own it (it's yours) - taekook/vkook

chapter 7

The sound of heavy rain and wind outside is the first thing Taehyung hears when he wakes up. He doesn't think it was real at first, still lost in his dreams, but he feels a pull inside him and in less than a second, his eyes flutter open slowly. And the first thing his vision recognizes is the face of Jeongguk sleeping.

The brunet seemed so peaceful that Taehyung almost felt guilty because he felt like he was intruding something. Almost. The younger could also hear the soft snores and breaths coming out of Jeongguk's slightly parted lips while the said male is in a vulnerable state.

It's astonishing. Seeing someone so cocky and confident, most of the time, be this vulnerable. It's like as if two opposite personalities are coming and melding into one. And, Taehyung knows that deep inside, he wouldn't have it any other way.

The younger male flinches when something loud rings and echoes inside the four corners of the room. He went too far with staring at Jeongguk and got lost that he got surprised at the sound of a phone ringing.

He could see Jeongguk waking up slowly, stretching his limbs and his breathing rate starting to speed up, but he can't find the energy to pretend that he's sleeping so he just waits for Jeongguk to finally wake up.

And wake up, Jeongguk does. He opens his left eye first, as if checking if Taehyung was still there—at that, the latter wanted to squeal because how soft and cute can this man get—and when he confirms it to himself that Taehyung was still there, he blinks his eyes repeatedly while yawning.

"Is that your phone? Or mine?" Jeongguk asks, voice soft around the edges and also quiet. The younger male buries himself underneath the covers before shaking his head.

"Not mine. Definitely yours," he mumbles, closing his eyes, before he hears Jeongguk laughing softly and muttering something he couldn't hear.

"Sorry, baby. Did it wake you up?"

Taehyung only lets out a small huff when he feels Jeongguk move away to grab his phone only to come back immediately so he can stay close to the younger.

"Just answer it so it won't stop ringing," Taehyung yawns, closing his eyes and letting himself fall back into sleep.

Jeongguk hums. "Hey, what the fuck did you need at this time of the—"

He stops before letting out a sigh.

"Alright, thanks. Sorry for cursing at you. It's just so early, man." Jeongguk apologizes. "Thanks again, bye."

"Who was it?"

The words come out of Taehyung's mouth, completely unfiltered, and he almost cringes underneath the covers because he shouldn't have asked. He shouldn't care about who Jeongguk was talking to because that thing is personal and he doesn't want this whole thing to be personal obviously—

"Just a classmate of mine. He said classes are cancelled for all students because of the storm," Jeongguk mutters, voice still hoarse due to the fact that he had just woken up. He sets his phone aside and crawls underneath the covers to come face to face with Taehyung. "Cuddle?"

Taehyung laughs softly, the sour feeling earlier long gone, and nods shyly. "Make me warm. You were gone for too long."

"Was I?" Jeongguk teases, a mocking tone leaking out of his voice as he wraps his arm around Taehyung's waist to pull him close and the top of the latter's head tucked underneath his chin.

"Mhm," the younger answers, a soft giggle making its way out of his throat. "I'm hungry 'swell."

Jeongguk only laughs. "I can't cook breakfast and keep you warm all at the same time."