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“Namjoon-ah, we need to talk.”
Namjoon looks up from his phone with wide eyes and sees Yoongi staring at him. “What’s up, hyung?”
“I asked you to get coffee with me and you’re just texting on your phone.”
“Oh, I’m just texting Jimin and Taehyung.” Namjoon’s phone pings. When he opens his texts, he sees a gif of a teddy bear holding a glittering red heart. Namjoon shows his phone screen to Yoongi. “Look at this teddy bear, isn’t it cute?”
Yoongi’s mouth is pressed into a thin line. “I know you’re texting Jimin and Taehyung. You’re never not texting them.”
Namjoon’s phone pings again.
“If you’re going to spend all day texting your boyfriends, I’m gonna go,” Yoongi says as he finishes his coffee.
“You mean my roommates.”
“What?”
“You called them my boyfriends. You meant to say roommates.” Namjoon goes back to his phone. He sends back a gif of a kitten popping out of a basket.
Yoongi furrows his eyebrows. “No, I meant your boyfriends.”
“I don’t know why you keep saying that. Jimin and Taehyung are just my roommates.”
“Yeah, okay, just like Hoseok and I are just roommates.”
“Oh shit, did you guys break up?”
“How are you so smart but also so fucking dumb?” Yoongi huffs.
“That’s kinda rude, hyung.” Namjoon gets a notification from Taehyung, a gif of balloons that say I love you. “Aww, Taetae.”
“This is pathetic. I’m leaving.” Yoongi stands and pushes his chair in.
“Okay hyung, I’ll see you later!” Namjoon waves as Yoongi leaves the cafe.
His phone pings again and this time it’s Jimin, sending a gif of exploding fireworks with a text that says come home soon!
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Jimin and Taehyung rush to the door as soon as Namjoon gets home. Jimin’s eyes are dusted with smokey eyeshadow, his lips slick with gloss. Taehyung’s wearing a white silk shirt and loafers.
“You two look incredible, do you have a date tonight?” Namjoon asks.
“Yes, a very hot date,” Jimin says.
“Nice! Well, I won’t get in your way. Have fun.”
“Hyung, no,” Taehyung says. “Eat with us. We ordered Italian food and we bought you roses.”
Namjoon feels his dimples deepen as he smiles. “Roses? For me? That’s really sweet...”
Taehyung flashes his big boxy grin and Namjoon feels warmth blooming in his chest.
“C’mon, let’s eat before it gets cold.” Jimin takes Namjoon’s hand and leads him to the small dining table.
The table is shrouded with a red and white checkered tablecloth. There’s an assortment of takeout containers with pasta and meatballs, bread, and a bottle of red wine. There are candles lit around the apartment and music playing softly through the bluetooth speaker.
“Wow, this is fancy. What’s the occasion?” Namjoon asks.
“Remember the other night when we were cuddled on the couch watching Lady and the Tramp ?” Jimin asks.
“Oh yeah, we all wore our matching fuzzy pajamas.”
“You kept talking about the spaghetti scene,” Taehyung says.
“It was just so romantic. I legit cried.”
“Well, we thought it would be fun to recreate it for you!” Jimin beams.
“Because we love you,” Taehyung adds.
“What? Seriously! Aww, I love you too. Wow, you guys are the best.” Namjoon sits at the table and tucks a napkin into his shirt.
They all sit around the table and begin eating. Jimin feeds Namjoon bites of pasta and Taehyung pours Namjoon wine and everything feels warm, warm, warm. Namjoon gets sauce on the corner of his mouth and Jimin wipes it clean with a napkin, then leans in and kisses him softly. Jimin’s lip gloss tastes like cherries.
“Not fair, Jiminie. If you get to kiss Namjoon-hyung, I want to kiss him too,” Taehyung whines before caressing Namjoon’s jaw and pulling him in to press their lips together.
“You guys are so sweet,” Namjoon says as he takes another bite of pasta.
Suddenly, he thinks back to his earlier conversation with Yoongi and a light bulb goes off inside Namjoon’s head.
“Wait a minute… Why are you guys kissing me?”
Jimin cocks his head. “Because we love you?”
“Oh, okay.” Namjoon takes another bite of pasta, chewing slowly, but something doesn’t make sense here. “Do you kiss all of your friends?”
“I only kiss my boyfriends,” Taehyung says.
“Yeah, same,” Jimin adds. “Why, Namjoon-hyung, are you kissing anyone besides me and Taetae?”
“Well, no—”
“Because it’s okay if you are, but maybe we should negotiate that in our relationship.”
“Relationship?”
“Yeah, what we’re all comfortable with,” Taehyung says.
