it can't be. it's too fast. maybe i'm just hallucinating. taeyong thought.

it's past midnight and he just got home. he went home with the rest of his friends and jaehyun who was now in the room next to his. he laid on his bed, mind clouded with images of his next door neighbor. he was quietly trying to picture the two of them inside his head but then he heard bed creaking noises.

jaehyun? he thought. but he realized the sound was coming from the other side, which was mark and donghyuck's room. oh god these two. he facepalmed.

he figured the sound wasn't going to fade away through the night and so he got up and wore his fuzzy slides. he went out his bedroom door and sat down his couch.

"ahh! mark hyung~"

taeyong shut his eyes tightly closed and sighed. how come they've never been this loud before? why does it have to be now? he thought as he rubbed his forehead. he couldn't sleep with this kind of noise next to his bedroom and so he went out to the hall.

as he closed the door, he looked from side to side to which one he could bother at this time of the night. he was hoping he can sleep in to one of his friends' room but they're probably doing the same.

and so he stood there, still thinking, when suddenly, the door next to his room opened.

"taeyong? why are you still up so late?"

just as he thought the only man who could help him. he smiled as he saw the face he's been meaning to see. "and why are you up so late?" he asked the man.

jaehyun then looked down and proceeded to scratch his nape. "uhm... yuta and sicheng are fucking so i was hoping i'd room with you for the night, maybe just sleep on your couch? but it's okay if you don't want to. i mean i can jus--"

and he went on with blabbering until taeyong laughed and cut him off. "actually, mark and donghyuck are kinda doing it too. i was hoping i could crash by yours. but turns out, we can't room on either one of these." he said.

suddenly, an idea popped into jaehyun's mind. "wanna go out for a walk?"

although taeyong didn't want to admit it, this could be one proof that he wants nothing to do with jaehyun. he wanted to deny the feelings so bad that he figured this would be nothing. there's no feelings, this could be nothing. he thought.

"sure."

they laughed as they walked down the side walk next to seokchon lake. they reached seokchon lake with all the talks they've been sharing for the past hour. it's not too far from their place but they still preferred to go further since they weren't feeling sleepy anytime soon.

with an ice cream in hand, they admired the beauty of the place in the night. it had countless lights everywhere and it looked pretty. a few people was also seen walking around the place but taeyong figured they were tourists from their different faces.

they had countless stories already told that they didn't even remember some of them. they just kept laughing with the dumb actions they pictured from each other's childhood memories. aside from that, they also made fun of their friends as they talked.

"yeah he lost to me at rock paper scissors but before he could cover his head with the bowl, it flew up and hit him right in the head. classic mark." they both laughed as they tried to form the image in their heads.

jaehyun turned to look at the man beside him and was in complete awe. as taeyong was telling him stories, he couldn't listen but instead, he stared at how happy taeyong was. wow, he's gorgeous. although taeyong is a stripper, no one was as pretty as he is. for jaehyun, he looked like a prince.

the words entered his one ear and exited the other. by now taeyong was telling storied about how ten and him met but he couldn't understand a single word he said.

taeyong didn't even notice jaehyun was already staring. or he did, but he didn't point it out. he just stared at where he was walking and tried to ignore the eyes that pierce right through him.

as taeyong finished his ice cream, he threw the stick away and his hands went vacant. when jaehyun saw how his hands trembled, he quickly held the boy's palm tightly. taeyong turned to look at the man beside him and smiled.

"you don't have pockets. it's fine." jaehyun said.

"you never told me anything about yourself yet. why don't you tell me some of your background." taeyong grinned and watched how his feet moved.

jaehyun didn't want to but he guessed it's okay to open to a friend now. since taeyong and him got so much closer, other than wanting sex from each other, they considered each other as a friend.

"well, i was an orphan." jaehyun started. "my parents dies in a car crash when i was 6, but since my parents ran away from their family here in korea to be with each other, my relatives never found me."

taeyong took a glance and saw how jaehyun was trying to avoid the past. somehow, he felt guilty. "i'm sorry, you don--"

"it's fine, taeyongie. it's great to open up to a friend every once in a while." jaehyun let out a sincere smile.

"when i was a kid, i learned that my parents ran away to settle in america because both their parents didn't accept my mother being pregnant with me. i caught them talking with their friends. i was quite the eavesdropper back then." they both chuckled softly and continued with the story.

"i heard they even faked their names and a few id's so their family wouldn't find them." with a smirk, jaehyun still continued his story even if it was evident how painful the past was.

"but then they were involved with a car crash. some dude was pissed in the road and tried to challenge my dad with a race. my dad didn't want to so the dude got even more pissed and bumped my dad's car. we crashed with a truck and that was it." jaehyun had his lips pressed in a thin line and sighed softly.

"luckily, i didn't die, not a single scratch because the glass shatters didn't reach me. but i wished it did. so i can be with them, i miss them so much." taeyong gently turned the man's face towards him and wiped his tear.

jaehyun didn't notice he was already tearing up. he sighed once more and closed his eyes. he let himself lean in to taeyong's touch. damn, these soft hands. he thought.

"it's a good thing." taeyong whispered close to him. he caressed the soft skin of jaehyun's cheeks and gave out a small smile. "because if you died, i wouldn't have met you."

"i'm sure they're proud of what you've become." jaehyun leaned in for a hug where taeyong quickly let himself into.

"can i sleep with you tonight?"

taeyong was shocked with the man's words. he leaned back and looked at the man in the eye. he didn't initiate sex before. taeyong thought.

"oh no, not sex. i was just wondering if i can sleep beside you in bed tonight." jaehyun grabbed his nape and stared down shyly. taeyong laughed and held onto jaehyun's hands.

"you're cute." he said and jaehyun's ear went a shade of red. "but of course, your place. let's just hope yuta and sicheng are done by now."

and so they walked going to where they came first and didn't even notice the time. they were happily walking around, hand in hand, looking absolutely like boyfriends. until they reached their building.

"ahh we're back already?" taeyong said and he sighed.

due to their long talks, time felt like a strong wind. it just passed by but it didn't feel like they've been walking for a long time. in reality, it has already been an hour and half since they've left their apartments.

they went up the elevator and stopped on their floor. when they got off the lift, they were still holding each other's hand and they walked down the hall like a married couple. when they reached jaehyun's room, it seemed like the noises didn't die down.

as it turns out, yuta and sicheng went on and on for a whole night and so they switched to taeyong's room.

(A/N: jsyk, idk places in korea aside from the obvious popular spots bc im not korean so if u think what i wrote was a mistake, just ignore it, it's all fictional anyways lololol)