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UNTIL I FOUND HER | kth
⤡ part of the dads universe
⤠pairing: football/soccer player!taehyung x female readerÂ
⤠genre: best friends to lovers, idiots to lovers, angst, fluff, and smutÂ
⤠rating: 18+
⤠warnings: dom!taehyung, swearing, alcohol consumption, jealousy, a lot of making out, sexual tension, mention of sex, some teasing, praising, fingering, penetrative sex, unprotected sex, rough sex, multiple orgasms, mention of oral sex, some crying, mention of pregnancy, mention of unprotected sex, mention of abortion, and pregnancy Â
⤠words: 17,145
⤠summary: taehyung is your best friend, heâs been part of your life for as long as you can remember. his love life is a complete chaos. there is only one girl he has truly ever loved. that girl is you. but how would things turn out when he finds out that you love him back? Â
⤠authorâs note: the fic is finally here đ¤ i loved writing this fic & writing this Tae, heâs so soft 𼚠honestly, i was super excited to post it, i truly hope you enjoy this fic đ let me know what you think of it & thanks for reading, angels â¨
DECEMBER 31, 2021
As every year, you celebrate the new year with your best friend, Taehyung. Youâre not really fond of this celebration but you get to be with your best friend so you deeply cherish this day. This day is also a continuation of his birthday which takes place the day before.Â
Since he became a professional footballer/soccer player, you barely get to see him. His life changed completely. He trains a lot on a daily basis, he has games during the weekend, he constantly travels, and most importantly, he became famous. Heâs one of the best players of his generation so he gets a fair amount of attention. Itâs been hard for you to find your place in this new life, but Taehyung has always made sure to keep in contact with you. Most importantly, he has been keeping you out of the public eye.Â
Everything that he does instantly makes headlines, he doesnât get much of a private life. However, he protects the people he dearly loves. Seeing him become that famous broke your heart because youâve been loving him for a couple of years now. With his fame, you get to see him kissing girls and flirting with them. For a while, he also had a girlfriend and he was going everywhere with her. It was hard to see even though he had introduced her to you.Â
There are quite a lot of people at this party. But nothing new. You donât know most of the people, they are friends of friends of friends. In summary, they were invited by someone. Taehyung also invited known people like Jungkook, a famous singer, and Hoseok, a famous actor. Theyâve met through acquaintances and since then, theyâve been invited to this new year party. You like them a lot, they are very nice people despite being famous. Hoseok is actually the one with whom youâve got closer. Heâs now like a super friend.Â
Youâre sitting at a table with Jungkook and youâre animatedly speaking. Honestly, youâre surprised by the life this man lives. Heâs been a singer for more than 10 years but it feels like he has been living that life for 30 years. So many things have happened in his life and he has done so much. Heâs also young so itâs almost impossible to believe him.Â
For a brief moment, your eyes scan the room and your body freezes for a split second when your eyes meet Taehyungâs. Heâs so fucking gorgeous. The type of gorgeous that takes your breath away. Well, heâs always handsome but tonight, heâs even more than usual.Â
His hair is fully pushed back, except for a strand of hair falling on his face. It kind of makes him look like a bad boy. However, heâs a nice bad boy which is ironic. Heâs wearing a flannel blue shirt with a large black pair of jeans. Itâs simple but anything simple looks great on him.Â
You both glance at each other for a moment, it feels like thereâs nobody else but you. Since yesterday, things have been different between you. The way you look at each other is different, the way you act around each other has changed. Nothing is awkward. Itâs simply different but itâs a different that feels good. However, it leaves you wondering why your encounter changed this time around. What caused this change?Â
After what felt like an eternity, Taehyung joins you.
âHowâs the night going?â He asks you.Â
Your eyes glance at him. âSo far, itâs going well,â you answer with a smile.Â
Taehyung smiles back at you. âIâm glad weâre here together tonight,â he says. âI was actually looking forward to seeing you because itâs been a while.âÂ
Your best friend is sometimes sad to not be able to see as much as heâd like to. For sure, heâs content with being a footballer/soccer player but this life has drifted you apart. By some miracle, you managed to keep the friendship which heâs very happy with. However, he barely sees you in a year. He tries to always make it to your birthday and make sure you get to celebrate his birthday and new year together.Â
However, he wishes he could be with you forever.Â
This separation sometimes breaks his heart because he spent all his childhood and teenage years with you, and now, you barely see each other. Of course, you text and call each other daily but it isnât the same.
As he says those words, you can feel the heat taking over your face. Hearing those words makes you feel something in your stomach, you canât quite explain it but it definitely makes you feel good and loved.Â
âMe too,â you simply reply.Â
Taehyung offers you a genuine smile before taking a sip of the drink heâs holding. Probably a cocktail that he prepared. For a little while, you talk about random things that happened in your life for the past months. The two of you enjoy this moment, it warms both of your hearts to hear what has been going on.Â
Taehyung canât help but love the way you smile as you explain an event that occurred at work. The way your face lights up when you talk about work makes it obvious to him that you adore what you do for a living. He canât help but find you absolutely stunning tonight. Youâre wearing a blue pair of jeans with a floral top. It fits you perfectly. Well, he believes that everything fits you perfectly.Â
After a while, you split as you start talking with other friends around you. Throughout the night, you keep drinking some cocktails prepared specifically for the party. Well, some bartenders were hired for the event so you can ask whatever you want and theyâll make it.Â
You head to the little bar, joining Jungkook whoâs already ordering something.Â
âHi again,â you say as you reach him.Â
His head turns to the left, a smile growing on his face when he sees you.Â
âHi again,â he replies.Â
Jungkook is a very good-looking man. He emanates a strong confidence which causes everyone to constantly look at him. For sure, you believe that this comes with being a singer. A singer constantly performs in front of people, gives interviews, signs autographs, takes pictures with fans, and many other things. For you, a singer needs to be comfortable in their shoes otherwise things can be hard, especially for the attention they get. Itâs hard to imagine how Jungkook can handle all that. Well, you wonder the same with Tae because, at the end of the day, all of that applies to him as well.Â
âHas someone ever told you how pretty you are?â he asks with evident seriousness. âI constantly wonder how Tae hasnât already fallen for you.âÂ
Your cheeks instantly turn red. This is clearly and certainly unexpected. You never imagined that he considered you as pretty. Usually, famous people only find super thin and fit women as pretty, and to be honest, youâre none of both. But it actually flatters you that such a handsome man finds you pretty.
Since he caught you off guard, you donât even know what to reply. âTae is my best friend.âÂ
As soon as those words leave your lips, you actually feel ridiculous. Tae is your best friend but that doesnât change the fact that you developed feelings for him. However, youâre convinced that he doesnât feel the same about you.Â
âHonestly, if you were my best friend, I would have already tried to seduce you,â he tells you. âBeing best friends doesnât necessarily mean that you canât fall for each other.âÂ
Heâs totally right, and you absolutely know it.Â
âYouâre not wrong,â you reply.Â
A smile appears on his face. Heâs stunning when he smiles. As you glance at him for a little while, you realize that you clearly understand why he has many girls at his feet. Heâs very talented and attractive. No wonder that most of the girls scream like crazy when they see him.Â
âAnd to answer your first question, not many people have said that to me,â you say.Â
âWell, they clearly are blind,â he teasingly says.Â
A little laugh escapes your lips. Honestly, if this fantastic singer is going to flirt with you tonight, youâll do the same. Itâs not every day that someone like Jungkook flirts with you.Â
From afar, Taehyung watches the two of you discuss. Itâs more than obvious that his friend, Jungkook is flirting with you. What he hates watching is you flirting back with him. From the way you laugh at his silly jokes to the way you touch him makes him want to throw up. Never in his life did he think heâd have to watch you flirt.Â
But he canât do anything. Youâre not his. Heâs just your best friend. More than anyone else, you deserve happiness. He canât stop what is starting to happen between you and Jungkook. If you like each other, what can he concretely do? He takes a sip of his drink. For a moment, he simply looks at the two of you openly flirting together. He wishes that this would have not happened in front of him. It makes him jealous, and he doesnât like that feeling. It makes him feel vulnerable.Â
Right at that moment, Jungkook looks at him with a devious smile. Tae knows right there and then that heâs doing this on purpose. But why? For sure, he does that because he has an idea in his mind. Tae talks again with the guy next to him about football/soccer. It occupies his mind and it also doesnât tempt him to glance at you.Â
After a while, Jungkook takes a seat next to him. He smiles like an idiot, Tae only wants to slap him when he smiles like that.Â
âYou should tell her you like her,â he says with still that silly smile.Â
âI donât see what youâre talking about,â Tae replies with his cheeks turning red.Â
âYes, you know,â he instantly answers. âItâs written all over your face that you fell for her.âÂ
Tae takes a sip to try to cool down his bodyâs temperature.Â
âI noticed it a while ago,â he starts saying. âYouâre quite subtle. Being her best friend is the excuse you use to hide your true feelings. But slowly, I realized the way your face lit up when you talked about her. It was obvious you liked her more than a friend,â Jungkook explains. âI used this party to test the waters by flirting with her and your face confirmed it all.âÂ
The footballer looks at his friend in disbelief. Itâs unbelievable that his friend did that to simply confirm a theory. But heâs also surprised that he noticed he has feelings for you. For years, he thought he was discreet but it looks like he wasnât after all. If Jungkook noticed it, surely other people would too.Â
âBy the way, I totally get why you fell in love with her. Beyond being petty, she has a wonderful soul,â Jungkook adds. âBut donât waste more time. Go talk to her.âÂ
Tae shakes his head. âI donât want to ruin our friendship. I care too much about her and I donât want to lose her.âÂ
âMaybe you wonât lose her,â his friend says. âMaybe the feelings are mutual, maybe she loves you too.âÂ
Taehyung doesnât believe that. Heâs truly convinced that you only see him as a very good friend and nothing more. Plus, he isnât going to say anything because heâs scared to be heartbroken. He wouldnât be able to handle that and still be your friend. And heâs sure that you would refuse to remain friends. Â
âIâm sorry, JK but Iâm not going to do that,â he replies before leaving his friend alone.Â
Tae would rather see you falling in love with someone else than lose you forever. Thatâs the naked truth. He would prefer to be jealous than heartbroken.Â
As the night goes on, Taehyung avoids you. The discussion he had with Jungkook ⤠and seeing you flirting with him ⤠disturbed him. He knows that if heâs around you, he wonât be able to act like nothing happened. That he wonât be able to contain his jealousy.Â
The entire night youâre confused about why your best friend isnât with you. It actually breaks your heart. You keep wondering if you did something wrong. The only thing that crosses your mind is the little flirting session with Jungkook. You wonder if heâs angry that his friend dared to get close to you. Thatâs the only reason you can think of. Itâs the only thing that makes sense.Â
Taehyung keeps eyeing you from afar. Itâs hard to be far from you when youâre in the same room. All he wants is to be next to you but he canât. So he keeps on drinking and you do the same. By the time itâs 23:59, youâre both just completely drunk.Â
â10, 9, 8,â everybody shouts as you watch the countdown on tv.Â
You slowly get closer to Taehyung.Â
â7, 6, 5,â he looks for you in the room.Â
â4, 3, 2,â your eyes meet.Â
â1, 0,â your hearts beat fast.Â
âHappy new year!â everybody screams with joy.Â
You hug the person next to you and wish her a very happy new year. She does the same with a bright smile on her face. You keep doing that with friends while exchanging cheek kisses. It makes you happy to be starting the new year with them and their best wishes. You can feel that this year will be fantastic. You canât explain how but you feel it deep inside you. Itâs an intuition.Â
Slowly but surely, you get closer to Taehyung. There is no other person in this room with whom youâd like to hug, kiss, and wish a very happy new year. Heâs the only person that has ever mattered in your life.Â
Once youâre face to face, you simply stare at each other. Your heart is racing inside your chest, your body is completely frozen, and your mind canât think straight. Being in front of him after what felt like a crazy night is strange.Â
You take a step forward, your faces are quite close, and a smile appears on both your faces.Â
âHappy new year, Tae,â you finally say.Â
His smile grows bigger and even gets brighter. It almost looks like heâs shining. He gets closer to you in order to hug you but as he takes a step closer, his face gets closer to yours. For a split second, you can see his eyes going down on your lips which causes your heart to hammer even more in your chest.Â
Your eyes are lost in his, your breathing getting heavier, and the roomâs temperature increasing insanely. You can feel his hot breath on your face, his strong scent invades all your senses. Right now, the crowd in the room disappears completely. Thereâs only you and him.Â
All you want to do right now is to kiss him desperately. You want to feel his lips on yours. You want to taste his lips. You want to get lost in his lips. For years, you wondered what itâd feel like to kiss him, and at this exact moment, you sense like youâre about to find it out.Â
Taehyung sees your eyes looking down at his lips which makes him feel like heâs won. Jungkookâs words echo in his head. âMaybe she loves you too.â Maybe Jungkook was right. By the way youâre looking at him, heâd say that his friend was indeed right. You wouldnât be looking at him with an evident desire to kiss him written all over your face if you were considering him as a friend. This wouldnât be happening if he was only your friend.Â
A strong warmth invades his heart as he knows that he can do what heâs been dying to do for years. Heâs still hesitant though. Heâs not sure if he can do it.Â
âHappy new year to you too, yn,â he whispers while his face gets even closer to yours. âI wish you all the best for this new year.âÂ
Shivers run down your spine. His eyes stare deep into yours and it makes you feel like he senses what you deeply crave right now.Â
Once he says those words, his mouth meets yours. Even though you want this, it catches you by surprise so it takes you a hot second to kiss him back. The kiss is shy at first, as if youâre both scared but it slowly turns into a desperate and fervent one. One of his hands goes to the back of your neck while the other one goes to your hips. He pushes your body closer to his. Your hands cup his face while you intensely kiss each other.Â
This feels like heaven for you two. This kiss has been wanted for years, but none of you dared to do it, too scared to ruin the friendship. Now that this is happening youâre not even afraid to lose each other. However, you wonder if this is only occurring because youâre both completely wasted.Â
You open your mouth, giving him free access to your mouth. His tongue doesnât hesitate one second to find yours. Gently, your tongues meet and it feels wonderful. Inside of your lower belly, thousands of butterflies are freed. Never have you thought that this wouldâve happened one day.Â
When youâre both out of breath, you break the kiss and rest your foreheads against the other. For a moment, you simply look at each other while you catch your breath. Taehyungâs fingers softly caress your face and you close your eyes to savour this moment.Â
âThis is a great way to start the year,â your best friend murmurs.Â
You open your eyes to look at him. Heâs so beautiful, he looks like a dream. This all sounds like a dream but itâs really taking place. You really kissed him. This isnât something coming out of your imagination. This is real.Â
This time youâre the one who kisses him. You donât want this to ever stop, you want to keep kissing him until your body canât handle it anymore. A soft moan leaves his mouth when your lips meet. He also wants to keep doing this forever. He doesnât know if youâll both remember this tomorrow because youâre drunk so he wants to enjoy every second of it.Â
Taehyung teasingly bites your lower lip which causes a moan to escape your mouth. A devious smirk appears on his face but he gets back to kissing you fervently. This kiss seems to slowly evolve into something more. Itâs evident that you want more. You can feel it in the way his tongue plays with yours, in the way your hands move in his body, and in the way his hands hold you tight against his body. You obviously want to have sex together. This could stop you but it doesnât. You desperately crave this.Â
He breaks the kiss, it wouldnât be appropriate to keep doing this in the middle of this crowded room.Â
âDo you want to go to my place?â he nervously asks.Â
Right there, when he dares to ask this, you realize the extent of the situation. You kissed your best friend, and thereâs no doubt that youâre not going to his place to play cards. If you accept his proposal, youâll get laid. Would your friendship resist this? Would you even remain friends? Would this mean that youâre together now?Â
Those questions are quickly erased from your mind. Youâve already ruined the friendship by kissing each other. Going a bit further wonât change that. And honestly, right now, you donât want to think about what will happen tomorrow.Â
âYes,â you nod.Â
Your best friend smiles before grabbing your hand and taking you out of this place. He guides you to the parking lot where his car is. Itâs an underground parking lot and thereâs absolutely nobody except you and Taehyung. You quickly reach his car, a brand new BMW X1. Itâs such a wonderful car. You donât know much about cars, you just look at them from the outside and judge them. You heard many good things about the brand BMW so youâre convinced itâs a good car.Â
He opens the car door for you before making your way inside the car. The smell of leather invades your senses. Weirdly, itâs a smell that youâve always liked. The smell of a brand-new car always brings you back to a childhood memory, a very good one. So, you always like this smell. Taehyung looks at you with marvel. Heâs aware of this liking of yours and he knows what it is related to. He finds you adorable.Â
Quickly, he starts the car and drives like a crazy to reach his place as soon as possible. He definitely doesnât want to waste time. All he wants right now is to have his lips on yours and fuck you until thereâs no tomorrow.  Â
As soon as you arrive at his place, the two of you leave the car in a hurry. In less than a minute, you enter your place, take your shoes and coats off, and run to his massive bedroom. You know his place by heart as youâve come a hundred times. Itâs quite a wonderful and impressive house but right now, you donât really have the time to take a proper look at his place.Â
Taehyung doesnât waste a second before kissing you passionately. Damn, he is desperate to feel your lips against his. Itâs all he wanted to do during the car ride. Actually, he is simply completely desperate for you. After all, heâs been having a crush on you for years.Â
âI desperately want you, yn,â he whispers against your lips with his deep voice.Â
You clench your tights together, his raspy voice sending shivers down your spine, but his voice is so low that you barely hear his words. However, you donât need to hear him say it to know it, itâs clearly written all over his face.Â
âAnd Iâm desperate for you, Tae,â you reply.Â
The football/soccer player presses his lips against yours once again but this time, heâs kissing you with a fervent passion. Having his lips on yours feels like a dream, it almost feels like this isnât happening. But damn, this is even better than anything you dreamed.Â
Slowly, the two of you walk closer to the bed before sliding onto it, now finding yourself lying on the bed with his toned figure hovering over you. His toned body is still something youâre trying to adjust. Taehyung used to have a frail body but since he became a professional player, his body has completely changed. He got even hotter with time.Â
Never once do you break the kiss, loving the feeling of your tongues sensually battling in your mouth. A small whimper escapes your throat as his hands move down to your waist. He softly caresses you before his hands pull up your floral top to finally touch your skin. His long fingers brush on your stomach, the cold feeling of them making you moan.    Â
âYour skin is so soft,â he whispers on your lips while his eyes lock with yours.Â
He doesnât let you answer and his teeth grab your lower lip, snatching a moan out of you. Haltingly, his right hand descends on your body, goosebumps rising on your body as his fingers get closer to your core. His long fingers push your pants and underwear down your legs before throwing them onto the floor.
As slowly and carefully as possible, they swipe along your slit, making you gasp at the contact. A moan escapes your mouth, and Taehyung has to admit this is a sound that he adores. For sure, this is something that heâll get to hear often tonight, and fuck, he canât wait to make you moan even more.Â
At first, your crush abuses your clit with his thumb in order to get you wet before he inserts his fingers inside you to stretch you open. The feeling of his cold thumb circling on your clit feels marvelous, Taehyung is doing wonders to your body.Â
âIâm gonna add a finger,â he warns you.   Â
The man wastes no time before dipping one finger into your heat, preparing you for what is coming. His eyes watch as your face contorts with delight while his finger slowly pumps in and out of you. It feels divine to have his finger inside you. It brushes against all the right spots inside you, this already feels like heaven on earth.   Â
âFuck, youâre already so wet, butterfly,â he says to you.Â
Hearing the nickname sends shivers down your spine. From time to time, Tae gives you cute nicknames and you actually love that. It sometimes makes you feel like your romantic feelings are reciprocated.Â
For a little while, he just stretches you open with one finger. The man has no rush in giving you pleasure but he knows that in the end, all this preparation will give you the best orgasm of your life.   Â
âIâm going to add a second finger,â he informs you.Â
The fact that he lets you know what heâs about to do melts your heart. Taehyung is such a gentleman even when he gets all dirty. At least you can prepare yourself for whatever size his cock is. Hopefully, itâs not a monster. Based on what you can see thanks to his pants, heâs not small but at the same time, he doesnât look too big.Â
Once his second finger slips inside you, you spread your legs a bit more. Small gasps of delight leave your lips as he pleases you with only two fingers. The room around you starts to get extremely hot, your heart starts to pound faster and harder in your chest, and the pleasure starts to build within you. Taehyung smiles as he feels his fingers getting covered with your wetness. Â
âFuck, butterfly,â he mumbles, âyouâre getting so wet.âÂ
His fingers slowly move completely out of your pussy before sliding them in again with ease. Another moan leaves your mouth, closing your eyes to enjoy the feeling of his fingers filling you up. He repeats the action of moving his fingers out but this time, he brings his fingers to his mouth to taste your sweet and sticky juices. As he does so, you take a moment to admire his strong arms. Something that always turns you on when looking at his arms is how veiny they are.Â
Your eyes never leave him, a moan leaving your mouth as he twirls his tongue around his fingers. The sight is so damn erotic, and it makes you grow wetter. Taehyung places himself in between your legs, spreading them even more to get a proper view of your cunt. Youâre prettier than in his wildest dreams. He canât wait to be fully inside you and to feel your velvety walls around him. That thought alone almost makes him groan.Â
The two of you are already completely consumed by pleasure. As this is something you both desired for a long time, it makes everything feel more intense. Youâre simply so needy for each other.Â
He licks his lips, taking in the amazing view he has before him. This sight alone turns him on even more.Â
âYouâre so wonderful, butterfly,â he runs his thumb over his lower lip.Â
Your friend takes his shirt off, exposing his upper body to your very hungry eyes. Without an ounce of shame, your eyes wander on his toned chest and arms. Heâs so fucking hot. Itâs not the first time youâve seen him shirtless. Youâve already seen him a couple of times shirtless. However, itâs different this time. Heâs shirtless because youâre about to be fucked by this god.Â
Taehyung leans closer to you before pressing a chaste kiss on your lips. When he stands again, he pushes again two fingers inside your core, making you moan at the feeling of his wet fingers inside your velvety walls. For a little moment, he just enjoys torturing you at a slow pace with his two fingers covered in your wetness. Nothing can compare to the excitement he feels when he sees you contorting with delight. A delight that he is causing with his fingers. That swells his heart in a way he canât even explain.Â
Heâs pleasuring the woman he always loved.Â
âReady for a third finger?â he asks.Â
You nod, knowing perfectly that you need that third finger to stretch your core even more. Your body and mind can even picture how it will feel. However, slowly but surely, youâre getting desperate to have his dick buried deep inside you. After your contentment, he curls a third finger into you, and damn, you love it so much. Your head rolls back, loving every second of Taehyungâs torture on you but as you do so, you expose your neck to his burning eyes. Without any hesitation, his mouth finds your neck.Â
Having his fingers thrusting faster, and his tongue and teeth abusing your neck makes you moan more and more. Without any warning, the wave of pleasure fiercely washes over you, Taehyungâs name rolling out of your tongue while he keeps abusing your neck and core. You close your eyes to enjoy the feeling that this orgasm generates.Â
âWow,â you barely manage to say.Â
This is the first orgasm Taehyung offered you. It tastes tremendously wonderful, and you only want more. Your friend only stops torturing you when youâve come down for your high. His fingers are fully covered with your arousal by now, and he carefully pushes them out of you to take a proper look at them. You gasp at the feeling of emptiness.
âWow, it was so intense,â you finally say as you open your eyes.Â
Youâre greeted with your friend licking his fingers to taste you. Heâs standing tall between your legs with his long fingers in his mouth. Thatâs a very hot and intense vision, and you never thought you needed it before. This man is turning you on like crazy! You could keep looking at this forever.Â
âAnd itâs only the beginning, butterfly,â Taehyung replies with a little smirk appearing on his face.Â
âYouâre such a tease,â you reply before giving him a gentle slap on his chest.Â
A little laugh escapes his lips.Â
âItâs nothing new,â he mumbles as he gets closer to you. âIâve always teased you,â he whispers in your ear.Â
Fuck, youâre not sure youâll be able to survive this night. Itâs only the beginning and youâre already dead. Before you can comprehend what is going on, the man on top of you fully removes your top and wastes no time in removing your bra. Feeling his fingers brushing against your skin sends shivers all over your body. Your eyes only stare deep in his lusty gaze.Â
Your heart is rapidly hammering in your chest, ready to burst at any second. Sharing such an intimate moment with him is something youâve been dreaming of for years, and youâve been desiring it more than you can even express. However, having it actually happen is quite something. As your eyes keep watching him, you take in every single detail of his sweet face.Â
He has a pronounced jaw which is part of his charm. He has a little mole on his nose which makes him cute. His dark hair is falling on his face which makes him even more handsome. His deep dark eyes are looking at you with evident desire which turns you on. He has heart-shaped lips which youâve desired to kiss for years.Â
This all feels unreal. Â Â
Quickly, the lust written all over his face turns into worry. His brows furrow, and you canât resist the urge to touch the spot right in between his brows. Taehyung shivers when he senses your fingers before closing his eyes for a brief moment. This moment right here is the most intimate you both ever experienced in your lives. Youâve had partners in the past and you loved them, but nothing compares to this feeling.Â
The love you share has grown over the years and it only got stronger over time. This inevitable moment is the simple proof of your deep and shared love. Yes, itâs dirty, but itâs filled with true love. Itâs evident that youâre soulmates. True soulmates.Â
Taehyung opens his eyes to be greeted by the prettiest woman he has ever seen. He could do this eternally. Seeing you every day would be his greatest pleasure. Being able to touch you every single day would be his biggest dream. Being around you is and will forever be his home. Youâre the person that has ever been able to make him feel at home. It has never been about a place. It has always been about a person.Â
Without hesitation, you both kiss each other with tenderness and passion. Youâre kissing each other like itâs the last time youâll do it. And god, you indescribably love it. Your hands instantly find their way to his fluffy hair, softly playing with it as you kiss him like thereâs no tomorrow. His tongue slowly finds yours to share an erotic dance. Little moans leave both your lips. Deep down in your body, you can feel the pleasure growing inside you. This kiss wakes up every single fiber of your body. Â
âYn,â Taehyung whispers against your lips.Â
Slowly, your eyes look up at him. His eyes are closed so you canât see them but you smile because you canât help but find him adorable while he kisses you. You close your eyes to savor this moment. You break the kiss to catch your breath. Taehyungâs eyes quickly scan you before his lips get close to your ear.     Â
âYouâre a fucking dream, butterfly,â he whispers with a deep voice before he nibbles your ear which makes you moan.Â
Itâs so disconcerting how he can switch from sweet to filthy in a second.Â
âAnd youâre my fucking dream, Taetae,â you reply before pressing a gentle kiss on his cheek.Â
A smile spreads across his face while he buries it in the hollow of your neck. You can feel his smile against your lips and you canât help but hold him tight against you. After a little while, he presses kisses on your neck. Little moans escape your lips as he keeps leaving a trail of kisses from your neck to your jaw. Rapidly, he reaches your lips and presses a kiss on them.Â
Taehyung stands back again to take his pants and underwear off. But before he can unzip his pants, heâs taken aback by your question.Â
âSo weâre going to make babies?â you softly ask while looking at him.Â
Taehyung is no stranger to your shyness when it comes to sexuality. He has always spoken very openly about his sexual activities. Not with you of course because heâs a crush on you and it feels weird to be talking about having sex with someone to the girl he loves. However, he isnât embarrassed to sometimes bring up the topic. He has already said that he adores blowjobs, especially if they are done very well. Or that he loves giving pleasure to his partner. Whenever he talks about it, you instantly turn red. He has always found you incredibly adorable.Â
On top of turning red, you also donât use harsh words. For example, you donât say âcockâ or âdickâ out loud. Instead, youâll say âpipiâ, standing for penis. Youâll say ânaughty timeâ instead of âhaving sexâ. Sometimes, he even likes to tease you because youâre the cutest person ever when you get shy. Heâs aware that youâve had sex and the simple thought of you doing it with someone else makes him angry. But even though youâve had sex, you still get very shy when the topic is brought up. Which honestly is very ironic.Â
âWell, if by making babies, you mean having sex,â he starts saying. âIâll say yes, butterfly.âÂ
Butterfly is a nickname that comes from when you were kids. Most of the time, youâd be the kind of girl running after butterflies in the park. Taehyung would run with you of course but youâd be the first to do it. Jokingly, he started calling you âbutterflyâ but it stayed. But after he started dating his first girlfriend, he stopped giving you that nickname. You always thought she was the one who asked him to stop calling you like that, but it wasnât.Â
He stopped doing it because, with time, that nickname meant that he loved you. He was never able to give a simple cute nickname to any of his girlfriends. It was impossible for him. Giving you a nickname was the proof that he loved you more than a friend should. He had to hide his feelings so that meant stopping calling you âbutterflyâ. However, sometimes, he still does it, especially when he gets tipsy. Â
But tonight, he has said the nickname more than he has done over the last few years. And it gives you butterflies.Â
Taehyung slowly undresses himself in front of you, and you enjoy the view. Heâs incredibly handsome. You donât even understand how you got here with your best friend. You bite your lower lip as you admire him undressing himself. Thatâs hot.Â
When heâs fully naked, your eyes inevitably look down at his manhood. Itâs quite something. Itâs a bit long but not too long as well. Itâs a reasonable length. On top of that, itâs thick. Youâd say itâs a reasonable thickness but that wouldnât be quite right. Honestly, his dick isnât a monster, but itâs not a baby too. Most of your previous partners had smaller dicks. Nonetheless, heâs impressive, and you canât wait to have him deep inside you. Â
âAre you ready, yn?â you nod, ready to be completely mind-blown by this man you desperately love.Â
Taehyung holds his hard member before stroking it a few times, your hands snail down to his abs before slowly moving up. He bends down to press a kiss on your lips before he slowly buries his cock inside your soaked core, stretching your velvety walls. Both of you moan as he slowly pushes his thick cock inside you. Fuck, it feels wonderful.Â
Since the beginning of the night, youâve been craving this and youâre both enjoying this.Â
Once heâs deep inside you, his hips stay still to give you the time to adjust. His lips press a gentle kiss since he adores doing it. For a little moment, your mind only focuses on him and his lips. Nothing else. When he breaks the kiss, your walls clench around his thick member, making him groan.Â
âDonât torture me, butterly,â he begs, his eyes locked on yours.Â
âSorry,â you apologize. âIt wasnât made on purpose, Tae,â you reply.Â
His lips press another sweet kiss on your lips, but very quickly, it turns into a fervent kiss. As youâre kissing, he slowly moves inside you. Itâs very subtle but you definitely feel it. When you break the kiss, you give him a small slap on his ass.Â
âWhenever you want, you can move,â you whisper against his lips.  Â
A giggle leaves his mouth after the small slap on his ass. Heâs actually very amazed, he never imagined youâd ever slap his ass one day. In all honesty, heâs surprised in a good way.Â
Taehyung slowly pushes back, leaving only the tip of his cock inside you. His large hands find their way to your waist, caressing your soft skin while his eyes filled with lust glance into yours. He moves again his dick inside you, filling you up to the brim. Itâs euphoric to have him completely inside you again.
