"Hi! Um, good morning.." Said Taehyung enthusiastically, showing off his boxy smile. Jimin giggled.

'Oh fuck.. Even his giggle is cute...'

'...I'm done for...'

"Hey!" Jimin smiled, walking closer to Taehyung.

There was a pregnant but comfortable silence between the two boys. They were trying to think of what to say next while checking each other up and down. That was, until Jimin spoke first.

"So, berét boy," Began Jimin, showing off his french accent. Taehyung was dazzed. "Where are we going?"

The taller brought back his confidence. "I thought we could get breakfast first. There is this really cute bakery a few steps away from my house, and it only sells breakfast. It's open twenty four seven though, really pretty. Whatcha say?" Taehyung smiled.

The smaller poked his tongue inside his right cheek in deep thought before bursting into multiple giggles. "Sure! Let's go."

"Okie." Taehyung smiled back, and they started walking the way to his house, and further away. On their way to the bakery, Jimin had made a try of holding Taehyung's hand by 'accidentally' touching his with the taller's. Tae didn't seem to get it though, so Jimin withdrew his hand and pouted. Taehyung on the other hand was trying to surpass his laughter. Once he saw the smaller's face though, his expression changed from happy to serious, and not only did he hold Jimin's hand, but at some point he interlocked their fingers too.

They both flushed embarrassingly in pure happiness.

They walked for a bit longer, until they reached the bakery Taehyung was talking about. Having reached the bakery meant four things in their situation right now. One, they would have to let go of each other's hands, two, they most likely would have to sit in front of each other than next to each other from what Jimin saw through the bakery's window, three, the breakfast had to be amazing here, because everyone was enjoying their orders, and four, all of the above.

Just as Jimin thought Tae was going to let his hand go, he didn't. He just opened the door with his other hand and held it open for the smaller to enter, a sweet smile plastered on his face. Jimin blushed, looking down, before entering the bakery with the taller boy leading him.

"Where do you wanna sit?" Asked the younger with a smile, giving some time for the smaller to take in the beautiful view and decor, until he pointed outside, and that's where the two boys went and sat on.

Everything was beautiful about the bakery. Both boys thought so. Especially Jimin, since he loved these kind of bakeries. And the thing he specifically loved the most about this one, was the outdoor garden with a view to the forest.

The wooden seats were so pretty and detailed. The white pillows decorating them were beautifully attractive to the eye. And so cute!

Taehyung looked at Jimin fondly as his eyes roamed the place with excitement and admiration. The wind caressed his face and his cheeks puffed out in satisfaction, the coolness contrasting with his warm skin. His Adam's apple bopped up and down as he swallowed his bite of the chocolate brownie Taehyung had ordered for him. He looked like a god. A god Taehyung wanted to taste. And oh so suddenly Taehyung wasn't that hungry anymore. At least... not for food...

"Do you have any siblings?" Asked Jimin, taking another bite from his brownie.

Taehyung shook his head. "No. I'm an only child." He glanced at the piece of chocolate cake in front of him. "You?"

Jimin swallowed, placing his fork on his plate before looking at the taller with a small smile. "Only child too." The taller hummed, before refocusing his gaze at the view.

A silence once again made its presence known between the two, until Jimin spoke. And what he said, had Taehyung's heart doing acrobatics. "I want to hold your hand." He said in one breath, not looking at the taller. He asked quickly, "Can I hold your hand?"

Taehyung processed the question in his mind for a second, before nodding slowly at Jimin who —as if he knew the answer— had his hand close to his, and gently, very very carefully, took his hand into his own, intertwining their fingers as he enjoyed how his hand was completely engulfed by Tae's.

The taller smiled rectangularly before bringing the smaller's hand up to his mouth, placing a soft, innocently sweet kiss on the back of it. He felt how Jimin's breathing changed just by a small kiss of his, as they were sitting glued to one another. He felt a warmth rushing through him, through his veins. It made him want to go up the mountain and scream in pure happiness.

Their intimate moment came to a halt as they got interrupted by the waiter, who had come again to ask if they wanted anything else.

The taller asked, "Do you want anything else?" Jimin shook his head, absolutely stunned.

Taehyung —not taking his eyes off of Jimin— answered, "You can bring us the bill. Thank you." to the waiter, who nodded and disappeared back inside the bakery.

As if they were never interrupted, Taehyung aimed his gaze at Jimin's lips, that having been his main goal at the moment. He started to lean in, and Jimin's stomach danced as his breath got caught up in his throat. He stared at Taehyung's lips, unconsciously licking his, biting his bottom one afterwards.
Just as their lips were about to touch, Taehyung decided to tease Jimin a little, so he pulled away, looking at his face. His cheeks were pink, and his lips were puffed out, ready to oh so deliciously be tasted by Taehyung.
Jimin's lips went into a pout once he didn't feel Tae's lips on his and he frowned, making the taller's heart skip a beat.

