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jeon jungkook has no fear.
he did bungee jumping, he went catapulting in new zealand; jumps in headfirst if it's a haunted house, jungkook lives for adventures. and really, he goes to the gym almost daily and has biceps that could crush heads. he's also pretty strong, which means he can take on fights. for god's sake, he pushed a viking ship in an amusement park by himself because he wanted to ride it but no one was there to start it for him.
so, yeah, all in all, there's not a lot that can scare him.
"is something wrong with yoongi-hyung? i haven't seen him smile all day." jimin says from his seat next to him.
okay, i stand corrected.
jeon jungkook has one fear.
if there's one thing jungkook is scared of, and worries about, it's yoongi not smiling. his boyfriend rarely never smiles, especially these last couple of years. yoongi had been feeling so much better, more comfortable and confident in his skin, in his music and work; generally, in life and that showed.
the older male has been laughing more, smiling more, he's the one that has been cracking the most jokes, even. the group as a whole relies on yoongi to bring up the mood. it's not that the others don't do so either, but yoongi has his own way of bringing out happiness and comfort from inside those who surround him when he talks. more precisely, when he smiles.
it's no secret that yoongi's smile is jungkook's favourite, heck, it's everyone's favourite. the way his soft cheeks bunch up, his eyes crinkle, and his gums show. truly, it's a very heart-warming sight to witness.
so, when yoongi doesn't smile, jungkook worries.
they were currently in two different cars going back home, but jungkook already feels antsy. so, he takes out his phone and types out a message then sends it.
are you okk?
he worries his bottom lip as he plays around with his phone, opening random apps but then directly closing them, also looking at old messages, but not really reading them, as he waits for a reply.
"oh!" he exclaims as his phone dings, a sign that he got a reply.
baby <3:
??
yeah i'm fine
is something wrong?
jungkook goes to type out a reply but he's stopped when he receives another message and he can't help himself but smile, his boyfriend can be so sly and playful when he wants to.
baby <3:
wait
is this about me hiding jin hyung's rj pillow?
don't worry
he hasn’t figured out that it was me yet!
that was you???
anyways
i just wanted to make sure you're fine
we didn't have alone time today...
...
we can have our alone time soon
we're almost home
i love you
and jungkook has to hide his smile with his hand because of how big it had gotten.
jimin looks at jungkook and raises an eyebrow in question. the younger of the two just shakes his head in answer and types out a reply.
i love you too
*
when they got home, the first thing jungkook had done was look for yoongi. once he found him, he took his hand, and dragged him from the couch placed out in the living room and inside into his bedroom.
the moment the door closed shut, jungkook's arms automatically wrapped around the smaller frame of his hyung and hugged him tightly.
he hummed in satisfaction, taking a deep breath of yoongi in, "ahhh, our alone time." jungkook then proceeded to pepper his hyung in kisses. the top of his head, his forehead, his temples, his pink cheeks, his nose and lips.
"gguk-ah!" yoongi laughed out loud and then firmly placed his hands on jungkook's cheeks, squishing them. he looked at his younger boyfriend's face and smiled, "hi."
jungkook removed the hands on his face, pressed a kiss to each palm, looked yoongi in the face and smiled back, "hello."
yoongi's smile widened and his gums started to show, "did you miss me that much?"
oh. there it is. his smile. so pretty. his hyung is so pretty. his eyes are so pretty. those lips are so pretty. and when he smiles?
pretty.
"i did." jungkook pecked yoongi's nose and smiled when he felt it scrunch under his lips. when he moved back and looked at the older male, the one word that went through his head was; pretty.
"but you saw me all day. we had dance practice together, and we ate lunch together." yoongi dragged jungkook by the hand so they can sit on the bed.
jungkook shook his head and sat down, "together with the others. it's not the same thing." he brought a hand up to yoongi's cheek and caressed it softly.
yoongi's eyes fluttered, and he let out a deep breath out of his nose before he moved his head a bit to the side and gave the palm on his cheek a kiss.
jungkook smiled. he was very happy that yoongi seemed okay. truth be told, when jimin mentioned that yoongi hadn't smiled a lot today he had been worried, but seeing him now, all sleepy and content, made him very glad.
