^ SAY THE NAME

17| happier

jeongguk was back downstairs, boxing the hell out of the lifeless boxing sack.

what the hell was wrong with him? first that dream. he can't get that damn dream out of his mind, he can't taehyung out of his mind, the way he looked so pretty, so submissive, so kissable, cuddle able, so... lovable.

"fuck!" jeongguk cursed out loudly, hitting against the leather sack over and over again, this time with gloves.

"my princess? for real jeon?!" he punched against it again. "my little lamb?!" another punch.

"he means something to you?!" he stopped, taking a break. he leaned against the wall, sliding down, breathing heavyly.

"he... means something to me."
no shit sherlock, he does. he means something to him. a lot in fact. he means so much to jeongguk that he wants to keep him forever by his side. he means so much to him that he is willing to give him all of himself and he doesn't even care. so much, that he can't get the male out of his mind, no matter how hard he tries.

taehyung means a lot to jeongguk.

"but i don't mean anything to him." jeongguk sighed.

and it's confirmed. his own saying was confirmed again. emotions do make you weak. the emotions he feels towards taehyung have weakened him to the core, there where he was already willing to let the smaller see his weaknesses.

jeongguk hid his face in his arms, frustratedly letting out a shallow breath.

he heard footsteps, but didn't look up, already knowing who it is.

"how did you find this place here too?" jeongguk asked lowly. taehyung stiffened, but brushed it off.

the ravenette now looked up and taehyung's breath hitched. jeongguk's hair was wet, loosely hanging on his forehead, his face was sweaty and he was only wearing a sports shorts and a grey tank top. taehyung gulped, looking at the tattoo sleeve that adorned the older's arm.

"i asked yoongi hyung." taehyung answers calmly, besides the fact his heart was beating out of his chest.

"why are you here?"

"because of you, jeon." their eyes locked, their hearts escalated.

jeongguk broke the eye contact. "if it's because of what happened yesterday evening, just leave."

taehyung took a sharp breath. "no... i wanna talk to you about you and me."

something about this sentence made jeongguk remember his dream. "us?"

"no, jeon, there is no 'us'." taehyung looked down to his feet, before walking towards jeongguk, sliding down the wall next to him.

both males were looking forward now. "what do you want, jeon?"

"kill these bastards who are after you." he said without thinking and taehyung's heart fluttered but that wasn't what he meant.

"good to know, but what do you want from me? why are you saying you wish you'd dropped me out of the car and then say that i'm your princess, that you won't let anyone hurt me?
why do you say you don't care about me, but then act like it. why are you... playing like that?"

jeongguk frowned angrily, the anger dedicated to himself though, as he realized how he had treated taehyung in a way no one like him should be treated like.

jeongguk scoffed lightly. did he really think about taking a step towards taehyung? let his guard finally completely down for the younger boy? let him see his weaknesses? does jeongguk deserve taehyung?

he shouldn't do that— he shouldn't give up on what he had build up for taehyung and hurt him more.

and if taehyung keeps creeping closer to him like that and claims more and more of his thoughts, he might not be able to control it anymore.

"go, upstairs, i'm busy." he said and got off from the floor. taehyung looked at him with wide eyes, before he glared at him. he stopped jeongguk by grabbing his arm.

"excuse me sir, but i'm not done and i don't accept your bullshit anymore— at least tell me why you are so shitty to me, then are so sweet  and then treat me like trash again."

the smaller gritted his teeth and jeongguk tried not to seem fazed.

"i'm no fucking object that you can play with, then throw away and use when you are bored, jeon. i am here because you tell me to stay, if you don't want me here, let me go."

"i can't let you go, you already know too much."

taehyung scoffed. "oh yeah, before you brought me here, i didn't know fucking anything! why did you kidnap me to this place?! what did i fucking do?"

yeah what did taehyung do? jeongguk can't understand himself, he doesn't know either why the male was here. why he took him here. but... he can say he just doesn't want the male gone. he wants taehyung to stay, since the moment he laid his eyes on him.

"i'm sorry."

taehyung raised an eyebrow. "pardon?"

"don't make me fucking repeat myself." jeongguk groaned and taehyung smirked.

"how will i know what you said then?" he crossed his arms waiting for jeongguk to answer.

"gosh i hate you."

taehyung loosened his arms to his side and tilted his head with a smile. "i know you don't."

the ravenette looked down. yeah he doesn't. "yeah i don't."
"but i don't like you either." he said, then left.

taehyung stood in the room alone now, overwhelmed with the situation. "what the fuck?"

a faint knock was heard on the door to seokjin's and namjoon's shared bedroom. "come in." jin said. he was alone in the room.

"hey, hyung." taehyung said quietly.

"hey, what's wrong bub?" jin put the book he was reading to the side and patted the place on the bed next to him, which taehyung gladly took.

"i wanted to ask... isn't my family searching for me?"

seokjin raised his eyebrows in surprise. taehyung has been almost a month here, never asked about his family. taehyung doesn't know either why he asked that.

he actually wanted to talk about jeongguk, but like...what would he say to jin?
'hey, i think i like your brother, but i also hate him 'cause he's rude?' definitely not.

"actually, you're everywhere in the news." seokjin said cautiously. does he wanna go back?

but taehyung only laughed. "i am, what? what do they say, oh my gosh."

jin pulled his phone out. "i'll show you." he laughed too. but before the males could watch the first video, a faint knock resonated.

"hyung, can i come in?"

"oh jimin, of course!" jin said and taehyung smiled widely.

"i heard you laughing, thought i could join." jimin wiggled his eyebrows, which led to taehyung laughing more.

"come on, sit down." jin patted the other side next to him for jimin.

and that's how the three males ended up lying on the bed, watching how hilariously taehyung's family was faking up their concern and tears. "oh gosh, my mom looks so ugly when she cries." taehyung laughed.

"you're obviously the prettier sibling, taehyung." jin said as he looks at aro.

"kinda forgot i have a sister." taehyung laughed, leading to the other two to laugh too.

"that's bogum, right?" seokjin said and taehyung rolled his eyes. "yeah that's him."

"gosh, he looks like someone who is just after money and sex." the oldest said.

"i know right i always thought the same." jimin said.

"euh, excuse you? that's my fiancé you are talking about!" taehyung looked at them with a glare, couldn't hold it for long though and bursted out laughing.

"for a second i thought you were serious." jin laughed, jimin shook his head though. "he'd never say that."

taehyung was smiling, laughing the whole time. he can easily admit how thankful he actually is that he got kidnapped by jeongguk. no shit.

even though the terms between them two aren't that good, there are many more things that top that. he's thankful that he got to meet jin, hoseok and namjoon. he's also thankful that he can spend more time with jimin and yoongi, without telling his parents that he is going to visit the library. and he is thankful that his parents will never find him in this place.

but above all of that, he is thankful that the people and this place make him happy. that he actually has so much fun.

and with a smile, in the comfort of jin's bed and the warmth of the male next to him, he felt sleep take over him. maybe it was just too comfortable.

"hyung, tae is asleep." jimin whispered and jin smiled softly at the boy next to him.

"let him sleep. he deserves it." seokjin said and jimin smiled too. "he seems happier since he is here." jimin marked and jin raised an eyebrow.
"really?"

jimin hummed. "tae... rarely was genuinely happy before and even though he got kidnapped by jeongguk— he smiles more often.

seokjin and jimin smiled softly at the small sleeping male.