Strung Up [for EVERYONE]
For: EVERYONE ♡
Title: Strung Up
Pairing(s)/focus: Jaebum/Jackson
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 5k
Warnings: None
Author's notes: I really hope you enjoy this! :)
Summary: Jaebum goes on We Got Married. Jackson does not hide his jealousy well.
"But whyyyy!" is the first thing Kunpimook wails in his childish timbre when their manager announces to them that Jaebum will be one of the cast members on the upcoming season of We Got Married. "It's not fair! I don't get to go on any of the fun shows!"
Jinyoung grins devilishly from besides Kunpimook and hooks his hoodie onto his head, pulling it down so it covers the younger boy's eyes.
"It's because you're underage so it would be borderline illegal to have you on the show," he tells Kunpimook who sulks even deeper into the chair. "You'll get your turn some day, little one," he teases and pinches Kunpimook's cheeks, only to have his arms swatted away.
"You'll be paired with Dasom from Sistar. It's a good thing you guys are already friends from your trainee days so it won't be as awkward," their manager informs Jaebum.
"Hyung, you're so lucky! Why can't it be me? Why?" Kunpimook continues to dramatically complain. Jinyoung shoves a hand in front of his mouth, effectively smuggling and shutting the younger boy up.
"Yeah, why does it have to be Jaebum?" Jackson agrees from the side. He's been sitting quietly this whole time, which is unusual for the loud mood maker of the group. But now, Jackson has suddenly sat up so intensely, one leg folded on the chair, the other on the ground as if he's ready to leap off at any second.
Their manager turns to Jackson, giving him am incredulous look. Jackson was never one to make a fuss during schedule meetings, always enjoying whatever promotions came his way.
"What's it to you?" their manager asks suspiciously as he puts down his papers.
"Nothing!" Jackson says quickly when Jaebum shoots him a warning look from across the table. "It's just that Jaebum-hyung is tired enough as it is. You know, with being leader and kind of old and all. Why don't they put Mark in?"
"Because Mark-hyung barely talks. It would be weird if the girl had to make more conversation than him," Youngjae says in all seriousness. Jackson glares in his direction for not supporting his cause.
"Okay, so they can put Jinyoung in!" Jackson offers again as he sticks his finger out, jabbing Jinyoung in the chest so he can thoroughly get his point across. "He's nice and caring. Girls will like that! Jaebum-hyung is cold and scary. Who would want to go on the show with him?"
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum groans. He doesn't know if he should feel offended at Jackson's remarks or secretly pleased at the fact he has such a strong hold over Jackson's feelings. But deep down, Jaebum knows Jackson's just being his overly protective self, not wanting his boyfriend to parade around on national television with some female idol in a fake marriage.
"Jinyoung is already confirmed as a full time MC on Music Core. You already know that," their manager sighs and squints his eyes at Jackson. "Why are you really so hung up about this? Is it because you want to go on? So you can film with a female idol? Yah! Wang Jackson! Didn't you get enough when you lived in the same house as Nana for Roommate?"
"No, it's just that-"
"Jackson," Jaebum cuts in and he has his I'm-your-hyung voice on and Jackson knows better than to argue back. They've been dating for awhile now, but no one knows about their relationship except for the members and Jaebum wasn't really in a hurry to spill the beans to their manager, especially not during a schedule meeting.
Mark stifles a laugh from next to Jackson. "Dude, you're so transparent," he whispers in Jackson's ear in English so their manager won't understand. "Let it go."
Jackson pouts and crosses his arms, also sulking into his chair like Kunpimook had done a few moments ago. He was most definitely not going to let this go. It was one thing for Jaebum to go on We Got Married, but it's another thing for him to get paired with a super pretty girl from a popular idol group. He might have let Jaebum get away with this if he was paired with some unknown rookie, but no, this is Dasom, with her long legs and bright smile.
"Fine, but don't blame me when ratings are bad because nobody likes Jaebum-hyung's cold personality!"
Their manager grimaces at Jackson's words, but promptly ignores him as he continues to go through the rest of their schedules.
Jackson stalks into his shared room with Mark the second they get home from the company.
"Aren't you eating?" Mark calls after him in English.
"No!" Jackson replies and crashes face down onto his bed. He knows he's being dramatic, that Jaebum likes him and likes him very much, and this show is just scripted roleplaying, but still. Jackson did not want to see his boyfriend cook dinner for another girl, cuddle up to her while watching a movie, carry her bridal style around the room or any of the other ridiculous things the show made the couples do in order to boost ratings.
There's a hesitant knock on the door, Jaebum's voice quiet from the other side, asking if he can come in. Jackson doesn't reply, but the door opens slowly anyway and he feels the mattress dip as Jaebum sits down next to him.
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum says as he runs his fingers through Jackson's hair. "Are you really upset? You know I didn't volunteer for this, right? And besides, the show is just pretend."
"I don't care, I hate you anyway," Jackson mumbles into the pillow and mentally kicks himself for sounding like a complete high school teenage girl right now.
"No you don't," Jaebum laughs as he drapes himself over Jackson. "You love me," he says, his lips brushing softly against the shell of Jackson's ear, making the younger boy shiver. "Come on, forgive me?"
Jaebum had fully expected this to happen when they were first told the news he would be on the show, knowing his night would end with having to beg a jealous Jackson into forgiving him even though they both knew it wasn't his fault. Jackson has always been possessive, even back in the days when they first met and he had marched right up to Jinyoung to jokingly threaten him to keep his relationship with Jaebum strictly platonic, not caring that Jinyoung was a whole foot taller than him.
Jackson turns around and gets an eyeful of the playful smirk tugging at Jaebum's lip and almost forgets how to breathe.
"Fine, but if I catch you doing any kind of skinship with her, you're dead meat, you hear?" Jackson says.
Jaebum nods. "No skinship, I promise."
"Good," Jackson replies has he pulls Jaebum's face closer to kiss him. "Now, how will you make up this act of betrayal to me?" he says seriously as he dips his hands underneath Jaebum's loose tank and splays his fingers across defined muscles.
"I'll let you top," Jaebum whispers huskily before he licks his way into Jackson's mouth.
Jackson presses Jaebum into the mattress later that night, mouth leaving behind bright red marks along Jaebum's neck and fingertips pressing extra rough bruises into his hipbone.
"Well look who it is," Dasom coos as Jaebum walks onto set the first day of filming. "Look at you all grown up. Last time I saw you, you had chubby cheeks and were shaking it and shaking it for me," she continues as she mocks the dance move from Bounce.
