You woke up the next morning, the movie had finished late and you spent the night there. When you opened your eyes Tae was still asleep, you didn't want to wake him up. He probably was tired after a long week at work.

Getting out of bed, you walked around the room and curiously looked at the little details. You noticed he kept your colored page on his mirror as well and smiled. Despite having come to the dorms a good number of times, you had never really stayed over or had a moment to look around.

Tae opened his eyes and when he didn't see you lying next to him he looked around and saw you were on your tip-toes trying to reach for something on one of the top shelves of his bookcase. He pulled the covers to a side and got up to help you.

You suddenly felt a hand on your hip as he extended his arm over yours taking the portable music player and earbuds you wanted. "Here, good morning" he said and kissed the side of your lips as he wrapped his other arm around your hips linking them and hugging you tightly, he swayed from side to side as he was still half asleep. Resting his head on yours with his eyes closed.

"Don't do that" he playfully scolded you with a hoarse morning voice. "This t-shirt of mine is not that long and you flashed everything" he teased you and your face flushed in embarrassment.

"Oh no" you said under your breath, which made him chuckle, and you added bashfully, "I'm sorry" .

"I mean, I don't mind the sight" he smirked and even though you couldn't see him, you heard him laughing softly and could picture his face. You turned around to look up at him and slapped his arm with a frown on your face.

He leaned in to kiss your angrily pursed lips and you moved your head away so he just kissed your face all over instead. "You're not getting out of this" you said now playfully annoyed. He chuckled and didn't stop as he moved to your neck.

"Taehyung" you said sternly and he looked up at you amused, you hadn't called him by his full name in months.

"Oh, come on" he said playfully and released you, taking your hand and leading you back to bed. You laid back down and he took the player from your hands, browsing through his playlists. Handing you an earbud, he placed the other one in his ear and pressed play on one of his favorite songs.

He cuddled up close to you, with an arm across your chest, pressing both your arms to your sides and wrapped one of his legs around yours. Tae laughed deviously.

"You can't escape now, you are not getting out of this either" he said teasingly and nuzzled your neck making himself comfortable in the crook of it.

You chuckled amused and reached back with your hand to run your fingers through his hair. You scratched the nape of his neck and he hummed happily.

"You're too cute" you told him with a sweet smile on your face.

Lazing out for a bit more, you stayed in bed snuggling before getting changed and grabbing some breakfast.

While you scooped up a spoonful of your cereal, you asked curiously, "any plans for the holidays?" he swallowed his food nodding before answering.

"I should be spending about three weeks with my family back in my hometown" you pouted.

"Three weeks? " he looked up at you smirking when he heard your whiny voice.

"What? Are you gonna miss me?" he raised and eyebrow.

"Of course, what kind of question is that?" you teased him back. He looked down at his food smiling smugly.

"I'll miss you too" he said and his expression softened.

"Are you getting all shy on me? " you repeated the words he often used on you. He chuckled and looked up at you shaking his head in amusement, his cheeks tinted pink. "We can video call if you want" you offered and he made a approving face and nodded.

"Sure"

Tae left a week later, you got to see him once more before he was off to see his family for Christmas and new year. You were also planning to visit your family but you'd only be staying for a little bit over a week due to work.

Tae and you exchanged presents before he left, you both promised not to open them until Christmas day. When the day came, you woke up excited that morning and opened his present in bed before coming down for breakfast.

Thank goodness you did because when you opened the flat box you found a very provocative lingerie set. Your eyes widened at his suggestive gift. You took it out and inspected it. It wasn't anything crazy looking or extremely revealing for being underwear though, but still, a bold gift.

He definitely wanted to see you wearing it, you thought and swallowed hard as you put it back in the box. It had been over 4 months, you understood, but of course logic never went with your feelings and how nervous that made you. You decided to call Seulgi.

"Hi Seulgi, merry christmas!" you said when she picked up.

"You just woke me up, this had better be good" she groaned, her voice was raspy.

"It's definitely something you'd want to know" you replied rolling your eyes.

"Spill, girl" she said sounding a lot more awake all of a sudden.

"I just opened my present from Tae" you said slowly.

"And?" she said impatiently.

"And he got me lace underwear" you said feeling the heat raise to your face, hearing yourself saying it made it even more real somehow even though the set was very much real in itself.

"Oh my, this is juicy news!" what the hell, Seulgi, you thought. Her choice of words was always incredibly embarrassing. You growled at her and she ignored you as she kept talking.

"TaeTae definitely wants to get you in bed " she sing-songed.

"Seulgi, could you talk like a normal person?" you pleaded and she chuckled.

"Kim Taehyung wants to jump your bones?" she offered.

"Oh my god, shut up, just...Shut. Up." you said feeling like your face was going to catch on fire.

You sighed. She was probably right this time, he wouldn't just want to see you. That sounded kind of cruel, just showing it to him, but then again you weren't sure if you were ready to go that far just yet. Were there any previous steps? Was this supposed to be happening? You stopped yourself. Since when do I care about the ridiculous established things? You told yourself annoyed.

"Are you there?" your friend asked as you had gone silent after scolding her.

"Oh, yeah, I was just thinking " you said absentmindedly.

"How are you feeling?" she asked concerned.

"I don't know, I'm scared" you confessed to her feeling insecure. She hummed.

"Remember you don't have the obligation to do anything if you don't want to, even if he's Kim Taehyung, come on" she laughed airily, "I doubt he's trying to force you from what you've told me he's like" she tried to comfort you.

"Okay" you said deep in thought.

"You can just save it for when you want to go there" she said tactfully, she could be serious too.

"Thank you, Seulgi" you said sincerely.

"Anytime. In the meantime, you can fool around some and see what you and TaeTae like. Treat him for being a good boy for you" she said and her voice got playfully squeaky again.

"I-I, gosh" you were speechless. She giggled and cleared her throat when you went silent again.

"Let me know if you need any tips" she said excitedly.

"Seulgi!" you yelled embarrassed.

"What, I'm trying to be a supportive friend!" she said defensively. Over your dead body, you wouldn't discuss that with her, you resolved.

"Or if you have any questions" she continued.

"Okay, okay, I will, thanks" you spat out just so she'd shut up.

You said goodbye to each other and hung up. Turning around to look at the box, you opened it again and took a quick look worriedly, then put it away in your suitcase so your family wouldn't see it.

They wouldn't go through your things, but you were irrationally scared someone could see it, as if it was obvious. You felt completely exposed. It was a strange sensation.

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