#taekey fic

[taekeyfiction]

“Government Hooker”

Title: “Government Hooker” Author: kibombs Rating: NC-17 Genre: Strip club AU, smut Length: 4,715 words Pairing: Taekey Summary:“Kibum never expected the best dancer at his favorite club to even lay eyes on him, let alone have his way with him.”

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[bubltae]

247 with taekey?

song: view by shinee

taemin just wants to be reckless and kibum’s always there for him

i hope you like it! thanks for requesting!!!

Taemin is really bored and he wishes so badly that he can get up in the middle of his stupid calculus class and just leave. His professor is an absolute ditz who must be new because she looks like she’s about to pass out every time she talks to a student. Taemin wants to see Kibum. He really wants Kibum to hold him and snuggle with him.

Taemin sighs, resting his head on his hands, which are propped up by his elbows on his desk. He looks outside at the bright sun and starts to feel upset that he’s sitting in a stuffy lecture hall while the sun is beaming down on this warm day.

He whips out his cellphone, keeping it low so he doesn’t look like an asshole and pulls up Kibum’s contact. It’s the first on his list. Taemin blushes just thinking about him.

“ditch with me pls 6v6 i don’t know how much more of this prof i can take”

He presses send and not two minutes later, he feels his phone buzz in his pocket.

“sure ig meet me by the statue so we can go to that convenience store down the street”

Taemin grins, feeling extra giddy for no particular reason. He used to skip all the time in high school but this feels so much different. He gets to skip and see the fucking love of his life this time. Taemin slips his backpack on quietly and gets up, exiting the lecture hall feeling guilty but excited to see Kibum.

He’s already waiting in the quad by the dumb school statue when Taemin arrives. Kibum plants a soft kiss on his forehead before taking his hand and dragging him over to the convenience store they usually frequent with Kibum’s basketball nerd friend Minho, Taemin’s older brother Jinki and Kibum’s fraternal twin Jonghyun. They’re all a cute little gang but Kibum and Taemin prefer spending more time alone since they’ve become a couple.

“Can we get beer? And banana milk?” Taemin asks sweetly, leaning his head on Kibum’s shoulder as they walk.

Kibum laughs. “An interesting combination but of course. I’ll grab a shopping cart.” He pulls one out of the small section and Taemin loads them up with alcohol, banana milk, crackers, cookies and strawberries. Kibum looks at him strangely the entire time but lets his little dude do whatever he wants. He loves him too much.

As soon as they’re done and paid, they shove the packs, cans and cartons into Taemin’s backpack and walk to the park, located in the center of the city. Kibum flops down under a tree and Taemin mimics his actions, though he seems significantly more fidgety.

Kibum rests his head in the crook of Taemin’s shoulder. “What’s bugging you, Tae?”

Taemin shrugs. l wanna get up. I wanna… move around and be reckless.”

“You were plenty reckless in high school. You said you were gonna study harder so you don’t graduate late,” Kibum says.

Taemin pouts. “I know,” he whines. “But it’s so nice outside and I wanna do something fun.” He turns around and his eyes meet the forest behind him. Taemin knows this area and a grin appears on his face.

“Taem. Don’t do anything totally stupid,” Kibum warns. He stands up.

Taemin grabs Kibum by the hand and leads him through the thin forest, enjoying the small rays of sunshine that peek through the tops of the trees. Before Kibum even realizes, they’ve reached a little lake and Taemin has let go of his hand, dropped his backpack, to cannonball in.

“What the hell are you doing? You could have a hit a rock and died or something…” Kibum scolds.

Taemin rolls his eyes and blindly feels around underneath the water. “Seems fine to me. Come please.” He runs a hand through his wet hair and pushes it back.

Kibum rolls his pants up and kicks off his shoes, noting how Taemin didn’t even do that. He sits near the edge and dips his feet in. Taemin dunks underwater, grabs Kibum’s ankle and quite literally drags him in.

Thankfully, the lake isn’t deep but Kibum is now soaking and he feels gross. Taemin is laughing hysterically, tripping over his own feet and falling back under the water. He reemerges and pulls Kibum into a wet hug.

“I’m sorry, hyung,” he says quietly.

Kibum closes his eyes but smiles. “It’s fine. Actually feels pretty nice in this heat.”

