love heptagon

-hopekook-

a/n: spoiler alert i'm not dead  :")  I've rewritten this chapter like three times and i'm so done with myself

plot: hoseok and Jeongguk are high and kinda gay.

The music drones from the precariously placed speaker on top of the lamp beside the couch in Taehyung's basement. The heavy bass thumps strongly and it feels like the floor shakes beneath them. Hoseok is sitting on the far end of the couch alone, watching Jeongguk who is laying on the floor with Jimin while they giggle. The weed has obviously gotten to them, everyone is on different stages of their high at this point. Everyone handles it different as well. Jeongguk, Jimin and Namjoon are all a giggly mess, Yoongi is devouring everything that's in the fridge along with Taehyung and Jin looks like he's about to pass out right next to Hoseok on the couch. Hoseok is midway between being giggly and getting outrageously hungry, so he's just watching the chaos unfold. 

Namjoon is trying to organize a game of Mario Kart but no one is paying attention to him, which gives Hoseok's heart a pang of pity and he volunteers to join. Though it seems the younger man has already moved on and goes to sit beside Jimin to join their cuddle pile. Hoseok half wishes Jeongguk would spare him a glance. It's not like he's asking for much, just the simple acknowledgement he'd been craving. He hasn't had a private moment with the maknae in what was too long for him, and yeah he understands that things get busy and sometimes stepping away from work was hard. But Hoseok was feeling pouty. He missed the goofy boy, he missed having Jeongguk stumble into his arms and then they both fall onto his bed, perfectly tangled up on the mattress. 

Hoseok doesn't even notice when Yoongi waves a hand in front of his face to get his attention at first. "Hobi!" Yoongi raises his voice and Hoseok jolts and hums in response. "Jimin wants to bake cookies so we're all headed to the kitchen, wanna come?" He asks, Yoongi's small frame being practically swallowed by Namjoon's sweater in front of him, it's almost comical. Hoseok shakes his head and leans back further against the couch. "Nah, I'm good. I'll catch up with you guys in a bit," Yoongi shrugs and walks off with the others, Hoseok closes his eyes, reveling in the hazy state of mind. He felt a weight from beside him disappear, opening his eyes only halfway he saw Jin get up and stumble up the stairs to whatever bedroom was nearest to the basement door.

It took him a couple more minutes to notice Jeongguk had crawled over in front of the couch and was staring up at Hoseok with his dark doe eyes. It was only when Jeongguk tapped Hoseok's knee gently that he opened his eyes all the way. "Oh- hi gguk," Hoseok smiled and reached down to pet Jeongguk's mop of hair fondly. The younger leaned into his touch and giggled. "Hi hyungie," he drawled, hopping up so he sat beside Hoseok on the couch. Hoseok's eyes visibly traveled over Jeongguk's form, his disheveled hair and lopsided t-shirt made Hoseok's heart beat a little quicker. Jeongguk was always pretty, Hoseok had realized that early on in their friendship. Even when he was a dorky teenager Jeongguk had always been pretty. 

He snapped himself out of his thoughts again when he realized Jeongguk had just been sitting there patiently, watching Hoseok stare and staring back. "Whatcha lookin' at?" Jeongguk asked, his voice taking on a teasing tone which made Hoseok's cheeks flush. "You. What else?" He answered and now it was Jeongguk's turn to let his face go red. Both of them were very blushy boys, which wasn't helpful honestly. Since the maknae is shy and the dancer doesn't know how to handle a compliment they're a bad combo when it comes to any sort of flirting. Sometimes it's hard to believe they're both so confident and charismatic in groups. Suppose it just comes easy when they don't try.

"Why aren't you with the others?" Hoseok asked with a tilt of his head, Jeongguk shrugged and chewed on his bottom lip. He sighed before he started speaking in that soft voice he saved especially for his oldest hyungs, except Jin of course, Jeongguk is a brat. "Well, I kind of wanted to hang out with you," He mumbled and Hoseok just about burst right then and there. This boy would be the death of him and he wouldn't even know it. "We just haven't hung out in awhile," Jeongguk continued with a quiet whine. Hoseok could barely fucking take it.