[✔] Kiss me || taejun

: viii (fin.)

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Soobin was quick to notice the tension between the two men.

Yeonjun gathered up all the courage he could muster and took another glance behind him.

And he was met with a pair of eyes glistening that sparkled with tears in them.

It really was Taehyun.

"T-taehyun?" His voice was thin and weak. But the other hung his head low, unable to look at Yeonjun anymore.

The other two quietly made their way outside of the common room, ushering the last of the kids back to their room for bedtime leaving the two of them alone.

Yeonjun took a step forward, not being able to believe his eyes that it was indeed his Taehyun standing before him.

"Is it... really you?"

The said boy, although hesitantly, looked up at the older male. His vision was blurry with tears but he could still make out Yeonjun's lean eyes. Still the same and just as pretty.

"It's me..." he said, voice barely above a whisper and Yeonjun couldn't stop himself from running to him and engulfing him in a hug.

A familiar warmth took over his body as he finally held the boy in his arms after years of being apart.

The last time he'd seen Taehyun, he was scared, eyes trembling with fear. But now, he had grown so much more beautiful.

Taehyun too, finally wrapped his arms around Yeonjun's torso, holding him close.

"Hy-hyung... I'm so sorry. I'm very sorry for..r-running away. I know it was c-cowardly of me but—" he sobbed and sobbed.

Any tears he'd held back for so long, he had let them fall freely now. These past years, there was nothing more that he wanted except for coming back home to where Yeonjun was. But he simply couldn't.

And Yeonjun understood that.

"Shh, love." his voice held the same adoration as it did years ago. Taehyun felt goosebumps form on his skin at the nickname. He missed it so much.

The taller male brushed his thumb against the other's trembling lips, leaning his head against Taehyun's. He felt his hot breath fanning on his skin. He missed his touch, his warmth, his love, everything. He missed Taehyun.

"You never have to apologize to me," he cupped the younger's cheeks with his hands and the latter gave in to the feeling. His heart threatened to break against the shackles of his ribs; could Yeonjun hear it?

"B-but I left you...I ran away."

"And do you think I don't know why? There was absolutely nothing that we could've done. It meant you were safe, that's all I ever wanted and that's what I always prayed for." Yeonjun felt his eyes glistening again. "Do you know how relieved I felt when I saw the billboard about your debut? To know that you were alive and safe. There's nothing more I desire than that."

Taehyun couldn't hold back anymore. He leaned in and pressed his lips against the single teardrop that slid down his cheeks. "But I do. I want more."

Stunned in place, Yeonjun gazed at Taehyun with intent.

And Taehyun continued to place small, featherlight kisses all over his cheeks, eyes, making up for all the time that they stayed apart.

"Do you have any idea how much I yearned for you?" Taehyun cried once again. It broke Yeonjun's heart to see how much he'd suffered in silence.

He made a promise to himself. He would never let him be alone ever again.

"I felt weak, hyung. Without you there to kiss me, without you being there to hold me when I fell down. I needed you with me. All the time. Even now that you're standing in front of me, I'm scared, scared that someone is going to take you away from me. I can't bear it anymore, hyung." he broke down, falling down to his knees, weeping.

Yeonjun kneeled down next to Taehyun, cupping his cheeks once again. "You don't have to wait anymore, my love. You don't have to spend days in solitude. I'm going to be there to hold you when you fall. I'll be there to kiss your tears when you're down. I'll be there to cheer you on when you achieve something. I'll be there to kiss you if you just ask me to. I'll always be there. You and me against the world."

And he pressed his lips against the other's plush ones. Everything around them was a haze. They couldn't care anymore. All they knew was that they got to rest in each other's arms again. Back to their home, their safety net.

His hands slipped down Taehyun's back, holding him down by the waist. Their breaths mingled with each other as they left open-mouthed kisses at the corner of their lips. Taehyun's lips still tasted the same as before— like cherries.

"Gosh, I missed you so much—" Taehyun breathed, letting out a little squeal when Yeonjun blew at a particular spot on his neck.

"Ahem—"

They immediately broke apart, landing far away from each other like nothing had happened, their faces red, painted with embarrassment.

Beomgyu and Soobin cleared their throats. "As much as I hate to interrupt you lovebirds, let me remind you that we're at an orphanage. There are kids present."

As if being caught wasn't enough embarrassment, being told off like that by people he barely met today was enough for him to think about for the next few years of his life.

"Wait— how?" Yeonjun was perplexed, realizing that they didn't have the negative reaction that he'd feared.

"It's okay Yeonjun-ssi. We know what happened. Taehyun told us when he met us. I happen to be in love with this brat here," he pointed towards Beomgyu, who was simply grinning at the two of them.

"I am not a brat!" he complained in response and everyone erupted in laughter.

Ignoring the boy, Soobin said. "All I am trying to say is that you don't need to worry about anything as long as you're with us. We understand but please, don't go around with this PDA thing." he scowled, albeit jokingly, at the last part.

And that's when Yeonjun realized that Taehyun was in safe hands and that anything to worry about would probably be far off into the future. But until then, he would make the most of the time he had with Taehyun.

After all, he still had a lot to catch up on with Taehyun and that included hugs, cuddles, and kisses.

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fin.

A/N:  wow we have finally reached the last chapter! I'll really miss writing this fic bc there were just, TOO many last minute corrections and changes and i felt like i hurt taejun too much in my stories so i just had to bring it down a notch. 

but the thing is, they're mostly manifestations from my real life scenarios and yk,, my life isn't exactly all that happy but i promise i won't hurt taejun the next time. well, they're happy now!

during the writing of this fic, i had to go through some of the same situations taehyun had to go through, albeit indirectly but it still hurt a lot and i want to send a lot of love and hugs to everyone who os subjected to homophobia, you guys are so valid and i love each and everyone of you a lot!! even if society doesn't accept us the way we are, i hope we will still continue to remain hopeful that it will change some day :(( my dms are open in case anyone wishes to rant <3

please give this fic lots of love and support i really appreciate it so much 🥺

signing off

-rei