âSo fucking good,â you mumble as your eyes roll back.Â
A smile arises on his face, happy to be able to give you pleasure with just that but well, heâs enjoying it just as much. Once heâs completely inside you, he doesn't move for a little while, hovering over you and watching you with enchantment. His eyes glance down at your body. Itâs the first time heâs seen you fully naked, and youâre just mesmerizing. He wants to keep looking at you to engrave in his mind how wonderful you are.Â
He starts to thrust into you at a slow pace at first. The movements of his hips are very sensual and slow, the room getting filled with the sound of his hips hitting softly yours. There isnât any urge in Taehyungâs hips movements, all he focuses on is to provide you pleasure. His eyes keep going down on your body, and he groans when he watches himself buried deep inside you.Â
âYour cunt takes me so fucking well, butterfly,â he mumbles. Â
You close your eyes, completely enjoying the feeling of having him fully inside you. Never once do the thrusts become brutal and rough, they are deep and slow, making you moan a lot. Itâs extremely sensual, and it definitely matches how you envisioned Taehyung in bed. The way heâs fucking you is euphoric. You only crave more and more.Â
The bed under you squeaks, the headboard hits the wall just behind you while your friend simply makes love to you, or as youâd say, he simply makes babies with you. He leans down to press a sloppy kiss on your lips, your hands finding their way to his neck and hair. Your nails scratch the skin of his neck and shoulders, making him groan against your lips.Â
The man over you decides to stop moving, torturing you just a bit. âDonât stop, Tae,â you beg.Â
His lips press another kiss on your lips. âYour wishes are my command, yn,â he says before biting your lower lip. Â
Taehyung pushes his cock back before thrusting into you very slowly and deeply with both hands on your hips, pulling you back to meet his thrusts. The slick sound of your pussy soaking his cock as well as your moans fill the room.Â
âDamn,â you gasp while he keeps torturing you at a slow pace, âyou feel so good.â
Youâre completely drunk in the feeling of his cock filling you up, his hips hitting against yours with every thrust he makes. This all causes sparks of pleasure to shoot throughout your body, your arousal dripping from your core and creaming his cock. Taehyung smirks as he notices the sticky mess youâre causing. Â
His cock is buried deep inside you, making wonders inside you, and causing you to moan even louder with each thrust. Every time he pushes his hips back, he watches with delight the way his cock is completely covered with your arousal. Nothing drives him crazier than seeing this, you can see it in his eyes.Â
âYouâre so fucking wet, butterfly,â he hisses before biting his lower lip. His hands press harder into your skin when he feels your walls tighten around him, âand making such a mess on my cock.âÂ
âIâm only wet because of you,â you first say, âyouâve been torturing me since the beginning.â
Taehyung smiles before bending down to press a sloppy kiss on your lips while his thrusts slow down. You didnât think it was possible to go any slower than the pace heâs going but apparently, he can do it. A desperate whine gushes from you, a sound that he instantly swallows.Â
His hands go up on your body, grabbing your breasts and squeezing them to make you moan with desire before his fingers start playing with your nipples. Moans flood out of your mouth as your friend keeps torturing your body.Â
âDamn, Tae,â you whine, âthis feels so good.âÂ
His thrusts return to get a little faster. His fingers never stop abusing your way too sensitive nipples. Gradually, his thrusts are faster and deeper, causing moans to fall out of your mouth. Your walls suck his cock as he slams his hips into you with more force. His fingers keep playing with your very sensitive nipples, pushing you closer and closer to the edge. Â
His eyes look at you, contorting with pleasure as it slowly builds within you. Your moans are getting louder, you donât even try to hold them back or to stifle them. Luckily, he isnât living in an apartment because youâre sure all the neighbors would hear you. However, youâre also convinced that you arenât the only one being fucked tonight. Itâs the New Year, everybody is celebrating it, and some in a very nasty way. Just like you.Â
His hands that are on your hips can feel the way your body quivers with each thrust. The way heâs torturing your body is only making you lose yourself further. Youâre already so close to your orgasm that you already know for sure that youâll come soon.  Â
âFuck,â he groans when he feels the warmth of your walls wrapping tighter around him. âYour cunt is clenching so hard.âÂ
The sweat is dampening his body, sticking some rebellious strands of hair to his face. Taehyung covered in sweat is a vision that can easily make you come undone. Heâs so hot when he starts sweating. No wonder your mind easily gets lost when you see him playing football/soccer.Â
âYouâre so damn hot,â you say as your hands wander on his neck and hair.Â
A smile spreads across his face as you compliment him, but he decides not to stop torturing you simply because youâre flattering him. His fingers pinch your nipples harder, making the wave of pleasure grow bigger inside you and making you cream his dick even more.
âGonna come, Tae,â you tell him when you feel that all your emotions are overwhelming you.Â
Taehyung feels his cock twitching inside of you at your words, a low groan rumbling in his throat. One of his hands slowly moves down on your body, passing your stomach, and landing on your throbbing clit. His fingers rub your sensitive spot as his cock keeps thrusting into you at a slow pace. Â
âBeg for it, butterfly,â he says.Â
His fingers show no mercy on your clit, and youâre not even sure if youâll be able to beg for anything before coming. Â
âPlease, Tae,â you canât even form a proper sentence with the way heâs torturing you.Â
Youâre not even sure that youâll be able to recover from this moment. This is just hot with the slow and sensual pace of his thrusts, and the way his fingers torture your body. This is for sure a wonderful way to start the new year. Â
âTell me, butterfly,â he teases you with a smirk on his face.Â
âLet me come,â his smirk grows bigger on his face, delighted to have you begging him to come.Â
The wave of pleasure inside you is growing exponentially, almost becoming too overwhelming. Youâre moaning like a mess, but at this stage, you couldnât care less.   Â
âDo it, butterfly,â he whispers, âcome for me.âÂ
Those words are what you need to hear for your orgasm to hit you fiercely. You come hard around him, your arousal covering completely his cock and your walls squeezing him over and over again. While youâre completely euphoric from your orgasm, he speeds up the pace of his hips slamming into you, chasing his own high. Breathy whines escape his pretty lips as he looks down at the mess you made on his cock. His eyes are completely hypnotized where your bodies meet.Â
Desperate moans leave his mouth when his orgasm hits him hard. He fully explodes inside you, painting your walls white with his semen. His eyes roll back with pleasure as his body tenses up and releases his load. Loud cries of euphoria escape his lips as heâs high from his orgasm.Â
He collapses next to you, both of your bodies covered in sweat after this intense sex session. After a little while, he pushes you against his body to hold you tight. He covers your bodies with a blanket. This warmth together with the alcohol and the steamy sex session makes you fall asleep in no time. Taehyung presses a gentle kiss on your head.Â
âI love you, butterfly,â are the last words you hear before falling into Morpheusâ arms.
JANUARY 7, 2022
The past seven days have been filled with memories of the new yearâs night. You canât stop thinking about the way he passionately kissed you, the way his hands were on you, the way he touched you, and most importantly, the way he fucked you. Honestly, it was the best sex you ever had, and gosh, youâd like to do it again. But letâs be honest, heâs been your best friend for years. Yes, youâve had a crush on him but you donât wish to lose him and his friendship that is so important to you.Â
So for you, this was a simple one-night stand.Â
For you, itâs preferable to keep living in your delulu world and go back to having a crush on him instead of actually trying to build a romantic relationship. Youâre too scared of what could happen. Youâre afraid of the unknown. Youâre simply fearful of losing him. You canât picture a world without him by your side. Heâs your best friend.Â
Yesterday, he texted you, asking if you could meet today to discuss. No need to be a genius to understand that he wants to talk about that famous night. Especially since you havenât talked at all since that night, not even by text messages. Weeks ago, it would have crushed you to not talk to him for a week but since that incident, you need some space.Â
Without any surprise, he asked if you could meet at his place. The same place where you fucked. But itâs understandable. He has done everything to protect you from the public eye so it wouldnât make sense now to have a serious discussion where anyone can see and recognize him.Â
So now, youâre standing in front of his house. Just being here brings you back once more to that night. For a brief moment, you close your eyes to savor those memories. They taste good, and deep down, you know that youâd like to go back to that moment. Youâd like to have Taehyung in between your legs, fucking you like thereâs no tomorrow.Â
You knock at the door with shaky hands. You donât know what to expect from this conversation. The only thing you truly care about is to keep him and his friendship in your life. The door is opened by your friend who invites you in. Your heart starts beating at an insane pace. The image of him licking his fingers instantly crosses your mind, and god, thatâs hot. Â
Taehyung nicely asks if you desire to drink or eat something but you politely decline. You donât know what to do or say so for a brief moment, you awkwardly stand there at the main entrance.Â
âLetâs move to the living room,â he first says. âIf you want, of course.âÂ
Your best friend notices how awkward you feel. It kind of breaks his heart because things have never been like this before. Nevertheless, he understands. After all, you had sex together. Friends donât do that, otherwise, they arenât friends. It leaves him wondering now what you are. Are you still friends? Are you more than friends?Â
âFine,â you reply.Â
Taehyung lets you walk in front of him as the gentleman that he is. Obviously, his eyes wander a tiny bit on your ass. An ass that he finds wonderful. He definitely wants to smash it, but he canât. That would be completely inappropriate. He gathers himself as this is not the right moment to drool over you. You need to talk about the new yearâs night.Â
You both take seats on two different armchairs, sitting face to face. Even though you always loved to be next to each other, this time around is different. A little space is needed, especially if you want to talk. The two of you acknowledge that the new yearâs night is the only thing you can probably think of. So being next to each other will only make that night happen all over again.Â
Taehyung takes a deep breath before talking. âThanks for coming, yn,â he offers you a little smile.Â
âYou donât have to thank me, Tae,â you answer. âWe need to talk about what happened so itâs normal.âÂ
He nods. Quite frankly, heâs very nervous. Things are different between you and he feels that this conversation can forever alter your relationship. Or you remain friends, or you take it to the next level. Thereâs also the possibility that it becomes too hard for him to simply remain friends with you and that he takes some distance from you. He wouldnât want to reach that point, and he believes it will never happen. But we never know what tomorrow is made of.Â
âWell, I fully want to be honest with you,â he starts saying, and you nod. âIâve been loving you for years now, but loving in a romantic way.âÂ
His hands are shaking. Saying it out loud makes it real, and most importantly, now, youâre aware of how heâs been feeling for years. Itâs honestly quite a big deal for him. However, after what happens, he feels like he has to be honest with you. Keeping his feelings inside wonât help.Â
On the other hand, your body is completely frozen and your heart has stopped beating. Now, this is real. Your feelings have been reciprocated all those years. But now that he said those words, you donât know how to process them. Honestly, it doesnât really change anything because youâve already crossed all the limits. But hearing those words warms your heart indescribably.Â
âSince I found out that I had feelings for you, I decided to keep it to myself. Your friendship has more value than anything else in the world. Losing you has never been part of the equation so I kept everything for myself,â he explains.Â
Now, your heart starts beating again, but this time around, it crazily hammers in your chest. Itâs also making you nervous to hear those words, and you know youâll also have to confess your feelings. Even though, you know now that they are reciprocated, it still makes you nervous. Â
âJungkook understood it by himself, and he decided to provoke me by flirting with you,â he admits. It all makes sense now for you. âI was terribly jealous so I avoided you most of the night. I didnât want you to notice the jealousy and I believed it was better like that,â he runs his hands on his face. âBut it had the opposite effect. It only drew me to you.â   Â
Taehyung hides his face in his hands, he doesnât want to see your face while he confesses out loud his feelings for you. You stand up to get closer to him. You kneel in front of him before resting your hands on his legs. You place your hands on his to push them so you can see his face.Â
As heâs speaking about his feelings, you realize that heâs putting himself in a vulnerable position and that you need to gather all your courage in your hands to be just as brave as he is right now. For once in your life, you have to be strong and let him know that his feelings are reciprocated.Â
Since you started having feelings for him, you always pictured that youâd be the one confessing your feelings and that heâd be the one reassuring you. However, the reality is literally the opposite. The reality is that Taehyung is the boldest one.Â
Nevertheless, reassuring him is also scary.Â
Your best friend lets you move his hands from his face. Slowly, he opens his eyes to look at you. Heâs greeted by your face trying to look at him. A face that he finds adorable.Â
âSo you were jealous of Jungkook?â you ask with evident tease in your voice.Â
Taehyung instantly rolls his eyes.Â
âItâs not funny,â he says.Â
You nod before taking a serious face.Â
âI was heartbroken during the new yearâs eve party,â you start saying. âI was there with my best friend but he avoided me half of the night and I couldnât understand why.âÂ
A part of Taehyung regrets how he acted when he was jealous, but the other doesnât because, without that, he wouldnât have shared such an intimate moment with you.Â
âIâm sorry about that, yn,â he mumbles.Â
He lets his face down but you instantly place your fingers under his chin to lift his face up. You want to look at him. You want to see his reaction when he realizes you love him back.Â
âDonât be sorry, silly,â you smile at him. âYes, I was heartbroken but you mended my heart when you kissed me later on.âÂ
Taehyung stares at you in disbelief. Even though you had sex and itâs kind of the proof that you share feelings, itâs a relieve to hear you say, in a subtle way, that you love him back.Â
âI also have romantic feelings for you, Tae,â you admit out loud. âItâs been the case for years. Like you, I never said anything because our friendship means the world to me. I canât imagine a life where youâre not here. Iâd rather shut my feelings down than lose you.âÂ
Your heart is beating faster, you can feel it on the edge of exploding. Youâve finally said what your heart has been desiring to say for years. It feels liberating.Â
âAnd if Iâm being honest, for the past few days, Iâve been preferring to think that what we had was only a one-night-stand.â Those words obviously break Taehyungâs heart. âIâm so scared to lose you, Tae,â you mumble as your voice breaks. âSo so scared.â    Â
Now, youâre the one looking down. However, in your case, a tear starts running down your face. Itâs hard to admit that for the past few days, youâve been deeply scared to lose him because of your sex session. You wanted to pretend that nothing happened that night, but you simply canât, especially not after Taehyungâs heartfelt confession.
âHey, butterfly,â he says while lifting your face with his fingers under your chin.Â
Your best friend grabs you into his embrace. This is a very much-needed hug, but itâs also a very comforting one. Right in his arms, you start crying. For the past seven days, youâve been bottling up your worries to build a wall around you, but now that he has confessed his feelings and is holding you in his arms, all the pressure goes down.Â
âI was so scared to lose you,â you repeat in between the tears.Â
Taehyung is completely heartbroken, but he inevitably understands you. He also believed that he was going to lose you after that night. The fact that you also didnât text or call didnât help. Of course, you both needed space, but it also made it feel like it destroyed everything. It accentuated the fear of losing each other.      Â
âYouâre never going to lose me, butterfly,â he whispers while holding you firmly in his arms. âIâm not going anywhere.âÂ
For a little while, you simply stay like that, Taehyung holding you in his arms while you cry. You remain in his arms until you calm down. He invites you to sit on his lap so you can be even closer now. He presses his forehead against yours and cleans your face with his hand. It devastates him to see you like that. He hates to see you cry.Â
âI missed so much when you call me butterfly,â you admit while youâre looking into each otherâs eyes.Â
âI missed it too,â he says.Â
Taehyung explains to you why he stopped calling you by that nickname. You can understand his reason, you would have probably done the same. You never really gave him a nickname. You always call him Tae or Taetae. Nothing really too exotic.Â
âYouâre the prettiest butterfly Iâve ever seen, yn,â he says.Â
His face gets even closer to yours, his eyes staring deep into yours. They are searching for unsaid approval to get even closer. You know that heâs about to kiss you but he wonât do it if he sees anything in your gaze that would push him away. You simply nod, and he instantly presses his heart-shaped lips on yours. You kiss him back with the same energy. Itâs a gentle and soft kiss filled with a lot of passion. Even though you kissed a million times during the new yearâs night, this kiss definitely makes things real. He loves you. Your little hands move to his hair to play with it while his hand is placed on your neck to hold you close.Â
It also hits him as youâre kissing that you love him back.Â
Fireworks explode inside him as he realizes it. Heâs never going to let you go now.Â
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Being in a relationship with Taehyung is completely different than being his best friend. A lot of things are still the same, but a lot has changed too. He kisses you every time he sees you, he teases you a lot, and most of the time, itâs sexual, he calls you butterfly all the time, and he makes love to you.Â
Being honest, Taehyung is quite a master in bed. He fucks you so well, you almost beg him to never stop. Being fucked by him is like constantly being in heaven. He gives you pleasure like no one else ever did before. But itâs also not easy to be dating a football/soccer player since heâs most of the time away. As before, you asked to keep your existence a secret because you donât want to deal with the hysterical fans and also to allow you to keep living a normal life.Â
Right now, youâre in Rome with your super best friend, Mia. Youâve met her later in life, she was a colleague from your first job. You instantly clicked and sheâs been one of your closest friends since then. She was extremely happy when you told her you were with Taehyung. She even said that it was about time since it was more than obvious you liked each other.Â
This trip to Rome was planned months ago, and you were looking forward to it. Itâs a one-week trip, but it should be enough to calmly visit this incredible and history-filled city. However, it hasnât been going as you wished. Youâve been in the city for 2 days, and youâve been sick to your stomach since the beginning. Youâve been throwing up constantly, and most of the time, you donât feel well. The only reason you can think of is the chicken sandwich you ate at the airport. It was probably not well-cooked or it was already out of date.Â
This morning, itâs been a nightmare. Youâre in the Vatican to visit the museums but youâve already gone like 2 times to the toilets to throw up. Itâs not easy for you, but on top of that, you feel sorry for Mia. Youâve been holding her back. Â
âAre you better?â she asks while youâre drinking a glass of apple juice.Â
You noticed that apple juice helps to calm down the nausea. Since itâs lunchtime, youâre sitting at a table in the restaurant located in the Vaticanâs museums. Your friend ordered a salad while youâre simply drinking juice. Youâre not hungry at all, and if you eat, youâre sure youâll throw up again.Â
âYeah, a bit,â you answer. You take a sip of the drink. âIâm sorry for this, Mia.â    Â
âEeh, donât worry. Itâs not really your fault if youâre sick,â she answers.Â
For a split second, she seems hesitant to add something else, but she finishes by saying what sheâs been thinking since you arrived at Rome.Â
âCould you be pregnant?âÂ
You almost choked with your apple juice. This is very unexpected. Youâre obviously not pregnant. With Taehyung, youâve been very careful since the beginning of the relationship. Having children right now itâs far from being a great idea. Plus, you want to enjoy being together before planning to start a family.Â
However, you can understand why Mia is raising this question. Nausea is one of the first visible symptoms of pregnancy. If the roles were reversed, youâd raise the same question.Â
âNo, it canât be,â you answer. âWeâve been using protection, and Iâm also going to start taking the pill.âÂ
Even if he uses condoms, youâve decided to start the pill. This way, the chances of getting pregnant are very low. On top of that, itâs also a safety net in case you go crazy and donât use protection.Â
âBut have you had your periods lately?âÂ
Honestly, you noticed you didnât have them for the past 2 months but it doesnât worry you at all. Your periods are irregular so there are moments where you can go 2-3 months without having them. For sure, lately, theyâve been quite regular but as soon as you get stressed, they come later. Â
âNo, but Iâm not worried,â you start saying. âFor the past two months, my emotions have been all over the place,â you reply without hesitation.Â
There is evident concern written all over Miaâs face, and honestly, itâs worrying you. Itâs making you nervous. Youâre biting the inside of your cheek as youâre mentally browsing all the times you had sex with your boyfriend. Itâs still so weird to call Taehyung âyour boyfriendâ.   Â
âYouâre sure youâve always used protection?â she asks. Â
Youâre still trying to remember every single time you were intimate with Taehyung. You canât think of a time when he didnât use a condom. Usually, you both make silly comments or jokes when he grabs a condom.Â
âYeah,â you say with some hesitation.Â
âWell, maybe, a condom got broke or something,â she suggests.Â
âIâm sure itâs not the case,â you reply.Â
Itâs impossible that youâre pregnant. In the event that you had unprotected intercourse with Tae, you would have taken the morning-after pill.Â
âMaybe you should take a test to be sure, yn,â she adds. âIâm concerned, and if itâs not that, maybe we could also go to a pharmacy or something to get something to help you out with the nausea.âÂ
âOkay,â you reply before continuing to drink the apple juice.Â
The rest of the day, your mind keeps thinking about the conversation you had with Mia. Honestly, youâre convinced youâre not pregnant, but she managed to make you doubt it. If youâre expecting a baby, you donât know how youâll react and what youâll do.Â
After the visit to the museums, you head to a pharmacy to get a pregnancy test. This entire situation makes you extremely nervous even though youâre sure the result will be negative. As soon as you reach your hotel room, you lock yourself in the bathroom to take the pregnancy test. You follow the instructions, you pee on the stickâs little strip. Then you wait five minutes for the result.Â
You place the test on the edge of the sink while you wash your hands. For a moment, you look at yourself in the mirror. Suddenly, the memories of your first night with Taehyung cross your mind. That famous new yearâs night when you had sex for the first time with him. You were completely wasted but you still perfectly remembered that you had unprotected sex. He even ejaculated inside you. You donât understand why you didn't think of that night when you were talking with Mia.Â
âFuck,â you whisper while you close your eyes.Â
You have a period tracking app on your phone, and you remember seeing that the week of the New Year was your ovulation week. As your periods are irregular, sometimes the cycles are a bit messed up, and it happens that you ovulate at a different time. But you have the app to follow your periods since sometimes, you go months without them and it doesnât even concern you. At least, that way, you can see how long your cycles are and when was the last time you had your periods. The ovulation week on the app is always an assumption.Â
Well, now youâre a hundred percent sure that the test is positive. You had unprotected sex during your ovulation week so itâs positive without any doubt. It also explains why your emotions have been all over the place lately. It wasnât due to the fear of losing Tae or the fact that youâre now with him. It was due to the fact that youâre creating a human.Â
Your eyes look down at the test. Two clear lines appear on the stick. Â
âFuck,â you repeat as you see the result.Â
Youâre indeed pregnant. Pregnant with Taeâs child.Â
As youâre sitting on the toilet bowl, you run your hands on your face. What are you going to do now? Are you going to keep this baby? Are you going to get an abortion?Â
Having a baby is not part of your life plans for now. You just bought an apartment so youâre paying a mortgage and youâre spending money on furniture. On top of that, you just got promoted. Youâre also now in a relationship with a famous football/soccer player. Youâre trying to adjust yourself to all of those changes. A lot happened in a short period. And now thereâs a baby on the way. Thatâs just too much.Â
Having a baby now isnât a good idea.Â
MARCH 5, 2022
The game is almost over.Â
Taehyung and his teammates have been playing for over 90 minutes. For the first time in a while, youâre present at one of your boyfriendâs games. You canât remember the last time you came, but today, you decide to join him since you have a big announcement for him.Â
Itâs been a week since you found out about your pregnancy. For the past eight days, youâve been thinking about what to do. It wasnât easy, you spent nights crying like a baby because youâre simply lost. As you were confused, you didnât say anything to your boyfriend. You pretended like nothing happened, but since he knows you well, he noticed something was off.Â
Mia was the first person to know about your pregnancy. You cried a lot in her arms, and sheâs been there for you. She canât do much because itâs your decision but she promised to be there for you no matter what you decide. For now, sheâs the only person aware of your state.Â
However, eight days later, youâre still confused and you donât know what to do. The only thing youâre sure of is that Taehyung needs to know. Heâs the only one who can guide you with this pregnancy. Also, youâve booked an appointment with your gynecologist to check everything up. Itâs in two days, and you donât want to go alone. You want to have Tae by your side, and you also want him to see his child.Â
Discreetly, you make your way to the changing room of Taeâs team as you desire to surprise him. He isnât aware of your presence, he didnât even notice you during the game. As youâre walking, you suddenly feel two arms wrapping around your waist and pushing you back. The sweet scent of Taehyunâs perfume mixed with sweat surrounds you. A smile appears on your face, and you turn around to meet the prettiest man ever.Â
âWhat a wonderful surprise,â Tae says with the brightest smile on his face before kissing you.Â
For a split second, you kiss him back but you quickly push him back. As you do so, you take a quick look at the man you love. His black hair is dampened in sweat, making it look wet. The top of his jerseyâs shirt is stuck to his chest due to the sweat. His face is fully red. Even though he stinks a bit, he looks hot as hell. Youâll gladly open your legs for him right now.Â
âYouâre stinky and covered in sweat,â you playfully say.Â
Taehyung holds you even closer and cleans his face on your chest. You giggle as he does so. Heâs unbelievable, but thatâs also why you love him. You try to push him back as much as you can but heâs a lot stronger than you so your efforts are in vain. He presses a soft kiss on your neck before taking a step back to look at the woman he dearly loves.
Youâre wearing a jersey of his team, more precisely, the jersey he gifted you a couple of weeks ago. Itâs a black one with his name and his number engraved in the back of the shirt. With that, youâre wearing a blue pair of jeans. You look hot as hell with his jersey. He could fuck you right here.Â
âWhat are you doing here?â he asks.Â
âI want to see you,â you answer with a smile on your face. âAnd also talk to you.âÂ
Concern suddenly appears on his face.Â
âSomething bad happened?âÂ
âYou should go change first,â you say without answering his question.Â
Your answer only worries him even more.Â
âTell me, yn,â his tone is a bit harsh, and it catches you by surprise so you jump of scare.Â
None of you is smiling now. You donât want to tell him in the middle of a stadiumâs hallway that youâre pregnant while heâs wearing his teamâs jersey and covered in sweat. Even if he looks incredibly hot, this is not how and where you want to announce to him your pregnancy.Â
âPlease,â you first say. âChange yourself first.â
Taehyung takes a step closer to you. His face is tense, his heart is beating fast, and his mind is imagining a hundred different horrible scenarios. He's worried and the fact that you donât say anything makes him worry even more.
âIâm not going anywhere before you tell me whatâs going on,â his tone is still firm.Â
You look down for a moment before looking up at him. Although you know this man very well, it actually surprises you that he insists on knowing now what you have to say.Â
âWe should be in a more intimate place, Tae,â you tell him. âIâm not comfortable talking with you in here.âÂ
He takes a deep breath before nodding. If something is going on, talking here isnât the appropriate place, and he can only agree with you.Â
âOkay, Iâll be back in two minutes,â he says.Â
You nod, and he kisses you before disappearing. Heâs deeply concerned, worried, and scared of what you have to tell him. Heâs imagining the worst. Youâve recently been back from Rome and he noticed that something changed during that trip. He noticed your puffy eyes, the dark circles under your eyes, the sadness written all over your face, and the way your mind is always somewhere else.Â
At first, during your video phone calls, heâd ask if youâre okay, but since you wouldnât say anything besides âyes, iâm goodâ, he understood that he couldnât force you to speak. It has to come from you. Heâs convinced something really bad happened in Rome. Heâd even say a man acted disrespectfully towards you.
In no time, he quickly dries himself with a towel before putting his clothes on. He says goodbye to his teammates and leaves in a rush with his bag in his hand. He finds you in the same spot. Youâre looking down at your phone, probably looking at some reels on insta. You always do that when you have to wait.Â
Taehyung presses a soft kiss on your head when heâs next to you.Â
âLetâs go?â he asks.Â
You simply nod, and you both leave the stadium. Your boyfriend grabs your hand to guide you to his splendid car. The same car where Taehyung almost fucked you some days ago. You canât get enough of each other when youâre together.Â
âWhere do you want to go?â he asks once inside the car.Â
âMy apartment?â you suggest.Â
âOkay, fine,â he nods before starting the engine.Â
The drive to your place is quite calm, you barely speak, but honestly, you donât know what to say. Your mind is thinking of all the ways you can announce your pregnancy to Taehyung. Your boyfriend gets worrier as you get closer to your place. Heâs scared to hear what youâll say to him. Easily, he finds a parking spot near your place, and you quickly leave the car.Â
Once you're inside your apartment, the first thing you do is jump into his arm, holding him very tightly in your embrace. Heâs caught off guard which destabilizes him but he quickly wraps his arms around you. Itâs something bad, he can feel it.Â
âIâm pregnant,â you whisper against his chest.Â
His entire body freezes as he hears your words. Out of all the horrible scenarios he imagined, pregnancy wasnât one of them. Well, being honest, pregnancy isnât a terrible scenario at all. Itâs actually the opposite. Itâs probably not the right moment but itâs not a bad thing. All this time, he was convinced that you got rapes in Rome.Â
It takes him a couple of seconds to process what you said. He wasnât thinking of getting the news of being a father this early in life. This is a shocking news. Taehyung pushes you a bit so he can take a proper look at you, his girlfriend. Â
âAnd you found it out in Rome, right?â he asks.Â
For him, thatâs the only reason that would explain the shift in you during your trip with Mia.Â
âYes,â you answer.Â
âHmm,â he says while he turns his back to you.Â
He runs his left hand on his hair while he starts to really process what has been going on for more than a week. Yes, it all makes perfect sense.Â
His reaction worries you. Now, youâre not sure you should have said it. Maybe, heâs going to ask you to abort because he doesnât want this baby. Oooh, this is all messing up in your head.Â
âWhy didnât you tell me when you found out?â he asks.Â
Taehyung isnât still looking at you. Not having his glance on you while youâre giving him this huge news makes you feel so small. It makes you feel like a baby who needs to be reassured by a loved one.
