accidental encore | taegyu

the clock had already hit 10pm, but none of them showed any signs of winding down. the living room had turned into a makeshift karaoke lounge, the tv screen flashing lyrics as they passed the microphone around, singing (or more accurately, screaming) their hearts out.

yeonjun, in the middle of a dramatic performance, suddenly grabbed beomgyu's guitar from its stand and strummed a messy riff in between lyrics. it barely matched the song, but it made the rest of them burst into laughter.

"what the hell was that?" soobin wheezed, clutching his stomach.

"art," yeonjun declared, before launching into another off-key verse.

hueningkai, who had been waiting patiently for his turn, leaned over to taehyun. "hyung, get me a bottle of water from the kitchen?"

taehyun, without even looking away from his phone, replied, "nah, get it yourself."

hueningkai sighed dramatically, flopping onto the couch. "you're so cold to me."

just minutes later, beomgyu nudged taehyun's knee. "i want water."

without hesitation, taehyun stood up. "okay, i'll get it."

the entire room went silent.

hueningkai's jaw dropped. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

soobin burst out laughing, pointing at taehyun in disbelief. "you literally just told hueningkai no!"

yeonjun smirked, strumming a teasing chord on beomgyu's guitar. "caught in 4k."

beomgyu, meanwhile, just grinned, leaning onto taehyun's shoulder. "aww, thanks."

"you're actually unbelievable," hueningkai muttered as taehyun returned with the water and handed it to beomgyu personally.

taehyun, completely unfazed, shrugged. "what can i say? i have priorities."

later that night, beomgyu was lazily scrolling through tiktok, still sprawled out on the floor from their earlier karaoke session. the rest of them were in various positions—yeonjun was lying with his legs over soobin, hueningkai was curled up in a blanket, and taehyun was sitting beside beomgyu, leaning against the couch.

as beomgyu scrolled, his feed was flooded with clips from earlier that day—taehyun and the female celeb at the event, their friendly hug caught in different angles. the comment sections were a mix of fans gushing over how "cute" they looked together and others speculating, comparing between beomgyu and the girl.

beomgyu didn't really care. he knew it was baseless, so he just scrolled past it. but taehyun, glancing over his shoulder, saw everything.

"seriously?" taehyun groaned, frowning. "don't waste your time reading nonsense like that. it's all so stupid."

immediately, the room turned into a battlefield of teasing.

"damn, someone's mad mad," yeonjun smirked.

soobin snickered. "that was so aggressive. why so defensive, hyun?"

taehyun shot them a look before yeonjun suddenly sat up, stretching his arms. "you know what would shut everyone up?"

everyone turned to him.

"how about you guys just finally go public? what's the harm in that?"

beomgyu blinked, waving it off. "nah, i don't know about that—"

"definitely."

all heads snapped toward taehyun, who looked completely serious.