Because I Love You [NCT][Jaeyong]

Argument

Taeyong was contemplating if he should confront Ten or not. During the past weeks, he had felt like Ten had been abandoning him a lot; he still did. Still, he didn't want to ruin anything or make Ten feel unconditional or even come off as clingy and jealous.

On the other hand, if he didn't confront Ten directly about it, it would never change. Also, honesty is one of the most important things in a relationship, isn't it?

He waited until Ten came back from changing his clothes after showering, preparing two cups of tea in the meantime.

"Ten, can we talk?" Taeyong asked as he heard small steps coming towards the living room. He was currently standing on the kitchen counter right across the hallway and the living room door.

"Sure," Ten replied, entering the kitchen while drying his hair with a towel. "Did you make it for us?" he then asked, pointing to the cups.

Taeyong nodded, waiting for Ten to take a seat. Then, he spoke up: "What I wanted to talk about.. Well, I don't exactly know how to put it any I don't want you to assume things like I'm jealous or anything, but I feel like you've been abandoning me lately."

Ten was silent for some seconds that felt like the longest time in Taeyong's entire life before replying with a strained voice: "You're wrong, I wasn't abandoning you. I'm very sorry if it seemed like that."

"You're suddenly so tense, honey. What's bothering you?" Taeyong tried to gently ask his boyfriend, wanting the tension radiating between them to fade.

"It's nothing, Tae, don't worry, okay?" Ten asked, his voice slightly shaking as he gripped the cup tightly, making the skin above his knuckles become white.

"We're in a relationship, how couldn't I worry?" Taeyong asked, now becoming a little stressed. He was extremely concerned by now; he had seen that side of Ten only one or two times before, and it was only because of something really bad.

"It's really fine, okay? I'll go to sleep now, I'm tired," Ten excused himself, placing the cup he was still holding on the table. It was better if he left the situation now before it would go overboard, he thought.

Taeyong was left alone with his thoughts.

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Taeyong went to bed late that night, hoping that Ten was already asleep. He was about to think that his boyfriend wasn't awake and that he could sleep now, but suddenly, he could feel arms wrapping around his waist.

"I'm sorry, Tae, I didn't want to be mean to you," Ten whispered. Taeyong couldn't help but smile and then turn around in the embrace, saying that it wasn't just Ten's fault.

As Taeyong fell asleep, Ten was left wide awake. He couldn't fall asleep.

Ten wouldn't be able to sleep for the rest of his now infinite life.