Blue and Grey || Taejin

Chapter 5

Seokjin pressed his ear against the door to listen to his parent's distinct voice coming from the hallway downstairs. He could hear the soles of their expensive shoes scraping the carpeted stairs as they climbed up. Rushing back to the window, Seokjin checked if V had arrived at the gates and sighed in relief when he found nobody. He returned to the door and listened carefully to his parents' approaching footsteps. The click-clacking of his mother's heels went past his bedroom door and faded down the corridor; she must had went to the guest room at the end of the corridor. His father, judging from his footsteps, went to Seokjung's bedroom, meaning that the coast was clear for then. Not wasting a single moment, Seokjin quietly exited his room and tiptoe-ran down the stairs.

He was about to swerve towards the entrance when he saw V emerging from the foyer in a pair of tight, dark ripped jeans and a red satin shirt with a few of its upper buttons opened to reveal a part of his chest. He had a smokey eyeshadow on and before Seokjin could get to his lips, he heard his mother calling for his father upstairs, which caused Seokjin to push V behind a pillar.

Alarmed, V struggled against Seokjin's hold.

"Don't move, please!" Seokjin hissed as he tried to keep V in place.

He realized V was a lot stronger than him and it was a matter of seconds for V to throw Seokjin off and step into broad daylight where his parents would see him, so he went for a different tactic. Releasing V's arms, Seokjin latched himself on V by hugging his waist and pressing his face against V's shoulder.

"Please, we can't make any noise," Seokjin requested, and this time V relaxed a little but pushed him off gently to make hand gestures that Seokjin did not understand but assumed he wanted to know what the hell was going on.

"Listen," Seokjin whispered, "I'm going to smuggle you into my room. My parents are here and they won't appreciate seeing you. I'll pay you extra for this, just please do what I say."

V looked skeptical, like any normal person, but nodded reluctantly. Seokjin sighed, and suddenly realized how compact the space behind the pillar was, so they were practically pressed against each other. Clearing his throat, Seokjin averted his gaze from V, who smirked lightly at the sprinkles of red across Seokjin's cheeks. Seokjin tried not to think of how good V smelled as he craned his neck to check if there was anyone on the second landing.

Upon finding nobody walking around, Seokjin took that as an opportunity to wrap his hand around V's wrist and drag him towards the stairs. As they tip-toed up the steps, Seokjin prayed silently that his parents would just stay in whichever rooms they were at for three more minutes. Seokjin felt hopeful when they reached the top of the stairs and the corridor was just as empty as when he left his room. They just took a few steps towards Seokjin's room when the door to Seokjung's room began to creak open and Seokjin halted, causing V to bump into him.

Out of panic, Seokjin's eyes roamed around the corridor desperately when they landed on the toiletries closet near them. Without a moment to lose, Seokjin pulled V behind him, opened the door of the closet and shoved the male inside.

(*flashbacks to Rich Bitch lmao*)

Seokjin stepped inside the closet and realized they were in danger. There was barely any space due to the stacks upon stacks of toiletries arranged inside. V had flattened himself against one side of the closet wall and was breathing heavily. Seokjin placed himself on the opposite side and just hoped nobody would open it right then because both of them would topple on that person as soon as the doors are opened.

V's breaths were getting louder and deeper as every moment passed, which caused the panic within Seokjin to grow.

"Hey, keep it down," Seokjin whispered sharply but V seemed not to listen as he closed his eyes and began to breath through his mouth.

"Hey..." Seokjin leaned forward, dangerously close to tumble over the products. "Are you- are you scared of the dark?"

V nodded quickly and took shaky breaths, trying to calm himself in vain. With one risky step, Seokjin found his way right infront of V whose chest was rising and falling very fast. Seokjin heard his father's voice from the other side of the corridor, approaching, so he did the first thing that came into his mind- kiss V.

Even Seokjin himself did not realize he had his lips on V's until he needed to part to breathe. V, who was caught by surprise, seemed to become quieter. Seokjin kissed V again, but the latter did not respond this time either; he just stood there motionless, letting Seokjin to protect him from the dark however he could.

"-even your brother got better marks than you! You know very well that we do not consider Seokjin as... someone to invest in. You must do better, Seokjung. Your mother and I are doing so much for you..." Seokjin's father's voice could be heard as the man passed by the closet along with Seokjung, judging from the clatter of footsteps and what his father was saying.

Hearing his father's blatant dismissal towards him drove Seokjin into kissing V harder in an attempt to numb the sting. They remained pressed against each other until Seokjin's father and brother disappear behind the door to the guest room. Seokjin counted till ten before carefully opening the door and stepping outside. Helping V out, Seokjin grabbed V's wrist again and quickly got into his room.

Locking the door behind him, Seokjin huffed out in relief.

"Hey, are you alright?" Seokjin asked V who had taken a seat on his bed.

V nodded but Seokjin could see how his face looked somewhat pale. Seokjin poured him a glass of water from the jug on his table and the latter drank it in go. Placing the glass next to the jug, Seokjin returned to the bed and threw himself next to V, his t shirt getting pushed up to reveal his stomach. Seokjin just lay there for a while, trying to calm his racing heart, when V's fingers brushed against his abdomen. V steered his body and placed a knee between Seokjin's legs and supported himself on his arms that were planted on either sides of Seokjin.

V began to lower himself to kiss Seokjin's neck when the latter stopped him.

Seokjin watched V's eyebrows furrow in confusion as he pushed him off and stood up. He looked at the door, contemplating, before pulling V up from the bed.

"Not here," Seokjin said before dragging V into the bathroom.