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And just like that, it was Valentine's Day.
During the past month and a half, nothing's really changed within the group's dynamic regarding the new couple.
Their romantic relationship didn't have any effect on the others, in fact, the other six were all quite happy with how it turned out since they had all been secretly rooting them ever since the beginning of the year, which already seemed like ages ago.
And it really was, with August being a whole whopping seven months ago, the month where Hoseok moved into New York for his dad's job and met a bubbly Taehyung who lived across the street from him. Everything unwinded after that.
September came and went, with him becoming closer to the group and Yoongi was only starting to warm up to him towards the end of it, finally seeing that he wasn't as annoying and obnoxious as he first made him out to be.
In late October, Yoongi recognized his feelings for Hoseok and suddenly found himself becoming more naturally drawn to his presence, whether it be at school or hanging out. The same month that they also met a sweet and kindhearted Chaeyoung, who ended up being one of their closest friends and newest addition to their group due to Hoseok's being.
Then November came, with dance practices becoming more excruciating and frequent than ever, leaving Hoseok, Jimin, and Chaeyoung barely enough time to hang out.
Lastly, December.
That was a huge game changer.
Within the first few days of that month, Hoseok acknowledged his hidden feelings for Yoongi and suddenly found himself more flustered than ever when around him, since dealing with a crush was something so foreign and unusual to him unlike Yoongi who learned how to contain his feelings ever since October. But then, the night of the dance competition, all their worries washed away when Yoongi finally found the confidence to confess to Hoseok, who returned those exact same feelings.
And the rest was history.
Which explains as to why the two were currently in Yoongi's kitchen making home baked chocolate chip cookies, since they reckoned heart shaped sugar cookies were too widespread in the industry and they wanted to be different.
At least that's what Yoongi said, and Hoseok had no choice to comply with a playful eye roll since he found Yoongi's passion about the silly topic quite amusing to endure.
But adorable nonetheless.
"Can we play some music? The sound of flour in my ears is messing with my brain," Hoseok spoke up randomly, instantly causing Yoongi's head to snap in his direction with concern.
"The sound of the what is messing with your what?" He blinked, really hoping that Hoseok was just joking around with him.
Because if not, then this would be a very sticky situation.
Literally.
"I think some flour got into my ear and it's like really fucking crunchy," Hoseok winced, hitting the side of his head to knock some flour out as one would normally do when water got stuck in their ears at the beach.
But Hoseok's story was a bit different.
"Oh my god — hear stop doing that you're gonna get a concussion," Yoongi sighed, reluctantly walking over to a struggling Hoseok to try and help him retrieve some of the flour out.
Because Yoongi was still horribly confused by what the fuck he meant.
"Thanks," Hoseok smiled widely in Yoongi direction, who had no choice but to get a paper towel and physically wipe the flour out of his ear.
He had so many question as to how Hoseok even managed to do that in the first place.
"My pleasure," he replied with absolutely no emotion whatsoever, emitting a series of uncontrollable giggles from Hoseok, "but how the fuck did you even manage to get flour inside your ear?" He asked, swiftly turning to face Hoseok who just had a smug look on his face.
"I'm a man of many talents," he replied simply, patting Yoongi on the head before returning to his mixing station and began running the blender to mix up all the ingredients.
"Sure."
"What was that?" Hoseok yelled over the roaring sound of the blender, hastily turning his head around to meet Yoongi's amusing stare.
"Nothing~" he teased, a playful glimmer twinkling in his eyes which Hoseok narrowed his eyes at suspiciously, before turning back around to finish mixing the ingredients.
Yoongi couldn't quite explain it in words, but something about watching Hoseok mix the cookie dough together in a blender was so domestic, and he freaking loved it. With the cute little pastel apron tied around his lean figure and some flour still lingering on his face from the earlier situation, Yoongi couldn't help but feel so fond of him and crack smile at the sight of it, shamelessly gazing towards his direction for the longest of time while Hoseok was still blatantly clueless to the fact.
Which left Yoongi bored and jobless, nothing else to do other thang wait for Hoseok to finish with that step before the two could then work together on rolling the cookie dough into little balls.
Well, that was until Yoongi made the spontaneous decision to walk up behind Hoseok and wrap his arms around the younger's waist, with his chin resting on Hoseok's shoulder, taking Hoseok off guard completely before he eventually relaxed into it.
"Ahh it's hard to stir when you're holding me," Hoseok whined, though deep down beneath all those frets, butterflies flew around in his stomach from the simple action that sent his heart soaring, since Yoongi wasn't usually the one to initiate affection like this. But when Hoseok did get to see more of Yoongi's soft and clingy side, he loved it more than anything and cherished every single second of it before it went away.
"Too bad cuz I'm not moving," Yoongi retaliated plainly, tightening his arms around Hoseok's waist and planting a quick little peck on his cheek, before gently rocking the two back and forth in a swaying motion.
The whole thing made Hoseok's heart swoon.
Finally, once the mixing portion was done, Yoongi began to help Hoseok with folding the dough into little cookie shapes while still standing behind him and resting his head on Hoseok's shoulder, not making any attempt to move his comfortable position.
"Suddenly you're a dog now," Hoseok chuckled, rolling the dough into balls with his palms before placing them down onto the cooking sheet equally spaced out.
