au where taehyung is a Dreamer. he wakes up most days with things he plucked out of his dreams for Jimin. They've been friends since they were kids and jimin is the only one who knows tae's secret. As they grow older the gifts start to get more intimate and tae gets embarrassed

one day he wakes up with a necklade whose pendant is made out of the heart of the star. "it can help u soothe ur anxieties" he explains as he gives to jimin. Jimin never takes it off.
But after that tae's gift are sparse bc they're too obvious. He's too transparently smitten.

and they cant sleep in the same bed anymore bc when they do, they wake covered in magical flowers that shine like the moon. Like jimin's smile.
He does dream outfits for jimin and he likes pulling them on him. It's another form of intimacy and he doesnt feel too bad for indulging

they grow up tgt. become men. Grow apart and closer all the time. Far but never too far. Close but not close enough. They find jobs, they settle into being adults. Taehyung finds a place with Namjoon, a witch who doesnt complain when tae sleeps on the couch and the living room

gets covered in magical flowers. he uses them in some of his potions. they heal. Jimin always had that effect on people.
One night, jimin spends the night at their place. He needs a pair of socks so he goes through tae's drawers. In his haste he pulls the drawer too hard

he tries to catch it but it slips out of his hands & falls to the ground. There's a loud scattering sound, too loud for just socks. On the floor, amongst taehung's socks, there are rings, dozen of rings spilling out of an upended box. Jimin kneels and starts picking them up when

he realises they're not ordinary rings. For 2 reasons: they have the Dream glow and they're wedding bands. Inspecting them closer, he realises they've got his name ingraved in all of them

he puts them back but not before slipping one of them in his pocket. The one where both of their names are ingraved. He puts everything back in place, slips on the fluffy socks on his cold feet and goes back to the living room, to snuggle up to tae while they watch a movie

and for weeks nothing happens. Jimin doesnt know what to do. he doesnt know what the rings mean but he knows that taehyung hiding them from him means something. He doesnt dare hope. He never hoped with taehyung. Taehyung who was magic. Too good. Out of Jimin's reach. Shining.

but he keeps the ring on him. Wants to hang it around his neck like the star Taehyung gave him years ago but he's afraid tae will see it. So he keeps it in his pockets. When he's anxious or sad, he slips his hand inside his pocket and rubs their names. Not hope but peace.

weeks pass, months go by. Things are the same but they're not bc tae keeps dreaming up wedding bands for his best friend to wear & jimin wears on him every day. It's what it is. Until it changes.
One day jimin drops by tae and joon's place to beg his hyung for a sleeping drought

and he find the flat upside down with a frazzled taehyung looking around himself, panic etched on every line of his face. Jimin immediately goes to him and tries to make him talk about what is going on but tae is evasive.
T: I lost smt
J: what is it?
T: ... just smt special to me

j: well what is it? I'll help u look.
But tae looks so panicked that jimin shuts up. understanding dawns on him. He hesitates for a moment torn between so many conflicting emotions: not wanting to be caught, not wanting to give the ring back but most of all desperate to help tae

So despite his fears, he pulls out the ring and offers it to tae.
"I find it a few months ago. By accident. I tried to put it back but. I just couldnt. It felt like it belonged to me. I cant explain it. I'm so sorry. I should've... i should've done & said a lot of things."

jimin doesnt know what to expect but it's certainly not tae crumpling, like he was a puppet on strings, suddenly free from his restraints. He sobs, puts his swollen face in his hands & cries on the floor.
It takes less than a second for Jimin to crawl on his lap & hold him tight.

"I'm s-so relieved" tae wails: surprising jimin. "I t-thought i l-lost it" he hiccups. "I t-thought maybe it was never real." He gulps, clinging to jimin.
Jimin is at loss for words, a lil heartbroken for taehyung. He holds him just as tight and whispers words of love

"You have dozens of them," he reminds him.
Taehyun shakes his head. "This one was s-special."
Jimin sorta stops breathing. "Why?"
"Because i dreamt it up when we were still kids. That day you told me we should get married"
Jimin pulls back, shocked. "Tae we were 5."