"i love you." he whispered in the safe confines of the room and watched as the smile he adores so much bloomed on yoongi's face. smile so wide his eyes crinkled, his cheeks bunched up, and his gums showed. and he felt okay.
"i love you too."
and he also felt like he was in a dream.
*
jungkook doesn't know when yoongi's smile had become this important to him. it's not only important, it's honestly become his motivation, his secret (not really) power supply.
jungkook's tired? yoongi's smile can make it better.
jungkook's sad? yoongi's smile can make it better.
jungkook's mad? yoongi's smile can make it better.
jungkook's happy? well, yoongi's smile will only multiply that feeling.
during random times throughout the day, the members would suddenly lose jungkook but when they look for him, they'd find him whispering those three words ("i love you, hyung." jungkook would say. "i love you too, gguk-ah." yoongi would reply.) to his older boyfriend. the glee that would run through jungkook when he hears yoongi say those three words back, with a big smile on the small face, is almost tangible.
honestly, they're very happy for the couple. yoongi had been feeling better about himself lately, and with jungkook next to him, he seems even happier. the same goes for jungkook. he's more confident and his moments of self-doubt had decreased, but whenever he has them, yoongi is always there on his side, walking him out of it.
*
when he’s tired;
sounds of heavy and deep breathing fill the practice room. jungkook is on his back, arms and legs wide open as he stares up at the ceiling.
"good job, you three!" their dance choreographer says as he claps. by three, he means hoseok, jimin, and jungkook. the three of them had decided to team up again for a special performance for this upcoming comeback and so they were trying their best to get all the complicated moves done to the best of their abilities.
"are you done?"
jungkook is too tired to turn his head and look at who just entered the room, but he has a pretty good idea who that was from just their voice.
"jungkook-ah, come on. the vocal trainer is waiting for us." jin crouches down next to jungkook and pats his shoulder.
the younger male groans and curls on his side, ignoring his hyung. he is so tired.
jin sighs and gives jungkook a sympathetic smile, even though he can't see it, "i'll go talk to her, tell her you need a small break." with that, he stands up and walks out of the practice room.
before jin gets to leave, jungkook turns around and says, "thank you, hyung!"
he sighs and sits up. he just wants to go home and sleep. maybe cuddle with yoongi and give him the kisses he deserves before he falls into deep slumber.
with new found energy, jungkook moves towards the corner where he placed his phone and takes it, directly opening the messaging app to his chat with yoongi.
i'm tiiiiredddd
jungkook smiles when he gets an instant reply.
baby <3:
you worked hard today!
are you still in the practice room??
i bought lunch!
i'm on my way right now
jungkook giggles. he can already feel his energy surging back up again.
"gguk-ah!"
said male whips his head and looks at the entrance, his smile widens once he sees yoongi walking towards him with bags of food.
yoongi places the bags and sits next to jungkook and holds his hand, intertwining their fingers, "hi."
jungkook leans forward and kisses yoongi's forehead then mumbles onto the skin, "hello."
yoongi blushes and clears his throat then backs away, looking around. his eyes land on the two other members, too busy playing around to notice the couple.
"hobi! jimin-ah! come eat, i got food!"
at the mention of food, both younger males excitedly run towards yoongi, "hyung! oh my god, hyung, thank you so much!" jimin cries out as he starts opening the bags and taking out one of his favourite sandwiches.
jungkook nods, agreeing with jimin. the hand not being held is used to hold his sandwich. once he bites down on his food, he moans at the taste, his hand unconsciously squeezing yoongi's, "ugh, yoongi, i love you."
he suddenly stops chewing as shock fills him. he had never actually said it this out loud in front of the others. he turns his head, ready to give yoongi a look of apology because the older male isn't really a fan of public displays, but he stops and holds his breath. his ears ringing at the sight in front of him.
despite the hard training done, jungkook can feel the tiredness, almost physically, being washed away when yoongi smiles at him. all happy and wide, his eye smile is so adorable and jungkook honestly wants to tattoo this smile on his heart.
yoongi's smile is so... honest and warm. it feels like the warm blanket you cover yourself with on lazy days, feeling so content and safe under it. it's comfortable and loving. his smile feels like the healing kiss a parent delivers on the scrapes covering their kid's knees. whenever jungkook sees yoongi smile, he wants to give back all of that and much more.
