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They had planned in advance to be together once Taehyung's birthday arrived, it had become somewhat of a tradition ever since Hoseok's birthday, when they were all together and got to witness Hoseok's brown hair turn red right in front of their eyes.
It is a memory Taehyung and the rest of his friends hold very dear in their hearts.
They had decided to go out to a local dinner that is usually empty and just have the whole place for themselves to eat and enjoy some karaoke together, ironically yoongi and hoseok had been halfway through the song they were dueting when Hoseok's hair changed to a red that looked just like Yoongi's.
Needless to say, his friends never got to finish that song.
Taehyung smiled to himself and wondered what it would be like on his turn.
He wished it was also one of his friends, he has met many people over his life, but so far, with exception of his bestfriends no one else gave him the feeling of always wanting to be with them.
He could hear jungkook, jimin and yoongi lightly bicker over the food on the living room table, soon followed by Namjoon's sigh.
Taehyung was getting a few more drinks from the freezer when Seokjin walked in "Hey, do you need any help?" He asked but already had half the cans in his hands before Taehyung could respond.
"Yeah, thank you" Taehyung replied, picking up the remaining ones and glanced at Seokjin. He always thought Seokjin's hair color was beautiful, the soft purple tones seemed to match who he was perfectly, and he once again felt glad he convinced Seokjin of it, remembering how back when they met Seokjin would often colour his hair a dark brown, as if his colour had never been revealed at all.
The dark brown was pretty, but then again, Taehyung was sure any colour would look good on Seokjin, he could very well walk out of his room with rainbow hair and Taehyung would still think he looks amazing.
But it wouldn't be the same, his pretty purple colour resembled cotton candy and Taehyung knew it felt just as soft.
Taehyung realised he was probably staring for a little too long so he just gave Seokjin a smile and a eyebrow raise and turned to walk to the living room, with Seokjin following right behind.
The commotion in the living room seemed to have calmed down in the meantime.
Yoongi and Hobi were seated together on the couch, holding each other's hands, jungkook on the ground in front of them, his back leaning against hoseok's legs, Namjoon and Jimin were still finishing up on getting the food in order, and even though he tried to be sly about it, anyone could notice that Namjoon had already eaten a couple of the gummies on the table.
Taehyung and Seokjin put the cans down spread over the table and took a seat on the couch.
Taehyung took a glance at the clock, there was still some hours to go until midnight.
"Well, let's eat!! And maybe we can just watch some movies in the meantime?"
Everyone was quick to agree, reaching for their food. Namjoon going back to his gummies, Jungkook passed some pizza slices to Yoongi and Hoseok while Jimin passed some to Taehyung and Seokjin.
"So, how are you feeling?" Jimin asked Taehyung as he passed him his drink.
"Honestly i'm a little nervous but, yeah, hum, we'll see."
Seokjin caressed taehyung's still brown hair. "Hey.. don't worry too much, whatever happens we're here for you, alright? It'll be fine, you'll see" Seokjin finishes with a light poke on Taehyung's cheek.
"Yeah and you better not ditch me and our art gallery dates for your soulmate or else..." Namjoon joked as he pointed his finger.
Taehyung giggled "Yeah, don't worry i wouldn't miss it for the world" he replied, then taking a sip of his soda.
Jimin held the remote and selected the VOD section, looking through the options as all seven tried to pick a few they were interested in.
Once the first movie started they adjusted themselves to sit and lay comfortably. Jimin and Jungkook moved to the sofa Namjoon was in, the three squeezing into the seat.
Taehyung put the can of soda back on the table and leaned back, feeling Seokjin's arm draping around his shoulders.
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Taehyung slowly opened his eyes and noticed he'd fallen asleep while watching the movie, his head resting on seokjin's shoulders.
He first thought of pretending to still be asleep, so he could spend an extra time in his arms. But he soon noticed Seokjin seemed to be shaking.
Taehyung was sure his hyung was crying when he felt a small drop fall onto his head, one of Seokjin's arms softly letting go of him to wipe at his eyes.
Taehyung was surprised, had the last movie been that sad that it made Seokjin cry?
