Jae awakes to bright sunrays that are making their way into his bedroom, shamelessly shining into his eyes, causing him to squint. It takes a few seconds for him to process why his heart feels so light, why his dream was so pleasant, and why his bed felt like a cloud. He wonders if it was all a dream and he's getting up to get ready for the press conference that has yet to take place; but that concern is completely shoved aside when he reads Brian's text waiting on the screen on his phone.

brian: good morning, sunshine.

Jae smiles at the lame nickname and proceeds to read the rest of the series of messages that Brian had sent him.

brian: sorry, guess nicknames aren't our thing yet huh? lol

Yet. Jae repeats in his mind which then goes on to wander, thinking about what other nicknames may come into their relationship in the future. Although, he does like Brian's name as it is.

brian: just wanted to say good mornin cause your good night text was really cute and i couldnt let you beat me. also, needed to make sure yesterday wasn't a dream. (: 

The author stares at his screen, internally squealing at how sweet Brian is, and trying not to start rolling around in his bed, reminding himself that he is a grown man and not a teenage girl who just got noticed by her crush. He proceeds to type out a reply,

jae: good morning! just woke up, sorry for the late reply. glad you texted cause i thought it was a dream too. 

He hits send, and decides to actually get out of bed, passing by the boxes that remind him of something that also seems like a dream. He brushes his teeth before trying to fix his hair which doesn't cooperate and the author eventually just gives up; telling his hair to do what it wills. Jae's halfway done making himself some breakfast when Brian texts back

brian: are you busy today? i know its lame cause i just saw you yesterday but i feel like i need to see you.

brian: today. :)

He chuckles to himself, flipping his omlette and placing it on a plate before replying,

jae: i wanted to pack so that you could see me everyday 

It only takes a few seconds for Brian to send back,

brian: wOW OK NOW I REALLY NEED TO SEE YOU

Jae laughs, giving himself a little pat on the back for his successful attempt at what he may call teasing. 

jae: wanna come over and help me pack? 

brian: ok, on my way

jae: what

jae: no! not now, later! i look like crap rn

brian: shut up, no you don't. i'm coming

jae: yOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ME! DON'T COME, I WONT OPEN THE DOOR

brian: we both know thats a lie!!

jae: bri, srsly don't

brian: i'm getting in my car rn see you soon!

Jae stares at his phone is disbelief. He groans as he runs to the bathroom, trying to fix his hair again and once that doesn't work, he runs back to the kitchen to make some breakfast for Brian. He's halfway through making another omlette, and adding sugar to some coffee when he hears a knock at his apartment door. He puts on his hood, drawing the strings so that his hair isnt exposed, and he opens the door with a pout.

"Morning," Brian says, a huge smile on his face that contrasts Jae's expression.

"Oh c'mon, don't give me that face, I know you're happy to see me."

And with that, Jae cracks into a smile, not denying Brian's words. Brian walks in, and suddenly gets close to Jae's face, and the author instinctively retreats into his hood. Brian stares at his face, as if observing something, before commenting,

"You look cute without glasses,"

Jae turns a faint pink before saying,

"Get out-" and he goes to push Brian, but Brian's reaction time is a lot faster than Jae anticipates and he picks him up, just like yesterday, and for some reason Jae screams.

That scream turns into laughter once Brian puts him down on the couch before placing a chaste kiss on his lips. Brian's hovering above Jae, looking down with such love and happiness that Jae can't help but kiss him again. They're just staring at each other when Jae remembers that he's got an omlette on the stove, and Brian smells the smoke as Jae runs to try and salvage the eggs.

"Okay." Jae says, turning to Brian who's making his way to his boyfriend's side,

"Once we live together, we need to make a rule that we can't be lovey-dovey while we're cooking. That's gonna result in a lot of burnt food."

Brian laughs in response,

"Deal. I'll cooperate with any rule once I live with you," he says, a sweet smile on his face.

Jae gives a sinister smile before saying,

"Oh really? Okay then, no kissing, we're sleeping in different rooms-"

"I take that back." the latter cuts him off, and Jae laughs.

They share some words over breakfast, mainly discussing the amount of supportive comments on Jae's social media after the articles of the conference were released.

