TIME ─ JAEYONG

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the lovers lost track of time as they laid in each other's arms under the fresh set of bed sheets. every so often taeyong would leave small kisses on the corners of jaehyun's mouth, leaving him a smiley, giggly mess.

"taeyong," jaehyun started in a sort of mumble while twirling taeyong's hair strands around, "do you ever wonder what taeil and the others are doing right now?"

"i suppose so," he sat upright. "you miss them?" jaehyun nodded sheeply. it had been a very long time without speaking to them. jaehyun was so used to communicating with them every day, it was only natural he longed to talk to them again. "i have a solution."

taeyong reached under the bed, pulling out kya's laptop she never came back to retrieve. jaehyun shook his head instantly, the bottom of his stomach twisting. "it's risky."

"there's no way your father has the ability to track a laptop all the way in the united states. besides, there are millions of other laptops being used. we're completely safe." jaehyun didn't feel completely safe about the action but nonetheless he allowed taeyong to unlock the laptop, open up facetime, type taeil's number in and ring him.

it took taeil a while to connect but once the connection was stable jaehyun nearly broke into tears. taeil was on the couch, trapped in johnny's arms. "holy shit! is that jung jaehyun and lee taeyong!?" johnny moved the camera closer to get a better look.

jaehyun couldn't stop his smile from growing. taeil had changed so much within the months. he looked slimmer with a new haircut. it made him look manlier and way more attractive with his sides shaved and the rest styled up with hairspray. johnny, on the other hand, looked the same, just a bit slimmer in the cheeks.

"hi guys!" jaehyun placed the laptop on his lap, propping it up with a pillow. "long time no see. how's it going? please catch me up on everything i've missed."

within an hour jaehyun was fully caught up with his friends' lives. turns out yuta came clean to sicheng's uncle, who wasn't very shocked when yuta spoke to him. guoliang knew something was sketchy but ended up supporting their relationship and allowed sicheng to live with yuta in their new house.

from what sicheng told taeil they were also looking for a daughter to adopt but that process would take many more months to complete. sicheng was eager but not as eager and impatient as yuta was. he already came up with potential names, all of which sicheng turned down.

as for taeil and johnny, the two had moved in together and were still working on their relationship and well as johnny's with his mother. things so far were going smooth, the latter couldn't have been happier.

"yuta seriously couldn't wait huh? when's the wedding?" taeyong chuckled.

"as long as he's happy." jaehyun cuddled into taeyong's neck causing johnny to give taeil a knowing look. "what's with the look?"

"america seems to be treating you well." taeil contained his laughter. "you look snug and have the after sex glow radiating from all over."

"taeil no!" jaehyun whined, covering his reddened cheeks with a pillow. "why do you and johnny always have to call me out for doing human things?"

"it's what best friends are for," johnny chuckled. "now tell me, who topped?"

while jaehyun kept his face covered taeyong smiled widely, pointing his index finger at jaehyun. the motion caused taeil and johnny to lose it leaving jaehyun even more embarrassed than before.

"our baby jae isn't a baby anymore. ever since the cruise ship he's been transitioning into a man. oh gosh what are we going to do?" taeil cooed into the camera mockingly.