THE AFTERGLOW | | vk

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As evening casts his dusky pants, when the air becomes fresh and restful, the time of joyful reflection has arrived. For in the achievements of the day are a form of self-pride that warms the soul, that is a sense of happiness. Jeongguk is feeling that right now. 

He was walking back home, feeling the breeze, Looking at the birds chirping, busy streets. It's been really long since he did something like this. He missed it. He loves being in his headspace but sometimes he needed times like this for himself. Feeling calm and quiet. 

His school was done before the regular timings today. He went to jimin to inform him that he was going home by himself but was found busy with the principal. So, he asked the peon to inform him about his whereabouts after his meeting was done and he left.

He left thinking that taehyung might be in his office right now. He took his own time to reach home, roaming around, eating street food, looking at the fish in the lake at the park. He felt nice. He felt content though his happiness and safe place is taehyung. 

'Taehyung' the name is just enough for the younger to blush. He just loves the elder infinitely. He might not talk much. But he always hopes that the elder knows how much he means to him through his actions though he is very bad at expressing. He always does. A shy smile crept on his face when he thought about him. He missed his touch right now. he wanted to be in his arms. 

Every remembers every small action of the elder. The way he takes care of him gently, as if he is a newborn baby who needs a gentle and fragile touch. The way he smiles at him, The way he looks at him, only at him with those sharp eyes. The way he lulls him, The way he feeds him, The way he teaches him, preaches him, The way he praises him for every small thing he does. The way he plays with him in his headspace. He might not remember that crystal clearly but still has glimpses. The way he talks to him, the way he averts all his attention to him almost all the time, The way he kissed him for the first time, handling him with care, love and affection. He saw all of that in the elder's eyes.

 The way he nurses him cuz not everyone is ok with nursing. If taehyung was some other person, he would have been abanded by now. That thought scares him. But taehyung never did that. He let the younger be who he is, let him do whatever he wanted and gave him whatever he needed. Headspace or little space, He was too good of a person. Especially for a person like Jeongguk or that's what jeongguk thought about himself. He could never ask for something better. 

There was jeongguk, standing by leaning against the fence of the park that separates the park and the lake, looking at the tall buildings, enjoying the winter breeze, blowing out a puff of clouds from his mouth, rubbing his hands to warm them up due to the cold weather and just thinking about Taehyung. Just him until something fell on his eyelids. He blinked a couple of times to see something which made him smile wide.

It's the first snow of the year and he is here in the nature feeling it by spreading his arms out, closing his eyes. He shooed all his worries away for that time. How he wished to have taehyung by his side right now and experience their first snow together as a couple. It made him a little sad that he was not with him right now. He sighed and shook all these thoughts away and put his hands in his pocket and brought a pouch out.

It was given by nana. She said it was the money she got after exchange a diamond chain she had of jeongguk's that he had on his neck when she saw him for the first time years ago. Later, he grew taller and the chain didn't fit him anymore. So, nana exchanged it for money and kept it safely with her. She gave it to Jeongguk a few months ago after he shifted with taehyung. She gave it to him saying that he might need it in the future for himself.

That was not just the money the pouch contained. It also had money that nana personally gifted him on his birthdays or any special occasions back then and some scholarship and prize money he earned from the school. He had all that in his pouch. He saved it for a long time. He clutched onto the pouch tightly he took a deep breath. Now, he wants to spend it