TAEKOOK | HOPE

• 40 panicked

Hmm....
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When Jeongguk wakes up in the early hours of the following morning, the bed beside him is empty. He sits up, looking around frantically, and is about to slip into a full scale panic attack when he hears the toilet in his bathroom flush.

Relieved, embarrassed, and feeling like a bit of an idiot, he drops back down, closing his eyes again and trying to even out his breathing. He pretends to be asleep as the door to the bathroom opens, followed by the sound of Taehyung padding barefoot over the carpeted floor. The bed dips under his weight and then he's right there, slipping a leg between Jeongguk's and draping an arm over his waist.

He presses a kiss to Jeongguk's temple before snuggling back down into his own pillow, and Jeongguk falls back asleep with a smile on his lips.

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Two weeks later finds Jeongguk and Taehyung standing in the middle of Taehyung's new apartment, surrounded by cardboard boxes. The apartment had come fully furnished, which made the moving process much less of a headache, but they still had all of Taehyung's clothes and other personal items to sort through. Helping him get settled had calmed some of Jeongguk's anxiety about him moving out in the first place, though, so he'll take it.

Surprising absolutely no one, Taehyung keeps getting distracted by the things he pulls out of the boxes, trying on old outfits and dragging Jeongguk over to look at pictures or other knickknacks from their BTS days. Right now he's wearing that ridiculous zip-up shark sweatshirt that Jeongguk privately thinks should be burned, pulling things out of one of the boxes without actually putting any of it away.

"Tae," Jeongguk sighs, looking over from where he's been hanging things in Taehyung's closet. "Maybe find a home for some of that stuff before you unpack the whole box?"

"I'm looking for something," Taehyung says distractedly, waving him off as he continues to rifle through the box.

Jeongguk gives another sigh of resignation and returns his attention to the closet. Someone around here has to be productive, otherwise they're going to be unpacking all night.

"Found it!" Taehyung cries triumphantly a little while later. "Jeonggukie, look how cute we are."

Jeongguk glances over his shoulder and finds Taehyung holding up a framed photograph of the two of them. It's old, judging by their hair and how young they look, possibly even from before they were dating. Their faces are bare, and their cheeks are smushed together, secured in place by the arm Taehyung has locked around Jeongguk's neck. Taehyung is grinning that big, boxy grin of his and Jeongguk looks shy but giddily happy, probably because he was touching Taehyung.

"It's my favorite," Taehyung informs him, and Jeongguk's heart gives a jump of approval.

"We look like babies," Jeongguk laughs.

Taehyung nods, observing the picture. "Yeah, it's a good thing you got hotter."

Jeongguk makes an indignant noise, but Taehyung just laughs and quiets him with a kiss on the cheek.

Later, Jeongguk notices the picture on Taehyung's bedside table, right beside one of Taehyung and his family. He pretends not to see it, but his heart does that jumping thing again as they move on to the living room boxes.

A few hours later, they collapse on the couch in Taehyung's living room, most of the boxes now emptied. Jeongguk is looking for an excuse not to go back to his own apartment at this point - he doesn't like the idea of being there without Taehyung.

"Wanna stay over?" Taehyung asks, as if reading his mind. He's sitting with his back propped against the armrest of the couch, long legs stretching out towards Jeongguk. "Order takeout, christen a few surfaces?"

He wiggles his eyebrows suggestively, pulling at the zipper of his hoodie so that a bit of bare skin appears. Of course he's not wearing a shirt underneath, of course.

Taehyung squeals when Jeongguk grabs his ankles, tugging until he's laying all the way down on the couch. His legs fall apart easily, and really, Jeongguk is so fucking gone for him.

"Nah, I was thinking of going home and jerking off alone," Jeongguk teases, crawling over Taehyung and settling between his legs.

"Mm, sounds hot," Taehyung snorts, grinning when Jeongguk yanks the zipper of his hoodie all the way down. It falls open and Jeongguk dives in, kissing across his chest. "How about a live show?"

Jeongguk rolls his eyes, laughing as he sits back and reaches for the waistband of Taehyung's sweats.

"Wait!" Taehyung cries suddenly, grabbing his wrist.

Jeongguk looks up at him expectantly, and Taehyung fishes around in his pocket, ultimately extracting something shiny. When he holds out his hand, Jeongguk sees a small, silver key sitting in his palm.

"Before I lose it in the couch cushions," he says. "I had an extra copy made for you."

Jeongguk stares down at the key, suddenly feeling alarmingly close to bursting into tears. Taehyung is acting nonchalant about it, but Jeongguk can tell he's nervous, and he also knows that this was a gesture made largely to soothe his nerves about Taehyung getting his own place. It means a lot to him.

"Wow," he manages to choke out, taking the key and inspecting it reverently. "Tae - thank you."

"'Course," Taehyung says, beaming. "Make sure you get good use out of it."

Jeongguk nods, pulling his key ring out of his own pocket and slipping the key on carefully. "My spare is yours to keep, by the way," he says. "I'm having another one made just in case."

"I was hoping you would say that," Taehyung admits, smiling. He bumps his heel lightly against Jeongguk's ass. "Look at us, Jeonggukie. It's almost like we're the real deal."

"I like it," Jeongguk says, leaning back over him and kissing his neck. "A lot."

"Mm, me too," Taehyung hums. His stomach rumbles, and Jeongguk laughs, sliding down Taehyung's body to kiss the skin there too.

"Hungry?"

"Starved, wanna order food before we get back to defiling the couch?"

They manage to fit in a round of blow jobs before the delivery even arrives.

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Aww... A question for ya guys.

"What you'd do when you woke up and won't find your loved one besides you after having them back in your life after so so long time?"

I'd definitely fuckin panic like jungkook. I'm curious tho what you'd do? Comment your ans plz