he swallows the bite in his mouth and puts down the sandwich. standing up, he pulls yoongi up with him, who blinks at him in confusion, "what's wrong?"
but jungkook doesn't answer, and he doesn't look back either, as he drags yoongi out of the practice room then turns around, holds the small face in his hands and leans in for a kiss.
yoongi's eyes widen when his back gently hits the wall and warm lips are placed on his. he lets out a sound from the back of his throat in surprise, but then regains his senses and closes his eyes. hands clutching the front of jungkook's shirt as he kisses back.
yoongi rises a bit on his toes, bringing himself closer to the younger male, but jungkook suddenly pulls back and he pouts at the loss of contact.
the younger male places his forehead onto yoongi's and whispers, "i love you."
and yoongi honestly has no control over the smile that takes over. it's like these words have some sort of magic behind them when they come out of jungkook's mouth. the reaction is always instantaneous.
"i love you too."
and apparently the same goes for jungkook because the moment yoongi says those words, he's grinning wide like a fool.
*
when he’s sad;
"come in." jungkook calls out from his bed when he hears someone knocking on his bedroom door.
yoongi slowly walks in and quietly closes the door. he stands for a couple of seconds at the door, biting his lower lip. he then sighs and walks towards the bed, sitting down next to jungkook's lying figure, "how're you feeling?"
jungkook closes his eyes and sighs when he feels fingers running through his hair. he turns onto his side, facing yoongi, before he says, "better."
"you did very well today, gguk-ah. i'm very proud of how far you've come." the older male looks down at jungkook, giving him a soft smile.
"i... i made so many mistakes, though... i held everyone ba-"
"no!" yoongi firmly cuts him off and accompanies that with a shake of his head, "you didn't. no one's perfect, we don't expect you to know how to do everything. mistakes don't hold back, gguk-ah. they show how to move forward and learn." he leans in and kisses the frown marring jungkook's features and keeps his lips there until he feels the muscles underneath them relax, "so don't feel bad. but if you still do," yoongi nuzzles his nose on jungkook's, "then i'll stay here next to you, until you feel better." he whispers.
jungkook swallows the lump forming in his throat as he looks yoongi in the eyes. his arms come up to wrap around the older's thin waist and he squeezes tight, "i love you."
and just like that magic mentioned before, jungkook's favourite smile itches itself onto yoongi's face. smile so wide that soft cheeks bunch up, and jungkook can feel his heart lodge itself in his throat and he wants to cry over how much he feels for this perfect man right here, in his arms.
yoongi softly pecks his lips and mumbles against them, "i love you too." and it's said so low as if it's a secret for only jungkook's ears to hear.
and jungkook doesn't know how he had gotten so lucky.
*
when he’s mad;
"yoongi! our saviour!"
the moment yoongi enters the shared apartment, he’s bombarded with words of, 'please, help us', and 'he's going to destroy us,' thrown at him by taehyung and jimin.
"what's going on?" yoongi frowns as he's dragged by the two younger men to the kitchen and by now, he had figured that by 'he', they had meant jungkook.
said man stood at the sink, hands clutching the counter, taking in deep breaths to try and calm himself down.
yoongi frowns in concern and turns to look at the taehyung and jimin, who were holding onto him for dear life, "what happened?" he whispers.
"we uh..." taehyung starts, fingers nervously playing with the hem of his shirt.
"we accidentally broke the mug his mother got him while doing the dishes." jimin finishes.
"well, if it's an accident... he'd understand." yoongi looks at the back of his boyfriend, he still hadn't noticed them standing at the kitchen entrance, and his frown deepens. he knows how much jungkook loves that mug, his mother gave it to him when he first came to bighit and after it, miraculously, survived all these years, he had grown attached to it especially since he doesn't get to see his family a lot.
"well, normally, yes, but we had been playing around while doing the dishes, and he had told us not to do that or else we might break something and that's when... we broke something." taehyung explains.
“precisely The Mug.” jimin points out.
yoongi hums and nods his head as he pursed his lips, "then, just apologise."
