Homeless ➹ 2jae [✓]

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"Thank fuck your building has an elevator," Jackson heaved, helping Youngjae with his unnecessarily heavy mattress. It was one of those that was compressed in a box, and would expand upon the two of them opening it. Youngjae laughed at what Jackson had said, and continued to exhaust himself.

They reached the building after what felt like an hour and made their way into the elevator. "Why couldn't we hire one of those workers to do it?" Youngjae asked, ripping off his jacket.

Jackson's jaw dropped with sass before he asked, "And pay so much for what we can do ourselves? No way in hell!"

"Whatever," Youngjae replied as the elevator door opened. "I don't feel like building the stand though." So, they continued to haul the mattress to room 3-L, which was a ways away from the elevator. Once Youngjae unlocked the door and went inside, they carried their weight to the bedroom and fell on the floor.

After resting themselves up a bit, Jackson took out his little pocket knife to cut open the box, being extra cautious not to cut the mattress by accident. "Youngjae, these are fun," he said, smiling at the boy who was still on the floor. He threw the box to one corner of the room once he got it open, the instructions in another—

"Dude, we need those!"

"Ah- why?" Jackson asked, watching Youngjae flip open the papers. "Yah, we're fine." He then ripped the plastic off and watched as the mattress expanded. Youngjae was clearly amused, especially as he hadn't seen something like this before, and they both laughed.

"Ah... that is fun," Youngjae admitted, struggling slightly to make sure the mattress was faced the right way and all. Soon enough, it was done, and they both fell on top of it, groaning loudly at how comfortable it was. Jackson couldn't help but laugh about how funny it must have sounded, but neither of them cared.

"High-five!" Jackson yelled enthusiastically. Youngjae simply rolled his eyes and fist bumped his open palm, receiving a playful scold from the older.

And Youngjae told him, "You're too corny, Jackson," to which the latter replied with a laugh.

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Later that night, Youngjae's stuff was all moved in, and he sat on the bed with his phone, not having anything to do. He knew Jaebum was busy studying, but there was one thing on his mind that wouldn't go away, and he needed Jaebum in that moment.

So, with much resentment, he called up his boyfriend and bit his lip in hopes that he wasn't too busy.

"Hi, beauty~" Jaebum cooed when he picked up. Youngjae just blushed and closed his eyes tight, secretly adoring that.

With a smile, he answered, "Hey," and asked, "Are you busy?"

"Nah, I'm just finishing up some optional assignment... Why, do you want to do something?"

"Ah, well... Maybe we could meet at the train station when you're done?"

"Yeah, I guess... You okay."

"Oh, definitely! I'll tell you when we get there, hm?"

"Okay. I'll be done in like 30 minutes. See you then! Love you."

Blushing and smiling uncontrollably again, Youngjae replied, "Love you, too," and hung up. Right away, he got up and left to the station.