Pt. 2 of Jungkook and Taehyung's playdate thing or whatever idk what to call it
Taehyung led him into the main room, which was large but filled with toys, a bookshelf and a TV, as well as a comfortable, squishy leather sofa with scratched armrests, probably courtesy of Yeontan. Taehyung sat down and Jungkook copied, leaning against his boyfriend comfortably. It was nice when they were like this; just warm and together.
The door opened and Jeong-Gyu walked in, holding the door for his sister who had her arms full with a huge ball of black and blonde fluff that looked three times the size of her head. She walked in carefully and slowly and stopped in front of Jungkook. She shyly offered him the dog and Jungkook took him gratefully.
"Thank you so much! Oh, he's beautiful!" Yeontan was indeed beautiful. His fur was luscious and deep and Jungkook's fingers sank straight in as he petted him. It reminded him of stroking Holly at Yoongi's house all those months ago when he was so nervous. Now, he wasn't exactly nervous, he just didn't want to do anything wrong.
"Hyung, can I watch TV?" Jeong-Gyu asked. Jungkook was surprised at the respect Taehyung commanded in his house. It was the reward he got for being nice to his siblings and caring for them. Jungkook smiled at how different things were in his house. If you wanted the remote, you would fight for it. Taehyung set Eon-Jin on his lap.
"Have you done your times tables?" Taehyung asked, not sternly, but with some kind of controlled authority that still sounded nice somehow. Jeong-Gyu nodded. "Four times nine?"
"Thirty-six," the boy answered immediately.
"Eleven times twelve?" Taehyung asked again. Jeong-Gyu hesitated momentarily.
"A hundred and thirty-two." Taehyung smiled encouragingly and looked at Jungkook. Another question. Jungkook wondered how good he was.
"Thirteen squared?" he asked and Jeong-Gyu looked puzzled for a minute. He paused before answering,
"Hundred and…um…sixty-nine?" Jungkook was impressed.
"Yeah, well done! Tae, you let him watch whatever he wants, okay?" he said and Jeong-Gyu beamed widely at him, his bright smile resembling Taehyung's. He scrambled next to Jungkook on the smallish couch and took the remote, switching on the TV and flicking through the channels.
"Nothing violent, please, your sister's still young," Taehyung reminded him. Jeong-Gyu looked up and nodded, changing the channel once more. Pikachu appeared on the screen and Jungkook tried not to gasp too audibly. He hadn't watched Pokémon in ages. He settled back next to Taehyung, stroking the sleeping Yeontan, and let the nostalgia wash over him.
After a while, Jungkook felt himself falling asleep. He didn't want to, but he was just so comfortable and he couldn't help it. He thought that he should probably wake himself up. Team Rocket was being useless and funny, making Eon-Jin giggle the cutest giggle ever, Jungkook thought.
"Hey, Taehyung, where's the bathroom?" he asked. Taehyung didn't take his eyes off the screen, just as engrossed as his siblings and carefully took Yeontan off him.
"Down the hall, the last door on the right before you hit the dining room," he answered. Jungkook got up and left the room. As he walked down the hall, he noticed that the house smelled like Taehyung (or Taehyung smelled like his house. Probably that way round). It smelled of good cooking and fizzy sweets and wax crayons and new comic books all in one. In short, it smelled amazing.
He found the bathroom and washed his hands. He redid his hair since it had been messed up a little bit from leaning on Taehyung for so long. He took a beat to just relax and compose himself before leaving again and walking back to the main room. He got distracted by one of the pictures on the wall and stopped to look at it.
Again, it was definitely Taehyung. He was small and probably around four years old. He was playing with sand on the beach, his dark eyes one hundred per cent focused on the sandcastle in front of him. He had a blue plastic spade in his hand and he was wearing a blue bucket hat as well. Jungkook couldn't help but smile at the undeniable cuteness of that picture. He was about to go back in and join Taehyung when he heard something.
"I like Jungkook. He's cool and nice." Jungkook felt bad for eavesdropping but he wanted to hear what they thought about him. "Can he come over again? We can show him the Poké room…" Jeong-Gyu was cut off by Taehyung saying,
"No. He doesn't find out about that. He'd just mess it up." He sounded like a stroppy preteen trying to protect his stuff and Jungkook had to bite back a laugh.
"Do you love him?" Eon-Jin asked innocently. There was a pause and Jungkook swallowed, anxious.
"Yeah, princess. I love him," Taehyung replied, talking more to himself than his sister. Jungkook couldn't help but smile with relief. As he was about to go back in and give Taehyung the biggest cuddle, the front door opened and two people walked in. Taehyung's parents. They saw Jungkook and looked at him curiously. He bowed deeply.
"Hello, I'm Jeon Jungkook. It's nice to meet you," he smiled politely. Taehyung emerged from the main room, overtaken by his siblings and dog.
"Hey! This is Jungkook," Taehyung reiterated for him. The two younger ones ran back to the main room after greeting their parents, anxious not to miss a second of the show. Taehyung's mother smiled prettily.
"Oh, of course, your boyfriend! Darling, we've heard so much about you!" Jungkook stayed in conversation with Taehyung's family for a while, letting them get to know him. Eventually, Taehyung brought up the subject of Jungkook staying over. His parents looked a little apprehensive, but Taehyung was cute and persuasive and they let Jungkook spend the night.
It was one of the best evenings of Jungkook's life. They ordered takeaway so they could eat it up in Taehyung's room and they just sat on his bed eating and talking and laughing for ages. At some point, Jeong-Gyu asked if they wanted to play and, not having anything else on their minds, both agreed.
The Poke room was incredible. Hundreds of Pokémon plushies and so much other merchandise took up an entire room of the house. Jungkook pressed his lips together so he wouldn't squeal. Their playing spiralled into an elaborate make-believe universe with Pokémon and dragons and fairies. Jungkook was amused by how fast Taehyung adapted to this world but quickly became absorbed in it as well. Eon-Jin was forced to say goodnight at about eight and Jeong-Gyu got tired as well.
Taehyung and Jungkook stayed up long past that trying to be quieter. At around eleven, they decided to get changed and go to sleep. Taehyung's bed was only just big enough to fit them both, but they didn't mind. The last thing Jungkook remembered thinking before he went to sleep was how at home he felt and how he could never be out of place in Taehyung's arms.
Please bear with me with updates I'm so very stressed jhdfkjsh I'll do my best though :')