accidental encore | taegyu

chapter twenty eight

"wait, wait—" beomgyu gasped between laughs, gripping onto taehyun's arm for support.

taehyun rolled his eyes, but his lips curled into a smile as he watched beomgyu struggle to finish his sentence.

and then, without warning, he leaned in and pressed a quick peck to beomgyu's lips.

beomgyu immediately shut up, blinking up at him, stunned.

taehyun leaned back, acting like he didn't just do that. "what's funny now?" he asked casually.

beomgyu's face turned red in an instant. "did you just—"

"did i just what?" taehyun cut him off smoothly, tilting his head like he was clueless.

beomgyu opened his mouth, then closed it. he could still feel the soft pressure of taehyun's lips against his own.

"you so just—"

taehyun just smirked, squeezing beomgyu's hands again. "nah. you must've imagined it."

beomgyu barely had time to react before taehyun suddenly tackled him, wrapping his arms around him tightly and pulling him down against the couch.

"get off me," beomgyu groaned, attempting to push him away, but taehyun just laughed and tightened his grip.

"nah, you're comfy," taehyun teased, resting his chin on beomgyu's shoulder. "and warm. like a human heater."

"oh my god, just say you like cuddling me and go."

"i don't like cuddling you."

"then move!"

taehyun didn't. instead, he grinned and reached out to mess up beomgyu's hair, making beomgyu yell in protest. beomgyu retaliated by digging his fingers into taehyun's sides, making him jolt and let out a sharp breath.

"are you ticklish?" beomgyu's eyes widened as he realized.

"don't even think about it—"

too late. beomgyu immediately launched an attack, poking at taehyun's sides until he was squirming, trying to hold back his laughter. they wrestled, tangled up together in a mess of limbs, neither of them actually trying to win—just playing around, half-heartedly shoving each other, laughing like they had no worries in the world.

and then—

"wow. this is what you two do when you're alone?"

they both froze.

slowly, their heads turned toward the voice—

soobin stood at the side, arms crossed, shaking his head with pure judgment written all over his face.

beomgyu's stomach dropped. "how long have you been there?!"

"long enough," soobin deadpanned.

taehyun, still partially on top of beomgyu, just smirked. "jealous?"

soobin scoffed, unimpressed. "no, i just can't believe i walked in to this." he motioned toward them tangled together on the couch.

beomgyu groaned and shoved taehyun off him, sitting up quickly. "you should've knocked or something."

"this is your house," soobin shot back. "why would i knock?"

taehyun, now sitting cross-legged on the couch, stretched his arms with a satisfied sigh. "he's just mad he doesn't have someone to wrestle with," he said, sending soobin a teasing grin.

soobin gave him a deadpan stare before looking at beomgyu. "this is so embarrassing for you."

"i know," beomgyu groaned, covering his face with his hands.

soobin was half-listening to their conversation, scrolling through his phone as beomgyu and taehyun continued their back-and-forth. it wasn't until his eyes landed on a tweet that he suddenly sat up straighter.

"taehyun of the killa spotted at this apartment building alone????"

attached was a blurry photo—clearly taken from a distance—but it definitely looked like taehyun standing at the entrance of beomgyu's apartment lobby.

"uh—" soobin started, blinking in surprise. "taehyun, did you—like—walk in through the front entrance earlier?"

taehyun, who had been slouched against the couch next to beomgyu, raised a brow. "yeah?"

beomgyu leaned in, trying to look at soobin's phone. "why?"

soobin turned his phone around to show them. "because someone saw you."

taehyun and beomgyu both squinted at the screen, processing the tweet before realization hit.

"oh," taehyun said, sitting up.

"oh my god," beomgyu groaned. "you were supposed to come in through the side entrance."

taehyun scratched the back of his neck. "okay, my bad, i wasn't thinking."

soobin scrolled down, his expression tensing slightly. "there's already people speculating about who you were visiting."

beomgyu grabbed his own phone, immediately opening twitter. sure enough, replies were flooding in—

@user1: who does he know there??
@user2: taehyun alone at a random apartment building... interesting.
@user3: it better not be some secret relationship, i swear.
@user4: what if he just went to see a friend 💀 y'all are reaching

beomgyu let out a deep sigh, locking his phone. "great. just great."

taehyun, however, didn't seem all that fazed. "it's fine," he said casually. "as long as no one knows whose apartment it actually is, it won't turn into a big deal."

soobin didn't look too convinced. "you sure about that? people are crazy when it comes to this stuff."

"worst case scenario, we lie," taehyun shrugged, then smirked at beomgyu. "or i could just tell them i'm dating you."

beomgyu immediately grabbed a pillow and smacked him with it.