Zero O'clock Warfare (TaeKook)

Chapter 12: Trivia: Seesaw

Taehyung can't sleep peacefully these past few days because Jungkook will always leave whenever he dozes off. His sleep is intermittent, and in between those are nightmares from his deeply distressing and disturbing past experiences. He knows he is being a clingy boyfriend, but he can't help it. He feels uncomfortable, unstable and vulnerable whenever Jungkook's not around and he hated it.

Now, he is sitting at the huge windowsill, staring at the heavenly bodies through the glass, because he woke up dreadfully at 2AM and he can't sleep back anymore since Jungkook's not around.

The curtain on both of his sides is unmoving under the moonlight. Taehyung perked up when he saw someone's shadow at the background.

"Hey." A deep voice startles him from behind his ear, and Taehyung is surprised that the younger is still here. He thought that Jungkook might be somewhere else again, doing his endless criminal work. He comes on terms on it already; he is part of this life now afterall.

"Hey," Taehyung responds, smiling.

"Why are you here? You should sleep." Jungkook steps up to sit at the other side of the window ledge, gazing out at the sea of stars and city lights. But the stars are shining more today, beating the artificial lights of the buildings.

"Why are you here?" Taehyung repeated the question, raising his eyebrows at his soulmate.

"Moot point." Jungkook chuckles.

"The moon is pretty tonight." Taehyung shrugged, answering the previous question, his eyes twinkling while staring at the shining crescent moon. Jungkook doesn't even glance at the moon, he only stares at his beautiful soulmate glowing under the moonlight.

"Not as pretty as you," Jungkook says. He twisted around, leaning his back at the glass window while gazing at Taehyung fondly.

"Are you wooing me, Jungkook-ssi?"

"I'm just stating the obvious, kitten."

"Wow, that's music to my ears."

"Should I give you an honest answer?"

"What? Enlighten me." Taehyung pouts innocently, thinking that Jungkook might take back what he said earlier.

"You are too adorable for your own good," Jungkook said, his mouth curling up into a mischievous smile.

"Stop with the compliments, simp." Taehyung rolls his eyes.

"Oh-kay, your highness." Jungkook gestures a zip on his mouth. Taehyung giggles.

A comfortable silence stretches on both of them. Taehyung's eyes is focused on the moon while Jungkook's gaze is on Taehyung's only. Jungkook leans forward and rests his chin on his palms, elbows on his raised knee.

"Sleep with me." Taehyung abruptly asks, turning to Jungkook. The younger's face is only several inches away from him. Taehyung reddens at their closeness, his mind turning into a blank slate. Jungkook raises his eyebrow in question and surprise at the older's statement.

Taehyung flushes even more when he realized what he just said after several seconds, he didn't think of the other meaning of his words when he uttered it. He just meant they should sleep side by side, literally. "I mean—"

"Are you inviting me to have sex with you?" Jungkook asks teasingly which makes Taehyung blushed the darkest shade of red. "It's my pleasure." Jungkook continued, his eyes giving a wicked glint.

"I mean, uh, to s-say—"

"Should I strip now?"

"Yes-- I mean n-no! I'm—"