Taemin lets go and splashes around the water, enjoying how cool and refreshing it is. Kibum watches from the edge, warning Taemin that if he dunks him in the water again, he’ll have his head. When Taemin gets too cold and wet, they finally leave and lie down on the grass outside the forest to dry their clothes. Taemin intertwines his hand with Kibum’s.

“Can we go clubbing?” Taemin finally asks. He sits up but keeps his hand locked with Kibum’s.

“Didn’t be just buy like, a shit ton of beer?” Kibum asks, following Taemin’s actions.

Taemin shrugs. “Yeah, but clubbing is fun. Please?”

Kibum relents and though their clothes a bit damp, they go anyway. The nearest club is only about a ten minute walk. Kibum’s shoes are squishing with water and he cringes at the disgusting feeling but keeps going anyway.

They drink way too much. Taemin is giggling like a maniac and Kibum is smiling warmly over at his boyfriend. “Hey hyung,” Taemin cooes. “You don’t look drunk.”

“I have a high tolerance for alcohol. I thought you knew that.”

Taemin cackles. “Riiight.” He starts dancing again when someone grabs him by the shirt and forces him to turn around. Drunk Taemin may be silly but he’s not stupid.

“What is-”

The guy who’s grabbed Taemin starts pulling him somewhere and he’s getting scared. Someone else grabs Taemin from behind and he immediately recognizes it as Kibum. Relief washes over his body.

“Fuck off,” the angry guy says.

Kibum scoffs. “You fuck off. Don’t touch my boyfriend again.” He’s holding Taemin protectively.

The guy snorts, grabbing a nearby empty beer bottle and smashing it on Kibum’s shoulder. Little pieces of glass and shards fly everywhere. Taemin gasps.

Kibum leads Taemin away quickly, still hugging him tightly. They find their way outside. Kibum doesn’t initially speak. His shoulder is marred up just a little bit from the bottle destroyed on him.

“I’m sorry, hyung,” Taemin says finally. It’s careful and quiet.

Kibum shakes his head. “As long as you’re okay, I’m okay. Let’s go home?” he asks.

Taemin hugs him just a bit tighter as Kibum kisses the top of his forehead again.

“I love you, hyung.”

[pretendimanauthor]

Taemin/Key, Out of All the Fish in the Sea, PG

ft enby taem usin xe/xir pronouns~

two nerds visiting an aquarium n annoying the heck out of each other

thank u for the prompt !!

warnings: cursing

“And here we have some aequorea victoria, commonly known as crystal jellyfish,” Taemin points to the large tank, smiling at the way the nearly-transparent jellies dance around each other, their spindly tentacles swirling behind them. Xe’s been introducing each of the aquarium’s displays all afternoon, using xir best tour guide voice to add a little extra flare. Initially, Kibum thought xir act was funny, and respected xir insistence that xe had to “use that marine biology degree for something now that we’re both artists”, but after hearing xir recall dozens of fish names, it was getting a bit annoying.

“You know I could just read the descriptions posted under each tank, right?” he sighs, walking over to the next display.

“Yeah, but why do that when you have your own personal fish expert right here?” Taemin grins, feeling undeniably accomplished at annoying Kibum, “To your left are various eels, including the zebra moray and, my personal favorite, the fimbriated moray.”

“You’re lucky you’re cute,” Kibum grumbles. Taemin just giggles, skipping along to the coral reef exhibit.

The two continue to explore the aquarium; Kibum begging Taemin to stop with xir commentary, and Taemin smirking evilly as xe recites yet another fish name. The only thing that salvages Kibum’s mood is Taemin getting stuck in an oversized plastic turtle shell, clearly meant for toddlers to slide through. Xe whines and groans as xe attempts to squeeze xir torso out of the shell, pouting as Kibum doubles over with laughter. Eventually, Kibum grips xir hands and pulls xem through the turtle shell, only feeling a little sorry for xem.

“I was really stuck, you bastard,” Xe lightly punches his arm, hiding a smile behind xir hand despite xemself.

“It was a sign from the aquarium gods that you should stop annoying me,” Kibum snorts, grabs Taemin’s hand, and drags xir towards the gift shop. Ignoring Taemin’s grumbling, he speeds towards the massive plushie display, fawning over how adorable each of them are, and begging Taemin to buy him one.

