Taehyung had no memory of falling asleep, especially lying comfortably in an unfamiliar room. I think it’ll be a habit to wake up disoriented. He blinks once or twice, adjusting to the harsh lights coming from the roof window. His fingers smoothly glide on the soft fabric of his sheets, looking around rather lost. He lets out a gasp as he starts inspecting himself, Okay check on the fully clothed, but not check at his clothes. These weren't his. 

He tried to move around when he felt a sudden jolt of pain, making him yelp out a cry of pain. Taehyung slowly takes hold of the sheets only to pull it off his limbs. A gasp leaves his lips at the sight of his foot. There were black spots puncture into the skin, a bit swollen and red.

With the injury still fresh, he tried to move very slowly but the moment he places his feet down a sting of pain emerges, a whimper slipping off from his lips.

Goddamn that hurts like hell. Imagine stepping on a leggo. Dear Satan. 
 

Taehyung was never the type of person to give up, nope, not him. Never. With a heave of breath, he pushes himself up to his feet, enduring the pain as he balances himself. When the pain subside he took a step, then another, and another, and- Wow just three steps and it feels like a jog already. 

“Okay Taehyung, you got this… You got this” He encouraged himself while taking another few steps. Yeah, he totally got this, he’s killing thi—

Unfortunately his foot caught up on small hump on the carpeted floor, narrowly regaining his balance before he face planted on the floor.

“Okay… Maybe I don't got this…” He mumbles, flushing in embarrassment, good thing no one was there to see him or else that would worst. Barely lifting himself up, he sees a pair of feet standing a few feet away from him, standing by the doorframe.


“Too early to wrestle the floor Taehyung…” That angelic voice chuckles, betting that he saw him fall ungracefully. Of all people it had to be him, Taehyung is willing to pay the earth to swallow him up right this moment. Maybe he could crawl his way out? That can be an option. 


He closes his eyes as he mutters a few prayers to the gods before a flash of memory suddenly pops inside his awakened mind. Last night… They-They... They, oh holy crap. 


His face flushed even more, He kissed him and it felt great, Jeongguk kissed him back and it was heaven, they kissed and he wanted more of it. The sound of footsteps snaps him off from his thoughts, and before he knows it, he was turned to face the ceiling and was scoped up like he weighed nothing. Jeongguk looked gorgeous in his messy wavy hair, a smile on his face and that incredible morning glow.

Jeongguk kisses the top of his head before placing him down on the bed where he came from. “M-morning” He crooks bashfully at him earning a toothy smile. Jeongguk squats down infront of him, his smile growing bigger. 


“ Tae, you are just so adorable” Jeongguk practically coos at him, taking him off guard. He just wants to crawl into a hole and stay there. “Did you sleep well?”

Taehyung nods, giving him a smile of his own. Now that he has a good view of the latter, he notices some bags hanging from Jeongguk’s eyes, a bit pale in complexion and eyes reflecting lack of sleep.

“Did you…. get any sleep?” He asks, lifting a hand to his bang to the side. Jeongguk closes his eyes, sighing at the contact, heaving a small smile onto his lovely face.

“Not really…” He admits, earning a chuckle from Taehyung and continues to run his fingers thru the latter’s hair. “Chanyeol-hyung and I had to clean the urchin problem a bit, and Yugyeom and I had to put up the speedboat for minor cleaning. Kinda took a while, but I’m living. How’s your feet?”


Taehyung hums, looking down to his slightly swollen feet. “Not bad, it still kinda hurts but—“


“Still hard to walk?”


“Wasn’t it obvious?” Taehyung chuckles, withdrawing his hand. “Why don’t you take a nap?”


Jeongguk shakes his head, looking at him. “Nah, I’ll be fine. We’ll go after we get some breakfast anyway. Jimin and Yoongi just called me to asking for you… and basically I’m about to get killed”

“Serves you right…” Taehyung snickers, taking a tongue out at him in a playful manner.


If honestly speaking, Jeongguk could stare at that smile all day. But before he could, he vaguely remembers a small detail in the back of his head, Jeongguk fumbles inside his pockets, retrieving a small black device.

Taehyung smiles and sighs in relief and quickly took the phone from the instructors’ hands. “Oh my god!”

“I’m guessing that was the reason why you were in the water in the first place? Sorry tho, it was under the sea water for too long, putting it on rice won’t save it…” Jeongguk explains, watching the latter’s expression changing.

Taehyung sighs, pouting faintly “As long as the memory card is alright, I might live.”

