UNIVERSE / BTS.

75: bad day / taeminguk

taehyung walks into the bathroom, hands full of things which he places on the sink counter. "alright, guks, let's get you outta these wet clothes," taehyung takes the towel and jimin takes jeongguk's shirt off, knowing that his binder's a GC2B waterproof one so he doesn't necessarily need to change that, and he bets jeongguk doesn't want to. "here." taehyung passes jeongguk a pair of boxers and a tampon, both the older boys looking away as he does what he needs to do. the younger pulls on a big hoodie with seoul written across the chest, and a pair of shorts.

noticing jeongguk's pointing at the green necklace in his hand, taehyung passes him it and jeongguk settles it happily between his teeth after putting it around his neck, chewing the soft material. "thanks hyungs," he says softly, voice muffled, and jimin smiles widely.

"it's alright, sweetheart. wanna get some food?"

jeongguk nods, walking with taehyung's arm around his shoulder and following jimin to the kitchen. taehyung nuzzles his nose into jeongguk's hair, cringing at the wetness, whilst peppering kisses on jeongguk's tan skin. jeongguk feels a bit better, still overwhelmed with cramps, but jimin hands him paracetamol and a cup of the rose and honey tea he's just made, sitting the youngest on taehyung's lap at the table.

"how was school?" jimin asks. jeongguk still goes to college, jimin and taehyung having graduated a few years ago, and he enjoys it, seeing as they're in seoul rather than his small province in busan where everyone knew him by his birth name. he's doing art, and he has friends, and he generally likes it, but when shark week comes around, it's hard for him to remain upbeat. jeongguk shrugs, holding the mug of tea in his hands.

"alright," he says, quiet. "it was kihyun's birthday, so we bought him a boob shaped cake from the supermarket. he really liked it. my cramps started last period so i excused myself and came home."

taehyung's hands rest on jeongguk's side, gently rubbing them to soothe the pain. "how was dance class?" he asks.

"it was good, we're doing a routine to a hayley kiyoko song, and lisa killed it. it was great," he smiles, swinging his legs a little bit. "ended up using my, um, my cube in art theory because someone said something, uh, something about transgender people — i don't remember who — and it uh, it made me uncomfortable and i couldn't stop thinking about it."

jimin sighs a little, sitting across from taehyung and jeongguk. "well, whatever jeongguk. their words mean nothing," jeongguk smiles at this, taking a large gulp of the sweet tea; he's good at withstanding hot tea, unlike taehyung, who leaves his tea until it's cooled a little, and jimin, who drinks cold tea rather than piping hot stuff. "do you want to watch something?"

"can we watch iron man?" jeongguk asks, excited voice muffled by his mouthful of green rubber necklace. jimin nods, and jeongguk grins; iron man has forever been a fixation of his, and taehyung and jimin have been dragged into MCU hell thanks to their superhero obsessed boyfriend.

taehyung, just because he can, carries jeongguk to the living room, jeongguk squealing and kicking as he's suddenly lifted into the air, jimin laughing at this. whilst taehyung sets up the movie, jimin puts three cheese and ham toasties in the toasted sandwich maker, the sound of hissing cheese pleasing to the ear. jeongguk hums the avengers theme as taehyung finds iron man on hulu, happier now he's home with his stim toys and his boyfriends.

it took a while for jeongguk to admit to his boyfriends that he had autism. he was embarrassed, ashamed, and very worried about what they'd think, but they took it well. jimin, being jeongguk's friend since 14, had seen jeongguk's stim bracelets and necklaces, soft chewable materials that jeongguk preferred over manically chewing his pencils until they where splintery wooden stumps, and he'd seen how jeongguk always needed something to do with his hands. taehyung had experienced jeongguk going nonverbal one day when they were at home without jimin, jeongguk simply texting him to say he didn't feel like talking; it had been after a pretty taxing day of exams, and jeongguk had broken down crying once he got home, collapsing into taehyung's arms.

jeongguk had opened up one day after a particularly bit meltdown at a shopping mall — he really didn't like packed public places — crying his poor heart out as he explained why it had happened. jeongguk's mum ended up calling jimin and taehyung, to see if they understood the full extent of jeongguk's autism and that they would be able to help him cope with hard situations. they told her they understood, and exactly the next day they'd spoken in depth with jeongguk about it, doing a lot of research too. but they only treat jeongguk differently when they need to; when he has meltdowns or when he goes nonverbal, or when he needs his stim toys.

currently contently snuggled up between his two lovely boyfriends, jeongguk smiles and brushes his thumb over the fabric of jimin's sleeve, enjoying the cashmere feel as tony stark builds his suit in an afghani cave. taehyung places kisses on jeongguk's skin, happy that jeongguk's happy.

"you okay, bun?" jimin asks, just to confirm. jeongguk nods, wiggling his toes. he's always been a bit child-like, with cute mannerisms, and jimin and taehyung adore that.

"i'm okay, jimin-hyung," jeongguk gives him a thumbs up, making jimin laugh sweetly and kiss jeongguk's cheek. "you might wanna get those cheese toasties, though."

"shit," jimin gets up and sprints over to the sandwich maker, making the other two laugh. "it's okay! they're not burnt!"

he brings the tasty-smelling toasties over on a plate, jeongguk's eyes widening a little when he sees them. "they're hot," jimin warns jeongguk as he reaches for one, and the youngest acknowledges it, drawing back. "god, i'm tired," jimin yawns gently, leaning on jeongguk. "are we still up for that run tomorrow, guk?"

jeongguk nods. "mhm. nine a.m sharp, yeah?"

jimin smiles, cuddling up to them. taehyung's fingers tap a tune onto jeongguk's bare thigh, the blonde smiling gently. "so, who's up for a MCU marathon?"

"me me me!"

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NOTES / 291118

idk why i just felt like writing a trans autistic jungoo because representation is good isn't it ??? also i'm watching infinity war excuse the iron man stan showing through :) i've always been a tony stark fanboy lol who's your fave avenger?

i'm trying to get requests written but like plot ??? idk her ?? so don't expect much lmao i'm gonna work on this variety show au arne sent me cause i like that and i'm working on christmas shots so that's cool 🐝

hope y'all are doing good!! i radiated real dumb bitch energy today and there was Dysphoria which made me write this but all in all i've been ok

love u lots!!! happy nearly holidays!!!

- jace