"Noona," Jaebum whines as his cheeks color pink. "You're embarrassing me."
"Serves you right for being a little brat back in our trainee days," Dasom smirks as she knocks her shoulders into Jaebum's.
Jaebum laughs as he gives Dasom a friendly hug. They've always had a sibling like relationship and while it may be awkward to play that up romantically for the camera, Jaebum's comfortable with Dasom and he's glad he's paired with her for this show.
He's been told by the producers to use honorifics and refer to Dasom as noona, despite her only being a year older and their already established friendship, the show wanting to fully take advantage of the noona-dongsaeng relationship hype that's happening these days.
They're on the second floor of a quaint little coffee shop, Jaebum sipping on an iced caramel macchiato while Dasom blows on her steaming vanilla latte in an attempt to cool it down. The cameras are rolling and they're making small talk, reminiscing on their past and talking about their current activities. Jaebum feels at ease and it feels refreshing to talk to someone other than one of his members even though he loves all of them to death. Jaebum's so engrossed into the conversation that he starts to forget the cameras are even there, just two friends catching up over coffee, until he sees the huge light reflector panels adjust out of his peripheral vision and a prompt board being held up.
The words make it more romantic is scrawled out in huge black letters and Jaebum coughs nervously. He chooses to look out the window instead, hoping the board will disappear, but no, it's still there when he turns his attention back to Dasom and the director's pointing at it now so what the hell, Jaebum smiles and reaches his hand up to Dasom's mouth to carefully brush the extra foam that's left lingering on her lip.
"That bastard!" Jackson curses out loud from where he's squished on the couch with the rest of the group, watching the first episode of We Got Married. Jaebum's not there, having locked himself in the practice room since he's been behind on choreography now that he's so busy filming the show.
"He promised he wouldn't do any skinship with her!" Jackson continues to rant, thrusting the bowl of popcorn into Youngjae's lap and crossing his arms in anger.
"All he did was wipe the foam off of her mouth, which everyone knows is the most scripted move in all of television, will you please calm down," Jinyoung says from the other side of Jackson.
"You're so ridiculous, I feel bad for Jaebum. I don't know what he sees in you," Mark reaches over and throws a kernel of popcorn in Jackson's face.
"Excuse you, I'm hot stuff, okay?" Jackson throws a piece of popcorn back at Mark.
"You're a little on the short side, if I do say so myself," Mark smirks.
Jackson gets up and flips Mark off before going into his room, leaving behind Mark's laughter and Jinyoung's aww is our little 'wild and sexy' jealous of a girl? Jackson decides that he was going to quit this group, he really is. All of his team members are evil little shit and none of them understand him.
"Your boyfriend's mad at you," Jinyoung sing-songs when Jaebum returns an hour later from practice.
"Who?" Jaebum asks, bleary eyed as he toes off his shoes. Practice had been brutal since he had missed a few previous sessions. He's tired, sore and was in no mood to deal with his members.
"Jackson. Who else?" Jinyoung grimaces as he brings Jaebum his little carton of Thai takeout they had ordered for dinner. "We watched the first episode. You can figure out why he's mad. He's locked up in his room. But here, eat first."
Jaebum's irritation immediately melts as he smiles and ruffles Jinyoung's hair. He's glad Jinyoung's been by his side since the beginning. Because even though his best friend can be a complete little devil sometimes, he has always looked out for him.
"Remind me again why I didn't date you instead?" Jaebum jokes as he grabs a pair of chopsticks and pads his way towards Jackson's room.
"You couldn't get me even if you tried," Jinyoung replies with a shit eating grin and Jaebum decides that no, Jinyoung is more like a devil majority of the time.
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum calls out as he opens the door.
"And this is my cue to leave. I'll sleep in your room, Jaebum," Mark hops off of his bed and gives Jaebum a sympathetic pat on the back on his way out. "Good luck."
"Don't be mad," Jaebum says through a mouthful of noodles when Mark leaves. "Everything was scripted, you know."
"Oh really!" Jackson glares up from where he's typing furiously on his laptop, probably complaining to one of his old fencing buddies about himself, Jaebum assumes. "So you're telling me that whole wiping foam off of her mouth was all the director's idea!"
"Yah, Jackson! Are you an idiot?" Jaebum furrows his eyebrows. "That's like the oldest move in the century! How long have you been in Korea? Don't you watch dramas? Of course it was scripted!"
"That's what I told him! He wouldn't listen!" Jinyoung's muffled voice comes through the door. Jaebum groans. Of course Jinyoung would be eavesdropping.
"Are you really calling me an idiot when you're trying to apologize?"
(Jackson-hyung makes a good point comes Yugyeom's hushed whisper - No, Jackson-hyung is being stupid Kunpimook replies and Jaebum was really going to kill all of them for not minding their own business).
"Well how am I supposed to know the difference?" Jackson huffs in annoyance.
"Because this isn't scripted," Jaebum rolls his eyes as he takes two strides towards Jackson and kisses him hard.
Jaebum tastes like the hot peppers from takeout and it doesn't mix well with Jackson's minty toothpaste, but Jaebum really knows how to work his tongue as he licks hot stripes everywhere.
"Okay, I think I get it now," Jackson gasps as he slams his laptop shut and pulls Jaebum on top of him and lets himself melt into Jaebum's kisses until he's warm and breathless and they hear Kunpimook's horrified ewww! from outside the door.
For the next filming location, Jaebum finds himself in the crowded streets of Myeongdong as he strolls past bright colored shops and street vendors with Dasom by his side. The show is already a few episodes in and surprisingly, everyone seems to really like him and Dasom together, his twitter always flooded with supportive messages from fans saying how cute they look together. The producers have also noticed that they're without a doubt the most popular pairing for this season and have decided to up their screen time, which means extra filming when they're both supposed to be back at their own companies practicing.
They walk leisurely down the street, stopping at different vendors and trying on random accessories and making silly faces into the camera. A group of fans have gathered behind the production crew by now with their phones out, squealing about the two. Pretty soon, Jaebum sees the giant white prompt board being held up, hold her hand scribbled across it.
Jaebum knows by now that no matter how hard he tries to ignore the prompt boards, they'll never go away until he actually does what it says so he looks down and grabs Dasom's hand, giving her a soft smile. Dasom covers her mouth as she laughs shyly and interlocks their fingers.
"Oh Jaebum, look! Isn't it cute?" Dasom suddenly gushes as she pulls him over to another street vendor, the table piled high with soft plushies. She picks up a huge stuffed polar bear, hugging it against her.