“Look! Isn’t this humpback whale one so cute?” he squeals, hugging the toy tightly and making kissie faces for emphasis.

“Actually,” xe clears xir throat haughtily, “That’s a North Atlantic right whale so...”

“I hate you,” Kibum rolls his eyes, giggling anyway, “But, will you still buy it for me?”

“You’re so annoying!” Taemin laughs, snatches the plushie, and heads towards the register line.

“Oh, how the tables have turned,” Kibum smirks, pecking xir cheek, “I still love you, even if you’re a massive nerd. And besides, I’ll be able to get revenge when we go to the fossil museum next week.”

“You and your obnoxious paleontology degree, surrounded by dead reptiles” Taemin groans, “You better buy me the biggest long-necked dinosaur plushie their gift shop has to offer.”

“Actually,” he clears his throat haughtily, “It’s called a brontosaurus so...”

“Shut up,” Taemin grins at Kibum’s imitation, “You’re the worst.”

“Right back at you,” Kibum hums, and kisses xem lightly, both of their annoyances melting into a quiet adoration.

[taekeyfiction]

Hey guys if anyone is posting any new taekey fanfics after the whole tumblr censor update please dont hesitate to link me or mention this blog bc unfortunately a lot of stuff is blocked even if its harmless fluff

[somaybeimbiased]

Swimmer’s Itch

Hi! May I pls request JongTaeKey camping pure fluff poly(or not) slight au?? Where Kibum is super itchy, Jonghyun is being a sweetheart and helping Kibum scratch where he can't reach(not rated please!) but yet is having so much fun while Taemin is both really itchy and is still being adventurous until big bugs come near him. ^💚I hope this isn't confusing 😢   -Anon

They were itchy.

Swimmers itch wasn’t fun. Not in the least bit. And Kibum was pissed that Taemin had convinced him to go swimming. Sure, Kibum knew he was weak to the younger’s pout, but that didn’t mean he was happy about giving in to the little shit. Jonghyun was lucky that he didn’t bring swimming attire with to their little camping getaway.

It was supposed to be a nice little get away and have their own time for their relationship as there were strict rules about it in the dorms.

But then Taemin had gotten Kibum to go swimming, and now both were stuck with swimmer’s itch because of the water.

So there Kibum was, pouting in their small shared tent with Jonghyun cuddling him.

“Don’t be mad, how could he have known?” The elder whispered softly, running his fingertips along Kibum’s skin, making him shudder. Kibum shook his head, “Itch me, please? If I do it, I’ll be too rough to myself.”  He whispers quietly, agreeing that he probably shouldn’t be mad at Taemin, but he was angry that their weekend in paradise would be spent with both of them itching rather than making the most of it.

Jonghyun curled his fingers slightly, scraping his nails over his boyfriend’s back soothingly, then over his biceps and then to his bare chest. Gently running his nails across the skin to try soothe the swimmer’s itch.

Meanwhile, Taemin was outside starting a fire as an apology to Kibum for giving him a rash by making him go swimming. But Taemin’s was occupied trying to itch himself too. He has white lines staining his skin from him itching himself too roughly. Jonghyun had also watched the youngest rub up against a large tree, trying to help his itchy back.

Taemin was crouching next to the little fire pit provided by the campground, snapping old branches, he needed to get it started before it got any darker than it already was. Once he got it started be figured he could just keep feeding it and keep it lit until their weekend was over on Sunday. Then he wouldn’t have to figure out how to get it started himself.

Just as the sun finished setting, Taemin had gotten the fire going, the itchy boy was doing a victory dance when he noticed a ton of bugs just showing up and he froze. Why were there so many? What did he do to deserve this? Taemin looked around and the beach not too far from them was swarming with the unidentifiable bugs.  Taemin screamed loud enough to alert the two boys in the tent.

Jonghyun poked his head out of the tent, trying to figure out what Taemin had done. Did he burn himself or something? Jonghyun eyed the fire and there was no Taemin. He sighed and crawled out of the warm tent to try figure out where the maknae had gone. “Tae?” He called out, looking around only to see the bug problem. His eyes widened, surprised by all the swarming insects. He knew that’s why Taemin screamed, and is probably crying somewhere, because the swarm had even made it to their little campsite.