âI didnât want to announce that through a phone call,â you explain first, âand I also didnât want to give you this news when I didnât know if Iâd keep the baby.âÂ
As he hears your last words, he turns around to finally look at you. It devastates him to hear that you even considered aborting, and it breaks his heart that he wasnât by your side at that moment.Â
âAre you going to abort?â he instantly asks.Â
You shake your head. âI donât know, Tae.âÂ
A tear runs down your face. Your boyfriend instantly holds you in his arms and presses a comforting kiss on your head.Â
His entire life, he imagined that itâd be a moment of joy when heâd be given this news. Of course, he always pictured that youâd be the mother of his children, but this wasnât the way he saw things. He imagined you getting together, then getting married, and then having children. All those steps in life would be filled with joy and love because they would have been so awaited.Â
You take a step back. âI wanted to think by myself before announcing anything, but I donât know what to do. All I know is that I need you by my side.âÂ
âAnd you have me, butterfly,â he firmly says.Â
âItâs also your child so I canât take this decision by myself.âÂ
âBefore being my child, itâs your body, yn,â he cups your face in his hands. âIf you canât or donât want to carry it, you donât have to and I will never force you to do whatever suits me.âÂ
Taehyung has always been the biggest gentleman youâve ever known. This right here is proof that he is a wonderful human being. Even if this situation is all messed up, youâre just thankful that Taehyung is your boyfriend. Youâre not sure any other man would have said that. Maybe that you would be blaming you for not telling them sooner.Â
âAll I can do is support you no matter what,â he adds. âIâm never going to force you to carry my child when you donât want to.âÂ
âBut would you want to keep it?â you ask with the biggest doe eyes.Â
For a moment, Taehyung gets lost in his thoughts. He imagines your bump getting bigger, what itâd be like to see you pregnant with your child, what the baby would look like, and how it would feel to be a father.Â
âYes,â he answers without hesitation. âIf youâre the mother of my child, no matter what is going on in our lives, Iâll want it.âÂ
His answer unimaginably comforts you. Knowing that makes you love him even more.Â
âEven if weâre poor and living under a bridge?â you ask.Â
A smile appears on his face. âEven if weâre poor and living under a bridge, Iâd love to be the father of your child.âÂ
A little smile appears on your face. It definitely comforts you to know that he wants to be the father of your child.Â
âAnd youâre the only person with whom Iâd want to have a child,â you tell him.Â
You press a gentle kiss on his lips, causing his smile to grow bigger. This situation is a bit tricky for you, but your boyfriendâs reaction brings so much comfort to you.Â
âDo you know how far along you are?â he asks.  Â
âWell, you probably knocked me up at New Yearâs Eve party so Iâd be nine weeks pregnant,â you answer.Â
Taehyung remembers that night very fondly. It was the night that changed his life for the better, and it was a wonderful night. The best night ever. Your first night together was wonderful, but now that youâve got to learn about each other, sex is a hundred times better.Â
âHave you already made an appointment with your gynecologist?âÂ
âYes,â you nod. âThatâs also one of the reasons why Iâm announcing it to you now. Itâs in two days, and I really want you to come.âÂ
âIâll be there with you, butterfly.âÂ
He passionately kisses you. Now that he knows, it makes this news more bearable. It almost makes it feel like itâs not a big deal because he wants that child. But he only wants it if you want it too. So in the end, itâs really up to you to decide what you will do. Nonetheless, it reassures you so much to know that he will be by your side. If you decide to keep the baby, heâll gladly be a present father. And if you decide to get an abortion, he will stay with you throughout the entire process.Â
MARCH 7, 2022
Taehyung is sitting next to you while youâre lying on a medical examination table. Your legs are wide open and the gynecologist is in between them. Itâs honestly a bit weird to be in that position with your boyfriend sitting next to you.Â
âIâm going to insert the probe,â the woman informs you.Â
Doctor Park has been your gynecologist for years, and it was more than natural youâd be coming to her for this first checkup as a pregnant woman. Once you saw the positive test, you instantly booked an appointment. Luckily for you, she was available rather quickly.Â
When you exposed to her the situation, she informed you that she would need to do an endovaginal ultrasound. Since itâs only the beginning of the pregnancy, if she performs a ânormalâ ultrasound, nobody will see anything as the baby is very small.Â
Taehyung is holding your hand as the probe is slowly and carefully pushed inside you. The doctor moves the probe from right to left until she finally sees something on her screen. A bright smile appears on her face when she sees what sheâs been looking for and seconds later, the room is filled with the sound of heartbeats. Instantly, your head turns to your boyfriend whoâs smiling as heâs hearing the sound. His eyes look down at you. They are filled with love.Â
Hearing the fast heartbeat makes it real. Thereâs no doubt that youâre pregnant. But hearing this sound warms your heart indescribably. A tiny human is growing inside you, and youâre literally creating life. Itâs so unreal what a womanâs body can do.Â
Then, you both look at the screen and youâre trying to see something but you clearly donât understand whatâs appearing.Â
âThis right here is your baby,â the doctor points out to a tiny black dot on the screen. âAnd this right here is your second baby,â she points out to another dot.Â
The world stops turning when she announces the second baby. There are two babies. Youâre expecting twins. Â
âAnd you can hear the heartbeats of the two babies,â she says.Â
You look at the screen with disbelief. Two lives are growing inside you. Youâre creating two little humans. You squeeze Taeâs hand as you canât conceive that youâre expecting twins.Â
âBased on what we can see, they are identical twins.âÂ
As from there, you canât hear anything else. All you see is the two little dots on the screen. All you see and hear is your babies. They are real. They are here inside you. If you decide to keep them, two little humans will join you. Youâd become a mother and Tae a father. This is a very big deal. From now on, youâll be responsible for those two little lives. Whatever decision you make, it will inevitably impact them.Â
Your eyes move to Taehyung to watch him with admiration. There is no doubt that he will be a fantastic father and those two babies will always be lucky to have him as their father. Since youâre quite young, your boyfriend always said that he wanted a big family. He wants at least five children. Itâs a bit too much, but from a very young age, he has that desire to become a father. You know that he wants those two babies. And as youâre looking at him right now, itâs evident to you that he truly wants to have the twins in his life.Â
Being here changes everything. Seeing the babies on the screen and hearing their heartbeats helps you to make a decision.Â
For sure, it wonât be easy to become a mother and jungle with all the challenges youâre facing right now. But never on earth will you get an abortion. You had doubts up until now, but you donât have any more. Youâre a hundred percent certain that you will keep them.   Â
APRIL 7, 2022
Letâs be real, being pregnant with twins is far from being easy. Youâre still pretty much nauseous, youâre belly is slowly but surely growing, and your emotions are definitely all over the place. Thankfully enough, Taehyung has been very supportive.Â
A month ago, when you told him that you wanted to keep the babies, he was the happiest man on earth. That night was very very spicy. He now speaks to the babies every single day, and thatâs the cutest thing on earth. Youâre now living together to make it easier and you chose his place. Itâs a bit far from your workplace but before going to his daily trainings, he drops you off at work. When heâs present of course. When heâs in another city or country, you stay at your apartment to make it easier.Â
So far, youâve been enjoying living with him. You get to be goofy together, to spend more time together, to watch random movies together, and to have more often sex. Surprisingly, your libido has been quite high. Whenever you lay eyes on your boyfriend, you simply want to make babies with him.Â
However, itâs not easy to be dating him. Every single day, there are rumors that heâs dating this or this girl, and they all come from because they liked a picture of him. Itâs really incredible what can be read online. Itâs such silly things. You try to avoid checking anything about him on social medias because when you read those things, all you want to do is to say that heâs with you which isnât a great idea. Itâs been four months that youâve been together but since the beginning, itâs been hard on that aspect.Â
Since yesterday, Taehyung has been in another city because he played earlier against the team from that city. Heâs coming back tomorrow morning, and youâre excited to see him again. You deeply miss him when heâs not hear. You miss your little bear.Â
After months of trying to find a little cute nickname for Taehyung, you finally found it. It came out of nowhere, he was speaking with the babies, you ended up calling him a papa bear, and it stayed. Heâs your cute little bear.Â
Youâre going through your phone, and you come across a video on insta of Taehyung. Itâs apparently reported that heâs dating a random girl you never saw before. Nothing new so far. However, almost at the end of the video, thereâs a picture of your boyfriend with her. They look very close, almost as if they are about to kiss. The picture isnât very clear but obviously something is going on.Â
That breaks your heart in an unimaginable way.Â
Many questions cross your mind but you push them away because itâs definitely not a good idea to start imagining the worst. Heâs clearly madly in love with you so heâs not going to cheat on you right now. But seeing this picture creates a big doubt in your mind.Â
You put your phone away before turning on the TV. Maybe you need to watch something else to distract you. You trust Taehyung, you know heâs never going to cheat on you. Youâve known him for years, heâs a respectful man. He would never cheat on his partner.Â
Nonetheless, watching TV isnât helpful at all as this ânew relationshipâ of Taehyung is being displayed everywhere. Based on reliable sources, they have been together for months. They have been trying to keep it lay low, but they were seen yesterday in front of her house having a very intimate moment. This is heartbreaking. You want to cry.Â
Maybe itâs best you simply go to bed and sleep. Taehyung is coming in a couple of hours and you will speak about all of this. You don't want to jump to conclusions just yet. You want to hear what your boyfriend has to say about this incident. But itâs hard to fall asleep with that picture of him with another woman in your mind.Â
Your phone buzzes and the screen lights up, indicating that you received a message. Itâs a message from Taehyung. âIâm here, open the door please.â You frown. What is he doing here? Shouldnât he be in another city?Â
Slowly, you leave the bed to open the door. The main entrance is a bit far from the bedroom so it takes you a bit of time to reach the door. As you open it, you notice itâs raining outside. Your boyfriend is standing in front of you, fully swamped by the rain. It warms your heart to see him because you really need him right now. Â
âWhat are you doing here?â you ask.Â
âI saw the picture of me with that girl,â he starts saying. âI knew youâd see it too and I didnât want to leave you thinking about it all night long.âÂ
This scene seems coming straight out of a movie. Your lover is standing in front of you while itâs raining, swamping him more and more. Although youâre worried about his health, you find this is a heartfelt moment. Itâs also very romantic. Â
âCome inside,â you tell him. âI donât want you to get sick.âÂ
He does as you say, and you close the door behind him. The two of you head to the bathroom. As youâre walking, you take a look behind you, noticing how wet the floor is getting. You mentally note to yourself that youâll need to clean otherwise somebody slip and get hurt. Once inside the impressive bathroom, you stop in front of the toilet bowl while Taehyung remains close to the door. Â
âWhy did you ask me to open the door?â you ask as heâs getting undressed. âDonât you have the keys?âÂ
âI left in a rush and forgot the keys,â he answers.Â
Your eyes wander on his toned body as he removes every single piece of clothes. Taehyung is so damn handsome.Â
âYou didnât need to come for that,â you tell him. âWe could have waited for tomorrow.âÂ
Taehyung looks up at you with wet strands of hair falling in front of his eyes. He looks incredibly hot. Heâs pushing his black pants down but they feel quite heavy. He notices that youâre a bit sleepy, and he canât help but find you extremely pretty. Taehyung hides the little smile appearing on his face. Â
âI couldnât,â he says.Â
Once heâs fully naked, he wraps himself in a towel before sitting on the edge of the bathtub. Your eyes follow him before you sit next to him. Your eyes stare at him for a hot minute, but you quickly turn your face to look right in front of you.Â
âThatâs an old picture,â he suddenly says. âItâs from like a year ago. Itâs one of the many one-night stands I had.âÂ
You nod. âI believe you,â you simply say. âItâs hard to be looking at this kind of pictures, it was even before we started dating, and seeing them makes me doubt.âÂ
Taehyung puts his hand on your leg to softly soothe it. The warmth of his touch conforms you a lot.Â
âI love you, butterfly,â he says. âIâve always loved you. Youâre actually the only woman Iâve ever loved, and I would never do anything to hurt or lose you.âÂ
You rest your head on his shoulder.Â
âI guess you know but my love life was a complete mess before the new yearâs night. I was sleeping with lots of girls but I was never able to commit to any of them. It was mostly one-night stands,â he explains. âI was in love with you but thought you didnât love me back the same way so I was trying to find that love somewhere else. But I couldnât because youâve always been the only one on my mind.âÂ
Obviously, you knew about his many one-night stands but never said anything. You always considered those girls to be lucky to have at least had the experience of having sex with him. You werenât exactly looking for sex with him, but when youâre in love, physical attraction is inevitable. So yeah, from time to time, youâd think about that.Â
âSo I decided to only sleep with them. Itâs easy, you just sleep and then, you never see them again,â he adds. âIt got worse when you started dating Noah. I couldnât bear seeing you in love and the only thing that could distract me from that was literally having sex with someone else. For a brief moment, my mind is simply lost in pleasure.âÂ
It breaks your heart to hear that. You never thought it would be that hard for him to see you with Noah. Back then, you knew you werenât in love with him because the only person you ever truly loved was Taehyung. But since you couldnât have him, you tried to find love in someone else. Even if it meant to never truly be happy. Â
âSo you did that for 3 years?â you ask.Â
âYep,â he says while nodding. âHonestly, at some point, I even thought youâd get married.âÂ
As he says those words, you bite your lower lip.Â
âHave I ever told you how it truly ended up with Noah?â you ask while turning your head to look at him.Â
Taehyung glances at you with confusion. Why are you suddenly raising this question?Â
âI guess you never told me at all how you broke up.âÂ
âWell, he proposed but I said no,â you tell him.Â
âReally?â he asks with evident surprise.Â
âI never understood why he proposed. Back then, we were falling out of love. It was obvious that it was going to end sooner or later,â you explain. âI was never going to marry him. I wasnât happy anymore.âÂ
Quite frankly, heâs very surprised. In his mind, you would have agreed to get married with him. He always thought you were madly in love with Noah but now, he knows that he was wrong.Â
âSo if he had proposed earlier, would you have accepted?â he asks with hesitation.Â
âProbably,â you shrug. âIn my head, it was better to be with someone else than losing your friendship.âÂ
His hand slowly moves higher on your thigh while his face gets closer to your ear. âThen, Iâm lucky he didnât,â he whispers, causing goosebumps all over your body.Â
Before his hand reaches your pussy, you push it back. âYou should take a hot bath before you get sick.âÂ
Taehyung rolls his eyes. âI didnât come to take a bath.âÂ
âWell, if you didnât walk under the rain, you wouldnât be taking a bath,â you say. âMaybe, weâd be making more babies.âÂ
It frustrates him when you tease him like that, but he finds it extremely adorable that even if youâre together, youâre still kind of prude.Â
âI can still fuck you in the bathtub,â he replies.Â
âYouâre always so crude,â you tell him.Â
âAnd youâre still so prude, butterfly,â he says. âNo need to hold back with me.â
Your boyfriend gets closer to you before crashing his lips against yours. Kissing you is without any doubt his favorite part of being with you. This isnât at all a shy kiss, on the contrary, itâs a very fervent kiss. No doubt you crave to do unholy things together.Â
âLetâs get in that damn bathtub,â Taehyung says on your lips.Â
He grabs your lower lip with his teeth, causing you to moan. Right after that, you stand up to get undressed while Taehyung turns on the water. Once youâre naked in front of him, a bright smile appears on his face when he looks at your little bump. Itâs getting bigger as it should. Inevitably, he gets closer to you and softly caresses your belly. You watch him with tenderness. This is so cute.Â
âHi babies,â he whispers against your belly before pressing a kiss. âItâs daddy.âÂ
Your heart is melting at his words. Taehyung also takes a weird voice when he speaks with them. Itâs the tone everybody takes when speaking to a baby, but itâs adorable to hear him speak like that. Â
âI love you both already very very much,â he adds. âAnd I canât wait to meet you in October. Please be gentle with your mommy until there.âÂ
Your hand caresses his soft hair as he presses another soft kiss on your stomach. Itâs adorable to watch him interact with the babies. The gynecologist advised to do so in order for the twins to recognize his voice but she didnât need to say it. Taehyung adores to talk to them.Â
âNow, I will ask you to close your eyes because your mommy and daddy will do nasty things,â you laugh at his words.Â
âYouâre crazy,â you tell him.Â
âHey, Iâm just warning them,â his eyes look up at you. âItâll be a little shaky shaky for them.âÂ
He gets up to press a smack on your lips before turning off the water. He doesnât waste any second before jumping into the bathtub. You donât follow him directly as youâre watching him. Once heâs taken place inside the bathtub, his eyes look at you.Â
âYouâre not coming?â he asks.Â
OCTOBER 01, 2022
Charlie & Freddie.Â
Those are the two names you and Taehyung chose for your little twins. They were born very early today, it was 2 am when they joined you. It wasnât easy to give birth to two healthy boys, but honestly, this day is the best day of your life. After all, itâs the day you became a mother, but itâs most and foremost, the day you met the little boys you created with your boyfriend.Â
Taehyung is sitting on a chair, shirtless with Freddie in his arms. Seeing him with the babies is without any doubt the best thing in the world. He has spent the last hour holding them, one after the other to make the skin-to-skin contact.Â
On the other hand, youâre sitting on the bed with Charlie in your arms. After a little struggle, youâve managed to breastfeed him. Between him and Freddie, he was the one having the most difficulties to latch. But now, all is good.Â
The twins really are identical, you canât tell them apart. So with Taehyung, youâve decided that for now, youâll always put something red on Charlie and something yellow on Freddie. However, you wonder how long youâll be able to keep up with that. Many sleepless nights are waiting for you. For sure, once youâll get tired, youâll get all mixed up.Â
Being in this room with Taehyung and your twins seems unreal. Last year, you were still having a crush on your best friend, not able to reveal your true feelings. You were so scared to lose him if youâd reveal your feelings. It was hard to see him with other women. But today, things are completely different. Youâre madly in love with your best friend and you started your own little family.Â
Taehyung looks down at his son. His life has drastically changed in less than a year. He finally found peace because he was bold enough to reveal his feelings for you. He isnât any more sleeping with strangers in order to stop thinking about you constantly. Heâs now allowing himself to think about you night and day. All that because you love him back.Â
Itâs crazy how a simple kiss on a new yearâs eve party can flip someoneâs world upside down. Â
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i can fix them (no really, i can't) (m.list)
summary. the holy grail of the seven men who ruled the country's entertainment used to be your friends at school. now, ten years later and between successes and failures, what reason would they have to want to come back into your life?
pairing. eventually ot7 x f!reader.
content. cursing words, angst, suffering, slow burn, eventual-really eventual fluff, mature themes such as drugs and violence. every chapter will have their own warnings at the very top.
a/n. this is the first bts related fic i've ever posted and i hope for the best!! ofc this is inspired by i can fix him by taylor swift in case you were wondering. and this story wasn't really planned (no news for me), but it's all i've been thinking and writing about all this week, so i decided to post it! the chapters list will be posted as soon as i can! love you all and thank u for the support!
bts masterlist
chapter list.
i. absence
ii. coincidence!
iii. injustice
iv. intrusive
v. remorse
vi. disclosure
vii. coming soon...
updates will be weekly or biweekly, depending on the progress of each chapter.
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Title: PGÂ
Pairing: Older Brother's Best Friend!Kim Taehyung x (F)!Reader
Rating//Genre: (M) | One Shot, Friends to Lovers, Age Gap, Slice of Life, Angst, Smut and Touches of Fluff
Summary: You arenât delusional enough to think anything would ever happen between the two of you, not for a damn second. Be it the age difference, the fact that heâs your brother's friend, or the extremely high likelihood that he sees you as nothing more than Fourteenâs annoying little sister that he can use to rile said best friend up.
But thatâs about it. Nothing more. And reality is something youâre able to keep a solid grasp on when it comes to him. You donât let it go for the sake of acting on a one sided and unrequited feeling you know will pass⌠eventually.
Warnings: nicknames! a disgusting amount, language, assholes being assholes but being put in their place, brotherly love, sibling antics, tae is a swimmer and knows judo, also a Dan is--for the lack of better phrasing--a high belt level in judo. think of it like a black belt, OC cant keep it in her pants and neither can tae, mutual pining, lots of great gatsby references because I'm tyring to be that bitch (I am joking), tae has tats, OC's brother is an overprotective idiot but we love him anyway, slight physical abuse not by tae or reader or fourteen--basically someone grips an arm too harshly, some panic but no panic attack,
Explicit warnings under the cut.
Word Count: 11,521
Release Date:Â September 15, 2024. 12:00PM
A/N 1: The biggest most huge thank you to @violetsiren90 for being my sounding board, tech support and beta. She's a real one and y'all are sleeping on her work if you haven't alread read it. Go check her out!
A/N 2: My access to the adobe suite was aha....revoked. So! this is my first time making a banner and divider without photoshop. Therfore, the banner and the divider are a bit different than what I'm used to having XD. Tumblr is also absolutely destroying the qualty which is sooooo great. It looks wonky and blurry to me on desktop but fine on mobile so it is what it is. If i ever get adobe access again I'll probably come back and update the graphics.
Explicit Warnings: *ahem* nicknames, teasing, kissing, biting, marking (several ways), hand and finger kink (duh), voice kinklet (duhhhh), hair 'pulling' (m rec), semi public if you squint, hella foreplay, tae has a big dick, penetrative sex, oral (m+f rec), fingering, handjob?, multiple orgasms, body worship, switch like activities but mostly dominant tae, posessiveness, confessions, reader takes what she wants but so does tae, exhibitionism if you squint, slight cum play/eating, implied squirting, choking, cream pie. Pretty sure thats all of them. i never reailse how many i need to put until the list is done and wow *chuckes while blushing*
âOi, can you fucking not? My sisterâs right fucking there,â your older brother, Fourteenânicknamed for his forever mental ageâridiculously and unneededly overprotective as always, says.
It is especially unneeded and ridiculous as heâs saying it to Tae, when all heâs doing is taking off his shirt to go for a swim in your pool. Like heâs been doing since you were tweens.
Well.
Since you were a tween and they were nearing the legal drinking age. But thatâs besides the point.Â
Best friend to your knuckle head of an older brother, you honest to god have no idea how they became friends.Â
Taehyung is poetry and jazz and button up cotton shirts. Old book smell and expensive cologne, ringed fingers and whiskey, neat. The kind of vibe someone would get from being raised by a very successful lawyer for a father and a top ranking university professor of literature for a mother, while Fourteen is⌠your older brother.Â
Maybe itâs a younger sister thing to not understand how her older brother has any friends. Considering you grew up with him, know all of his weird and gross habits, have a lovely dash of sibling bullying thrown in that you two share equally, and more. Yet, by some miracle, he and Tae manage to balance one another out.Â
Taeâfucking somehowâmakes your brother into a more presentable human being. He showers more than twice a week and wears deodorant every day nowâeven puts the seat down after peeing, a habit youâve been screaming at him to stop doing since you could use the toilet. While Fourteen gives Tae a rougher edge he previously never seemed to be able to grasp, despite trying his best too.Â
For example, the several delicate tattoos he now has all over his body, your favourite of which is an old timey record player on the inside of his forearm. They were something heâd been wanting to do for years, but only finally bit the bullet on and did once Fourteen took him when they were twenty two.Â
Since then the collectionâs only grown, much to your inner glee and mental dismay.Â
And donât even get you started on the delicate, thin rimmed glasses he occasionally wearsâgolden and the perfect shape for his faceâor the ear piercings that just really fucking cement the tortured poet look that makes your heart clench every. single. time. you look at him.Â
Similarly to what itâs doing right now, though no one ever knows due to your truly oscar worthy talent for acting completely oblivious to the beautiful shirtless man about to dive in. Call it over a decades worth of practice, and the fact that itâs also nothing you hadnât gloriously taken in all teenagehood long.Â
Every time you could get it.Â
Which was a lot because Tae was on the high school swim team.Â
For four years.Â
And then the university swim team.
For another four.Â
Teenage you was a lucky bitch. Now youâre only blessed with this sight when he comes over to swim laps or attempt to drown Fourteen. Which, admittedly, was still often. But not nearly as much as back then.Â
The sight in question however, is curled black hair that frames eyes so warm you swear the sunâs relocated to his irises, and a jawline that makes the Statue of Davidâs pathetic in comparison. Itâs fingers that make your mouth water from the way they flip book pages and thighs that make you think thoughts and things you never thought you would.Â
Itâs the scribbled text: âTo err is human; to forgive, divineâ tattooed across his ribs, and a lean torso, muscled but not outrageously so. Just enough to have you forcing yourself not to stare at the delicate lines of his abdomen every time he comes over for a swim.Â
Thank god for sunglasses.Â
âNah, Iâm sure PG can handle it, Dumbass. Iâve only been using your pool every summer for the last 15 years give or take,â Tae says with a quirked brow and a half smile directed at you.Â
Behind your sunnies, you heat up a touch, and internally sigh. Have you mentioned his smile yet?Â
Because oh yeah, his fucking smile.Â
Taeâs a nickname kind of person, hence why even you call your brother âFourteenâ. Taehyungâs called him Fourteen for so long now that calling your brother by his birth name just feels wrong.Â
This being said, PG is Taeâs nickname for you.Â
It stands for the TV rating âParental Guidanceâ because youâre younger by enough that when you were still under the age of 18, theyâsee: your brother and Tae because theyâve been joined at the hip since they metâwere usually assigned babysitting duty. Very much the âtake your sister with youâ sibling, but they never complained. Not once.
As much as you and Fourteen bully one another, youâre actually quite close when you arenât verbally sparringâwhich is where his annoying overprotectiveness comes in. Even when it comes to Taehyung.Â
âYeah, Dumbass,â you copy, earning a smirk from Tae as he leans down to take his shoes off. âItâs just Tae.â
âItâs not about that YN, itâs about respect. Youâre my little sister, and Fuckass over here,â you brother jabs a thumb in Taeâs direction, which earns you a second hidden smirk from the Fuckass in question, âStill doesnât know how to respect that fact even after a decade and a half apparently.â
You shrug as Fourteen finishes his point and narrows his eyes at his best friend. Tae gives him a shit eating grin that screams âwhat are you going to do about itâ and your brother gives him a two fingered salute before shaking his head and taking off his own shirt.Â
You take that as your cue to put your head back down because you donât need to see that.Â
Currently in very comfortable linen shorts and tank, youâre sitting on a padded pool lounger, rereading The Great Gatsby for the hundredth time. Itâs one of the classics that never gets old for you, has the benefit of being a shorter readâtherefore perfect for the poolsideâand happens to be the copy Taeâd gotten you for Christmas a couple years ago. Pure coincidence, you tell yourself. Nothing more.Â
With the beautiful addition of your very darkly glassed sunnies, it also makes the perfect decoy as you watch Tae over the top of the open book without risk of being caught.Â
You firmly follow the rule of a little looking canât hurt.Â
You arenât delusional enough to think anything would ever happen between the two of you, not for a damn second. Be it the age difference, the fact that heâs your brother's friend, or the extremely high likelihood that he sees you as nothing more than Fourteenâs annoying little sister that he can use to rile said best friend upâsee: current shirt stripping debacle. Itâs not the first nor the last time heâll do something like it, and youâre pretty sure you and Tae have an unspoken agreement at this point to push as many of Fourteenâs buttons as you can together, just to see how far heâll let it go before freaking out.
But thatâs about it. Nothing more. And reality is something youâre able to keep a solid grasp on when it comes to him. You donât let it go for the sake of acting on a one sided and unrequited feeling you know will pass⌠eventually.Â
Despite the flames that rage and roar on in your heart.Â
Despite the green light on the dock across the way tackling your brother under the water.Â
You hold on. And only in these little moments of in between do you allow yourself to look. Pockets of time where a peek wonât be seen or recorded, and a moment of self indulgence keeps your sanity from trying to escape its tightly locked box.
You look and look and look until the green light is covered in fog once more, and the lid of the box seals tight. Â
Another day, another glorious abuse of best friend privileges, Taehyung thinks to himself as he continues his butterfly down the imaginary lanes in Fourteenâs pool.Â
He tries to come over at least three times a week. Four or five if heâs able, the more heâs over the higher chance he has to see you, not just Fourteen. But heâs rarely able to these days.Â
Though the wind appears to have shifted in his favour today. Youâre sitting on the lounge chairs again, reading away in the afternoon sun.Â
Itâs his favourite view. And itâs sweetened by the fact that youâre in the shorts he loves and reading a book he gave you. Something heâs done since before he could remember, really.Â
Christmases and birthdays, heâs always given you a book. Usually a classic, sometimes something else. If it caught his eye or reminded him of you, heâd grab it and save it until the next Christmas or the next birthday, whichever came first. And youâve always loved them, so heâs never stopped.Â
Theyâre gifts that seem harmless to Fourteen, and for the most part they are. But these last few have beenâŚdifferent. Had deeper thought put into them. The titles, the story lines, the prose. He swears you notice it, but maybe thatâs just his own wishful thinking.Â
And he sure as fuck canât be doing any of that.Â
This cold water isnât doing its job well enough.
Finishing his set, Tae swims over to rest before starting on his front stroke. Forearms hold him up on the edge of the pool, his chin balancing on stacked knuckles while his breath catches.Â
He also uses this little break as an excuse to talk to you. He only ever freely can when Fourteen isnât around, and right now his best friend is inside grabbing drinks, towels and probably relieving himselfâwhich, knowing Fourteenâcould take anywhere from thirty seconds to thirty minutes. So he has to take advantage of every moment he gets.Â
âGot any new recommendations for me PG?âÂ
Books are an easy starting point when it comes to you. Fourteen may be a graphic novel at best kind of guy, but your brain canât seem to inhale enough books to satiate it. And just the thought makes his temples rush with heat.Â
He should dunk his head again.
You lower your Fitzgerald by one inch and raise an eyebrow to counter it. Just like your brother, youâre always one to give him a hard time. Make him work for every millimeter of ground conquered. And heâs pretty sure you have a smirk hiding behind the pages, though he canât be certain due to the sunglasses hiding your eyes.Â
âMaybe,â you say. âWhat do I get in return?âÂ
Answering that question about fifty different ways in his head, Tae decides none can be said out loud. He seriously needs to fucking reel himself in. Fourteen could return at any moment and the last thing Tae needs to have is a problem between his legs because you never make it easy for him.Â
But rather than listening to his very rational thoughts and very logical brain, he instead decides to say fuck it, and croons in the voice that used to fluster you as a teenager.Â
âWhat do you want in return, PG?â Hoping to soften you up, even the playing field a bit.Â
And it works like a charm.Â
Your body releases its tension on an exhale, your page is marked, book set to the side, and your legs extend and stretch before crossing at the ankle. It makes him wonder if your little girlhood crush on him still exists somewhere in the back of your mind. Probably not.
Scratch that.Â
Definitely not. Â
âWhat if I wanted a new nickname?â you ask.
Both his eyebrows raise in surprise. âWhatâs wrong with PG?â
âIt makes me feel like Iâm eleven,â you explain. And then hit him with a dose of his own medicine as you croon, âIâm not eleven anymore, Tae.â
No you sure as hell are not. And it kills him in a way that has him wanting to die over and over again.Â
He could consider it. But he doesnât think heâll change it, not when PG can stand for so many wonderful things. Things you would never think heâd let it when addressing you. Things that would have Fourteen trying for drowning attempt number two thousand four hundred sixty three, and succeeding.Â
âIâll think about itâFair?â
You ponder before agreeing. âFair.â
âNow about those recommendationsâŚâ He reminds you, and thatâs all it takes to get you going.
Fourteen comes out about ten minutes later, but by then, Tae has a new list of books to grab from the store, two laps under him with eight more to go, and youâre reading againâone bare leg bent at the knee heâs trying very hard to ignore when he comes up for air.Â
By the time heâs due for another breather, youâre talking to your brother about plans for the weekend.Â
âIâm going out early on Friday for Reiâs birthday, remember? And Iâll probably crash at her place after,â you say.Â
Fourteen is sitting on the second lounge chair across from you, most likely playing a game on his phone if Tae had to guess. But at your reminder, your brother looks up.
âFuck thatâs right. Okay so no dinner then, Iâll just grab something on my way in.â
âSounds good. What about tonight?â
Fourteen gives it about two seconds of thought. âHow about Donâs?â
Your face lights up at the suggestion. âFuck yes! Iâve been craving their milkshakes for like a week. Hey Tae!â you call to him. âDonâs for dinner? Thereâs a chocolate shake with your name on it if youâre down.â
Tae pushes himself out of the water onto the pavement and doesnât miss the sly once over you give him while Fourteen chucks a towel at his chest, covering your eyes with his other hand.Â
He catches the projectile before it can knock him back into the pool, and uses it to dry his hair.
âDude! Seriously? Go find a fucking shirt or something, no one wants to see that.â
You swat your siblingâs hand away and give him a look that screams âgrow upâ while Tae drapes the towel over her shoulders, a hand gripping at each end.Â
âIâm only down if Dumbass is paying,â he says, smirking at your brother.Â
ââWhatââ
âThat sounds like an excellent idea,â you agree, holding out your hand in his direction.Â
ââHey wait a secoââ
Tae grabs and shakes just to watch the steam flee Fourteenâs ears at the contact. He meets your eyes conspiratorially, and you both nod before rushing Fourteen.Â
ââYou fuckers!ââ is all he gets out before Tae and you are grabbing an arm and a leg each and throwing Fourteenâs fully clothed ass in the pool.Â
He curses the both of you out several times as he treads, drenched and dripping, up the stairs and out of the water. Tae throws him the towel.Â
âYouâll pay for that, Asshole,â Fourteen tells Tae, and Tae grins.Â
âOh, Iâm counting on it. Worth it though.â
âAnd you!â Fourteen says, eyes on you. âWhat the fuck dude? The betrayal to your darling, one and only brother hurts. Iâm wounded,â he lays it on thick, walking up directly beside you.Â
You're a hairsbreadth too late to realize when he shakes his hair out directly over top of you and you shriek, pulling your knees up, protecting the book under your shirt and behind your legs at all costs.
âFourteen! The book! I will kill you if you damage it!â
Fourteen chuckles. âPaybackâs a bitch Little Sister.â
You sneer at him, checking your prized possession for injury. Not a scratch.Â
âAnd sopping wet is your colour, Jackass.â
âBig words for someone who can just as easily be thrown in the pool.â
You pause. Eyeing him directly.Â
âYou wouldnât.â
âWanna bet?â
Your brother looks at Tae with an evil plot in his eyes and you screech as they both nod once. You drop your book behind you as they yank you up by your arms and fling you into the pool, too much momentum from them and not enough resistance from you leaving you matching your darling, one and only brother.
As you come up for air, two colossal splashes ricochet from the left and right. Tae and Fourteen having both cannonballed in on either side of you. You choke on splattered water for a second before youâre attacking them with splashes, merciless in your pursuit for revenge.Â
âYou both suck!â you half giggle half yell.Â
âYet you love us anyway!â your brother falselyâcorrectlyâclaims.Â
You roll your eyes before trudging out, heavier and dripping with your soaked clothes.
And it's not until weekend plans are cast aside for current memories, Taehyung treating you all to dinner, and you treating everyone to milkshakes, that all is forgiven.Â
It turns out Reiâs dad knows the manager of the most exclusive club in the cityâYouthâand managed to call in a favour. So now you, her, and your other bestie, Lea, are all on the dancefloor to celebrate her birthday.Â
Reiâs first request for the night besides not paying for a single drink, was to dress up in the hottest, sluttiest outfits the club's dress code would allow for.Â
This, for you, meant a black, square necked, low cut, and thin strapped satin slip dress that hugged you in all the right ways, matching heels adored with ankle strap bows and a sultry makeup look. Lea chose a dark blue shimmery number with a high leg split, vibrant graphic eyeliner, and wedges, while the birthday girl found the skimpiest forest green mini dress youâve ever seen paired with heels that wrap ribbons up her legs, and a subtle dewy look on her lids.Â
Sheâs glowing, and needless to say, they both look hot and so do you.Â
Reiâs second request for the night was to dance until you either collapsed or threw up, whichever came first. A goal you were all making a steady descent towards as the night progressed.Â
That is, until your blood runs cold at the sight of your cheating ex boyfriend making his way through the crowd in a direct beeline towards you.Â
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.Â
Youâre alone right now. Rei and Lea are taking a bathroom break.Â
You insisted youâd be fine for ten minutes. It was just ten minutes. What could possibly go wrong in ten minutes?
But apparently god just loves to play jokes because here you are, three shots in, not emotionally prepared enough to be near him, let alone speak to him, and by yourself in this huge crowd of strangers while heâs making very good time on his route to you.Â
Fuck! You do not want to deal with him right now orâfucking ever, actually.Â
Heâd cheated on you four times that he admitted too throughout your two and a half year relationship, all while faking being blindingly happy directly to your face. Heâd lied to you and hurt you and made you wonder what you did wrong for him to do that to you. It took all of your third year of university and more therapy sessions than you care to admit to realize you were never the problem, and that he was a piece of shit.Â
So, with the fifteen feet between you two quickly shrinking, you try your best to hide from him in the crowd, only to run directly into him when you duck past a fellow club goer.Â
Son of a bâ
âHeyyy Y/N, howâve you been?â he says like he didnât destroy your entire sense of self worth for a couple quick fucks.Â
You want to down three more shots just to be able to puke all over him. Intentionally, you havenât seen him in years and just the reek of his stale ass cologne has you close.Â
âFuck off Micah, donât you have somewhere you need to be sticking your dickâlike a garbage disposal?â You snark, doing your damndest to not let him get close. But the throng of bodies surrounding you have other ideas and youâre thrown against your least favourite person in existence.
Delusional as ever, Micah sleezes, âDoesnât seem like you want me to leave just yet, Kitten,â and you shove him off you as hard as you can while bile rises at the horrible name you used to beg him not to call you.Â
You need to get off the dance floor.
Now.
Before you can, Micah grabs your arm and he pulls you back into him, hard.
Tae watches you out of the corner of his eye, wondering why in the hell you came to this club, of all the clubs out there.Â
The club he was at. Wearing that and truly testing the limits of his self control.