"It is cute," Jaebum nods as he takes it from Dasom to look at it.
"I can cuddle with it when I go to sleep," she says and begins pulling out her wallet from her bag to pay the owner.
But Jaebum's a step faster as he slides some bills from his back pocket into the owner's hand.
"It's okay, I got it," Jaebum's eyes crinkle up as he hands the polar bear back to her.
"Jaebum, you didn't have to do that!" Dasom replies, but the way she's hugging the stuffed animal like a happy little kid shows that she does appreciate the gesture.
"Hey, you're my wife now. Of course I have to buy you cute things, right babe?" Jaebum replies cheekily while flashing her a cheesy grin. "Think of me when you go to sleep, okay?"
The fans behind them scream a few octaves louder while the flashes from their cameras go off at lightning speeds.
Jaebum returns to the dorm later that night after filming has wrapped up and finds Jackson sitting cross legged on his bed.
"Where's Youngjae?" Jaebum asks nervously as he glances around. Jackson does not look happy and Jaebum can't even begin to imagine what he has done wrong this time.
"I switched rooms with him for the night."
"Oh," Jaebum gulps. It only ever means two things when Jaebum finds Jackson in his room on his bed. He's either extremely horny and wants some much needed alone time or he's pissed as hell and tonight, Jaebum settles for the latter. "Uh, is everything okay?"
"Everything's fine. I was just surfing the internet, you know, visiting some of our fansites, reading some fan messages, until I came across a bunch of pictures and videos of you and Dasom at Myeongdong!"
Jaebum shuts his eyes in disbelief and wonders how the hell did those fans at the scene upload everything so damn fast and why the production team haven't removed them in order to prevent any spoilers.
"You held her hand, bought her a stuffed animal and called her babe!"
"Why were you stalking me on the internet to begin with?" Jaebum narrows his eyes in suspicion, but can't help smirking at the idea.
"I-I-what? I wasn't stalking you!" Jackson splutters ungracefully. "I was just checking up on our news! You know! Being a good member and monitoring our activities!"
"Uh huh, sure," Jaebum nods back, unconvinced, smirk fully plastered across his face by now. "I had a feeling you would be mad. That's why I bought one for you too," Jaebum says and produces a pair of monkey plushies with their arms linked from the bag he's holding. "It reminded me of you," he laughs.
"Are you saying I look like a monkey?" Jackson frowns as he takes the plushie, holding it up to his eyes to examine it. "Because that's a terrible way to apologize."
"It's a couple plushie," Jaebum whines. "Look, you can untangle their arms. I'll keep one and you keep one. Remember when we filmed I Got7 and we were pretending to be monkeys on the tree in that episode with Suzy? It reminded me of us," he grins.
"These are cute," Jackson admits begrudgingly as he cracks a smile finally but only to pout again a second later. "But I still don't like how you called her babe. I thought you only called me that."
"Sorry babe," Jaebum replies as he moves closer to nuzzle against Jackson's neck. Jackson's heart flutters a little bit as he weakly attempts to push Jaebum away. Jaebum's been calling him that for awhile now, but Jackson still gets stupid butterflies in his stomach whenever he hears the term. "I was just playing it up for the camera, it didn't mean anything."
"Come on, babe," Jaebum tries again as he whispers it suggestively into Jackson's ear, causing shivers to run down his spine. "Forgive me?"
"Okay," is all Jackson manages to say shakily before Jaebum's lips are on top of his own, claiming his mouth in a heated kiss.
Their manager tells them at their next schedule meeting that We Got Married will film its tenth episode at their dorm next weekend where Jaebum can introduce her to all the members over dinner. Jaebum kicks Jackson's foot underneath the table before the other boy can even have the chance to open his mouth and complain.
The following Saturday evening rolls around much faster than Jackson would have liked as Jaebum puts the entire group on dorm cleaning duty, muttering something about how filthy their kitchen is and how could they show this disaster to a female idol and to their fans.
The doorbell rings at exactly six and Jaebum rushes towards the front door while running his hand through his hair one final time.
"Behave," Jaebum whispers to Jackson before opening the door to invite Dasom and the production crew in. The rest of the members are all there in the living room as well, bowing politely and offering their greetings. Jinyoung pulls Dasom into a friendly hug and Dasom coos again at how much Jinyoung had grown as well, just like how she had done with Jaebum.
Dasom bows politely at everyone else before finally shifting her attention to Jackson, who's fidgeting nervously from besides Jinyoung.
"You're Jackson, right?" she asks him.
Jackson doesn't reply at first, just stares at Dasom and thinks wow, she's really pretty until he feels Jinyoung elbow him subtly in the ribs. "Yes, I'm Jackson," he finally answers with a tight smile.
"You were really funny on Roommate! Hyorin-unnie really likes you. We all do!" Dasom praises him.
Jackson visibly relaxes after hearing the compliment and Jaebum breathes a sigh of relief from across the room where he's running through the episode's rundown with the director.
The cameras are set up by now and the director lets them know they'll be filming for just around half an hour or so before the red light turns on. Dasom is already seated at the dining table, catching up with Jinyoung while Jackson sits across from her, listening intently.
"Jackson-ah, can you pour Dasom a glass of water, please?" Jaebum asks him as he begins setting the table with colorful plates of various dishes.
"Why don't you get it? You're the one who's married to her," Jackson snaps and he really meant for it to be a joke, he really did, but the words come out much harsher than intended. Dasom laughs nervously and Jaebum tenses at Jackson's remark.
"I'll get it," Mark quickly pipes up from where he's rinsing lettuce leaves for the barbecued beef and gives Jackson a pointed look when he hands the glass over to her.
Jaebum plops down next to Dasom when they're all settled to start eating, also giving Jackson a look similar to the one Mark had earlier.
"Jaebum-hyung, why don't you make Dasom-noona a lettuce wrap?" Yugyeom says while giggling and the director nods enthusiastically at Yugyeom's suggestion, signalling Jaebum to do so.
Jaebum reluctantly agrees as he begins laying slices of beef dipped in gochujang sauce onto a piece of lettuce before rolling it up and bringing it up to Dasom's mouth to feed her.
"Jaebum-hyung is such a gentleman," Kunpimook says as the other members cheer from the side.
Just then, Jackson reaches over the table, trying to grab a piece of pickled radish, stabbing his chopsticks onto the plate with more force than necessary. His hand lingers just a little bit longer and all he can see in his head is Jaebum's blinding smile as he feeds Dasom and the next thing he knows, he's pulling his hand up against Dasom's glass, knocking it over, sending water all over her lap.
