He didn’t want to go out on such a night, but Taehyung was out of ramen and he was starving. So he bundled up in a puffy jacket and headed out of his apartment building into the rain.

Parked outside the building was a moving truck and Taehyung spared it a glance and thought that it made sense since the apartment across from his just became vacant. But the thought only lasted a moment because the wind was blowing ice cold, prickly rain at Taehyung’s face. So he tugged on his hood and scurried faster to the quick-mart just around the corner.

Warmth greeted him as he stepped into the small store, and for a moment, Taehyung just stood at the door bathing in it. The rumbling of his stomach snapped him out of his bliss and he headed to the aisle where the ramen packs were. He grabbed a few, but then decided that he might as well get stuff for the next few days since the weatherman said this storm was going to get worse as the week went on. So he walked back up to the front and grabbed himself a small basket.

He moseyed through the small aisles picking up various snacks and candies and then walked back to the refrigerators and grabbed himself some chocolate milk and orange juice. Taehyung would like to eat healthier than this, but living on a student budget doesn’t exactly make that an ideal choice.

Reluctantly, Taehyung paid for his things and headed back out into the rain. As he rounded the corner he caught just a glimpse of a figure carrying boxes into the building. Taehyung thought that he should introduce himself to the new tenant, but again, his thoughts were interrupted by the rain, which in that moment decided to downpour even more.

Taehyung made it to his apartment, unloaded his ‘groceries’, and then started to make his dinner. While rather impatiently waiting for the water to boil, Taehyung heard a noise outside his door. Deciding that he had quite a bit of time before the water was ready, he went to go investigate.

Taehyung opened his door and immediately found a boy bent over trying to pick up things that had obviously fallen out of the box just off to the side.

Taehyung coughed and the boy shot straight up like he had just been touched by a monster.

“Um...do you need some help?” Taehyung asked.

“D-do I need help?”

“Yeah,” Taehyung gestured to the items on the floor “With those.”

“Oh…umm...no. I’m okay. I think I’ve got it.”

And so the boy hurriedly tried to gather everything at one time only to drop it all once he stood up again.

Taehyung sighed and bent down to help the boy anyway.

“My name is Taehyung. I live in that apartment right there,” he says as he points a thumb over his shoulder.

“Hi Taehyung,” the boy whispers. “I’m Jungkook and obviously I live right here.”

Taehyung chuckles as he puts the remaining items into the box and picks it up. He was planning on just walking the box into Jungkook’s apartment but was stopped when the boy went to grab the box out of his arms.

“I-it’s okay. I can take it from here,” Jungkook says as he tries to pull the box from Taehyung.

“It’s fine Jungkook. I’ve already picked it up,” Taehyung says, pulling the box back into his arms.

“No, really, I can do it.” Jungkook tries again.

Taehyung yanks the box back into his arms, “If we keep doing this, everything will just fall out again.”

Jungkook sighs and turns around to lead his new neighbor into his apartment.

It’s quite empty, save for a few boxes scattered around the place, but what else is to be expected?

“Where should I put this?”

Jungkook points to the kitchen counter and so Taehyung walks over and places the box down. He and Jungkook stand there in silence for a while before Taehyung clears his throat.

“Well, I’ve got to get back to my dinner. I’ll see you around, yeah?” Taehyung says as he walks toward the door.

Jungkook nods and is left with nothing but his thoughts….and scattered boxes.

Saying Jungkook was flustered would be an understatement. He doesn’t ever remember meeting a man as beautiful as Taehyung, let alone living across the hall from one.

Meanwhile, Taehyung finally stuffed his face with ramen and chocolate milk and proceeded to crash on the couch.

The next morning, Taehyung was awoken by knocking at his door. He rolls over and checks his phone to find its past noon. He groans and practically falls off the couch before he gathers himself enough to walk over to the door and answer it.

He opens the door to find a wide-eyed Jungkook.

“Oh,” Taehyung says, his voice still hoarse with sleep. “Hi, Jungkook.”

Jungkook doesn’t answer. Just stares.

Taehyung shifts his feet. “Is there something you needed, Jungkook?”

Still no answer.

Taehyung waves his hand in front of Jungkook’s face, “Earth to Jungkook!”

Jungkook finally snaps out of whatever daze he was in and awkwardly shifts his eyes away from Taehyung.

