friends.

eleven.

taehyung stirred around on his bed, whining as he slowly woke up from his sleep. thankfully he didn't drink enough to be hungover. however, what did hit him as soon as he woke up was the emptiness in his bed.

"jeongguk?" he rasped out, sitting up in confusion when the boy was nowhere to be seen. then the distant sound of a tap running was heard which made him realise where the boy was.

with slow steady drags of his bare feet he walked over to the bathroom that had a door merely open. he peered through the crack and spotted jeongguk by the sink brushing his hair back, shirt on his shoulder and just in his boxers.

he slowly pushed the door open and tiredly made his way inside. it wasn't out of the ordinary to be in the bathroom at the same time, but it drove jeongguk insane.

"oh, you're awake?" jeongguk turned around with a wide smile which froze in place when the younger suddenly walked over and wrapped his arms around him. oh? this is new?

"mhm." taehyung hugged him a little tighter.

"w-what's that for?" jeongguk tried his best to act normal even though he was going crazy.

it felt like the two were a married couple, taehyung had just woken up to greet his husband in the morning. just the thought of being taehyung's husband made his thoughts go haywire.

"for last night, thanks for coming over so randomly." taehyung mumbled against his bare chest and unfortunately pulled away to rub his puffy eyes.

"you don't need to thank me." jeongguk stared down at him and bit down on his lip as a way to resist pulling him in for more than a hug.

"do you wanna do anything today? we don't have lectures and i'm not hungover for once."

yeah, kiss and stay in and kiss and-

"oh i was about to go to the mall because i needed to get a few things for my room, you come with me if you want?" jeongguk cut his own thoughts off.

"sure, i'll get ready now." taehyung smiled and was ready to walk out the bathroom again but paused, "can we stay together even when i get ready? i don't want to be alone."

jeongguk didn't hesitate to nod, "i'll just go get dressed now, hopefully i left a good outfit behind." he placed down the hair brush and walked back into the room to get his clothes.

to his surprise, taehyung was still stood there by the door waiting for him to return.

they were close, they had done basically everything together; brush their teeth together, change together, eat together, sleep together, peed while the other was in the bathroom doing whatever else, but they had never been in the same room while showering.

"what do you need to get?" taehyung asked as he began to brush his teeth, too focused on jeongguk to let his thoughts ruin his morning again.

"like a lamp, more pillows, a thicker duvet and stuff." jeongguk walked back in the bathroom and leaned against the door frame as taehyung finished brushing his teeth, "why do you need me to stay? not that i mind- just curious."

taehyung shrugged, "if I'm focused on talking to you, then maybe i won't get weird thoughts because there would be no room for them to form."

"oh, what kind of thoughts were-" jeongguk's breath immediately stopped when taehyung began to shamelessly strip. instantly his eyes darted everywhere else even though his mind was begging him to get another peek at taehyung's slim build.

"huh?" taehyung asked while slipping into the shower and turning the taps on.

"um, uh," jeongguk stared down at the floor suddenly hating yet loving the fact their dorms had a glass shower door, "i forgot. anyways, what should we talk about?"