"I'm so sorry!" Jackson cries in horror and he freezes when all eyes turn to look at him. Jackson can't believe how juvenile he's acting, especially on camera, but his feelings has always gotten the best of him. When he sees the look of disappointment Jaebum sends his way, he feels even more terrible.
"It's okay!" Dasom quickly says as she stands up and grabs a napkin to wipe her jeans. "It's just water, no big deal."
Jaebum stands up too and apologizes some more on behalf of Jackson before the stylist rushes over and hands Dasom another pair of jeans, ushering her towards where the bathroom is so she can change.
The rest of dinner progresses fairly well without any more mishaps. Dasom makes conversation with everyone, laughing whole heartedly at their jokes, which only makes Jackson feel even worse at his stupid antics because Dasom is actually really nice and it's not exactly her fault she's paired with Jaebum for the show.
Jackson bows a perfect ninety degrees at Dasom when they wrap up filming and they send her on her way.
"What the fuck, Jackson," Jaebum growls the second he closes their front door after the production crew, but not before bowing and giving them another apologetic smile.
The rest of the members fall silent from where they're standing around the kitchen. Jaebum has his hyung voice and then he has his leader voice which he only reserves for extreme circumstances where someone really needs a lecture. And right now, Jaebum is using his leader voice and his tone is so sharp, Jinyoung can almost feel Yugyeom flinch from besides him. They've all seen Jaebum get angry before, that's no surprise, but they've never seen him raise his voice at Jackson. Jaebum has always had a soft spot for the other boy.
"What do you mean what the fuck," Jackson replies just as sternly. He should be apologizing, he knows he's in the wrong, but Jaebum's anger is riling him up and his pride is really getting in the way. Jinyoung catches the permanent looks of anger in Jaebum's eyes and immediately pulls on Jackson's hand to get him to sit back down. He knows Jaebum way too well and right now, their leader isn't playing.
"You do know we were being filmed, right? Why were you acting like that on camera? Do you know how bad you made me look? How you made our team look? What's everyone going to think when they see this is how Got7 acts when someone visits their dorm? Do you ever think before you act?"
"Oh I'm sorry," Jackson says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Sorry I messed up your perfect image on camera. Because you're Im Jaebum, right? The perfect leader of Got7? God knows we can't taint that for the fans. Well imagine if they found out you're not the Prince Charming they think you are with the ladies. Imagine if they found out you were actually just fucking one of your members," Jackson spits out before pushing past Jaebum to go to his room.
Jaebum reaches out a hand and wraps it tightly around Jackson's wrist, hard enough to bruise.
"What the fuck do you want from me?" he towers over Jackson. "If you are so insecure that you need my reassurance every second of the day, then you need to find someone else."
Jaebum doesn't say a word to Jackson the next morning, just tells all of them to hurry up and get in the car so they won't be late to their interview with Olleh TV. Jaebum still ignores Jackson when he goes through the show's rundown with the members and wordlessly hands Jackson's assigned mic to him. And when the interviewer asks who are you guys closest to in the group? Jackson can't help but notice that Jaebum doesn't even bother to spare him a glance and easily wraps an arm around Jinyoung before they laugh and do the JJ Project hand sign.
Jackson knows he's gone too far this time.
"I fucked up," Jackson groans into his pillow later that night as he rolls around on his bed.
"Tell me something I don't know," Mark smirks before finally decides to take pity on Jackson. "Dude, just go apologize to him."
"I don't know what to say," Jackson says pathetically.
"Why are you always so hard on Jaebum, huh? I mean, we all know he likes you, but I don't know man, sometimes you just take it too far."
"That's because I really really like him. And he's Jaebum. He can have anyone he wants and he picked me," Jackson mumbles.
Mark raises his eyebrows in amusement.
"I swear to god Mark. If you tell anyone what I said, I'll fucking skin you alive," Jackson growls.
"Man, he's got you whipped," Mark shakes his head with laughter. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone how much you're in love with our leader, just go apologize and tell him everything you told me. But try not to sound as pathetic."
"I hate you," Jackson seethes as he climbs out of his bed. "I hate you so much. Some best friend you are. I hate you."
"Love you too, bro," Mark grins before Jackson throws his pillow in his face and barges out of the room. "If you don't come back tonight, I'll know you guys have made up!"
Mark's right, Jackson thinks, he really is pathetic as he tries to delay the apology by pacing back and forth in front of Jaebum and Youngjae's shared room, repeating the process of putting his hand on the doorknob and then letting go. Okay, you're Jackson Wang, he tells himself, wild and sexy, charismatic rapper and Olympic fencer-
"Jackson, just come in," Jaebum's voice comes from the other side and Jackson nearly leaps out of his skin. "I can practically hear you thinking to yourself, jesus christ."
Jackson pries open the door to find the other boy leaning against the wall on his bed, flipping through some papers.
"Where's Youngjae?" Jackson asks.
"Playing video games in Jinyoung's room."
"Well, what are you doing?" Jackson continues.
"Looking through the changes for tomorrow's schedule," Jaebum replies, but he doesn't look up.
Jackson nods and stands in the middle of the room awkwardly, staring at Jaebum's perfect face that he so desperately wants to grab and kiss.
"I'm sorry," he finally blurts out and Jaebum finally sets his papers down to look up at him properly. "I'm sorry, okay? I know I was being really stupid and jealous and stuff, but I can't help it sometimes because you're like Im Jaebum and I really like you and you're right, sometimes I feel insecure because you can basically have anyone you want and I don't want you to have anyone but me and-just-I'm sorry?"
"Jackson, come here," Jaebum says and Jackson carefully makes his way over to sit next to Jaebum on the bed. "Do you know why I was angry?"
"Because I was an idiot?"
"No-well, yes, you were, but I'm angry because I feel like you don't trust me. I've told you so many times I like you and only you and yet I feel like you're always suspicious when I'm with someone other than you. You suffocate me sometimes, Jackson. I really like you too and to be honest, it's pretty hot when you get jealous, but you need to take it down a notch and give me some breathing room, okay?"
"Okay," Jackson nods firmly. "I'll try to work on it, I really will. Promise."
Jaebum's eyes turn soft as he reaches out and pulls Jackson closer.
"Can I kiss you now?" Jackson asks eagerly and gets rewarded with Jaebum's stunning smile that makes his heart beat erratically.
Jaebum leans in and Jackson meets him half way, sighing contently into the kiss.
