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77: fake it till you make it / taeguk [🎄]

FAKE IT TILL
YOU MAKE IT

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OVERVIEW rejoice, for it's 'let's fake a relationship for christmas' season! ( pt 2 of bangtanmas!! also i know Nothing about ski lodges this is all based off the ski trip in all the boys i've loved before lol )

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CHRISTMAS SNOW MAKES cheeks turn strawberry hues as november comes to its end, students and workers hurrying through the streets of busan. a red cheeked blonde darts through downtown, past the chinese takeaway and nice grill place, to the small apartment 8D that he has a key to.

a doorway leads to a narrow staircase up into a kitchen area with large windows, where a teenage artist's mark is left by canvases propped against the wall and paint stained newspapers scattered on the floor. said artist is currently in a big hoodie and sweatpants, dancing to panic! at the disco with a mug of coffee in his hand, the same dorky friend taehyung's always known.

"jeongguk!" a daegu accent calls from the blonde walking up the stairs, and the cherry haired artist jumps a little, turning down roarin' 20s and laughing from the shock.

"taetae!" the longtime friends high-five in greeting, jeongguk's bunny teeth exposed in a grin as taehyung steals his coffee and takes a sip, choking at the bitterness of it.

"jesus, guk, you drinkin' motor oil?" he coughs, making jeongguk laugh, sipping at his black-one-sugar coffee, something taehyung's never understood about his friend. "anyway, how's things?"

the reason taehyung strolled in so casually is because he, in fact, camps out on jeongguk's sofa, seeing as he's currently too broke to afford renting a place — all his money goes to music associated equipment — and jeongguk's just a nice dude. taehyung had spent last night, however, at a hookup's apartment, so he'd legged it to home as soon as he'd woken up.

"things are the same as they were twelve hours ago, tae," jeongguk laughs, sitting at one of the tall stools around the kitchen island that doubles as a table because jeongguk likes a 'zen, open-plan apartment'. "how was the lucky guy slash girl slash whomever you hooked up with?"

"he was great," taehyung laughs, pulling away the warm scarf he's wrapped around his neck to reveal quite a few hickies. "but i'm going abstinent for the holiday season. until new years, at least."

jeongguk cocks an eyebrow. he's know taehyung for a very, very long time — their dads were friends before the two were even conceived — and him swearing off sex for a month seems actually impossible. "and why's that?" he asks, taking a long sip of his coffee.

"well, haejin called last night," taehyung leans his chin on his palm, tipping his body forward. "and she and dad want me to come on this ski resort, a family type thing, yeah?"

"okay?" jeongguk says, wondering why taehyung's telling him this. "so you won't be here for christmas — honestly, that's fine by me, i was just gonna call jimin and get drunk—"

"—no, no, guk, listen!" taehyung says, eyes bright, so jeongguk quietens down, listening. "so, my stepbrother and my sister are gonna be there, with their respective partners. and dad insinuated — well, outright told me — that i should bring a 'special someone too'," he makes air quotes around this. "and well — i may or may not have accidentally-sort-of-on-purpose told them that you and i are dating and that i'll bring you along—"

"you what!?" jeongguk spits a bit of coffee out, it hitting taehyung on the cheek and making him grimace, wiping it off. "oh my god, you told your dad we're dating. you really— you headass bitch! so now i've gotta pretend to be your boyfriend?"