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it was almost midnight when doyoung finally came back home. his appearance was worst than this morningㅡif that was even possible. his hair could be compared to a bird nest, his frown got deeper, and-oh my god was that a coffee stain on his white shirt? taeyong could only sigh, it would be a problem for future taeyong and doyoung to deal with because for now, he would like to make sure that his boyfriend was okay and not on the verge of dying.
"you're back," said taeyong, pausing the movie he watched to stare at doyoung instead.
doyoung put his bag on the floor before slumping his body on one of the sofas. a long tired sigh escaped from his mouth as he closed his eyes.
"and you're still up," doyoung said. he opened his eyes and looked at taeyong. "you should sleep."
taeyong shrugged. "i took a nap at the studio today and now i can't sleep."
"you can't sleep or you don't wanna sleep?"
"what's the difference?"
"they are different," doyoung deadpanned.
taeyong rolled his eyes. even when he was tired, doyoung still found a way to bicker with him. taeyong couldn't decide whether it was a good thing or not. on the one hand, it was proof that doyoung wasn't as dead as he looked. but on the other, he really needed to start doing something else than being a smart ass.
"go shower or something," taeyong decided to say, he didn't want to prolong their "fight" (if you could even call it that). it was fun and all, but god knew doyoung needed to rest right now. they could bicker any other time as that was just how they were and how their relationship worked.
"yeah, yeah, i'll do that," doyoung said as he got up from his position.
"have you eaten?"
"i just want to sleep."
"okay, okay."
so doyoung hurriedly take a shower while taeyong turning off the television. he cleaned up the living room before entering their shared room. he lied on the bed and scrolled up instagram mindlessly while waiting for doyoung to be done with his bathroom routine.
once doyoung walked into the bedroom, taeyong turned off his phone, put it on the nightstand and then opened the comforter so that doyoung could crawl inside it.
"long day?" asked taeyong. he lied on his side and ran his hand through doyoung's hair.
doyoung hummed and closed his eyes. he relaxed his body and allowed himself to melt from taeyong's touch.
"what happened now?"
"a lot," doyoung said, he opened his eyes again and changed his position so now he and taeyong could stare at each other. he took taeyong's hand from his hair and let their hands rest between them.
"hmm ... is the kid being annoying again?"
doyoung sighed. his fingers were now playing with taeyong's ringㅡtheir ring, the ring he bought for them as their anniversary gift. "i had to explain one theory to five students over and over again because they didn't understand me. and then some of the other students tell me to start teaching something else but i couldn't do that because these five students didn't even understand this theory, what makes you think they'll understand the next one? oh, and also, one student cursed at me."
"wow."
"yeah, there are more."
doyoung started to tell more about his day, his day as a highschool teacher who also had to stay late to give extra lessons for seniors. sat and college entrance exam were only a few weeks away and it wasn't only students who were stressed out over it.
taeyong listened. he always listens. for him, it was really fun to listen to doyoung's story. after all, he didn't work at the same field as doyoung and those stories helped him to understand his boyfriend's world. on top of that, this was also doyoung's way to relief stress. he rather stayed up late to talk to taeyong than sleep with a heavy feeling of wanting to resign.
taeyong listened while lacing his fingers with doyoung's, playing with doyoung's fingers, running his hand through doyoung's hair, stroking his cheeks, massaging doyoung's shoulder lightly. he listened while maintaining physical affection, relieving doyoung's stress and melting the tension in his body.
doyoung sighed before finally said, "i'm going to sleep."
"okay," taeyong said. he got up to turn off the lamp and kissed doyoung's forehead. as soon as he lied back on the bed, doyoung circled his arm around taeyong's waist and kissed his lips.
"good night," doyoung said, pressing another kiss on taeyong's lips and cheek before nuzzling taeyong's neck.
"night." and just like any other night before this, taeyong and doyoung slept knowing that the next day would be as hard, but at least they had each other by the end of the day.