“Taemin… baby, where are you? I’m gonna get you into the tent, but you have to let me know here you are.” Jonghyun said softly, looking around the thick flora surrounding the campsite. He could’ve gone anywhere. He did a scan of their campsite again, but this time, in the light of the fire he caught a tuft of blonde hair sticking out from underneath their picnic blanket they’d left outside. Jonghyun smiled a little at the ridiculousness of his boyfriend before walking up to the bundle and picking up Taemin, still covered with the blanket. He moved with Taemin to their tent and Kibum zipped the tent shut as he’d seen outside what their bug problem was. Jonghyun sat down with Taemin curled into his lap, the younger breathing heavily.

“Babe, you can come out from under your blanket now. We are shut tight in the tent, and none of those things will get in, yeah?” Kibum said softly, idly itching his forearm. Within seconds Taemin was cautiously moving the blanket from his head and he set it to the side, not moving from Jonghyun’s arms.

“There are so many….” He said softly, hating himself for a second because of his fear of insects.

“I know that, and I sorry, I didn’t know the bugs here did that. I’ve heard of it happening before at other campgrounds, so I should’ve done mo-” Jonghyun was caught off guard when Taemin interrupted him.

‘No, I’m sorry, it’s because of me this weekend has sucked. First I give Bummie and myself swimmer’s itch, which apparently doesn’t go away because I feel like my skin is on fire. Then I basically have a mini panic attack over some stupid bugs. I don’t get why you guys even want me around, I’m basically a child an-”

“Lee Taemin you stop that right now.” Kibum said frowning, “Stop wallowing in self pity, because we both love you for who you are, and who you are is perfect, even if you make mistakes and have a fear of bugs, that isn’t going to change any of that. Got it? Now, lay down because I’m itchy, your itchy, and you also look like you could use a good cuddle right now.” Kibum said before pulling the younger off of Jonghyun’s lap and onto the ground in between them. He laid down, his head resting on the pillows and opened his arms up, “Both of you stop gawking at me like that and come here” he pouted.

Taemin smiled a little and laid down in Kibum’s arms, pulling Jonghyun down with him. “Jonghunnie, itch my back? Taemin asked softly, turning so he was facing Kibum and he back was towards Jonghyun. Jonghyun smiled and spooned the younger, head nuzzled into the back of Taemin’s neck. He pulled Taemin’s shirt off smoothly before running his hand along Taemin’s back, quenching the itch that Taemin had. His foot also rubbed up and down Taemin’s legs, hoping to itch him there too.

The youngest sighed in contentment, eyes rolling back for a moment. “You’re so much better than the tree” He told Jonghyun as he wrapped his arms around Kibum’s waist and pulled him a little closer, itching the elder’s back and arms slowly, but with enough pressure to alleviate the itchiness. Kibum ran his hands along Taemin’s small torso, leaving little soft itches here and there to thank him.

“Thank you…” Taemin whispered softly, trapped by the body heat surrounding him. His eyes were shut and he looked completely content in the moment.

Kibum grinned and made eye contact with Jonghyun, one of his hands sneaking to Taemin’s back, and grabbing one of Jonghyun’s. They held hands, resting them on Taemin’s side when Jonghyun finally answered the youngest, “Whenever you need up Taeminnie, no need to thank us, okay?” He said, planting a kiss on the back of his neck.

That’s how the fell asleep, itching slowly came to a stop as they drifted off, movements slowing, and the pressure subsiding until they were just little slow rubs of the back or chest. They fell asleep together, ignoring the outside world. Everything they needed was in that tent.

A/N I hope you enjoyed! Requests are open!

[somaybeimbiased]

Lonely

Taekey with 53? maybe while Taemin is away on a different schedule? (btw I am really really enjoying all of the Taekey you're writing!!! You have such a way with words, just thought I should let you know ☺️)                   -Anon

Kibum was feeling lonely

Kibum was upset. Taemin had been gone for way too long. He was proud that Taemin could hold his own stage and thrive in Japan on his own schedules, and he was excited for the younger boy. But he was lonely. So, so lonely. He knew Taemin missed him too, he told him so every time they spoke over the phone or over skype. He also knew that Taemin was taking the distance and time apart a lot better than he was. Kibum figured it was most likely because he was more busy with his schedules compared to himself.

