accidental encore | taegyu

another week passed, and taehyun still hadn't given beomgyu a moment of peace.

not that he really minded.

they'd been texting and calling for a while now, but lately, it felt like they were talking every second taehyun managed to find a break. it didn't matter what time it was—if taehyun had even ten minutes to spare, he'd be calling beomgyu. sometimes it was late at night when he was winding down at the hotel, other times it was early in the morning when he was getting ready for the day.

tonight was no different. taehyun had called him the second he got back to his hotel room, complaining about how exhausted he was but still keeping beomgyu on the line as he moved around.

"you should just fly out here," taehyun said at some point, voice muffled as he flopped onto his hotel bed.

beomgyu snorted, lying on his back in his own bed, staring at his ceiling. "yeah, i'll get on that. let me just sell a kidney real quick so i can afford a last-minute international flight."

taehyun huffed out a quiet laugh. "it's not that expensive."

"okay, rich boy."

"i'll buy your ticket, then what?"

"then i'll sell my other kidney for the hotel."

taehyun laughed again, soft and breathy, and for some reason, the sound made beomgyu's stomach flip. he ignored it.

instead, he sighed and muttered, "damn, come back soon, bro."

there was silence for a few seconds, then—

"did you just brozone me?"

beomgyu choked on his own spit. "what?"

"i come all the way back for you, and you call me bro? wow."

"you—" beomgyu scoffed. "you're actually delusional."

"am i?"

"yes."

taehyun hummed, unconvinced. "alright. next time you say you miss me, i'll just remind you that i'm your bro."

"ugh, crazy man." beomgyu rolled onto his side, pulling his blanket over his head. "go to sleep, dude."

"say it back first."

beomgyu sighed. "fine. come back soon, dude."

taehyun groaned. "you're insufferable."

beomgyu just grinned. "goodnight, bro."

taehyun hung up on him.

—

fast forward.
two more days.

taehyun would be back in new york in two more days.

beomgyu tried not to think too hard about it, but it was impossible when taehyun kept calling him at every opportunity.

tonight was no different. except this time, it wasn't just the two of them.

"bro, you guys need to chill," yeonjun groaned through the call, his voice slightly muffled from where he was lying face-down on a couch somewhere. "i swear you two talk more than me and soobin do, and i literally wake up to texts from him every day."

soobin, sitting beside beomgyu on the floor of his apartment, rolled his eyes. "maybe because i actually like you."

yeonjun lifted his head, grinning at his phone screen. "so you do like me?"