"Ooh Hobi, I forgot to ask. How's it going with your boyfriend? You guys finally moved in with each other, right?" Jungkook asked to give Taehyung a break, half-sitting on the arm of the sofa next to where he was sitting, and Hoseok grinned.
"Yup! It's a little stressful trying to get all his stuff in my place, but it's so nice being able to share the space with him. Yoongi's been all smiley about it; it's kinda contagious." He chuckled, seeing how the others all smiled at his happiness.
"Oh, but he did randomly confess something to me the other day." Hoseok quickly added, and everyone else looked to him with looks of confusion and curiosity, waiting for him to elaborate.
"...Good confess or bad confess?" Jimin asked with a raised eyebrow, and Hoseok shrugged.
"I think it's good because it means he feels comfortable enough with me to tell me. And it's not a bad thing anyway, it was just a bit... confusing."
By now he had everyone's undivided attention; everyone intrigued as to what Hobi's boyfriend must have said to him.
"We'll go on then. You can't get half way through a story and not expect us to be nosey." Jin complained, earning a quick eye roll.
"Jeez okay. Well, he basically told me that he's a little. Do you guys know what that is?" He said, not noticing how Taehyung froze beside him, eyes going wide and breath catching in his throat.
"He's a little what?" Jin asked impatiently, and Hoseok chuckled again while Jimin shook his head.
"Hyung, he's a little." He reiterated, but the oldest man simply gave him the blankest look he could muster, and Namjoon looked equally as confused.
"I'm not following." He spoke, which caused Jungkook to sigh.
"A little is someone who regresses to a younger age than they actually are, as a coping mechanism." The youngest explained, and while Namjoon and Jin tried to wrap their heads around it, Hoseok looked past Taehyung and to Jungkook with a surprised smile.
"How come you guys know about littles?" He asked out of curiosity, and although Jungkook spared a secretive glance at a very nervous-looking Taehyung, he simply shrugged.
"The internet. I don't really think Yoongi would want you telling everyone, Seok."
Hoseok seemed a little skeptical, but just nodded it off with a short 'fair enough', and that's when Jin spoke up.
"Don't you find that kind of weird?" He mumbled, not really understanding the whole little situation, and Taehyung frowned.
"Weird?" The brunette asked quietly, catching the attention of Jimin from across the room, who bit his lip the moment he saw Taehyung's expression fall.
"I don't know, but the thought of a grown-ass adult acting like a three year old doesn't sit quite right with me." Namjoon added onto his boyfriend's original question, and Taehyung felt his heart sink. Great. They found him weird. Just great.
"I actually don't find it weird at all, hyung. I genuinely think it's kind of cute; it's all completely innocent, and I'm just happy that Yoongi's got a healthy way to cope with his stress. I did some research on it and even some therapists suggest it as a good coping mechanism, so I really don't see anything wrong with it. As long as he's happy, I'm happy." Hobi explained his thoughts, tone a little more serious now, but Namjoon and Jin still had these disgusted expressions on their faces and it was making Taehyung rather uncomfortable.
"I wouldn't be able to deal with that, it seems a little creepy. But good for you I guess." Jin snorted, and Jungkook felt Taehyung gently tugging on his sleeve, silently begging to leave. If he stayed in that conversation any longer he was sure that he'd slip, and the last place he wanted that to happen was in the lounge with the others. In all honesty, he'd kinda expected this reaction from other people, but really wasn't ready to have this conversation yet.
"Excuse us." Jungkook spoke up, shooting a glare in Jin and Namjoon's direction, before standing up and taking Taehyung's hand in his own to drag him out and into the hallway where the others couldn't see or hear them. While Jimin tried to steer the conversation to a new topic in the lounge, Jungkook pulled Taehyung aside so that they were facing, brushing the hair from his face. The younger bit his lip; this is what he'd been worrying about.
