Remedy

Chapter 6

When Seokjin wakes up in the middle of the night, Taehyung's got a good hold on him. He can't see him, but he feels his presence and it lulls him back to sleep. The next time he wakes up there's sunlight streaming through the edges of the curtain. The rays illuminate the room, and he can see Taehyung's peaceful expression while he sleeps.

He thinks about the night before as he stares at Taehyung. The peaks and curves of his lips. The little mole on his nose. His lashes and his cheek squished on Seokjin's arm.

Taehyung makes a noise as he wakes up and moves as his eyes squeeze together before he opens them. He looks at Seokjin with sleepy eyes and moves closer to him.

"Hey."

"Hey," Taehyung groans back softly, his voice is raspy from sleep. They're quiet for a bit. Taehyung closes his eyes and Seokjin thinks he might fall asleep again.

"I had a dream about you," Taehyung mumbles. He moves again to lay down on his back and Seokjin turns on his side so he can look at him.

"What did you dream about?"

"We were there and we were running. Something was chasing us, hm, I don't remember what." Taehyung blinks and then yawns. "It was weird. But fun." He stretches and then drops his arm on Seokjin's chest before smiling cutely with his teeth. Seokjin is so fond.

"Can I kiss you even though you know, morning breath?"

Seokjin nods and meets Taehyung's lips. It's a soft kiss, quick. They press their foreheads together afterwards and Seokjin wraps his arms around him. It's calm and pleasant before Taehyung starts shaking his leg.

"What?"

"Nothing." He stills for a second before he starts squirming. "I just, I really have to pee," he says sheepishly. "I needed to go last night but we were kissing, and it was so good and then I was so sleepy and it kind of went away but I really have to go now."

"Go pee."

"Okay." Taehyung kisses him and then crosses over him to get out of bed with a quiet giggle before running off to the restroom.

Yea. Seokjin is so so fond.

They get ready afterwards. Taehyung showers first so he can do his makeup while Seokjin goes next. They make plans before Taehyung goes into the bathroom and Seokjin's happy he gets another good look at Taehyung's shorts. They're getting breakfast and then seeing where they go from there.

Seokjin looks through his bag and brings out his clothes to change. He can't believe everything that's happened. He'd hoped and dreamed, but it's real now. He feels an energy coursing through him. It excites him and it makes him bounce on his feet.

He thinks about Hoseok and telling him and dancing around out of joy. And Namjoon would be happy for him too. He's always talking about how nice he thinks Taehyung and Seokjin would be together. And Yoongi. Yoongi would give him that small smile and he'd understand. Seokjin can't wait to tell his friends.

He's so giddy, but as the sleepiness goes away and he becomes more alert as the morning progresses, there comes a new feeling of bashfulness. He sees it in Taehyung too. They'd been so easy to kiss in bed, but now that the lights are on and they're preparing for the day, they can't seem to meet each other's eyes. Because they kissed and they didn't kiss before and they've been dancing on the tightrope, but they really did it now. They jumped and now they're not sure where they stand. They're floating but for how long. Are they perhaps just freefalling?

Seokjin certainly feels like he's falling. He doesn't know how he'll ever be able to find his ground again.

They head out to get something to eat and it's closer to noon. Taehyung picks the place, and they order and talk like nothing has happened. Like they've never kissed.