"taeyong, you seem out of it..."

the korean male looked around, realizing he was nowhere where he expected to be.

no, he wasn't home, cuddling with ten and yuta, on their couch, while watching a cute drama. not at all actually.

he was in a park, sitting on a bench, next to jaehyun – who had been rambling for a few minutes, not knowing taeyong wasn't listening anything he had said.

"sorry, i was... thinking about something else." taeyong replied honestly. he didn't want to hurt jaehyun, but lying would be worse in this situation.

"what are you stressed about? you can talk to me." jaehyun replied, taking taeyong's hand in his as he caressed it to comfort taeyong.

the older boy stared at their hands, feeling the urge to pull his out from jaehyun's grasp.

it didn't feel right. it felt so wrong actually.

the only persons who could touch his hand like this were ten and yuta. no one else.

"i'm sorry, i am... doubting at the moment..." taeyong explained, staring at nothing.

he was being 100% honest there.

he didn't understand what was happening to him.

jaehyun and him had met a lot these past months. they had spent a lot of time together, getting to know each other, and growing together.

everything had started between them because jaehyun was interested in taeyong, and tayeong needed to find someone else to forget about ten.

but did it work?

obviously, no.

ten was still running on his mind all day. and now more than ever, ten was making his heart flutter so much. just like yuta.

jaehyun had only been a distraction, a way to slow down taeyong's feelings for ten.

but he never made them fade.

in the end, tayeong still has those feelings for ten. he knows that. he feels that.

their kiss a few days before was the proof of it.

he had kissed ten.

he had inserted his tongue in ten's mouth.

he had enjoyed it.

as much as ten had...

ten and tayeong were made for each other. it was evident.

and yuta was made for them too.

it was destiny. they had to end up together.

but would it be possible?

mixing work and relationships was never a good idea.

that's why neither ten nor taeyong had accepted getting together before.

but everything was getting more complicated now.

sm entertainment wanted them. they wanted each other.

what could they do?

not getting together, and living while being in love but distant? they had already experienced that, and it obviously hadn't worked.

then, stopping working together and coming out as a couple? but they couldn't do that a week away from entering sm entertainment...

it seemed like there was no plausible answer to that question.

they could do nothing...

"taeyong." jaehyun's hand found its way on the korean's thigh. "you're scaring me..."

"i'm sorry, jaehyun." taeyong said, abruptly standing up. "i should be honest with you. i'm sorry for making you hoping we could get together. i don't like you this way. not that you aren't a lovable person, far from that actually. but you and i aren't made for each other... i am so sorry..."

jaehyun nodded slowly, his eyes looking at his feet.

"is it ten?" he asked.

"sorry?"

"the guy who is made for you? is it ten?"

taeyong nodded slowly. "ten and yuta..." he mumbled.

jaehyun stood up as well, placing a hand on taeyong's shoulder.

"go to them. i'm sure they're waiting for you."

"i'm so sorry, jaehyun... i know that you were interested in- "

"don't worry about me taeyong." jaehyun smiled softly. "it's okay. i'm okay."

taeyong nodded again, smiling shyly at jaheyun.

"you deserve someone better. someone who will truly take care of you."

and with that said, taeyong ran away, leaving jaehyun in the middle of the alleyway of the park, sad and lonely.

"taeil! come back here!"

jaehyun furrowed his brows, seeing a fox running past him, before turning around and seeing a black-haired male running towards him while screaming.

unfortunately, the boy tripped, and he would have fallen down if jaehyun hadn't been there to catch him.

"woah, careful there." jaehyun told, helping the boy stand up again.

"sorry, my fox hybrid was escaping and i didn't look where i was going." the boy told, a blush prominent on his face.

"it's okay." jaehyun smiled. "let me help you catch your hybrid."

"oh, no, don't worry, you don't need to- "

"i insist. my name is jaehyun."

the other boy flushed even more, holding out a timid hand to shake jaehyun's. "doyoung." he mumbled.

"well, let's go find your hybrid, doyoung!"

🦁

taeyong ran back to his house, never stopping on the way.

he reached it pretty quickly, and unlocked the door completely out of breath.

"taeyong is here!" yuta exclaimed happily, seeing his owner entering the house.

and if taeyong's marathon seemed to be finished, the boy continued running towards yuta, picking him up in his arms immediately – which made yuta squeak in surprise – and then slamming his lips onto the hybrid's.

when he pulled back after a few seconds, he put the hybrid back on the floor and ran to ten, doing the same to him.

needless to say, taeyong wasn't the only one out of breath after that.