"If they don't start dating anytime soon, I'll lose hope in love", Jimin said, standing in front them.
They finished the last scene in four hours, the sun had already risen, Bts was tired and exhausted. They must have danced their choreo a million times by now, Jungkook guessed.
After they helped the staff to clean up, they got on their way to the van to drive back to the hotel.
Since Tae and Jungkook still shared one room (and one bathroom), it would have been pretty normal for the first person to shower, than to change and the second person to go.
But Jungkook and Taehyung weren't normal.
Just as Jungkook made his way to the bathroom, Tae stopped him and asked:
"Can we shower together?"
"T-together? Why?"
"I don't want to shower alone. It's boring."
"Tae. It's a shower. What do you expect to do in a shower?"
The older shrugged his shoulders.
"Whatever, join if you want but we need to hurry."
In the bathroom, they stripped and the maknae stumbled under the shower head and turned the warm water on.
"Stop staring at my ass and get in here!"
"I wasn't!", Taehyung lied and came to stand next to Jungkook in the way too tiny shower.
"Temperature okay?"
Taehyung nodded even though he did feel the room turn a bit hotter time by time.
They started rubbing with soap on their skin but not too much since it shouldn't wrinkle.
The older found a bottle of good smelling shampoo and sniffed it.
"Mmm what is this?", Jungkook asked.
"It says citrus."
"Give me some."
"Here", Taehyung said and squeezed some into his hand just to slap it on Jungkook's hair.
"Oi! You're making a mess!"
"I'll clean it up, wait", Tae said, still grinning.
"You better!"
"Idiot", Jungkook added mumbling but his face showed a smile.
"Turn around."
"What are you doing?", Jungkook asked Tae.
"I'm cleaning up, obviously", he responded and went with his long fingers through Jungkook's beautiful hair.
His natural scent was already to die for, this shampoo couldn't top it.
And his height was perfect. Not too tall for Taehyung to reach his head and not too small
either.
Jungkook was perfect in general. Everything about him just seemed so-
"Why'd you stop? That was kinda nice."
Tae didn't know what to say. He was almost always around him, so how could it be that he still got distracted by those little things, such as his smell.
"All done."
Jungkook pouted, well knowing that Taehyung couldn't see it. To admit it to himself: he really enjoyed his touch.
"Alright, your turn."
He grabbed some shampoo as well and put it all over Taehyung's hair.
His soft hands could make the older fall asleep anytime and his tense muscles finally seemed to relax.
The maknae's hands slowly moved over his nape to his shoulders and he started massaging him in a slow pace.
Tae laid his head back.
"That feels good", he sighed.
"Would it be weird if I back hugged you? You know- since we're not wearing clothes?"
"I honestly don't care, feel free to do whatever you desire."
So Jungkook did. He slung his hands, still drained in shampoo, around Taehyung's upper body and laid his head on the older's shoulder, the same way Tae did it earlier.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about Lucas."
The older put his hands on top of Jungkook's arms.
"It's okay. You have your own life too."
"I just don't want us to fight anymore. We've been doing that so much lately."
"I know."
"I don't understand how that could've happened so many times in a row."
"We have different perspectives on things, it's normal to argue", Taehyung explained.
"I guess so."
They fell into silence for a little while.
"Come on let's get out, we shouldn't shower too long, it's not good for our skin."
Jungkook agreed.
They stepped out of the shower, one after the other and dried their bodies with their towels.
Then they dressed themselves again and brushed their teeth.
"Ugh I'm so tired. Unbelievable that we only have a few hours of sleep left", the younger said and Tae nodded in agreement.
"I'm gonna go pee, you can already go fall asleep, as quickly as you always do."
"Hey! That is not true", Jungkook replied.
"It's not? I'm sure you're always the first one to fall asleep."
"Hmpf no", Jungkook made and looked at Taehyung with a challenging look in his eye.
But after Tae stood his place, the younger gave up, said "whatever" and left the room.
Taehyung chuckled to himself. His heart fastened its beat.
When he walked into the bedroom, Jungkook had his nose underneath the blanket and his eyes were closed.
Tae wished he could have taken a photo of this sleeping baby bunny but he had to charge his phone and he didn't want to wake him either.
So he just crawled into the bed, careful not to hit JK.
"I'm still awake, you don't have to be extra quiet", he yawned.
"Couldn't you have said that earlier?"
Jungkook giggled.
"Why did you hesitate to lay down?", he asked.
Taehyung shrugged his shoulders. He really didn't have be honest and admit that he was thinking whether or not he should have taken a picture of this sleeping beauty right in front of him.
"Did I look as ugly as that you had to gather yourself before getting in?", Jungkook said jokingly.
"No! Don't say that."
"But shouldn't the truth be said?", he continued.
"First, the truth does not always have to be said and second you're really handsome so shut up."
"Okay okay sorry." Jungkook looked up and straight into Taehyung's eyes. They were both laying on the side so they were able to look at each other.
"You do have really nice eyes, did anyone ever tell you that?"
"My eyes are literally just black."
"No they're not. They're warm.", Tae countered.
"Yeah right. Can you switch the light off?"
Taehyung did as he was asked and turned his body to the other side to tap it.
Then he turned back and felt Jungkook's breath mingle on his face. He guessed they were pretty close now.
His heartbeat got stronger.
"Jungkook?", he asked into the darkness.
"Yes?"