"hyung!" jimin whisper-yells, "you had not seen how angry he had gotten! we can't talk to him, that's why we want you to soften him up for us first!"
yoongi sighs, already feeling resigned but does what he's told anyways. after all, he doesn't like when jungkook frowns, he wants his boyfriend to be happy. with that thought running in his head, he smiles and calls out, "gguk-ah!"
jungkook turns around, his frown being replaced with a look of surprise, "yoongi hyung… you're here early."
yoongi nods and walks to jungkook then holds his hand, intertwining their fingers, "i finished early, so yeah." he clears his throat and points at jimin and taehyung standing behind him at the entrance, "actually... they want to apologise to you."
said males nod, "we're very sorry jungkook! we really didn't mean to!"
jungkook sighs and runs his free hand through his hair, "it's fine."
"it was an acc- wait, what?"
"i said it's fine," jungkook smiles, "i know it was an accident, i'm not mad at you."
"you're... not?" jimin questions.
"nope."
yoongi smiles at the two, "see, i told you he'd understand!"
jungkook grunts when he's suddenly brought in for a tight hug from both taehyung and jimin. then he laughs, and with the hand holding yoongi's, he drags him into the hug.
"uuhh... why're you having a group hug in the kitchen?" jin stares at the four of them, looking confused. he came to get himself a bottle of water but was surprised at the scene in front of him.
"because we love each other!" taehyung yells.
"hyung, come join us!" jimin looks at jin and smiles as he says that.
"no, thank you. just don't forget to finish the dishes when you're done." with that being said, jin takes a bottle and walks out.
"thank you." jungkook says, later in bed when he has yoongi soft and warm in his arms.
"for what?" yoongi mumbles into the skin of jungkook's neck. his eyes start to droop, from sleepiness, as fingers run through his hair and the hand splayed on his skin underneath his shirt rubs soothing circles on his back.
"to be honest, i was pretty mad about the mug, but when i saw you walk into the kitchen with a smile on your face, i felt the anger wash itself away. when i saw your smile, it’s like it said to me ‘things will be okay’," jungkook kisses the top of yoongi's head, "so thank you, for being there, even at the smallest incidents."
"of course," yoongi kisses jungkook's chin, "i'll always be here."
jungkook backs away to look yoongi in the eyes before saying, "i love you."
and yoongi automatically smiles, so wide his gums show, and he giggles when jungkook pecks his nose, "i love you too."
*
when he’s happy;
jungkook is a very simple man, he's easily amused, and a lot of things can make him happy.
this time, it was being able to spend the day at home eating a home cooked meal made by, the one and only, min yoongi.
seeing as jungkook was the one that helped yoongi cook, both of them have been exempt from the cleaning after the meal.
"thank you for the food, hyung." jungkook says once they enter the bedroom as he hugs yoongi from behind.
"did you like it?" yoongi asks when he turns his head to the side to look at jungkook.
"i loved it." the younger male rubs his nose on yoongi's cheek then gives it a kiss.
"more than jin hyung's cooking?" yoongi slyly raises an eyebrow.
jungkook snorts and turns his hyung around in his arms to look at him in the face and dramatically replies as he bumps their heads together, "even more."
yoongi chuckles in amusement, hands clutching at jungkook's shoulders, "ohh, that's serious then."
the hands jungkook has on yoongi's waist involuntarily squeeze and the reaction he gets is absolutely delightful.
yoongi jumps a bit and squeals, "wait, jungkook! you know i'm ticklish." he giggles.
and jungkook's heart decides to take shelter in his lungs. it's getting harder for him to breathe the more he looks at the most ethereal being, to ever exist, in his arms. and he realizes, it's not really yoongi's smile that makes him this happy, it's yoongi himself. sure, the smile he loves so much aids in that, but it's because the one giving it is yoongi. and jungkook can feel his emotions burning underneath his skin, overwhelmingly so. he really and truly loves this perfect human being and he can't contain himself so he says it.
"i love you."
again, "i love you," and again, "min yoongi, i love you."
and yoongi's smiling, tears brimming in his eyes. he brings his hands up to cup jungkook's face, laughing from the extreme happiness welling inside of him. he tries to kiss his boyfriend, but the wide grins on their faces make it harder as their teeth collide and their uncontrollable laughter makes them bump noses.
so yoongi buries his face in jungkook's neck, takes a deep breath of him, a scent that came to feel like home, and when he finally controls his laughter, he brings jungkook's face to his eye level and rests their foreheads on each other’s. with the biggest smile he can muster, he replies "i love you too, jeon jungkook."
and jungkook has never felt any happier.