Raw [Vkook]

87: It is what it is

Pacify Her - Melanie Martinez

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"I'm going to die. Taemin! Why did you let me drink so much! Fuck!"

"I know damn well you're not blaming this on me."

Jimin glances amusingly between the two, who are drowning down glasses of water with aspirin. Just a few minutes ago Namjoon had to carry a passed out Hoseok out of the apartment, who was complaining between his sleep how dizzy he feels. Lucas had found home sleeping on the couch while Seokjin is now cooking them lunch since everyone by now starving. Yeosang is still passed out on his bed and Jimin doesn't even know what happened with Jungkook and Taehyung.

He heard Jungkook come back here the early noon hours while he was using the bathroom, so good to know he came back in one piece.

"I don't even know how I got on the couch properly," Ten grunts, running a hand through his hair, "My neck hurts."

Taemin sends him a discrete eye over before hesitantly reaching a hand, rubbing his fingers against the back of Ten's neck to massage his skin.

"That feels good actually," He hums quietly, breaking a small smile as he feels himself relax against Taemin's hand, "Well, now I feel better, I'm go snuggle up to Jungkook since I'm still sleepy, let me know when the food is ready."

No one said anything as he leaves, now use to his clinginess friendship with the ravenette, but Jimin stared a moment too long at Taemin as he sips his coffee. He stares at the way his eyes slightly falls hooded as his gaze follows Ten before he disappeared into the hallway. It's evident by the small tugging frown and heavy sigh that poured out his lips that something bothered him.

And Jimin isn't exactly blind to know what it was.

"So," He clears his throat, putting the coffee mug down the island, "When are you going to tell him?"

Taemin snaps his eyes towards him, eyebrow raised, "Tell him what?"

"That your heart skips beats whenever you're around him," Seokjin snickers from the stove, turning his head back to look over at Taemin, "Must suck seeing him have heart eyes for someone else."

Um what?

Now this made Jimin snap his neck towards Seokjin, "Wait does he actually have feelings for Jungkook? I thought he was just being clingy?"

Seokjin's only sucks in his lips, fighting back a smile as he looks back to Taemin, waiting for a response from him.

The other male stared back at him, finally scoffing with an eye roll, "Fuck you."

"Just saying," Seokjin whistles, looking back to the food he's cooking, "He will have to know sooner or later."

No way does Ten have feelings for Jungkook....

He's not exactly one to get swoon so easily despite his outgoing personality.

Jimin blinks between the exchange, slowly looking over at Taemin with a twitching frown, "Maybe you should give it a shot. He could like you back."

Taemin didn't say anything, only drinks his water while looking away from Jimin's eyes, fighting back his racing heart from being in the way of his emotions.

As if he will try to get in the way of Ten's happiness.

Meanwhile Ten stands in front of Jungkook's door, a small smile on his lips as he gently knocks gently and creaks it open, poking a head inside the room.

Oh...

The sight he saw wasn't exactly something.... His heart expected to witness.

Jungkook is sleeping on his bed with Taehyung snuggling behind him as though he's holding a teddy bear, going off into a deep sleep under the covers as well with gentle snores escaping pass both of their lips.

They look so comfortable....

That was kinda.... Expected.

Hmmm.

Ten couldn't help himself from putting on a strained smile, closing the door instead from his initial plan before staying there for a few moments. He tried to close his eyes and rekindle the bits of his shattered composure, trying to smile away the scratches of his heart beating tenderly against his chest.

Just breathe.

This shouldn't be surprising, right?

Right.

My soulmate is okay, that's all that matters.

Maybe Ten can just go cuddle with the air and hope it'll lullaby him to sleep on the rug.

He rubs his face with his trembling hands, extending his smile brightly before walking back down the hallway, passing by the kitchen.

And Jimin noticed his presence instantly.

"Weren't you going to sleep with Kook?"

It's okay, just smile and brush it off.

Ten gulps thickly, turning to the three set of eyes on him, hiding his shaking hands behind his back.

"Nah, he looks too tired. I'm afraid I'll wake him up," Ten chuckles dryly, moving his eyes over the rug, "I'll just watch tv."

No one said anything to this, not noticing the way Ten's lips tugged into a deep frown when he turned around as he tries so hard to breathe properly.

It's okay.

He's going to be okay, no worries.

It's nothing.

This is nothing.

He kept telling himself this as he walks around the couch, just about to sit on the rug but a hand on his arm catches his attention. He moves his eyes over to meet Lucas's train of eyes softly staring at him, still laying down on the couch but now pressed more inwards of it.

"I can't really sleep without holding onto something," He says shyly, moving away from Ten's eyes train of eyes, "Do you mind?"

If it wasn't for the fact that Ten was going through a minor setback with his emotions, he would've passed out or blurted out an unnecessary comment to the handsome human being. However right now, sleep sounds great and he just wants to be held tightly to just not feel so..... Cold?

So he nods slowly and lays down beside the other male, surprisingly the couch being big enough to fit both of them. For a moment they didn't move a muscled Ten got too shy to look up at his face, but then Lucas gently wraps his arms around his small waist, tugging him closer until Ten is laying his head on his neck, feeling as though a shield is covering over his body with the scent of pine tree masking his nose.

This feels nice.

Ten likes being held, it makes him feel not so alone most of the times.

He's so small so it just feels so night being engulfed by a warm hug.

"I don't know what you saw in that room," Lucas murmurs quietly into his hair, making Ten slightly tense up, "But just know that it's okay to not be happy too."

Hear those words felt like something Ten needed to hear, practically exhaling all of his weight onto Lucas with a heavy sigh.

He didn't want to be affected, but he can't always keep suppressing his emotions away.

It's okay to be upset too.

So Ten twitches a small smile, "Are you a mind reader or something?"

A soft chuckles bubbles out of Lucas's through, running a gentle hand through Ten's hair, "I guess if you refer to studying psychology for four years, then yeah."

Well, guess he learns something new everyday.

One of those things being that Lucas cures headaches because Ten's headache completely vanished the second he melted into his arms.

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A/N:
Just a little outside perspective won't kill hehehe

I really missed writing, but now I have to sleep since it's extremely late haha

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