taehyung knows he shouldn't be doing this. they're just project partners—in no way should he be lurking in jeongguk's closet, pressing one of the alpha's hoodies to his face.
he shouldn't be. but he can't help it—can't help the way he loves his scent.
it shouldn't feel right. he shouldn't be doing this. he shouldn't—
inhale. exhale.
alpha, alpha, alpha.
taehyung's eyes shoot open. and stay pinned on the reflection in front of him—at the form leaning against the closet doorway.
taehyung's heart plummets to his stomach, his breathing turning shallow.
oh, no. no no no.
has a small smile on his face as he watches him.
taehyung panics.
“i can explain,” he breathes out, almost a whimper, terrified, heartbeat loud in his ears at being caught doing something like /this/, such a huge invasion of privacy.
“no need to.”
taehyung snaps out of his spiraling thoughts, staring at the other.
“what?”
“you don't need to explain.”
jeongguk straightens, taehyung flinching at the movement out of reflex. watches the alpha pause, seeing his reaction,
no, jeongguk reaches for the array of shirts and jackets and hoodies hung up, sifting through them for a second, before pulling one out.
and jeongguk holds it out to him.
taehyung stares.
taehyung keeps staring, wide-eyed. and when it finally registers what the hell is going on—he flushes a deep, bright red, pressing his lips together as he looks at jeongguk, eyes still so wide and now, just a bit glazed.
before reaching out, fingers taking the hem of the hoodie taehyung is wearing.
taehyung's breath hitches as he looks down at those hands—can feel their warmth if he concentrates.
taehyung's eyes are glazed. “okay,” he whispers. because yes—okay, okay.
and he puts the hoodie he'd draped on his arm over taehyung's head, the omega raising his arms for the sleeves.
and with those words, taehyung knows he knows. knows exactly why taehyung is in here in the first place. knows what he had wanted, had craved.
and—and yet here jeongguk is. giving him a hoodie, putting it on him—
“i, um.”
“hey.” jeongguk's voice is a murmur, gentle. soothing. soothing, alpha—alpha—
“it's okay, alright?”
taehyung nods, his cheeks so hot, every breath of air just filled with jeongguk's scent.
he moves to take the hoodie back off—
“no. no—keep it.”
taehyung's gone back to staring at him. lips parted, watching jeongguk himself flush bright red, just as red as taehyung's cheeks are.
“i said—i said it would look good on you. so. so, keep it?”
small, bright giggle—jeongguk's eyes widen again.
jeongguk cannot believe he's only noticing this now.
jeongguk nods, almost absentmindedly. “okay. good. that's—that's good.”
they stand there, staring at each other. five seconds. ten.
jeongguk snaps out of it. he points at the doorway to the closet with his thumb.
taehyung nods immediately, understanding. kind of. “this is your apartment.”
fuck. right. “right. i. yeah. i'll just—” and jeongguk walks out of the closet, just like that.
it already feels like a dream. wearing jeongguk's hoodie, wrapped up in that scent, properly, without secret.
“i'll see you tomorrow?”
taehyung nods, fiddling with the hoodie sleeve. “tomorrow.”
taehyung smells like honeysuckles and rosewater, a dash of vanilla in the midst. jeongguk always had to take a second to breathe it in, digest it so that he could interact with taehyung calmly.
they’re just project partners. growing into friends in the past few weeks, the major project of theirs—a portfolio of their compiled photographs—
it was more than shocking, though, to go up to his room and find taehyung in his closet.
holding his hoodie to his nose.
for now, he lifts taehyung’s sweater off the ground. thick with his scent, jeongguk presses it to his nose, just like taehyung had with his own hoodie an hour before.
· — 👕 — ·
“good morning,” taehyung says, a touch shy, and jeongguk stares at him, wide-eyed.
“jeongguk?” taehyung asks, shy smile turning to a frown, eyes growing worried—like he was beginning to believe jeongguk didn’t like that he’d worn the hoodie in public.
“hey—good morning.” and taehyung seems satisfied with that response,
when the professor turns off the lights for the class to watch a documentary, jeongguk all but freezes when taehyung scooches closer to him, only to lay his head on jeongguk’s shoulder.
but deeming it too intimate, he doesn’t. but it doesn’t stop him from wrapping an arm around his shoulders instead, his hand steady on taehyung’s arm,
he doesn’t think his heart has ever felt so full.
· — 👕 — ·
jeongguk finds out that his scent—it shouldn’t fade from the omega. never. /don’t let it fade/.
“back off,” jeongguk seethes when he gets near, wrapping a protective arm around taehyung’s waist.
“gukkie,” he whispers, gratefulness evident in his voice. “thank you—”
jeongguk takes his hand before the other can finish, pulling him away and making a questioning noise fall from taehyung’s lips.
