Polaris (Taekook)

5- Fifth lecture

It was late in the afternoon when Jungkook walked towards the campus' library for his regular tuition with Taehyung. But, after what seemed an interminable wait, Jeongguk realized that he did not have any ways to contact the professor, whether it was his phone number or professional e-mail. He leaned his back on the nearest wall and began searching for Taehyung's e-mail through the administration page of the social science department. He only stopped scrolling when he heard from afar a familiar voice calling his name. It was Taehyung.

"I'm sorry, did you wait long?" Taehyung asked between breaths.

Jeongguk responded by a shake from his head. As he watched Taehyung catching up his breath, the image of the man named Hoseok, holding Taehyung close to him, flashed in his mind, making him furrow his brows for a reason that he did not know.

"Jeongguk, is there anything wrong?" Taehyung asked, worry filling his dark brown eyes.

Although Jeongguk was the type to not be interested in other people's lives, he couldn't help but be curious about every little thing that involved Taehyung.

"Taehyung," Jeongguk called the tone of his voice a bit lower than usual.

"It's *kyosoo-nim," Taehyung retorted.

"Whatever,"

Taehyung shot a glare, that barely looked like one as his eyes still held a large amount of softness in them, despite his trial of putting a serious face in front of the student. Jeongguk smiled at the sight.

Cute.

"What were you about to ask me?"

That's right. Jeongguk almost forgot the ultimate question.

"Who was the man yesterday?"

"Hoseok hyung?"

Jeongguk nodded, an uneasy feeling began to settle in the bottom of his stomach.

"He's my distant cousin," Taehyung declared.

Jeongguk felt a wave of relief wash over him. He did not know why he felt this much happiness knowing that the man was simply Taehyung's cousin, a relative. At this moment, for a very short time, Jeongguk felt like he conquered the whole world.

"Jeongguk?" Taehyung called.

As he came back to him, Jeongguk's eyes landed on Taehyung's face, who stared back at him with an inquisitive look. Jeongguk fought back the urge to smile widely at him by biting the inside of his cheek.

"Are you really okay?" The professor asked bringing his hand to Jeongguk's forehead, the sudden touch startling the student.

Even though the weather was warm, the comfortable heat coming from Taehyung's hand made Jeongguk a bit giddy.

"You don't seem to be sick, are you sure you are okay?"

Jeongguk realized how close actually Taehyung's face was from his and quickly took a few steps back, his heart tightening inside, almost making him breathless.

"I'm fine, what about you?" He asked, hoping that the professor did not notice his disoriented state.

"Me?"

"Your body,"

Taehyung touched his back.

"Okay I guess, I'm getting old so I should be used to this, but...yeah"

As they settled inside their usual study room, Jeongguk thought about what Taehyung said earlier about his age. But Taehyung's face was definitely not marked by age, his skin appeared smooth and clean, and his lips were rosy and plump, leading Jeongguk to think about how they would feel like during a kiss.