May 16th, 2013
JIN
"So, what does my love think?" Taehyung had asked him eagerly, his slender fingers slowly snaking their way around Jin's dainty waist from behind.
"This place is beautiful, Tae," he hummed as he leaned unto him. Jin was referring to the two-story apartment his lover bought for the two of them located just outside the city proper. "Homey and comfortable, just like I always wanted."
"It is," Taehyung agreed.
"Thank you, Tae."
"Anything for you, babe," he whispered seductively. "You know what my first thoughts were when the realtor showed me this place?"
Taehyung's breath tickled as he spoke, triggering him into a fit of soft giggles when he asked, "What?"
"Me waking up next to you in the mornings. You in the kitchen cooking our breakfast... barefoot and pregnant. You, waiting for me with open arms as soon as I open the door after a tiring day at work. You, screaming my name... over and over and over... as we christen our bed every night for the rest of our lives. Little me and you running around the house playing while we watch..."
And of all things holy and not, he wanted it.
Jin wanted all of those so badly.
All those wishful thinking were playing like holographic images in front of him, giving Jin a sneak peek of what his future would be like with the man he loved as Taehyung continued to whisper his thoughts and dreams in his ear, leaving light kisses then and there.
"I just want to come home to you, Seokjin-ah." Taehyung's voice was full of veneration, his name an exultation. "You are my home."
And that was enough for an ordinary man like Kim Seokjin to know how much the Kim Taehyung truly loved him.
He moved and turned to face the man he never knew would become his whole life in just a span of a year being together... in secret. He raised his hand up to his face and caressed his cheek lovingly. "You are my home, too, Taehyungie. Wherever you are is my home."
Taehyung's lips broke out into that same, adorable boxy smile he first fell in love with. "I love you."
"I love you, too. Don't ever leave me," Jin implored.
"As long as you promise me that you won't ever leave me, too, then I will never."
"I promise."
Without a word, Taehyung swooped down and kissed him hard and long. Jin kissed him back with equal fervor, temporarily forgetting the elephant in the room as they christened their new home.
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