One Small Step|| Taekook

A little sprinkle of happiness

Taehyung shifts, opening his eyes slowly, taking time to adjust with the surroundings. Through his blurry vision, he can see a silhouette in front of him. As his eyes adjust, along with the consciousness that he gains of his surroundings, he realizes the silhouette in front of him is Jeongguk.

Taehyung squints, as his mind processes the scene before him. Jeongguk's face is just centimeters away from him and the realization about that makes his eyes widen immediately. Wait. What the hell is going on? His heartbeat skyrockets as he takes in the man in front of him. Why was Jeongguk so close? What was he doing?

They remain in that awkward position for god knows how long before Taehyung regains his calm. He tries to move away only to realize he was holding Jeongguk's hands tightly. Jeongguk looks away quickly, coughing awkwardly as Taehyung releases him. He wishes for the ground to swallow him up then and there. How could he have mistaken Jeongguk's hands for some god forsaken pillow? He really needed to change his sleeping habits with three pillows urgently.

Jeongguk straightens up immediately and moves backward. Taehyung realizes Jeongguk's intention when he finds the blanket draped around him. The second hand embarrassment settles when he realizes what a situation he had put Jeongguk into. He meets Jeongguk's eyes when he folds the blanket and keeps it at one side. Jeongguk looks away, swallowing, and he notices the pinkish tint in his ears.

What?

"Y-You can" Jeongguk begins, but closes his eyes in exasperation when he stutters. Never in his life could he have thought he could catch Jeongguk unguarded like this, flustered and embarrassed. Taehyung relishes this little moment somehow. "You can rest in your room. You seem tired." Jeongguk finishes and looks away again, as if too shy to meet his eyes.

"Did you have dinner already?" Taehyung doesn't reply but asks instead. It's funny the way Jeongguk's stomach grumbles at the mention of dinner. He sighs, hiding his face with his hands for a moment.

Taehyung fights back a smile. Careful not to make him feel even more embarrassed than he already is, Taehyung gets up and says as he makes his way towards the dining table. "Clearly you haven't. Good thing, I did not either. Come let's eat something."

Taehyung sits down first. Jeongguk seems hesitant when he follows, but sits down nevertheless. They eat in a less awkward and a more comfortable silence.

Taehyung stares incredulously at Jeongguk who almost glares down at his food while he eats. He is pouting again, looking angry as if someone had forcefully made him sit down at the table to eat.

"Is the food so bad for you to look so angry?" He asks, and Jeongguk pauses midway while slurping, raising his head to look at him, his cheeks puffed with food. Jeongguk looks absolutely ridiculous like this. Taehyung tries hard not to laugh.

"What?" he mumbles, mouthful of noodles. It seems that Jeongguk hadn't caught on to this...habit of his either. "Ajhumma is a good cook. The food is delicious." He says, confused at the question. Taehyung shrugs, "Nevermind really. Actually no one would ever think that you find the food delicious, when you eat so angrily."

"I..." he pauses, "I look angry?" And Taehyung really really wants to laugh at the clueless expression on his face. "You do Jeongguk. You almost glare at every single bite you take as if it offends you on a personal level."

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Taehyung looks up from his phone when Jimin steps in the drawing room with the red haired man beside him. They both are engaged in a conversation that Taehyung doesn't know anything about so he decides not to pry.

Jimin walks up to him, when he notices him and the red haired man follows suit. Taehyung stands up, when Jimin introduces the man to him. "Taehyung, this is Hoseok." he points at the man beside him who breaks into a huge warm smile. "He is one of the head executives of Jeongguk's company" Before he can say anything further, Hoseok chuckles as he holds out his hand, "And perhaps one of the very very few people that loner talks to"