-If Only- Jaeyong

Chapter 9: Nothing

"I never knew that you could cook this well" Taeyong said, impressed as Yuta handed him a bacon slice. He nibbled on it as the delicious flavor burst in his mouth. 

"Do you like it? I did it all for you" Yuta bit the end off the bacon Taeyong was biting on and pecked his lips.

"Take a seat. I'll call dad and we can dig in" Yuta smiled as he went upstairs.

Taeyong frowned at the mention of Jaehyun and sat down. He could feel himself wanting to back out but he couldn't do that to Yuta. Moments later, he heard Jaehyun's voice echoing down the stairs accompanied by Yuta's.

" It's fine Yuta. I'm not that hungry. I'll eat later" 

"Noo daddd I want us to eat togetherrr"

Taeyong looked down at his plate as he heard Yuta sitting down beside him and Jaehyun sitting infront of them. 

"So what do you think?" Yuta wiggled his eyebrows. 

"I'm just happy that you didn't burn anything" 

Jaehyun's deep voice rumbled inside Taeyong as he clenched his hands. 

Taeyong picked up a bacon, placed it on Yuta's plate as an appreciation and smiled at him. Yuta laughed and nodded. 

"Thanks"

Taeyong nodded back and regrettably looked infront of him to see Jaehyun gazing at him nonchalantly. Jaehyun's jaws were locked as his dark eyes created unknown feeling in the pits of his stomach. He quickly looked away and pretended to chew of the strips of bacon until they eventually turned to mush and stuck to his teeth. 

The dinner was quieter than Taeyong had wanted with awkward and uncomfortable silence occasionally thrown in with Yuta's jokes and funny stories. He could only laugh at Yuta's jokes as he continued his dinner.

 Jaehyun rarely spoke a word much to Taeyong's surprise. He just ate the meal, complimented Yuta's cooking and tutted whenever Yuta made inappropriate jokes. 

Every once in a while, he felt a pair of his scanning him and as much as he wanted to ignore it, he felt uncomfortable and twitched in his seat. 

"Do you want more wine?" Yuta asked as he poured himself a cup. 

Taeyong nodded as he handed the cup to Yuta. The pink liquid slowly filled the glass as bubbles fizzed and frothed on the surface.

 As he brought the glass to his lips, he saw Jaehyun's gaze flicker from the plates to him. Taeyong panicked when he saw his piercing eyes and choked on the pink liquid. He felt himself drowning in the dark gaze as he started coughing uncontrollably.

Yuta stood up right away as he quickly patted Taeyong's back. " Are you fine Taeyong? What happened?"

Taeyong quickly tried to brush it off and nodded "Yea I'm fine"

"I'll go get some towels" Yuta stood up as he headed to the bathroom.