The shrill alarm booming across the whole room made the two boys hum in annoyance as their faces contorted.

Jeongguk shifted to shut it off, but the older nuzzled his face against his chest and latched onto him. "Don't move, it's so warm," he mumbled, hooking his leg between his.

"Shut that thing off first," Jeongguk grumbled and made another attempt to move, but Taehyung held him in place, whining in the process. His adorable demeanor pulled a chuckle out of Jeongguk, and he opened his eyes, laying them on the endearing baby in his arms.

Then, he climbed over him and rolled to the side to get closer to the phone, still holding the older boy. He managed to reach the phone and shut off the annoying alarm before he muffled Taehyung into his hug again.

"You're so freaking strong," Taehyung drawled as he placed a few kisses on his bare chest, his eyes still closed.

"You love it, though." A pleased smile was etched on his face, relishing every single kiss he gave him.

"I love... it, yes, I love it," he burbled against his chest and cursed himself internally when he comprehended what he was ready to blurt out. It was too soon for that, and only at the thought of saying it, Taehyung shivered, afraid of his reaction.

"Can we just spend the whole day like this?" Jeongguk sighed in content, running his hand up and down his back as he held him tautly with the other. He peppered delicate, sugary kisses on the side of his head until he reached his ear with a little effort and nibbled his earlobe. Evoking a few angelic giggles from Taehyung, he continued showering him with kisses, chuckling as well.

"You're so cuddly." Taehyung squashed him multiple times as he hummed, a ceaseless smile adorning his features.

"Please cuddle the shit out of me every day all day." Jeongguk felt a stream of warmth spread through his chest once he heard Taehyung's loveable laugh.

"You're so romantic, Kook. I'm so lucky." There was apparent teasing in his tone, making both of them chuckle this time. Taehyung perked his head up, showing him a giddy smile that crinkled his eyes at the edges.

"Cuteness overload," Jeongguk cooed as he cupped his extremely cute face and kissed every inch of it. "I can be romantic, though. You just haven't seen this side of me yet."

"Do I want to see it?"

"You're such a brat." Jeongguk reached for his round ass and smacked it, instantly bursting into laughter when Taehyung yelped.

"Meanie, that was uncalled for!"

"You deserved it. But I can eat your pretty ass to make it feel better anytime, baby," Jeongguk uttered, suggestive, as he smirked at him and kneaded his ass to soothe the burning.

"Yes, please, I missed it so much, hyung." Taehyung ground against him, earning a choked groan from him as Jeongguk wasn't expecting that.

"Fuck, now I'm hard." Jeongguk moaned as he squeezed his ass and slapped it once more.

Taehyung sat up on his crotch, tracing his chest with his hands as he bit his bottom lip in an emotive manner, eyes sultry and seductive. "Good luck with that." He scrambled to get off him then and dashed out of the room.

"You brat!" Jeongguk exclaimed and broke into giggles, shaking his head as he couldn't believe what he just did to him. He slipped out of bed as well and walked towards the bathroom. He leaned against the wall, crossing his arms and waiting for the sly boy to exit with a smirk on his lips.

It didn't take long for Taehyung to freshen up, but he wasn't that stupid. He knew the younger would follow him, and so he didn't open the door right away. "I know you're out there."

"And I know you're in there. I also know you will have to come out of there at some point, baby."

"Come on, what I did was funny!"

"Tell that to my boner." A suave giggle rang in his ears that caused Jeongguk to chuckle. "Come out, pretty baby, I have to spank that ass."

"That's a win for me, though. You know I like spanking."

"You know what your punishment will be if you don't open this door soon, baby."

The door swung open in a heartbeat, and Taehyung flung himself onto him. Jeongguk was quick enough to catch him and securely hold him in his arms, chuckling at his cuteness. "That's my good boy," Jeongguk whispered into his ear and sucked a harsh kiss on his neck.

"Jeongguk!" he whined at the pain as he hit his back with his fist out of instinct.

"Oops, that's gonna leave a mark," he snickered and painted the spot he just bit with countless kisses.

"You're mean!"

"And you're a brat." Jeongguk pecked his cheek and released him. "Now let me use the bathroom and go wear something warm. You'll get cold if you walk around only in your boxers."

"Okay, you do the same when you finish, hmm? I'll make us some coffee."

"You're the best."

Both fully ready and seated in the kitchen, enjoying the coffee Taehyung made, bantering leisurely, and sharing lots of kisses, they were so engrossed in one another they lost track of time. Jimin's trial was about to start in ten minutes, and they needed at least thirty minutes to get to the court.

