taetae wants love too!

Determination

Too lost in his thoughts, Taehyung didn't hear the door open until he finally felt a dip on the bed. Looking up, he saw his sUNSHINE (hahaha jkk, but no fr though) hoseok hyung and Taehyung immediately remembered the hold the director had on him.

Quick to notice the drop in Taehyung's mood, Hoseok grew concerned and gently patted his back, 'Hey, is everything going alright? Come here, tell hyungie.'

Taehyung lifted his own head and was met with Hoseok's warm, brown eyes, overflowing with the amount of concern shown. Taehyung felt his resolve to protect them grow even stronger, and this time, he had a new found determination.

He was going to protect his family, and this time, he was going to wreck that director.

Looking back into his hobi-hyung's eyes, Taehyung felt his previous helplessness melt away and a look as hard as steel grew in them.

But then, he felt the worry and concern in his hyungie's eyes hit him full force, and Taehyung melted.

Sitting up straighter in the bed, he gripped Hoseok's hand that was previously patting his back and smiled warmly at him, 'It's fine Hobi-hyung, everything's okay! Don't worry about a thing, hyungie!'

Hoseok looked at him, feeling a weird sense of apprehension about the whole situation. It didn't seem like Taehyung to not grumble or whine about something so as to get his help. This had been the case since Taehyung was young and just moved into the dorm. Even though the other members all knew about his trait just like how Taehyung knows about their quirks, they all found it super endearing, most of the time. Secretly, Hoseok was a big fan of Taehyung's shenanigans and hoped he would have whined towards him for a bit.

He had been missing the younger after all. Seeing how they haven't had any time to really spend with each other recently, he was looking forward to seeing the younger's cute antics once again. So, when he saw that Taehyung's eyes were slightly puffy and his face was getting a little red like an overly ripe strawberry, Hoseok couldn't help but already be looking forward to the one of Taehyung's cute antics. 

He was already dead set that Taehyung was going to come up with this elaborate explanation of what had happened and then lowkey hint at what's wrong at the end, but it was going to be so adorable and lowkey funny in his head.

So when, the younger had shrugged off his own expression just like that, Hoseok couldn't help but feel that something was horribly wrong.

After all, the younger always had a tendency to bottle up the more important things inside as opposed to letting them out. This was easily observed ever since the younger had first come to the dorm. Being the second youngest only to the maknae, Taehyung had never whined to his other members about missing his family. He had never even mentioned a single word about wanting to go home, despite the grueling practises and exercises. 

Neither had he said a single complaint about being a "hidden member", no matter how bullshit the others had thought it was. At the time, Taehyung was always being supportive towards them, opting to voluntarily hold the cameras or lightings to ensure they looked good. Never once had the younger even showed signs of even envying his hyungs and dongsaeng, rather always being there for them and constantly choosing to love them and support them from the side. 

Hoseok felt himself momentarily tear up at the love the younger had shown to them, especially him. He didn't tell anyone but he would always notice when his mood was done, taehyungie would automatically drape himself around him, trying to refill his energy as well. Not only that, Taehyung would opt to do something that would either push the focus away from him to other members or himself, so that he could put himself back in order. Outside of dance practices, the younger would still constantly praise him and had never once forgot to be grateful towards him. 

Hoseok would always melt when he sees the younger like that.

So, automatically, when the sunshine noticed something was wrong, the worry would start manifesting itself inside. 

Taehyung, noticing his hyungie's worry, unconsciously hid his phone away behind the blanket and smiled brightly at him. 

'Really though! Nothing's wrong, hyungie!' Taehyung said, trying his best to sound convincing. 

Hoseokie saw his movement and felt his lips tug down just a little bit. Narrowing his eyes, Hoseok questioned, 'Are you sure, Taehyungie? There's nothing you want to tell hyungie?' 

Taehyung just shook his head and resumed his previous smile. 

This time, Hoseok looked at him and realised that no matter what happens, if the younger did not want to say it, he wouldn't. 

The horrible feeling of helplessness washed over him, and he could not help but feel this desperation to help his dongsaeng creep onto him. That no matter what, he wanted to protect this younger boy in front of him, and to do so, he first had to find out what was going on. 

Deciding to temporarily back off and not wanting Taehyung feeling too constrained, Hoseok forced himself to agree to Taehyung and instead try to get him to come out for the dinner Jin-hyung had cooked. 

Taehyung had agreed and stood up, ready to leave the room, when all of a sudden, Hoseok pulled him into a hug. 

Hoseok breathed the scent of his dongsaeng in, lowkey he had a gut feeling that this would be the last time that he would ever get to see his dongsaeng this way ever again. Holding him tight, Hoseok mumbled in his ear, 'Hey, taehyungie, you know hyungie's always gonna be here for you, right? No matter what happens, your hobi-hyung is always going to be here for you.' 

Taehyung felt himself wanting to cry. He had always known that his hobi-hyung was observant but he had never meant to slip up in his behaviour and let him feel that there was even the slightest chance that there was something going wrong. 

So, Taehyung simply squeezed him back, tighter than ever and let himself soak in his warmth for a bit. Choosing to forget all of his troubles, Taehyung dug his face into his hyungie's shoulder and mumbled into his shoulder, 'Yeah, I know, hyungie.' 

A/N : lowkey some saddish fluff before we get down to business yalls, be READY. also, it was the birthday of someone really precious to me heheh, she's 18 yalls! :') ooo aND ONCE AGAIN I LOVE YOU GUYS SOSOSO MUCH AND thank you for reading! <3 :)