“Wait a minute… Are we dating?” Namjoon asks around a mouthful of pasta.
Jimin laughs. “I would hope so, considering we all live together.”
“So we’re not just roommates?”
“Hyung, we live in a one bedroom,” Taehyung says.
“I thought it was to save on rent…”
Namjoon feels a little dizzy. Maybe it’s the wine.
“You watched us give each other handjobs last week,” Jimin says. His eyebrows are knitted.
“Well, I interrupted and you told me to stay. I didn’t want to be rude.” Namjoon feels flustered now. He can feel himself sweating through his shirt.
“Namjoon-hyung, I gave you a blowjob afterwards,” Taehyung says plainly.
“I thought it was like a, sorry you walked in on us blowjob.”
“Uh, no.” Taehyung shakes his head. “I just really wanted to suck your dick because I love you and we’re dating. All of us are dating.”
“We’ve been dating for six months, hyung,” Jimin adds.
“Fuck… Seriously? I really am dumb, aren’t I?” Namjoon says with defeat.
“No, baby, you’re not dumb. Maybe we should have been more clear with you.”
“I just… You’re both so pretty. And nice. Why are you dating me?”
“What do you mean?” Jimin asks. “We love you.”
“I don’t get it.”
“You’re also pretty. And nice. And sweet and gentle and we love you so much,” Jimin says. “We wouldn’t be complete without you.”
“But you two already had each other before I came along.”
Namjoon thinks about the first time he had met Jimin and Taehyung and how apparent their love for each other had been. Namjoon had wanted a love like that for himself and told them as much. They had both promised Namjoon that he would find a love like theirs soon enough.
Jimin cups Namjoon’s face with his hands and kisses him again. “That’s true, we did have each other. But something was missing.”
“That something was you,” Taehyung adds.
Namjoon remembers that after their conversation about finding love, Jimin and Taehyung had started spending a lot more time with him. They would invite him over for movie nights, ask him to sleep over, buy him gifts just because they could. Namjoon feels his throat getting tight when he realizes what they had meant all along. He blinks and his eyes feel wet.
“Baby, why are you crying?” Jimin asks.
“I just—I feel really happy. I love you both and I’m sorry I didn’t realize it sooner.”
“It’s okay, hyung,” Taehyung says.
“Yeah, we can talk about it. Figure it all out,” Jimin says.
“Okay, okay,” Namjoon says quietly. He leans forward and kisses Jimin, soft, soft, soft.
Namjoon feels Taehyung’s hands massaging his shoulders so he tilts his head. Taehyung peppers kisses up and down Namjoon’s neck and he can feel goosebumps forming on his skin. Namjoon turns and catches Taehyung’s lips on his own while Jimin threads their fingers together. Taehyung parts his lips and Namjoon sighs into his mouth as their lips slide together. He feels a little desperate and leans back to deepen the kiss. When they finally break apart, Taehyung rests his chin on Namjoon’s shoulder.
“Come on.” Jimin tugs Namjoon forward and smiles. “Let’s go negotiate.”
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Namjoon spends the night negotiating with Jimin and Taehyung after a couple rounds of incredibly hot sex. They take their time with Namjoon, asking what he likes, doing what he likes, pleasing and kissing and touching him until he can barely remember his own name.
They take care of Namjoon afterward, showering and cleaning him up before they all get cuddled in their matching pajamas. They eat tiramisu on the couch while they discuss their relationship. Namjoon decides that no, he definitely does not want to kiss anyone else. Jimin and Taehyung are relieved and feel the same.
They promise to be more transparent with Namjoon so he understands their intentions with their relationship. Namjoon admits that sometimes things go right over his head, something he thinks is a character flaw, but his boyfriends reassure him that it means he’s always looking for the good in people.
Namjoon updates their group chat name in his phone to my boyfriends and he smiles so hard his face hurts. Jimin kisses his dimples and Taehyung nibbles his ears and something swoops in Namjoon’s chest, something that feels like teddy bears with glittering hearts and exploding fireworks and kittens popping out of baskets.
When Namjoon breaks the news to his best friends that he has, in fact, been dating his roommates for the last six months, he gets two very different responses. Hoseok hugs him tightly and congratulates him. Yoongi throws his hands in the air and screams I fucking told you so!
The best part about all of this is that nothing changes. Namjoon keeps coming home and Jimin and Taehyung keep kissing his face. They keep ordering takeout and watching Disney movies and going one dates just like they always have. They still curl up in bed together every night. Namjoon sleeps in the middle of the mattress with Jimin and Taehyung on either side of him, their body weight anchoring him down as he drifts off to dream. Namjoon kisses them both goodnight, just like he always has, except now he’s kissing his boyfriends, not his roommates.
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