"I really like you, Jeongguk."
Jeongguk looks at him with wide eyes, "I'm honored Tae, but I–I am not the one for you."
His chest painfully constricts as he says those words.
"Why? Because you're a hybrid?" Taehyung asks.
Jeongguk sighs.
"Yes because I'm a hybrid, half bunny." He keeps his gaze on the floor.
"That fact alone makes you more endearing than you already are, Guk." His voice is fond in such a way that makes him want to look up and see his gorgeous smile.
His heart and neck warm alike hearing that.
"You're looking at the good part of being a hybrid, there are other parts too."
Taehyung flicks his chin and stares straight into his eyes as he says, "I want to embrace all those parts with you, the good ones and the bad ones."
The hybrid gulps looking at the intensity swimming in his orbs, his heart hammers inside his chest, "W–Why?"
Taehyung smiles and moves his hand to his cheek, just placing it there, "When I tell you I like you, that means I like all of you, I want either all of you or none of you."
Jeongguk holds the elder's palm on his face, "I come with a lot of baggage, hyung."
The elder shrugs, "Me too."
"Tae, I'm sensitive to smell, I can't handle loud and crowded environments, I have these ears on my head, I'm too touchy –"
He doesn't get to complete as the elder cuts him off, "Yes yes beautiful lovely ears, just like the rest of you."
Jeongguk glares at him, "That's all you heard?"
The elder giggles, "He's cute when he's angry too."
The hybrid's cheeks turn a darker shade of pink and a smile threatens to form on his face. He smacks his chest playfully, "Hyung, seriously." He whines.
Taehyung lets his hand fall from his face and intertwines their fingers, "If you like quiet places we can go to picnic dates or museum dates, tell me your favorite smell and I'll get the same scented perfume and candles, if you're touchy, I don't mind your touches at all."
Jeongguk looks at their joined hands for a moment and then his eyes move to the elder's face, he glances at his face and sees a small grin there.
The hybrid throws his arms around his neck eliciting a yelp from Taehyung, though he buries his face in the crook of his neck as warm hands settle on his waist.
"Y–You would really do that for me?" He whispers but it sounds muffled.
Taehyung chuckles nervously, he pulls away from the hug, but keeps his hands on the hybrid's waist, "I'm not doing that for you, I'll do that for us."
"I'm selfish in a way. I just really want to be with you and I'm ready to make efforts for that."
Jeongguk smiles and leans closer to place his lips on his forehead, "I wish everyone could be selfish like you."
"You should be treated nicely, Guk. I'm not doing you a favor."
Jeongguk thinks his heart will burst with every word Taehyung says.
"The way you smell....I like that." He admits in a small voice.
Taehyung quirks his eyebrow, "H – How do I smell like?" Sheer curiosity drips from his voice.
"Like spring, like the flowers have bloomed and I'm in a garden full of them." He says with no hesitation.
Taehyung grins, "I'll make sure to smell like me."
Jeongguk mirrors his expression, "And I'll make sure to be myself around you."
And the smile the elder rewards him with, he knows he could never forget it.
( "I get h-heats too." He mumbles, a bit scared of weirding out Taehyung.
"Okay. If you want I'll stay with you, if you don't I won't."
Jeongguk parts his mouth to say something but his mind can't form any words at all.
He sighs, "You're really one of a kind, hyung."
Taehyung smirks, "Mhm, my libido is one of a kind too. Just so you know."
The younger flicks his forehead and giggles at the grumble he lets out.)
└── • After six months • ──┘
"I'm scared, Gukie." Taehyung mutters.
Jeongguk furrows his eyebrows and looks around for a bug, "Tell me, which bug is scaring you, I'll fight it."
Taehyung snickers, "My baby bunny, always ready to protect, hyung."
The hybrid puffs his chest and prays that the prominent blush on his cheeks goes unnoticed.
"I'm scared about letting you meet my parents."
Jeongguk's heart sinks in his chest at the reason, "It's okay, I u-understand. They must not like hybrids –"
Hands on his jaw make him pause, "Hey, hey baby, that's not the reason. It's actually the opposite." Concern is written on his face.
"I don't get it."
Taehyung huffs, "I've told mom and dad about you, I sent your pictures too. They absolutely love you."
Jeongguk smiles, shyly. "What's the issue, then?"
"They are super loud."
"Oh it's okay." He shrugs.
"Seriously?."
"Yeah, they can't be louder than you and I'm used to you." He teases.
Taehyung narrows his eyes, "Brat."
Jeongguk dramatically bows at him, "Yes, the one and only."
Taehyung pulls his arms so that the younger falls on his chest, "Yeah, my one and only."
Their mouths find each other and their lips move in a way that says 'I love you.'
- end.
(A/N: thank you for reading <3)