Although, he was mildly curious and a bit bothered. Bogum called him last night, for what reason. But then again the memory card was more important, it contained a lot of gold for his eyes. Maybe he’ll just swallow his pride and ask his ex, face to face. Should he mention it to Jeongguk? Wait, of course not Taehyung, its not like both of you are really dating. Just friends that fakes a relationship to rub it on his ex’s face. Yeah, Jeonggukie is just a friend… that Taehyung kissed out of happiness and would not mind doing it again, practically normal.



Now that he grasps the situation from last night, God, he kissed him and he shouldn’t have done that but Jeongguk kissed him back which means, did he wanted it like he did? He cant remember much after the kiss tho, must have fallen asleep, such a Kim Taehyung thing.

Jeongguk catches the internal battle that Taehyung was having, surely he was thinking of the same thing. What happened last night.

He was not going to lie, Jeongguk loved it, and craves for it. 

“Do…” Jeongguk clears his throat, trying to catch his attention “wanna talk about the….you know?”


Taehyung blinks, swallowing “I…I’m sorry if I crossed the line….?I shouldn’t have k-kissed you” the last part being said softly. Taehyung was ashamed of his actions, he should have controlled himself rather than to have his emotions take over.


“Its okay” Jeongguk says, scratching the back of his head, cheeks tinting slightly “What I mean is, wont that be more convincing? As a friend… I’m concerned whether our act is believable or not, your ex might doubt something is not right…”
 

The younger blinks again, mind blank and mildly overwhelmed at the given words.

“Right…yeah” Taehyung agrees and a bit disappointed. He hangs his head down, pouting slightly, for what reason he doesn’t even know.

The latter opens his mouth when suddenly he sees the older shuffling slightly in his spot and before he could lift his head, a hand had reach over to grab his chin. Taehyung’s breathing hitched when Jeongguk suddenly leans forward to brush his lips into his.


It startles him, Do you feel that? Its his heart pounding like a machine. He was over heating, he was malfunctioning, error error, SYNTAX ERROR! TAEHYUNG NOT FOUND! ABORT! SOS! HELP! AHH—Chill.

“Was that okay?” Jeongguk asks, eyes studying him carefully. Taehyung nods his head.


“I think? C-can you kiss me again so I can t-tell” Tea, Taehyung almost spilled the truth of his thirsty own . He doesn’t like getting nervous, cause a nervous Tae is a messy Tae. Jeongguk doesn’t utter a word and kisses him again, practically kneeling onto the floor for better leverage. 



Jeongguk lips were gently pressed against his, with shaky hands Taehyung begins to place both of his hands on the latter’s shoulder, pressing their lips harder. He hears Jeongguk makes a satisfied noise at the back of his throat, angling his head to get a better access. Their lips moved in an innocent pace, but when he felt the instructors’ hand on his waist, squeezing and pulling him closer, made him moan. Jeongguk breaks the kiss, looking at him with a passive face.

Taehyung began to panic, but then the smile on Jeongguk’s face stopped him to.


“I’m that good, huh?” Jeongguk smirks, surprising Taehyung by leaning forward again, their nose barely touching. Taehyung leans back a bit to pout at him, detecting the teasing tone in his voice.

“Bet I can do better” Taehyung grins, trailing his hands from his shoulder to card his fingers at the back of Jeongguk’s head.

“Yeah?” Jeongguk softly says, gazing down at his lips.



It was Taehyung’s turn to pull him into a kiss, tangling his fingers in Jeongguk’s hair, tugging them gently earning a strained groan from him. Taehyung smiles into the kiss when he felt Jeongguk nipping at his bottom lip, obviously asking for an entrance which he gave. And as soon as the kiss gotten deeper, Taehyung couldn’t help but feel something. The way that Jeongguk was kissing him, holding him and pulling him closer felt so surreal. Both too busy drinking into each other to notice footsteps coming.
 

“oh…” A voice breaks them apart, their lips producing a sound when they parted.


Both of them stared at each other before snapping their head to where the voice was, spotting the owner of the house standing by the door with a mischievous grin on his face, arms crossed and eyebrows wiggling in delight. “Baek! They’re busy!”

“Chanyeol-hyung, We were just, Uh, We—“Jeongguk starts to stutter, eyes wide and cheeks reddening. Taehyung was long gone from the embarrassment, face buried into the crook of Jeongguk’s neck, hiding from the view of the very tall man. 