[readers, don't forget to leave a comment! anonymous is on if you're shy.]
Title: Strung Up
Pairing(s)/focus: Jaebum/Jackson
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 5k
Warnings: None
Author's notes: I really hope you enjoy this! :)
Summary: Jaebum goes on We Got Married. Jackson does not hide his jealousy well.
"But whyyyy!" is the first thing Kunpimook wails in his childish timbre when their manager announces to them that Jaebum will be one of the cast members on the upcoming season of We Got Married. "It's not fair! I don't get to go on any of the fun shows!"
Jinyoung grins devilishly from besides Kunpimook and hooks his hoodie onto his head, pulling it down so it covers the younger boy's eyes.
"It's because you're underage so it would be borderline illegal to have you on the show," he tells Kunpimook who sulks even deeper into the chair. "You'll get your turn some day, little one," he teases and pinches Kunpimook's cheeks, only to have his arms swatted away.
"You'll be paired with Dasom from Sistar. It's a good thing you guys are already friends from your trainee days so it won't be as awkward," their manager informs Jaebum.
"Hyung, you're so lucky! Why can't it be me? Why?" Kunpimook continues to dramatically complain. Jinyoung shoves a hand in front of his mouth, effectively smuggling and shutting the younger boy up.
"Yeah, why does it have to be Jaebum?" Jackson agrees from the side. He's been sitting quietly this whole time, which is unusual for the loud mood maker of the group. But now, Jackson has suddenly sat up so intensely, one leg folded on the chair, the other on the ground as if he's ready to leap off at any second.
Their manager turns to Jackson, giving him am incredulous look. Jackson was never one to make a fuss during schedule meetings, always enjoying whatever promotions came his way.
"What's it to you?" their manager asks suspiciously as he puts down his papers.
"Nothing!" Jackson says quickly when Jaebum shoots him a warning look from across the table. "It's just that Jaebum-hyung is tired enough as it is. You know, with being leader and kind of old and all. Why don't they put Mark in?"
"Because Mark-hyung barely talks. It would be weird if the girl had to make more conversation than him," Youngjae says in all seriousness. Jackson glares in his direction for not supporting his cause.
"Okay, so they can put Jinyoung in!" Jackson offers again as he sticks his finger out, jabbing Jinyoung in the chest so he can thoroughly get his point across. "He's nice and caring. Girls will like that! Jaebum-hyung is cold and scary. Who would want to go on the show with him?"
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum groans. He doesn't know if he should feel offended at Jackson's remarks or secretly pleased at the fact he has such a strong hold over Jackson's feelings. But deep down, Jaebum knows Jackson's just being his overly protective self, not wanting his boyfriend to parade around on national television with some female idol in a fake marriage.
"Jinyoung is already confirmed as a full time MC on Music Core. You already know that," their manager sighs and squints his eyes at Jackson. "Why are you really so hung up about this? Is it because you want to go on? So you can film with a female idol? Yah! Wang Jackson! Didn't you get enough when you lived in the same house as Nana for Roommate?"
"No, it's just that-"
"Jackson," Jaebum cuts in and he has his I'm-your-hyung voice on and Jackson knows better than to argue back. They've been dating for awhile now, but no one knows about their relationship except for the members and Jaebum wasn't really in a hurry to spill the beans to their manager, especially not during a schedule meeting.
Mark stifles a laugh from next to Jackson. "Dude, you're so transparent," he whispers in Jackson's ear in English so their manager won't understand. "Let it go."
Jackson pouts and crosses his arms, also sulking into his chair like Kunpimook had done a few moments ago. He was most definitely not going to let this go. It was one thing for Jaebum to go on We Got Married, but it's another thing for him to get paired with a super pretty girl from a popular idol group. He might have let Jaebum get away with this if he was paired with some unknown rookie, but no, this is Dasom, with her long legs and bright smile.
"Fine, but don't blame me when ratings are bad because nobody likes Jaebum-hyung's cold personality!"
Their manager grimaces at Jackson's words, but promptly ignores him as he continues to go through the rest of their schedules.
Jackson stalks into his shared room with Mark the second they get home from the company.
"Aren't you eating?" Mark calls after him in English.
"No!" Jackson replies and crashes face down onto his bed. He knows he's being dramatic, that Jaebum likes him and likes him very much, and this show is just scripted roleplaying, but still. Jackson did not want to see his boyfriend cook dinner for another girl, cuddle up to her while watching a movie, carry her bridal style around the room or any of the other ridiculous things the show made the couples do in order to boost ratings.
There's a hesitant knock on the door, Jaebum's voice quiet from the other side, asking if he can come in. Jackson doesn't reply, but the door opens slowly anyway and he feels the mattress dip as Jaebum sits down next to him.
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum says as he runs his fingers through Jackson's hair. "Are you really upset? You know I didn't volunteer for this, right? And besides, the show is just pretend."
"I don't care, I hate you anyway," Jackson mumbles into the pillow and mentally kicks himself for sounding like a complete high school teenage girl right now.
"No you don't," Jaebum laughs as he drapes himself over Jackson. "You love me," he says, his lips brushing softly against the shell of Jackson's ear, making the younger boy shiver. "Come on, forgive me?"
Jaebum had fully expected this to happen when they were first told the news he would be on the show, knowing his night would end with having to beg a jealous Jackson into forgiving him even though they both knew it wasn't his fault. Jackson has always been possessive, even back in the days when they first met and he had marched right up to Jinyoung to jokingly threaten him to keep his relationship with Jaebum strictly platonic, not caring that Jinyoung was a whole foot taller than him.
Jackson turns around and gets an eyeful of the playful smirk tugging at Jaebum's lip and almost forgets how to breathe.
"Fine, but if I catch you doing any kind of skinship with her, you're dead meat, you hear?" Jackson says.
Jaebum nods. "No skinship, I promise."
"Good," Jackson replies has he pulls Jaebum's face closer to kiss him. "Now, how will you make up this act of betrayal to me?" he says seriously as he dips his hands underneath Jaebum's loose tank and splays his fingers across defined muscles.
"I'll let you top," Jaebum whispers huskily before he licks his way into Jackson's mouth.
Jackson presses Jaebum into the mattress later that night, mouth leaving behind bright red marks along Jaebum's neck and fingertips pressing extra rough bruises into his hipbone.
"Well look who it is," Dasom coos as Jaebum walks onto set the first day of filming. "Look at you all grown up. Last time I saw you, you had chubby cheeks and were shaking it and shaking it for me," she continues as she mocks the dance move from Bounce.
