astemille (ao3)
"When people have both their hands full, they will generally hold the thing they care about more in their dominant hand."
"That's interesting," Taehyung says truthfully. "Why, though?"
Jimin makes himself more comfortable on Taehyung's hideous couch, scratching behind Yeontan's ear and smiling when the dog whines, closing his eyes in content.
"Because they're too scared to lose or break what they're holding."
Jeongguk always holds Taehyung's hand in his right one.
Alternatively, the "my dog ran away and you're the one who found it, and now I owe you a favor even though I really hate you" AU.
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"I read a study yesterday."
Jimin's voice has Taehyung humming to indicate he's listening, even if he doesn't look up from his laptop. His fingers tap against the keys smoothly like a concert's pianist, the sound tuned to his ears. It was about five pm and he was in the middle of powering through an essay due tomorrow morning when Jimin had let himself in his apartment without knocking, complaining that his date stood him up. No matter how busy Taehyung was, he just couldn't leave his best friend all alone on Sunday.
"When people have both their hands full, they will generally hold the thing they care about more in their dominant hand."
Taehyung still doesn't look up from his screen.
"That's interesting," he says truthfully. "Why, though?"
Jimin makes himself more comfortable on Taehyung's hideous couch, scratching behind Yeontan's ear and smiling when the dog whines, closing his eyes, looking content.
"Because they're too scared to lose or break what they're holding."
"Makes sense."
Silence hangs in the air above them, comfortable. The soft humming of the TV can be heard, along with Jimin laughing at the movie he's watching. Half an hour later, Taehyung still has about 100 words to shuffle through.
"Ah, I'm sleeping over tonight."
"Did Woohyun sexile you again?"
Jimin's annoyed huff is enough of an answer. His roommate's high sex drive had Jimin staying over at Taehyung's place more often than not, but it wasn't something they minded too much. Every time Taehyung offered Jimin to just request a roommate change, Jimin would remind him that other than him having one-night stands twice a week, Woohyun was a good roommate. He gave Jimin all the personal space he needed, but still managed to show that he cared for him without butting into his business by bringing Jimin coffee during exam week and making sure he's eaten properly.
"Urgh," Jimin winces at his phone suddenly and way too loudly, waking Yeontan up from where he had fallen asleep on his lap and running off somewhere.
"What's up?"
"Jeongguk's ex leaked his nudes."
Taehyung rolls his eyes at the mention of the name, but still gets up from where he was sitting on the floor, feeling needles in his legs from having stayed in the same position for too long. He shuffles so he sits closer to Jimin, curious. He only had to briefly edit the essay and it was still not even six, so he wasn't worried.
"Didn't they date for a while? That's an asshole move."
Jimin nods.
"Heeyeon sent them to me. Wanna see?" Taehyung shakes his head no. "Well, they're all over Twitter, so you'll see them either way."
Taehyung doesn't have it in him to feel sorry for Jeongguk.
"I'll avoid Twitter for a week, then."