When they somehow realized that, they bolted out of the house and hurried to Taehyung's car.

"We're such bad friends!" Taehyung exclaimed as he started the engine.

"Shit, I had my phone in silent mode." Jeongguk sighed upon seeing five missed calls from his friends.

"Same." He sped up a bit more, even though he knew they wouldn't get there in time.

 
When they arrived, they asked someone if it had started already, and of course, it had. Not wanting to interrupt, they decided to sit outside and wait until a break.

"How long do you think it'll take?" asked Jeongguk.

"It depends. I mean, he's guilty already. What's left now is to give him a sentence. That can take from a few minutes to hours."

"He won't go to jail, right? I mean, even I didn't go to jail."

"Jimin definitely won't go. His father is a powerful man who won't let that happen. But yeah, I think none of the boys will go to jail. They'll probably have to do community work like you."

"That's good." A sigh of relief seeped through his lips, but Taehyung's uneasy expression brought a frown to his face. "What's wrong?"

He shot him a glance, his pout only intensifying. "We're bad friends!"

"They won't be mad at us, Tae. At first maybe, but they'll forgive us, I promise." Jeongguk leaned closer and pressed his lips against his forehead.

"I hope so."

   
It must have been thirty minutes later when people started exiting the building, and the two boys stood up once they noticed. They trod closer, wanting to ask someone if the trial was over, but froze in their tracks as they saw their friends walk outside while cackling and chatting.

The four boys halted as well when they espied Taehyung and Jeongguk standing there stock still.

"What happened?"

"Why are you two together?"

Jeongguk and Hoseok asked at the same time and a moment of silence enwrapped them once again.

"That's not important. What sentence did you get?" Jeongguk asked, his impatient eyes riveted on Jimin.

"I have to do community work like you for six months. I don't have to go to jail!"

"Fuck yes!" Jeongguk breathed out as he lunged and draped his arms around the boy, taking him by surprise.

"Oh my God, Jeon Jeongguk is hugging me by himself!" Jimin shrieked, clasping him tightly.

Muffled groans emitted from his mouth as Jimin squeezed him on repeat with all of his strength. "I missed you, you assface."

"Yeah, yeah, right," Jimin scoffed, thinking he was just teasing him since Jeongguk never said these kinds of things.

"I'm serious, Jimin-ah. I can't wait to see everyone."

Jimin's eyes swelled at his words, and he pulled back in a daze, his mouth hanging open by his shock. "What the hell happened to you?"

"Can we focus on the fact that Tae and Kook are here together for a moment?" Hoseok asked, attracting the attention to him.

"What is that on your—" Seokjin tugged at Taehyung's sweater to reveal more of his neck that seemed to have a purple bruise painted on it, but his question was cut off as the lawyer swatted his hand away.

Taehyung covered his neck with his coat, turning away from them. "Nothing."

"That's a hickey!" Hoseok cried.

"Shut up!" Taehyung shushed him with a scowl which only darkened when he heard Jeongguk's chortle a moment later. He slapped his shoulder, silencing him at once.

"Don't tell me you guys are just screwing like bunnies again," Seokjin said, disapproval cloaking his face.

"We're not just screwing again and can we please not talk about that here?" Taehyung whispered as he didn't want anyone else to hear their conversation.

"Come to our house to celebrate! We'll fill in Jimin about Jeongguk's trial, and you two will tell us what the hell is going on," Namjoon said with a sweet smile and headed towards Hoseok's car with the other boys trailing behind him.

Jeongguk and Taehyung returned to their car as well. "So are we gonna tell them we're dating?" the older questioned with a small voice as he started the engine.

"I'm gonna say that you're my pretty boyfriend and I just can't get enough of you."

"Oh, is that right?"

"Yes, baby."

"You say that I'm amazing, but you are more." Taehyung cast him a fond look.

"You make me like this so you should take the credits for that too. You make me soft for you."

"You're exaggerating. You had it in you even before you met me. I just made it come to the surface as you had said. People don't magically change, Kook. You had it in you. You were just covering it with the facade you had created. I'm glad you drew away from that and finally let yourself just be you."

"Thank you for believing in me and for trusting me."

Blissful smiles tugged at their lips as silence washed over them. They didn't have to say anything else about it since their eyes conveyed their feelings better than words ever could.

  
They reached their destination and met with their friends once again, entering the house together. Namjoon went to the kitchen real quick to grab different kinds of beverages and returned to the living room.

"We're celebrating with these?" Seokjin questioned with a chuckle.

"They can't drink alcohol and it's not nice of us to drink soju in front of them," Namjoon said as he sat next to his boyfriend.

