Blue and Grey || Taejin

Chapter 14

"Ahh~"

Seokjin moaned in pain as he lowered himself slowly into the bathtub until the water was right under his collarbones and knees. He turned to his side to glare at V but the glare melted away when he found the man giving him big, seal eyes with his hands clasped infront of him like a good boy.

"It's all your fault," Seokjin grumbled. Who knew the aftermath of having sex after so long would be that painful?

V's eyebrows shot up and he shook his hands infront of him before rudely pointing at Seokjin with a contrasting pout. He pointed at Seokjin again and then pointed at the middle of his legs before cupping the air with both hands, spread apart by a forearm's length, and made quick lifting motions. Then he crossed his arms to stand by his point.

"I was just curious okay," Seokjin defended himself before mumbling under his breath, "Riding sounded a lot easier in those books."

V made a sound in his throat and clapped a hand over his mouth to hide his smile but his bread cheeks were traitors. Seokjin sank lower to hide his flaming neck and cheeks but his eartips were traitors as well.

V inched towards the tub before sitting on the cold tiles beside it, resting his forearms on the edge of the bathtub and sighing in exhaustion. He stared at Seokjin with a curious gaze; he had been doing that a lot recently ever since last week when Seokjin had returned from Ms. Han's and pinned V against his bed to pour his frustration, anger and maybe jealousy into that one kiss, leaving V completely breathless afterwards.

He still hadn't said anything about that blonde attendant with whom V seemed a little too close. He didn't want to come out as someone who pried into others' life but the question had been sitting at the tip of his tongue for so long that he felt like it would jump out any moment. Biting his lips, he pondered if he should just ask V or not.

A light tap on his naked shoulder pulled him out of his thoughts. V smiled at him, somewhat bashfully, and pointed at himself before pointing at the water.

"Ofcourse!" Seokjin flushed a deep red because initially when he had thought of asking V to join him, he guessed that V wouldn't like it but now that he himself wanted to accompany him, Seokjin felt colourful bubbles burst inside him.

V grinned and pulled off his shirt before kicking off his pants and underwear. Carefully, he settled on the other side and relaxed into the warm water, humming in content as his soar muscles unknotted. He pushed his hair back to reveal his forehead and parted his lips to draw a long, heavy sigh.

Seokjin gulped and tried to fixate his gaze somewhere else. He squirmed under the water slightly; he had never invited anyone to step into his personal space before, with the exception of Yoongi. It was much more different than when they had sex because now they were both more aware of themselves and each other. V's feet were planted on either sides of Seokjin's thighs. It made Seokjin want to sink.

Seokjin peeked at V through his lashes and found himself smiling faintly when he found the latter looking so peaceful. He didn't want to interupt V's moment of bliss but he couldn't refrain himself any longer.

"I saw you last week," Seokjin began. V snapped out of his trance and pushed himself back to sit upright. His eyebrows shot up and he placed his elbows on the edge behind him.

"At a tailor shop. I guess you didn't see me."

V just shrugged and waited for more.

"And..." Seokjin trailed off because he realized he was just going to lower himself in V's eyes.

"I'm sorry- I was just- yeah, sorry," Seokjin said quickly and rummaged through his mind to find something else to talk about.

V leaned forward and wrapped his slender fingers around Seokjin's wrist and tugged at it as if asking him to continue.

"It's nothing," Seokjin averted his eyes from V's confused face to his hand around his wrist. "It's just- I'm just-"

V scooted closer, bringing his knees to his chest so that he wasn't squished against Seokjin in the small tub.

"I feel horrible, I'm sorry. I'm not sure why I'm like this. I mean I know why, but I just- sorry..." Seokjin's face burned a deep shade of red as words left his mouth even before he could think.

"I'm sorry..." Seokjin repeated for the nth time. "It must be so weird for you."

V just furrowed his eyebrows and pointed at Seokjin's forehead before pointing at his own and then shaking that hand.

Right...

"I'm just really lonely... so I say things without thinking if I'm comfortable with someone." Seokjin cleared his throat out of embarrassment. Why was he even explaining himself?

"...and maybe too protective. I'm sorry..."

Seokjin wanted to drown himself at that point. He suddenly felt uneasy under V's eyes and was about to escape the proximity between them when V grabbed both of his hands. Seokjin looked at him after hesitating for a while and found himself being showered with a tender look.

Their hands were submerged in the warm water. Seokjin looked down and immediately a foolish smile sprawled all across his face when V firmly brushed the pads of their thumbs together.

What a way to make a friend. Naked, wet, right after hardcore sex.

And as if the universe had something against him-

"Seokjin, wrap up your business quickly."