Third Person's P.O.V :-

Taehyung opened the door of the house and stepped in dejectedly.

"That took you guys longer than expected."

Taehyung flinched a little as he looked up to see Jimin sitting on the couch of the living area, as he leaned against the back seat from his hunched over position, the laptop was resting on the coffee table, a presentation was in making if the familiar software was any indication.

"Ju-Jungkook said he wanted to buy a few brushes as well..." Taehyung stuttered out as he watched Jimin stand up from his seat.

Jet black hair pushed back, a plain white full sleeve t-shirt paired with some black sweat pants.

Taehyung gulped as he saw Jimin shoving his hands down in the pockets and stepping out of the living space.

He really should be worried about being scolded by Jimin for the false accusations that Jungkook made about him earlier but somehow he couldn't help his curious eyes from checking out Jimin and swooning over how good his husband looked without even trying.

Matched with the icy glare that those hooded eyes reflected towards him, Taehyung felt butterflies erupting in his stomach.

Jimin tilted his head a little,"Is that so?" He asked as he stepped forward.

Suddenly the door, which had shut itself without Taehyung's notice, opened and Jungkook stepped in.

Within instance, Jimin's cold exterior melted as he took in Jungkook's form,"How are you now, Kookie? Are you still feeling nauseous?" He asked in a soft empathetic voice.

Taehyung's grip tightened around the shopping bag he was holding.

"Yeah, I'm fine" He said in curt tone before grabbing the bag of supplies from Taehyung's hand, purposely brushing his fingers over Taehyung's.

"I'll be in my room" Jungkook said looking at Jimin before he glanced towards Taehyung again,"I don't think I'll come down for dinner, Taehyung can you bring my food to my room tonight?" He asked.

There was something in his voice, Taehyung could sense it, he could tell that it wasn't merely about bringing food to the room..

It was something else.

"O-of course.." Taehyung chocked out, looking down at the floor.

"Alright then" Jungkook acknowledged Taehyung's answer and started to walk towards the stairs.

"Good luck on that painting, Kookie, I'll join you in your bed tonight, please organise the paint in their correct places before falling asleep" Jimin called out as he turned back a little to see Jungkook climbing up the stairs.

A thumbs up was made by Jungkook on his way up to indicate that he heard the request.

Jimin now turned to Taehyung again who hadn't moved from his spot,"So you wanna tell me something centering over the complain that I heard from Jungkook a while ago?" He asked.

Taehyung bit his lips nervously before he finally gathered the courage to speak up,"H-he lied."

Jimin frowned,"Why would he lie about something like that?" He asked in confusion.

"H-...he wanted to surprise you." Taehyung spoke out before the sentence could make any sense to himself.

"He wanted to what?" Jimin asked as his eyes widened,"Why?" He questioned.

"Ye-yeah, said something about being grateful so he wanted to draw you a painting but he wasn't finished when you arrived so he wanted to keep you out of the room but now that you've already been there, the surprise is kinda ruined..." Taehyung said grimly observing Jimin's facial expressions.

Jimin brushed a hand through his hair in frustration as he sighed and looked back at Taehyung,"Listen, Taehyung" He said and took a few steps forward towards Taehyung.

"I appreciate his thoughts but he shouldn't make up lies like that, I got mad at you for nothing" He said in a defeated tone as he cupped Taehyung's face and caressed his cheeks.

Taehyung's eyes turned glassy as he soaked in the close proximity that both of them were in after weeks of nothing but meaningless kisses.

"I-...I'm sorry.." Taehyung whispered out without thinking.

Jimin smiled at his awestruck expression,"Why are you apologizing, silly? It's not your fault that he made up that lie on the spot" He reassured in a calming voice.

The events that took place earlier flashed before Taehyung's eyes.

He didn't deserve this man.

"Are you okay? It seems like you're in a daze" Jimin asked in concern as he watched Taehyung's eyes flicking over to his face.

"N-no, I'm fine I was just thinking about stuff..." Taehyung trailed off as he looked elsewhere.

Jimin bit down on his lower lip. It has been more than a month since he got the chance to be this close with Taehyung.

He was busy this morning, he couldn't give Taehyung that morning kiss because he was rushing nor was he abel to make it up when he came back home.

Maybe, this was his chance?

Taehyung suddenly looked up from the floor when he felt the gentle hold around his face pulling him forward.

It was Jimin. He was pulling Taehyung closer.

There was something unexplainable in Jimin's eyes that unsettled Taehyung.

His gaze was just so intense..

Taehyung wasn't an idiot, he knew what this gesture indicated but why? Why was Jimin trying to kiss him out of nowhere?

Taehyung slightly blushed at the thought of being intimate with his husband after so long and looked at Jimin's plump lips.

They were more bloated than Jungkook's elegant lips which resembled a Cupid's bow-

Taehyung's eyes widened as he placed both of his hands on Jimin's chest stopping him from bringing him any closer.

"Taehyung?" Jimin questioned while frowning.

Rapid waves of turmoil were erupting inside of Taehyung as he started to overthink things.

He thought of Jungkook when he was about to be engaged in a kiss with his husband. 

He thought of someone else and the fact that he was just scammed into giving money for kissing that certain someone in a public place didn't help him much at all.

Taehyung was ashamed of himself.

"I..." He dragged the sentence on looking at the floor with downcast eyes,"I just came from the outside, le-let me get warm first, Jimin" He added a small smile in the end to convince Jimin.

A soft sigh left Jimin's lips as he reluctantly stepped away,"Alright, go freshen up, Taehyung" He stated making Taehyung somewhat happy.

"I'll be back quick as thunder and serve the dinner, today I made stew kimchi jjigae, your favourite!" Taehyung gave a big smile hoping to wipe out that disappointed look from Jimin's face.

A gleeful emotion bubbled up inside Jimin as he watched Taehyung grinning with that boxy smile of his.

"Is that so? I can't wait till you come back then" Jimin said as he absorbed the plain happiness that he felt just by looking at Taehyung's smile.

But somehow his instincts were still telling him to go for the kiss, if not what he wanted then something resembling the minor version of that..

"I'll be back soon" Taehyung said and stepped away from Jimin to head upstairs but Jimin grabbed him the elbow in the middle of the step.

"Wha-" Before Taehyung could even process what was going on a soft kisses was placed on his rosy cheeks.

He looked up at Jimin, stunned but still blushing,"Ji-Jimin..?"

"I'll be waiting for you" Jimin said and smiled back, his eyes almost disappearing behind those heavy lids.

Blood started to rush to Taehyung's face,"Ye-yes!" He choked out and scrambled upstairs.

Jimin laughed at Taehyung's behaviour and started to head back to the couch to finish his presentation.

Unknown to the married couple, a pair of dark eyes was observing everything that went on downstairs from a hidden corner and gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"So it's like that, huh? Fine, two can play this game"
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