"Aww, you're so thoughtful, baby," Seokjin said in a baby tone as he kissed his cheek.

"Hyung, stop, Jeongguk will start whining again," Jimin snickered as he threw a glance at the younger, knowing a disgusted grimace would have taken over his face by now. But the faint smile he came across on his lips and his fond gaze as he peered at them had his eyes bulging.

Jeongguk whisked his head away from the cute scene and his eyes fell on Jimin, confusion and surprise written on his face. They kept eye contact as they stayed mute. Jeongguk didn't know why his friend seemed to be so shocked. "What?"

Jimin tittered, his mouth opening and closing without words coming out at first. "What? You're asking what? Who the hell are you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Jeongguk, whenever you saw any type of affection between two people, you grimaced and looked away disgusted. And now you're even smiling?"

"Don't be so dramatic. I wasn't doing that every time," Jeongguk mumbled as he glanced away, shifting in his seat uneasily.

"Jimin, you missed a few things when you were in jail. Jeongguk seems to have changed a bit, but how much he changed is a little scary, actually." Seokjin's voice dropped to a whisper as he was just as staggered by his actions.

"Okay, I know I didn't like these stuff. I don't like doing them or seeing them, but... but after—but—uh." Jeongguk hung his head with a heavy sigh as he couldn't admit to his friends that he wanted to do these things too. Only with Taehyung, of course.

Taehyung peeped at his restless face and behavior and held his hand, interlocking their fingers. "Jeongguk is my pretty boyfriend and I just can't get enough of him," he uttered, a warm smile playing on his lips as he continued gazing at him.

"I'm sure it's surprising to Seokjin and Jimin because they know him since high school and they know he doesn't like affection and doesn't do relationships. But that's in the past. I don't know what's so special about me that made him change and break free from his suppressed feelings. But I'm glad he did, and I can't be happier to have him in my life."

The silence that followed was long and tense as Jeongguk and Taehyung were lost in their tender eye contact and their friends gaped at them. The curly-haired boy found great courage by his baby's words and turned to look at his friends.

"I have fallen for this man. And I was scared when I realized it, and I still am, but nothing matters as long as we're together. This is surprising for me too. I never thought I was capable of feeling something like this for another person. But Taehyung makes me capable of feeling something like this. He makes me capable of truly caring about him and giving him all the affection I can.

"He is special to me, and all I want to do is take care of him and spend as much time as I can with him. I couldn't understand why you and Yoongi were so caught up in one another since the moment you started dating and why you still are. But now I can. Taehyung made me understand why. And I will never be able to thank him enough for choosing me to share his life with."

Another round of intense silence engulfed them as Jeongguk smiled sweetly at his baby and pecked his lips right there, in front of everyone. He brushed his hair back and swiped a tender thumb over the crown of his cheek.

"I literally don't have any words," Jimin said in a trance.

"I never thought this day will come." Seokjin was in a similar state and couldn't stop staring at them.

"Guys, don't be so surprised, just be happy for them!" Hoseok chirped.

"We are, it's just so—"

"Unbelievable," Jimin finished Seokjin's sentence, both nodding in shock.

"You'll get used to it." Taehyung chuckled as he crawled into his hug, and Jeongguk didn't waste a second to cuddle him.

"It's gonna take a while." Another wave of surprise rushed through Jimin once he saw how quickly Jeongguk hugged him.

"We're all happy you finally confessed to each other. Take care of him, Kook. Taehyung needs someone to cherish him for who he is except for us. I hope he can help you leave behind everything that hurt you in the past as well," Namjoon said in a soft tone, giving him a small smile.

"He already is. And I'll make sure to make him happy." Jeongguk kissed the top of his head and chuckled when Taehyung nuzzled his face deeper into the crook of his neck.

"You're so cute!" Jimin screeched, stomping his feet in tiny on repeat, and everyone cracked up at his behavior.

"Cheers to the power of love." Seokjin held his beverage in the air, waiting for them to do the same. The two boys who were snuggling tensed up once they heard his toast, eyes widening for a moment, and they drew away from each other just a tad. Noticing their reactions, he chuckled as he shook his head. "Both scared of the L-word I see. You guys will have so much fun together."

The two peeked at each other and averted their gaze elsewhere, reaching for their drinks and raising them as well.

They all clinked their drinks together with a smile on their faces, and Jeongguk and Taehyung relaxed little by little as the conversation drifted to a new topic. They ended up cuddling like before as they managed to force out of their minds Seokjin's toast.

Yes, they were scared, both for different and similar reasons. But that would never stop them from giving everything they had to one another.

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