"I get to show you off, now." Jae says,

"And I, you." the other replies, his chin in his hand as he looks at Jae.

"Okay!" Brian exclaims, shooting up from the kitchen chair and clapping his hands together once,

"Let's start packing,"

"But the dishes-"

"The dishes can wait... I can't." Brian says,

"Well, hate to burst your bubble but I'm not moving out with dishes still in my sink." 

The latter pouts and gives in,

"Fine, fine, we'll do the dishes. Then we'll pack!"

Light laughter escapes Jae's lips as he goes to the sink. 

Once they're done the dishes and exchanging some lame yet sweet words, they go to pack up. They're going through Jae's collection of miscellaneous toys and magnets he's accumilated from those stress-relieving travels he takes.

"Would you be up for a trip with me one day?"

"Definitely. We could go back to Toronto if you want."

Brian thinks a bit, images of his friends, familiar restaurants and stores, and even his parents popping into his head.

"Yeah..." he says while nodding, and adds,

"Maybe."

They hear a knock at the door, and Brian looks at Jae suspiciously,

"Are you cheating on me? Is this why you told me not to come-" he jokes around,

"Oh shut up," the author replies, a smile on his face as he goes to answer the door. He opens the door, revealing Wonpil and Sungjin,

"Hey," Jae says, a questioning expression on his face, leaning on the doorframe,

"What're you guys doing here?"

"Figured you'd want some help packing." Wonpil replies,

"And so you brought Sungjin?" Jae asks, laughing lightly as Wonpil rolls his eyes. He opens his mouth to reply when Brian pops into vision, saying

"He has enough help." and the smile on his face tells the couple he's just joking around.

"You can't tease me about Sungjin when Brian is here at 9 in the morning, helping you pack. And you're moving in with him!" Wonpil argues, and Jae looks at him in disbelief.

"Are you kidding me?" Jae asks, "You and Sungjin bought this apartment!" 

"Well, I wasn't about to let the deal slip by," 

"You're ridiculous," Jae says under his breath,

"What was that? Did you say something?" Wonpil dares, already laughing at Jae who's mocking him.

The 4 start packing, the best friends getting to reconnect a bit, both pairs busy lately, with their respective boyfriends.

"Oh, right... That press conference went really well, it seems like." Sungjin brings up, placing a figure of an anime character in the box that's almost full of Jae's odd toys.

"Yeah, it did. Surprisingly." Jae answers. 

"I'm really happy for you guys," Sungjin says and Wonpil adds,

"And proud. It took a lot of courage to do what you guys did yesterday."

"I'm just really relieved that that courage paid off.." Brian decides to join the conversation,

"You know? Like, I'm so happy that we took that risk."

"I think risk is a good way to describe your relationship,"

The author contemplates a bit before looking at his best friend to reply,

"Yeah, I agree." he looks to Brian who's smiling at him, it's subtle but still just as enchanting.

The 4 continue to help Jae pack, and it consists of a lot of teasing, laughter and not using their time all that wisely. Despite that, it's fun, and Brian loves how comfortable all of them are, so does Jae and so they don't complain once they realize it's already 2pm.

"When're you moving in with Bri, by the way?"

"Movers are scheduled for this Saturday,"

"Geez, already? Someone's in a rush,"

"Oh, really Wonpil? Then when are you guys moving in here?" Jae counters, and Sungjin just laughs in response.

"That's what I thought. Sunday," he answers his own question when Wonpil ignores him.

"In our defense, we've been official way longer than you guys have." Sungjin says, 

"In our defense, we had a lot more obstacles to overcome," Brian replies to his best friend, a sneaky smile on his face as Sungjin rolls his eyes in response, knowing he can't counter that.

The 4 decide to go out for dinner, collectively agreeing that they deserve some food and Jae refused to offer to cook for them. They don't go anywhere fancy, but they do go somewhere out of their little town, Wonpil advising it'd be better to not draw too much attention just yet which results in Sungjin using a bit more gas than he intended to. They find common ground on some Mexican food, and they enter the restaurant once Sungjin parks. They get seated quite quickly, the place isn't too busy, but then again it's a Tuesday night.

They order a party platter of fajitas, and they're enjoying their meal, laughing and joking around as they always do when Jae gets a cold reminder.

