Homosaurus

14

Jaebum opened his apartment door, allowing Youngjae to walk in first.

The hybrid looked around, eyes scanning the entire place. "Th-This is your cage?"

"My house. Apartment, actually." Jaebum corrected as he locked  the door behind them.

"Wow..." Youngjae wandered past the open kitchen into the living room, spinning himself in circles as he examined the unfamiliar place. "...it's nice."

Jaebum waved away the compliment. "Trust me, it's nothing compared to those with a whole lot more money."

"My cage is nothing compared to this." Youngjae walked over to the sofa, at first touching the cushions before flopping himself down onto them. He hummed as he stretched his body across the surface, finding comfort in the plushness that he couldn't get from the hard metal floor of his cage. "The couch is soft."

"Youngjae, we should get you out of those clothes." Jaebum stated, noticing the dirt and stains that littered his body and was probably being transferred to his couch.

The hybrid looked over at him, a brow raised. "Why?"

"Well firstly you need to wash-"

"Wash? We'll shower together again?"

Jaebum blinked, the image of the last time they showered together flashing through his head. The reminder left his skin flushing pink. "Um, I don't know about that. But you definitely need to be cleaned, and then I need to wash those clothes and give you something else to put on. You must be tired and starving too, what did you eat all night?"

"I ate food I found in the garbage." Youngjae replied, briefly glancing at the ceiling as he remembered back to the events of night he had. "Oh and a body."

Jaebum's jaw fell open. "A-... A what?"

Youngjae smirked as his reaction, shaking his head. "It was a joke."

It took a minute for Jaebum's brain to rewire, a breath of relief escaping him once it actually had set in that Youngjae was just messing with him. "Your... your tone when telling jokes is way too serious, you had me scared for a minute."

"Why? You think I might eat you?"  Youngjae grinned, licking his lips as his eyes scanned Jaebum from head to toe."I bet you taste yummy."

The other male felt a chill run up his spine, the urge to look away from the hybrid's naturally hungry stare taking over him instantly. "D-Don't talk like that right now. Just get undressed and go shower."

Youngjae rolled off the couch to his feet while hopefully staring at Jaebum. "Get undressed? Will you do it too?"

"Youngjae." Jaebum pointed towards the bathroom, silently asserting his orders.

"Okay, okay..." The hybrid mumbled, doing as he was told. Jaebum followed Youngjae in only to turn on the shower and take his dirty clothes to wash for him, though Youngjae did try to keep him around for another shared bathing session.

Jaebum escaped the bathroom unscathed despite the pout Youngjae wore, taking his clothes and setting it aside with his own dirty load to be washed. He then went into his wardrobe and pulled out a freshly washed oversized sweater that would probably fit Youngjae perfectly, along with a pair of sweatpants. He left the clothing in the bathroom for Youngjae to put on, deciding to also cook since the hybrid had to be hungry from those hours of aimlessly roaming around.

He hadn't exactly expected guests that day, so the amount of food in his fridge was minimum. But he was able to pull out some vegetables to make a small salad and enough meat to hopefully fill Youngjae up. Jaebum was just glad that they were in a safe place now; he could watch over Youngjae and make sure everything was alright from the comfort of his own home. The brief thought of Jinyoung still frantically looking for him flashed through Jaebum's mind, but he waved the notion away, figuring everything was fine.