Music blasts through speakers that move the ocean on the dancefloor. Bodies sway like waves, some crashing into one another with teeth and tongues and passion, others pushing with the current, grinding and gripping and grabbing at anything they can get their hands on. The louder and faster the notes whirl over their swells, the harsher the storm rages on, people flowing in and out of the eye when needed.Â
Heâs sitting at a booth on a dais high enough to watch you in the hurricane whilst being out of eyesight, notably with one or two faces he barely recognizes enough to most likely be your friends.Â
They appear to be currents. They drag you into deeper waters and you let them, helpless to their siren call. Leading you to your place amongst the sea life, and reveling in the way the melodies wash over you again and again with every song that plays.Â
His eyes follow you as you dance, curious if Fourteen knows youâre here before flinging the thought out of his head as quickly as it entered. Youâre grown now, donât need protection anymore. A lesson he learned the day you returned from university after graduating.Â
No longer his best friend's kid sister who they kept an eye on, but a woman who was and still is growing into herself beautifully. A woman who is steadfast, strong and more often than not, correct in her opinions. A woman who is well read and equally if not more so well spoken when she deigns to acknowledge his existence. A woman who knows how and when to turn all of that off in order to team up with him in a roast battle for the books against her brother.Â
He thinks of that day as the beginning of his downfall.Â
He can humbly admit that his intelligence, demeanor and education are things that have been nurtured into existence by his parents and carefully maintained by himself with practice and both mental and physical exercise. He takes care of himself, inside and out. Exercises regularly, eats well, has good hygiene. Heâs level headed and patient. Respectful and responsible. Controlled and competent.Â
He prides himself on these things. Actively works towards keeping them maintained.Â
And yet.Â
Somehow when it comes to you, he is little more than a single brain celled idiot.Â
All of the things he uses to measure his self worth evaporate whenever you enter his field of vision and he becomes fucking ravenous. And all of his focus goes into controlling himself.
Heâd never noticed before, never thought of you in the way he does now. How when your currents break from formation and head towards the bathrooms, their outgoing force creates a riptide that some fuckhead with a stupid haircut uses to sweep in and dance with you.Â
But you push him away.Â
He doesnât get the memo, and the mophead tries his best to yank you out to sea again.
Magma flows through Taehyung's veins, thunder cracks in his ears and all he can think about is storming through the crowd to steal you from said fuckhead by claiming you for himself.
But he wonât.Â
Canât.
All because of his darling best friend.Â
Fourteen doesnât know about his feelings for you of course. And Tae rather likes being alive and in one piece, two things he most definitely would not remain should he act on any of these feelings.
You are wholly off limits, forbidden. A little too young, a little too immediately related to his best friend, a little too perfectly his fucking type. It kills him every time he canât even look at you without Fourteen going into what he calls âasshole modeâ.Â
So you remain in his very close periphery. Untouchable to the fingertips he aches to caress you with as you dangle your existence in front of him. Your wicked tongue, your delicious intelligence, your sexy fucking legsâfuck!
He has to stop thinking about you like this.
But that only makes him want you more.Â
Itâs like the gods handcrafted you for him. Every piece, every detail of you immaculate, but he committed one to many sins in his past life, and now theyâve locked you away forever as punishment.Â
You float across the night sky, stuck in a golden cell. Its fourteen bars hold you hostage amongst the stars, all while heâs chained to the bottom of the ocean floor gasping for air.Â
But fuck the gods and fuck their gilded cages.Â
Heâd break from his chains, swim to the surface of the sea and grow wings. Would break your prison apart with the sheer force of his wanting, then drag you down to the depths if it meant he got to keep you for himself.Â
He would. He really, really fucking would. If his world wouldnât implode completely if he did.Â
So he keeps these thoughts to himself. Forces them down as they try their damndest to bubble over and burn him, because they will if he lets them. If any of them get outside these little moments, the ones where he allows himself to feel, he would burn and burn and burn until there was nothing left.Â
Therefore, Taehyung has never been more grateful that his best friend was stuck on the night shift while he watched you dance and enjoy yourself, because it granted him this sliver of time to pretend like your brother doesnât exist.Â
That you are something he could let himself have, if you wanted him to.
And heâs solid in his decision to only observe, to stay inside his little moment, until fuckhead doesnât get the message for the third time and Taehyung is out of his seat before he can think.Â
Because Fourteen isn't here.Â
And old habits die hard.Â
âWhat the hell? Let me go, Micah!â You see his eyes then, red rimmed and glazed. He definitely has more than one thing in his system as his grip on you hardens further. The more you struggle, the tighter he grasps andâouch, ouch, ouch, yank, fuck! Ow!âitâs really starting to hurt.Â
âJust give me one more chance Kitten, I promise Iâll do better,â he whisper in your ear over the music, and you cringe back from how loud he is. But that doesnât stop him from continuing, âI fucked up, I know I did. But that was years ago, and I learned my lesson. Just one more chance Kitten, just one more, and IâI promise. I promise it wonât happen again. It wonât. I really miss yâAH! What the fuck!?â
The hand on your arm releases the second Micah yelps in pain. You look down to see familiar ringed fingers around Micahâs wrist, clutching so hard theyâre white knuckled and skin bruising.Â
A broad chest comes to rest at your back, and an arm snakes around you. Its large palm rests on your stomach and hip as it pulls you tightly against its owner.Â
Words covered in sharpest ice are spoken from behind you, their baritone so recognizable they have you melting back into him.Â
Safe.Â
Youâre safe.Â
Exhale.
âDo. Not. Touch. Her.â Taehyung growls so deeply, so powerfully, you feel the rumble from behind his sternum reverberate into your body.Â
Micahâs focus shifts from his wrist to the man several inches taller and several years his senior still holding it. You watch as his face contorts from pained to confused and then to murderous.Â
âThe fuck are you to tell me not to touch my girlfriend?â Micah seethes, and you stiffen because no the fuck you are not, and havenât been for several years.Â
How blitzed out of his mind is he right now?
You donât even get the chance to deny his words before Taehyungâs on Micah like fire to dried grass.
âDonât make me laugh, Asshole. No way in hell an pig faced looking fucker like you could pull a woman like her. Now,â Tae roughly shoves Micahâs hand back to him, and it forces Micah to stumble into the people behind with the force. âGet the fuck away from My Girl before I make you My Problem. And trust me,â Tae says in a tone so dangerous, youâve never heard him sound so terrifying in the fifteen plus years youâve known him, âYou donât want me to make you my problem.â
And you realize, that this isnât the Taehyung youâve grown up with; seen through his awkward teen years and watched come into his adult life with. This isnât jazz music and poetry Taehyung.Â
This Taehyung has only ever come out the handful of times youâve ever been in trouble. The one who studied Judo with Fourteen growing up, the one who has his fourth Dan.Â
The one who does not play when it comes to you and your safety.Â
Itâs enough to know that Taehyung is more than pissed off, and more than a little ready to beat the absolute shit out of Micah, if the whiskey on his breath says anything about his loosened inhibitions.Â
Micah seems to sense this too, and decides to back off. But not without a stupid macho expression and two middle fingers directed at both of you as he disappears into the crowd, and out of sight.Â
You can feel the tension radiating off Taehyung in waves, a coil so tightly wound that a gentle breeze could set him loose, so you turn around and attempt to safely unwind. His hand moves from your stomach to your lower back, and you ignore the trail of wildfire it leaves in its wake because Taeâs eyes havenât wavered from the spot where Micah just stood.Â
âDonât.â You say, loud enough for him to hear. And his flame filled irises snap to yours, burning. âHeâs not worth it.â
Your words seem to bring him back somewhat because Tae sniggers. âDamn right heâs not,â then softens. âAre you okay?â
You look anywhere but at him, the reality of the last three minutes crashing down onto your head like broken glass while the both of you are still caught in the middle of the dancefloor.Â
The people around you seem to understand somethingâs happened, and youâre left mostly untouched aside from the gentle nudges of inebriated party goers whose balance isnât the best at the moment.Â
Like the mellowed waves in the eye of a storm.
Taehyung seems to make sense of this at the same time you do, and lifts his free hand for you to take. Slipping your fingers into his, he leads you to an unused and out of the way emergency exit hallway somewhere in the back of the club. Itâs completely empty and dark, undisturbed besides the occasional server passing by.Â
Itâs private.Â
Itâs safe.Â
Youâre safe.
Youâre safe.
He lets go of your hand and looks at you again. âNow, are you okay?âÂ
The adrenaline is wearing off, and you can feel yourself start to shake. You ignore it. Sort of.
âIâm okay,â you say. But heâs eyeing you suspiciously and rightly so, so you repeat yourself, trying to convince your own brain more than his right now.Â
âIâm okay, really! Iâm good. Iâmââ you exhale a shaky breath and he doesnât ask before pulling you to his chest. Wrapping both his arms around you, one around your back while the other holds your head protectively to him. Your own go around his waist as you grip him back tighter.
âIâve got you,â he says.
âIâm okay,â you say again, muffled into his black high necked shirt, taking deep breaths of his soothing, familiar scent. You do it and again, and again. Repeating the pretty lie to yourself again and again until it becomes the truth.Â
He doesnât let go until you do, and you donât let go until youâve finally stopped shaking.
You look up into his eyes, and all signs of his previous wrath are gone. It seems the hug didnât ground just you, it grounded him too. Got him out of the headspace that wouldâve been required for action first, words later. But now the sun is back, it shines down on you, and you bask in its warmth.Â
âIâm good now. Thank you,â you say in an even and unwavering voice, because you are. The panic and immense relief having washed over you, and youâre once again simply, pleasantly buzzed.Â
Though you do have a new problem in the form of the warmth pooling low from the feeling of both his hands still on your lower back.Â
Youâre trying to convince yourself itâs his way of keeping you safe.
But the lock on your box has the key inside it, and itâs just begging for you to turn it.Â
âGood,â he replies, still not letting go. And itâs chipping away at your sanity. âWho was that guy? I only caught the last bit of his pathetic ramblings.â
You wince. Due to a lovely combination of not being very active on social media, not being much of a picture taker, and the newly dyed hair Micah seemed to be sporting tonight, youâre not surprised Tae didnât recognize him.Â
âAh. UhmâŚThat was...Micah,â you admit, unable to meet his eyes again. Thatâs when you notice his outfit tonight is all black.Â
Oh you are so fucked.
 âAs in Micah, Micah?â Tae asks neutrally, familiar with what your ex had done, just not what he looked like.Â
â...Yeah...â
âI see.â
âYeah...â You say again. Because what else could you say?
Tae cracks a smile. âShouldâve let me kick his ass. The balls on him not only to approach you, but to call you hisââ he cuts himself off, biting the inside of his cheek before continuing in a hushed, caring tone. âAfter everything heâs done to you, you shouldâve let me, PG. Consequences be damned.â
Your cheeks flame at the nickname so close to your ears. So tenderly said. And you honestly canât tell if you still hate it in this moment, or if itâs only adding kindling to the fire his hands are fueling at the base of your spine.Â
The new name heâd called you earlier, its ignition point.Â
My Girl.
My Girl.
You swear, even in your panicked state, youâd momentarily forgotten how to breathe before inhaling far too much all at once.Â
Fuck, what you wonât give to hear him say it again. But youâre 98.9% sure thatâs the three shots of vodka talking. Trying their best to turn the damn key. And maybe they succeed in turning it half wayâhell, maybe all the way, because you look him back in the eyes and hear yourself say,
âMaybe I shouldâve, but I was far too distracted by the new nickname you finally gave me to give a single fuck about anyone else.â
The moment the last word is out Taehyung stiffens beneath your touch, fingers locked on your back, and youâre very pretty sure you just fucked absolutely everything up.Â
Years of good behaviour, of keeping yourself in check. Of pockets of time and side long glances and knowing nothing would ever happen, stolen from you. By your own big, fat, adrenaline depleted, vodka loosened mouth.Â
You're a second away from damage control before his grip shifts from your lower back to your hips.Â
Higher. Tighter. Controlling. Oh fuck.
He leans down to murmur, âLiked the new name, did you?â in your ear.
Shivers shoot from your crown to your core and down to your toes. Having his deep, deliciously inviting voice so fucking close to your pulse point has you millimeters away from drowning in it. You know he can feel it course through you, just like you can hear the smile it makes him display away from your eyesight as he does.Â
âYou did then,â he responds for you, a cat toying with its meal as he lifts his head once more to look into your eyes.Â
You donât need a mirror to know the state of your pupils. Your gaze is glazed over in the sinful kind of way.
âI did,â you needlessly confirm, looking up into similarly blown out ones.
The fingers twined behind him release, and make their way around to his abdomen. They pause to splay for just a second at the defined ridges, before slowly crawling up his chest and meeting again at the nape of his neck.Â
They play with the soft hair there, gently scratching their nails at the skin beneath where it grows and you watch as your ministrations cause his eyes to roll back, flutter shut, and his head to meet the wall behind him. A barely audible moan escapes the confines of his lips before he swallows, the divine bob of his adams apple as he tries to regain his composure is the dawn of your undoing.Â
âFuck, PG that isnât fair,â he groans towards the ceiling, his hands on your waist clamping down harder, pulling you so close your bodies touch in more places they definitely shouldnât be. The contact has you reeling and all you want is more, more, more of it.Â
More of him.
âPG isnât the name you called me earlier,â you hum, yanking on a single loose strand and Tae sucks in a steep breath, biting the corner of his smirking lip with a canine.Â
You want to hear him say it again. Badly. So you release the sensual grip you have on his nape, and let his head lul slowly back down to where it was, his deepening amber wholly fixated on your now entirely onyx. Your heart is begging for release from your chest, and for a moment you wonder if he can see your pulse thrumming in your eyes, because you sure as hell can feel it.
âNo, itâs not. But it also hasnât meant to me what it means to you for quite some time now,â his voice like honey, thick and dripping its way over your body. Itâs making you dizzy and weighty with want. It has your mouth opening slightly as he leans closer still, knocking his nose gently with your own. Inhaling in your exhales. Teasing you. Making you work for it.Â
âAnd what does it mean to you?â you ask, barely above a whisper, irises never straying from his as your bottom lip brushes against his in one solitary, intoxicating moment that has you more buzzed in one touch than three shots has had you all night.Â
âPretty Girl,â he breathes onto your lips, pushing his thigh between your legs at the same time he pulls you impossibly closer. You hear yourself moan âfuckâ at the contact it gives your throbbing cunt. Too focused on the need coursing through you like a live wireâyour body pure waterâto think about what youâre saying.
Itâs a sweet sound and a violent pleasure he devours as his lips finally, finally, finally crash into yours, pinning you in place and allowing him to take every piece of you he wants. One hand slithers up your naked spine to hold you, your backless dress doing you every favour imaginable as his other continues to help you grind over his thigh.
His tongue slips into your mouth and you suck on it, causing him to jerk into you once with the rapidly growing want pressing into your lower belly. But your hands hold firm at his neck as you pull him into you, a knee lifting to meet his hip. Needing more contact.
The electricity filled pathways his fingers leave down your back, over your ass and across the bottom of your thigh to support your search for pleasure do nothing but spur on the overwhelming need to touch him everywhere.Â
No holds barred. No clothes worn. Nothing stopping you.Â
He uses his new grip to spin you around and press his hips into yours as your shoulders meet the wall. Youâre left to moan sickly sweet sounds of bliss into his ear as Taehyung frees your mouth in favour of your jaw and neck, sucking gentle purple hues down the column of your throat and onto your collarbone.Â
âPretty Girl,â he whispers between love bites, âMy Pretty Girl.â Over and over and it has you melting so far into him, the only thing keeping you apart is fabric and a potential audience. Though from the colour youâre going to have to cover with far too much concealer tomorrow, you donât think he quite cares about that last part.Â
It drives you farther into insanity. Years of want and restraint and pretty white lies you told yourself are crashing down on one another and it shows in the fervor of your touch, your wants, your pleads.
âFuck, Taeâplease. Please, I need youâ please,â you beg, and the bite he leaves at the junction where your neck meets your shoulder has you gasping for air that refuses to be consumed gently.Â
But Taehyung is a man on a mission. One who will not be deterred, and you canât tell if he will be your pinnacle or your inevitable end.Â
With what is very clearly great effort, Tae pulls himself back from your decolletage, only to kiss your lips once more. Open mouthed and dirty, tongue clinging to you like the only thing heâs concerned about is swallowing down as much of you as he can while youâll let him, and youâve never felt more desired in your life.
Heâs hoarse as he says, âNot here. Not for the first time. NotâŚnot here.âÂ
âThen where,â you ask, near impatient and far too eager as you let your hands roam wherever they want. And you find your thumbs tracing the waistline of his pants, dipping a nails width below where they should. They trail over the indented V of muscle you know is hiding under his shirt. He shudders.Â
It makes you smile wickedly.Â
âThen where, Taehyung,â you murmur into his neck with that wicked smile in your words as you trace your nose along his jaw.Â
âFuck, youâre something,â he says, almost pained, bringing you immense delight. To know you affect him as much as he does you. That you have him as much as he has you.Â
Sly hands slowly pull his shirt from his trousers in an attempt to urge him on. It works, and his response is quick.Â
âMy place. Itâs a ten minuâfuck PG,â he almost scolds as your digits toy with the hair at his navel, dipping lowerâenough to feel the beginnings of somethingâbut not low enough to discern anything.Â
Yet.
 âCan you behave for that long?âÂ
You smirk.Â
Retracting your hands, you hold them up to show you can be good, do a quick once over to make sure you're decent and spin on your heel to walk towards your booth. Tae is behind you immediately, hand placed low on your back, thumb rubbing circles on the sliver of skin it touches. You ignore the goose bumps that arise.
Rei and Lea are at your table, thankfully. You explain to them you ran into Micah and that it really shook you, so Taeâs going to take you home. They know who Tae is, so theyâre not worried when they give you goodbye hugs or when they tell you to text them when you're home safe.Â
You promise you will, and hope that the rest of Reiâs birthday goes well.Â
True to his word, itâs a ten minute rideshare before youâre pulling up to a tall, black windowed apartment building.
Youâve only been to Taeâs a handful of times with your brother, mostly for things like pick ups for concerts and such, but now that youâre hereâalone with himâyouâre trying hard not to jump him in the fucking lobby.Â
The pulsing between your legs has only worsened since you removed your hands from his waistline, and youâre close to crawling out of your skin with need.Â
His hand stays in its place at your lower back as the elevator climbs.Â
Itâs not helping and completely helping at the same time.
Fuck.
Tae lives on the sixteenth floor and the view is incredible. Itâs the first thing you see past the island when you walk in the front door. Thereâs the kitchen to the left past the entrance, which turns into the living space thatâs furnished in a way you can only describe as pure Tae.Â
Books littering every surface, warm neutral toned furniture to counterbalance the colourful artwork he keeps on the walls. Thereâs an old record player with a collection of vinyls in the corner and what you assume is this morning's coffee mug on the art book filled coffee table.
To the right of the living space is the bedroom. Itâs a studio apartment, but Taeâs managed to keep the flow of the place beautifully with some creatively put, gorgeously decorated room dividers. And the tall floor to ceiling windows wrap around it all, showcasing the lights of the city as they blend into the stars in the night sky.Â
Mesmerizing.Â
Just like the man locking his door behind you.
A kiss is placed on the back of your neck as you slide out of your shoes at the front door. You angle your head to allow more space, letting the arm that folds around you bring you closer to him. The feel of his arousal begins to grow behind you once more and you push back against him. A faint grunt meets the shell of your ear before his hand delicately slides up from your lower stomach and past your sternum. It teases your neck for just a moment before it meets your jaw to turn your lips towards his.Â
He captures them in a brutal kiss, drinking you in for all youâre worth and then some as his other hand replaces the one that now holds your jaw in place. He pulls you into him but you spin in his hold, throwing your arms around his neck once more and dragging him towards the living space. He sheds his jacket in the process, uncaring of where it lands on his floor so long as you are still kissing him.Â
You only stop when your ass meets the top of the couch and Taehyung palms the back of your thighs to lift you, your legs wrapping themselves around his hips as you sit on its edge.Â
He growls at the contact and it has you raking your nails down his neck and over his shirt as you open for him once more, tongues clashing and teeth scraping at the desperate nature you both share. You yank his shirt up and he breaks from your embrace for only the amount of time it takes for the fabric to hit the floor before heâs back on you, adding twin bruises to the other side of your throat.Â
You let the strings holding up your dress fall naturally to the side, revealing your chest to him, and a low, âFucking hell,â is murmured somewhere below your ear before a nipple is in his mouth and youâre arching into his touch, slices of need shooting straight downwards. Giving no mercy to your attempts to draw out the pleasure.Â
One large hand cups a breast, molding it to his wanting before he switches and youâre groaning into the air above you, begging him for more, determined to have his tongue anywhere and everywhere you can get it. He lavs at your peaked bud, roaming over the sensitive flesh, making you squirm at the sensations heâs drawing from you.Â
You never want it to end as he makes his way back up to your mouth, dragging his bottom lip over all of the freshly deepend skin it trails in its wake, making you hazy with the feel of him and his marks.Â
His delicate touch wanders the insides of your thighs and your cunt aches for it the higher it climbs. But it slides up not down, reaching around to your ass and hoisting you onto his hips.Â
Turning, he walks the eight paces to his bed, places a knee on the mattress for support before setting you down. His lips never leave yours he crawls over you, settling his hips over yours for mere moments, allowing you to thrust only twice before heâs removing himself completely and sinking to his knees.Â
The fingers youâve spent way too much time thinking about canât get enough of your skin as they skate down your sides, taking the dress bunched at your hips with them. You raise your hips to help him get the scrap of fabric off, leaving a delicate, black lace thong the only thing keeping any of your remaining modesty intact.
You watch as his now fully blackened gaze takes you in, jaw dropped in slight at the sight of you with your legs opened on his bed. Like you were the prize heâs been waiting years to claim, and now that you're here and that youâre his his, he canât quite believe it.Â
Itâs then you realize that he wants you, and has been wanting you. That your attempts to stay in reality these last couple years werenât just harder for you, but for him as well.Â
It hasnât been one sided.
He wants you.Â
Taehyung.Â
Off limits, older brotherâs best friend, swim club participating, jazz and poetry loving, judo knowing, book gifting, perfect smile having, protective, Taehyung.Â
Wants you.Â
You can physically feel the gush that rushes from your core at the thought and you know Tae can see it through the lace.
âHoly fuckâŚyouâre fucking drenched and I havenât even properly touched you yet,â he rasps, unbelieving.Â
âThen touch me and find out just how much I want this,â you whisper. Begging, pleading, praying your words have their intended effect. âHow much I want you, Taehyung.â
The sound that leaves his throat is a mixture of a whimper, a groan, and a guttural noise indicative of pure desperate want as he takes hold of your legs and spreads them further. Those mother fucking fingers trace from your ankles to your knees accompanied by the occasional light kiss, back up your inner thighs, and finally to the spot where youâve been weeping for him for the better part of thirty minutes with a heaping side of ten years yearned.Â
He places one open mouthed kiss on the top of your clothed clit and that simple touch has you arching, lightning crackling through your veins with the pleasure it brings. Tae slides one single finger down your covered slit before pushing it under and pulling it to the side.Â
At the mere sight of you heâs swearing so fiercely under his breath that you involuntarily clench and he canât fucking take it anymore.
His mouth is on you and you buck at the sensation. Yielding you no mercy, his tongue swipes from opening to clit in one long lick that has you gasping, clutching bed sheets above and below your head to keep from screaming.Â
âOh myâFuckâTae. Ohmygodohmyââ youâre rambling. Incoherent. A mess.Â
Heâs consuming your very being, no nerve left untouched, no reaction too minimal for his learning as he snakes his hands around your legs to haul you closer, pull you deeper into his mouth and you canât fucking take it. Youâre screaming out at the intensity he circles you with, and you can feel your impending orgasm come rushing to the surface. Youâve barely even processed itâs begun before youâre spasming so hard Tae has to remove an arm from your leg to throw around your pelvis.Â
His devious fucking eyes meet yours for one earth shattering moment as he slips two fingers inside and begins a secondary merciless pursuit on your already overwhelmed senses. Using the pads to press upwards in time to the motions he never ceased with his tongue, a second wave is cresting before the first has ceased and you feel yourself clamping down, legs holding him in place as the intensity of your release climaxes.Â
Youâve never felt a pressure so intense before, itâs like your body is a volcano and youâre erupting for the first time while someone sets off fireworks from its peak. The lava flows in waves, your hand holding his hair as you ride his face, shuddering at the vibrations his moan into your cunt leaves on the most sensitive parts of your body.Â
Gentle strokes and licks calm as your pleasure begins to wane and you can breathe in more than just stuttered inhales again.Â
âHoly fuââ you try to get out, but your voice is hoarse, like youâve been screaming the entire time.Â
And fuck, maybe you have been. You sure as hell canât remember or think of anything more than the warm fuzzy feeling currently radiating from every single pore in your body. The damningly deliciously dizzying feeling in your head not allowing for coherent thoughts to pass. Your limbs are loose, your body wholly relaxed.Â
YouâreâŚWell. Youâre fucking perfect right now. If you could stay in this moment forever you would without second thought. Locked in this room with him for all time sounds like the best way to live out the rest of your days.
Until you wince as Tae blows warm breath on your core and he chuckles, then does it again.Â
âHey,â you say, sounding much clearer now, âStop that and come here.â
You slip your hand down his face and grab him by the jaw, pulling him up and over you. Tae tastes like fire and whiskey and ambrosia and you as you kiss him with abandon, near feral as you take what you want from him and he revels in it.Â
Heâs on his elbows and a knee over you, and you use it to your full advantage to palm him over his pants andâFuck heâs big. No wonder he was so thorough on you. This is going to hurt no matter how much prep either of you did.
He hisses at the contact and that only spurs you on, grasping firmly at his base and roving up and over the head with the heel of your palm, squeezing gently in time with his reactions.
âChrist PG, if you keep doing that Iâm going to cum in my pants,â Tae laughs into your neck before rising to sit back on his heels. He gets as far as undoing his belt buckle and button before you take over, sitting up and pulling him out.Â
He is disastrously beautiful, just like the rest of him, and your mouth waters at just the idea of him in your mouth.Â
Licking your lips, you hear him curse quite colourfully as you take the tip into your mouth and swish your tongue over the head. Once. Twice. Thrice.Â
Tae raises one hand to his eyes and the other behind him to hold him up as you take him deeper, shaking from restraining himself so hard, murmuring to himself, âOh fuck. Fuck me, canât believeâso fucking good, prettyâperfectâohmygod,â and you seal the motherfucking deal by taking him into the back of your throat and looking up into his eyes at the same time.Â
Taehyung barks and bucks once into your throat before removing himself and throwing you down onto the bed. He looks furious in the way that gets your heart racing, your cunt thrumming and your breathing so fast your chest feels like it might shatter from the crosscurrents.Â
He grabs each of your hands and raises them above your head, sliding his fingers up your wrists and between your own, holding them in place on his pillow.
Leaning down, he uses his lowest timber to speak darkly into your ear, teasing your swollen clit with the tip of his cock. Sliding back and forth, sending bolts of white hot need through you.Â
âYou drive me fucking insane,â he starts, thrusting, teasing, torturing. And you moan at the contact.Â
âYou make me want to throw away a decades old friendship just for the chance to touch you.âÂ
Thrust, tease, jolt, whine.Â
âAnd whatâs worst of all is youâre the best thing Iâve ever tasted, the most beautiful Iâve ever seen, and you turn me into a complete idiot the second you enter the room. Itâs like your fucking presence takes away all the working functions in my brain and leaves me with only the incurable fucking desire to make you cum until you canât remember you own fucking name. Only mine.â
Thrust, squeeze, glide, jolt. âTae...â you whine, delirious with pleasure, drunk on his greed and delighted by his torture.
âI call you PG because itâs the only way I can get away with calling you anything more than your name around him.â He sounds almost angry with how low he growls. âAnd it means so much more than you could think.â
He leans further into you, so close now that his lips brush your ear as he speaks.Â
âMy Pretty Girl,â thrust, âMy Precious Girl,â moan, âMy Perfect Fucking Girl.âÂ
He releases one hand to line himself up with your entrance. âThatâs who you are to me. Thatâs what Iâm calling you when I call you PG. My Pretty, Precious, Perfect Girl. My Girl.â He slips past your walls, sinking deep and you both groan in euphoric unison. âMine.â
Tae pulls out, slow and controlled.Â
Blissful.Â
Then pushes back in, methodically.Â
Torturous.Â
Feeling every inch you can take, which is every single fucking one.
Inevitable.
Bottoming out for the second time, you whisper, âYours,â into his ear, and he turns fucking ravenous.
Setting an absolutely ruthless pace, he claims your body, taking whatâs so clearly always been his. Your legs wrap around him again, digging a heel into his ass as you drive him closer, harder with every push. Then lay claim to the one thing youâre able to, taking his lips with yours and biting down hard enough to draw the most sinful groan from the back of his throat. Hoarse, deep, almost broken with how raw it is.Â
One hand bruises its fingerprints into your hip while the other holds him up over you, and you use this to your advantage, slipping one leg around his and flipping the both of you over.Â
You trail your tongue down his jaw to his clavicle, he tastes of sweat and lust and sex and it is the most intoxicating thing youâve ever consumed. Creating your own gardens of little blooming flowers down one side of his neck and up the other, Taehyung moans greedily into your ear as your ride to match his thrusts, sending him deeper while you decorate your willing canvas.Â
Because as much as he wishes to lay claim to your body, you want to claim his as well.Â
âMine,â you say, positioning yourself to take over completely, using the springs of the mattress to do most of the work for you.Â
âYes,â he says. But thatâs not good enough.Â
âMine,â you demand, and let loose, pressing down on the mattress with your knees rapidly, creating the glorious effect you wanted. You watch as the up force from the mattress causes Taehyung to be driven into you so quickly he throws his head back, mouth dropped in pure ecstasy.Â
âFuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, YN, What the fuckââ he rambles, lost to the pleasure, biting his lip, going slackjawed, clenching and unclenching his fists into bedsheets that already have your handprints seared into them.
And you keep going, a little torture creation of your own.Â
âMine,â you demand again, and this time, it clicks.
âYours! Fuck, yours. All yours, only yours,â he surrenders and you slow back down to a regular pace, breathless.Â
Itâs a great move but itâs exerting.Â
You all but collapse on his chest and he takes over, thrillingly pissed off due to your power play.Â
âSo thatâs how itâs going to be?â he asks, and you clench at his tone.Â
He removes himself and you whimper, but heâs maneuvering you like a ragdoll on the bed and youâre more than fucking willing to be thrown around.Â
Heâs kneeling on the bed, lifting your hips and sliding into you in a doggy style, but then heâs doing the most insane thing you think youâve ever seen. With an arm around your stomach he brings your back to his torso and twists you both to face the open floor to ceiling windows. One of your legs is thrown over his thatâs up to splay you wide for the skyline to see, and you can see your reflection in the glass.Â
You look beyond fucked out, and so does he, and itâs the sexiest thing youâve ever seen. But then his hand is sliding to your throat, and a whispered, âIs this okay?â finds your ears. You nod.
Gripping the sides of your throat, he slides his other hand to graze your clit before beginning his own version of the move you just pulled. Pumping into you at a pace that has your g-spot screaming from all of the attention itâs receiving, his fingers swiping deftly over the bundled nerves at the apex of your thigh whilst lightly cutting off the blood supply to your brain.Â
It has you twitching and hazy and dizzy in seconds. You can see yourself losing to the feeling so steadily building at the base of your spine in the glass. Mouth open, body willing, the man whoâs been at the center of your wanting for longer than you can remember, its deliverance.Â
Dark, sex tousled hair, muscled forearms holding you up and driving you insane. Blackened eyes focused on you and only you through the mirror the darkness of the nightâs sky has created for you.Â
Itâs that visual that sets you over the edge when he releases your throat, and you feel a gush flowing from where you two meet.
âFuuuck yes. My Perfect Girl, cum all over my sheets, drench my cock. Thatâs it,â he purrs in your ear and itâs doing nothing but sending shock after shock into your already over sensitive and pulsing cunt, letting your consciousness float somewhere above or below you, you donât really care.Â
All you know is that you feel light as a feather and not of this earthly plane.Â
Taehyung removes himself and lies you down gently. Heâs back inside soon after and it just feels right as he fills you, like itâs where heâs meant to be.Â
He hovers over you once more, and you lift a single knee to his hip, mimicking your position from the club as he thrusts into you with fervor, chasing his own high after delivering three mind shattering ones to you.Â
Reaching one hand to his cheek, you hold him as he kisses you, working himself to completion.Â
Using your other to deliver a few expert circles to your clit, so you can come together, you breathe in each other's release and drown in once anotherâs embrace.Â
You leave his name on your tongue this time. A gift. A cry so delicate that a tear falls from your cheek and he kisses it away.
Taehyung inhales sharply, before stuttering his exhale and an exquisite warmth fills you.
