A Perfect World If I'm With You (Taeten/Tenyong)

(Written in April 2018 so there may be some inaccuracies about the future. Technically a one shot seeing as this is the whole fic in one, almost 15k word chapter. Enjoy lol)

Being an idol was hard. The weight that was put upon them was immense and inescapable. It was constantly being in the spotlight and knowing that if you make one wrong move you're over. Everything you've trained for for years - your hopes, dreams, expectations - can come crushing down on you in one fleeting moment; like a sudden unexpected earthquake crushing a delicately built up house of fantasy. That was the only way Taeyong could describe the stress he felt as an idol. Of course, like all things, it had it's pros and cons. Sometimes, Taeyong loved being an idol; he lived for the stage, applause and loyal fan; he loved his fellow members who he could genuinely call his friends and - most of the time - this made it all worth it.

"Hey Taeyong. You look lost in thoughts. Is everything alright?" A soothing voice inquired, snapping him back into reality.

"Don't worry Jaehyun," I replied, looking up at his worrisome face and flashing him a quick smile, "I'm just thinking."

"We need to get back to filming, i'm afraid," Jaehyun starts walking out of the room and suddenly stops, turning around to face me once more, "Oh, and, if you ever need someone to vent to, remember i'm always here."

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Taeyong was awfully busy. He had just finished filming "BOSS" only to film another music video the day after, but this time, with his old friend Ten. Truth be told, Taeyong was excited to film with Ten. With his flowing, captivating movements when he danced and his bubbling charisma Taeyong had taken a liking to Ten from the beginning. As trainees, they often spent night upon night in the practice rooms together, matching movements and working until their bodies cried with exhaustion; Taeyong had a passion for dance that only Ten matched and Taeyong thought that brought them together better than anything else. But when Taeyong had debuted in 127 without Ten, and after Ten's injury, Taeyong had found it much harder to see the shorter male as often. They almost stopped talking altogether because of Taeyong's busy schedule. This frustrated him. It felt as if all of the late nights they'd spent chatting and dancing and getting to know each other were all for nothing and all because of the struggles of being an idol. Taeyong hoped the time they'd spend together promoting "Baby Don't Stop" - their sensual duet - would help revitalise their friendship more than anything else.

Ten arrived in Ukraine a little while later; their greeting a rushed hug and a flurry of hellos as they were ushered to the filming set where we would spend most of the day to come. Taeyong thought was great filming with Ten after so long and the well rehearsed Baby Don't Stop dance fit the pairs dancing style perfectly. Alone, the were great but together they were powerful, ethereal, enchanting. Later on that day, they had finished filming and all their behind the scenes shots and were finally free to do whatever they wanted, but it was already 9pm so a unanimous decision was made to just be taken back to the hotel room Ten and Taeyong would be sharing for that night. Luckily, it was quite spacious with two rather large single beds and a brown leather loveseat with a flat screen TV situated opposite it. Pure luxury.

"Taeyongg," Ten whines from his bed turning his head and pouting at Tae on his phone, "I'm bored. You're no fun! Get off your phone, we haven't properly caught up in ages."

Taeyong sniggered and roll his eyes in response, placing his phone down on the bed next to him.

"You're right, but what do you want to do? What do you want to talk about?" Taeyong asks shooting him a quizzical look.

"Well first of all, you're too far away, let's sit on the sofa so i can actually hear you properly, dumbass."

They move from their beds to the leather loveseat in the corner of the room. It's big enough for both of them to sit comfortably, but Taeyong could feel Ten's legs brush against his own with every moment.