He wondered as he felt seokjin's right hand rub comforting circles on his shoulder as if he were the one that needed comfort.
"Hyung?" Taehyung called to him as he raised his head to look at Seokjin.
"T-taehyungie" was all Seokjin replied as he raised his hand to give Taehyung a small pat on his head, Taehyung then looked back to the tv's direction and noticed how Jimin was asleep, his head laying on jungkook's lap as Jungkook and Namjoon had fallen asleep leaning against each other as well, yoongi and hobi were nowhere to be seen, he assumed they had moved to a bedroom earlier, their pillows and blanket also missing.
"Are… are you okay? Do you want me to turn off the movie?" Taehyung asked in the softest voice he could muster, wiping a few tears off Seokjin's eyes.
Seokjin moved his head sideways, signaling it wasn't necessary. "Hum... I'm not exactly sure how to say this but..." He says, his voice wavering as the runs his left hand through Taehyung's hair "It's already past midnight"
Oh
Oh?
And taehyung wonders if his wish had been heard.
Taehyung finds himself frozen in time, processing the information.
Staring at Seokjin, he noticed his puffy eyes had a soft glint to them. And Taehyung thinks that maybe, maybe it was.
He snaps out of his trance and reaches for Seokjin's pocket, taking his phone and quickly takes a shaky photo of himself with the flash turned on.
He looks down at the picture and then he sees his new hair colour.
Cotton candy
It was his first thought as he recognizes the beautiful purple his hair now has, the same exact shade found on Seokjin's hair, peeking at the corner of the same picture.
Oh
He looks up at Seokjin again, a nervous laugh escaping him.
"Hi" Seokjin says.
Taehyung touches his own hair, then Seokjin's "Hi".
With shaky hands Taehyung tries to caress Seokjin's like he often did to him.
"It's- it's you" Taehyung says, his eyes a little watery.
"Yeah" Seokjin gives Taehyung's waist a little squeeze.
Taehyung smiles at him, unsure of what to do next.
He just knew he didn't want to let go. So he wraps his arms around Seokjin, hugging him close.
Seokjin presses a small kiss at the top of Taehyung's head.
"I'm so happy it's you" Taehyung says softly.
"Me too, you have no idea" Seokjin replies and presses a few more kisses on Taehyung's head.
Still not enough
Taehyung raises his head and looks straight at Seokjin, he smiles and moves forward to kiss Seokjin softly on his right cheek, when he pulls back he looks into Seokjin's eyes for a few seconds before kissing his other cheek, then his forehead and then the tip of his nose, causing Seokjin to giggle.
He then pulls back just a few centimetres.
He gazes into Seokjin's eyes as if he were asking a question.
And Seokjin understands, his look dropping to Taehyung's lips for a few seconds before looking back up into his eyes. "Can I?"
Taehyung nods and watches as Seokjin leans forward. Taehyung does the same and meets him halfway.
Their lips softly press together and it feels better than anything he could have imagined.
They share a few kisses, giggling as they notice the other's breathing start to quicken.
And yet, it still felt like they needed more. Taehyung raises his hands up, one arm wrapping around Seokjin's shoulders as he raises his thigh to move and sit on Seokjin's lap, the other hand traveling into his hair, massaging his scalp.
Seokjin lets out a moan, and the hands on Taehyung's waist hold him tighter, their bodies pressed as close as possible.
Their kiss deepens, and Seokjin's hands roam Taehyung's back, one going up, first softly ghosting the back of taehyung's neck, earning a small reaction out of him, to his head first holding him as they kiss and then gives a pull on Taehyung's hair, causing him to pull back and moan as well.
Taehyung's replies by running his hands over Seokjin's chest and gives him a look as he goes back to kiss him.
They kiss for a bit longer, eventually they pull back and Taehyung looks at Seokjin with his boxy smile.
Seokjin smiles back, the expression in his eyes enough to render Taehyung speechless.
He feels Seokjin's hand on his hair again, now also coloured in those purple tones he liked.
Taehyung leans forward, resting his forehead on Seokjin's. "I love you"
Seokjin almost looks as if he was about to cry out of happiness again "I love you too"