Neighbors | tk|

Two

Two

"You're not a boomer." Jeongguk mumbled, looking down at his neighbor.

"Excuse me ?"

"Oh my fucking God you're not a boomer !" He exclaimed, louder this time, startling the person in front of him.

" can– can I help you ?" he asked again, pushing his reading glasses higher on his nose, and holding the doorknob tighter, being ready to close the door right on this weirdo face.

"Yeah ! yeah actually I'm your new neighbor. " Jeongguk revealed, grinning widely.

Jeongguk looked at him as he nodded silently, not noticing the uneasy-ness of the person in front of him.

"Oh ! I'm Jeongguk. Jeon Jeongguk, and you are extremely beautiful. and I mean it." He says still grinning as he extended his hand for a handshake.

'Extremely beautiful' took his hand in his with hesitation, and shook it. "Kim taehyung."

"Those cookies are for you. my mom made them." He said handing the little basket.

Jeongguk watched as taehyung's eyes slightly lighted up.

"Oh really ? Thank you so much you didn't have to." He said taking the baked goods, his eyes going back and forth between the basket and the taller male.

"I mean I could take them back." Jeongguk said, a serious expression on his face.

"what–"

"It was a joke. It was a joke" the ravenette said, pursuing his lips.

"Oh." Taehyung was finding him more and more weird with each word he said.

"Yeah."

Teenagers are so weird theses days, taehyung thought to himself as he watched Jeongguk look at him. And he suddenly felt like his satin shorts and coton sweater were a little bit too showing.

The two stood there in an awkward silence as Jeongguk didn't seem to be leaving any time soon.

" can I do anything else to help you ? Do you wanna get in to get some tea maybe ?" Taehyung asked, hoping that the other male would say no. He didn't want to seem rude but that Jeongguk guy seemed a bit odd to him. Yet he was still a polite person, so he offered some tea. After all, he got free cookies from him.

"Yeah no I can't."

Fuck yes!

"Oh really ?" Taehyung asked, not forgetting to add a little bit of fake disappointment in his voice.

"Yeah. My friends are on their way, they're staying over the night." Jeongguk said

"Alright then. Maybe next time."

"Yeah." He marked a pause. "Did I already mention that you're extremely beautiful ?" Jeongguk asked, leaning his side against the door casually and crossing his arms against his chest.

Taehyung tilted his head to the side, a little amused grin tugging at this lips. He too crossed his arms over his chest, making Jeongguk eyes discreetly widen for about out a second. And luckily the older didn't notice it.

"Thank you, really. But you should find someone your age." Taehyung said, looking up at the dark haired male who raised an eyebrow at him.

" what are you ? Thirty or something ?" Jeongguk asked, chuckling. However his chuckles died down when he noticed that taehyung's grin didn't flatter.

"thirty-three."

Jeongguk stared at him for a minute. "Are you messing up with me ?" He said.

"Why would I ? I barely know you Jeongguk."

"Oh my God." He gasped
Taehyung looked at him, amused and a little bit weirded out by his reaction. The kid was definitely odd. But he would have never guessed that he was odd enough to,

"can I be your boyfriend please ?"  ask such a thing.

"Excuse me ?" 

" can I be your boyfriend please taehyung ?" He asked again, eyes shining and his posture now straightened.

"Did you listen to what I said about finding someone your age and barely knowing you ?" Taehyung looked right up at him, a hand on his hips. For a kid, he sure was tall.

"I'm not that young." He said, wiggling his eyebrows, making taehyung frown.

"And how old are you exactly ?"

"Twenty two with a lot of tattoos, sir." Jeongguk answered proudly.

Taehyung looked at him through his reading glasses and his left eye unnoticeably twitch.

"Oh. Is that so ?" the older asked, the volume of his voice now a little bit lower, and Jeongguk smiled at him, nodding his head, his slight dimples showing.

They stared at each other for a couple of seconds and taehyung's grip on his door handle gradually grew tighter until,

"So uhm-"

"Well, see you around Jeongguk." the shorter hurried to say before slamming his door closed right on his neighbor's face.

'Fuck', they both mumbled from each sides of the door. Jeongguk didn't even have the time to sulk that a very noisy car pulled into his driveway.

He shook his head, already recognizing the familiar car of his stupid friends, and went back to his house. He had a lot of things to tell them tonight.

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Nora <3.