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Chapter 28

{A/N: STOP!! I posted 2 chapters today, so make sure you read Chapter 27!!!}

After napping lightly for a little over twenty minutes, Taehyung coaxed Jeongguk up and led him to the shower. The maknae stumbled after the elder, lost in overwhelming joy, and giggled when he realized they were both still very much naked and now standing in the middle of the hallway. Taehyung groaned, rubbing a hand over his face, "Go get the water temperature how you want it, jagi, and I'll bring us some clothes."

Jeongguk nodded, eyelids heavy, and let the elder gently nudge him towards the bathroom. His legs were jelly beneath him, and it was astonishing that they held him up. Focusing on this marvel of anatomical accomplishment, he tripped over the edge of the shower and snorted at himself. And then he stood there in the middle of the shower, a smile plastered to his face, soft giggles slipping past his lips as he waited for his boyfriend.

"You're bubbly right now," Taehyung mused behind him a moment later, and Jeongguk reeled around with a grin.

"Why shouldn't I be? We're okay now, right?"

Taehyung captured him in a chaste kiss before pulling away, blinking water off his long black eyelashes. "Of course, jagiya."

Jeongguk smiled even wider, suddenly realizing that he could finally do this. He snatched up Taehyung's shampoo and wasted no time depositing some onto his palm. The elder raised his eyebrows, but Jeongguk ignored his amused curiosity and set to work kneading the bubbles into the boy's hair.

Sure enough, it was entrancing to massage the white soap into Taehyung's black hair. The sharp contrast of colors was just so pretty. Jeongguk giggled again, scrunching his nose up, and the elder grinned back. Soon they were both laughing at each other, and then the laughter became something more breathless and needy. Suddenly, Jeongguk's back was pressed up against the shower wall and his legs were wrapped around Taehyung's waist, the elder's hands firmly cupped under his thighs. And even though it burned because shit, they just got done doing this in the bedroom, Jeongguk snaked his arms around and touched along the raised tracks of Taehyung's scars, moaning when it made him go even faster. The elder's mouth pressed against the crook of the maknae's neck, hot and open and sucking. 

Jeongguk practically sobbed the elder's name when he came, trembling and writhing.

When they finally stepped out of the shower, Taehyung took his aftercare routine a step further than in the past by drying off the maknae and dressing him. Jeongguk protested at first - I'm an adult, hyung, I can do it myself - but Taehyung just shook his head and said, "My baby boy isn't going to lift so much as a finger. Not on my watch."

Jeongguk blushed fiercely at the nickname and wordlessly let his boyfriend finish his task. Once they were both dressed, they worked together to change their sheets. Jeongguk wrinkled his nose, complaining that the stain would never come out, but Taehyung just rolled his eyes and promised that so long as they didn't replace the LED bulb in their lamp with a blacklight, they'd be fine. Afterwards, they decided to wait up for the other members, but they were too exhausted from the past emotionally and physically taxing few hours to last very long.

Namjoon entered the dorm first, nervous about what he'd find. Sending the entire hyung line plus Jimin on a surprise hiking expedition had been a long shot, but he prayed that it worked. Yoongi had grumbled the entire time, of course, but Jimin just told him that this was for their adorable lovebirds, so deal with it. And Namjoon paid for everyone's dinner, which helped immensely.

Obviously it did indeed work, for the very first thing Namjoon saw when he stepped into the living room was their two maknaes pretzeled around each other, snoring softly. Taehyung's shirt was pushed up to reveal a large portion of his abdomen, and Jeongguk's hand was splayed over it, fingers twitching in his sleep.