"Can I kiss you?"
Silence.
Just as the older was sure Jungkook wouldn't answer anymore, he heard his voice.
"Yes."
Taehyung leaned over Jungkook and closed their distance. Soft and careful, his lips landed on Jungkook's.
The younger joined the movements and added his own. His hand traveled through Tae's wet and cold hair down to his nape to pull him closer. His bottom lip slipped between the older's which caused goosebumps on his skin. He had no clue where to put his hands, how to breathe, he felt like a little kid unable to do anything right. All he knew was that he really didn't want to stop.
The older went down to his neck and started kissing it. First gently, then with a bit more pressure. He came back up and let his tongue slip into Jungkook's mouth. The surface was rough but the taste was electrifying.
Jungkook's confident side took over and he hinted Taehyung to sit up so he could sit on his lap. Tae did as he was hinted.
The younger soon felt his hands on his back and his waist.
"Jungkook?", Yoongi called from outside the room and knocked on the door.
Jungkook jumped up from Taehyung's lap and stumbled to the door.
"Hyung, what's up?"
"Hey koo, I was wondering if I could borrow your headphones. Mine seemed to have disappeared."
"Uh, sure let me get them", Jungkook said and walked over to his jacket.
"Here."
"Thanks. Oh and by the way, you might want to cover this up tomorrow", Yoongi said and poked the side of Jungkook's neck.
"Goodnight and please go to sleep now."
With those words he left the room and Jungkook closed the door.
He turned around and found his other hyung already on his feet, taking a look at the slight red spot.
"I made a hickey", he said.
Jungkook responded amused: "yes."
"Sorry."
The maknae smiled. "Don't worry about it. Let's sleep." He led them back to their bed and they climbed under the covers.
The mood was nervous again. After a good 10 minutes, Jungkook dared to snuggle onto Taehyung's chest. He felt the other lay his arm around him.
He only noticed Tae pulling him closer one more time, before he drifted into a calm sleep.
Jungkook woke up by the sound of his phone ringing. He looked at the screen: Lucas. He looked at Taehyung. The young man was still asleep and his arms were still around Jungkook's body. So comfortable and warm, that Jungkook wished to stay forever. His hands looked so perfect. His nails were flawless, his knuckles defined and gorgeous. Jungkook let his hand stroke over Taehyung's skin. It wasn't sweaty nor sticky. It was soft. The color was so beautiful, the feeling of his skin on Jungkook's fingers was just-
He sighed, quickly grabbed his phone and jumped out of the bed.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jungkook! I figured, since you said how early you guys had to get up, maybe you'd wanna grab a coffee with me?"
"Um-"
Jungkook was already done dressing himself now and then looked into the mirror.
He quickly found the red spot on his neck. Fortunately it wasn't that high, so he was able to hide it with his plain clothes, if they'd stay in place that was.
"Yes sure, where?", he said and silently picked up his lose stuff from the bedside table.
He put them into his pockets and let his eyes get lost at the sight of Taehyung and the way his arms still laid where Jungkook had been before.
He took his jacket and laid it on his right shoulder in a gentle position where it wouldn't slip.
Just as he had left the hotel room and listened to Lucas' suggestion of a nice café, he saw Namjoon sitting on the stairs.
He didn't seem that happy.
This would probably take longer.
"Wait, Lucas, I'm sorry, I have to cancel. Something came up just right now. I'll call you back later."
After he heard Lucas' approval, he hung up and let his phone join his belongings in his pocket.
"Hyung?", Jungkook asked and put a hand on Namjoon's shoulder.
The leader turned his head around and gave a forced smile as he saw the maknae.
"Jungkook? Why are you awake already? It's 5am."
"Lucas called and asked to grab a cup of coffee."
"But you don't like coffee", Namjoon replied with a questioning look.
"I know. Why are you here hyung?"
"Oh I just- I couldn't sleep."
"Why if I may ask. Is something bothering you?" Jungkook sat down next to him.
"No, no, it's all good. I just wasn't tired."
"You sure?"
Namjoon waited a minute before he said: "No. No, something happened."
"What's going on?"
"I met someone. She was really nice. And she seemed to like me too."
Jungkook listened carefully.
"Well actually we met a few months ago before we left to go on tour. And she- we broke up." He looked at Jungkook with sad eyes. "Yesterday."
"She told me she couldn't deal with me being famous and she wanted me to spend more time with her. Which I couldn't do obviously, because touring takes a lot of time and we have busy schedules, you know."
Jungkook nodded.
"But- I really liked her. She was smart and funny and just really kind."
"Sounds like a good girlfriend..."
"Yeah.. we broke up hours ago, and I've only had some free time now at night to actually think about it."
"I'm sorry hyung."
"Don't worry about it, Jungkook. What about you? Now that you've come out as gay, do you have someone in mind, who you'd wanna date?"
Yes.
"No", Jungkook said and secured his shirt around his neck.
"No, just the usual."
"What about this guy, what was his name?"
"Lucas-"
"Lucas, right! What about him?"
"Nah, he isn't really my type."
"What is your type?"
Taehyung.
"I don't know, I haven't been paying that much attention to these sorts of topics. We have a lot to do after all."
"Yes that's true."
They stayed silent for a few seconds.
"Alright, how about you and I go find some caffeine for me and some banana milk for you?", Namjoon suggested.
"I like the way you think", Jungkook grinned.