"Are you just gonna compare me to an animal every chance you get?" Yoongi laughed, quirking an eyebrow at Hoseok's new adaption I'm referring Yoongi to a dog now instead of a cat.
"Mmmm yes."
"Lovely."
"Just like youuuu," Hoseok teasingly dragged out, earning a scoff from Yoongi who made fake puking noise at the comment.
"You're so cheesy and gross."
"Isn't that the whole point of Valentine's Day?" Hoseok smirked, suddenly turning around and wrapping his arms around Yoongi's neck, who widened his eyes at the action.
Luckily, the cookie dough was all rolled up into balls already.
"Yeah but I don't wanna act like a repulsive couple in their thirties who share a glass of wine as their date night," Yoongi pouted, Hoseok booping his nose in protest.
"Then what do you wanna do?" Hoseok asked, tilting his head to the side innocently with his huge eyes carrying the universe's galaxies inside his dark pupils, ones that Yoongi found too entrancing to look away from.
"Cuddle."
Hoseok could've sworn his heart exploded with that simple, emotionless answer yet still too adorable for his heart to handle at the same time.
Duality truly at its finest.
"Alright, well let me just put in these cookies and mmph—"
That's when Yoongi took the opportunity to leave a quick kiss on Hoseok's lips, not giving the younger enough time to fully comprehend what was happening before he pulled away with a small and innocent smile, skipping off towards the couch in their living room.
"Such a tease," Hoseok whispered under his breath, sticking his tongue out at Yoongi who only offered him a gummy smile in return, completely disregarding the everything that happened in the last twenty minutes with a shrug.
After loading in the cookies and setting a timer for twenty minutes, Hoseok jumped onto the couch right after Yoongi, snuggling up next to him as he swung his leg over his waist and wrapped both arms around his in a hug.
A soft smiled played on both of their lips, eyes fluttering shut into a light doze while they patiently waited for their cookies to finish baking while truly taking in the feeling of one another in their arms, basking in the moment before it came to an end.
With several fluffy blankets piled on top of them and extra warmth added on from their body heat radiating off on one another, toasty couldn't be a more perfect word than to describe how Yoongi and Hoseok felt right now. Swaddled up next to each other, Hoseok had his head resting on Yoongi's chest with his head leaning back against a pillow and faintly brushing against the top of Hoseok's hair.
It was an extremely comfortable position to be in, one that Hoseok and Yoongi wanted to be stuck in forever in an eternal daydream.
But all dreams came to an end, with their precious twenty minutes slipping out of their hands just like that, alarming them that the cookies were finally finished.
And unless they wanted burnt cookies, Hoseok unraveled himself from underneath Yoongi's grasp who groaned from the lack of contact, before strolling over to the stove and taking out the pan of cookies and placing them in a large bowl not bothering to let them cool beforehand.
Because all he really wanted to do was stay in Yoongi's arms for the rest of eternity, acting as his own protective shield from the cruelties of the world around him.
As Hoseok strolled back to the living room and placed the cookie bowl onto the sofa ottoman, he suddenly felt a hand on his wrist aggressively yank him down, only to land smack on top of Yoongi forcing his eyes to stare right back into his beautiful cat-like ones.
"Oh wow, hello," Hoseok giggled, not giving Yoongi the time to respond properly before pecking his lips ever so quickly, and resting his head back against Yoongi's chest where he could clearly hear the elder's heart beat thumping in melodic harmonies to his ears.
"How long do we have to wait for the cookies to cool?" Yoongi spoke softly, only getting a muffled response from Hoseok in return, "Don't know, like three minutes or some shit."
Laughing lightly at this, Yoongi wrapped his arms around the expanse of Hoseok's back firmly, taking in the vanilla and strawberry scents from his soft and fluffy brown hair.
"Your hair smells good," he observed, causing Hoseok to lift his head up at the random comment, though a small smile still managed to form at the corners of his lips.
"Thanks! I bought this new shampoo at bath and body works and I was hoping you'd like it."
A rosy crimson crept its way up onto Yoongi's cheeks, the knowledge that Hoseok was thinking of him while buying it was all too adorable to endure.
And clearly, Hoseok had good judgment since it worked effectively.
"Y-yeah, It's nice," Yoongi stumbled, internally smacking himself for coming off as flustered. But at this point in their relationship, neither one cared enough to point those cute little habits or quirks out anymore unlike when they were just plain friends.
And boys were they glad that they had moved on from that stage in their lives, it being probably one of the most painful ones to ever have to go through.
"Mhm," Hoseok mumbled, resting his head back onto Yoongi's chest before drifting off into a deep slumber, his angelic and dainty features causing a small smile to make it way up Yoongi's lips as he stared fondly at the boy before him.
And that's when a sudden realization and yearning came to him from out of nowhere.
But in that moment, Yoongi wished for nothing more than to call Jung Hoseok his boyfriend, a label he knew both of them craved so badly but were constantly too afraid to ask with the fear of it being "too soon" in their relatively new relationship, although it was well past the one month mark already and slowly creeping towards their two month anniversary in just a couple of days.
But this time, he didn't brush it off nor ignore the fact of how much he really wanted it, and stored it in the back of his brain as a frequent mental reminder for himself to eventually pop the question one day.
A day he was begging for to come.
And maybe, it was coming sooner than he thought.
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