"Noona," Jaebum whines as his cheeks color pink. "You're embarrassing me."
"Serves you right for being a little brat back in our trainee days," Dasom smirks as she knocks her shoulders into Jaebum's.
Jaebum laughs as he gives Dasom a friendly hug. They've always had a sibling like relationship and while it may be awkward to play that up romantically for the camera, Jaebum's comfortable with Dasom and he's glad he's paired with her for this show.
He's been told by the producers to use honorifics and refer to Dasom as noona, despite her only being a year older and their already established friendship, the show wanting to fully take advantage of the noona-dongsaeng relationship hype that's happening these days.
They're on the second floor of a quaint little coffee shop, Jaebum sipping on an iced caramel macchiato while Dasom blows on her steaming vanilla latte in an attempt to cool it down. The cameras are rolling and they're making small talk, reminiscing on their past and talking about their current activities. Jaebum feels at ease and it feels refreshing to talk to someone other than one of his members even though he loves all of them to death. Jaebum's so engrossed into the conversation that he starts to forget the cameras are even there, just two friends catching up over coffee, until he sees the huge light reflector panels adjust out of his peripheral vision and a prompt board being held up.
The words make it more romantic is scrawled out in huge black letters and Jaebum coughs nervously. He chooses to look out the window instead, hoping the board will disappear, but no, it's still there when he turns his attention back to Dasom and the director's pointing at it now so what the hell, Jaebum smiles and reaches his hand up to Dasom's mouth to carefully brush the extra foam that's left lingering on her lip.
"That bastard!" Jackson curses out loud from where he's squished on the couch with the rest of the group, watching the first episode of We Got Married. Jaebum's not there, having locked himself in the practice room since he's been behind on choreography now that he's so busy filming the show.
"He promised he wouldn't do any skinship with her!" Jackson continues to rant, thrusting the bowl of popcorn into Youngjae's lap and crossing his arms in anger.
"All he did was wipe the foam off of her mouth, which everyone knows is the most scripted move in all of television, will you please calm down," Jinyoung says from the other side of Jackson.
"You're so ridiculous, I feel bad for Jaebum. I don't know what he sees in you," Mark reaches over and throws a kernel of popcorn in Jackson's face.
"Excuse you, I'm hot stuff, okay?" Jackson throws a piece of popcorn back at Mark.
"You're a little on the short side, if I do say so myself," Mark smirks.
Jackson gets up and flips Mark off before going into his room, leaving behind Mark's laughter and Jinyoung's aww is our little 'wild and sexy' jealous of a girl? Jackson decides that he was going to quit this group, he really is. All of his team members are evil little shit and none of them understand him.
"Your boyfriend's mad at you," Jinyoung sing-songs when Jaebum returns an hour later from practice.
"Who?" Jaebum asks, bleary eyed as he toes off his shoes. Practice had been brutal since he had missed a few previous sessions. He's tired, sore and was in no mood to deal with his members.
"Jackson. Who else?" Jinyoung grimaces as he brings Jaebum his little carton of Thai takeout they had ordered for dinner. "We watched the first episode. You can figure out why he's mad. He's locked up in his room. But here, eat first."
Jaebum's irritation immediately melts as he smiles and ruffles Jinyoung's hair. He's glad Jinyoung's been by his side since the beginning. Because even though his best friend can be a complete little devil sometimes, he has always looked out for him.
"Remind me again why I didn't date you instead?" Jaebum jokes as he grabs a pair of chopsticks and pads his way towards Jackson's room.
"You couldn't get me even if you tried," Jinyoung replies with a shit eating grin and Jaebum decides that no, Jinyoung is more like a devil majority of the time.
"Jackson-ah," Jaebum calls out as he opens the door.
"And this is my cue to leave. I'll sleep in your room, Jaebum," Mark hops off of his bed and gives Jaebum a sympathetic pat on the back on his way out. "Good luck."
"Don't be mad," Jaebum says through a mouthful of noodles when Mark leaves. "Everything was scripted, you know."
"Oh really!" Jackson glares up from where he's typing furiously on his laptop, probably complaining to one of his old fencing buddies about himself, Jaebum assumes. "So you're telling me that whole wiping foam off of her mouth was all the director's idea!"
"Yah, Jackson! Are you an idiot?" Jaebum furrows his eyebrows. "That's like the oldest move in the century! How long have you been in Korea? Don't you watch dramas? Of course it was scripted!"
"That's what I told him! He wouldn't listen!" Jinyoung's muffled voice comes through the door. Jaebum groans. Of course Jinyoung would be eavesdropping.
"Are you really calling me an idiot when you're trying to apologize?"
(Jackson-hyung makes a good point comes Yugyeom's hushed whisper - No, Jackson-hyung is being stupid Kunpimook replies and Jaebum was really going to kill all of them for not minding their own business).
"Well how am I supposed to know the difference?" Jackson huffs in annoyance.
"Because this isn't scripted," Jaebum rolls his eyes as he takes two strides towards Jackson and kisses him hard.
Jaebum tastes like the hot peppers from takeout and it doesn't mix well with Jackson's minty toothpaste, but Jaebum really knows how to work his tongue as he licks hot stripes everywhere.
"Okay, I think I get it now," Jackson gasps as he slams his laptop shut and pulls Jaebum on top of him and lets himself melt into Jaebum's kisses until he's warm and breathless and they hear Kunpimook's horrified ewww! from outside the door.
For the next filming location, Jaebum finds himself in the crowded streets of Myeongdong as he strolls past bright colored shops and street vendors with Dasom by his side. The show is already a few episodes in and surprisingly, everyone seems to really like him and Dasom together, his twitter always flooded with supportive messages from fans saying how cute they look together. The producers have also noticed that they're without a doubt the most popular pairing for this season and have decided to up their screen time, which means extra filming when they're both supposed to be back at their own companies practicing.
They walk leisurely down the street, stopping at different vendors and trying on random accessories and making silly faces into the camera. A group of fans have gathered behind the production crew by now with their phones out, squealing about the two. Pretty soon, Jaebum sees the giant white prompt board being held up, hold her hand scribbled across it.
Jaebum knows by now that no matter how hard he tries to ignore the prompt boards, they'll never go away until he actually does what it says so he looks down and grabs Dasom's hand, giving her a soft smile. Dasom covers her mouth as she laughs shyly and interlocks their fingers.
"Oh Jaebum, look! Isn't it cute?" Dasom suddenly gushes as she pulls him over to another street vendor, the table piled high with soft plushies. She picks up a huge stuffed polar bear, hugging it against her.
