𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 jaeyong

10: true love

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The following morning, Taeyong couldn't make sense of anything.

For a start, he was still in Jaehyun's bed... yet there was no Jaehyun in it. And on top of that, there was a low humming sound coming from the kitchen which could only mean one thing - Jaehyun was cooking.

It wasn't unusual for Jaehyun to cook breakfast for the both of them. In fact, he cooked most mornings, but something about this particular morning felt... different.

Deciding to stop stalling, Taeyong climbed out of bed and made his way out of the room to the kitchen. Without even turning around, Jaehyun greeted him softly, plating up the food before placing it all on the table and telling him to sit.

"You're just in time - I made your favourite since I haven't cooked for you in a little while. It's nice to have you home..." He trailed off quietly.

Was Jaehyun... shy?

A little puzzled over the reasoning behind this sudden act of kindness, Taeyong began to eat; the food melting in his mouth - divine as always.

They ate in silence, the older of the two growing more uncomfortable with every passing second. Finally, it became practically unbearable.

"Jae?"

"Hm?"

"Why... why are you doing this? More importantly, why did you do that for me last night? After the way I acted... you shouldn't have..." Taeyong spoke into the quiet of the room, watching closely as Jaehyun began massaging his temples frustratedly.

"Because I wanted to, Tae. I want to be there for you and support you more, which obviously I haven't done enough of lately if I upset you that much. I just want to know how I can fix things, 'cause trust me when I say I never ever wanna see you cry like that again. But it feels like you're shutting me out every time I try to help."

Taeyong sighed long and hard, for Jaehyun had confirmed his suspicions that he hadn't been hiding his unhappiness as well as he'd initially thought.

"Jae... you don't understand. And it's my fault, but I just can't tell you. I want you to be happy, don't worry about me."

"It's about that date I went on right? I don't know if I'm paranoid or something, but I'm pretty sure everything started around that time. Did you like her and I didn't know? I'm so sorry if that's the case."

At that point, Taeyong was at his wits end.

It felt like the conversation was going around in circles, so he figured it was better to come to a conclusion than stay in this treacherous limbo of uncertainty.

It's now or never I guess.

Goodbye, Jaehyun.

"Oh Jaehyunie... this is what I'm saying. You just don't get it because you don't have the same feelings as I do. I never even knew her, let alone felt something for her. Hell, I don't even like girls full stop and it's taken me so long to admit that to myself."

Jaehyun's mouth hung open at that sentence as he went to speak, but seemed to think it wasn't the right time, as Taeyong clearly wasn't finished and this was the most he'd heard from him in weeks.