âF-f-uu-ckkk,â he shudders as he lets the aftershocks of his release claim you in the most basic and animalistic of ways. You drink in the vulnerable sound, taking his mouth with yours one final time as you bask in each other's pleasure. Silent but for catching breaths, exertion evident as you hold one another.Â
Taehyung rests on your chest. Lines are sketched gently with your nails up and down his spine and into his hair as he comes down, content in the afterglow, where nothing is wrong and everything is perfect.Â
Before consequences kick in and regrets form.Â
When he decides heâs ready, Tae lifts and removes himself from you and you can feel the remnants of your combined efforts slide down to the bedsheets.Â
Tae takes a single finger and gathers it up before pressing it back in. You hiss at the now tender flesh. Though the pain doesnât stop the warmth newly pooling at the sight and feel and meaning.Â
He pumps it back in once, twice before removing his finger and placing it in his mouth to clean off. Your cunt flutters at the sight and Tae smirks, leaning forward to share his findings with you in the form of a filthy, open mouthed, tongue filled kiss. Itâs slightly salty, slightly metallic but you pull him back for one last lick when he tries to pull away.Â
Watching him kneeling there, in the glow of moonlight, you realize just how truly beautiful he is. The shape of his illuminated profile, the expanse of his chest as he breathes in, the colour of his skin under silver rays. Heâs stunning.Â
You smile up at him, spent, sated and so astronomically fucked if your brother ever finds out.Â
Tae must see the thought on your face, because he says, âDonât worry about him. Iâll handle it.â
But you honestly donât give a fuck about that right now. Thatâs a tomorrow issue. What you want to know is, âDid you mean it?â
âMean what, exactly?â He specifies.Â
You sit up, eye to eye as he sits on the edge of the bed, one leg on the ground.Â
âAll of it. Any of it.â
There.Â
Now it was out in the open. And the rest is up to him.Â
You could drag yourself back down to reality. Chalk this night up to booze and bad timing and perfect timing. Could convince yourself it was just one night and that it would have to be enouâ
âAll of it,â he interrupts, the most sincere expression youâve ever seen on him on full display. âDefinitely all of it. Every last fucking word.â
You slump on your exhale, so fucking relieved you didnât have to keep trying to lie to yourself that you could forget this happened.Â
Youâre laughing before you can fight it off, shoulders shaking. Smiling so wide it hurts.Â
âUh..YN?â Tae asks, clearly not sure how to take your reaction and you compose yourself.Â
âThatâs PG to you,â you say as you crawl onto his lap, and kiss him into oblivion.Â
Itâs interesting to finally sit on the dock across the way in East Egg.Â
The fog is gone, the sky is a brilliant blue, and the little box you kept sits open next to you, the lock and its key lost somewhere to the depths below your feet. Funny how harmless it seems now that thereâs nothing locked inside anymore, like it could never really have hurt you in the first place.Â
You take in your newly emptied creation, and quirk a brow when you see it move.Â
A wiggle at first, before itâs shaking and spinning and shrinking, turning from a box into a glass windowed locket. Golden and delicate and beautiful, with a matching chain. You ponder for a moment what it could be for, before turning to look down at the green light to your right.Â
An idea strikes.Â
Unclasping the little window, you lift the opened pendant to the green light. And to your delight, the emerald hue hops into its new home, closing its tiny windowed door.Â
You smile at the clever little light, lacing the chain around your neck, resting it on the middle of your sternum, right above your heart. Its brilliant hue shining brightly through the pane for all to see.
Funny how the green light you so longed for, longed for you back, and is now yours for keeps.
A/N 2.5: This is what has been rotting in my brain for the better half of two weeks so please enjoy, it was supposed to be short and trope filled to cure my writers block but apparently I am incapable of short. But trope filled it clearly is. Overall tho, I'm quite pleased with this one.
A/N 3: As always, thanks for reading, loves. Xoxo, - Yoon <3
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poly / ot7
love octagon? - ( @whyse7vn ) this was just too funny to me fsdfhsd, i always read it when a want to lift my mood
lovesick - ( @angelicyoongie ) yandere ot7, soulmate au, stalking, harrasment, you got 7 soulmates you don´t know about the you deff know about you, this is an on going series, hopefully i´ll be updated soon bc i loved it
seokjin
tba
yoongi
yoongi joins you in your bath and you talk about your days - ( @borathae) fluffy, vampire!yoongs, this is so wholesome :(
bewitched - ( @borathae) smut, fluff, vamp!yoongi, witch!reader, you put a spell on him so he cant cum till you say so, ON MY SOUL I FELT THIS ALL THE WAY TO MY TOES, the smut is gewwwd and the fluff is amazing ughhh, loved it
namjoon
namjoon loves creampies - ( @euphoricfilter ) smut obv, he is an ASS gUY as he shouldd, he luvs him some reverse cowgirl position, obssesed with watching cum dripping outta you, he´s just laying there thinking nasty stuff while watching you ride or die, its TEW MUCHHH
belly bulge -( @euphoricfilter ) ,,,,,do you even have to ask what this is about?, ITS A LOT GOING ONNNNNN, talking about big beeffy thick wide strong bear built namjoon and his big ol dicc, who wouldnt like this??, he jerks himself off throught your stomach...
forg_tful - ( @joon4eva ) established relationship, angstt, fluff, this one makes me cry every tIMEEEE, he forgets something important for the 2394823948th time so reader thinks he just doesn´t care, he doesn´t like being away from her :((((, but he owns it up bc he is a grown mature emotionally stable man, we love it
love language - ( @rmnamjoons ) soulmate au, mute!reader, non idol au. THE FLUFF IS BEAUTIFULLLLLLL, i love joons pov before meeting her, and the day the meet???? i died, it was so cute
blushes from a rose - ( @army-author ) fluff, supernatural au, popular witch!namjoon, shy forest nymph!reader, so like,,i need a movie of this asap
hoseok
tba
jimin
split - ( @sombreboy ) smut, snake hybrid!jimin, he has a fORKED tongue and TWO cocks!!!! :D NOW THIS, i remember reading it a long time ago and thinking it was the best hybrid!jimin fic out there, i´ve read about him being a cat, a dog, etc but a SNAKE??? now that´s new, loved it
faded love - ( @jamaisjoons ) angst, fluff, cheating husband!jimin, ceo!jimin. "he doesnât need to say it. because you can feel your husband, park jimin, falling out of love with you." ANGST FESSSTTTT, another one for my personal collection, i love this sm
taehyung
devotion - ( @borathae) smut, vampire!tae, period sex, multiple orgasms, period blood licking, its a LOT GOING ON I- wow, pls just read it
These Things Take Time - ( @laughing-with-god ) yandere! supernatural tae, gaslighting, gore, horror, ex bf jimin, this is written so well , ghost? tae but not really, doppleganger kinda thing, loved it
let love be enough - ( @jingabitch ) ex-husband!tae, cheater!tae, divorce au, you meet again after 20 years on your daughter´s wedding. YUPPP this is an angst fest right here, probably my favorite tae angsty fic out there, i LOVE IT
the curse of a crush - ( @army-author ) fluff, supernatural au, down bad witch!taehyung, witch!reader, he´s so in love with you he thinks you´ve cursed him with a love potion, SO CUTEEE
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When they have a crush
Pairing: ot7 BTS Ă Gn!reader (individually)
Genre: headcanon, fluff
Request: types of dumb or random things bts members will do while they are crushing on someone and wants their attention?
Warnings: mentions of food at jin's
A/n: I feel like I'm getting better at making the layout of these posts :)
Jin
âThis man ain't even trying to bring out his boyfriend material
âHe's going for the husband material
âCooks for you quite a lot
âAlways bringing you some lunch or just a few baked goodies (and never allowing the boys to eat it beforehand)
âRuns errands with you because he "has nothing better to do" when in reality he's just desperate to be with you for a while
âHe even has "cleaning dates" with youđ
âI see him to be a huge fan of domesticity ngl
âSo if there's anything he can do to bring out this side in your relationship, even if you're only on the friendship stage yet, you can bet that's what he's gonna do
âAnd he 100% expects your friends to make the "you seem like an old married couple" jokes because !!
âThat's precisely his goal!!
âOnce he gets to know your family, he even wants your family to be expecting the day you'll both start to date
âJin is just the definition of husband material and he knows it, that's how he tries to make you look at him
Suga
âStick to the end and hear me out
âJokes
âI know how that sounds but I promise you it makes senseđ
âYoongi is the typa guy to be effortlessly (and questionably) funny
âLike that one time the staff said "whoever has the ball wins" and he replied with "then we are all winners"
âHowever !
âHe keeps on doing those jokes like he'd always do
âBut now he unconsciously looks at your direction
âWould you laugh? Would you find it weird? Did you even pay attention?
âIf, after developing this crush of him, he notices that you actually laugh at his jokes
âYou can be sure he'll do them a lot
âBut it's so subtle you don't even notice he's doing it to make you laugh/have your attention
âHowever, he does pay attention to you quite a lot so he can always be the first one to notice your smile growing
J-hope
âEndless excuses to see you
âHe will purposely "forget" his things at your place just so he can go back there (and forget some more things)
âIt's an infinite cycle
âSometimes he will accidentally leave his sweatshirts with you
âAnd then he'll be like "could you give it back to me? We can go to that restaurant I was telling you about and then you can give it to me"
âBut then he will tell you that the night is cold so it's okay if you want to wear his sweatshirt while you're both out
âAnd then he also forgets to take it back
âWow who would ever imagine this could happen
âSo now you both need to see each other again because he really wants that sweatshirt
âBro is still trying to grow the courage to properly ask you out
âSo even if you do catch up on his small antics, please engage on it
âHe just needs a little bit of impulse đ
Namjoon
âWhenever he wants your attention, he starts to talk
âAnd with that I mean he TALKS
âWon't shut up for a second
âAnd he won't even make sense, bro is talking about the dumbest and more random things you could ever imagine
â "I wouldn't want to live in mars, it sounds depressing. Neptune sounds cool though, don't you think?"
âLike?? How do you want me to answer to that hunđ
âBut it's kinda sweet because he becomes a professional yapper to gain your attention, but once he gets it he let's you do all the talking
âHe didn't really want to talk, he just wanted you to be there with him
âSo you can talk all you want, he will pay attention to every single word with a little smile on his face
Jimin
âDeadass stares at you
âNot in a creepy way tho, just in a "please look at me I really want your attention right now"
âAnd will keep on staring at you until you give in
âHeavy on physical touch as well
âAt this stage of your relationship, everything is friendly of course
âBecause he is scared of letting you know he's in love with youđ even if that's pretty much the whole point
âHowever
âHe still craves a lot of your touch
âHugs all the time, holds and plays with your hand, the same goes to your hair...
âSometimes you can't even go somewhere without him following you like a shadow
âTrust me, if he wants your attention he will find a way to have it
Taehyung
âHe will ask for it
âLike, literally
âI see him as a very straightforward person so he'll just be like "y/n pay attention to me"
âMultiple times, until you actually do stop whatever you were doing and look at him
âAnd his reaction will be like đ
âI see him doing this slightly more subtly when he's trying to get your attention from someone else
âIf he feels you're talking to Jin, for example, for a very long while now, he won't hesitate on sitting next to you
âAnd kinda throwing himself on top of you
âlmao scratch what I said, that's not subtle at all
âBut at least he doesn't say what he wants from you out loud ig
Jungkook
âYou think this man is competitive?
âThat's because you haven't seen him trying to impress you
âAre you watching the dance practice? You can bet that Jungkook is giving 3 times his all
âAre you watching the recording? Bro becomes Mariah Carey in two seconds
âThe boys' biggest fear is when they are playing basketball or something like that and you're watching it
âThey KNOW they are going to lose
âIt can be a 6Ă1, nothing is stopping him from impressing you like that
âBut if you're the one playing against him? He's probably gonna win the match no matter what, but he's going to be extremely soft at least!
âPlease do compliment him on how he was, he needs to know it was worth itđ
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bts ot7 + "can you buy me pads?" texts !
ÂĄ pairing : bf!ot7 x reader ( individual )
! genre : fluff,crack and very random đđ
ÂĄ warnings : cussing.
! a/n : this being my first bts work is wild. anyways enjoy <3 decided to make a ver for all grps I stan hehehe let me know what u think! promising more future works for BTS for sure! already have a jungkook and taehyung wip hehe
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These Things Take Time (Yandere! Supernatural! Taehyung x Reader)
Synopsis: There's something wrong with your boyfriend Taehyung. At least, you think it's him.
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Trigger warnings: yandere behavior, psychological gaslighting, violence, gore, some heavy making out, strong language, AFAB reader (she/her) I'm sure I'm missing some but you know me and what I write lol
Authors note: just a real quick thank you to @bigbuffjoonie and @mustardpop for having beta read and brainstormed with me literally a year ago about this fic that I never published until now.
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He passionately thrusted her against the wall, mouthing at her neck while muttering disgusting things that he was going to do to her.
It was foulâŚ
It was tabooâŚ
It wasâŚ..
Your fingers paused and hovered over the keyboard, the constant clicking of your writing coming to a sudden halt.
Your eyes scanned the last few lines, lips instinctively mouthing the words and checking the overall flow of the plot.
Your two main characters were about to fuck each otherâs brains out after a long âwill they or wonât theyâ that spanned well over a dozen chapters.
There should be a feeling of torture, a feeling of relief, a feeling of frenzied lust that just couldnât contain itself anymore and combusted within the contents of these pages.
That is what you desperately wanted your loyal readers to experience when they get to this scene.
Yet when reading the long-awaited buildup, you felt nothing.
You cared for every character you created like a mother does their child, them getting their happy endings was just as important to you as it was to them. So why did you feel so numb and dissociated from everything youâve been typing the past hour?
You released a disillusioned sigh and leaned back into your chair. Your eyes stung from staring at a screen for so long and your limbs ached to be stretched with hours of immobility.
Writerâs block was a bitch.
Unlike other skills, writing was one of the few expertise that working harder at it wonât guarantee a better outcome. You could type away until your fingers were bruised and bloody, but it doesnât mean anything you wrote would be worth shit. Writing was a talent and it came and went as it pleased. And right now it was gone.
Which left you very depressed and your editor very pissed.
You gave up the fight and reluctantly closed your laptop. Then stood to your full height, to give your back a much-needed stretch.
âI tried today. And thatâs okay. Iâll try again tomorrow.â You thought to yourself, half heartedly taking your therapistâs advice to acknowledge your efforts and not just the outcomes.
When in a creative slump, it has been said that reading other works can be a source of inspiration. Canât be a good writer yourself, then go out and read a good writer. With this thought in mind, you slowly exited your office and descended down the stairs.
Last week your mom sent you a book she recommended, and youâve been so busy trying to finish your own novel that you just tossed it somewhere and havenât touched or looked for it since. Though, you were almost certain you caught sight of it on the coffee table yesterday.
When you stepped into the living room, you spotted a familiar figure standing by the large bay window.
The sight tugged a small fond smile onto your face.
Taehyung was your boyfriend of six months.
He was strikingly attractive, tall, kind and clearly didnât know his own worth because not only was he dating you, but he also agreed to move into this secluded farmhouse while you tried to finish your book. He assured that he could use this time and space to focus on his paintings as well, but you knew deep down he just didnât want to leave you alone out in the middle of nowhere.
Right now only his profile was facing you, his alluring feline eyes staring at the raining scene outside, dark brows furrowed in heavy thought. He looked to be biting on his lower lip, a habit youâve never seen before, but you supposed you two have only been dating for a few months so there was probably a whole world of little quirks you didnât know of yet.
The scene was a bit intense, as you werenât used to your usually cheerful boyfriend looking so ponderous. Yet you shrugged it off and just assumed he was most likely brainstorming his next painting. Taehyung was your first artist boyfriend and your friends did warn you that they could be a bit dramatic.
You quickly surveyed the room and indeed located the book on the coffee table. While reaching for it you called out, âHey love?â
Taehyung snapped his neck at a speed too fast for your liking, instantly facing you with eyes wide and blown out in what you could only assume was shock.
You giggled, thinking he was too absorbed in his own world that he probably just now noticed your presence.
âI know I said I wanted pasta for dinner but how about we order some chinese instead?â You asked. Taehyung didnât say anything, eyes still wide in unknown revelation, entirely unmoving. You continued, âThis weather makes me not want to do anything, and I know you complain about the delivery time but we could just reheat the food if it gets here cold.â
It seemed like forever but Taehyung eventually nodded.
He then turned to face the window again.
You inwardly sighed and guessed he wasnât thrilled with the idea of chinese. He always complained that you didnât take care of yourself and how you needed home cooked meals rather than greasy takeout. But when creatively burnt out like this, you tended to just reach for the doordash because the act of cooking seemed entirely too much for you.
Hoping to butter him up, you tipped toed from behind and wrapped your arms around him. You nuzzled your face into his back and took a deep breath, enjoying the familiar scent of his outrageously expensive cologne. His body seemed to melt into your hold, tense posture suddenly limp and calm.
You reached up and pecked his cheek, grinning when you caught sight of his lips twitching upwards. Harmless manipulation complete, you trudged out the room with a lukewarm âThanks honey!â
You skipped up the stairs and made a left into a hallway, quickly getting into the bedroom and preparing to plop into the heavenly crumpled mess of sheets and blankets, when an unexpected sound caused you to still.
The front door was opening.
Afraid of a possible home invasion, you rushed out to see what was happening.
The door was wide open and emerging into the homeâŚwas Taehyung.
His hair and jacket was drenched from the rain, four or so heaping grocery bags in his hold as he looked up the stairs at you with a tired smile.
âHey baby, can you give me a hand with some of this? I got some sauce for the pasta and picked up some other stuff we were running low on.â
Time stood still.
Your jaw dropped in bewilderment.
Your mind struggling to process this odd collapse of reality.
The nearest grocery store was, at its quickest, still a twenty-minute drive into town.
There was just no way Taehyung was able to leave and get back in the same time it took for you to get up the stairs and into your room.
No one can be in two places at once.
What the fuck was going on?
You just saw him. You just talked to him. You just smelled him. You just touched him.
Taehyungâs gaze worriedly ran up and down your face, correctly detecting that something was dreadfully wrong. He kicked the door closed behind him and rather ungracefully dropped the bags, hastily stepping over some of the falling items to race up the steps and take you in his hold.
âY/n? Baby whatâs wrong? You look like youâve seen a ghost! Did something happen while I was gone?â He fretted.
âI-w-what-you-j-just-living roomâŚâ You stammered, not even being able to bring yourself to voice what was happening.
âWhat? What about the living room? Youâre not making any sense.â
You gulped, looking up at him with fear. âT-Tae, I couldâve sworn I just saw you in the living room. I talked to you.â
Your boyfriendâs face dropped.
âY/n, get in the bedroom and lock the door behind you.â
You irritably huffed while blinking away oncoming tears, realizing Taehyung didnât quite understand what you were saying. âNo! Not like an intruder! It was you.â
âIâm right here Y/n. I just got back from the market. I havenât been home in the past hour. Thereâs no way you just saw me in this house.â He slowly explained, as if you were having some mental breakdown and needed to be talked off the ledge.
Your temper rose. âNo shit Kim Taehyung! Thatâs why Iâm scared! Do you have a twin brother or something? Or did you come into the living room before going back to the car to get the groceries?â
Taehyung backed away from you, clearly put off by your outburst. âNo? First off, you know Iâm an only child. Secondly, why would I come in and let you talk to me before going back out in the pouring rain, bring in groceries and then pretend I have no idea what youâre talking about when you said you saw me in the house just now?â
You glared up at him, now feeling foolish for even being scared in the first place of something that most definitely had a logical explanation.
Your boyfriend always had a more playful side than you and this was most likely the first trick he was trying to play in your very young relationship.
âI told you I donât like pranks, Taehyung. You can pull them on your friends all you want but you promised to never pull one on me.â
He threw his hands up in the air in exasperation. âIâm not pranking you! It probably was an intruder who looked kinda like me and instead of letting me go and investigate, you're arguing with me?â
âIt wasnât an intruder! He didnât take anything!â
Taehyung laughed incredulously, âGreat, you're defending some robber over your own boyfriend now? I almost feel jealous.â
âThereâs nothing to be jealous over because the guy was you!â You exploded.
âWhich isnât possible!â
âGo look then!â You relented.
Taehyung didnât need to be told twice. He swiftly ran down the stairs and went through the entire house, searching for an unseen man who managed to trick his girlfriend into thinking he was him.
He found no such person.
It was only while you both wordlessly unpacked the groceries while licking the wounds of your little spat did Taehyung make a point that chilled you to the bone.
âY/n, when you saw meâŚhow did I look?â
You raised a brow at him. âI donât know? You looked just fine.â
âOkayâŚand your working theory is I parked outside and came in, talked to you, then went back out, just to enter through the front again like nothing happened?â
You meekly shrugged, âYeah I guess that would be a good trick.â
Your clever boyfriend pointed at the window, where it was still raining heavily. âI would've been soaked then, Y/n.â
That was the first incident.
â Dinner that night was a tense affair.
At least until Taehyung solemnly apologized for being so bad at hiding his true identity.
He then fessed up to being the Korean version of The Flash.
Against yourself, you bursted out laughing.
Maybe it was all the anxiety of the day that made you loopy, or your desperate need to just return to normal but you apologized for snapping and blamed your overactive writer's imagination for everything.
Taehyung said it was okay and that you actually looked hot when angry, you knew for a fact you didnât but took the compliment nonetheless and suggested an early night in.
And just like that your first couple fight was over.
Yet that night when you were in the arms of your slumbering boyfriend, with his peaceful snores rumbling in your ear, all you could think about was the other Taehyung.
You regretfully lied to your boyfriend.
You knew for a fact that it wasnât your imagination.
You were never the type of writer who got so immersed in your work that you began imagining things and confusing them for reality. If anything, you were too grounded in reality. In addition to this, you highly doubted that multiple weeks of writerâs block would even allow for such a vivid mirage to occur.
And the most damning evidence of all, if it was your imaginationâŚwhy would your mind conjure up the exact replica of your boyfriend? The very man you live with and see everyday for hours on end? Wouldnât it be a character from your book? Or at least someone you havenât seen in a while?
It all didnât make sense, but you didnât have enough information to say what it was, you just knew what it wasnât.
You rolled over and buried your face into Taehyungâs chest, practically praying for the mystery to soon be over and solve itself quickly.
It was most likely the overthinking and looming dark corners of the bedroom, but you began to feel like someone was watching you through the small gap in your ajar bedroom door.
â A few days passed and you have almost forgotten about the incident.
I mean, maybe not entirely but you were at least willing to chalk it up to a freak incident.
Scrolling through some discussion boards online showed that your story was actually pretty tame to what other unexplainable experiences some people have had. At least the other Taehyung didnât try to scare or hurt you. It just seemed like he was doing his own thing really, like he was lost in his own world staring out that window. Thus you concluded that you werenât in danger, and it therefore wasnât worth freaking out about.
Mainly because your editor was on your ass and there was nothing productive about thinking of him when you were already so late on a deadline.
Naturally, you attempted to throw yourself into your writing, which was proving to be as fruitless as ever. Yet you knew giving your editor anything was better than nothing, leading you to sending half-assed drafts to him and enduring long calls about how your writing was okay, but not great.
You and Taehyung have been off too.
There was no more fighting or even words exchanged about the fiasco. However there still was an uneasiness between you two. You doubted that Taehyung believed your imagination excuse, but you also knew that he didnât trust your original recollection of events either. Your boyfriend sort of walked on eggshells around you, almost as if youâd somehow think he was the imposter whenever heâd step into the room. You would be lying if you said you werenât a little offended by it.
Luckily, Taehyung was currently immersed with his art, rarely leaving his little workspace. You wished you could say the same but you felt like you were simply writing in circles without actually getting anywhere. It was hard to not be jealous, but at least you were given some space away from him after a rather unresolved fight.
Meanwhile, you were planning to take a day or two off of writing, to just let your mind wander and relax so that maybe the next time you sat behind a laptop you could actually produce something worthwhile.
Of course it would just so happen that it would fall on the very day you get sick.
Waking up that morning you felt feverish and lightheaded, telling yourself that you could just use fifteen more minutes of sleep and youâd probably feel better.
You woke up five hours later; feeling even more feverish, lightheaded, and now nauseous.
You trudged downstairs to the kitchen and popped back some painkillers with a glass of water, already fantasizing about getting back into your warm and comfy bed once again.
Except what could make your bed even warmer and comfier? Taehyung.
Your boyfriend was always the more affectionate one between you two, you often practically had to push him away when you were trying to get work done. But now that you were willingly going to ask for his affection, there was no way heâd let you go uncuddled.
Any awkwardness in the relationship was long forgotten as you stomped towards his workspace, a demand to be held heavy on your tongue. You were too sick and exhausted to try to navigate relationship politics, but the whole point of a boyfriend was that he was supposed to provide attention on demand, right?
You reached his door and feebly knocked, trying to be polite to his artistic process and not just barge in.
You heard some shuffling on the other side and soon enough your boyfriend was in front of you. Taehyung hadnât shaved his face in days, a faint goatee gracing his already intimidatingly handsome face. His black hair was messy and fluffy, a gold chain gracing his neck and drawing attention to his lack of shirt and gray sweatpants.
He grinned at you, âWhatâs up baby?â
You pouted up at him, momentarily not even ashamed to resort to such cheap tricks, âI feel sick and want to be cuddled back to sleep.â
âAww poor thing.â He crooned while leaning against the doorframe. âWhy donât you head back up to bed and Iâll be up as soon as I can? I just finished a sketch and really need to focus on the next few steps before I can quit for the day.â
You huffed, kind of annoyed that he wouldnât even take a break to hold you.
He rolled his eyes at your reaction, âDonât look at me like that, honey. When the muse strikes, I gotta paint. Otherwise I donât know when Iâll get the next chance for inspiration. You understand, right?â
âYeah, Iâm just really crabby and being held sounded really good.â
Taehyung chucked, muttering to himself a âcuteâ before leaning forward and pecking your lips. âI promise Iâll try to be quick. Go drink some water and wait for me. Iâll bring you some soup when Iâm done.â
You just nodded and left him to his work. Instead of the bedroom, your feet somehow led you to the living room.
Maybe you should watch some tv while Taehyung worked? You already slept a lot today and if Taehyung was gonna be in bed with you later, perhaps it was a good idea to stay up for a little bit. Besides, youâve been avoiding this part of the house ever since the incident and you needed to get comfortable in your own living room eventually.
Such a reminder of that rainy day caused you to cast a wary glance at the bay window, oddly feeling both relief and annoyance that nothing was there.
You plunked down onto the couch and wrapped a throw blanket around you, searching your usual streaming services for some comfort show to watch.
It was halfway through an episode of some show youâve already watched countless times, when you heard footsteps approaching.
You looked up and saw your boyfriend, looking as cute and messy as before. Except now he held a sheepish smile on his face as he held up a steaming mug of something.
âWhatâs that?â
He took a seat next to you and gently handed the drink over. âHot chocolate. I know protocol is tea whenever someone is sick, but I know how much you hate the taste.â
You fondly smiled and took the mug, flustered that he remembered such a minor detail about you. âThank you love but you didnât have to. You should be focusing on your work. Donât let me distract you!â
Taehyung shook his head and threw an arm around you, holding you tight against him. He craned his neck and looked down to you, almost meeting you nose-to nose to connect his gaze with yours. Suddenly a serious expression replaced his formerly sheepish one.
âActually, I wanted to talk.â He said, taking a deep breath before continuing, âI-I wanted to say sorry.â
âFor what?â
He licked his lips, âI know weâve been kinda out-of-sync ever since you said you saw someone and I didnât believe you. But, it just didnât make sense. Like, how is that possible? Whatever the case though, I shouldnât have made you feel like you were going crazy or something.â
You raised an eyebrow, âSo you believe me then?â
âYes. I know you wouldnât lie. I donât know what happened butâŚI know you know what you saw.â
A warm feeling spread across your chest, temporarily putting your sickness on the back burner. In truth, you weren't sure if the situation even called for an apology but you felt so pampered that your boyfriend cared enough to. âI-Iâm sorry too, Tae. I shouldnât have assumed you were being mean and pranking me. Snapping at you wasnât cool.â
Taehyung just shrugged. âNah, I probably wouldâve done the same thing.â
You secretly agreed that you were in the right but still, if he was being a big enough person to say sorry so should you. You turned your attention back to the drink in your hands, taking a sip.
You nearly moaned in pleasure when the flavor graced your taste buds.
âWhat did you put in this?â
âOh just some cinnamon and-â
âGinger.â You interrupted, knowing without a doubt that it was the other spice.
âYup. Why? Is something wrong?â He asked, probably worried you didnât like it.
âNo! Itâs perfect.â You said before gulping down more of the nostalgic hot chocolate. âWhen I was a kid, I had a babysitter who would make her hot chocolate with cinnamon and ginger. Mrs Fritz was her name, a really kind old lady from down the street. I was her favorite so she made hot chocolate for me all the time and watched me for free whenever my parents went out.â
Taehyung hummed, a small smile on his face as you fondly recalled one of the biggest figures of your childhood. âShe mustâve had great taste.â
âMrs. Fritz had impeccable taste.â You good-naturedly corrected with a giggle. âI miss her. When other kids wouldnât play with me she would stay inside with me and color or read me these cool stories.â
âI wouldâve played with you.â Taehyung grumbled, in all likelihood noting how you grimaced at the memory of not being all too popular as a kid.
âHaha, you definitely wouldnât have! I was such a dork and actually hated playing outside. Kid me much rather be at home watching some old movies or something. Not to mention I was quite an ugly little girl.â You laughed.
Tae gasped dramatically, âThatâs not true! You were adorable!â
âYou saw like one picture of me at eight! And my mom did me all up for that picture! Trust me, I didnât look that good at all.â
Taehyung looked like he wanted to argue further, but realizing you were right he just dropped it with an unconvincing, âWhatever you say.â
âBut anyway babe, you really can go back to painting. I donât want to keep you. If I had any inspiration right now, you wouldnât be able to tear me away from my laptop.â
His arm tugged you even closer. âNope, Iâm alright where Iâm at right now. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I left my sick girlfriend all alone?â
You blushed, logically aware that you could handle yourself but emotionally over the moon that this beautiful man didnât want you to. Selfishly, you wanted to take advantage of his presence even if it came at the expense of his art progress. So you placed the mostly empty mug on the coffee table, fishing out your phone from your sweatpant pocket and setting it there too.
You then curled up into his side, suddenly feeling so drowsy.
Taehyung held you closer, even playing with your hair as you lost the battle with your increasingly heavy eyelids.
You felt him press his lips against your forehead in a drawn out peck, as his nose ticked the crown of your head. He inhaled deeply, his everlasting love for your shampoo revealing itself once more.
âYou okay?â His baritone voice whispered.
âYeah. I just took some medicine thatâs probably making me all sleepy.â You mumbled back.
You didnât hear anything else, just felt as he rested his head on top of yours, presumably also closing his eyes to rest.
Slowly but surely feeling the mechanisms of your brain shut down, the darkness steadily taking over as the sound of the tv became more and more distant.
A notification from your phone caused you to open a single eye, quickly scanning the screen on the coffee table.
Taebear: Hey almost done over here! Do you mind turning down the TV a bit tho? Kinda distracting :(
Before you can even gasp, the medicine-induced darkness consumed you completely, effectively and brutally knocking you out.
That was the second incident.
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âSo like I was saying, I dumped his ass because what the fuck do you mean you âdonât know what we areâ? I met his damn parents, Y/n!â
The voice blarred over the phone speaker, as you hummed rather noncommittally. âWhat a jerk. You can do a whole lot better, Lisa.â
You were in the laundry room, slowly taking clothes out of the dryer and folding them as you spoke on the phone with one of your closest friends. About once a week you two would have a call and catch each other up with your lives. Although, Lisa led a much more interesting life than you and usually had a crazy story to share every week, while you just reacted to it. It was kinda like a one listener podcast, but you didnât mind as you were always very entertained with her.
âThank you! I donât know where I keep finding these guys. You really got lucky with Taehyung, all the other men our age are such assholes.â She groaned.
You wanted to laugh, but at the mention of your boyfriendâs name you froze.
Not catching your silence, Lisa continued, âAnyway, how are you and Taehyung doing? Whatâs it like to live together only six months into a relationship?â
âActuallyâŚwe had our first fight.â You told her. âMaybe. I donât know. It may not even be considered a fight so much as a disagreement but Iâve been feeling a little awkward.â
âOooh, what happened?â She didnât even try to mask her excitement.
âItâŚIâŚSomething happened and he didntâŚI donât know, Lisa. Iâm going to sound crazy but I feel like Iâm experiencing a glitch in the matrix or some shit.â
She pushed, âTry me. Remember when I used to be a flat earther? Iâll believe anything.â
Lisa made a good point, she was always down for conspiracies and even proclaimed herself a supernatural expert. So you relented, âOkay. Look, I donât want you to laugh at me or anything because Iâm being completely honest. Iâm telling you this because I desperately need theories.â
âI promise Iâll give you a theory! Just get to it!â She barked over the phone, anxiously awaiting your story.
âUm, so earlier this week I went downstairs and saw Taehyung. I talked to him about ordering out instead of cooking, hugged him then went up the stairs. Then not even a second later Taehyung came home with groceries, telling me he wasnât in the house at all when I said I saw him.â You paused, waiting for her to interject.
âHuhâŚâ She trailed off, stumped herself with what that could mean.
âAnd yesterday, I went to Taeâs workspace to try to cuddle but he said he needed a bit more time with his painting and then heâd meet me upstairs. I went to the couch to wait and he suddenly came in and apologized for not believing me earlier. We cuddled and talked thenâŚI got a text from Taehyung asking me to turn the tv down because it was distracting him.â
You took a deep breath to calm your rising nerves, not liking how you were managing to scare yourself all over again. âLisa, how was I in Taehyung's arms when Taehyung wasnât even in the room with me?â
âHow did this other Taehyung act? Was he any different than your actual boyfriend?â
âI mean, the first time he didnât say a word and I left the room quickly. The second time he was so sweet andâŚI donât know. Maybe even nicer than my actual boyfriend but not like suspiciously so.â
âAnd thereâs no difference between him and Taehyung? Same height, voice, birthmarks, everything?â
âYes.â
A brief silence as she no doubt was working with a theory. âAnd youâve never had experiences like this before you moved into that farmhouse?â
âNone.â
âAh-ha! Itâs probably a ghost then!â She assured triumphantly.