Kibum rolled around in his bed, it was 9pm and he knew Taemin had just finished his schedules for the day. It was an early night compared to most nights recently. They’re probably trying to give him more rest before His concert in a week’s time. Kibum sighed to himself and rolled out of bed, walking over to his desk. He threw himself into the chair and turned his computer on. He’d wait half an hour and then try video chat with Taemin. He sent the younger a cute text to let him know, and then logged onto twitter to look at what SHINee’s fan’s were up to. This had become a large time-water for Kibum. He would look at edits, read fanfiction, and just lose himself to social media for a couple hours. Because every minute brought him closer to Taemin.

Quicker than he’d expected, Kibum heard a familiar ringing notification and Taemin’s profile icon pop up. It was a cute picture the two of them had taken a few nights before he left to stay in Japan for a while.

Kibum quickly pressed the talk button and he fixed his hair before his Webcam on his computer loaded. A few seconds later a smiling, but sleepy Taemin popped up on the screen and Kibum wanted to cry. It’d been so long. He noticed that Taemin’s hair was messy and as unruly as ever, and he just wanted to run his hands through the younger’s hair to fix it for him like he’d been doing since 2008.

Taemin waved at Kibum “Hello!” He said with a smile still on his face.

Kibum waved back, “Hey babe, how were your schedules?”

“Pretty good, but I’m so tired, and I miss you like crazy. Are you sure you can’t come and stay with me for a while?”

Kibum just shook his head. They like to avoid talking about this during video chats to avoid seeing each other cry and get upset, but Taemin must’ve had a long day is he was getting like his. The younger boy was chewing on his bottom lip, noticeable tear streaks running down his plush cheeks.

Kibum sniffled “Just come home soon, once you’re done promoting, come home to me okay? Then we can be back together, and then all of SHINee will be back together okay? We all miss you. I’ve even been sleeping in the dorms with the others recently.”

Taemin frowned, “Why? I thought you ha-”

“Because it’s lonely here without you.” Kibum said quietly before falling into tears, the back of his hands pawing at his cheeks to wipe the tears.

“I’ll be home soon love, now don’t you worry okay? I’ll see if I can come visit soon too, right after the concert, okay? Before promotions. I promise okay?”

Kibum nodded, the mood suddenly feeling more uplifted.

The two talked for what felt like hours, but what was actually just over 45 minutes before Taemin fell asleep mid-sentence, exhausted.

Kibum smiled at the computer screen, eyes scanning over his beautiful boyfriend of 4 years. He realized in that moment, that he wasn’t as alone as he felt.

[somaybeimbiased]

Baby

35: About the baby.. it's yours.. Taekey please please      -Anon

He was worried.

Taemin was panicking, and he didn’t really know what to do. They knew it was possible, but it was rare enough so he didn’t think he could be a carrier. He was freaking out because they were way too young. He had just graduated and Kibum was going into his third year of college.

He was in Key’s dorm room, waiting from him to come back after his last exam. Taemin had known about this potential problem… or blessing? He wasn’t sure yet, but he’d known for a while, but didn’t want Kibum to stress over it when he as already worried over exams.

Taemin was just so scared. What were they gonna do? How were they gonna pay for this? WOuld Kibum still love him? Would he seven survive this?

His thoughts were interrupted by Kibum throwing the door open.  

“You here babe?” Kibum called, throwing his shoes off and putting his backpack down before walking into the room.

“Y-Yeah, I’m here.” Taemin said quietly as Kibum walked into the room.

“What’s wrong? And don’t tell me nothing because I know that face.”

Taemin looked down, wringing his hands together. “I uh um. Yeah, I have to show you something important…. Now please. Don’t take this, the wrong way…” Taemin took Kibum’s hand and sat him down on the worn futon.  He took a folded piece of paper out of his back pocket and gave it to the elder.

“Just umm… look at this.” He said quietly, looking down.

Kibum unfolded the paper and looked at the black and white picture. “Tae? What is this? Did your brother and his wife get pregnant? Your mom..? I mean she isn’t that old…?” Kibum mumbled, giving his boyfriend a confused look.