"It is cute," Jaebum nods as he takes it from Dasom to look at it.
"I can cuddle with it when I go to sleep," she says and begins pulling out her wallet from her bag to pay the owner.
But Jaebum's a step faster as he slides some bills from his back pocket into the owner's hand.
"It's okay, I got it," Jaebum's eyes crinkle up as he hands the polar bear back to her.
"Jaebum, you didn't have to do that!" Dasom replies, but the way she's hugging the stuffed animal like a happy little kid shows that she does appreciate the gesture.
"Hey, you're my wife now. Of course I have to buy you cute things, right babe?" Jaebum replies cheekily while flashing her a cheesy grin. "Think of me when you go to sleep, okay?"
The fans behind them scream a few octaves louder while the flashes from their cameras go off at lightning speeds.
Jaebum returns to the dorm later that night after filming has wrapped up and finds Jackson sitting cross legged on his bed.
"Where's Youngjae?" Jaebum asks nervously as he glances around. Jackson does not look happy and Jaebum can't even begin to imagine what he has done wrong this time.
"I switched rooms with him for the night."
"Oh," Jaebum gulps. It only ever means two things when Jaebum finds Jackson in his room on his bed. He's either extremely horny and wants some much needed alone time or he's pissed as hell and tonight, Jaebum settles for the latter. "Uh, is everything okay?"
"Everything's fine. I was just surfing the internet, you know, visiting some of our fansites, reading some fan messages, until I came across a bunch of pictures and videos of you and Dasom at Myeongdong!"
Jaebum shuts his eyes in disbelief and wonders how the hell did those fans at the scene upload everything so damn fast and why the production team haven't removed them in order to prevent any spoilers.
"You held her hand, bought her a stuffed animal and called her babe!"
"Why were you stalking me on the internet to begin with?" Jaebum narrows his eyes in suspicion, but can't help smirking at the idea.
"I-I-what? I wasn't stalking you!" Jackson splutters ungracefully. "I was just checking up on our news! You know! Being a good member and monitoring our activities!"
"Uh huh, sure," Jaebum nods back, unconvinced, smirk fully plastered across his face by now. "I had a feeling you would be mad. That's why I bought one for you too," Jaebum says and produces a pair of monkey plushies with their arms linked from the bag he's holding. "It reminded me of you," he laughs.
"Are you saying I look like a monkey?" Jackson frowns as he takes the plushie, holding it up to his eyes to examine it. "Because that's a terrible way to apologize."
"It's a couple plushie," Jaebum whines. "Look, you can untangle their arms. I'll keep one and you keep one. Remember when we filmed I Got7 and we were pretending to be monkeys on the tree in that episode with Suzy? It reminded me of us," he grins.
"These are cute," Jackson admits begrudgingly as he cracks a smile finally but only to pout again a second later. "But I still don't like how you called her babe. I thought you only called me that."
"Sorry babe," Jaebum replies as he moves closer to nuzzle against Jackson's neck. Jackson's heart flutters a little bit as he weakly attempts to push Jaebum away. Jaebum's been calling him that for awhile now, but Jackson still gets stupid butterflies in his stomach whenever he hears the term. "I was just playing it up for the camera, it didn't mean anything."
"Come on, babe," Jaebum tries again as he whispers it suggestively into Jackson's ear, causing shivers to run down his spine. "Forgive me?"
"Okay," is all Jackson manages to say shakily before Jaebum's lips are on top of his own, claiming his mouth in a heated kiss.
Their manager tells them at their next schedule meeting that We Got Married will film its tenth episode at their dorm next weekend where Jaebum can introduce her to all the members over dinner. Jaebum kicks Jackson's foot underneath the table before the other boy can even have the chance to open his mouth and complain.
The following Saturday evening rolls around much faster than Jackson would have liked as Jaebum puts the entire group on dorm cleaning duty, muttering something about how filthy their kitchen is and how could they show this disaster to a female idol and to their fans.
The doorbell rings at exactly six and Jaebum rushes towards the front door while running his hand through his hair one final time.
"Behave," Jaebum whispers to Jackson before opening the door to invite Dasom and the production crew in. The rest of the members are all there in the living room as well, bowing politely and offering their greetings. Jinyoung pulls Dasom into a friendly hug and Dasom coos again at how much Jinyoung had grown as well, just like how she had done with Jaebum.
Dasom bows politely at everyone else before finally shifting her attention to Jackson, who's fidgeting nervously from besides Jinyoung.
"You're Jackson, right?" she asks him.
Jackson doesn't reply at first, just stares at Dasom and thinks wow, she's really pretty until he feels Jinyoung elbow him subtly in the ribs. "Yes, I'm Jackson," he finally answers with a tight smile.
"You were really funny on Roommate! Hyorin-unnie really likes you. We all do!" Dasom praises him.
Jackson visibly relaxes after hearing the compliment and Jaebum breathes a sigh of relief from across the room where he's running through the episode's rundown with the director.
The cameras are set up by now and the director lets them know they'll be filming for just around half an hour or so before the red light turns on. Dasom is already seated at the dining table, catching up with Jinyoung while Jackson sits across from her, listening intently.
"Jackson-ah, can you pour Dasom a glass of water, please?" Jaebum asks him as he begins setting the table with colorful plates of various dishes.
"Why don't you get it? You're the one who's married to her," Jackson snaps and he really meant for it to be a joke, he really did, but the words come out much harsher than intended. Dasom laughs nervously and Jaebum tenses at Jackson's remark.
"I'll get it," Mark quickly pipes up from where he's rinsing lettuce leaves for the barbecued beef and gives Jackson a pointed look when he hands the glass over to her.
Jaebum plops down next to Dasom when they're all settled to start eating, also giving Jackson a look similar to the one Mark had earlier.
"Jaebum-hyung, why don't you make Dasom-noona a lettuce wrap?" Yugyeom says while giggling and the director nods enthusiastically at Yugyeom's suggestion, signalling Jaebum to do so.
Jaebum reluctantly agrees as he begins laying slices of beef dipped in gochujang sauce onto a piece of lettuce before rolling it up and bringing it up to Dasom's mouth to feed her.
"Jaebum-hyung is such a gentleman," Kunpimook says as the other members cheer from the side.
Just then, Jackson reaches over the table, trying to grab a piece of pickled radish, stabbing his chopsticks onto the plate with more force than necessary. His hand lingers just a little bit longer and all he can see in his head is Jaebum's blinding smile as he feeds Dasom and the next thing he knows, he's pulling his hand up against Dasom's glass, knocking it over, sending water all over her lap.
