Enticing Melencholy.

chapter 16

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"I like you too. Let's try us, koo."

Just as the words slipped from Taehyung's tongue everything around them froze. The sun had already set, the bright lights have turned to something black and dark blues.

Blue, the colour of sensitivity, reliability, truthfulness and most importantly.......life. As if the words have brought Jeongguk back to life. He felt that tingling sensation all over his body, his insides were bursting with happiness and contentment. The words ringed in his ears for more than normal, all he could hear is what Taehyung had just said. Tears pooled around the corner of his eyes and all he wanted was to just hug the life out of the boy standing in front of him, but he couldn't move at all.....

Seeing Jeongguk unresponsive, taehyung's anxiety piqued up as he was waiting for some kind of reaction from the elder... Anything just anything.... But he should react right?.

"K-Koo? You o-okay?" First his breathing was heavy due to the run he just had to reach the penthouse but now the reason was different... His breathing that settled just a few minutes ago was now again heavy due to the anticipation. The unsaid words of Jeongguk made his anticipation as deep as a trench. He was standing mere inches apart, yet it felt like the trench between them kept going deeper and wider with every tick of clock.

The anxiety in taehyung's voice had brought Jeongguk out of the reverie. He stood up with slow movement as suggested by jimin... And in a second Taehyung was wrapped around his arms. His tattooed arms on the back and his left arm on his waist.

Exhaling the heavy breath of relief Taehyung smiled a little, relaxed than before, and hugged him back. Just as he wrapped his arms around, the grip around him turned tighter and he snuggled more into the crook of Jeongguk's neck, inhaling the scent of Jeongguk for the first time ever. In the hospital, he only smelled like antiseptics and medicines!!, but now the woody scent of oakmoss with a tinge of rum spice in it, filled the nostrils of Taehyung making him dizzy and sober at the same time. Dizzy because, oh how badly it makes him weak in his knees and sober because he wanted to smell more of it as if it woke up his craving for that scent and that man to have him reserved for only himself.

"Thankyou. Thank you so much Tae, for giving us a chance. I promise I'll try my best and will never disappoint you."

Jeongguk, after an eternity of the comforting silence, spoke, still keeping taehyung in his embrace, enjoying the same vanilla-cinnamon smell that became too familiar with him in these approximately two months.

On the other hand, Taehyung just nodded and hummed in response, too much into the sea of calmness that jeongguk's scent provided him, that he didn't even bother to reply to him back. Jeongguk just chuckled at his behaviour. He tried to pry themselves away but Taehyung just seemed reluctant to it, so he waited for few more minutes.

"You know Tae as much as I want to hold you and keep you to myself but much to our dismay, my leg is hurting."

Jeongguk suggested and Taehyung abruptly opened his eyes and the reality hit him...he was hugging jeongguk!!!!! Too much for their first lovey dovey interaction!

Pushing his own thoughts, he pushed Jeongguk to the couch gently, making him sit comfortably. "You should have told me earlier!! .. I am sorry. Is it hurting too much? You okay? Should I call jimi-" he was rambling and bombarding him with questions, the worry and tension clearly shown on his face, when he was jerked back and he found himself on the couch with two arms around his figure.