love me (me) [vkook/taegguk]

[part twelve] chapter forty eight - wake me from this dream

"I don't think there are enough of you for hyung."

He's petrified, to say the least, as he stands just outside his brother's best friend's slightly open bedroom door (after Yoongi practically kicked him out of his own and told him that if Taehyung didn't want anyone else finding out that he wasn't Vantae, he needed to start acting how his twin would, essentially entailing him being all over Jeongguk as if he wanted them to physically meld together) and thinks back to how exactly he got in this position.

Not just the one that he's in at this very moment, because he did ask Yoongi for help, and he appreciates his advice immensely and knows that he was right... but this whole twin swap situation in general. He doesn't know how he'll get through it.

He wonders if it'd really be so bad if the other two knew that he isn't who they think he is as well.

"Jeongguk?-ie?" He softly calls out as he finally lets himself in after announcing his presence with a light knock. He fights against the urge to squeeze his eyes shut in frustration at the fact that he's still tacking the suffix on too late at times, but he simply corrects himself. "Jungkookie?"

"V!" He instantly turns to greet him with that smile that still makes Taehyung feel a little lightheaded because Jeongguk really is beautiful. He's perhaps the most beautiful person that he's ever seen.

"Hi," is all that he manages to get out in response.

The other doesn't seem to mind though, just smiles at him even more. "Hi."

He sways his head in an attempt to pull himself out of his stupor as he makes his way further into the room. "What are you doing, Koo? Were you just... talking to yourself?"

Jeongguk appears confused for a second before he seems to figure out what he's referring to. "Oh. Oh, no, I was just telling the pillows that there doesn't seem to be enough of them for you." His hand comes down on the closest one to him on the bed.

"Oh, right, he told me that you do that sometimes," Tae utters, thinking back to the time V bawled about how cute he finds it when his bunny talks to inanimate objects and animals like they're able to understand and/or respond to him.

"What?"

Speaking of inanimate objects, Taehyung wishes that he could turn into one of those right now. Why the fuck did he say that out loud?

"I said that Jin-hyung told me... That there might not be enough pillows, that is," he clarifies, because Seokjin had warned him earlier about the limited amount of pillows in his own room, knowing that Vantae needs lots that he can hug when he sleeps alone. "But it's fine, Googie. That's why I have you."

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"You can help me."

Yoongi arches both his eyebrows. "Help you?"

Taehyung shrugs. "V's always been the actor out of the two of us. You can help me act more like him– Naturally, at least, because I already know all the facts. I just blank at the application sometimes." He bites down on his bottom lip, thinking back to all his mishaps earlier, even if his hyungie did assure him that they weren't that big a deal.

"And you can tell me things that I should know about the others, since Van-ah couldn't tell me everything," Tae suggests before quickly adding, "I mean, if you want to, of course."

Yoongi slowly blinks at him as he folds his arms across his chest and slightly tilts his head. "Well, I guess that I should probably start by telling you that Kook wants to sleep with you tonight."

He's pretty sure that it's comical how wide his eyes bulge out at the bold statement. "I beg your pardon?"

The elder snorts. "Not like that... or at least, that's not what I meant."