"I'm so sorry!" Jackson cries in horror and he freezes when all eyes turn to look at him. Jackson can't believe how juvenile he's acting, especially on camera, but his feelings has always gotten the best of him. When he sees the look of disappointment Jaebum sends his way, he feels even more terrible.
"It's okay!" Dasom quickly says as she stands up and grabs a napkin to wipe her jeans. "It's just water, no big deal."
Jaebum stands up too and apologizes some more on behalf of Jackson before the stylist rushes over and hands Dasom another pair of jeans, ushering her towards where the bathroom is so she can change.
The rest of dinner progresses fairly well without any more mishaps. Dasom makes conversation with everyone, laughing whole heartedly at their jokes, which only makes Jackson feel even worse at his stupid antics because Dasom is actually really nice and it's not exactly her fault she's paired with Jaebum for the show.
Jackson bows a perfect ninety degrees at Dasom when they wrap up filming and they send her on her way.
"What the fuck, Jackson," Jaebum growls the second he closes their front door after the production crew, but not before bowing and giving them another apologetic smile.
The rest of the members fall silent from where they're standing around the kitchen. Jaebum has his hyung voice and then he has his leader voice which he only reserves for extreme circumstances where someone really needs a lecture. And right now, Jaebum is using his leader voice and his tone is so sharp, Jinyoung can almost feel Yugyeom flinch from besides him. They've all seen Jaebum get angry before, that's no surprise, but they've never seen him raise his voice at Jackson. Jaebum has always had a soft spot for the other boy.
"What do you mean what the fuck," Jackson replies just as sternly. He should be apologizing, he knows he's in the wrong, but Jaebum's anger is riling him up and his pride is really getting in the way. Jinyoung catches the permanent looks of anger in Jaebum's eyes and immediately pulls on Jackson's hand to get him to sit back down. He knows Jaebum way too well and right now, their leader isn't playing.
"You do know we were being filmed, right? Why were you acting like that on camera? Do you know how bad you made me look? How you made our team look? What's everyone going to think when they see this is how Got7 acts when someone visits their dorm? Do you ever think before you act?"
"Oh I'm sorry," Jackson says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Sorry I messed up your perfect image on camera. Because you're Im Jaebum, right? The perfect leader of Got7? God knows we can't taint that for the fans. Well imagine if they found out you're not the Prince Charming they think you are with the ladies. Imagine if they found out you were actually just fucking one of your members," Jackson spits out before pushing past Jaebum to go to his room.
Jaebum reaches out a hand and wraps it tightly around Jackson's wrist, hard enough to bruise.
"What the fuck do you want from me?" he towers over Jackson. "If you are so insecure that you need my reassurance every second of the day, then you need to find someone else."
Jaebum doesn't say a word to Jackson the next morning, just tells all of them to hurry up and get in the car so they won't be late to their interview with Olleh TV. Jaebum still ignores Jackson when he goes through the show's rundown with the members and wordlessly hands Jackson's assigned mic to him. And when the interviewer asks who are you guys closest to in the group? Jackson can't help but notice that Jaebum doesn't even bother to spare him a glance and easily wraps an arm around Jinyoung before they laugh and do the JJ Project hand sign.
Jackson knows he's gone too far this time.
"I fucked up," Jackson groans into his pillow later that night as he rolls around on his bed.
"Tell me something I don't know," Mark smirks before finally decides to take pity on Jackson. "Dude, just go apologize to him."
"I don't know what to say," Jackson says pathetically.
"Why are you always so hard on Jaebum, huh? I mean, we all know he likes you, but I don't know man, sometimes you just take it too far."
"That's because I really really like him. And he's Jaebum. He can have anyone he wants and he picked me," Jackson mumbles.
Mark raises his eyebrows in amusement.
"I swear to god Mark. If you tell anyone what I said, I'll fucking skin you alive," Jackson growls.
"Man, he's got you whipped," Mark shakes his head with laughter. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone how much you're in love with our leader, just go apologize and tell him everything you told me. But try not to sound as pathetic."
"I hate you," Jackson seethes as he climbs out of his bed. "I hate you so much. Some best friend you are. I hate you."
"Love you too, bro," Mark grins before Jackson throws his pillow in his face and barges out of the room. "If you don't come back tonight, I'll know you guys have made up!"
Mark's right, Jackson thinks, he really is pathetic as he tries to delay the apology by pacing back and forth in front of Jaebum and Youngjae's shared room, repeating the process of putting his hand on the doorknob and then letting go. Okay, you're Jackson Wang, he tells himself, wild and sexy, charismatic rapper and Olympic fencer-
"Jackson, just come in," Jaebum's voice comes from the other side and Jackson nearly leaps out of his skin. "I can practically hear you thinking to yourself, jesus christ."
Jackson pries open the door to find the other boy leaning against the wall on his bed, flipping through some papers.
"Where's Youngjae?" Jackson asks.
"Playing video games in Jinyoung's room."
"Well, what are you doing?" Jackson continues.
"Looking through the changes for tomorrow's schedule," Jaebum replies, but he doesn't look up.
Jackson nods and stands in the middle of the room awkwardly, staring at Jaebum's perfect face that he so desperately wants to grab and kiss.
"I'm sorry," he finally blurts out and Jaebum finally sets his papers down to look up at him properly. "I'm sorry, okay? I know I was being really stupid and jealous and stuff, but I can't help it sometimes because you're like Im Jaebum and I really like you and you're right, sometimes I feel insecure because you can basically have anyone you want and I don't want you to have anyone but me and-just-I'm sorry?"
"Jackson, come here," Jaebum says and Jackson carefully makes his way over to sit next to Jaebum on the bed. "Do you know why I was angry?"
"Because I was an idiot?"
"No-well, yes, you were, but I'm angry because I feel like you don't trust me. I've told you so many times I like you and only you and yet I feel like you're always suspicious when I'm with someone other than you. You suffocate me sometimes, Jackson. I really like you too and to be honest, it's pretty hot when you get jealous, but you need to take it down a notch and give me some breathing room, okay?"
"Okay," Jackson nods firmly. "I'll try to work on it, I really will. Promise."
Jaebum's eyes turn soft as he reaches out and pulls Jackson closer.
"Can I kiss you now?" Jackson asks eagerly and gets rewarded with Jaebum's stunning smile that makes his heart beat erratically.
Jaebum leans in and Jackson meets him half way, sighing contently into the kiss.
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