moony ; doil [ ✓ ]

16. at taeil's place

taeil doesn't sleep over again, but he gives a hug to doyoung when he drives him home before entering his flat in a overly giddy mood. he was able to sleep well that night and wake up, looking for that usual good morning text from doyoung.

of course, he had been expecting to see texts from the friends, understandably questioning where the hell he had gone off to again since they were told nothing. he tells them he didn't feel up to going to school the day before and they settle with it, though the couple seemed suspicious.

well, before the conversation's topic changed into interrogating kun about the yangyang guy, who had given him lunch the other day and the guy kun had apparently been talking to for a long time now. taeil would rather roll his eyes and not engage in that.

of course, taeil messages doyoung that morning and they finally properly exchange their phone numbers when they do their usual meet-up at campus. taeil chooses a contact photo from the ones he already has of doyoung, while the other would rather take a new one of taeil.

they decide to sit together at lunch for some alone time from their friends, doyoung feeding bits of his food to taeil again, and when they finished, they just talked about various things.

"you know, i have a feeling," johnny told him during their shared free period. taeil looked up from behind his laptop, furrowing his eyebrows.

"what?"

"you like someone," johnny says slowly.

taeil blushed at that fact. "what makes you say that?"

"i dunno, you look at that doyoung guy like he's everything to you," johnny answered. "not to mention you guys are inseparable at the moment. oh yeah, we saw you two holding hands."

"i mean," taeil looked back down at his laptop screen. "yeah, i like him."

"you actually fancy him?" johnny said in eager surprise.

"yes," taeil said aloud, wanting to get back to finish up unfinished work. "i do."

"i knew it," johnny grins, bouncing his basketball against the sidewalk and right back up into his hands.

"hm," taeil keeps typing away on his assignment.

after school, taeil had texted doyoung to wait for him so they could go over to his flat for once. he had to use the bathroom at the moment, hence why he was going as fast as he could down the corridor without getting in trouble.

he let out a sigh of relief as he reaches the closest men's bathroom, opening the door and slipping inside. the only thing on his mind was relieving his poor bladder until he heard other people in the stalls as well.

"shit, jungwoo." oh, what the —

taeil went red in the face from embarrassment at that moment. the way doyoung's friend's name was said was implying something he really didn't want to hear nor especially witness. but he really needs to pee at the same time. he figures he can go quickly and act like he didn't hear anything.

by the time he's done using one of the urinals, the only currently being used stall opens, surely enough revealing doyoung's friend, jungwoo, with his brown hair messed up. he was wiping something off his bottom lip when he noticed taeil and let out a squeak.

"taeil! hi!" he said nervously, someone else coming behind him as they put on their belt.

"hi jungwoo," taeil forces an awkward smile before quickly saying, "look, i'm just going to go. see you!"

he runs out of there, leaving jungwoo to watch his retreating back, still flushed red because of how embarrassed he was himself. he wasn't expecting someone else to be in here — how hadn't he heard the door open?

he shook his head, looking in one of the mirrors to fix up his hair. of course, he had one of his many snoopy shirts on, his arm still covered with various doddles of the same character he loved. "next time, cas, we're doing this in our dorm."

"good idea," his dorm-mate mutters, leaving a kiss on his neck.

meanwhile, taeil was already outside with doyoung, fighting between mentioning the bathroom thing with jungwoo and staying silent. in the end, he decides it's best not to say anything about that awkward encounter.

doyoung changes the radio in taeil's car as they drive to his flat, putting on pop music before becoming dissatisfied and changing it to another classical channel. "there," he said with a smile.

"you know, i'm starting to like classical music because of you," taeil told him with s grin.

"really? yay!" doyoung said happily. "i really like tchaikovsky's swan lake."

"i've heard of that before."

"who hasn't?" doyoung giggled. "gosh, he's such a good composer."

"yeah," taeil smiles at him before a thought crosses his mind. "i could probably go grocery shopping now. if you don't mind."

"i don't care," doyoung said. "i'll be a big help, illie."

"that's good," taeil's smile returned.

when they entered the grocery store, doyoung was the first to dash for a shopping cart, insisting that he pushes it around as taeil gets what he needs. the other doesn't argue with him and appreciates his offer.

taeil grabs cartons of milk and eggs, some bread, and many other things for himself as doyoung follows him around, smiling at literally everything and anything he does. but after awhile, doyoung randomly disappears when taeil turns around after grabbing another box of cereal for himself.

"doie...?" he says to no one, looking around. but then, as if the call of his nickname had summoned him, doyoung reappears from behind, tapping him on the shoulder.

"i found something you might like," doyoung told him, moving to place something in his hand into the shopping cart. taeil caught his arm before he could, looking at first.

"goldfish," taeil said.

"the snack that smiles back," doyoung grinned. "you need them."

"no, i don't," taeil smiled, clearly amused. "but i'll take it."

"goldfish are easily one of the best things ever," doyoung says as taeil lets the goldfish fall into the rather empty shopping cart.

"so, what else...?" taeil says, thinking hard. "oh yeah, more ramyeon. also some more meat. i need to start properly cooking more...."

"i can help you cook dinner tonight," doyoung says eagerly.

"that would be appreciated," taeil grins.

the ride to taeil's flat after they finished up shopping was fun like any other drive. when they arrived, the thing they did was sort out the groceries before cooking a quick meal of ramyeon for the both of them.

the rest of the time was spent listening to music and doyoung showing off his sketches in one of his many sketchbooks, before they were in taeil's bed. he doesn't even how it happened exactly.

well, scratch that, he does. it was doyoung who said he was feeling tired and wanted to sleep. then, without even really deciding it, they just crawl into bed together.

taeil wakes up, beating doyoung once more. his eyes meet doyoung, who was snuggling into his chest, his hands resting against it as well. once again, taeil was close enough to see almost every little feature on his face.

okay, was it completely fine for him to be admiring his lips at the moment?

taeil reaches up a hand to caress doyoung's cheek. the soft touch manages to wake the other up, his eyes fluttering open. his lips curled into a soft smile.

taeil's heart can't do this.

"good morning," doyoung says quietly, still giving taeil that smile that was making his stomach butterflies go nuts.

now, he doesn't know what exactly made him do it, but now taeil's leaning in, doyoung's face growing evermore closer.