[BTS Taehyung x Reader AU] Me? Sleepy? Absolutely not.
Scenario: Taehyung is your best friend but a tired you made him realise that perhaps, he wanted more.
Taehyung was certain a minute had passed since he asked you a question, yet all he received was silence so loud he could've sworn he heard his own thoughts.
With half his attention still on the pavement ahead, he darted his eyes towards you. The gears in his head began to turn as his line of vision landed upon your half-lidded eyelids.
It’s a wonder to him how you were still able to walk despite possibly not knowing where you’re even going. If "trust the process" were a person, it would be you. Taehyung stifled a chuckle as he quickened his pace and stepped into your lane so that he would be right in front of you.
He held in his breath as you kept to your original pace. Every step you took made it harder for him to hide that sheepish grin of his. A few steps later, an ‘oof’ escaped your mouth when your face met his clothed chest.
You took a while to process what had happened and by the time you did, Taehyung was already in the midst of his laughter. Feeling the least bit amused, you squinted your eyes at him and put an end to his antics with a flick to the head.
“Hey!” Taehyung glared, rubbing the temple of his head; it hurt more than he’d let on.
“Never play around with a tired person like me. I don’t care who you are. We’re standing right next to the road - I could have accidentally pushed you.” You were certain you had spoken with conviction, with your utmost threatening tone. You were not. Your chiding came out as a slight mumble, cracking Taehyung up even further, earning a glare from you.
A smile tugged onto the corners of his lips as he tilted his head, noting how your eyelids began to falter once more. Exhaling a small sigh, he turned around so that his back was facing you and crouched down. The sudden movement caused your eyes to snap open for a split second as you instinctively took a step back, confused.
“What are you doing?” You asked, prodding his back with your index finger. In response, Taehyung gestured for you to get on, tapping his shoulder. This was nothing new to you for he had always been your extra pair of legs whenever yours refused to function properly.
Not needing to be told twice, you hopped onto his back and let your arms hang loosely around his neck. Hoisting you up, he got back onto his feet and continued to make his way down the pavement.
“Do you want me to send you home instead?” Taehyung asked, turning his head slightly for a quick glance at you before returning his gaze to the front - he had to make sure you were awake and able to hear him.
“No, it’s movie Tuesday at your house today. I’m not going to miss out on that,” you replied, your voice coming out muffled on his shoulder because you couldn't be bothered to lift your head.
“Looking at your current state, I doubt you’d even stay awake,” Taehyung replied, letting out a snicker. You looked up at his side profile, brows slightly furrowed as you tsked at his comment.
The door leading to the bathroom opened, revealing Taehyung clad in nothing but a pair of red plaid shorts. As he ruffled his towel through his damp hair, a movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention.
He turned his head towards the source and there laying on his bed was you curled up and fast asleep, your face buried into the long pillow you had your arms wrapped around. There wasn’t the slightest hint of surprise on his face upon realising the situation before him.
A scoff left his lips as he muttered, “Challenge accepted, my ass. The challenge hasn’t even started and you’re already passed out on my bed.”
Shutting the bathroom door behind him after hanging his towel to dry, Taehyung neared the bed. He didn't bother trying to be silence his steps - you were after all, a deep sleeper. Or so he thought.
Taehyung sat himself onto the corner of his bed and took this opportunity to observe you. You were always a fiery person, often speaking your mind without worrying about what others had to say about you.
Even so, you were someone with a lot of heart and love to give. As assertive as you were as a person, you were also nurturing and kind, even to strangers. That was part of why he even befriended you to begin with. To him, you were one of the most genuine souls he'd ever met. Something about the way you were would activate the protector in him, despite you saying countless times that you didn't need protection.
You wriggled in bed once more, pulling him back from his thoughts. Watching you adjust to a what he would assume to be a more comfortable position got him chuckling.
His eyes widened upon hearing his own thought.
"Probably just a passing thought. I mean, she is cute. As a person! Yes."
Taehyung shook his head, as if denying himself the possibility of ever viewing you as anything more. A snore escaping your mouth pulled his attention back to you again. His eyes wandered to the drool trailing down the side of your chin.
He held back a laugh - you must have been really exhausted to be this comfortable snoring and drooling in a bed that wasn't even yours. He shook his head despite a smile still lingering on his face. He’d always loved the fact that you’ve never hid any part of yourself from him - he’d seen your best and well, your worst it seems. Then again, he was your best friend after all.
He grabbed a tissue and leaned in closer to you to clean the drool on your chin. His action didn't receive any form of reaction from you, which he had already expected. If anything, you even let out another snore. His eyes moved to your mouth, that was now slightly parted open.
A mischievous thought crossed his mind as he contemplated poking you but the longer he stared at your lips, the more they pulled his gaze in like a trance. He let his eyes wander across your face. A few loose strands of hair were spread across your profile.
Before he could process his actions, his hand was already tugging your hair behind your ear. His line of vision fell onto your lips once more, subconsciously making him lick his own. They were so inviting, so intriguing - urging him for a taste.
"She's always been beautiful."
Taehyung shook his head. Surely, he hadn't developed feelings for you - or so was the narrative he wanted to repeat to himself. He couldn't possibly ruin the friendship now.
"Why is my heart beating so fast?"
Stuck in his thought spiral, he hadn't realised your eyes fluttering open, and by the time he did, you were already letting out a sharp gasp at his proximity. Taehyung was frozen. He kept a still face but deep down, he was panicking, afraid he'd been found out as though his thoughts that whole time were spoken out loud.
“Why are you so near to my face? What were you doing?” You asked, remains of the shock still lingering on your face. Taehyung didn't answer and continued to stare at you with nothing but unreadable eyes. You didn't make any attempt to push him back either, unsure of what to make of this whole situation.
A long silence passed, and you were beginning to feel uncomfortable - but not in a bad way. Your body was feeling funny, you couldn't quite describe it. All you could register was how delightful he smelled, although the last time you recalled, he wasn't one to fancy wearing fragrances, especially not to sleep.
Taehyung parted his mouth, snapping you out of your thoughts.
“Okay good, you’re alive. Just needed a confirmation, you know? After all, you were so confident you'd be awake the whole time.”
Taehyung laughed, causing you to grab one of the pillows and shove it in his face for being so annoying. You sat up, rolling your eyes at him. But amidst this exchange of banter between the two of you, both of you couldn't help but to have the same lingering thought in your minds.
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