Just as the smaller was going to complain about not getting his kiss, the waiter came back to them with the bill.

Taehyung paid with his phone, and once the waiter had left, he looked at Jimin with a small smile. "Let's go baby." He got up, fixing his clothes in case they were untidy by the strong wind.

The smaller almost teared up as he gulped down an 'okay baby' as a response. Instead, he went with a simple, "O-Okay..." deciding it was still a bit early to give in that easily. Although he wanted to so bad; he wanted to hold Taehyung in his arms, have his long and delicate fingers do magic things on his skin, pepper his cheeks with soft kisses. He could oh so easily imagine it, the whole picture at once, but he tried to get a hold of himself, having to wait a bit more.

Jimin had gotten up, checked if his clothes were untidy too, and as he was going to start walking outside, Taehyung stopped him, taking his hand in his, and then nodding at him to start walking with a smile and a slight flush on his cheeks.

The flush appeared on the smaller's cheeks as well, before leading the taller outside the bakery after greeting goodbye the staff and the cashier.

They walked for some time, Taehyung playfully swinging their interlaced hands, Jimin's heart doing backflips and 'oh fuck he's so cute'.

"Taehyung?" Asked Jimin.

The taller smiled. "Yeah?"

"Have you ever been in a relationship?" The taller stopped waking abruptly, his smile gone in seconds. He gulped, looking down on his feet.

Jimin got worried, and he carefully wrapped his arm around the taller's. "Taehyung?" No answer. The smaller bit his lip nervously, afraid of having just asked a question that was probably —most likely from what it seemed— not a territory he should've crossed just yet.

"I have." The answer kinda scared the smaller, as it was said after a few minutes of complete silence, and the Jimin rubbing comforting circles on Tae's back.

The smaller's breath hitched. "And? How was it?"

Taehyung closed his eyes, lips trembling, trying not to cry. He had to be stronger than this. He had to be strong for Jimin. "He-"

"Wait! Don't tell me! Let me take us somewhere first okie?" Begged the smaller, the hope in his eyes giving some of it to the taller, who nodded instantly at his question.

The two walked for some more time; hand in hand, passing the traffic lights where they had met for the first time and crossing the street, ending up at the beach.

Jimin suggested they bought ice cream because 'ice cream always cheers you up when you're down'. Taehyung paid even after Jimin's protest.
They sat down on a bench that was looking directly at the beautiful sea in silence. Only the slight waves of it could be heard, the air having that known salty smell Taehyung always adored so much. It immediately relaxed him once he would sniff a bit of it, being close by. He never found out why.

He glanced at Jimin, whom was silently licking his ice cream. This boy was already making him feel better.

"I know what you're gonna say." Tae gasped, looking at him. "'He cheated on me', you'll say. I know don't worry about it." The smaller boy looked down, his facial expression giving out that he remembered something perhaps bittersweet.

"How did you know?" Asked the taller, completely shocked. Jimin looked at him. "I know the feeling. How you act when someone asks you and you're preparing yourself mostly mentally to tell them." Taehyung looked at him, an awful thought suddenly crossing his mind, but he hoped it wasn't true. "How do you know?" The smaller took a deep breath, opening his beautiful mouth, letting out the sentence Taehyung never would've wanted to hear coming from a person like Jimin. "Because... I too got cheated on by my ex, Taehyung..." The smaller fiddled with his fingers, his ice cream now long gone, melting on the sand as he had dropped it out of a past memory.

As Taehyung was going to speak, Jimin stopped him by raising his hand. "Don't tell me that you're sorry. It's the same bullshit over and over when they know. I'm seriously tired of it Taehyungah..." Jimin sighted, and Taehyung shook his head, giggling. "I wasn't going to say that I'm sorry Jiminah. I don't want others to say that they're sorry to me either. I know how it feels. I was just going to say how unlucky that guy must've been in his life, ya know.." What Tae said caused Jimin to look up, confusion written all over across his pretty face. "What? Why?" Tae laughed, swinging his feet back and forth cutely in some soft of excitement from what the smaller could make out by his sudden mood change. "To cheat on someone like you, I mean. No one deserves it actually. But if it were you, I'd definitely consider myself done. My life over." Tae giggled. "I'm a keeper, you know. Be mine and..." He sighted. "I'll never let go..."