"But. But it fits me." It fits adult jimin. Jimin knows because sometimes (too many times) he slips it on his ring finger and holds it to the moonveams, to see how it looks. To maybe test how he can handle it.
He doesnt. He always end up wanting too much. A craving so deep he

he almost cries with it.
But it fits him. Now.
Taehyung blushes. "Uhm. It used to fit tiny jiminie too. It grew with you. Uh. With us."

"I'm sorry i took it." because maybe this is about them and maybe there is hope to have yet but it's clear that it's very important to Taehyung.
But Taehyung is shaking his head and lacing their fingers together. He brings the back of jimin's hands to his mouth and kisses both.

he shakes his head again and sigh. "No, Jimin-ah. It's yours. It was always meant t be yours. I should've have given it you years ago." It's more yours than mine. That feeling of belonging, it's natural. I dreamt it for you."
Jimin sniffles. "Why didn't you give it to me?"

"because i still needed my heart," taehyung whispers.

jimin cups his face and thumbs away his tears. "It would have been safe with me. I would have kept it safe." he promises.
Taehyung nods. "I know that. I always knew that. I was just afraid."
Jimin wraps his arms around him and buries his face in tae's neck. "It's okay."

"I have so many gifts i've never given you. So much jewellery."
"Show me?"
"Okay."
And taehyung leads him to the back of his walk in closet. The room is a mess, but they reach the back of the closet where taehyung opens a door and it leads to another room. A huge room.

at jimin's shock, taehyung laughs sheepishly. "I had to dream it. I needed a place for... all of this."
He grabs jimin's hand and leads him inside and Jimin feels a bit like Aladdin entering the genie's cave. Mountains of books and clothes and jewellery. Some carpets.

"is... is that a chocolate fountain?"
"a magical chocolate fountain. the chocolate never goes bad and you never need to add chocolate."
"oh my god," jimin whispers before turning around, grabbing taehyung by the the collar of his shirt and pulling him down for a deep kiss.

they kiss for a long time, exchanging words of comfort & love. years of words. of wishes. of hope. There is so much hope, every corner of the room filled w/ taehyung's hopes. An echo of jimin's own. they kiss, long and sweet and desperate and hot. so many kisses jimin feels drunk

and in between kisses, taehyung shows jimin around his secret room. drapes him in silk and the softest wool, adorns him with diamonds and gold. (there's a diamond suit that feels like air and that makes the both of them blush terribly). There's lingerie and perfume. And kisses.

Jimin doesn't know what to say, overwhelmed by his feelings, by the amount of love in the room. The incredible, selfless and unconditional taehyung loves. The way he moves /jimin/. Mountains worth of love. Boundless, magical love.
"You are my dreams," Taehyung whispers.

Jimin kisses him again. "Tae. Taehyung. Kim Taehyung. You are my heart. I was 5 years old and I knew it already. My heart sings your name with every beat." he brings taehyung's hand, flat against his heart. "can you hear it? taetae, taetae, tae."

taehyung beams at him, that big beautiful smile that eats hal of his face and makes the people around him want to give him the world. But taehyung already has worlds upon worlds inside of him. Never asks anything out of people. He just wants them happy. He makes jimin so happy.

"that was fucking gross," he giggles, a deep chuckle that dances along jimin's veins.
"you're the gross one! you dreamed me wedding bands your whole life."
that sobers taehyung up, his smile deeming a little. so jimin surges forward and kisses him again. Soft and so tender.

"hey. i love it. I love you."
Taehyung's eyes widen. "You do?"
"Oh, tae. So much. It's everywhere i go and everything i do. you are part of me."
"I love you, too."
"Good. Thank god!"

a few years later, they do get married and taehyung slips that wedding band on his finger, and jimin slips the new ring taehyung dreamed for himself. Jimin thinks the rings might be shinning, like the magic is finally complete.
Taehyung tells him that's pretty much what it does.

-the end-
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