Taehyung curls his hands onto Jeongguk’s shirt, small whimpers escaping his throat, the arms around his waist tightening and pulling him closer. 

A voice yells back, from a distant “But breakfast is ready!” 

“Say no more, I got you guys” Chanyeol tells them before turning around and yelling back to his husband “Oh its okay babe! They’re already having their breakfast!” 



 

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“Thank you so much for helping us out Guk” Baekhyun says, giving the young owner a hug. “you can bring Taetae anytime you like, and you stop running away from your resort, okay?”


Nervously, Jeongguk nods at him before facing Chanyeol for a small talk. A smile couldn’t help but find its way on Taehyung’s face as he watches. Hoseok in his side, supporting him as he walks to the beach where they were. It was around lunchtime when they decided to start heading back home. They wondered why they couldn’t stay for lunch, but according to the young owner, his grandmother prepared something for them.


When Jeongguk sees him, he bolted to his direction, leaving Chanyeol speechless and Baekhyun giggling. He thanks Hoseok before reaching for Taehyung, gathering him into the latter’s arms.


“Where’s Yug?” Jeongguk asks, placing Taehyung’s arm around his neck the scoping him up from the sands. Hoseok watches this with amusement, lifting a brow at him.

“Getting your speedboat” He answers, tilting his head to the side with a eating grin on his sunshine face. “Its not like he’s disabled Guk, you can put him down, you know”


Hoseok expected a frown, but he got something more than that. Jeongguk glares at him, finding it not funny at all. “Just to make sure”

“Okay, suit yourself” Hoseok brushes off the attitude and turns his way to where the married couples were. 


When the bartender was out of ears reach, Taehyung pulls up a disapproving face. “you didn’t have to be that mean. Hobi hyung kinda has a point too”


“Oh, please, you could barely walk. I don’t want you wrestling the sand” Jeongguk smiles, eyes sparkling innocently.

The way that his eyes lights up was something Taehyung grew fond of. He might be older but Jeongguk’s playful side makes him seem younger than he was.


“Put me down I can prove it”

“Prove what, exactly?”

“That I can walk without any assistance”

“Nope, not taking any chances Tae”

“Just put me down!”

“Nope”
 

It surprises Hoseok how the two looked so natural. They look so good together, it hardly feels fake anymore.

“Its nice to see Guk happy” Baekhyun speaks up, his eyes watching the two couples as well. Chanyeol hums in agreement, adding “Haven’t seen the kid smile like that, it’s a pretty sight” 

“Could not agree more” Hoseok nods, crossing his arms together. Of course, the couples didn’t know about the two of them, because for sure Baekhyun, being the standing guardian for Jeongguk would intervene. And knowing Chanyeol, he’ll support his husband no matter what.


Hoseok convinces himself that they’ll eventually get together for real, pretty bloody obvious. But he could not help but wonder, that every time he opens up the subject to Yugyeom, there’s this hint of hesitation. Hoseok knows his place, hopefully Yugyeom knows his.

It worries him. 


“Ah, its here” Chanyeol’s deep voice snaps Hoseok from his thoughts. Hoseok sees the speedboat in view, the whole thing on a trailer that the staff were pulling. Baekhyun smiles and taps his husbands’ shoulder, before the taller jogs away from them to assist with the pulling. Yugyeom appears from the side, heading to the clear waters.


Chanyeol instructs them to run the trailer into the water, and gently pushing the speedboat forward. Yugyeom being in the front to stabilize it.


Yugyeom circles around the vehicle to get to the back of it where the outboard motor was. By grabbing the railings on the back, he hoist himself up to get inside.

Hoseok turns to his boss and his fake lover, who were still immerse in their own little world. He doesn’t want to admit it, it was cute but gross.

“Sorry to disturb you two love birds but…” Hoseok smiles, walking towards them. “our ride’s here, if you two haven’t noticed” 

Jeongguk blinks at him before nodding awkwardly, while Taehyung thanked him. Atleast one of them were an angel. 

Yugyeom sticks the keys into its socket before putting down the detachable stairs for them to use in the back. Jeongguk wouldn’t even allow Yugyeom to take Taehyung off his hands, being the possessive bastard he is, sigh.

But the odd look on Yugyeom’s face wasn’t gone unnoticed by Hoseok. Clearly, he has something to say. And Hoseok’s gonna find out one way or another. 


Chanyeol walks out from waters, standing beside Baekhyun who was on the edge of the sand, infront of them. Jeongguk brings Taehyung in the front, placing him down on the cushioned seat.