The shiver is enough to confirm that what happened yesterday wasn't a dream, and that with the good comes the bad, and that's unavoidable.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing?!" Wonpil's voice is slightly raised, trying not to make a scene but it's considerably hard.

The young girl is shaking, the empty cup in her hand as she says through gritted teeth,

"You lied to me, you betrayed me." she looks at Brian, who's completely frozen in shock and disbelief.

Jae's sitting still in his seat, water dripping from his hair as he refuses to look at the angry 'fan' who just poured her drink on him. 

"And you!" she says directed at Brian, who turns to look at her,

"How dare you steal him away from us. We were there for him when you weren't, we won't forget him-"

"You need to leave." Wonpil buts in, standing between her and the couple who aren't making eye contact and can't utter a word. Sungjin is standing at his side, making sure he doesn't do anything unnecessary,

"I don't care if you're his 'fan', you need to get leave them alone before I do something about it, and believe me. I will." 

The restaurant staff comes just in time, one of them helping with the spilled drink, handing Jae a towel for his head that he's too distracted to accept, so Brian does it for him, and starts patting Jae's head dry.

"I'm sorry," he whispers, and Jae shakes his head, he wants to tell Brian that it's not his fault.

"You guys go to the car," Sungjin says, tossing Brian the keys and Brian takes Jae's hand and they leave the restaurant.

The couple is sitting in the backseat, quiet, but Brian refuses to let go of Jae's hand. They're waiting for Sungjin and Wonpil to return, and Jae just exhales, sighing loudly and catching Brian off guard.

"Okay. I'm good." Jae says, and looks at Brian.

"I almost let that get to me,"

The other looks amazed, his lips starting to curl into a smile,

"Of course there are gonna be people who don't support us... But that's okay. Because we support each other, and there are people out there who do too."

Brian's going to say something, when Sungjin and Wonpil enter the care, Wonpil clearly irritated and muttering something under his breath,

"Speaking of people who support us," the platinum haired man decides to say, but it's only loud enough for Jae to hear as he doesn't want to irritate Wonpil any further.

"What is wrong with people?" the said irritated man says,

Sungjin chuckles, and Brian comments,

"You're getting more upset than Jae is,"

"That's how it usually is," Jae says, a smile on his face and when Wonpil sees it, that's enough to calm him down. There's a few moments of silence until Sungjin sighs and says,

"I just wanted to eat fajitas, man." 

That causes whatever tension was left to disperse and they laugh. Sungjin usually isn't one to complain, and that wasn't his intention just now. He was just stating the truth, and they're all kind of glad he did.

Sungjin drops Brian and Jae off at the author's apartment. When Jae offers to pay them back for their share of the fajitas, Wonpil refuses to accept and tells Sungjin to drive away, and he does.

The couple reaches Jae's unit, and Jae decides to ask,

"Do you wanna stay the night?"

Brian smiles, 

"Yeah, I do."

He goes through Jae's closet to look for something to sleep in, and it doesn't take him too long to grab a shirt and a pair of sweatpants,

"Hey, do you mind if I shower-" Brian asks, walking into Jae's room without knocking and both their eyes go wide when he's greeted with a shirtless Jae.

Jae immediately scrambles for a shirt, and stumbles on his words,

"Y-yeah, uh I mean- no, go ahead."

Brian says a quick 

"Thanks," before practically running to the bathroom, and locking himself in. He leans his back against the door, and places his hands on his face as he wonders why he's blushing.

They're both guys, they know what it looks like when they have their shirts off. They've most likely been to a beach, swimming with their friends, or just chilling with guys on a hot day. So, Brian was wondering why his face was getting so hot and why he was so shocked about his boyfriend.

Then it comes to him that maybe that's the reason; because Jae is his boyfriend. He's not just some friend who's taking a dip in a pool, he's not a stranger on the beach, he wasn't shirtless because it was a hot summer day. That's his boyfriend's torso; his skin that Brian can't help but wonder what it feels like under his fingers-

He slaps himself for thinking such thoughts, and exhales. He gets into the shower, and decides to take a cold one in an attempt to cool his rosy cheeks. When he gets out, he slips on Jae's clothes and smiles at how snug they fit.

