LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

✯ pito

taehyun and beomgyu were sitting down, and in front of them was some food and tea.

beomgyu sips the tea quietly as taehyun was eating. he enjoyed the tea, since it was green tea. it was brewed well using some medicine, and it still tasted good.

“so, beomgyu,” taehyun started, making beomgyu look at him curiously, “yeah?”

taehyun lifted his head up slightly, and their eyes met.

“do you like the tea?” he asked as the cat crawls up to his lap. beomgyu nodded and smiled happily. taehyun notes that the smile might have been a genuine one, since it seemed to show joy in his eyes, too. it made taehyun happy to see that his patient was happy.

“mhm, it's really good! never tasted anything like this before,” the boy said, humming softly as he continues to drink.

“that green tea is mixed with some herbs that are usually used by doctors like me,” he says as he eats, and he could feel beomgyu look at him with a surprised look.

he looks up to see beomgyu's reaction as he drinks his glass of water, and he sees the blond quirk up an eyebrow, “hm, a doctor living in a magical forest? that's weird.”

taehyun chuckled softly as he stood up to go wash his plate, “yes, it is. even i think it's queer."

he hears beomgyu stand up from his chair and limp to him, and gripped taehyun's arm for support.

silence envelops them, and taehyun broke it.

“beomgyu-ssi. you need to rest, your knees were bruised badly and i don't want you to have you stand here and do all the work,” he assures, smiling softly at him.

the boy seemed to shake his head, as if saying, no. i won't.

“i want to help you. it's the least i could do to you to repay your kindness, taehyun.”

wait, what is this feeling? taehyun swore his heart felt like it did a jump to the heavens. what's this? he feels weird all over, and couldn't suppress the blush forming in his cheeks. he was just so close to me. damn. is his eyelashes this long? what's happening-

taehyun sighs and nodded, wrapping an arm around beomgyu's waist and smiling shyly. “okay then. but you still need to rest, alright?”

he nodded and they started washing the dishes, with taehyun humming softly to pass the time. the wind blows outside softly, making the wind chimes by his door make a beautiful melody. it was relatively peaceful.

soon, they talked about many different things they liked mutually. he found out that beomgyu has a lot of books in his house, and that he has a sword collection that was owned by his mom. he also found out that beomgyu likes music and going to bars, and he has a close friend named hyejin who works as a dancer and a singer.

“she's a brave woman,” he said as they were rinsing the plates, “hyejin noona is pushing a lot of boundaries along with her best friends, and they don't care if they receive a lot of hate, because their fans are incerdibly supportive.”

taehyun smiles softly, “she sounds amazing. what's the name of her group?”

“they call themselves mamamoo,” he replied, almost excitedly. he was radiating happiness and pride for the girls. “they're amszing singers and dancers. oh, and two of the members came out as dating after hyejin noona said that she was dating wheein noona!”

after they finished the dishes, they sat on the couch and beomgyu made himself comfortable immediately. he curls up by the corner and sighs contentedly before closing his eyes, rambling about something about his pet parrot.

taehyun smiles and sat by the other corner, and did the same as him, staring at him with wonder and mystery.

he was intrigued by the boy. he was so innocent and gentle, so selfless, too. it amazed him, and made him question some things, too.

while he was treating beomgyu, he noticed that his shoulder, back, knees, cheeks, and lip were all bruised, but not caused by the protector. he wonders who did it to him, and more importantly, why they did that to him. it was so obvious that beomgyu was a delicate human, but why? why must someone hurt him?

he frowns, and noticed beomgyu had fallen asleep while rambling. he chuckles softly to himself as he gets a warm blanket and a pillow.

he hears a knock on his door as he was about to get the blanket, and he flinched aggressively, dropping it.

taehyun cautiously walks to the door and opens it, to see.....