“He is so precious, he can totally pass as my kid, Yeol” Baekhyun sighs, waving dreamily at Taehyung’s way. The words being heard by everyone. Taehyung blushes at that.


“I wont deny that he kinda looks like you, but kidnapping is illegal” Chanyeol teases his small husband, waving at them.


Baekhyun sighs, “Not if the person will be willing to come. You think I can lure him with my cooking?”


“I think you guys better get going before Baek, kidnaps Tae” Chanyeol says, fixing his white shirt, and ruffling his husband’s hair.


After a couple of goodbyes, Yugyeom started up the ignition, lowering the motor as pushes the acceleration into a decent speed meter. Jeongguk joins Taehyung by the front, sitting right beside him. Hoseok stayed at the back with Yugyeom. The wind starts to blow when Yugyeom speeds up their pace while putting on a pair of shades. If you’re gonna drive, better drive in style, he tells Hoseok in a smug look.

Taehyung was the first one to start a conversation with their boss, both falling into their own world again. Hoseok could see how Jeongguk’s smile brightens up when Taehyung laughs at something he said.


“Hey” Yugyeom clears his throat, glancing at Hoseok as he takes a smooth turn to the side. “How long are Tae and his friends gonna stay in the resort?”

Hoseok turns to him, “I’m not sure, I know he booked a 5 days and 4 nights stay. Why’d you ask?”

Yugyeom chose to ignore the question by asking another question. “So meaning they’ll leave the day after tomorrow? You think, they’ll extend their stay?”

“Might, depends” Hoseok says.

“Depends on what?”

“If Jeongguk stops him or extends their stay”

A frown draws into Yugyeom’s face “Now, why would Jeongguk do that?”

“More time with Taehyung?” Hoseok says in a matter of fact tone.



It worries him. Yugyeom was acting weirdly day by day. Hoseok never meddles but if the situation needs it then he will. He’ll just watch his friend for now. But hopefully, Hoseok’s guts were lying to him. Either Yugyeom was affected by the development or worried about Jeongguk.

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The look on Yoongi’s face when Taehyung slowly explained, and the look on Jimin’s face when Jeongguk apologized. The owner felt like he was in a season of Meet the parents. Both scary and intimidating despite their sizes (please don’t tell them he said that). Jeongguk might be older but he was very intimidating with strong presence and deadly resting faces. So while Yoongi and Jimin stares at him across the table, he  complete freezes, his hand curled on his lap and head lowered down to his plate.


The whole table of four was awkward. Taehyung wished that Hoseok and Yugyeom would join them but the kitchen needed Hoseok, and the other guest needed Yugyeom in the water.

“Guys, chillax, I’m fine” Taehyung ushers them across the table, placing a hand at Jeongguk’s knee to relax him.


Jimin scoffs eyes never leaving Jeongguk’s “If someone didn’t left without a word then you would be. Tae you have rehearsals this weekend”


Jeongguk sinks into his seat, frown deepening.


Yoongi decides to add some oil into the fire “How will you walk your dogs? Your script has a staircase scene right? How the will you manage?”


Jeongguk was beyond bothered by this point. They had a ing point and Jeongguk swallows every word thrown to him. He deserves it. So when he looks at Taehyung, the latter could see the hurt in his eyes. 


“R-rehearsals…?” Jeongguk blinks at him. 



Taehyung slowly nods, lifting a hand to his neck, “Yeah, I forgot to mention that I’m in a drama play in Seoul for next month”

The pained look on Jeongguk’s face burned in Taehyung’s mind, not wanting to see it ever again. Without thinking what so ever, he leans to the owner, pecking his cheek softly then whispers “Its not your fault, Gukkie”


Then softly taps his cheek “It’ll be fine. Baekhyun-hyung told me I’ll be good in about three days or so” The lovely gesture softened Jeongguk’s expression making him nod at him in response.


Jimin’s lips parted as he leans to his boyfriend to whisper “Did you… saw that?”

Yoongi stiffly nods, looking at the pair who started to converse in soft voices “Something must have happened to them overnight….”

“Who knows” Jimin shrugs.


Jeongguk felt a tap in his chest, making him look up. Taehyung stares at him in a worried trance. He knows him well enough that small things bothers him, Jeongguk might look tough as a cookie, but he was a very sensitive ball of fur. Taehyung traveled his hand to the owner’s hair, the locks softly to reassure him. 


When Jeongguk smiles, it was the time that the food arrives, with Grandma honey trailing behind the waitresses. Immediately, Jeongguk earned a smack on the back of his head.


