"goodbye yuta baby!" taeyong waved at the hybrid before opening the door of their house, way too early in the morning. "bye ten!" he added, flashing a smile to his best friend who was still wearing his pyjamas and a tired look on.

the front door of their house closed a few seconds after, the sound of taeyong's engine audible in the background as ten walked back to his room to sleep again.

one problem though: yuta had barged in, and he wasn't going to allow ten to sleep...

"ten?!" yuta exclaimed, jumping on all fours above ten.

"yes?" ten opened an eye to look at the happy face of his hybrid.

"where did taeyong go? it's very early."

"he went to have breakfast."

the lion hybrid sat down straddling ten's torso, and looking at his owner with heart eyes.

"but breakfast is in the kitchen. taeyong said i shouldn't eat breakfast in bed or on the couch because i put crumbs everywhere."

ten smiled, recalling that time yuta had eaten biscuits in front of the tv and spilled some crumbs everywhere. taeyong had spent a whole afternoon cleaning the mess he had made on the couch and all around it, while yuta was looking at him guiltily.

neither taeyong, nor ten could get angry at yuta for that. he was too innocent, too cute, too everything. none of them had the strength to scold such a being.

"taeyong went to have breakfast outside, in a café." ten corrected himself.

"why didn't yuta and ten go with him?" yuta pouted.

"because he was going there with someone else." ten explained.

"is it winwin and kun?" yuta asked, excitedly bouncing on ten's stomach, making the boy under him groan.

"nope, another guy." ten told, placing his hands on yuta's thighs to prevent him from bouncing more.

"another guy?!" yuta gasped. "doesn't he love us anymore?"

ten's heart surely broke at the thought of taeyong liking someone else than him, but what broke it even more was the look of sadness that appeared on yuta's face when he imagined tayong could stop loving him.

"baby, of course not..." ten sat up, using his hand to cup yuta's cheek and caress it with his thumb. "taeyong would never stop loving you."

yuta looked into ten's eyes, the human being able to see the tears threatening to fall from his hybrid's beautiful deep eyes.

"he would never?" he asked, his bottom lip quivering.

"never ever baby." ten smiled.

yuta nodded slowly, swallowing back his tears and allowing a small smile to appear on his face once again.

however, this smile didn't last long as it was replaced by a confused expression after a nick of time.

"and you?"

"of course, i will love you forever, yuta." ten smiled sincerely.

"no, i meant... is taeyong going to stop loving you?"

"oh..."

ten's heart stopped beating in his rib cage for a few seconds.

how much he wished he could answer a straight 'no'.

but he didn't seem so sure about it.

and anyway, he shouldn't allow yuta to worry about such problems.

yuta was too pure for that.

yuta shouldn't live in such a cruel and fake world.

yuta deserved everything.

"what's important is that he will never stop loving you, baby yuta." ten replied fighting harder than ever to prevent tears from forming into his eyes. 

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"i'm glad you accepted to have breakfast with me."

"it's already the fifth time you're telling me." taeyong giggled at jaehyun's silliness.

"i know, but i could ask you a hundred more times if it meant i could hear your giggle on loop." jaehyun replied, his eyes never leaving taeyong.

the older boy flushed red at the sudden flirting, immediately lifting his cup to take a sip to prevent himself from saying or doing something embarrassing.

"i'm sorry if i made you shy." jaehyun told, seeing the embarrassment in taeyong's eyes. "i didn't mean to. i truly enjoy your giggle and..."

he gave a glance to taeyong who looked even redder than before.

"and... i did it again, didn't i?" he asked.

taeyong slowly nodded, setting his coffee cup back into its plate.

"it's okay." taeyong spoke shyly. "it's just that i'm not used to these much compliments..."

jaehyun smiled warmly, placing his chin on his palm. "you aren't? well, that's a pity, because you deserve all the compliments that can exist."

once again, taeyong blushed, but this time, he didn't even try hiding it. there was no point anyway.

"t-thank you." he gave jaehyun a shy smile.

"you're welcome."

the two boys stayed in a comfortable silence for a while, both sipping their brewages and eating some cookies before jaehyun spoke again.

"would you agree to meet with me again?"

taeyong was caught off-guard by the sudden request, but he didn't hesitate one single second.

he had spent a very pleasing morning sitting in this café and having breakfast with one of his comarades, who hopefully would become more than that.

"of course."