"Will you go to the prom with me?" Taehyung asks.
Jeongguk forces out a laugh, "Nice joke. Your dare is done."
But Taehyung doesn't smile, rather a glimpse of hurt is visible in his eyes.
"It wasn't a dare."
Jeongguk stares at him, cocking his head to the side in confusion, "...why would you?"
"Why would I not?" He argues.
"Taehyung, anyone from university would like to go with you. Prettier and better than me, go don't waste your time." Jeongguk tries to convince him.
"You can simply say no, Jeongguk. I can accept rejection." Taehyung sighs and turns away but Jeongguk grasps his wrist to stop him.
"No, it's not that." Taehyung turns to him.
"What is it then?"
"I don't fit in with you, Taehyung." He pulls away from his wrist but then Taehyung latches onto his hand.
"Just because I like to party, that doesn't mean you don't fit in with me."
Jeongguk shakes his head, "No Taehyung. I'm just a little nerd who people don't even look at.....a-and you're that person who everyone admires."
Taehyung takes a hold of his other hand at that, "The person who matters to me is you, Jeongguk. And even if there are so many people looking at me, you're the only one who has me bewitched."
Jeongguk's heart feels too big for his chest, his head feels a bit dizzy from the warmth of Taehyung's hands. He sucks in a breath, "...really?"
Taehyung nods vigorously. "Of course, It's always been you."
At his furrowed eyebrows, Taehyung looks at their joined hands and says, "I stopped sleeping around since the day we talked."
Jeongguk almost gasps at that. Taehyung, the university jock, did that?
"I had seen you a lot of times in my physics class, I never found a chance to talk to you. You always come late to the class and leave quickly. Thank god, the professor paired us together for that project. I dropped a lot of hints, you just never paid mind to them, I guess."
Jeongguk recalls those times when Taehyung bought him his favorite banana milk shake or all those times, he complimented him. He isn't naive, those gestures did awaken something in his chest, but he never let his hopes get high.
Taehyung tucks a strand of hair behind his ear and smiles, "Why are you so surprised?"
As he breathes in the elder's cologne due to their closeness, he feels a bit hazy.
"Taehyung, you're like the Sun and all the others are planets orbiting around you and I'm just a comet." He says.
"Nope, you're not a comet. Comets disappear after a while, but I want you to stay." He says it with so much sincerity that it makes the younger breathless.
"..why me?" He questions, timidly.
"Jeongguk, you're so much more than you think. You're not /just/ a nerd." His hands move to the younger's shoulders.
"What is so special about me?" He voices out his frustration.
Taehyung rolls his eyes. "Everything is special about you." He says it softly.
"From your eyes, the moles scattered on your face, the way you cover your ears when you get shy, the way your eyes get big when you're curious, and the way you love chicken." Jeongguk cracks a smile at the last part while Taehyung chuckles.
