THE LIFEGUARD ✔️vk

FIVE

Taehyung was bundled up in a towel, sitting down on a bench inside the employee room. Jeongukk was bent down in front of him, his hands resting on the boys knees.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He questioned. Taehyung could see the concern in his eyes, and he felt really bad about it.

"Jeongukkie don't worry about it." He ran his hand up and down his arm. "I'm fine."

The boy nodded, before standing up. "Hold on. Let me get you some clothes."

He walked across the room to his employee locker, pulling it open. Taehyungs eyes raked down his body, and then he looked back up. He bit his lip. He didn't know if it was the adrenaline from almost dying or the fact that Jeongukk was totally his hero and saved him from drowning. But Jeongukk was looking really fucking hot and he doesn't know how he's ever survived sleeping in the same bed as him before without actually nutting.

Okay. Maybe he shouldn't be thinking this. It's his best friend after all.

But then Jeongukk turns around, smiles, and Taehyungs heart pangs in his chest because maybe he has always liked Jeongukk in the first place.

...

They are currently on their way home, Taehyung on Jeongukks back as he eats an ice cream cone. Jeongukk decided to buy it for him because he felt really guilty for some reason, and insisted that he carried him home because he must be tired.

He protested, but who was he to deny it.

"You know I can walk now." Taehyung stated, his mouth speaking up next to Jeongukks ear.

Jeongukk looked at him from the side, "Just let me carry you."

Taehyung took another lick of his ice cream. Some got on the rim of the hoodie that was over his head but he just pretended not to notice.

"I must me heavy." He added, but Jeongukk shook his head vigorously.

"You're light." He said, adjusting him by pushing him back up his back, easily.

Ugh. I guess I developed a strength kink somehow. Okay.

"It was easy to swim with you and carry you out of the pool." Jeongukk looked to the side again and made full eye contact with Taehyung as he basically inhaled his ice cream.

He smiled, chuckling lightly.
"Good. Just like that. Eat a lot." He said.

Taehyung mirrored his smile, pulling his arms around the boys neck to maintain better grip, so that he wouldn't fall off.

...

When they got home Jeongukk walked him all the way to the living room, and then finally plopped him on the couch when they reached it.

Taehyung was finished with his ice cream by then. However, a bit of leftover chocolate remained on his cheeks making the brunette laugh as he noticed it.

Taehyung had his eyes closed after throwing his hoodie across the room somewhere. He lied on the couch, not paying too much attention to the youngers footsteps as he walked away. So when he felt a cold cloth wipe against his mouth, he flinched.

Jeongukk was there when he opened his eyes, all close up and personal and Taehyung got really nervous for some reason. It was only Jeongukk. The same Jeongukk who was the nicest, and always helped him with his homework, payed attention to him when no one else did, and told him everything was going to be okay when he ran away from home. Maybe that fact made him blush even harder, because he smiled shyly and turned away away from the boy because he really couldn't take it.

Jeongukk must have been confused.

"Hey, turn back around. I'm trying to get the ice cream of your mouth." He tapped his back, and Taehyung blushed some more.

No. If I turn around I can't hide it. He mentally cried.

He doesn't know how it happens, but Jeongukk ends up turning him around, and he's sitting on the couch next to him, even closer to his face. Maybe he should have just turned around himself.

He swears he sees Jeongukk look at his lips for a second and lick his own, but then- oh wait there's ice cream on them. He forgot.

Jeongukk furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "You okay?" It doesn't help that Taehyung refuses to make eye contact with him and his face is about as red as a Happy Meal box and as hot as the Sahara dessert.

"Hey what's wrong?" He asks. It's in the sweetest voice Taehyung has only ever heard from Jeongukk, and he feels really guilty for not being able to have an explanation for his behavior. But it's not like he knows the explanation either. All he did know was that he really really really wanted Jeongukk to do something about it.

He caresses his cheek, and Taehyungs eyes still look anywhere but him. "Do you want me to do something?" He questioned. The blonde almost choked on his spit, although he did know that Jeongukk meant something different.

He shook his head lightly. "Don't lie. Your face is all warm. Are you feeling okay?" He moved his hand up to the olders forehead.

"m'fine." He muttered, since Jeongukk was looking away he found this as a good opportunity to look at his face. The cute mole on his nose, and the one under his lip. And suddenly Taehyung had the strong urge to kiss it.

Jeongukk looked back and he looked away quickly. "Come on, something must be wrong." He ran his hand up the boys arm. It felt nice there. "I'll do whatever you want."

He shouldn't have thought the way he did, but he couldn't help it. The blush was even more apparent, and Jeongukks hand was raking through his hair.

"Anything?" He questioned. Jeongukk nodded.

"I'll do anything for you." He added, his attention went from his hair to his face.

Taehyung was nervous, and probably just really turned on by Jeongukk right now. But he was also starting to really desperate and he wanted something to happen. He would have tried even harder to hold back what he was feeling, but he remembered what Jeongukk told him about doing the first thing he wanted to.

So he silently took a breath, looking at Jeongukk for the first time in a while. Wow. He was really really really really really really handsome.

"Anything?" He questioned the other.

"Anything." Jeongukk chuckled.

"Anything?" He repeated.

"Anything." And the boys answer was still the same.

He paused for a second, rethinking his whole entire life.

"Jeongukk." He said the boys name.

"Will you kiss me?"

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