You, however, werenât so sure she solved the case. âA ghost that looks exactly like my boyfriend?â
âWell, crazier things have happened. You know, scientists say that each person has around six doppelgangers out there somewhere. What if this ghost was your boyfriend's doppelganger?â
âStill, why would he act like he was my boyfriend? Like, this ghost must have a different name and background than my Taehyung so why does he go along with it whenever I call him Taehyung and treat him like a boyfriend?â You questioned.
âThe afterlife can get pretty dull. The ghost is probably just bored and noticed that Taehyung looks alot like him, so heâs using that to his advantage to mess around.â
âThat doesnât make me feel better.â You grumbled, pissed at the prospect of you being a little plaything to a bored spirit.
âI know babe but ghosts are mostly harmless. If it really starts to bother you, maybe get a medium to move him along or whatever.â Lisa advised.
âYeah, maybe.â â Mom: Look what I found!
The text came with a video attached, and you clicked it without thinking much.
A chubby little girl of about three to five years of age was badly hiding in a school cubby. Her mini feet sticking out and wiggling as the rest of her body was covered by a hung up winter coat. The cameraman sighed dramatically from behind the scenes, asking loudly, âOh where could Y/n possibly be?!â
The girl giggled and a new figure slowly snuck into frame, approaching the cubby with a large grin.
The preschool teacher suddenly reached into the cubby and snatched the girl up, holding her up in the air as if the toddler was a prize of some sort. âGotcha!â
The mini version of you laughed in her hold, kicking the air in glee. âMiss Addison you found me! Youâll find me anywhere, right?â
The young teacher nodded as she placed you on your feet. âOf course! I have a really good Y/n sense! Iâll find you anywhere.â
âEven the moon?â Innocent you asked, most likely just having learned about the star.
âYes, Iâll find you on the moon if I have to!â Miss Addison chuckled.
The video ended and you went to type your mom a half-hearted reply, mostly inquiring how she still even had that clip after all these years.
While doing so, you caught yourself wishing that you could show this to Taehyung and prove that you were indeed not the best company as a child, your teacher had to play hide-and-seek with you because no one else would.
Yet, it wasnât Taehyung you had that particular conversation with. Rather other Taehyung.
Or as you and Lisa had nicknamed; ghost Taehyung.
You failed to tell your boyfriend about the second incident. He woke you up an hour or so later with his promised bowl of soup, softly scolding you for never turning down the tv.
Deep inside you were sure that he was already convinced you were crazy from the first time his replica showed up. You didnât seek to push that theory even further. Mostly because you didnât want him to admit you to a psych ward, but also because of another glaring reason. The first time you were sure that Taehyung himself was messing with you somehow, which prompted you to accuse him, but this time around you knew for a fact he was innocent.
Instinctively, you didnât feel threatened by the doppelganger spirit. If anything you sorta wished heâd pop up again with a ginger-cinnamon hot chocolate. It was kinda weird that he was acting like your boyfriend when he wasnât, but he didnât try to be too intimate with you or anything. The lease on the farmhouse was only twelve months so you could put up with a friendly ghost for a while if need be.
The only creepy thing was that you werenât sure how you were going to tell if you were talking to the real Taehyung or not. Thankfully, the sick day incident seemed to be the last one, the last few days being almost eerily mundane.
The door to your bedroom suddenly slammed open, revealing your beaming boyfriend.
He held up a champagne bottle with one hand and two glasses in the other. âGuess what just happened!â
You sat up in bed and placed your phone on the nightstand as he giddily approached you. âWhat? Are we celebrating something?â
âOnly the Bauhaus Gallery agreeing to schedule a showing for my latest collection!â
You jumped up in surprise, instantly wrapping your arms around him and plastering his face with kisses. âOh my god! Tae! Thatâs amazing! Iâm so proud of you! When is it?!â
âNext Friday at eight.â He chuckled through your kisses, fully basking in your attention.
The Bauhaus gallery was an uppity German gallery in town that apparently served as a who's who in the world of painting. Personally, you didnât get what the big deal was, but Taehyung made it one of his career goals to have a show there. He always said that his career would really take off if he could showcase his work at such a place.
You pulled back and began thinking out loud as Taehyung worked on the bottle, âWow, okay! I need to get a dress. And we should invite some friends to support you. Oh! Namjoon and his wife would probably try to buy a painting so we should see if theyâre free-â
Taehyung cut you off with the resounding pop of the bottle, âYeah yeah, we can plan that all out later. Right now I just wanna celebrate with my pretty girlfriend please.â
You quieted down and held the glasses as he poured. He then placed the bottle aside, took a glass and held it up for you to clink. You did so while your boyfriend declared, âTo my collection and girlfriend; both beautiful and priceless!â
âYou better announce that again at the afterparty!â You laughed, covering your blush.
You both finished the drinks rather quickly, him with a refreshing âahhâ and you with a cringe. Champagne really was overrated in your opinion, having no idea why it was the token celebratory drink. The glasses were then shoved somewhere aside, courtesy of Tae.
You laid back down in the bed, Taehyung unhurriedly following suit and even climbing on top of you at a leisurely pace.
Taehyungâs face was now inches away from yours, his every breath tickling your skin. His previous mood of joy shifted into something moreâŚsultry. Cat eyes darkened, fully taking you in with a steadily growing smirk. The artist licked this bottom lip in a blink-and-youâll-miss-it speed, before quirking one brow up in faux inquiry. His voice was low and husky, purring into your ears, âYou know, itâs been a while since weâve fucked.â
You snorted, âGee, thatâs hard to believe when you put me in the mood like that.â
âYou like a man who's upfront.â He shrugged, not wasting a second more as he leaned down to slowly melt his lips against yours.
The intimate sensation felt almost foreign, the last few days having only been filled with obligatory pecks due to you two being so caught up in your work. You almost forgot how talented he was at making you feel special.
You kissed back just as slowly, feeling the intensity of his lips and taking the time to reacquaint yourself with them. It was gentle, deep, and meaningful. He kissed you gingerly, carefully, but thatâs not what you wanted. Not after all this time. Pent-up sexual frustration caused you to knot your fists in his shirt, pulling him harder against you.
Taehyung groaned softly, low in his throat while encircling you in his arms to gather you against him. You two rolled over in the bed, tangled in the sheets, still locked at the lips.
His tongue slips into your mouth, tender but demanding. You swirl your tongue against his, moaning into his mouth as his hands snuck up to twist in your hair and grip you impossibly closer. Taehyungâs slight stubble prickles you, but somehow the extra sensation just excites you even more. Your boyfriend's lips pull back and meet their ultimate home at your neck, him now mouthing fervently at the sensitive nerves there as you gasped for air.
As you felt hotter and hotter, Taehyung answered your unsaid prayer and positioned his thigh between your legs, obscenely brushing against the place you needed him most. Knowing you like the back of his hand, he purposefully tensed his thigh as you not-so-subtly grinded against it, all the while he sucked and nibbled at the spot just below your ear.
A tug at your clothes.
Softly biting your earlobe, he whispered, âBe a good girl for me and take this shit off.â
Just when you were about to oblige, an unexpected sound cut through all the haze and caused you both to freeze.
It sounded like aâŚbang?
From somewhere deep within the house.
It was so loud and shrill, it effortlessly echoed off the walls of your humble bedroom. If you had to describe it, it was as if someone had just thrown a bowling ball with all their might.
Undoubtedly snapping into protector mode, Taehyung immediately jumped off of you and reached under the bed to retrieve a metal baseball bat.
âStay here.â He ordered, already marching out the door before you could even protest.
You fearfully obeyed, reaching for your phone in case 911 had to be called.
Your once warm and flushed body was now icy with panic. Sitting upright in the bed, you strained your ears for any idea of what was occurring downstairs.
But alas, the house remained freakily silent. Almost as if that brutal sound was in your head and nothing more.
This did nothing to help your anxiety, a cold sweat quickly forming.
Minutes passed, you waited with bated breath for something. Anything.
But nothing ever came.
Your worry grew tenfold.
The longer Taehyung was away, the more you felt weighed down with dread, heart nearly in your throat.
âWhat was happening downstairs? Was Taehyung okay? Did he find something? If there was a struggle, surely you wouldâve heard it by now, right?â
Then ultimately, as the seconds ticked on, âWas your boyfriend going to come back?â
At the ten-minute mark, you made your decision.
Now concerned for your boyfriendâs safety, you sprung out of bed and ran out of the room. Your body purposefully moving too fast for your mind to catch up and halt your movements in the name of self-preservation.
âTaehyung?!â You desperately called out as you practically plummeted down the stairs.
âIn here!â A croaky voice answered, sounding like your boyfriend but oddlyâŚdefeated?
You correctly traced the voice to his workroom, stepping into the space and seeing a scene that swiftly broke your heart, effectively replacing all your fright with woe.
Taehyung was on his knees in front of an easel, head bowed down.
The easel held a half-done canvas.
It was a sketch of two people, a man and a woman that closely resembled you and Taehyung.
It was partly painted, the scene depicting a warm sunny day at the park that looked alot like where Taehyung had taken you for a picnic and officially asked you to be his girlfriend. You were in Taehyungâs arms, kissing his cheek as he smiled his signature box-smile. You could recall that precise moment easily, you had just said yes to being his and sheepishly pecked his cheek, embarrassed by the old man on the bench a few feet away that eyed you two like a hawk.
It was a wonderful piece of unfinished art, not only due to the sentimental value but also the artistry and time that clearly went into it.
If only there weren't angry red sloshes of paint that cut through it, ruining the picture and turning it into something that looked like a horrible bloody mess of goo and not the romantic day it was.
âI-I was going to gift this to youâŚ.on our seventh month.â Taehyungâs voice was watery.
You didnât even know what to say.
All of his hard work and thought was simplyâŚgone. Erased. Ruined.
It wouldâve been the equivalent of someone breaking into your laptop and deleting your entire novelâs draft. What would you even do? If roles were reversed, would there even be a way for Taehyung to console you? To make matters worse, it was his gift of love to you. He didnât make that painting for himself, a buyer, or a collectionâŚhe made it for you.
Your empathy made you almost cry for him, but you knew that would be the last thing heâd want to see right now. His guilt would only grow.
You walked further into the room and got on your knees beside him.
Wrapping your arms around him, you cradled his head in the nook between your head and shoulder while rocking the two of you. âTae baby, Iâm so sorry.â
He didnât say anything for a while, although you felt wet teardrops on your skin.
âWho would do this? It doesnât make sense why someone would break in, take nothing and just destroy my gift?â
You didnât know either, but you wanted to make him feel better. âListen, I think it was the perfect gift. Itâs really the thought that counts and Iâm just happy that you even thought to make me something like that. Especially in the middle of working on your own collection, it mustâve been hard.â
Taehyung pulled back, regarding you with a tearful but hopeful gaze. âReally?â
âOf course! I was literally going to just get you a watch or something. That gift kinda would have made me look bad.â You attempted to joke.
He shakily smiled, even chuckling a bit before pulling back entirely and standing to his full height. Tae then held a hand out for you, pulling you up as well.
Not wanting to be in the room anymore with that awful mess, you gradually pushed him towards the door, eventually up the stairs and into your bedroom.
You both sat on the bed, him with his head in his hands and you awkwardly suggesting yet another early night in.
But instead of agreeing and attempting to join you under the covers, Taehyung continued to sit almost painfully still at the edge of your bed.
Then, he spoke.
âY/n, you were lying when you said that guy was probably just a figment of your imagination.â
It wasnât a question.
He knew.
He believed you now.
â
It was now the official opinion of the house that a ghost was indeed roaming around somewhere.
You wanted to pat yourself on the back because truly, your taste in men was superior.
Taehyung wasnât one of those horror movie boyfriends that was convinced every unexplainable occurrence mustâve had a logical explanation. It only took that one experience for the artist to admit that something weird was going on, and although he never saw the ghost himself, Taehyung believed you when you said it looked exactly like him.
You were happy that you two were on the same pageâŚwell, mostly.
Taehyung reasoned that the lookalike ghost mustâve been the one to ruin his painting.
You donât know why, but somewhere deep within, that accusation just didnât feel right. Without thinking much, you had told your boyfriend that destroying his gift didnât seem like something ghost Tae would do.
Obviously Taehyung was bewildered at your sudden defense of the spiritâs character and demanded to know how you could be so sure that it wasnât him.
Feeling that your hand was forced, you fessed up to the second incident in which you ran into the other Taehyung. You explained that he was sweet, brought you hot chocolate and even held you as you fell asleep. It was only after the real Taehyung texted you that you realized it wasnât your boyfriend, but by then it was too late.
Your boyfriend was understandably furious.
For one, you never told him that you were cuddled and taken care of by another man, dead or otherwise. And secondly, this spirit seemed to be taking too much of a liking to you. The artist was a weird mixture of jealous and protective, following you around the house and barely leaving you alone in fear that his replica would show up and snatch you away.
You thought he was overreacting, but Taehyung's determination to get rid of the ghost only grew as the days passed.
One day you took a break from writing and went downstairs to refresh your coffee, when you paused at the sight of your boyfriend waving an odd burning stick around the living room in a fashion that somehow made sense to him.
âSage cleanses the home of negative energy and basically tells unwanted spirits to fuck off.â He told you as if you were the idiot and not him- wildly thrashing his arm around in a puff of smoke and demanding that his evil ghost twin left the premises immediately.
You shrugged, âJust donât set off the smoke detector, please.â
The next day, Taehyung informed you over dinner that he called a security camera company and had ordered a set to be installed in your home.
âDonât you think thatâs kinda a big fucking thing to not run by me?â
âIâm sorry baby, but I knew you wouldnât have agreed.â He apologized without seeming even the tiniest bit apologetic.
âIf you knew I wouldnât have wanted it then why do it anyway?!â
âBecause as the man of the house itâs my job to protect us and I would like to witness everything thatâs going on. Next time he comes out and tries to touch you, I will be able to see it from my phone and confront him.â He then reached for his water and took a self righteous sip before muttering under his breath, âThat is if the sage didnât kick him out already.â
âMan of the house?!â You echoed incredulously. âYou call twirling around with some burning twigs and yelling at a harmless ghost being the man of the house?â
âHeâs not harmless! Why are you so convinced that itâs just a casper that weâre dealing with?!â
You opened your mouth to retort, but snapped it shut when you realized you didnât really have any reason to believe he wasnât dangerous. So you just focused on the main glaring issue, âNevermind that. I just donât like how you made a big decision without telling me. Are we not equal in this relationship? It wasnât even worth consulting me about?â
Taehyung didnât say anything.
It would seem that he understood your point, but was stubbornly holding onto his just a tad more.
Appetite ruined, you stormed away in a display of vexation.
Not wanting to go to sleep beside him either, you stayed all night in your office and tried to just focus on editing the latest version of your draft.
Somewhere along the way, you managed to fall asleep on the keyboard.
You blearily awoke hours later to the sound of the door firmly shutting.
Groggily you sat up and twisted to see if anyone else was in the room with you, all the while rubbing off the key imprints on your cheek and leftover drool.
No one was there.
When you turned your attention back to the desk, you softly gasped in surprise.
A plate of grilled cheese sat there, still hot.
Alongside it was a steaming mug of hot chocolate.
One sip and you instantly recognized the ginger-cinnamon.
It wasnât your boyfriend who left this.
The sage didnât work.
â
Ralph was a man of about fifty years of age.
Tall, lumbering, calloused and not necessarily easy on the eyes, he shifted awkwardly at the entrance of your delicate farmhouse as Taehyung listed off the places in the home that heâd like covered.
Ralph was to set up the cameras while you and your boyfriend went out for a quick errand.
The gallery showing was tomorrow, and so was the little afterparty that you had arranged to take place. You did so without really realizing all that you would need for hosting. The guest list was an intimate circle of seven, but given you and Taehyung were running out of groceries for even just the two of you, you figured a trip to the market was needed to properly prepare.
You rolled your eyes and waited for your boyfriend to finish his little pep talk, sighing in relief when Ralph was finally free to disappear into the living room with his bag of tools.
âReady?â You asked Taehyung, not really waiting for an answer as you stomped past him and out the door.
He followed you wordlessly to the car.
The ride into town was stiff and awkward, neither one of you saying anything and music not even playing in the background as Taehyung drove.
You both were still angry at each other.
Well, more like you were angry at him and he was correctly trying to not poke the bear by instigating useless chatter.
The cameras were overkill in your opinion and a giant waste of money. You both were artists, which means a severe lack of steady income. You needed to be smart with what you threw cash at because no one knew if your next book or his next painting would even sell. Nothing was ever guaranteed.
You felt for him that his gift was wrecked, but you werenât lying when you said that the thought was all that really mattered to you. You genuinely didnât care either way, it wouldâve been nice to have the painting, but it was just as nice to know that he was painting one for you.
If you were a betting woman, you would bet that this was more about Taehyungâs unfounded jealousy than anything else. Usually you would find harmless jealousy kind of attractive, but not when it went into installing cameras into your home at the âlowâ price of a couple hundred dollars.
You thought of this in a quiet rage as Taehyung pulled into the grocery store.
He parked, you both got out and walked inside before grabbing a cart.
âLetâs split up.â You said, your tone leaving no room for argument.
âFine. What do you want me to get?â
âGet the drinks. Theyâre mainly your friends so youâd know what theyâd like more than me. Iâll get some stuff for a charcuterie board.â You ordered, just wanting to get back home as soon as possible
He nodded and swiftly went over to the alcohol section as you made way into the food aisles.
You were looking at the different types of crackers and wondering what the fuck the difference was when a sudden call of your name took your attention.
âY/n?â
The voice was light and airy, tone warm and nostalgic to the ears.
No way.
It canât beâŚ
You swirled around to face the owner, nearly choking on your spit when you realized your suspicions were correct.
Park Jimin was as gorgeous as ever. The cherub face was just as you recalled, somehow both ruggedly handsome and softly docile. His eyes crinkled behind a pearly smile, a small hand coming up to swiftly brush through his dyed blonde hair as he approached you.
âI thought that was you.â He chuckled. âHow have you been? Itâs been so long.â
You managed a wry smile.
Jimin was once your college boyfriend of one year, five months, and eight days.
But hey, who was counting?
âIâm doing okay.â You choked out, not liking how he quickly frowned at your strained tone. If there was one man you could never lie to, it was Jimin. âHow about yourself? Did you open up that studio you always wanted?â
The truth was you knew he did. Before meeting and dating Taehyung, you were guilty of occasionally checking his social media. It simply couldnât be helped. Jimin was the longest relationship you ever had. The first man you ever really loved. And your first ever heartbreak.
âUm, yeah I did! I heard you published your first book last year. I bought a few copies myselfâŚâ he trailed off sheepishly, suddenly avoiding eye contact. âIt uh, was really well written. Are you um, working on anything now?â
You bit your lip, not sure how you felt about the man you were once wildly in love with reading your novel after years of not talking. Much less buying more than one copy to support you. âY-Yes Iâm writing my second book.â
He nodded, a proud expression on his face as he pursed his lips in thought.
âIâm sorry this isâŚweird.â He finally huffed. âI really didnât think Iâd ever see you again.â
You sighed with some relief, thankful he felt the same way. âSame. After you said you wanted to date other people I really didnât expect to say another word to you like, ever.â
Jimin laughed, âHaha, what? Your memory continues to suck, Y/n. If anything it was you who ghosted-â
âY/n.â
A much deeper voice cut through the air, bringing all the attention to a new figure descending upon the scene.
Taehyung strode up from behind you, placing an arm around you and regarding the other man with a brooding look of regard.
âWhose this?â Your boyfriend asked, purposefully deepening his already deep voice.
You inwardly rolled your eyes, noting how the artist was practically puffing his chest and glowering at the much shorter man.
âTaehyung, this is my old friend Jimin. Jimin, this is my boyfriend Taehyung.â
The two stiffly nodded at each other, you dodging the questioning look Jimin secretly shot at you for being described as âan old friendâ.
A pregnant pause hung in the air.
âSoâŚhow long have you two been together?â
Before either you or your boyfriend could answer, a pretty lady suddenly skipped into the aisle and grasped onto Jiminâs arm.
âBabe, I canât find the oat milk! I thought you said- Oh hello!â She just now noticed you and Taehyung, smiling politely and not-so-subtly nudging at Jimin to introduce her.
âOh, um, this is Molly.â
âHis girlfriend! And you two are?â
âIâm Y/n and this is my boyfriend Taehyung.â You introduced. âJimin and I went to school together.â
âReally? I never get to meet any of Jiminâs old friends! We should have a double date or something!â Molly was an over the top girl, your ears almost ringing at the volume she exuded. But she seemed nice, so you smiled warmly at her and vaguely agreed.
Another brief, awkward and only slightly painful silence.
âActuallyâŚâ You trailed off in thought, an idea forming in your head but you didnât know if it was a good one. Yet it was too late. Before you could even backtrack, all three sets of eyes were on you, eagerly waiting for you to finish the thought. ââŚwhat are you two doing tomorrow night?â
âWas just gonna drag Jiminnie to see this new movie! We can totally blow it off though!â
âWell, my boyfriend is a really talented artist and he has a showing tomorrow night. Weâd love it if you two could make it.â
You felt Taehyung stiffen beside you, but you paid it no mind.
From what you understood about showings the more people, the more eyes, the better. It was harmless, wasnât it? Jimin bought multiple copies of your book, and youâd invite him to a gallery showing to please his over hyper girlfriend.
Even, right?
Molly beamed, asking for your number to exchange the details.
You did so, pretending not to notice how both Jimin and Taehyung bore their stares into you.
When finished, you waved goodbye to the couple as they made their way to the dairy section. You and Taehyung then continued your own shopping in a rushed manner- your boyfriend grumbling about having to get back in time for the cameras.
The ride home was a bit more talkative, with Taehyung asking how you knew of Jimin and what made you two friends. You answered the questions rather honestly, just leaving out the parts about how your friendship blossomed into something more.
You werenât exactly trying to be deceitful. It was just that he was under a lot of stress and paranoia the last few days, you didnât want to push his poor nerves any further. If he was willing to set up a bunch of cameras to keep some ghost away from you, you didnât want to push your luck by mentioning that Jimin was your ex boyfriend and longest relationship.
Besides, it wasnât like Jimin was any kind of threat. You would never entertain the idea of going back to the guy who dumped you. He also now had Molly, so clearly you both moved on.
Taehyung pulled the car into the driveway, asking if you could handle the few bags as he went in to talk to Ralph and sort out the last few steps of installation. You agreed, watching him jog into the home as you gathered all the groceries and took your time to get inside.
You beelined straight to the kitchen with the newly bought food, raising your brows when you saw Taehyung staring at something intently on the counter.
âWhat is it?â
Taehyung didnât answer.
You walked up behind him and stood on your tippy toes to spot over his shoulder what he was looking at.
It was a note, in messy and hurried handwriting.
âSorry but the cameras could not have been installed. It wonât work here. -Ralph.â
â
If there was any man on top of the world tonight- his name was Kim Taehyung.
The Bauhaus gallery was swarmed with countless people, all clamoring to gaze upon the latest Kim collection and ponder the intricate meanings behind each piece. They wore luxury clothes and drank fancy wine that you couldnât even pronounce, their tax bracket clearly a couple pegs above yours. There was of course some idle chatter, almost every corner of the building being filled with some pretentious snob rambling about the brush strokes, artistic style and commentary your boyfriend was allegedly trying to make with his art.
Such a crowd was not something you were accustomed to.
Thus you clung to Lisa, both idly sipping at wine and watching your boyfriend from afar as he charmingly answered questions.
âYou know, heâs going to make thousands of dollars tonight.â Lisa thought out loud. âThese rich types will outbid each other like crazy.â
You shrugged nonchalantly. You were happy for him, and knew he deserved it but you would be lying if you said he wasnât in the doghouse.
âStill mad huh?â Lisa correctly assumed, reading your expression. âWhat happened after the camera dude disappeared?â
âTaehyung was really upset and called the company to demand his money back. They refunded him entirely, apologized and even sent someone to get the company van. I guess the Ralph dude was an alcoholic and everyone just kinda accepts that he skipped town.â You explained. âI tried to calm him down but he sorta snapped at me about how I never even wanted the cameras so I was probably just loving it all.â
Lisa lowly whistled, âDamn. Well, he probably snapped about the cameras but I promise you it wasnât just about that.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âYou invited your ex to his showing.â Lisa lectured, as if you were a child who didnât even understand what you did wrong.
You stuttered, âB-But he doesnât know Jimin is an ex! I told him he was just an old friend.â
She rolled her eyes, âY/n of course he would see right through that. There's always going to be chemistry between Jimin and you, he probably picked up on it and is aware youâre not telling the complete truth about what you two were.â
âHeâs just overly jealous. He wants to fight our ghost too. At this point, every man is a threat to him.â
At the mention of your ghost, Lisaâs eyes practically sparkled. âOh I canât wait to go back to your place! I want to feel the haunted energy for myself.â
Now it was your turn to roll your eyes, âItâs just like any other home, Lisa.â
âThatâs because you donât have a psychic sense to save your life, Y/n.â
You didnât know whether or not to be offended by that, so you decided to distract yourself by scanning the room for your boyfriendâs invited friends.
Kim Namjoon was an old boss of Taehyung that remained good friends with the artist even after he dumped his job to take up painting full time. Currently, he and his wife Jennifer were talking rather seriously to a thin-lipped curator, most likely about purchasing one of the artworks displayed.
Right across from where you and Lisa stood, Taehyung was conversing with his former coworkers; Jin and Hoseok. They appeared to be laughing about something, their lightheartedness standing out in the overly serious room of people.
If you craned your neck a little to the left, you could spot Yoongi and Jungkook hiding in a corner away from everyone else, almost perfectly mimicking you and your close friend. They both nursed their drinks quietly, occasionally sharing words but mainly just waiting out this event.
You always kind of thought that Lisa and Jungkook would make a good pairing if properly introduced and pushed. So you turned to your friend and was just about to suggest you guys walk over, when she made a face at something behind you.
âUh oh, here comes the ex.â She mumbled.
You turned around to indeed see Jimin and Molly approaching.
Jimin wore a suit, dress shirt unbuttoned at the top to reveal some of his sun kissed chest. His blonde hair was properly done this time, brushed to the side and back to fully expose his forehead. He raised a hand and waved, rings catching the light and nearly blinding you in the process.
Beside him, Molly looked as pretty as ever in a blue sweetheart dress that complimented her figure. Yet, she looked rather irritated. She attempted to give you a smile in greeting, but it looked more like a grimace.
Jimin spoke first, âHey, Iâm so sorry weâre late. Iâm hoping we didnât miss too much?â
You wanted to be annoyed but without meaning to, a giggle escaped you.
âThings really donât change.â You told Jimin, a knowing look simmering in your eyes. While dating, you guys were often the couple that showed up late to any event. Most people assumed that it was your doing because you were the girl, when in all actuality it was Jimin.
Jimin shamelessly grinned, âIâve gotten better, I swear.â
You didnât believe it for a second and he knew it.
You both shared a laugh, staring at each other fondly like old friends reliving the old times.
It was hard to believe that you were joking with the man you once thought youâd never get over or forgive. Countless nights were spent eating your feelings, hysterically crying and obsessing over all the videos or pictures you couldnât bring yourself to delete.
But there are some people in life that as soon as they come back, itâs like they never left.
And it was almost as if Jimin never left.
You two continued to gaze into each other, lost in your own comfortable bubble when a sudden throat clearing broke the haze.
âUm, actually the showing is almost over.â Lisa informed, her and Molly visibly looking left out of the nostalgia.
Your ex had the decency to look guilty. âOh no! Iâm so sorry! Maybe we can all just get drinks? Thereâs a nice bar two blocks down. I can buy a round for everyone?â
âThatâs sweet but we have a little after party planned back at my place. I live kind of out of town though, so itâs okay if you canât make it.â
âNo! We can make it! What's the address?â Jimin seemed eager.
You told him, him pulling out his phone to save it into his gps system.
Molly was silent all this time, which was kind of worrying as your first meeting with her led you to believe she was the bubbly type. Now that you mentioned it, it looked like she was avoiding looking at either you or her boyfriend, focusing on a spot on the wall somewhere behind you.
You opened your mouth to maybe ask if she was alright, but quickly shut it when you realized that could be overstepping some boundary.
Fortunately, Lisa seemed to have enough of this entire interaction and grabbed your arm while saying, âMe and Y/n were just going to go to the restroom! Please take a good look around and enjoy her boyfriendâs work! See you guys at the after party!â
Your friend then swiftly dragged you away, barely leaving you enough time to smile apologetically at the couple.
When you both entered the restroom, Lisa simply marched up to the sink and began fixing invisible smudges in her makeup as you shifted awkwardly beside her.
âSoâŚâ She started, looking you up and down in the mirror. âPlease tell me you know Jimin is still in love with you.â
âW-What?! No way!â You spluttered.
âY/n itâs so obvious. I actually felt bad for his girlfriend. He couldnât take his eyes off you.â She rolled her eyes, almost disappointed in your lack of awareness.
âItâs just been forever. Itâs hard to not hyperfocus on eachother, weâve both changed so much. Also, why would the guy who dumped me out of nowhere still be in love with me?â
She released a deep sigh, âHe knows he made the shittiest mistake of his life and is now regretting it when seeing you and your talented boyfriend doing so well.â
You chuckled at the thought of someone looking at your relationship and being jealous.
âListen, just remember tonight is Taehyungâs night and fighting or not, heâs still a wonderful boyfriend overall. And Jimin is your ex who broke your heart. Inviting him to your place after this mightâve been too much. I suggest you keep your distance.â
âLisa, thanks for the advice but I honestly was just being friendly. He seemed sorry that he missed most of the showing. Besides, Iâm going to be too busy hosting to have a deep heart to heart with him or anything.â You explained, a little offended that she thought you were going to play part in some dramatic reconciliation.
A sudden announcement echoed outside the restroom doors, your ears straining to hear a gallery worker asking everyone to gather on the main floor for the artistâs speech and thus the final part of the night.
Saying nothing more, Lisa and you made your exit to join the audience.
â The clock was nearing midnight.
Your usually quiet farmhouse of a home was not at all quiet.
Your boyfriend's friends were merrily talking and drinking, once in a while their masculine laughs would sync up and reverberate through the halls. They all conversed and lounged in the living room, the largest part of the house that could fit all of them comfortably. Yet, you and Lisa stayed in the kitchen, making the drinks and finger foods, as you indulged in harmless girl talk.
âThe one with tattoos is so hot, Y/n. Please tell me heâs single!â
âJungkook? Iâm pretty sure he is. Taehyung told me that Namjoon is the only other one in the friend group thatâs in a relationship.â
âOkay, so far so good.â She paused to pop a stuffed mushroom in her mouth, humming in thought. âWhatâs his type though? Like, would I have to make the first move? Does he like a straightforward girl? Because he hasnât so much as looked at me tonight.â
âIâve only met Taehyungâs friends once before so I donât know their types or anything. I do think Jungkook looks a lot manlier than he actually is. Heâs very kind but shy so youâll have to talk to him first.â You explained while opening another bottle of wine for the two of you.
Lisa frowned at the thought, not used to being the one that had to chase.
You poured two glasses, handing her one with a reassuring smile. âDonât worry, I can introduce you two. Itâs kind of a good thing heâs avoiding you like the plague, Tae once said he only acts like that with pretty girls.â
Your friend lit up like the fourth of july.
âHey babe!â A familiar deep voice called out.
You looked around to see your boyfriend stepping into the kitchen, a buzzed smile on his face and a slightly glazed film over his eyes.
Moments like these made you realize how much of a lightweight your boyfriend was. It only took one or two drinks for him to get tipsy. But it was still his night and he was already home amongst loved ones, so all you could do is smile endearingly at his slightly intoxicated self.
âYes, handsome?â
His boxy grin grew, âThe boys want more beer.â
âAlready?! I put out a twelve pack! People need to be able to drive home, ya know!â
He laughed, âBaby, my friends can drink a gallon each and still be able to drive home with their eyes closed if need be.â
âWell I donât have any more beer up here. Just wine. There might be some more in the basement, though.â
He nodded in thanks, turning his back to presumably go to the basement and retrieve the drinks.
Lisa waited for him to get fully out of earshot before leaning over and dramatically whispering, âHow is Jimin and that Molly girl doing?â
You shrugged, âLast time I was in there, Hoseok was making conversation with Jimin and Molly was all over Yoongi.â
âDamn, trouble in paradise?â
âI donât know. He didnât seem too bothered and she seemed a little drunk. She might just get overly friendly when she drinks.â
âAnd youâre still convinced that heâs over you?â
You rolled your eyes but ultimately stayed silent, aware that the couple was acting sorta strange but also not so sure that you were the cause. You took your wine in one hand and a plate of appetizers in the other, motioning for Lisa to grab the rest and follow you.
