✔ || Distract Me

Chapter 19

Yoongi and Namjoon had stayed late in the studio, leaving Seokjin and Hoseok to corral the maknaes home. They were all exhausted, but Jimin was in one of his moods in which he was overtired and hyper because of it, so of course Taehyung was wired as well. Which meant that everytime Jeongguk's head lolled to the side in the car on the way back to their apartment, Taehyung or Jimin pinched him. The two eldest were too tired to yell at them, and Jeongguk was too tired to hit them, so they succeeded in keeping him awake and grumpy until they were shuffling into their apartment. Jimin made his way to the living room and Taehyung dragged Jeongguk after him, still giggling. Every touch from his hyung throughout the day had sent electricity sparking through his hips, and this was no exception. The maknae concealed his whimper by whining, "Hyung, let me go to bed."

"Never, Kookie!" Taehyung teased, kissing his cheek.

"Ew," Jimin batted at Taehyung. "Get a room, you two."

Jeongguk got sassy when he was tired, so he quipped, "With pleasure."

Taehyung shot him a devilish grin, "Oh yeah?"

Jeongguk was very aware of the heat that dripped into his stomach at the way Taehyung's eyes grazed over him. "Shut up, hyung."

Taehyung's eyes hardened and he turned to Jimin, "Guess what Jeongguk tried to do this morning."

Jeongguk launched into Taehyung, slapping a hand over his mouth with a resounding crack. Jimin grinned, "Now I have to know."

"If you want Taehyung to be able to work in the morning, you don't," Jeongguk hissed.

Taehyung pried off the maknae's fingers, "Kinky."

Jeongguk lurched away from him, his face on fire. "Y-you know that's not what I meant!"

Jimin doubled over, his breaths coming in short wheezes through his laughter. "Wow, okay, let's talk about anything else."

The three of them collapsed on the couch. Taehyung shifted closer to Jimin, both of them still trying to give the Energizer Bunny a run for his money, and Jeongguk snuggled into his corner, rolling his eyes and pulling out his phone. The two elders burst into fits of laughter at random intervals, but Jeongguk couldn't make sense of their energetic, half-delirious conversation. After a few minutes, they seemed to run out of whatever fuel that was keeping them going, and Taehyung leaned back against Jeongguk's side. "Cuddle me, Kookie."

"Can we do that in our room instead?" Jeongguk groaned, "I don't understand how you two are so hyper."

"I'm excited, Kookie!" Jimin whined, throwing his arms up and behind him over the back of the couch. "This album is going to be awesome."

Jeongguk puffed out an exasperated breath, "It will be if you go get some sleep. Vocal cords don't work when they're tired, and neither do legs."

Jimin stuck his tongue out at the maknae, "Why do you have to be the logical one? You're the youngest!"

"Which says a lot about you," Jeongguk shot back.

Jimin sighed and stood, stretching his arms over his head. "Whatever, Kookie, be a killjoy. Goodnight, cuties."

He propelled himself into Taehyung and Jeongguk's laps, wrapping his arms around them, before rolling off and shuffling down the hall. Jeongguk sighed in relief, but it instantly dissolved into a surprised gasp when Taehyung shifted to brush his hand across Jeongguk's waist. "Bed?" the elder murmured.

"Bed," Jeongguk squeaked, forgetting how to breathe.

Taehyung stood and tugged the maknae to his feet, twining their fingers together. Jeongguk let him pull him down the hall, trying to stop the heat pouring deep into the pit of his stomach. Taehyung had been a brat all day - first denying him that morning, then teasing him at the studio, and then this fiasco with Jimin - and Jeongguk had to remain strong and just go to sleep. Nothing else.