The wind caressed their faces, relaxing them from their anxieties a bit, until Jimin's soft voice came to life. "You know, some drunk people who cheat and apologize to their partners after it happens, say that it wasn't their fault. They say that they were drunk and all that shit but..." Jimin sighted, licking his lips absentmindedly. "I can't remember even one time when I was drunk and I didn't want him. Even if I was drunk, I still had my eyes on him only, yet some people find alcohol as an excuse to cover their mistakes."

Taehyung shook his head. "It's not like that though. They won't be able to cover up their mistakes with these kind of excuses for ever." Jimin nodded, agreeing with Tae.

The two didn't speak for a while then, the taller giving some time for the smaller to relax and forget.

Tae suddenly wrapped his arm around Jimin's shoulders, pulling him to his chest. Jimin didn't object or even talk at all, his facial expression being enough for Taehyung.

The two looked at the sea, watching as the sun slowly took its own path downwards. "Jimin?"

"Hm?"

The taller sighted, "Was that how he cheated?" asking softly and carefully.

The smaller nodded, not saying a single word. He was simply enjoying the warmth Taehyung's body was offering to his own. He cuddled closer to him, placing his head in the crook of Tae's neck and closing his eyes contently. "You're warm. It's nice." Whispered Jimin, sending Taehyung into over heat. "Jimin." The smaller hummed. "I wanna tell you my own story too.." He whispered, voice low and fragile. He was so afraid of having the same thing happen to him again. But as Jimin looked up at him with soft, caring eyes, nose red from the slight cold, lips pink and puffy, all he wanted was the man in front of him. He wanted a second chance in love, and he thought that he had probably been given one with Jimin. So Jimin had to know everything about Taehyung if what they had going on at the moment would lead to something bigger and greater.

Jimin smiled at him, "I don't want you to think that you need to tell me just because I told you okay? You can tell me once you'll be ready. I can wait for as much as you want me to, Taehyungie." whispering softly at him. He rubbed his knee gently, comforting him. "As long as you need." Taehyung sighted, looking at Jimin softly as he had his breath taken away by the smaller's beauty.

Taehyung knew he was in love with Jimin right at that moment. And there was nothing he could do about it anymore.

He would just have to accept the consequences.

"I don't want to tell you because of that. I want to tell you because I want to Jiminah. I want to tell you." He smiled softly, placing his hand on top of the one Jimin had on his knee. "Will you let me?" Jimin nodded. Taehyung started to caress each finger of the smaller's hand.

He looked up at the sparkling waters of the sea, controlling his breath. "He took him in my house." Jimin gasped, his eyes widening. Tae closed his eyes, remembering something he never wanted to bring to the surface of his mind ever again. But he was doing it for Jimin. He would do it for Jimin. "Jiminah, my house is big. It's expensive cause I didn't buy it. It was built into what it is today. It's a lot more expensive when you build a house, and he knew that. So he took his.. 'lover' to my house, showing off to him that it was his house while it was mine. He didn't have a big house, only a small, simple apartment. So I guess he was jealous of me in that part. He didn't have a job so he absolutely couldn't build a house for himself."

Jimin groaned, rolling his eyes in annoyance. "Yeah, jealous of something you worked your ass off to have while he did nothing except sitting around all day. Oh please Tae." Taehyung smiled at Jimin's comment, continuing his story with a lighter mood. "Anyways I uh, caught them fucking in my bedroom. Yes, in my bedroom, exactly." Jimin was now looking at him with tears in his eyes. Taehyung bit his lip to surpass any sniffle, continuing slowly. "I was crashed... I was completely, crashed Jiminie... I found him with a man on top of him and I don't know I just.. I fell.. I fell down.... I didn't faint but, my feet just.. gave out.. on me..." Tae sighted, looking down.

"Later on, after getting over the shock, I could finally walk again and I ran outside the house. I gave my house keys to my bodyguard, telling him that once they were done and they left, to lock the house and put it up for sell." Jimin was a crying mess at the moment; tears streaming down his puffy cheeks, small gasps escaping his beautiful lips. "I only had my phone on me then. So I told my bodyguard before he did what I had told him to do, to get me my car keys and my wallet. And so, I uh, sold the house. I got the double money from what I had given for the house to be built, and I moved away. I left. I came here. I met my best friend Hoseok hyung and his two best friends Jin hyung and Namjoon hyung who are a couple. I've told them a lot about you, and they wanna meet you. I'd like to meet them to you at some point if you'd like." Taehyung smiled at the thought of his friends, Jimin nodding frantically below him. "I would like to meet them too Tae." Jimin wiped away some old tears from his cheeks, slowly petting Taehyung's shoulder with his hand. "What happened then Tae? Only if you want to continue."