“Um…well I wanted to thank you for helping me yesterday so I bought you some ramen.”

“Ramen?” Taehyung says hesitantly.

Jungkook splutters, “Uhh…yeah. I mean I don’t really have any money, and it’s raining kinda hard, so I just ran to the store, and I just…I just thought….okay never mind.”

Jungkook turns to go back to his own apartment muttering something akin to “I knew this was a stupid idea,” but Taehyung grabs his arm.

“I love ramen, Jungkook.”

Jungkook turns back around but is still unable to meet Taehyung’s eyes.

“O-okay. Here you go.” Jungkook says, handing the bag of various ramen flavors to Taehyung. “I didn’t know what flavors you liked so I just got one of each.”

“That’s great, Jungkook! Thank You!” Taehyung grabs the bag and goes to close his door but decides to ask something instead.

“You didn’t spend all night unpacking, right? I hope you got some sleep. I could come over later and help you organize things a bit-“

“No! That’s okay!” Jungkook interrupts. “I don’t have much left. I can do it myself.”

“What’s with you and not accepting help, hmm? Just let me put these in the kitchen and change clothes and I’ll come help you.”

And before Jungkook could refuse, Taehyung had run back inside. Jungkook decided to go back to his own apartment instead of standing outside the man’s door like an idiot.

Taehyung threw the bag of ramen onto the kitchen counter and went into his room to change. It was then that he realized why Jungkook was staring at him for so long. He wasn’t wearing a shirt.

Taehyung balanced on his heels as he waited for Jungkook to answer the door. He wasn’t quite sure why he was so excited to help the boy but he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t. He did find Jungkook cute but maybe his excitement was because no one around his age lived in this building for a while.

While pondering about Jungkook, said boy finally answered the door. Taehyung immediately smiled and greeted him.

“You can come inside,” Jungkook timidly said as he stepped to the side.

Jungkook led Taehyung into what would be living room and stood in the middle. “W-well, like I said, I don’t have much left. Just a few books, some clothes, and a box of kitchen supplies.”

“Okay. I say we start with the books.” Taehyung declares as he takes a seat on the floor next to a box of books. “Do you have a place you want to put them?”

“I-I have this little shelf in my bedroom so I was-“

Taehyung shoots up with the box and heads off to the bedroom, leaving Jungkook frozen in the middle of the living room.

By the time Jungkook comes back to his senses and walked his bedroom, Taehyung had already unboxed half of the books and had them placed on the shelf.

“I hope this is okay. Did you want them organized a certain way?”

“No, its fine.”

While Taehyung finished with the books, Jungkook decided to finish putting his clothes in the closet. The slightly awkward silence was broken when Taehyung’s cell phone rang.

“It looks like I have to hurry and finish my part of a group project before my friend slits my throat,” Taehyung says as he gets up. He doesn’t miss the way Jungkook’s face falls. And he suddenly thinks of a great idea.

“Oh, okay. Thank you for helping me again. I-I promise to repay you with something better than ramen.”

“That’s okay, Jungkook,” Taehyung says as he walks closer to him, something gleaming in his eyes. “I was just helping out a neighbor.” Taehyung continues to close the distance between them.

Jungkook was being backed into a wall and he wasn't exactly sure how he felt about it.

“Tae-taehyung….what are you…”

“Well Jungkookie~,” Taehyung cooed. “Seeing that you get all flustered whenever you talk to me and having watched your face fall when I said I had to leave, I’d say you have a little crush on me.”

Taehyung had Jungkook up against the wall with his hands on either side of Jungkook’s head.

“Am I right?”

“I….” Jungkook’s face is completely red and he feels too hot for Taehyung to be this close to him.

“That’s okay, Jungkook. You don’t have to say anything right now.” Taehyung breathed. “You can tell me later tonight over our ramen date.”

Jungkook, completely speechless, wasn’t prepared for the kiss Taehyung placed on his forehead.

“I’ll come get you after I’m finished with my project, okay?”

Jungkook just stares.

“Well, I’ll see you tonight, Jungkookie!” Taehyung sings as he walked out the door.

A/N: Well.....I hope that wasn't too bad. *hides* This was my first attempt at writing fanfiction so I hope it was a little enjoyable~

Anyways, I would love to see what you thought and if you have any writing tips that would be great too! Thank you for reading! *hugs*