| Jake x Ni-ki |

When Jake and Riki started dating, it was fine—at first. His hyungs didn't seem to mind. He recalls Heeseung and Sunoo talking to Jake for what seemed like hours about how he should treat him right and how precious and young he was, so Jake shouldn't break his heart. Sometimes, being the youngest has its perks.

Being the youngest also has its moments, especially because they had known him since he was 14. They wouldn't let Jake be alone with him for almost two weeks because they didn't trust him to be in the same room as Riki.

That was an amusing two weeks for Riki.

***

"You know, the other day, Jungwon was scolding me for kissing you," Jake said as he sat next to Riki, both of them holding consoles in their hands.

"Oh?" The younger raised an eyebrow, his eyes still focused on the screen in front of him.

"Why would Won-hyung even do that?" Riki asked, locking eyes with Jake's lighter brown ones. *Pretty eyes,* Riki thought. He was lucky he didn't say that out loud—Jake teased him enough already.

Jake shrugged and leaned back on the bed, placing his console beside him. Then, he grabbed Riki's hand and pulled the maknae closer, letting him rest his head on the Australian's shoulder.

"The other day, I heard them talking about whether we ever did 'it,'" Jake continued.

Riki whipped his head around, his face turning crimson. "What?!" he coughed out. He wasn't stupid; he knew what Jake was trying to say. It was just the last thing he expected him to say.

Jake smirked at his reaction, chuckling at his boyfriend's panicked expression. To be fair, that was his reaction when he first heard the conversation. The last thing he expected was for them to think they had even tried. 

They barely kissed a lot, maybe because it's been under a year, yet they still cared. It was sort of touching to Jake, but Riki would never see it that way. 

He'd probably call them crazy.

Jake had to hold back laughter just thinking about Riki scolding a group of people who were all older than him. Gosh, he thought.

I really do love my boyfriend.

Riki shoved Jake's shoulder to get his attention, earning a groan from the older. "There is no way I'm ever looking at them again. I might as well just die," Riki mumbled, biting the tips of his nails.

"Don't be overdramatic, Ki. They just think you're not educated on the subject," Jake explained. "Just tell them you know whatever they're going to say, and they'll leave you alone."

There was silence.

"Riki?"

More silence.

"Holy shit, you were never taught sex ed?" Jake asked, amused, pulling himself up to face Riki. The younger covered his face in absolute embarrassment.

"Hyung, stop talking," he mumbled. "It just never came up when I took online classes. I guess I must've skipped that subject..." he sheepishly whispered.

Laughter erupted from Jake's lips. "Ki-san, how do you skip over the majority of biology?" he snickered.

A scowl formed on Riki's face. "Hyung, I'm stupid. I'm not going to remember it even if they tell me," he grumbled, crossing his arms. Jake rolled his eyes.

"Stop using that as your excuse all the time. You aren't dumb," he said, booping Riki's nose. "You're rather smart, but oh god, Ki, just lie then," he pointed out.

Riki's eyes lit up, but then he pouted again. "Hyung, Heeseung and Jungwon can see through my lies like glass," he whined, flopping back onto the bed.

Jake sighed before rolling over to Riki's side of the bed. "Sucks to be you, then."

"Asshole."

"Love you too."

***

Riki really did try to convince Jungwon that he didn't need to be lectured, but his leader was stubborn and simply said that he and the rest of his hyungs just cared for Riki and "don't want you to do anything irresponsible."

—He really didn't know if that was a good thing anymore—

But, to his disappointment, his hyungs—for some reason—were determined to explain the importance of it the moment he started dating.

His boyfriend was not even close to helpful. Hell! He just sat there in embarrassment. Maybe because Ni-ki was like 19, and they had no clue if he knew anything about safe sex education, mainly because he had been basically home-schooled his entire life.

So, here he is, sitting on the living room couch with everyone. Everyone.

Riki felt thrilled, really.

They all looked at the ground. The inevitable was here, so what was the point in ignoring it? "Hyungs, this is stupid, and you know I'm right," Riki mumbled, fiddling with his ring finger as he glanced at Jake.

Oh, his sweet, lovable, and kind boyfriend—and yet he was absolutely useless right now.

He wasn't even trying to hide how funny this was to him. Sometimes, Riki wanted to punch him or kick him. Both would get him in trouble, but both would also be forgiven, so it didn't matter.

"Honestly, I don't know about you, but I think this is a good lesson for you," Jake shrugged, grinning at Riki. Sometimes, hitting people was okay, like right now when Riki's hand lightly touched Jake's face.

He didn't know why the older said he was being mean. He wasn't the one who started it.

"You know, if you all are so desperate to tell me the safety of sex, then you should tell it to Jake-hyung. He's the more 'mature' one," Riki grumbled, his hands making air quotes at "mature."

Jake rolled his eyes, and the rest just stared at him. It only took a quick glance between his hyungs before Riki was told to leave. The younger grinned before sticking his tongue out at Jake and exiting the room.

Oh, he's in for a scolding later, but anything to just piss off Jake.

***

"You fucking dick!" Jake shouted as he slammed open the door. Riki could hear the sarcasm in his voice.

"Hiiiiiiiii, so how was the talk?" Riki asked, his lips forming a sly smile.

Jake let out an exasperated sigh before climbing back on the bed. "You're a hypocrite, you know," Riki said, and the older's face scrunched up.

"How so?" Jake asked.

Riki faux-cleared his throat. "Well, you found it funny when I was being lectured, but you're mad at me?" he questioned, his hands holding his hyung's face. "Hypocrisy, hyung," Riki giggled.

"To be fair, I'm older, so I'm allowed to tease you," Jake said unconcernedly.

Riki rolled his eyes before slapping Jake's shoulder, knowing it did no harm. "Hypocrite."

"I love you too."

Jake sighed, rolling over to the younger's side of the bed as he hugged Riki's thighs. A blush bloomed on Riki's cheeks as he kissed Jake's dark hair. His boyfriend's hair smelled refreshing; he liked that.

"Love you too." 

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authors notes ; 

— title:: apt - by rosè & Bruno Mars || 

; I've been wanting to write for a while now, if the writing style seems different it's because I'm still learning 🙏— it'll get better (eventually) 

— how is everyone? i was gone for months, even if I did talk on the posts. not officially back but I am trying to finish writing up my multi-chap fic :DD 

; see you all soon  🫶

— aera / author🌙