Taekook Oneshots

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Jungkook leans back in his chair, closing his eyes a little. "Okay, I'm sorry but that was some good food," he comments simply, one hand drifting to rest over his stomach. "Completely different to what I'm used to."
"What, instant noodles and burgers?" I joke, and he raises an eyebrow at me, shaking his head a little.
"I do sports, Taehyung. I can't afford to eat that kind of shit."

My eyes widen and I raise a hand hurriedly, starting to apologise, until I see the humour in his eyes. "Wait...are you fucking with me?"
"Yeah, kinda," he admits, chuckling lightly. "I eat more carbs than I probably should, given the nutrition stuff I do in my course. I just love food too much to live off of protein shakes and rice crackers, so..."

"You look like you do." He tilts his head for a second, the action questioning, confused. "Dude, you're ripped, what the hell?"
"Good genes and hours in the gym," he explains simply, shrugging. "I don't want to slack off, but I also don't want to spend my life chasing a dream of how to appear. There's just no point. Having said that, I do eat better than some kids in my class."

I nod in understanding, seeing his point. We've known each other for about a month now, and have hung out every so often, whenever our schedules allow. University is a complex mix of independent study, lecture time, meetings with tutors, and smaller seminars that always seem to blend into each other. It's not the party lifestyle I was expecting it to be, even if we do end up going to a few clubs together as well with our friends.

It's an odd time, and this is the only time we've really had this week to hang out. I've been doing my best to keep things going slow, because I don't want to sign up for something if I don't know the small print. I don't enter relationships quickly, and he's got a lot to prove. Sure, I don't hold him to an ideal in my head, but that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to have any standards.

So far, he's exceeded them all, but I can't get my hopes up too high. That wouldn't end well.

"I mean, to be fair, the only reason I'm not the size of a whale is because of the distance between my main lecture hall and my accommodation." Jungkook laughs properly, and part of me wants to rewind the sound in my head, because it's so unlike him. The melodic nature of his speaking voice is completely different to the pterodactyl sound that this laugh reminds me of.

"So the walking helps?" he asks, one side of his mouth crooked into a knowing smile, and I curse internally at the blush the expression creates.
"I suppose so, yeah," I say simply.
"You don't look like you weigh a thing."
"Let's not test that theory," I say quickly, seeing the mischief in his eyes as it appears.

It dies down immediately, and he nods seriously. "Gotcha."

The waitress appears with our bill, and we split it between us, Jungkook offering to pay for the whole thing at first before letting me pay for my own stuff. He defends his offer with the point that it's supposed to be chivalrous to at least mention the idea. "It's supposed to show that a guy is interested in you, ya know?" he says, that same crooked smile reappearing, and I freeze.

"Huh?"
"I mean I'm into you, Tae. You're cute, you're funny, and I get along well with you. I saw tonight as a date." He speaks confidently, but there's the start of a blush on his pale face, and he's avoiding my gaze ever so slightly. I blink a few times, genuinely surprised, and he takes my silence as a negative thing. His smile fades, and he meets my eyes properly. "Sorry, hyung, I didn't mean to-"

"No, it's fine," I say uselessly, holding up a hand, and he stops talking. "I'm a bit of a potato, you see, and I don't really know how to converse with other humans-"
"You manage pretty well with me?"
"You're a special case." The smile returns.
"Oh, am I?"

There's a moment of silence, and then he clears his throat, somewhat awkwardly. "Are you free sometime this week?" I nod uncertainly, taking out my phone and checking to see if I actually am, before nodding again. "Do you wanna do this again sometime, but this time it's definitely a date?"