“jeongguk?” taehyung asks softly, but jeongguk once again ignores him, taking him a few trees in deep before stopping.
then—”off,” he murmurs, pulling at the hem of taehyung’s hoodie—/his/ hoodie.
jeongguk proceeds to pull his own hoodie over his head—he’s wearing a red one today, white words scrawled in english on the front.
“wear this one,” jeongguk says, hair now mussed and voice so soft in the quiet of the forest, the only other sounds being the rustle of leaves and distant chirpings of birds.
he tugs at the one he’s wearing, and jeongguk’s own breath hitches.
his lashes flutter at the thought. he knows, knows the hoodie smells mostly of taehyung now,
“do you want me to?”
taehyung nods, easily, immediately.
oh, the way jeongguk’s heart almost bursts to flames at the thought of his hoodie so close to taehyung’s skin for so long.
taehyung gives jeongguk the butterfly hoodie, and they put on their respective clothes at the same time.
taehyung lets out a breath, takes another one in, and jeongguk takes a moment to do the same. he closes his eyes, and focuses on the smell.
taehyung wraps his arms around jeongguk’s middle. buries his nose into jeongguk’s neck before he can even open his eyes again.
leaving their scents on each other, wearing them close, holding each other close, basking in each other’s scent and warmth and comfort—jeongguk could get used to this.
· — 👕 — ·
“guk!” taehyung laughs when jeongguk presses him right against the wall the moment he takes a step into his apartment, nose immediately burying itself into the crook of taehyung’s neck.
and it makes taehyung feel light, so warm all over.
jeongguk licks at his skin. just a flick of tongue, barely there, but taehyung felt it. and his knees almost go weak, taking a shallow breath only to inhale that scent so close to his nose. /god/, alpha, his—
he swallows at the darkness in jeongguk’s gaze, liquid heat in those pools of his pupils. jeongguk’s eyes follow the movement.
“we should probably get to work,” taehyung suggests softly,
it’s hours into talking and picking out photos from their trip to the park (walking around with their hands clasped every so often—blissful) that jeongguk realizes how terribly empty his fridge is.
“tae, i need to head to the grocery store.”
“should i come with you?”
“you can stay here if you want. i really don’t mind.”
taehyung seems to consider this, chewing on his bottom lip for a second. it’s such an endearing habit of his;
“okay,” he decides, looking back up at jeongguk. “i’ll stay here then.”
“i’ll come back as fast as i can, alright?”
“no rush, gukkie, take your time! just be safe?”
“i will, don’t worry.” they exchange the softest of smiles before jeongguk heads out.
when he returns twenty minutes after he’d originally left with bags in his hands, the apartment looks the same as it had before.
“taehyung?” jeongguk calls softly, hurriedly putting the groceries in need of refrigeration in their designated spots, before following taehyung’s scent deeper into the apartment.
it opens, and when jeongguk steps in, his breath rushes out of his chest at the sight he’s met with.
jeongguk’s heart is about to explode.
“oh, pup,” he says breathlessly, and taehyung lifts a hand out to him, fingers splayed, reaching.
who would he be to deny anything taehyung wanted.
so he does, walking over and wriggling out of his jeans. taehyung doesn’t seem to mind at all, however pouting when he climbs in.
“kind of hard to do, sweetheart,” jeongguk replies breezily, pulling the pillow out from the omega’s arms. taehyung knows exactly what he means by the action,
it has his scent on it again.
maybe.
so jeongguk does what he’s so badly wanted to do ever since he found taehyung in his closet, seen his flushed cheeks and earnest eyes. he leans in, lips hovering just millimeters away from his intended destination, hooded eyes watching.
so he does—he kisses taehyung. just a gentle press of lips at first, before they encompass each other, resolute in feeling each other.
taehyung half opens his eyes, a shy smile on his lips, like he’s only just comprehending what they’ve done.
and jeongguk can’t stop staring.
he’s beautiful. he’s so beautiful.
he wonders, if all the trips to the park, the trips to each other’s apartments, all the times they went out to get pictures, all the times they sat by each other during class—he wonders if it’ll be enough.
“i thought you’d never ask,” taehyung breathes out, and, to jeongguk’s surprise, practically launches himself into him in an embrace,
“is that a yes?”
“do you really think i’d say no?”
“yes, jeongguk. yes, /yes/, i’ll be your boyfriend. i’ll be yours—your omega.”
“mine,” he whispers,
“yours. and you—my alpha.”
“yours. all yours.”
they kiss again, taehyung blissfully on top of jeongguk, arms wrapped around each other tightly.
both of them excited for what the future will have in store for them. and so happy to know that their feelings are mutual,
/yours/.
maybe he doesn’t need to wait to feel that feeling—that taehyung is home. he sure feels like it now—his home, in the form of a warm, golden-skinned omega, with the prettiest of smiles and the brightest of eyes.
home, sweet home.
thank you all for reading this lil baby of mine!! i rlly didnt expect it to get so much attention, and im always happy to fulfill the soft taekook agenda!! i rlly cant thank you enough <3
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