Taehyung nodded. "I want to... Umm, as I said, I came here, and I built another house. Since I had the double money from selling the last house, I gave half of it for the house I have right now to get built. And so.. I live here right now. Everything is good. Peaceful you know. Just the way I wanted things to be." Tae sighted contently, and Jimin kept petting his shoulder gently. "Did you year anything from him again?"

Taehyung laughed. "Only that he got married to this celebrity a month after I had left him." Jimin nodded, pouting cutely. Taehyung wanted to kiss his pout away. "After my uh.. my bodyguard gave me my car keys and my wallet, I got into my car and opened my phone. I deleted him and blocked him from all my social media, my messages and my contacts. I also blocked his right to be able to research for me in all my social media. Then I told my bodyguard to go home, that I would still pay him every month the exact way I used to, and that I would call him after some time to come to my new house, the one here, and start working again there, you know. It wasn't his fault that my ex cheated on me, so why should he stay unemployed because of that? I couldn't do that to him, or to anyone really. And I didn't want to either."

Jimin looked up at him, in his eyes, but Taehyung couldn't make out what his eyes were telling him. "You're kind Taehyungah. Very kind. I love that about you. And you're also generous and warm-hearted and you have literally paid everything for me today, even though I was the one supposed to pay for our ice creams because I was the one who offered. That's how it usually goes. The one who offers pays, but you didn't let me pay. I see those things Taehyungah. Even if you think they're small and not important, I see them." Taehyung looked at Jimin, face getting serious. "Jiminah, I'm the one supposed to pay for us. And I don't do it only because I'm supposed to, I do it because I want to treat you too. I want to spoil you cause you deserve it and much more. Real men never leave their partners pay for them, even if they offer. Only if it's on their birthdays, and that's still a no-no for most men." Jimin smirked, leaning in close to Taehyung's face and whispering, "For you too?" making Tae's heartbeat accelerate. Taehyung nodded, trying to calm his heart down.

Jimin was getting dangerously close to his face, and he didn't know what was going to happen.

"Taehyungah..." Tae hummed shakingly. "Can I kiss you?" Taehyung was trembling internally. Their breaths collided when Jimin was too close.

Taehyung innocently nodded to him, trying to control the weird but acknowledgeable feeling in his chest. "I want an answer Taehyungah." Jimin slowly pulled away from Tae's face. "If you don't answer to me I won't kiss you and I'll just-" Taehyung interrupted Jimin, his lips locking with his into a sweet kiss.

Tae's hand went up and rested on Jimin's cheek, pulling him closer, and Jimin's small hand went and found Tae's nape to rest on. Jimin pulled gently on the taller's soft black hair with his hand, his nails scratching satisfyingly at the back of his scalp as Taehyung deepened their kiss. He pulled away a few seconds later only to bite down on Jimin's bottom lip, something he had always wanted to do since he laid his eyes on his plump lips. He wrapped his mouth around Jimin's lip, his teeth teasing and tongue sucking on it. A small, very thin sound came from Jimin's mouth, something Taehyung took as a moan. Something his heart got excited at, wanting to hear more. It sent Tae into overdrive, his whole body shuddering at the sound. Jimin eagerly sucked on Taehyung's upper lip for more as the taller was still working on Jimin's bottom one. Tae caressed Jimin's cheek slowly and carefully, as if he was the most fragile thing.

When they pulled away to breathe, their noses and foreheads touched one another's, smiles laying on each other's lips. No one spoke• they just took in the moment, both relishing in it.

Jimin placed his hand on top of the one Tae had on his cheek, leaning into his touch, whispering, "I think I like you..." his warm breath hitting the taller's face.

Tae smiled, giggling• "I think I like you too..." he closed his eyes, feeling the smaller next to him.

"Well then," Tae said. "Let's go eat something and forget about the past. What do you say?" He smiled softly, his hair mingling with Jimin's. "I say yes." Said the smaller in excitement.

He got up and dragged Tae with him, as he offered him his arm. Jimin flushed red, and wrapped his arm around Tae's waiting one. "Now let's see." Started the taller. "What would you like to eat?" He looked at Jimin, care written in his eyes. The smaller hummed, thinking, until he came to a conclusion. "How about burgers?" Tae raised an eyebrow, slightly amused. "MacDonalds?" Jimin nodded frantically.

"Only if you want to though." He added, to which Tae nodded back at him happily. "I do! It sounds perfect for dinner. And what would you like for dessert?" Jimin's head fell back in laughter, his arm tightening around Tae's arm to support himself so he wouldn't fall down. "We're not even there yet Taehyungah. And you're asking what I want for dessert? God!" Jimin giggled, causing the taller to giggle too.

