Nights in the Studio - Taejoon

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Namjoon's POV

I get up to open the door, dragging my feet. My gaze is tired of waiting, so I rush to return its favorite sight: Taehyung leaning against the frame with a frown of ecstatic happiness displayed in his square smile, teeth showing.

I'm surprised to see him like this, but I don't question it, instead I move letting him in. He gives me a small bow before striding his way to the middle of the study, where he remains motionless. I close the door hesitating a bit before locking it and running to Tae, grabbing his shoulders, a smile escaping as my touch startles him.

When I know he is secure I move closer until his back is against my chest, his breath hitches slightly; I go from holding his shoulders to his waist.

"Sit in my chair, you'll be more comfortable." I whisper it on purpose to see his reaction, which turns out to be a frantic nod. I carry Taehyung like a child to my chair and let him sit down slowly, purposely putting me in front of him to make sure I can stay close. As I start to pull away, I take a moment to subtly sniff his neck. "You smell good," I comment, and he sighs.

"Yeah...I just shower."

What?

I pull away completely and crouch down in front of him, looking into his eyes.

"By yourself?" I ask afraid of the answer, he avoids my uncertainty and instead looks at the computer monitor, his smile returns to his face like a mirage.

"That's my song, right? Wow you've worked much harder than I thought..." When Tae finishes speaking, he looks at me again and discovers the frown that adorns my face.

Whatever, it's best not to ask.

I get up and pull out the nearby chair at the piano and position myself next to him.

"Do you want to hear it?" He nods, and I press play. The instrumental I prepared starts with the piano sample I had to ask Jin for, then an R&B beat interrupts; I look at Taehyung who smiles with his eyes closed, listening to the transitions following the piano, the smooth rhythm; then we get to the violin part, the end of the chorus, and he grins.

He liked it.

When the song starts with my background vocalizers he smiles even more, I lean on the desk to see Taehyung, with my voice repeating the word 'love' and 'moon' he starts to blush; I feel like caressing his cheeks, and his wet hair.

The details of him are just lethal, I can't get enough of them... now he has forgotten everything that could be around.

I remember the last time I was here; it was when I kissed him, I wonder if he liked it as much as I did; I wonder what he thinks of me as he crinkles his nose at the descending rite. Finally, the instrumental ends and he opens his eyes smiling to himself.

"It's beautiful-" He turns to me and finds me admiring him, his eyes sparkle, I imagine mine do the same. His voice breaks, his smile fades. I work up the courage to move a little closer, putting my hands in my lap, he moves my chair closer to me. The world is silent, only his eyes remain. We stare at each other for several seconds until, before we can get together completely, he looks away "it's ok, I like it...you just need the lyrics, right?"

"Uh yeah," I clear my throat and go back to the music track, back to the beginning. Now the surroundings become tense, I don't dare to look at him again, but I know he is looking at the ground. I don't know what to think, I decide to speak before wasting more time next to him "the lyrics are ready too."

"Did you write it again?" I laugh ironically with the comment.

"Yeah, you asked me, remember?"

"How can I forget..." Taehyung mutters but I can hear. He moves looking for the microphone near him and turns it on, that's when I watch him position himself and once, he's ready.