jaeyong ✧ skindeep

Forty

Jaehyun shifted himself on the bed as the sunlight had awoken him. He faced the opposite way only to be met with the sight of Taeyong sleeping soundly, his features delicate and soft in the state of slumber.

His ears slightly reddened as his lips curved into a balmy smile. He sat up, stretching his arms outward and moving out of the bed, not before planting a kiss on Taeyong's temple.

Jaehyun unplugged his phone, removing it from the bedside table and began to tap through his notifications as he exited the room into the bathroom to wash his face.

Taeyong woke up shortly after Jaehyun had came back into the room and sat at the edge of the bed. The older rubbed his eyes as he sat up with a sigh, his eyes drifting to the sight of Jaehyun's turned back,"What time is it?"

Jaehyun turned over to Taeyong,"It's seven. We still have an hour till any lectures start. Which means..." Jaehyun crawled over to Taeyong and snaked his arms around his waist, laying his head against his stomach.

Taeyong blushed, trying to remove the younger's grasp from around him,"Jaehyun, I need to get ready."

Jaehyun turned around, laying on his back,"Stupid college."

Taeyong heavily exhaled, getting out of the bed. Once in the bathroom he scavenged through the cabinets, grasping his toothbrush and toothpaste in one hand and a water pill in the other. Making sure Jaehyun couldn't see, he quickly took the pill before beginning to brush his teeth.

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Taeyong walked into his lecture hall. Silently, he walked up a few steps before finding a seat within the mass amount of students there. He pulled out a black notebook from his backpack and placed one earbud in his ear, listening to whatever song was playing and the professor's voice simultaneously.

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Jaehyun, Doyoung and Ten all sat across from each other in the cafeteria.

"Where's Mark at?" Doyoung asked as he stabbed his fork into one of the tomatoes in the salad in front of him.

Ten sipped on his bottled iced tea,"I think he's rewriting his notes, I'm not sure though."

"Oh my God, Jaehyun you go here too?" A faintly familiar voice interrupted the boy's conversation.

The brunette turned around to see a girl standing there. Though he slightly recognized her face from high school, he never bothered to learn her name. He awkwardly smiled at her,"Oh, hi?"

The girl invited herself to sit next to him, sitting down close to Jaehyun's body as her hand rested under her chin,"You should have told me this is where you applied."

Doyoung and Ten both stared back between the girl and Jaehyun, perhaps becoming just as secretly irritated as Jaehyun was. Jaehyun scooted over only for her to scoot closer. Though he continually kept a sheepish smile on directed towards her, his patience was tested.

She clicked on her phone,"Oh, I have to get to one of my lectures. I'll talk to you later, Jaehyun."

Half-heartedly smiling, Jaehyun waved bye to her, then turning back to Doyoung and Ten. He let his face fall into his hands in relief,"That was terrible."

"That was like listening to a female version of Mark except worse," Doyoung looked up from his phone.

Jaehyun ran his fingers through hid hair a couple of times,"Have either of you seen Taeyong? I haven't seen him since earlier this morning."

"I actually did see him eating in here earlier, but he left in a rush before I could say anything to him," the shortest of all three males declared.

Jaehyun slid off the chair, swinging his backpack over his right shoulder,"I'm gonna go look for him. I'll see you guys later."

Jaehyun walked around the campus, looking for Taeyong. However, he seemed to be nowhere. Jaehyun eventually found it to come to calling Taeyong. He pulled his phone out from his pocket, dialing Taeyong's number and silently biding as it rang.

The phone hummed for few more seconds before it was answered, Taeyong's voice emitted slightly wobbly over a faint louder sound before transitioning into a clearer tone,"Hello?"

"Taeyong, where are you? I've been looking for you."

Taeyong cleared is throat on the other side of the line, a slight hesitation laced his tone,"Sorry, I was just going through my notes. Where are you? I'll meet up with right now."

Jaehyun looked around,"I'm by where the student store is."

"Okay."

As the phone call was ended, Jaehyun's expression fell into a stoic one as his mind wandered to things he never did want to think about.

Taeyong soon appeared, running up to Jaehyun and stopping in front of him. The raven-haired quickly noticed Jaehyun's 'less than normal' expression,"What's wrong?"

Jaehyun sheepishly smiled at Taeyong, planting a kiss on the latter's forehead,"Nothing."

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Taeyong sat at the table with his laptop set on the surface as Jaehyun cooked in the background. His hand rested against his palm, his opposite hand lazily hovering over the keyboard. He looked up at Jaehyun, staring at the brunette's back as he moved.

Shortly after, silence emitted from the kitchen and Jaehyun walked over with two plates, setting one down in front of Taeyong.

Taeyong closed his laptop and set it aside, getting up from the table to grab a glass of water and then sitting back down. He cleaved through the contents of what was on the plate while Jaehyun quietly ate across from him.

Taeyong poked his fork into the beef on his plate,"Someone lost a bet to the professor today so now he owes him lunch."

Jaehyun looked up from his plate, humming in response.

Taeyong awkwardly gazed at Jaehyun, taking a sip of his water. As his unconscious feelings increased, he dug his nails into his thigh then traced the bottom of his torso through his shirt, trying to keep himself from shifting too uncomfortably. Taeyong quickly imbibed the rest of his water, then standing up to put his empty plate in the sink.

"I'll be right back."

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