When you both entered the living room, you were thrilled to spot Jungkook sitting alone on one of the loveseats. You quickly set the food down and pulled Lisa along with you, approaching him with a friendly smile meant to put him at ease. Considering the way his eyes widened at the sight of your friend, you didnât know how successful you were.
âHey Jungkook, itâs been a while!â You greeted.
âY-Yeah it has been. Howâs your erm, book going?â
âItâs doing okay, thanks for asking. Have you met my friend, Lisa?â
He briefly scanned your friend, nervously gulping before saying quietly, ââŚNo I haven't.â
âOh well, Lisa was just saying how much she liked your tattoos.â You nudged her, prompting her to say something.
She just nodded in agreement, suddenly meek.
He blushed, âThank you.â
âActually, Lisa, weren't you saying that you were thinking of getting a tattoo?â You pretended to think out loud, as if you werenât outright playing them. You didnât wait for her to answer the rhetorical question, âJungkook, donât you do tattoos now?â
Now on a topic of interest he was for sure confident in, Jungkook practically jumped in his seat, âYeah! I do! Iâve only tatted myself and some friends but I hope to work on more people.â
You watched with a smirk as Lisa moved to sit next to Jungkook, her now explaining what sheâd like done and Jungkook asking questions about placement, size and color.
You felt sure enough in them to leave them alone, now inhabiting your little corner as you finished your wine while taking in the scene.
Yoongi and Molly stood by the window, and were obviously the most inebriated. He was the type to ramble pointlessly when tipsy, and she giggled at every little thing he said, playfully shoving his shoulder once in a while. You knew for a fact that Yoongi was too deep in his own self-epiphanes to notice her bad flirting, either that or he was just trying to talk to anyone who was willing to listen.
Namjoon and Jennifer were sitting on the couch and talking to Jin, laughing at whatever odd impression he was attempting. Beside them on the loveseat, Hoseok was politely nodding along to small talk from Jimin. Being one of the friendliest and most calming of the group, it made sense that Hoseok was the one trying to make your ex boyfriend feel included.
Content to just watch your guests for a while, you stood by your lonesome and slowly sipped at the remnants of your wine.
Playing host wasnât exactly your forte, so you were enjoying the little lull while it lasted. Unlike your boyfriend, your social battery tended to max out at the two-hour mark when in group settings.
And as much as you loved the people in your home (with maybe the exception of your ex and his girlfriend), you couldnât wait for them to get out so you could take a long, hot shower and head to bed.
The stress of the last few days was really tiring you, and you just knew that as soon as the excitement of the showing and sold paintings wore off, Taehyung was going to continue his spat with you about the cameras.
When you and Jimin dated, you two were always on the same page. Fights very rarely happened. And Jimin was such a people pleaser that if literally anything slightly upset you, he would practically fall over himself to make you smile again.
Taehyung was the first boyfriend to genuinely pick a fight with you, being more stubborn than you about matters you didnât necessarily want to back down from either. Your relationship conflict resolution skills were being tested, and you just didnât have the patience or experience to keep fighting much longer. You would call a truce or some type of compromise, if it werenât for the fact that there was no way to really keep both of you happy.
A few minutes passed as you pondered this to yourself.
Seemingly materializing out of nowhere, a mysterious arm wrapped around your waist.
The suddenness of it all caused you to jump and release a very unflattering squeak.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
A deep chuckle rumbled beside you, Taehyung smirking lazily before diving face first into your neck and nuzzling it in some sort of drunken stupor.
âDonât sneak up on me like that!â You groaned, trying to forcefully shove his face away from you. âWhereâs the beer you went to fetch?â
Your boyfriend expertly dodged your shove and dove back into your neck, mumbling against the skin something about not being able to find more drinks.
The vibration of his lips on such a sensitive spot made you want to squirm, but his halfhearted mumbles took your attention a bit more.
âNo beer? I couldâve sworn-â
âHey Y/n!â Someone interrupted with a call across the room. You looked up to see Lisa trudging over with a determined look on her face and a fogged up look in her eyes, perhaps a bit more tipsy than you remember leaving her. âArenât you going to show me where exactly you saw the ghost?â
Your dear friend most likely thought she was being discreet and having a normal conversation at a perfectly appropriate tone. But no, she was actually speaking way above a conversational volume, causing everyone else in the room to halt their conversations and turn to look at you.
âGhost?â Jin laughed.
âYou saw something in this room?â Hoseok inquired with a trembling voice, most likely regretting having come over. Beside him, Jimin quietly shook his head to himself.
âNo way, Y/n doesnât believe in stuff like that.â Your ex confidently informed the group.
At the sound of your past loverâs voice, you felt Taehyung stiffen beside you. The artist untangled himself from you, standing to his full height and facing the guest with an unknown expression.
âWe had a little bit of a ghost problem, but itâs taken care of now.â He paused, and you could nearly hear his smirk when he went on to declare, âI got rid of it.â
Yoongi laughed boisterously, having to hold himself up with the wall to prevent falling over. âIâm sorry, but the image of little Tae boxing a little sheet with two holes for eyes is really sending me.â
Half your guests laughed at the thought. The other more believing half still stared at you inquisitively.
An awkward silence.
âGhosts are real.â Jennifer started, effortlessly drawing all eyes to her. âI used to live in a haunted house when I was a kid.â
She put her drink down and folded her hands across her lap, suddenly immersed in thought and careful about what she was about to share.
âIn my childhood home, there was a garden in the backyard. Almost everyday, at sunset, Iâd look out the window and see this lady circling the flowers and humming to herself. After ten minutes or so, she would disappear into thin air. I told my parents but they never believed me.â
She paused, either for dramatic effect or to recollect.
âUntil one day, my mom saw her too. And when she went out to confront what she thought was an intruder, the lady disappeared before her eyes. My mom then did some digging about the history of the house and it turns out, the previous owner was outside gardening when she had a heart attack and died.â
A pregnant pause hung in the air as everyone silently digested the anecdote.
âThatâs fucking terrifying, please tell me your parents moved houses after that.â Hoseok broke the silence first, pleading with watery eyes.
Namjoonâs wife laughed, reaching for her drink once more. âHow is it scary? The lady was just checking on her garden in the afterlife. However, I then grew up really interested in supernatural stuff.â She turned to you. âThereâs some tell-tale signs that a home has a spirit attached to it. Cold spots, shadow figures, whispers, scary dreams and the biggest of all: always feeling like you're being watched, even if thereâs no one else in the room.â
You quietly thought to yourself. Were there any cold spots in the home? No. Any shadow figures? Nope. Whispers and nightmares? Nada.
ButâŚthe last one, being watched when no one is there.
If you really focused on your intuition, you faintly felt that even now amongst all these people, you were being watched by something unknown.
Goosebumps raised on the surface of your arms.
Chills ran down your spine and you shivered, the reaction causing Taehyung to grasp you tighter against him in what was supposed to be comfort.
You felt even more cold.
âWe havenât had any of that. Really guys, itâs taken care of.â Your boyfriend told the room, effectively shutting down the paranormal subject.
You assumed Taehyung felt a bit defensive of his ghost expelling skills, either that or he genuinely wanted another topic of discussion.
You then felt a little bad, it was still his night after all and here you were unintentionally ruining it with your little ghost stories. The focus of the room should be on him and his achievements, not everyone's supernatural beliefs and stories.
âTaehyung is right, itâs all resolved. But Iâd like to ask all of you to fill up your glasses one last time, and raise them with me, â While they did that you quickly scanned the room, âUm, except maybe you, Yoongi. Feel free to sit this one out, bud.â You laughed as the drunk man just grumbled at you, defiantly snatching another beer and holding it high while swaying on his feet.
Hopefully he wasnât the one driving home.
You cleared your throat, âI'd like to propose a toast to our own Taehyung. Everyone in this room knows it was only a matter of time before your artistic genius was recognized by the world, but that doesnât make us any less proud than we are of you tonight. To the first of many showings! To Taehyung!â
âTo Taehyung!â the room loudly parroted back, everyone thrusting their drinks of choice in the air before knocking them back.
The artist beside you laughed and shook his head, âReally, guys itâs no big deal. Just a few paintings that Iâm lucky even got sold. But thanks so much for making it. Most of you-â he snapped a side eye where Jimin sat, âhave supported me so much, Iâm just happy to have such a great group of friends.â
Said friends all smiled and nodded, although a few caught on to Taehyungâs subliminal dig and warily looked over at your ex.
Jimin pursed a tight smile, clearly trying to be nice and not make it obvious that he was the outsider at the party. You caught his eye and shot him a sorry look, but he shook his head in what was clearly meant to say âdonât worry about it.â
Your boyfriend continued, âHowever! âFriendsâ donât really beat âlove of my lifeâ. So without getting into all the lewd details of how I plan to spend my night celebrating, Iâm going to need you all to start clearing out,â Taehyung smirked. âY/n is a screamer.â
âEw!â Lisa shouted, beside her Jungkook was suddenly unable to make eye contact with you.
The older men in the room just cackled. You slapped the artist's chest while trying to hide your blood red face.
Taehyung ducked and mouthed at your ear to whisper, âSorry baby, but you know itâs true. And donât act like you donât want them out sooner rather than later.â
You wanted to be mad, but understood he was tipsy and riding on the high of his showing. So instead you played along and harshly whispered to him, âI doubt you can make me scream tonight. Itâs not right to be misleading to your friends.â
He tiled your head to make you face him.
Taehyungsâ left brow twitched in vexation, his lips pulling back in a little growl. He looked around to make sure the guests were distracted with finishing their drinks or saying their goodbyes to each other. When he confirmed no eyes were on you two, he secretly placed his hand at the back of your head, running his long fingers through your hair and stopping right at the ends, to quickly form a fist and pull.
It was just one short tug, but the power of it made you gasp.
You would be lying if you said it didnât make you a little wet too.
You had no idea where this came from. He never pulled your hair. Your boyfriend wasnât rough and was one of those really progressive artists types that viewed any kind of manhandling in the bedroom as sort of sexist. But when you peered up at him, with the doe eyes he said he loved so much, and saw the clouded nature of his gaze, you just knew that inebriated Tae was very different from sober Tae.
Black and white, really.
âIâm in for quite the nightâ you thought to yourself while biting your lip, inwardly smug at how Taehyung transparently honed in on the action.
âUm, hey I think Iâll take my leave first.â You looked up to see Jimin awkwardly shifting in front of you two, a blacked out Molly in his hold.
âOh god! Is she okay?â You exclaimed, noting the poor girl looked dead.
The dancer chuckled, âYeah, she just gets really hyper when she's drunk then passes out after a bit. Ironically, sleep is all she needs I guess since she always wakes up good as new. No hangover.â
âHere let me show you out. I can help put her in the car.â You offered, already detangling yourself from Taehyung. He made a small sound of protest and made move to hold you tighter.
You placed a hand on his shoulder and consoled him with a smile, âYou wanted people to leave, so we should help everyone get home safe. Can you check on Yoongi and maybe see if Namjoon and Jennifer can take him home?â
He looked conflicted, carefully sizing Jimin up through his peripheral. You wanted to roll your eyes. Although tipsy Taehyung was apparently a sexy beast, he was also an immature toddler who needed to be tricked.
You got on your tippy toes to whisper in his ear, âThe quicker we get people out, the quicker you get me all to yourself.â
That seemed to convince him as he reluctantly stomped away in the direction of the couple, shooting one more guarded look at the dancer.
With that you led Jimin to the front door, even helping him put Mollyâs heels back on before stepping out into the driveway and walking him to his car.
Silently, he opened the car and laid her in the backseat, tucking her in with his jacket. Then he shut the door, but instead of walking around to the driver spot, he turned to you and sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck.
âSoâŚ.â
âLook, Iâm sorry about Taehyung. I didnât even tell him you were an ex but heâs just been really possessive and weird lately. Itâs not just you.â You informed him, hoping to make him feel better.
Jimin just waved it off with a chuckle, âNo, I get it. Youâre really gorgeous, kind and talented. I also struggled with jealousy when we were together. Canât really blame him.â
You hoped your blush wasnât too prominent as you said, âYeah, but you were always nice to people regardless of feeling possessive. He was just rude. Again, Iâm sorry.â
âWell, you canât really date someone breathtaking if youâre going to be an insecure prick about it.â
You gaped like a fish at the implication you were still breathtaking in Jiminâs eyes. Words were suddenly hard to come by.
It was silent for a moment, the tension between you two as thick as it can possibly get for two past lovers.
âY/nâŚwhy didnât you tell him we dated?â
âL-Like I said, heâs already been acting jealous and I didnât want him to focus on that when it was his night. Besides, Itâs not like-â
âI broke up with Molly.â
ââŚWhat?â
âIt happened on the way to your after party, she was upset that I still held a candle for you. And yeah, I couldnât drag her along when I never felt half of what I felt for you, for her. I just said it without thinking, terrible timing of course. But thatâs pretty on brand for me, I suppose.â He attempted a joke.
You smiled politely, although you had no idea how you should feel.
He continued, âI just thought I should say sorry because the reason she was such a drunk and sloppy mess in your home was because I carelessly dumped her on the way there.â
âItâs um, okay Jimin. She wasnât the only drunken mess tonight. I hope you two manage to stay friends.â You said, then after a beat added, âAnd that you find what youâre looking for.â
âListen, I know you're with Taehyung and happy but, I think there was some kind of misunderstanding about our breakup. Iâm not trying to be a homewrecker or anything, but can we get a coffee sometime and justâŚtalk?â
You smiled, finding no harm in the offer. âSure-â
âNo.â
You gasped and whipped around to see Taehyung standing behind you, arms crossed and hell in his eyes as he glowered down at Jimin.
How did he get there without being spotted or heard?
It's like he fabricated out of nowhere.
âI suggest you get in your car, leave and never speak to her again.â
Your ex held his hands up in surrender, âLook man, I wasnât trying anything-â
âWhat kind of guy goes to their ex when sheâs clearly in a happy and healthy relationship, and tries to drudge up the past in the name of closure? Fuck your closure. You lost her, and now I have her. And trust me, she has better things to do than getting coffee with the guy who broke her heart.â
âPlease, Taehyung-â
You were cut off.
His voice was the lowest youâve ever heard it, eyes pitch black and face blank as he calmly finished, âItâs pathetic. Youâre pathetic. And if I see you again Iâm going to break your kneecaps and skin you alive, you little spineless boy. Run along now. While you still can.â
The threats were so visceral and promising, coupled with a man who looked downright murderous yet somehow calm. As if he had done it before and doing it again would be more so an inconvenience than a whole life-ending ordeal.
In this moment, you didnât know your own boyfriend and you were terrified with this new persona.
No one moved or spoke, in fear one step or word would make Taehyung good on his promise.
You and Jimin were paralyzed, like two helpless deer in the presence of a blood thirsty wolf, the only hope was to stay still and go unnoticed. You met your exâs eyes and while he did look afraid, he was focused only on you and your proximity to Taehyung.
Jimin was fearful. Not for himself, but for you.
And while you wanted your ex to run away, you were also scared to be left alone with someone so different from your usual Taehyung.
How could a few drinks and some jealousy cause such a behavior?
âHey whatâs going on here?â
Namjoon and Jennifer were babysitting a toddling Yoongi, the couple was also making way to their vehicle when they spotted the scene. The so-called âleaderâ of the gang was quick to pick up on Taehyungâs aggressive stance, probably prompting him to get involved.
You felt your body lighten in relief.
Namjoon was always good at calming people down and taking control of situations.
Like a switch was turned on, your boyfriend grinned at the oncomers and nodded over at the dancer. Seemingly happy as a clam he chirped, âNothing, hyung! Jimin here was just leaving. His poor girlfriend had too much, I think.â
Namjoon didnât quite believe that, you and Jimin still looked rigid with alarm after all. Nonetheless, he played along for everyoneâs sake. âReally? Maybe you should leave now then Jimin, get her in bed as soon as possible. It was nice meeting you.â
Jimin took the hint with grace and wordlessly ducked into his car, not acknowledging anyone else as he mouthed to you âcall meâ.
He started up the car, then slowly backed out of the driveway, and eventually down the road.
âDude, are you sure youâre okay? It looked like you wanted to kill him.â Namjoon asked the artist.
Before hearing whatever bullshit was going to spew out of his mouth next, you promptly whipped around and stormed back into the house, making sure to purposefully shoulder-check your boyfriend as hard as you could in the process.
What the fuck was wrong with the bastard?!
Talking as though he was some offender or even a murder, just because your ex wanted to catch up?
You were so dreadfully embarrassed! Jimin mustâve thought you lost your mind after him and went off to date some real weirdos.
If you werenât already on a lease with the man, this probably wouldâve been the part where you blocked him and made it your personal mission to never see him again.
Instead, you busied yourself in the kitchen and washed most of the dirty dishes your guests left behind. You hoped Taehyung was wise enough to leave you alone, if the jerk knew what was good for him.
About 15 minutes had passed, and the kitchen was nearly as spotless as it was before the party had started, thanks to your furious cleaning and scrubbing. The house was now silent, and you were just debating putting all your spices in alphabetical order when you heard a shuffle behind you.
You snapped around and instantly scoffed at the sight.
Taehyung was leaning against the doorframe, hands in his pockets and fixing a sheepish look at you.
âSoâŚthat got a little out of hand.â
You barked a disbelieving laugh. âMore like you got out of hand, Taehyung. Threatening people like youâre some felon! Wouldn't be a surprise if thereâs a rumor spreading about me dating a serial killer now."
âY/n, Iâm sorry. But please let me make it up to you.â
âMake it up to me? Your actions cannot be undone Taehyung! I cooked and cleaned after your friends and tried to make this night special for you. I just wanted you to have a nice night and be nice, and you flip out over a platonic coffee date? Who do you think I am? A slut who will open her legs to any ex who talks to me?!â
âW-what? No- Of course not! Please donât think-â
âWhat the hell am I supposed to think, asshole?! Even if Jimin still had feelings for me, it would take me reciprocating them for anything to happen! You clearly donât trust me, and if thatâs the case, then what are we doing here? Should we just become roommates or something?â
A painful struck his face, watery eyes met yours when he choked out, âDo you even hear yourself? Why would I try to fight your ex if I truly didnât love you? Youâre mine, and I love you so much itâs justâŚI can act a little crazy sometimes.â
You sighed, turning your back on him to lean on the sink in exhaustion.
âI thought you were different from other guys, Tae. That caveman shit is extremely degrading to not only you, but especially me.â
âIâm sorryâŚitâs just a primal part of me that I canât turn off. Give me a chance to make it up to you.â
You shot a look over your shoulder at him, still pissed.
He shot his hands up in the air, as if in defense. âYou can still be mad at me all you want.â
âYouâre sleeping on the couch for a week.â
âDone.â
âAndâŚ.And youâre forgetting all about those stupid cameras.â
He quirked a grin, unknown mirth dancing in his eyes. âSure.â
âAt the end of the week, you will personally apologize to Jimin via a phone call or letter.â
His smile dropped, your glare sharpened, âUmm..fine okay. It wonât be sincere though.â
You rolled your eyes, âDoesnât have to be, itâs the right thing to do so youâll do it.â
ââŚanything else?â
âNot for now. Iâm going to bed soon so if thereâs anything you need from the room, get it now.â
He wordlessly turned around, and you then faintly heard him going up the stairs.
Biting your lip in deep thought, you proceed to wipe off the last of the counters.
Could you forgive him? When he was willing to do all that to appease you?
If you were being honest with yourself, you could feel the irritation already start to melt away a bit. You hadnât expected such a 180 in his stance, he went from threatening Jimin with murder to begrudgingly agreeing to apologize within only a matter of half an hour or so. You thought you would have to at least give him the silent treatment for a bit before you could even bargain a âsorryâ for your ex. Taehyung was usually much more stubbornâŚ
Nonetheless though, you were still upset and embarrassed about the scene.
You hated when men got violent around you, it made you feel so unsafe and small. You thought Taehyung was different, him even poking fun at the meatheads who would pull stuff like that at the local bars you would frequent while dating. So what changed?
Footsteps slowly descended back down the stairs, telling you that Taehyung had returned from your bedroom and it was safe to go up.
You left the kitchen, turned off the lights and passed through the hallway. Briefly you stopped, just short of the stairs, to see your boyfriend grumbling to himself while arranging some blankets on the couch.
A sudden and chilling thought ripped from your lips before you could even quietly ponder it.
âTaehyungâŚhow did you know Jimin was my ex?â
He stopped in his tracks, slowly turning to face you with a blank look.
âUh, Lisa might have slipped up and told me.â
You relaxed, unknowingly releasing a breath you had been holding. âHmm, okay. Weâll talk tomorrow then. Goodnight.â
âGoodnight baby.â
âOh! Let me get some water first, can you check that the doors were locked?â You asked while skipping back towards the kitchen. You hated waking up with a dry mouth and always kept a glass of water on your nightstand, restless bathroom trips be damned.
You didnât hear any response to your request, but you paid it no mind, assuming Tae probably already double, if not triple, checked the locks being the worrywart that he was.
Right next to the kitchen entrance was the basement door, and it was shut.
Yet, something stopped you in your tracks.
The light under the basement doorâŚit was on?
âWell I donât have any more beer up here. Just wine. There might be some more in the basement, though.â
It couldnât beâŚ.could it?
Your intuition was hollering at you from within.
A force greater than you pulled you to the door handle.
Against yourself, you opened the door to the basementâŚ
And choked back a horrified scream.
At the bottom of the stairs lay Taehyung.
Unconscious, pale and bleeding horrifically from some head wound that was forming an inky pool under his crumpled form.
It wasnât your Taehyung that returned upstairs.
So...this has been sitting in my drafts for over a year lol. I do have a dramatic ending in mind and some final scenes but yea, I don't think I could finish this unless people actually wanted it so let me know if this is a plot you kinda liked? I never tried flat-out supernatural horror like this. Anyway, happy October guys! Love you all. Luna :)
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THE FUN DAY, pt. I. | kth ft. pjm
pairing: idol!military!boyfriend!taehyung x f. reader (ft. best friend!jimin)
genre: fluff, angst â the sad kind
word count: 4.8k
summary: you've prepared a fun day for your boyfriend's military vacation. thank god he's here, right?
pin: f. / playlist: fun / taglist: join / discord: join
warnings: suggestive but not described themes of sex and alcohol consumption.
note: i'm so EXCITED to bring you this fic that i can't wait until tomorrow to post this. everyone welcome TAEHYUNG and JIMIN to the hoseoksluna universe. i have to tell you a secret. taehyung was my first bias when i first became army. taehyungie was the first one to save me from the bunchâliterally to resurrect me because in him i found all the things i used to love and fell out of. jazz, poetry, the aesthetics and arts. it is an honor to write about him and i think i will write another taehyung fic next week. if you have any ideas, drop them in my ask box and i will use them for inspiration. this fic is dedicated to my baby ruru @tkslovechild, my tatlim @jjk7k, and the beautiful anon that asked me for a tae fic while i was already working on this one. i love you all so much. enjoy this beautiful piece. <3 mwah.
đ ๨ৠ.
I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour. I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough to be to you just object and thing, dark and smart. I want my free will and want it accompanying the path which leads to action; and want during times that beg questions, where something is up, to be among those in the know, or else be alone.
I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection, never be blind or too old to uphold your weighty wavering reflection. I want to unfold. Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent; for there I would be dishonest, untrue. I want my conscience to be true before you; want to describe myself like a picture I observed for a long time, one close up, like a new word I learned and embraced, like the everday jug, like my mother's face, like a ship that carried me along through the deadliest storm.
đ ๨ৠ. â I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone by Rainer Maria Rilke
It was your love language, to dress up like your boyfriend.Â
Dress pants, shirts and jackets. Linen, silk, leather. Pointed heels or oxford shoes. Grays, browns, beiges and whites. It was something that made you happyâand it was something that represented a vessel, made of unbreakable porcelain, for your love that you carried for Taehyung.Â
Heâs sitting in the corner of your bedroom, on a wooden stool he specifically placed at such a picturesque place. With the ivory curtains drifting along the nape of his neck, sheer enough to expose the small vase of tulips that stoop in a private longing for his touch. He fondles them often to preoccupy his mind when you take your usual long showers and he waits for the fashion shows you give him. Heâs the one who says yes or no. These shoes, love. Look, theyâre just like mine. And right at this moment, the wine-yellow petals are caught between his slender fingers when you come out and he doesnât let go of themâbecause youâre not holding up the outfit for the day as you always are.Â
For the fun day as youâve called it.Â
Youâre dressed in it. Low-waisted gray dress pants with a little, tight, white shirt. Black stilettos, black shoulder purse. Your trench coat is waiting for you in the hall, hung up and lonely, but other than that youâre matching him fully. It feels as though youâre fading into him, becoming a singular being that has his DNA and his beauty, and when he beams up at you, boxy smile on full show, spine straight and tall on the stool, long fingers gripping its rim, Taehyung, with his gray suit and a white shirt, somehow validates that feeling.Â
Somehow, in that peculiar Taehyung way of his.Â
He extends his hands towards you, asking for your closeness. Thereâs a mist of murkiness that envelops him, with the saddened clouds beyond the window, standing in the place of the sun. It moves through you, this image of him reaching for you in this landscape, and you think he deserves to be painted like this. With black charcoal and a little bit of soft carmine to eternalize the blush of his cheeksâthe only trace of color in the sketchbook. Your hands donât know the art of drawing, but your heart does and while you take those necessary steps towards him, you feel the scratches of that dark pencil over that grainy flesh.Â
His palms find your curves and you consider it unbelievable, the fact heâs still so big, despite the size of the stool and the height of your heels. No matter how much taller you grow, heâll always be that tower that protects you from the blazing heat of the sun.Â
Heâs the epitome of autumn. No longer a boy, but a man, whose lungs are perfumed by apples, leaves, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and the slight iciness of the seasonal wind. Whose eyes witnessed the growth of your form since you were a little girl with two long braids.Â
Childhood best friends turned to lovers, favored by the hanging, twinkling stars.Â
You always saw him the most in autumn. Chasing you down during festivities that your mom couldnât not be a part of, grabbing a hold of one of your braided pigtails with his already long fingers, then tickling you until you gave up. Ever so easy to catch because of the length of your hair. You knew, even as a little girl, that he was not just a part of your life, but your life itself. More than a companion, more than a friend. You dreamed about having his babies and that dream would come to life through your imagination whenever he would chase you down, years later, in the grand halls of the east wing of his grandiose family home, where nobody ever comes, just to steal a kiss or two. It was the moment you realized that you were no longer kids, even though you acted as such, but that you desired little legs to follow you in the fun of it all.Â
And that kiss changed every autumn from that year on.
