🩹scared | taegyu

🩹fifty-five

look at me; i'll come walking

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

taehyun wakes up in the middle of the night. beomgyu's arm hangs loosely around his waist and taehyun smiles. but it's not just because beomgyu is still there, but because all the lights are off and he's fast asleep. 

the quiet snores coming from beomgyu makes taehyun feel happy. he's immensely proud, and wishes beomgyu could see himself right now. 

taehyun snuggles closer to beomgyu and carefully places a kiss on his cheek. beomgyu stirs in his sleep, pulling taehyun closer and quietly murmurs "go to sleep, hyun."

"i will, hyung." taehyun whispers, sniffling his nose. 

"are you crying?" beomgyu asks, now completely awake. 

"no, i'm not." taehyun says, turning around on the bed. 

"look at me," beomgyu says worriedly, but taehyun doesn't want to. this is embarrassing. 

"no," he whispers, trying his best to sound convincing, but his voice cracks. and beomgyu sits up, forcefully turning him back around. 

"why are you crying?" 

"i'm proud of you, hyung." 

"all of a sudden?" beomgyu whispers, turning on taehyun's night-light. the sudden light irritates his eyes and they can't see anything for a few seconds. but when beomgyu's eyes are focused again, his heart hurts as he sees how red taehyun's eyes are. 

he looks up at beomgyu with genuine eyes. he looks like a mixture of fondness and feelings proud. beomgyu's heart swells happily in his chest. because taehyun isn't sad, he's happy. and that makes beomgyu happy too. 

"did you cry for a long time?" he asks, moving his hands towards taehyun to wipe his eyes. 

"no," taehyun whispers, hiding his face in his hands. 

he loves how protective beomgyu is of him when he's feelings vulnerable and small. taehyun hopes beomgyu feels that sometimes too, he hopes beomgyu knows he's allowed to be vulnerable too. 

because here beomgyu doesn't have to hide away in the dark. beomgyu is surrounded by light as long as he's by taehyun's side. the older looks down at the younger with a sparkle in his eyes and a loving smile on his face. 

"come here," beomgyu lies back down and wraps his arms around taehyun. 

he pulls him into a tight hug under their shared duvet. taehyun hides his face in the crook of beomgyu's neck, feeling his heartbeat on his chest. this is so magical. never in a million dreams would taehyun ever think his daydreams would become reality. 

now he has the real deal in front of him, now the real choi beomgyu is comforting him in the dark, it's not some fantasy. 

"i'm always proud of you, hyung." taehyun whispers, placing a gentle kiss on beomgyu's collarbone. 

"i'm always proud of you too, hyun." beomgyu answers with a smile. 

he runs his hand through taehyun's hair and waits for him to fall asleep. and when taehyun starts snoring quietly, beomgyu turns off the night-light again and places a kiss on the other's forehead. 

"you're so pretty." beomgyu whispers, wiping the drying tears off taehyun's face, "you're so fucking pretty." 

   

   
   

    

the next morning taehyun is the first to wake up. he stares at beomgyu for a while. smiling to himself as he watches beomgyu's eyes move under his eyelids. and after a few minutes beomgyu yawns and opens his eyes. 

"good morning," he murmurs, pulling taehyun close again. 

"good morning, hyung." taehyun smiles, feeling the air slowly seep out of his lungs because beomgyu is holding onto him so tightly. 

he feels a weird stomach ache because of the hug. the sudden pressure on his stomach is uncomfortable. and he's scared he'll throw up if this goes on any longer. 

"can you let me go?" he asks with a strained voice. 

"oh my god, sorry." beomgyu says, letting go of taehyun and sits up on the bed. 

"it's all good. i just suddenly felt really sick." 

"ohh!" beomgyu says with a worried expression, "are you alright?" 

"yeah, yeah, don't worry. let's go eat breakfast."

beomgyu borrows an unused toothbrush and flings toothpaste at taehyun as they brush their teeth. in return taehyun paints a thick mustache over beomgyu's top lip with his toothbrush, and it makes beomgyu back away in disgust. 

"you two are unbelievably messy." hyejin laughs from the doorway. 

it makes beomgyu jump, but he has a smile on his face and taehyun breaks out into laughter. "oh my god, you scared me, mommy!" 

"i was just coming to ask beomgyu something, sorry." she smiles and beomgyu grows nervous. 

"ask me what?" he asks with an anxious tone. 

"i'll tell you in the living room, because i can tell taehyun has to shit and oh boy, you are not ready to smell that just yet." hyejin laughs, gesturing for beomgyu to follow her. 

taehyun's face turns bright red at his mother's words, but beomgyu just laughs. he laughs so hard he's convinced he might pee himself if he doesn't stop soon. 

he walks into the living room behind hyejin who has a warm smile on her face. yongsun has already left for work, so beomgyu feels surprisingly comfortable. hyejin sits down on the sofa and beomgyu does too. 

he nervously jumps on his feet and readjusts the hem of his sweater. his heart is beating in his neck and he feels really hot all of a sudden. 

"don't worry, i'm not angry." she laughs. beomgyu nods, letting out a breath of air, he must've looked really nervous. 

"i just wanted to that you for always looking after taehyun. i'm so grateful he has found such a great person to rely on. thank you, blossom."

the sudden compliment takes beomgyu by surprise and his eyes suddenly start to sting. he doesn't remember the last time a woman gave him such a big compliment. his mum was always really bad at that, well, she was really bad at everything. 

"don't worry about it. and i bet i rely more on him than he relies on me." beomgyu says happily.

"i wanted to ask if you could stay over this weekend, i don't want to leave taehyun here all alone. yongsun and i are going on this weekend get-away and i really think he'd love if you stayed over."

"of course, i would love that! i feel really at home here, you're such a welmcoming family, " beomgyu continues  sincerely with a genuine smile. 

"i'm so glad you feel that way. and i know things aren't as great at your other home," hyejin says, " but you can always come here and stay with us if it's too difficult. or if you just need a family,"

"i promise i'll come running when i need you." 

"but if you're wearing that knee brace of yours, please for the love of god, just walk here instead." taehyun says from the other end of the living room. 

"i promise i'll come walking then." beomgyu laughs. 
  

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