“The baby… it umm.. It….” Taemin looked down

“What about the baby honey? What’s wrong?”

“A-About the baby… it’s yours.” Taemin said, looking down.

Kibum just stared at Taemin for a few seconds. “You’re kidding…”

Taemin bit his lip and shook his head. “No, it’s yours…

“That’s not… you know the chances are slim, and I doubt that it’s actually….”

“I went to the doctor Kibum there are pictures. Either accept it or I’ll leave and you won’t have to worry about me or the baby.” Taemin cut him off, staring right at him and leaving Kibum speechless.

Taemin waited for a bit but then just shook his head at the shocked elder, “Okay, fine. I get the idea. Goodbye.” Taemin was a couple steps away before a hand pulled him and back and twisted him around. His body hit Kibum’s and the elder hugged him close.

“I love you and I would never leave you over something like this. We are young, but we will figure it out. I have one more year and then I can get a real good job, and until then, I’m sure our families would help us enough to get by. So don’t worry and don’t stress. The only thing you should worry about is keeping yourself and the little miracle inside of you happy and healthy, okay? I love you I love you I love you I love you”

[somaybeimbiased]

Strings

Im not taekey shipper but omg this was goood! I want them together, or... First they just establish that they'll be friends with benefits, but then it just comes out as something more 😝 I love you so much 😍        -Anon

Continuation of the No strings attached Fic Here 

Mildly NSFW (Not that bad, but there is adult content)

He didn’t know what to do.

Kibum didn’t know what he was doing, giving his phone number to one of his one night stands. This kid, Tae, he thought? Was really gorgeous, and he was the only one to ever try make him breakfast. Most just got the idea of what ‘no strings attached’ meant, and left as soon as they finished, or as soon as they woke up in the morning.  But here he was, putting his number into Taemin’s phone with the promise of being friends after this because Taemin thought he seemed to be a genuinely interesting person.

The whole ‘friends’ thing didn’t work out for them, because every time Taemin came over to hangout, they ended up fucking. In the bedroom, on the couch, on the counter while Kibum had been trying to cook for the. Basically everywhere you could imagine.

Kibum didn’t really know what they were or how Taemin felt about this whole thing they had going. Like, Taemin was an amazing guy, but he had really naughty hands that liked to touch Kibum in all the right places, and Kibum could never figure out if it was intentional or not.

One day, a month or so after they’d met they Kibum had Taemin pressed against the wall in his hallway and his tongue was in Taemin’s mouth and he just kind of stopped for a minute.

“Key..? You okay?” Taemin panted, catching his breath.

“What are we?” Kibum blurted, letting go of the younger.

“Why are you asking me this now? I mean, I don’t… know?” Taemin said, stumbling over his words briefly, running his hand through his messy hair.

“Are we friends? Or friends with benefits? Because you know I follow a strict to strings attached rule. What do you want?” Kibum blurted before he could even properly process how direct he was being.

Taemin just looked down for a second before meeting the elder’s eyes, an unfamiliar twinge of sadness running through his body. “Friends… with benefits is good. Yeah. That’s what we are.” he whispered. Kibum nodded. “No strings attached.” He said, and Taemin repeated him in a quiet voice, “No strings attached…”

It had been a couple months at this point, and Taemin felt like he was going to die. He’d broken Kibum’s rule and fallen for the elder man. He’d taken to staying at Kibum’s apartment more than at his own, and he couldn’t take it anymore. Kibum didn’t seem to care much about him, but he had always seemed like a closed book, and he didn’t express his feelings about many people, so he didn’t really know what to think.

They’d been having sex for what felt like forever, and they knew everything about the other’s body, what they liked, what made them squirm, what made them uncomfortable, and Taemin was convinced that you should only know this much about someone else if you were dating. Taemin had been there to pick Kibum up after a fight with one of their mutual friends, he had been there when Kibum decided to try go on a tinder date with a guy he’d been talking to for two weeks, and it didn’t go well. He’d been ignoring his own feelings to make Kibum feel as safe and happy as possible and he was fed up with it.  Was he just some kid to Kibum? Or some sex toy he could use to get off whenever he wanted, and then forget about outside of his house? They barely even hung out outside of the apartment anymore because they had a tendency to not be able to keep their hands off each other in public areas. But Taemin would keep quiet, because he couldn’t care to lose the company of the cute fox-like man he’d come to care for… and maybe even love?