"I'm a tidy man. I want everything to be in line and predesigned." He smiled, looking away to hide his red cheeks once he saw the fond way Jimin was staring at him.

*at MacDonalds*

The two were sitting facing each other on a table next to the window.

They were currently going through the whole menus in their hands, trying to decide on what they would get.

Taehyung peeked at Jimin from above his menu, his eyes scanning the smaller. "Have you picked anything?"

"Noooo! Everything seems so yummy and I just don't know!" Whined the smaller, peeking back at the taller, cute eyes making him feel slightly light-headed.

The taller sighted, looking back at his menu. "I haven't either. I'm very, very hungry. I think I could eat at least three burgers." Taehyung was amused by how fast Jimin's eyes widened at what he said.

"Three burgers?! Are you kidding me?! If I eat three burgers, well," Tae giggled. "there goes all the work I put in my dancing and diet to have this bod'." Said the smaller kinda cockily. Oh how Taehyung wanted to wipe that smirk off his face.

"Well," Crossed his hands the taller after having left the menu on the table, now staring right into the smaller's eyes. "when you'll be with me, you'll forget all about your diet. Because I'm going to feed you so much, you're going to hate me for real." Smirked the taller.

Jimin looked into Tae's eyes softly, his hand taking its place on top of his crossed hands. "I don't think I could ever hate you, Tae." The taller gulped down the backflips his heart was doing inside his ribcage, holding the smaller's hand back by both hands, with that being the only thing he could do at the moment. "I hope you don't..." He whispered softly, eyes trailing on his beautiful features-

"Have you decided yet, sirs?" Asked the waiter. Taehyung told him to come back in five minutes, that being the time him and Jimin would have to decide on what they were getting.

Taehyung nervously picked up his menu again and hid his face into the plastic beige pages in hopes of avoiding Jimin's burning gaze. It kinda worked since Jimin picked up his own menu that was lifelessly laying in front of him.
When the waiter had come back once again later on, asking what they had decided to get, —"We'll take two cheeseburgers, the one extra big and with no pickles, two fried potatoes, a Coca Cola and a Sprite."— is what Taehyung answered, having asked Jimin what he wanted in the end.

The waiter had nodded and left for the kitchen to give their orders. He came back with their food some minutes later, and they started to eat in silence at first. Taehyung started making some jokes so Jimin wouldn't feel uncomfortable with anything, and he just loved how Jimin's whole body shook gently from his angelic; Taehyung noted, laughter.

They finished their food, and Taehyung paid for both of them with his phone again. After having thanked the waiters, they got up and left.

Next, they again went for ice cream, Jimin having decided what he wanted for dessert already from Tae's previous question earlier. All Taehyung did was smile fondly and nod excitedly at the smaller.

Their little ice cream date was a success. Jimin got vanilla ice cream rolls and Tae got the same, but with chocolate.

Jimin loved everything about his day with Tae. Every single detail, every little fond glance the two shared. Completely everything. And he especially loved how at the end of their day, Taehyung drove the smaller home, refusing to let him walk on his own in the darkness of the night, when a lot of dangerous  —unspoken from the taller— things could happen to him.

Taehyung ended their night with a soft, pure peck on Jimin's blissful —and addicting— lips, and Jimin loved how that specific action from Tae didn't fail in making him feel as if he were a high schooler returning from his first date with his crush.

After that night, everything fell into place for the two. Everything came into a strong line, and the dates were unending for the two. Fancy dates, ice cream dates, shopping dates, travel dates, home dates, cinema dates, food dates. They just loved dating —well, each other—. Simple as that.

And it wasn't how Jimin's heart clenched at the two soft fluffy balls cuddling; that were Tae and his dog —Jimin came to know as Yeontan— every time Taehyung invited him over for dinner at his apartment, and then they would have a Netflix marathon before falling asleep next to each other on Tae's couch; all cuddly and fuzzy and soft and warm and with Yeontan in between.

And it wasn't how Taehyung's chest would flutter each time Jimin's body jerked up to his own after having told Jimin a pretty lame joke, but the smaller would laugh at it nevertheless because of Tae's tone while saying it.

And a lot of things generally weren't, but they were still there nevertheless. Together, with each other, on one another's side. And with Yeontan.

As they got to know each other more and more though, Taehyung felt something• something like-.. like-... he wanted Jimin in his life. He wanted him and his smile and the way his body shakes whenever he laughs and he wanted him to be Yeontan's second dad and he wanted more dates• he wanted. And he wanted a lot. He was sure to ask Jimin how he felt about him, and he would too tell Jimin how he felt about him.

*at Tae's house*

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