SIREN [vkook/taekook]

18 SMILING IN HIS ARMS 18

After their meetup with Jimin, where they ended up spending the rest of their day, they even had dinner at his place. They left just when yoongi finished work. Jimin and Taehyung both didn't want to make Jungkook uncomfortable by exposing him to more people at once so they decided it was time to head home, Which it was.

It was getting late, and both of them could use sleep. Jungkook knows if he laid down he would immediately fall asleep like a rock. His exhaustion never left, no matter how much water he drank, he still felt sick.

Sick....

right, maybe he should just accept that.

"So, how was it?" Taehyung asked when they were in the bathroom getting ready for bed. Both were looking forward to this night, sleeping knowing the one you care about so much was right next to you. being in each other's presence.. Yes, this is how things should be.

"It was nice, Jimin is really nice. i think we can be friends"

"I hope so! I'm glad he finally got to see that you aren't evil, he kept holding on that you were too dangerous."

"well... i am dangerous. Just because I don't hurt you doesn't mean I'm suddenly the world's sweetest angel. Sirens are general evil labeled creatures according to humans. But to us, you are just as bad. we are just different" Jungkook replied. not the answer taehyung was expecting, but it was well... it was an answer.

"Sometimes you really surprise me with your words" Taehyung chuckled and dried his face that he just washed. "well, I'm done. hurry up now, i want to get in bed already"

"Sorry, I haven't tied my hair yet. it's hard, i'm trying my best" Jungkook said with a pout. He was struggling to tie his hair up like taehyung did so easily for him. Jungkook never had to tie it, he couldn't figure out how it worked.

"Here, let me show you, '' Taehyung said with an amused smile. He took the hair tie from Jungkook's fingers and brushed Jungkook's hair up, showing exactly how to use the hair tie and how to twist it. Jungkook looked at his movements closely, taking in the information. His hands that were on his sides mimicked taehyung's movements in tiny ways which made the human awe mentally. "there you go, cutie"

"you're the cutie here"

Taehyung chuckled with a blush and left the bathroom undressing and hopping in bed. The raven did the same and laid down next to taehyung. Finally back here, back in the spot that he liked so much.

He just wants to be with him, that's all.

There was silence, but it was a comfortable silence. A silence where taehyung had taken a hold of Jungkook's hand that searched for him under the blankets and he held it. Both thought they were going to fall asleep right away but they were both still awake staring into the dark room. A room where taehyung spoke up, a little shy to request this,

"can we.. cuddle?" Taehyung asked softly while he played with Jungkook's hand that had such elegant fingers to wrap around his own. Everything about Jungkook was pure beauty. It amazed Taehyung everytime, so this is what a siren effect felt like? seeing their beauty and feel the attraction to them?

No, it wasn't like that.

This was different. this wasn't just inflicted and controlled feelings, this was real, this was actual love and interest in the other. Jungkook's nature had nothing to do with it. And once taehyung remembered this he smiled and looked up at the raven who wrapped his long cold arms around him, pulling him against his chest where a heart was beating.

It was beating, it was working. but it will forever be unable to warm up his body, he will never be a warm embrace for the human. So he felt hesitant to hug him tighter...

"Is something wrong?" Taehyung asked softly, feeling Jungkook stopped hugging him.

"Im....cold" jungkook said, both were not wearing any shirts so taehyung would most likely be uncomfortable being against something that was not warm like him.

"silly, as if I care about that." Taehyung chuckled and hugged Jungkook instead, hugging him very tightly to feel all the cold of the siren's body, warming it up with his own. His own heart that beat faster, warming not only Taehyung but also Jungkook.

"you're unhealthy for me, but i want this. I love you" Jungkook said softly as he hugged back. The warmth of Taehyung was comforting, but it was bad for him. He was a cold blood, he wasn't made to be engulfed in warmth. But for a little while it's okay, with taehyung it's okay.

"you really....love me?"

"Of course I do. If I didnt i wouldnt be here with you right now. I wouldn't have saved you that day. I wouldn't do all these things to get you to like me. I wouldn't have gone through those struggles." Jungkook smiled and gently caressed taehyung's hair. "I even thought of just stopping and swimming away, back to the ocean where i belong. But i couldn't, i loved you, i couldn't abandon you when you've already seen me. And hearing Jimin say that gave me the last confirmation. So now I'm telling you in actual words." Jungkook said he tried his best to put everything into words, but there will always be things left unsaid. things that simply can't be put into words, feelings that are there only to experience. not to share.

"I love you too... Jimin kinda ruined the surprise. but... yea, i do" Taehyung said and sighed content, loving the cold arms around him, it didn't bother him. Maybe because Jungkook made him feel so warm inside that he didn't really feel it. "You might be different from humans, you might not belong here on land. but i still fell for you. I really like to be with you, I don't want you to go back... i already hate that you have to go back soon"

"you're adorable. and i also don't want to go back. I like it here. It feels like home when I'm with you" Jungkook kept smiling and looked at the strands of hair that went through his fingers with every stroke. Taehyung's hair was so soft, he couldn't stop touching it. He wondered what it was like to have short hair, but at the same time he didn't want to cut his own hair.

"you can call my home your home too, you're always welcome" taehyung said and looked up. his eyes meeting those of Jungkook. Eyes that went from scary to the most warm eyes he had seen. The more he spent with Jungkook the more he got used to his appearance and the less he felt frightened by his siren looks. He wasn't even weirded out by the bumps that he felt on Jungkook's back, bumps where his spikes were hidden under his skin. It felt funny to trace his fingers over them, and it didn't seem like it bothered Jungkook at all.

"Home" Jungkook said softly and sighed deeply before closing his eyes. "Thank you for loving me the way i am"

"Of course, Koo," Taehyung whispered back, nuzzling his face against Jungkook's torso, letting himself fall asleep in the siren's arms. The arms of a dangerous predator... But to him, the arms of someone who he didn't fear, someone who he loves.

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just a fluffy filler, thank you for reading. see you in the next chapterrr 

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