Brian goes to Jae's room, knocking this time before going in,

"Hey," he says, and Jae looks up at him.

Brian with his hair down, slightly dry but still dripping down, creating small dark spots on the light grey shirt he's borrowing. The sweatpants cuffed at his ankles, and the way he's leaning on the door frame disables a verbal response from the author.

"Sorry for not knocking before," he scratches the back of his neck, a shy smile on his face.

"It's okay," Jae responds, laughing lightly,

"I mean, it was bound to happen some time once I moved in with you." he adds, and Brian can't deny that.

He makes his way to the bed, a slightly unfamiliar bed but he can predict that it'll feel as comfortable as his own bed, as long as Jae's there.

"I feel like an idiot making a big deal out of it." Brian admits, burying his face into his arms, and Jae laughs,

"You feel like an idiot? I looked like a deer in headlights standing there, and suddenly forgetting how to put on a shirt."

"You didn't need to..." Brian replies quietly, and Jae hits him playfully on his arm.

Brian laughs as he repositions himself, and Jae takes that opportunity to lean his head on his shoulder.

"You know..." Jae starts off, linking their hands and his boyfriend smiles, thinking of how there probably won't be a day that comes where he gets tired of this feeling.

"There'll be days where we get into fights, where we don't understand each other and we lose control of the things we say... On those days, can we agree that the bed is our peace zone?"

Brian looks down, and refuses the urge to place quick peck on Jae's lips that're pouting slightly.

"'Cause I don't want us to go to bed mad at each other. I don't care how mad we are, we're not allowed to sleep on the couch, or go to sleep angry."

"I can promise that," he replies, and adds,

"I think that's a good rule. I refuse to have any bad dreams of you,"

"Agreed. Only good dreams of each other, then."

"Agreed." Brian echoes, smiling down at Jae. Jae kisses Brian quickly before returning to his position,

"And what was that for?"

"For sweet dreams." the author answers with a cute smile,

"Also, I couldn't resist. I didn't know a shirt and sweatpants could look so good on someone."

"They probably look better on you," Brian replies,

"Or on the bedroom floor..." Jae jokes, and Brian looks at him in disbelief. The latter is laughing, as Brian asks,

"What is up with you? You're a little more verbal than usual," but he doesn't imply that it's a bad thing.

"You peeked while I was changing," he argues,

"That wasn't on purpose!" 

"Still happened," Jae practically sings, and Brian just rolls his eyes. They're just laying there, wondering when sleep will take over but neither of them making the effort to close their eyes for a while.

"Hey," Brian says, and Jae looks up in response,

"Are you ticklish?"

It's a random question that makes Jae's eyes go wide, and that gives Brian his answer. Before Jae can even react, Brian's already tickling him, attacking his sides, his underarms, and his neck. Jae's laughing, trying his best to escape but Brian's constantly hovering over him. He's tearing up from laughing so hard,

"Bri! Stop! Seriously!"

Jae's trying to speak but each word is interrupted by laughter. Brian's laughing himself, looking down at Jae who's smile is bright, his laughter melodic. He looks so happy that Brian slowly stops tickling him, and Jae finally gets a proper breath of oxygen, his smile not leaving his face.

Brian leans in slow, and Jae lets him, closing his eyes and once their lips touch, he concludes that there'll never come a day where this sensation doesn't send chills down his spine. 

Once they stop kissing, Jae's smiling as he mimicks Brian,

"And what was that for?"

The latter smiles and places a sweet kiss on Jae's forehead before replying,

"Sweet dreams."

Jae groans as he places a box on the ground, and Brian follows in behind him, holding another box.

"Is that the last of it?" 

"Yup." Jae answers, and exhales, placing his hands on his hips. Brian wraps his arms around him from behind, 

"The day's finally here. I could barely endure this whole week, it was crazy. I messed up like 4 orders at the cafe, and Wonpil and Sungjin kept teasing me."

The author laughs, placing his hands on Brian's, looking around the familiar apartment unit.

"I'm so excited," he says.

Brian kisses him on the cheek before going to unpack the boxes,

"Like a dream come true." he comments with a wink, and Jae just smiles as he goes to help unpack.

AUTHOR'S NOTE;

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