pancakes

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the pair met up at the cafe like they did every morning.

this time, jeongguk ate his fruit salad. he couldn't help but laugh when taehyung seemed shocked at this.

"I've never seen you eat before. every day you've ordered a fruit salad but...never eaten it."

jeongguk smiled as he looked into taehyung's caramel coffee eyes. "that's the whole point," he chuckled.

there was a voice at the back of his head, screaming at him to stop, yet he felt at ease with taehyung.

//

jeongguk had a new routine set up in two weeks.

he had started seeing a therapist twice a week, watched recovery videos and had started to be kinder to himself.

sure- he had setbacks. there were some days where he still ate less than a thousand calories but he cared more about himself.

it was easier to focus now in class and jeongguk was less tired. even his classmates had commented on how he was looking better.

jeongguk looked at himself in the mirror. his eye bags were smaller, his hair was fuzzy and healthy. the boy ran his hand over his skin which was starting to become softer and he started to see less bone by the day.

"you were always pretty," taehyung had said to him one day. "but now you look prettier."

//

i might wrap this up soon oops