Jungkook is trembling, but he doesn’t want Taehyung to apologize! “No, no-”

“I’m sorry, I thought-” Taehyung tries. “I thought we were-” Jungkook notices he’s blushing too. His tail is curling around himself protectively.

“It’s okay!” Jungkook cuts him off. “You thought right!”

Taehyung’s eyes widen at the confession. Jungkook himself is also surprised by his bold words. Taehyung nods but he doesn’t move, only his ears twitch a little, the image too cute for Jungkook not to relax. “I was just taken aback that’s why I jumped away,” Jungkook murmurs.

The silence stretches between them until Taehyung looks up. “So… you wanna kiss?” Jungkook blushes and forces himself to look away from Taehyung's strong gaze. He nods after a second. Taehyung leaves the controller on the floor next to him and crawls closer to Jungkook.

Jungkook looks down, focuses on Taehyung's tail swirling. He knows his blush is bright and it makes him shy but a kiss never comes- instead Taehyung yelps. “Wait- does that mean you like me?” Taehyung’s eyes widen. “Or…”

Jungkook covers his face. “Oh God- yes! I like you"

Jungkook is embarrassed by the turn of events. He hears Taehyung sigh in relief so he looks at him between his fingers. “That’s good,” Taehyung murmurs. He waits until Jungkook stops covering his face; they stare at the other. “I like you too.” He beams at Jungkook. Fangs and all

And Jungkook thinks Taehyung has the prettiest smile he’s ever seen.

They are holding hands; sitting on Taehyung's bed with their backs against the wall. Taehyung said it would be a good idea to talk about what they feel before kissing if Jungkook would be more comfortable that way. Jungkook agreed as long as they held hands while talking.

"But since when?" Taehyung wonders.

"I can't know for sure! I always thought you were cute but it was really because back then I thought predator hybrids were scary!"

"You thought I was cute since you ran away that first time?" Taehyung tries while squinting his eyes.

"I didn't even see your face!" Jungkook giggles. "When you introduced yourself after I moved I thought you were cute."

Taehyung hums. "Me too. I saw you move in and I thought you were adorable because you were hopping around your friends downstairs. I saw you from the window."

"When you arrived with Seojoon ssi to the party, I thought you didn't like adorable and that he was your type," Jungkook admits. "I was angry I'm so adorable."

Taehyung's eyes widen dramatically but then he laughs. "What? That old man? He's like- my best friend, older brother-"

"I took him because I was still unsure if you liked me or not. I needed moral support and a wingman," Taehyung admits. Jungkook giggles. "He has a date with Seokjin ssi, you know? I was his wingman at the end."

Jungkook laughs loudly. "Well, he still made me angry!"

"Oh, yeah, I noticed," Taehyung tells him. "You were- grunting and stomping. Quite territorial for a prey, I must admit." Jungkook feels a bright blush spreading on his cheeks. He tries to squirm away from Taehyung but the tiger only holds him tight. "It was what I needed to see"

"To try and make a move." Jungkook relaxes and leans closer. "I was still worried you weren't comfortable around a tiger yet," he explains. "But then you came over to us, so bravely no freezing or running away. Which is why I thought I could kiss you tonight," he admits.

"And I thought right," Taehyung smiles when he says. Taehyung is so sweet to him, ever since they met. It just makes sense he feel for him.

"You did," Jungkook murmurs. He closes the distance between them and leaves a quick peck against Taehyung's lips, catching him off guard.

Taehyung freezes, like a bunny when they see a tiger for the first time, which has Jungkook smiling against his lips, but then Taehyung quickly relaxes and brings a hand to Jungkook's jaw to tilt his head, and return the peck, and then open his mouth to kiss him so more.

"Is this your first kiss?" Taehyung whispers after a moment. He's close to hovering over Jungkook now. One hand on his jaw, other on his hip.

"Am I such a bad kisser?" Jungkook juts his lips out, but Taehyung quickly kisses his pout away.

"No, bunny. I'm just wondering."

"Considering you said you were doing new things since you moved here..."

Jungkook laughs. "It's my first kiss with a tiger," he informs Taehyung.

It makes Taehyung smile dumbly. "I hope you don't kiss another tiger." He growls playfully against Jungkook's neck when he says.

Jungkook is not scared, he's only smitten.

the end

uhhhhh thank you for liking these soft babies. at first, not many people were reading but by the end of it, I was so happy to see so many readers rooting for them!!!