“That’s for leaving this poor beautiful man worried” Grandma Honey smiles, placing a kiss on Taehyung’s head and waving cheerfully at the two couples across them. Taehyung managed to introduced them to grandma honey. “I prepared some clam chowder, braised pork noodles, then some steamed fish in sugar stirred soy sauce. Then Pasta with bread, salads a—“


“Grandma, are you planning on stuffing our faces?” Jeongguk interrupts, lifting a brow.

His grandma shots him a look, rolling her eyes “Of course I am, and do not talk about that horrible diet you are so obsess with. So please, just eat up and enjoy”

Jeongguk sighs as soon as his grandma left to head back to the kitchen, leaving them with a feast on their table. Saying that his grandma overdid it was an understatement. The fingers on his hair leaves, making Jeongguk glance at Taehyung. That blinding smile evident on his face, looking at the food in delight. Guess this amount is alright, Jeongguk hums to himself, grabbing his fork.


After another series of apologies and thankfully for Hoseok's Pina Coladas, Yoongi and Jimin had forgiven him but in the case that something happens to Taehyung again, he'll be a dead man in sea. While Taehyung was in the middle of cutting a piece of flesh from the fish, Jimin calls for him.


"What do you wanna do tomorrow Tae?" Jimin asks, spreading some sauce into his wrapped vegetables. "Today, you need to rest and tomorrow we can play as much as we want"

"Hm, I'm not really sure. Buy souvenirs? Jinnie asked for a shirt and Joonie some imported island goods. I think Yoongi has a list of stuff to buy..." Taehyung smiles, placing the utensils down. Yoongi smiles, taking out his phone to read a couple of things on the list.

"Thats alot.." Jeongguk comments, devouring his soup. "Do you guys need help? I can drive us to town. Theres a store that has everything in it"

Taehyung gasps "We can head there now!" 

"But Taehyun-" Jimin slightly frowns.

"Jeongguk's there for me..." Taehyung blurts out, "And Im not that tired, anyway"


Yoongi glances up to watch, the grip on Jimin's fork tightening a bit. They're friend was glowing and Jimin was okay with it, better than a sulking Taehyung. But Yoongi was growing wary. He might be silent, and he trust Taehyung. But Yoongi cant entirely trust Taehyung's feelings. Not another heartbreak please.

Jimin was ready to say another word when Yoongi cuts him, "Sure, after lunch. If thats okay with you Guk?"

Jeongguk smiles, nodding like a pre schooler.

 

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Untying his apron, Hoseok places it in the side with a tired breath. His neck aching from all the orders and chopping. He takes a small break, rubbing his neck, trying to loosen up the knots. He hears a series of familiar laughter, making him peek thru the window of the kitchen. Hoseok sees Jeongguk giving Taehyung a piggy back ride to his truck with a grinning Jimin and amused Yoongi.

He stand there for a minute, watching them with a smile, until the kitchen door opens, an equally tired Yugyeom stepping in. His skin looking burnt and hair sticky from dried up sea water.

"Aye, that quest in room 11? female with blonde hair. Please poison her food because she knocked me out of the boat for taking a sharp turn when i said bloody not to" He whines, grabbing a plate from the side, ransacking the kitchen food. With the lack of response, Yugyeom turns his head to look for his friend who was by the window. Curiosity kicking in, he placed his plate down and walks towards his way. "What cha looking at?" he asks, stopping beside him to peek on the window aswell. 


Hoseok glances at him, watching a serious face painting over Yugyeom.

"Oh" Yugyeom leans back, crossing his arms together. "Are they heading into town without inviting us?" 

"Let em be, i think Guk knows we're busy" Hoseok hums,

"But we can make time..."

"You know Guk, Yugyeom"

"...I thought i did" Yugyeom mumbles. "Meh, got something to eat?"


Usually Hoseok brushes that off, but this time he'll keep every little detail in his head when he confronts him. He was too busy fixing his brain to notice Yugyeom pulling out his phone and sending a quick text with a shake of his head. Hoseok peeks out again only to see Jeongguk frowning on his own phone before violently shoving the device back to his pockets. The cook turns around to look at Yugyeom, who was only eating in peace. 

It worries him alot. Yugyeom was hiding something, and Jeongguk was too.

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The reason why i took so long updating this, is because i had to rethink my ending and the flow to have a solid story so creating this chapter was a bit complicated to me HAHAHA, but none the less, ENJOY

 

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