Seokjin gave him a quick nod,exhaling a soft breath as their hands untangled from each other.

His gaze roamed inside the small cottage.A chocolate coloured couch,a tiny coffee table,a single bed with pristine white sheets and pillows, a bathroom at the right corner and a small kitchenette at the far end of the left corner.

Something soft and fluffy was rubbed upon his head quite intensely and he flinched. Whipping his head,he found a flushed Taehyung grinning at him.

"Dry your hair.",he chimed, still rubbing the older's head with the soft towel before leaving it at Seokjin's own mercy." You're gonna catch cold."

"Hot chocolate?",he asked,scuffing his way towards the kitchenette and Seokjin noticed that even though the younger had changed his shirt,it was still stuck with some wet patches on his shoulders and back.

"Sure...",he mumbled.The boy put his specs on the coffee table before rubbing his hair dry until a white flash of lightning flickered through the glasses of the closed windows.

His breath hitched and he stepped backwards.

"You can come here,you know.",Taehyung's voice rang from the kitchen."If you want to..."

Seokjin was more than willing to comply. Nibbling on the insides of his bottom lip,he entered the narrow kitchen quietly.

He lingered beside the marble counter,watching the younger preparing the warm beverage for both of them with full concentration.

Only the continuous sound of raindrops crashing down against the soil and the tinklings inside the kitchen could be heard as both of them drowned in complete silence.

Releasing a small huff, Seokjin turned around and grabbed at the counter, shifting his weight and lifting himself so that he can take a seat on it.

"So...",he began,settling himself comfortably upon the counter.

"This one is just for you?",he asked, fidgeting with his fingernails."I mean...this cottage?"

"Yeah...",the younger hummed."Each one of us are having one."

Seokjin bobbed his head a little,letting his gaze fall upon the dark red locks of the boy whom he had met just a few hours ago.

They were wet...drenched,to be accurate;disheveled and unkept.Some of the bangs were glued with the boy's forehead while a few bunch of locks were sticking out of there places stubbornly.

Seokjin didn't even know that he had a tender, fond smile sprawled upon his lips until his eyes met the younger's sharp amber ones.

Taehyung glanced at him,his face breaking in a crooked smile as the older instantly averted his gaze.

"I wish I could paint you right now..."

Seokjin's widened eyes made their way towards the younger on their own.

"What?",he asked or rather whispered.

The other offered him a midium sized mug full of the warm,chocolate brown drink and grinned in a way that already had become successful in making Seokjin's heart skip a beat.

"You're looking interesting...",the boy shrugged.

"I would've loved to paint you...",he reasoned, grabbing his own mug of hot chocolate as he leaned against the biscuit coloured wall,facing the older completely.

"Oh...",Seokjin breathed,a chuckle escaping his lips while he became busy in covering the heat that was creeping up across his cheeks with his mug.

"Why?",Taehyung mused,swallowing hard as the older's Adam's apple bobbed up while taking his first gulp of the drink.

"Why did you just laugh?!",he asked, voice soft yet demanding.

Seokjin's grip on his mug tightened.

"Actually...",his voice wavered unintentionally, making the boy infront of him gulp once again.

"I've been told a lot of times that I look...",his shoulders lifted a bit,his eyes locked with the younger's for some reason that even he couldn't figure out."....Pretty... or handsome... or whatever...".

"But nobody ever told me that I look...interesting. I mean...I always knew that I'm everything but an interesting person.",he chuckled yet again, trailing his eyes on the floor as he bit down on his lip.

"Oh you're enigmatic!",Taehyung scoffed,forcing the older's eyes to look at him again.

"Taehyung!",Seokjin huffed and smiled a little,shaking his head hesitantly.

Taehyung swallowed for the third time."You are...",he exhaled,putting his mug on the counter before grabbing Seokjin's.

Seokjin felt as if he was in a trance as Taehyung took the mug from him and placed it on the pearl white marble.

A muffled sound of thunder was heard from a distance when Taehyung stood right infront of the older and covered his ears just the way he had at the bus stop.

"T-taehyung I'm...",Seokjin managed to stutter out,only to be interrupted by the other.

"You're enigmatic...Like a...a mysterious tressure?"

Seokjin's lips parted and closed voluntarily, unable to form proper thoughts,let alone words.

"Precious... and undiscovered...",Taehyung murmured, his sharp eyes boring into Seokjin's caramel ones with such an intensity that the other had the urge to take sharp breaths;as if he was drowning in middle of an ocean and nobody was there to save him.

"Seokjin?",the magma like voice of the younger caressed his face and Oh... was Taehyung's face too close to his own? Because he could feel the warmth of the younger's breath on his lips.

"You don't even know what you are...",Taehyung murmured and Seokjin didn't even know when his eyelids had clasped on their own.

He could hear the raindrops clashing with the windowpanes when a soft pair of lips touched his own.

Seokjin's breath hitched but he soon became relaxed as Taehyung's right thumb caressed his cheekbone.

The younger's lips moved against his plum ones gently,a bit shyly.It made him smile.

Taehyung giggled against the older's lips softly."What~?",his deep voice whined while the long, slender fingers of his left hand crawled into the crook of Seokjin's neck.

Seokjin opened his eyes,the small,coy smile still plastered on his lips as he looked right into Taehyung's eyes.

"Taehyung...",he whispered, brushing away the wet bangs from the other's forehead."I'm not one of those who know you as the heartbreaker..."

The younger's gaze flickered from his eyes to his lips before settling back to his eyes as he nodded ever so subtly.

"I know...",he answered and Seokjin realized that their mouths were still so close to each other;too close.

"Trust me...I'm not like this with them...",Taehyung mumbled,sliding his left hand on Seokjin's nape.

Seokjin's lips parted, eyes closing once again as the younger leaned forward.

"I know..." he whispered back before Taehyung closed the distance between their mouths and Seokjin sighed, because the younger's soft,thin lips were like feathers on his own fuller ones.

And this time,grazing his fingers upon Taehyung's cheeks and jaw,Seokjin tilted his head to the side and let his lips move against the other's with equal gentleness and allure.

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