goldenficscloset(ao3)
Cupboards are a shortie's worst enemies.
Jungkook would know.
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Jeongguk really despised his height sometimes.
Sure, he had a loving, and very tall, boyfriend who loved to just pick him up and coo at how small and tiny he was, making him feel loved and happy, but sometimes his height was really, really unfortunate.
Right now, for example.
Jeongguk stood in the kitchen, glaring at the cupboards above the kitchen counter. He had been trying for 5 minutes to reach the cupboard. Of course, he could have gotten a chair to stand on or call for Taehyung, his boyfriend, to come help him, but Jeongguk was a strong independent boy who didn't need no man.
Thus, that resulted in him standing on the tip of his toes, reaching his arms out as far as possible, to just reach the damn cupboard. Eventually, he had given up with a groan, pouting while swiping a sweaterpaw covered hand across his forehead, as if to wipe away the sweat that had formed there.
"We need to rebuild the entire fucking kitchen to my height, I swear." Jeongguk grumbled, glancing back up at the cupboard. He had to get it somehow. The chair would be a weak move, so would calling for Taehyung be. The brunette gasped softly, snapping his fingers. "What if I just use the kitchen counter instead." He mumbled to himself, taking another step closer to the kitchen counter. With a little bit of struggle, he lifted himself up on the kitchen counter, hissing softly as the cold marble came in contact with the exposed skin of his thighs due to his soft shorts.
Slowly, and a little shakily, he managed to stand on the kitchen counter, giving him easy access to the cupboards. Jeongguk smirked in victory, fingers curling around the handle of the cupboard.
However, his victory wouldn't last long.
As soon as Jeongguk tugged at the handle to open the cupboard, the cupboard door swung open, nearly hitting Jeongguk in the face, causing him to gasp and lean back, to stop himself from falling. However, there was nothing behind him to stop him from falling. And so, he landed on the floor with a loud smack, a little cry of pain climbing out of his throat. He hissed and whined as he sat up, rubbing along his lower back with a pout on his lips.
It didn't take long for the sound of someone running down the stairs to bounce off of the walls, coming closer and closer to the kitchen. "Guk?!" Taehyung called out, voice laced with worry. The blonde haired boy all but ran into the kitchen, a gasp slipping past his pink lips as his eyes landed on his small boyfriend on the floor, who was still rubbing his lower back with a pout on his lips. Taehyung scurried over to him, kneeling down beside the younger boy.
"Baby, are you okay?" Taehyung questioned, cupping the boy's face, "I heard you fall all the way upstairs, what were you doing?" The blonde continued, rubbing his thumbs in circles on the boy's cheeks. Jeongguk whined softly, "I wanted to reach the cupboard by myself for once, and thought it would be a good idea to climb on top of the kitchen counter to open it. I forgot they open with a lot of force. That's how it send me leaning backwards, as it almost hit my face, but there was nothing to hold me back so I kind of fell on the floor."
Taehyung sighed softly, shaking his head with a fond little smile before he leaned in and pressed a kiss against the younger boy's forehead.
"Clumsy baby." The blonde chuckled, ruffling the younger's locks. Jeongguk pouted at the action, but leaned into the touch anyway. "Did you hurt yourself though?" Taehyung questioned, glancing at the boy's hand that was still rubbing circles on his lower back. Jeongguk nodded, "A little bit. I landed on my lower back so that took most of the impact."
Taehyung nodded at the answer and scooted over so he sat right behind Jeongguk, lifting the boy's grey sweater, (-that suspiciously looks like his missing one), inspecting his lower back. Sadly, a bruise seemed to be forming on his porcelain skin. "It's bruising a little," Taehyung murmured, standing up, "I'll get some ice for that."
With that, he made his way to the freezer, hunting for some ice.
Jeongguk pouted and managed to stand up with a pout and a little hiss, gripping the kitchen counter as soon as he did so. Due to the aching in his lower back, standing up straight was a little painful.
Not that he was straight to begin with but-
He used the kitchen counter for support as he waited for Taehyung to return, hopefully with some ice. Soon enough, Taehyung returned with an ice pack, wrapping it in a thin towel before pressing it to the forming bruise on the boy's lower back. Jeongguk sighed softly in delight, feeling the cold seep gently through the thin towel.
"Better?" Taehyung murmured, nuzzling the younger's fluffy locks. Jeongguk nodded and leaned into his boyfriend who started leading him towards the living room, hand still pressed onto the ice pack on the younger's back. "Let's lay down on the couch, yeah? You can rest your legs on my lap and we can watch something on netflix. We can just order pizza or something instead of cooking."
Jeongguk nodded hastily, whining impatiently as Taehyung took his sweet time to sit down on the couch while trying not to lose grip on the towel. As soon as he sat down, however, Jeongguk easily maneuvered himself on his boyfriend's lap, fiddling with the remote as Taehyung started rubbing soothing circles on the exposed skin of his thighs, causing goosebumps to rise upon his skin. Taehyung's other hand was still pressing down on the towel on Jeongguk's lower back, trying to lessen the bruising as much as possible.
Taehyung cleared his throat as Jeongguk flipped through a couple of series on Netflix, trying to find something that appealed to him. "Hey baby," Taehyung started, tracing little figures on the boy's thighs. "Why didn't you just call me to help you out? You know I could reach it, I could've gotten whatever you needed for you."
Jeongguk nodded slowly, "I know, but I wanted to try for myself for once. Using a chair was too cliché, so I thought the kitchen counter would be a good idea," Jeongguk sighed, resting his cheek on a pillow, "We all know how that turned out."
Taehyung chuckled softly and patted the younger's butt gently, "Next time, just call for me if you need anything that you can't reach, okay bun?" Jeongguk nodded at the older boy's words, shifting his hips on the blonde's lap. "I will."
A comfortable silence rested between the two as Jeongguk finally found a series they could watch, only half following it as Taehyung's fingers tracing figures on his thighs and the cold press of the ice pack on his lower back was enough to slowly drift him off to sleep.
Maybe cupboards were one of his sworn enemies, but as long as he had his Prince Charming to look after him, he would be alright.
Fin.
