love me like you do- kookv/taekook

chapter 1

Taehyung had always been a nice boy, cheerful loved by many. Behaved well, good grades, and a good son.

Jeongukk on the other hand was more closed off, not so friendly. He still had good grades and behaved but didn't get along with most.

So when the four year olds were seen at the park getting along it had come as a shock for a lot of other kids.

It raised a lot of questions.

"Why would tae be with a loser like him?"

or

"Wow the loner manages to drag down our tae with him"

Those comments never bothered either of them. Both for very different reasons.

Jeongukk was a new student to joseyo elementary, and he wasn't really excited for the move or the new people until he smelled it.

That delicious addicting smell he had never encountered before, fresh strawberries and cotton, he couldn't help but want to follow it. and so he did.

He let his nose lead him as his mom was talking to the head of the school and there it was.The most beautiful boy jeongukk encountered, and although he had never thought about boys that way, he couldn't help but feel the heat coming from his face. Not only that, he had the most addicting giggles and cutest smile ever.

Jeongukk knew then that the was the boy he wanted to be around, which wasn't easy since he never had much human interaction in his six years of life. It didn't matter, he knew that if it was going to be anyone he talks to and follows, it would be that boy.

Weeks had gone by and no luck, he still hadn't even had one conversation with said boy, even with being in the same class. He would just watch from afar in awe and want. He quickly became the laughing stock of the week because of his teeth and how he never talked, and always looked like he wanted to hit someone. But the boy wasn't going to give up on him, he so wanted to be around him even if it meant just sitting next to him. The problem was that he had no idea how to do so and the boy being so liked and pretty adding an intimidating factor that didn't help in his favor either.

Until one day, they had been outside running around and the pretty boy, whose name he found out eventually had fallen, and seemingly on instinct, Jeongukk ran to aid the boy and had carried him to the nurses office.

They had been sitting there in the infirmary in silence as taehyung was still puffy and huffing from the cut he had received.

"Are you okay? Would you like water? I can get you candy?" The doe-eyed boy looked at the other with worry and distraught.

It made the other giggle eventually, finding the latter cute for having such concern.

'I'm okay gukkie" reassured the boy while giving him a cute boxy smile.
"g-gukkie?" The other boy stood in shock, that nickname sound so good coming out of his mouth and he didn't know if he wanted to hear it more or run away and hide.

"Yes! Don't you like it? if not I can use something else?"

"no! n-no uh thats... fine" said the boy looking anywhere other than the boy in front of him, chewing on his bottom lip as a nervous habit. "Thank you for taking care of me gukkie, wanna be friends?"

"Yes! please.." feeling embarrassed at his eagerness, "I mean.. only if you want of course" feeling his cheeks burn once again which seems to be common around the other boy.

The other boy grabbed his hand and they went off and it was the start of everything.

Years go by and the boys are in middle school, still close as ever, going to each other's house often doing what regular boys would game, go outside, play around. Jeongukk naturally became more comfortable around Taehyung, what didn't change was the feeling in his stomach which he didn't realize were meant to be the feelings he had for the other boy. So naturally, as a werewolf to present he had asked his parents for advice on love and presenting and things like that. He had learned about courting and what would happen when he presented but that wouldn;t be for another couple years, so there was time before he had to worry about that. Things between the two stayed pretty platonic, other than the pining and longing from jeongukk, but he never said anything, was more than content to just be around taehyung. He only became more protective of taehyung, would glare at those that would get too close to what he seemed what was his.