Taehyung whined on his bed uncomfortably, he slowly opened his eyes to check the time which read '11:59 AM' and Jeongguk's contact was the first notification on the screen. He sighed and opened the message, rolling onto the other side comfortably.
Jeonggukie
I'm meeting with my dance group at 11
If ur hungover do u want me to get you something when I come back
th
I'm not hungover
Enjoy ur time there I'm gonna sleep in
Jeongguk quickly grabbed his phone from the table and read the messages with a racing heart. A smile spread across his face just at the boys name and he began to type eagerly.
A girl tutted, "Look at him. A huge fool."
"Shut up." Jeongguk mumbled and placed the device back down, "How long is this team dinner gonna be?"
"Why? So you can see your boyfriend?" Another teased making Jeongguk's heart race at calling Taehyung his boyfriend.
"You need to make your move already, liking someone for three years and not doing anything about it is insane." The girl and stretched her back with a loud sigh, "Where the hell is my brother?"
"Your brother?" The group asked in unison.
"Yeah Hoseok, he wanted to come say hello quickly. He moved into the dorms recently so he's been going back and forth."
"I'm gonna leave when he comes back." Jeongguk stated as he had a plan to wake up Taehyung and force him to hang out with him. He quickly began to pack up his things and take a few last sips of his drinks.
"There he is! Hoseok!" The girl waved at the mention boy who walked over with a bright smile.
"Hi!" Hoseok eagerly waved at the group who loudly returned the greetings, aside from Jeongguk who quietly replied, "I can't stay here for long, I need to go back now to finish unpacking but I wanted to see what the group was was like."
"Are you joining us?" One boy asked receiving a nod from the latter.
"Oh, Jeongguk's heading back to the dorms now too so why don't you go with him? And he's one of our best dances so you can get to know him better too." Hoseok's sister nudged Jeongguk jumped slightly but began to pack up to leave.
"Okay cool, I'll see you guys at the next practice." Hoseok waved again making sure not to leave until Jeongguk began to lead the way out of the restaurant, "Do you guys have team dinners a lot? It's kind of cute."
"Oh no not really, I've noticed we only do when the group starts to get lazy or distract so Eun thinks it motivates the group again." Jeongguk explained with a small smile. I wonder what Taehyung's doing.
"I heard you're very distracted lately because of your crush on your best friend," Hoseok teased the boy whose eyes widened at that, "You better start making moves soon."
"I've tried but I'm really deep into the friendzone- how many people know? I don't want this to get back to Taehyung." Jeongguk frantically asked with pleading eyes which made the other laugh.
"Well I've only just got here so I don't know, but it's probably obvious. And what have you done as a move?"
"Everything. I've held his hand, hugged him, taken him out a lot, do every small thing for him, slept with him- not sexually, got matching bracelets and rings. I'm lost."
Hoseok stared at him surprised, "Holy fuck he is very oblivious, and yeah shit you're deep in the friendzone all of that would've made me think twice."
"Yeah I know, I don't think I can do anything else." Jeongguk took a turn towards the accommodation while Hoseok hummed in thought.
"Guess all you can do is be direct and just say you like him- kiss him or something." The other shrugged feeling rather bad he couldn't help his new friend.
"No that would be way too much- if I do that when he genuinely doesn't have any interest in me it's just gonna be a huge mess."
"You know what? I'll try help you- I'm usually the best side character that helps the main couple. You just worry about dancing." Hoseok patted the boys shoulder who chuckled sadly.
"If this was a book I think the stuff I was doing would've made a difference by now and Taehyung wouldn't freak out and cut me off if I randomly kissed him."
"We'll see." Hoseok smiled.
I really hope he's awake right now. Jeongguk thought to himself.
Taehyung sighed sitting at his desk with an exhausted face, staring at the grades that had just come in. In front of him was C, which to most was a good enough grade.
However, for someone who can't look away from a textbook for even 5 minutes and spends a majority of their times in the books — Taehyung was beyond upset.
They had to have made a mistake, how did I get a grade so low? It's barely a C too I was just 1 mark away from a D. Taehyung rubbed his temples in frustration and reopened his laptop to write a hefty email.
Meanwhile Jeongguk nervously sat down in his room thinking about how Hoseok had advised him to be more direct. He couldn't think of what else he could do to make it clear that he liked Taehyung, also without making the other uncomfortable.
I'll just try whatever comes to mind and see how he reacts. He concluded and then grabbed his phone. Even though they were best friends, his heart would race everytime he had to text the boy for simple things and a sense of fear would develop about being told no.
jk
can I come over to ur room
I'm bored
tae
yeah sure
what did you get on ur test btw
the one we did like a month ago
jk
Idk I'll look later
I'm coming now
Jeongguk practically jogged down the stairs to the boys flat, a smile growing on his face automatically when he finally arrived in front of his favourite persons door. He knocked once before letting himself in which then made him frown.
"How many times have I told you to lock your door? What if a predator came in here or something?" Jeongguk tutted, eyes staring at Taehyung who was visibly tense, "What's wrong?"
Taehyung chewed down on his lip as he watched Jeongguk sit down on his bed and worriedly stare, "I got a C on the test- I was just a mark away from a D."
"Tae, that's still-"
"It's good Jeongguk! It would be good if I got that because I barely studied but you know all I do is study!" Taehyung could feel himself about to breakdown which he wasn't keen on doing in front of the latter. He sucked in his sobs and blinked away any tears, just staring at the boy who frowned.
Jeongguk could tell the other wanted to cry, he always did when he didn't get the grades he wanted but never expressed his emotions. Jeongguk had always just wanted to pull him onto his lap and hold him tight to tell him that he was okay, but he couldn't do that with his best friend.
I should be direct. But is now the time to worry about that? Jeongguk mentally fought with himself.
"Come here." Jeongguk softly asked the boy who stood up confused and walked over anyway.
What Taehyung didn't expect was for Jeongguk to pull him down by his wrist directly onto his lap. The negative thoughts vanished as nothing but surprise was running through his veins which only intensified when Jeongguk's muscular arms wrapped themselves around his slim waist.
He's never done this. Taehyung felt his heart pound which he didn't expect, instinctively wrapping his arms around Jeongguk's neck which made the other go insane.
Strangely, Taehyung liked what they were doing. He liked how he was sat on Jeongguk's lap and held so gently, it felt so natural and like he belonged there. He didn't want to get off ever and prayed that Jeongguk would do it more often.
What am I thinking? He's my friend not boyfriend, he's just being nice to me because I'm upset. Taehyung stared down at Jeongguk who gave him a small smile and rubbed circles against his face.
"It was a pretty hard test and just because studied a lot doesn't mean you were gonna get a good grade. You overworked yourself and couldn't focus on the test- I told you so many times to cut down on the studying because it's not helping you." He softly told the boy, eyes full of sincerity which made Taehyung blush.
"Yeah I know, you're right." Taehyung mumbled and shyly looked down at his hands. With some hesitation, he buried his red face against Jeongguk's neck breathing in the boys scent.
He's blushing and all shy, I'm finally making progress. Jeongguk grinned to himself and unknowingly held Taehyung tighter just from all the excitement he was feeling.
"You're such a good friend to me, thanks for comforting me like this." Taehyung sweetly murmured.
Jeongguk's smile dropped.
You've got to be fucking kidding me.
LMFAOOOO