Everything fell apart one night, they’d been trying out something new in the bedroom; edging. And Taemin wasn’t in his right mind, completely and utterly destroyed. When Kibum finally let him cum after what felt like hours of teetering on the edge of bliss and insanity, he’d yelled out Kibum’s name loudly, and as he calmed down, Kibum caught him whisper an ‘I love you.’ Kibum froze and untied Taemin’s hands. “Go take a shower. I’ll be back.” He said, rather coldly Taemin noted. The younger nodded, not yet realizing his mistake, too far gone to realize. The damage he’d caused. He numbly climbed out of bed on shaking legs, almost falling, and jumping when he heard Kibum’s door slam shut. He blinked a few times, his mind clearing, telling him what he’d done and he panicked. He looked around briefly for his phone, but couldn’t find it. The almost crying man slowly made his way into the bathroom, slipping into a the bath and running the water as hot as it could go. His skin may burn, but it still didn’t hurt as much as his heart did in that moment. Kibum had left him right after sex, something that hadn’t ever happened because they both cared about aftercare too much, and he knew that Kibum was going to end their arrangement because of three mistaken words on the younger’s part. But the worst part, is that Taemin didn’t regret those words, because they were the truth, and one thing he valued above all else, was the truth. Taemin cried softly to himself, curling up in the burning water feeling completely empty.

Kibum was walking through a park wearing a sweatshirt and Taemin’s ratty sweatpants he’d put on in the hurry to leave. He was stuck at a crossroad. He had three options here; tell Taemin to leave and delete his number, go back and pretend nothing happened, or go back and try a relationship with the younger man.  The first option wasn’t even possible for him to do, he couldn’t even imagine life without Taemin involved in it.  And after just leaving like we did, they couldn’t just go back to normal, could they? Why did this have to be so difficult? Calling what they have a relationship would doom it, wouldn’t it? It did with everyone else? Of coarse Taemin had already seen him as his best and worst, so what would they have to lose?

“Okay. I’ll tell Taemin that I want to abolish the rule.” Kibum said to himself, turning on his heel to head home. He figured Taemin probably already went to sleep and he mentally slapped himself to just leaving like that. He was such a shitty person sometimes. But he’d talk to Taemin in the morning.

When he did see Taemin in the living room or in his bedroom upon returning home, he started to get worried.Was Tae that upset? Did he try go home at this time of night?

Kibum checked the bathroom and his heart dropped when he found a red-looking Taemin asleep, curled up in the bathtub with dried tear stains covering his cheeks. He mentally slapped himself again. How could he be so stupid to leave him right after what they did? Taemin probably couldn’t have even gotten himself out of the bath in his post-sex state, especially after what he put the younger through tonight. He slipped his sweatshirt off and drained the bathtub. He reached down and picked up the younger sleeping boy. He carried him into bed, ignoring how wet the sheets were getting. “I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry….” He kept whispering as he dressed the younger in his own pajamas.

Taemin’s eyes blinked open to see Kibum dressing him. How did he get into bed? And when did Kibum come back? Did he fall asleep by accident? Probably.

“Key…?” He mumbled sleepily, rubbing one of his eyes.

“Hey Tae, babe, I’m so sorry, you just caught me by surprise and I know that doesn’t excuse me for leaving you when and like I did, but I just needed to get my mind sorted out, becuase you really know how to surprise a guy, don’t you?” Kibum rambled, while Taemin just looked up fondly at him. “So, what did you find out?” Taemin asked, curling up into a ball and drawing the covers up to his chin as Kibum had finished dressing him.

“That I think…. I think I love you, Tae.” Kibum said, standing at the foot of the bed, biting his bottom lip in anticipation. Taemin’s eyes widened and he beckoned Kibum into the bed.

There they spent the night mumbling sweet nothings to each other, cuddling, and  both thinking that only good was to come from this.

A/N This is going to be called the strings AU, so if you want more from this AU let me know! bc I think it’s super cute!