Stolen glances, the blush of cheeks, quivering fingers that no longer grabbed your braids. Not until many autumns later. You gave him your everything, every bit of your newly-bloomed femininity, your dream of having his babies and he folded it into the vinyls of his favorite jazz music that he would play every night whenever he needed inspiration or whenever he simply needed you.Â
Newly. Not just yet as adults and no longer as kids. Somewhere in between.Â
And then the duties of adulthood came. The natural process of drifting apart settled between your bodies and you no longer played in the stage between. Taehyung, the saxophone-playing jazz singer, moving foreign bodies into his personal, heart-sung rhythm. Not yours, never yours for a long time. You, working a day job that never paid enough, not for the dresses you yearned to wear at those clubs he would play at.Â
But what you didnât know was that drifting apart meant coming together eventually.Â
He might have become your Turnip Head, silent and distant, but you were Sophieâand you found him. You found him while looking for something, or someone for the lack of better words, and he helped you. Over a cup of coffee he didnât drink, at a jazz bar you always wanted to come to. Your date was a hit and miss and the guy never came, and your Turnip Head didnât help you find your Howl.Â
He helped you find himself. And from that moment on, you never drifted apart again.Â
Who wouldâve thought that seeking a relationship that did not resemble your dream nor your childhood would make you find him all over again.Â
In autumn, too.Â
Taehyung paid for your dresses, your female suits, paid for your drinks. Kissed you underneath those dimmed, brown lights before he went off to play songs that moved your body at last. Dancing alone to his songs was your dream come true until he set down his saxophone and joined you. Let his band mates play his favorite Etta James song as he took your hand and drifted upon the dance floor with you. Those who danced before this song sat down, let you have this opportunity for yourself, and Taehyung kissed you, after a long time, after many autumns had passed, right then and there.Â
And both of you realized that you could never drift apart again. You could only drift together.Â
You moved in together. He bought you tulips of every possible hue every week. Played you his new songs for you on the saxophone. Took you to art galleries. Took you sightseeing, sometimes alone with you, sometimes with Jimin joining you. Shared your dream about having babies with you and talked about it all the time. Tried it out, seized it many times, though the outcome both of you desired never came. Had a beautiful life with you untilâŚ
Until he thinned out into his Turnip Head form and skipped away to fulfill his country duties.Â
But heâs here. Oh, heâs here. Buff and big, apples, cinnamon and pumpkin spice. Brown eyes that carry the memory of your growth, hands that clutch your hips and that hold the silky memory of your still long braids. Hands that edge around your slightly, barely puffy tummy and that donât know that you are with a concoction of a small him and you, a divine magical realism, a dream that came true without his knowledge right after the last hours of his military vacation were up and he had to go back to serve the country.Â
The reason behind this fun day.Â
The day of his second vacation, the day you tell him.Â
âYou look just like me,â he breathes, the width of his smile never lessening, hands skipping over the space between your hips and your arms and grabbing your hands. It gets to you still, the way his eyes never look up at you, the way they never have, and you feel so sweetly small. Even more so when Taehyung stands to his feet and slides his suit jacket over your shoulders. You become even smaller, a fawn taken care of. A pregnant fawn. âAnd now you are me.âÂ
Oh, he doesnât know just how much. Not yet.Â
He sits back down and gently pushes you to take a step back. On wavering feet, like that freshly-born fawn, you waver on your feet, but Taehyung keeps you stable, leaning forward to make sure youâve caught your balance. A wisp of his dark hair falls over his eye that he, at last, flicks up at you. And the sensation from it, it is nothing that you ever felt before.Â
It is a step forward.Â
Itâs something that tells you: go ahead.Â
You planned to tell him at the jazz bar where he kissed you for the first time as an adult and made you his. But now, now it feels more than right, amidst this strange newness that you donât think youâll ever experience again.Â
You open your mouth, brace yourself, but Taehyung is faster. Ringing fills your ears, the atmosphere around you feels gooeyâas if youâre walking through a limbo.Â
âJimin will meet us at the park.âÂ
Oh, yes. Walk in the park, a warm drink to go, then the jazz bar. Jimin is having his military break as well, about to sing in Taehyungâs honor, you already knew this, knew he would join you, but being in the presence of your boyfriend, the detail slipped out.Â
The newness leaves. Taehyung straightens. Towers over you. The normalcy flattens over the chemistry between you and him, the atmosphere lessening to feathery lightness and when you move your arms to give back his jacket, your arms feel as though theyâre not your own.Â
Your smile falls.Â
Jazz bar it is.Â
âWe should go,â you prompt, turning around, having all the balance in the world as you go fetch your purse and reapply your red lipstick.Â
Taehyung watches you in the mirror, his boxy grin on eternal display, warming your heart. You think about how you canât wait until his baby witnesses that smile for the first timeâand wonder if God is molding, at this very hour, the same one upon their little face. It brings tears to your eyes, ones that you quickly blink away, and instead you focus on lining your lips with the tip of the lipstick with utmost precision.Â
In your vast collection of lip liners, you donât have a red one. Truth be told, you always feared this vibrant color. It represented a stigma you never likedâthat only promiscuous women wear that color, but to you it was never that.Â
It was a color that meant you lose your girlhood, your childhood upon wearing.Â
And now, it is a color that announces the next era of your life: adulthood, but different, painted with motherly instincts that are of these vibrant hues. Womanhood. No longer fearful, but brave.Â
Right.Â
You want your baby to connect this color to you and know that you made it. You waited your whole life for their father and gave it to him in one of the autumns as a child. Without knowing, without realizing.Â
That color is a legacy.Â
As if he could hear your thoughts, Taehyung kisses the back of your head, halting your motions. Wraps his arms around you as he props his chin on the place he kissedâand right here, right now, youâre looking at a family portrait in the mirror.Â
A living, breathing one. With lifting chests in tandem, growing smiles and a growing baby in your womb.Â
Magical realism in full effect.Â
And then Taehyung is off to fetch your trench coat, holding it up for your arms to slip inside its sleeves. Grabs your hand and revels in the autumn weather outside, boxy smile never faltering. Sings in the car on the way to the park, makes eye contact as he mouths the lyricsâkiss me once and kiss me twice, then kiss me once again, itâs been a long, long timeâbecause he could never sing over that part. Itâs too precious to his heart for him to do so.Â
The wind accompanies you and grabs your other hand as you walk down the pathway lined with half-barren trees and a still pond. Taehyung hums the Bing Crosby song that seems to be playing on loop within his mind and it is the only greenery that spreads around through his husky voice. All elseâthe pond, the trees and the last of their leaves that dance around you, the shrubberies and the clouds up aboveâare smeared with sullen blues and grays, to which Taehyung is everlastingly immune.Â
Jimin is standing by an antique coffee stand, dressed to the nines in an outfit he most definitely must be cold in. Black dress pants with a jacket that stuns you. A matching Hussar one, with golden braiding. A military piece of clothing from another time. You think it suits the fun day quite delightfully, but not as much as it suits him. The golden detail goes hand in hand with his golden hair and you think he needs his picture taken.Â
âJimin!â you call out, making his confused little face turn in your direction, and he swivels his body to face you altogether. He holds two cups of coffee in both of his hands, one for him and one for you. You melt at that and look up at Taehyung to see his boxy smile ever so frozen and beautiful, pointed at his best friend.Â
When you reach him, he hugs you. His cold skin stings you and you quickly warm him up with rubbing motions against his back. Scrunch your brows in puzzlement when he doesnât hug Taehyung nor even look at him.Â
But all is swept away when Jimin exclaims in discomfort and takes a rapid sip of his boiling drink.Â
âJimin, whereâs your coat?â you ask him in pity, watching him shake and moan in pain once he burns his tongue. He uses the cup to warm up both of his hands.Â
âI didnât think Paris would be so cold in October,â he explains in a hushed, livid tone, drawing the rim of the paper cup back to his lips as if he didnât learn his lesson. Typical Jimin. âBut this outfit is for Taehyung anyways, so Iâll survive.âÂ
He talks of him but he doesnât look at him. Makes heart eyes at the misting coffee, instead. Like Taehyung isnât here at all.Â
Strange.Â
You shake off the thought.Â
âGo stand by the pond before you freeze. I want to take a picture of you,â you say, softly, pulling your phone out of your purse. Glancing up, you expect Jimin to be ready with his pose, but heâs looking at you as if you said the most outrageous thing in the world. Eyes wide, mouth downturned in horror. You laugh and place a hand on his arm. âGo, Jimin. This is a special day and special days ask for special pictures.âÂ
Jimin sighs and nods, despite the fact he doesnât really look like he wants to do it.Â
âFine, but Iâm keeping the coffee in my hand.âÂ
Your tender laughter prolongs. âFair enough. Go pose with your little heat pack.âÂ
Gazing out at the pond, Taehyung is already standing there. With his brown coat over his gray suit, he coalesces with the autumnal scenery and you think he belongs there. That a statue should be made of him right where his feet are planted, for people to remember and appreciate his beauty. You snap a few pictures of him before Jimin makes his way towards the stone bannister and stops right in front of Taehyung, who towers over him. Jimin lifts his cup and smiles a little tight smile, the mist from his coffee eclipsing over him like a soft fog. Switching to portrait mode, Taehyung is gone by the time your screen clears out and shows Jimin by his lonesome self, setting his coffee cup down on the bannister and turning around for some dramatic, aesthetic shots. Taehyung laughs in your ear, catches your slipping purse and places it back on your shoulder, and what he says next gives your life a whole new meaning.Â
âJimin is cute, but heâs strong and sane enough to protect you while Iâm gone.â
You pivot back, piercing your sight right through him, not believing those words were just flung out of him like that. Taehyung never mentioned you having a protector while being in the military and even the whole concept of it confuses you even deeper as Jimin is serving as well. He might not be in the special forces like your boyfriend is, but heâs serving nonetheless. The systems are the same, no matter the department.Â
Before you can ask him what he meant by that, the sing-song tone of Jiminâs voice reaches you. He calls out your name with a bit of alarm.Â
âWhatâs wrong?âÂ
You gaze back and meet his eyes in full motionâheâs already taking long steps towards you and grabbing your arm, taking your confusion to another level. Â
âWhat happened?â he asks, his pupils thin dots that ripple through your skin with stiff, panicky electroshocks. You glance back at Taehyung to discover that heâs not standing behind you at all, but behind Jimin, clutching his shoulder.Â
You blink. âNothing.âÂ
Jimin lets go of your arm and inhales the autumnal air. The pond, suddenly, heaves.Â
âLetâs go somewhere warm,â Jimin suggests and you agree with him with a nod of your head. Pinpricks of iciness kisses your fingertips, despite the fact youâre still holding your own cup of coffee that Jimin bought you.Â
A strange feeling seizes you.Â
The jazz bar is an embrace of snug heat that embraces your womb first before greeting the rest of your body. You canât help but to touch your baby, say to her in your heart: this is your Daddyâs most favorite place in the whole wide world. And the feeling is so surreal that it washes away the strange sensation that clung to you so heavily.Â
Youâre the first customers to come. Jimin sighs in absolute relief and heâs standing in the middle of the dance floor, frozen in time, as he lets the warmth of the place defrost his bones. Your cup of coffee was long finished and discharged; Jiminâs drank his in long sips that took seconds to finish, too, and the whole ordeal was so funny to you that itâs given you a sense of lightness that you needed.Â
Taehyung hasnât spoken a word since you left your apartment.Â
He sits at the bar stool like he sat in your shared bedroom. One leg propped on the footrest while the other is relaxed on the floor, one hand folded on the apex of his thigh, the other drumming on the bar while the band he doesnât know is rehearsing their instruments. You take a seat right beside him and feel like the parents youâre about to become. Sophisticated, classical, sublime.Â
The pretentious kind, but in a good way.Â
That thought makes you smile softly until the bartender asks you if youâd like anything. You politely decline her, even though youâd love a glass of wine with the daddy to be beside you. You canât drink, not for many months to come. You wait for her to ask Taehyung the same question, but she doesnât even lift her eyes to his direction. She wipes down the wood of the bar and leaps away.Â
Nobody fucking asks Taehyung anything.Â
Amidst a hearty guitar strumming solo, Jimin notices the furrow of your brows, the downturned pout of your mouth that opens to ask Taehyung about the strangeness that keeps occurring today. But before you get the words out, Jimin calls out your name into the microphone, the vowels made sweet by the sound of his princely voice. He stands with the band behind his back, his Hussar jacket exquisitely fitting the dimmed background. He holds out his hand for you, a poignant glint perched on top of his irises, and he flattens his puffy, pink lips.Â
âDonât be sad. Tonight is for Taehyung and all sadness is prohibited,â he says with his feigned announcer articulations, the corners of his mouth rounding in a similar manner to yours, in sympathy. âWe will have to kindly ask you to leave if you proceed in your sadness. Please, join me here.âÂ
You roll your eyes, but the smile gracing your features couldnât be erased even with the force of the whole wide world. You stand to your feet and paddle your way to him, the heels of your stilettos clicking on the worn parquets. Jimin gives you a soft grin and places his microphone down, meeting you halfway on the dance floor and taking your hand.Â
It is when he begins to sing, just for you, that you perceive that the instrumental song the guitarist played is one, which is contained in one of Taehyungâs vinyls. The ones he would play in the darkest of nights and sing the lyrics to your bare body. Tears prick your waterline when Jimin guides you into a gentle slow dance while maintaining the tones of the song with utmost perfection.Â
And Taehyung is carried in every languid motion and in every vocal cord that is strained upon this hour in his honor.Â
Iâm in the mood for love, simply because youâre near meâŚ
You gaze back at Taehyung, who sits still and smiles his boxy smile. Frozen and beautiful, but unbreathing.Â
Still and unbreathing.Â
Frozen.Â
You halt your movements.Â
Jimin stops the dance, ends the song with a deep hum that pulses through you along with the notion that something isnât right, but very, very wrong.Â
âI wish Taehyung were here,â Jimin says with a deep sigh, holding both of your hands, and an uncanny, perplexing feeling constricts your throat.Â
Your breath shivers, vision blurry. âBut he is here.âÂ
Jimin lets go of your hands and you lament his touch. You need to be touched because you feel yourself shrinking into a fawn most vulnerable that doesnât know whatâs real anymore. A fawn just born, pathetically ignorant of the world and of her loved ones.
âI know, but I wish he were here for real.âÂ
A cold sweat drips down your spine, paralyzing you. Your constricted throat dries up like a well and you canât swallow. You canât think, you canât blinkâyour lungs canât lift to inhale any air and they mirror Taehyungâs still ones, unbreathing.Â
It is a surprise to you, the question that flows out of you.Â
âJimin, who is sitting at the bar?âÂ
A wrinkle forms between his brows as he sweeps his gaze over all those bar stools and doesnât linger at the occupied space that you know is there. A perturbing energy thuds in his eyes once he returns them to yours, and that alarming potency in him rises once again.Â
âWho do you see there?â he asks, carefully, leaving his mouth parted as he anticipates your answer.Â
You peer back behind you and donât find any bar stools occupied. Not single one.Â
No Taehyung, smiling his boxy smile.Â
No Taehyung behind Jimin.Â
No Taehyung behind you.Â
A sob rumbles out of you in unison with your realization that you were, indeed, very wrong. You catch your sob, covering your mouth with your fingers as your tears spurt down onto your cheeks.Â
And then the memories arrive, the reality.
But Jimin ceases their flow with the warmth of his even more careful question.Â
âDid you see him at the park, too?âÂ
You can only nod, but you canât look at him. You stare at nothing in particular and it seems that what Jimin has ceased, he allows to stream through the pond of your thoughts, accompanied by his vocalized truth.Â
âTaehyung isnât here. He shouldâve been here with us, but he had to go to North Korea. There was a conflict, remember? You know this.âÂ
Taehyungâs apologetic text message appears before your eyes. The letter that came first before his phone call, where he explained to you that he canât have his vacation and visit you because he has to go and save his country. The real, known reason between the pair of you and Jimin behind this fun day. To honor Taehyung for what heâs doing. The day you wanted to share, as well, that you were pregnant.Â
The aloneness has gotten to you, helped by your blessed state. Confused your mind to the point that you imagined him here when heâs not here at all.Â
Jimin calls your name and you glance at him. Perhaps he can see the truth dawning on you by the way pity twists his features. He caresses your arm and leaves his hand there, his heat locking in the realization.Â
âWhat has happened to you?âÂ
Another onrush of tears clouds your vision. Your spine bends. And you canât.Â
You canât not tell him. You canât keep it in.Â
âIâm pregnant.âÂ
Jiminâs eyes widen and it merely takes him a second to envelop you in his embrace. He coos your name, rubs your back, a whimper resonates in his chest against yours as he holds back his tears. The music falls into nothingnessâand nothing is said for a time that appears to be as long as the season of autumn.Â
And then, somehow, youâre outside of the jazz club, sitting on Jiminâs Hussar jacket that he put down on the cold ground for you beside him. And the silence continues until it doesnât.Â
âDoes he know?â he asks, and you feel his irises gliding across the side of your face that you cannot turn.Â
Itâs you whoâs frozen this time.Â
Still and unbreathing.Â
With no smiling Taehyung at your hip.Â
âI wanted to tell him tonight,â you say, quietly, with your hands helplessly in your lap. âOn the day of his vacation that he looked forward to.âÂ
Jimin sighs, the sound full of that terrible pity. âHow far along are you?âÂ
Itâs a question that brings life to your numb hands and you take them to your belly.Â
âThree months.âÂ
A beat of silence.Â
You fondle your growing baby. Jimin seems to be watching you, considering his following words, but you fear to move your eyes. Lift them in expectation to see Taehyung only to meet the half-barren trees and the leaves on the ground that have absurdly regained their vivid colors.Â
Lift them to look at Jimin and meet the outcome of your autumn-long aloneness.Â
âHeâll be back in a month and Iâll talk to the Sergeant and offer my own vacation. Iâll give it up so you can see him and tell him.âÂ
A sob lodges itself in your throat and you tilt to the side, leaning your head on Jiminâs shoulder. He, in response, leans his against yours.Â
âI donât think your Sergeant will even hear you out,â you say, humorlessly, your personal pain still prickling the flesh of your heart.Â
But then Taehyungâs words wash over you.Â
Jimin is cute, but heâs strong and sane enough to protect you while Iâm gone.
Jimin, Taehyungâs best friend, whoâs been there for him through thick and thin, long before you came into the picture. Jimin, who stuck by your side when sightseeing, and took your pictures. Who devoured dinners with you and drank a whole bottle of liquor with you when Taehyung abstained.Â
Jimin, your best friend, too.Â
âWill you be here for me while heâs gone?â you ask, the sob in your throat enlarging, preventing you from speaking, but you push through. âSo I won't get delusional again?âÂ
Jimin takes your hand in his, squeezing it firmly in your lap, his thumb brushing over your little, half-swollen belly.Â
âItâs the least I can do. Letâs get you home.âÂ
And he does.Â
He calls a cab. Walks with you up the stairs, lingers at the door, watches you take off your heelsâwatches the comprehension of this day being anything but fun take form on your face and posture, and he hugs you. Reassures you that he will be here the whole week until his vacation is over, and even long after that.Â
And you nod. Thank him. Turn your head away when he clicks the door shut behind him. Walk over to the window and stifle your tears when you see him head over to the liquor store in front of your apartment and leave with a bottle of spirits hanging from his fingertips.Â
And the tears rush out, despite your efforts, when your gaze cascades down onto the windowsill and onto the vase, where white wine-doused tulips stooped in yearning for Taehyungâs touch a few hours ago.Â
They arenât stooping. Theyâre flaccid, dead and withered. Like the fun day you prepared.
Because Taehyung hasnât bought any newly blooming tulips in a long while.Â
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the art of obsession | kim taehyung
summary: in a world of painters and poets, there were two college students looking for the right sort of inspiration. through devotion in your craft, you find yourself drawn to kim taehyungâa grad student painter whoâs everything youâve ever looked for in a character. his walk, his form of speech, his art, it all captivated you to the point where you wanted to recreate him in words and you begin to realize how similar the two of you really are. you share a sort of obsession in your work that seems like only each other could understand and he invites you into his world of oil paints and charcoals in hopes of drawing you on paper.
â genre/au: dark academia. college au. painter!taehyung x writer!y/n [afab. she/her]
â 17.4K words
âHeâs more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.â â Wuthering Heights, Emily BrontĂŤ
warnings: smut. slight obsession with their work. prestigious college. tae literally takes oc to a graveyard. oc and tae dont take criticism well. unprotected intercourse. oral [f and m]. oc slobs on his knob and tae eats like itâs the last supper. missionary. side position. lowkey passionate sex. fireplace crackling. namjoon and oc used to be fwb. hints that oc and Jimin used to be fwb too. jungkook is taeâs sculpture artist bestie. jimin is ocâs ballerina bestie. namjoon is ocâs writer bestie.
The smell of cigarettes was something you were fairly used to being around where you resided. Youâre not sure what makes it so popular among young academics and sometimes you wonder if itâs not the need of nicotine but more so the aesthetic of it that they all seem to enjoy. It seemed to always linger in the air around campus where all the grad students would walk with their heads down and bags under their eyes as stress took over their entire being. You understand the stress but being an undergrad student yourself, youâre not sure you could understand the extent of it that they must feel. All you could really do is watch the way it slowly deteriorates their body every time they step into the library.
Maybe itâs the Literature major in you, but you never fail to try and assess each person that walks in as if you could see their entire character design and what makes them who they are. Today you got a bit lucky because despite how slow your homework had been going, your favorite case of study had just walked in wearing his usual black turtleneck tucked into a pair of loose corduroy pants. He wore a pair of rounded wire glasses that you love getting to see him in and they did wonders to conceal the eye bags you knew were there.
With this smallest hint of entertainment youâve found through your long and boring study session with only one friend to confide in, you shut your copy of â excuse the pretentiousness â The Pictures of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, and lowered the volume on your headphones enough to be more aware of the cause of his visit today. You rarely saw him in the library and if he did happen to come by it was to check out or check in a single book on Michaelangelo or Davinci.
You were surprised by how close he seemed to have gotten to you today. The table you studied at was only a couple feet away from a book aisle he had currently walked down and now he was just a meter or so away with his head down in his book. The usual smell of smoke surrounded him and despite scrunching your nose at the smell, you chose to ignore it and study him a little further. You even went as far as to lower your headphones until they curled around your neck giving him your attention even if he didnât know he had it.
As much of an observer as you were, you never seemed to catch on to the way his gaze would shift to you any time you werenât looking, eyes scanning your features rather quickly as he made his own assessment. You dressed warmly today, probably due to the fact that thereâs been a light rain that has been casted over the city, always seeming to linger longer where the buildings were older and all signs of urban life seemed to dissipate. You were dressed in neutral tones today that placed you perfectly with your own surroundings and if this was a painting heâs sure you would be the focal pointâor maybe the single spec of bright color you wore which was in this case your powder blue headphones. Heâs not sure heâs ever used that specific shade of blue in a single one of his works before but maybe heâll look into it.
He rarely visited the library but when he did it was always a pleasant surprise to see you there. He didnât care much to get to know you, he just found the aesthetic of it all captivating. The library was beautiful, truthfully, with its dark wood shelves and polished tile floors that echoed with each step. It was eerily quiet and it always smelled of old books and always reminded him of a cathedral. There were large stained glass windows of poets, painters, dancers, etc. the clear glass windows overlooked the large pond that covered the back of the small campus where the woods began to take over and student life decreased aside from the occasional late night college party hosted there between trees and bonfires.
âHe always comes into my work for paints. I wonder why he always pays in cash.â Your friend said, suddenly appearing next to you and not messing with the printer anymore. He mustâve caught sight of Taehyung before he left and considering he worked at a supply store, it was no surprise he recognized him.
âMaybe he hates banks,â you joked, turning to Jimin with a smile. Jimin pursed his lips staring down the aisle where Taehyung had disappeared once he had his book, âMaybe cash is more aesthetically pleasing. Heâs an art major, isnât he? I say heâs too pretentious to use a plastic cardâor even worse, Tap to Pay.â
At that you laughed, deciding to continue the teasing of a man you barely knew while also trying to defend him, âDo people ever get tired of throwing words around?â
âAre you referring to my use of âpretentiousâ?â Jimin asked as he moved to the other side of the counter, âI used the term correctly, itâs an adjective meaning, âattempting to impress by affecting greater importance and culture than is actually possessedâ. His refusal to adhere to societyâs technological advances is pretentious in itself. I bet he still uses No. 2 pencils as an act of defiance against mechanical pencilsâif he was a writer like you he would probably be more drawn to a pen but heâs an artist and artists make mistakes that get covered up or changed.â
You couldnât help but smirk at that, âTell me then, Jimin, what does a ballerina use to convey words? An Arabesque?â
Jimin released a loud groan, âI hate this goddamn school.â
You watched him open his newest generation laptop and hide behind it. He knew now how little room he had to talk. You, yourself, couldnât utter a word to disagree with him either when in your hand was a Montblanc fountain pen that cost your parents a hefty 1,500$ to get to you when you were first accepted into the school. Youâre sure when the time comes for you to finish undergrad, theyâll up the price and give you one worth 4,000$âthe most profound amount of proof that you did in fact strictly use pens for everything.
You would never dare mention anything revolving around the money Taehyungâs family is rumored to have because you donât know anything about him to do so.
All you knew were the few things youâve noticed â a couple that even made it into your journal â like the fact that he specialized in two mediums; charcoal and oil paintings. Heâs a known name at the University for his work and dedication and you saw that through one of his works. It was dark and a bit twisted but it told a story and you think thatâs what drew you into him before you even knew it was him.
Despite his strong presence that always seemed to draw you in, he had a gift for making himself invisible in a group setting. He never spoke up in class, never caused a fuss, he was in and out like a shadow.
At the start of the semester you were taken by surprise when you found him sitting in one of the back rows of the lecture hall to an advanced anatomy class that youâre sure you took for very different reasons. Taehyung was interested in the study of the body so he could fully understand the way the it works from the inside out. He wanted to understand how each limb moved, how fluid each bone and muscle connected, how they could contort, see where the organs go, imagine the flesh coming to life when he painted.
In literature, anatomy isnât referring to the human body. It refers to a separation of a topic into smaller parts for detailed analysis of the work. You did not make a mistake when you chose this lecture, you too wanted to study the body for your work. You wanted to learn how fragile it really was, how it could be destroyed, how hard it was to do so. You wanted to know about which bones were weaker, which organ puncture did the most damage. You need visuals and understanding of its healing process, of the way it moved, how the nervous system worked. Once you had a better understanding of the body, you just knew that you would be able to apply all these things to your writing. You would be able to detail how your characterâs body deteriorated outside and in. How the body would slowly break down, which nerves were affected, how the heart worked in that moment. It would be gruesome but intriguing enough for your readers.
Maybe you needed to write something not so dark, something that didnât make you take courses you didnât really need but wanted in hopes that theyâll help you understand better. You didnât actually need to go this far to describe a couple grueling scenes but it helped.
The room was silent aside from the obnoxious sound of the clock, Tick⌠Tock⌠Tick⌠TockâŚTicking.
You stood at the front of your professorâs desk in his clustered office filled with classical literature books and awards for writing all over the shelves. His desk took up the majority of the space inside and whenever you were in here you couldnât help but feel just a little suffocated. There were barely any words shared between the two of you, he only ever decided to truly grace you with his speech when he was critiquing and yet right now heâs been uncomfortably silent.
The silence had grown so long that you found your attention drifting toward the grandfather clock that was tucked away near the overwhelming stained glass window that overlooked the courtyard filled with wet and fallen leaves. The trees were bare and the fountain had a sculpture of a big swan with its wings spread in what looked like a dance. It always reminded you of the Swan Song, but you never knew if that was morbid of you. The idea of your University of Fine Arts decorating the campus in the black and white birds simply for decor always seemed strange to you too.
There was no way they would ever portray anything without meaning, or at least something not up for interpretation and yet every time you looked at one of the swans, you thought about the Swan Song, the way the birdâs wings were open beautifully with each detail chiseled into the stone. It looked like the swanâs final performance before its end. It wasnât the sort of symbolism you liked to see at a school with such dedicated artists looking for a way to perfect every aspect of their work as if each one was their last.
âI like it,â your professor finally said, drawing your attention back to him in an instant, âYour writing has improved Y/n, Iâm starting to really visualize the plot and I think it has a certain rawness to it that Iâm not used to seeing from you.â
The corner of your lips turned upward like you wanted to smile but you wouldnât fully allow yourself to. He hasnât looked at you yet, his eyes stayed glued to your paper and it was clear he wasnât done, âBut it still feels stiffâwell, the main character does. I canât understand him yet, heâs just a mystery to me and not one Iâm interested in unraveling. I canât understand his depth and itâs becoming a big flaw in your writing. Everything else sounds wonderful, well articulated and with such emotion⌠that when I think of him all I see a huge lack of substance. Heâs being drowned out by the rest and heâs supposed to be the one I follow when I read.â
You didnât say anything as your jaw slowly clenched shut, eyes unwavering as he went on, âItâs like you have a lack of knowledge for human emotion and psychology, Iâm not sure thatâs something that can be easily fixed.â
âDoes it make my writing bad?â You asked stiffly and he shook his head no.
âNo, your writing is captivating but thereâs a very huge disconnect Iâm feeling from your characters,â he said, looking up at you, âIt takes away the beauty of it.â
Your lips felt sewn shut as he handed you back your paper with all of his notes for you to fix and you felt like crying. You couldnât even utter out a single word as you forced yourself not to react to his words and leave his office with your head held high.
What did he mean by disconnect? What more did he want you to do? What did you not understand about human emotion? Youâre a human, what is there not to get? What else did he want from you?
These questions circled your head for what felt like an eternity, only confusing you more and more as you left for your next lecture. You spent the fifteen minute gap with your journal out jotting down every question that came to mind trying to see how you could find answers to these.
You sat alone in your row of seats waiting for other students to arrive and you took the time to brainstorm. He told you your characters lacked substance and implied that they were hard to visualize. He said that he canât understand them, especially the lead and that he couldnât be absorbed into a story about a character he doesnât care for. He basically said that you lacked an understanding of emotional depth for the characters you write and therefore your stories will continue to have a disconnect until something changes. If only something could inspire you, maybe help you analyze these so-called emotions you couldnât comprehend. You needed to remove some of the mystery around your character and really dive in on his arc, understand how he felt. How could you do that? It's not like you could fully visualize it yourself either unless you really began to study those around you more than you already do.
You sat up straighter in your seat and looked around as the lecture hall began to fill slowly. The room had a sort of ancient feel to it with long hazelnut rows of desks pressed side by side against each other in an amphitheater manner. There were diagrams and models of the human body plastered everywhere but none looked straight off of a doctorâs catalog. They looked like Davinci himself drew every skeleton in the room. It also had a small echo especially when the rain hit the wall or glass windows that sometimes tuned out the sound of talking students entering the hall.
You recognized most of the faces and the one who passed you as he went up a few rows seemed to distract you more than the others. Kim Taehyung didnât wear glasses today but he wore a wool sweater and linen pants. There was a small splotch of gray paint on his knuckle that he hadn't seemed to notice as he swung his book bag onto the desk with a small thud, uncaring if anyone heard and ignored everyone around him.
He was similar to your character, almost. He always seemed closed off and unapproachable but behind his eyes was an aura of emotion that isnât easily interpreted. You found yourself beginning to scribble down in your journal, just basic things you noted about him.
The lazy, bored look in his eyes that made him look tired and unamused by everything that happened around him.
Then there was his stance. He had good posture but when he sat down in his seat he leaned all the way back with his arms on the table like he was observing every person in the lecture hall, even you.
You knew this because for a second your eyes met with Taehyungâs and in that measly moment you just took in the sight of each other. Taehyung didnât hold much expression in face but his fingers seemed to twirl his No. 2 pencil a little more intently now. He ran his gaze down from your eyes to the curve of your nose and curl of your lips. There was something about your facial features that he was delighted in studying. When you looked away and gave him a view of your side profile he leaned toward his desk more and the leather sketchbook that rested over his textbook was flipped open as he began to sketch you.
The drawing didnât mean much to him, it was just a small doodle to pass time, his hands had to always be sketching and you happened to be his distraction today. Usually he doesnât really pay attention to you when heâs in class, you sit far enough from each other that you never interact and when he catches you in the library you always seem lost in your own world.
He knows your name, he read your story last semester simply because it intrigued him. It was published on the school forum and won an achievement so he checked it out and it was good, your writing is intricate, or at least thatâs what he thinks. Heâs able to follow along to every word and not be bored or confused but with a certain degree of understanding that the reader needs to learn. Thereâs an aura of mystery around it, yet it was not something that he couldnât comprehend and he thinks thatâs why he was able to enjoy it.
At the end of the lecture he had three small drawings of you.
âCome on man, it wonât take long, just one drink,â Jungkook begged him for the third time in a row. Despite his friendâs darker exterior dressed in black jeans, a black tee, and a black leather jacket, he was way more outgoing. He was always trying to get Taehyung to go out for drinks or to party but he just doesnât have the time.
âNot tonight,â Taehyung said as he opened up his pack of cigarettes and took one out, sliding it to his lips before burning the end with his lighter. He handed the pack to Jungkook who took it without question and did the same.
Jungkook released a sigh in disappointment, shaking his head a little as he said, âWhatever man, you say that every night.â
Taehyung shrugged his shoulders as he took a drag and pulled it out between his index finger and thumb, âThen get the hint.â
His friend wasnât listening anymore, choosing instead to stare at the building in front of him, dimly lit from all the lamp posts. It was just after sunset and the only students around were probably working on assignments like Jungkook and Taehyung. Taehyung took advantage of the art room to work privately and in a bigger space while Jungkook worked in the warehouse where he could work on his new sculpture. Taehyung couldnât understand why Jungkook cared about whatever was going on at the library till he casually looked over too.
âShe looks familiar,â Jungkook said pointing to you as you walked down the sidewalk toward the bus stop. Taehyung looked too, you had a tote bag like most students around here and there was a butterfly clip in your hair but it still looked messy. Your hair was down earlier and at some point you decided to put it up and he realized now that he didnât have a preference on how hair looks on someone. He likes the style you had earlier and the one you have now too because they enhance your features more.
âThatâs Y/n,â Taehyung said casually as they went to the parking lot. Jungkook looked at him curiously before glancing back at you, âYou know her?â
Taehyung didnât have an answer for that so he didnât give one, he just walked ahead wondering the same thing. âLetâs get a drink,â Taehyung finally gave in and Jungkook immediately cheered. âYes! Okay, donât worry, just one.â
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder⌠that is what every artist has ever been taught. Taehyung has never been able to disagree with a statement more than that one. There is not beauty everywhere, it is not as inclusive as one might think and to truly understand art in the many forms it could take, one needs to understand the meaning of genuine beauty.
Itâs quite terrifying in a sense, for one to be able to lose control and fall for the Dionysian seduction and view beauty for what it truly is. It is a raw and exhilarating topic that cannot be defined by just looks or words but more the freedom of life, life is beautiful in its own twisted way and to accept that definition is to be able to portray that in what you do. Thatâs why Taehyungâs art tends to lean toward a more dark and twisted form. When he creates art heâs not just looking at creating something nice to look at or something with a hidden meaning that no one would ever truly understand. When he creates, he wishes to express human emotion through his workâhe wishes to make others feel things theyâve never felt before and that is the beauty he is chasing after.
Beauty is not a person but a feeling and when he looks at you he seems to understand that better.
Itâs not just your outward attractiveness that draws him in. Itâs the terrifying beauty that you radiate in your gaze, in your mannerisms, in your writing. It intrigues him and if he could put you on a canvas and unravel everything inside you â your fears, your joys, your tears â he would but till then youâre nothing but a familiar stranger that invades his mind when he least expects it.
âTaehyung, your work is beautiful,â his professor said, âEverything you create is effortlessly perfect butâŚâ
He waited with a bated breath, already not liking where this was getting. He watched closely to the way she tilted her head in curiosity, âItâs rather dark, donât you think? Maybe hard for interpretation anââ
âItâs not made to be interpreted by anything but the way it is,â Taehyung said boldly, âOnce art is set for others to create a new meaning for it, is it ever truly art?â
âI guess I am not understanding what you mean,â she said leaning forward against her desk.
Taehyung released a sigh like this conversation with his senior was tedious, âWhen you look at Picassoâs work, do you think he created it for others to understand? Or was that something that people began to believe? He created art that was unconstraining to himself and his life.â
âYes but look at Salvador Dali, the entire aspect of surrealism that he used was to unleash the power of imagination and creativity. You canât just shut your art into a small box for the sake of aesthetic,â she said and that made him scoff, his lip curled in distaste, âAnd letâs look at Monet? Heâs practically what started the entire idea of Impressionism.â
âWhat it meant to him, how he viewed it at that moment, that was all,â Taehyung said, which made the advisor release a sign, âClaude Monet once said, everyone pretends to understand his art, as if it were necessary to understand when it is only necessary to love.â
âIâm afraid this conversation will go back and forth if we continue,â she said with a huff, already irritated by the way things are going, âThe exhibition is in three months, in a month Iâll connect with you on how everything is looking and give you the rundown as well is there anything else you need from me, Mr. Kim?â
Taehyung shook his head and without a goodbye he was getting up from his seat and storming out. Not even a second after the chestnut double doors shut, did he find himself reaching into the pocket of his jeans to get his pack out. The cigarette sat perfectly between his lips as he blocked one side with the hand so the wind didnât blow his lighter out and he lit the tip, ignoring the âNo Smokingâ sign just a couple feet away. He couldnât help but mumble, âStupid bitch,â under his breath once he finally left the building.
As he rounded the corner, something hit his chest and his free hand immediately the person steady in front of him.
Your hand was on his chest to keep from hitting him and as you looked up, your eyes widened just slightly. Taehyung didnât say anything as he let you go, brushing against your side and moving around you to leave feeling your eyes on him. You watched him head the way you just came from and finally snapped out of it when you heard your friend call for you.
He turned to look for you seeing you already walking over to some tall and muscular guy. The guy gave you a dimpled smile as he followed after you, no longer in Taehyungâs peripheral.
âMaybe he has a point, Y/n,â Namjoon said as he walked with you to the bus stop, âIf youâre struggling then maybe you should think about altering the character more.â
You shook your head in displeasure, âNo, Iâm not going to change him, I just need to be able to visualize his characteristics.â
Namjoon released a sigh as he pondered over what advice to give you, but came up blank, âI mean⌠maybe you just need some real inspiration from those around you. â
The both of you went silent trying to find a solution and you looked up at him curiously. Namjoon would be an amazing reference for a character but he doesnât fit the image you want him to. He was like light, he was kind hearted and charming and so unbelievably smart but thatâs not how you envisioned the main character in your story. The kind of character you had in mind was supposed to act similar to⌠well, Taehyung. Heâs supposed to be a bit mysterious, cold, not necessarily a likable character but someone they canât help but be curious about.
âNamjoon,â you called his name and for a moment he grew hopeful to the idea that maybe you were thinking of studying him the way you do with othersâeven if he knew that would never happen. Instead, you came to a stop and looked up at him, âI forgot my laptop in the ffice, Iâve gotta go get it.â
His brows furrowed, looking down at your tote bag, âIâll come witââ
âNo, you have to work, right?â You asked, already backing away from him, âI donât want to make you late, Iâll just catch the next bus.â
Before he could argue, you were already taking off in a hurry back down the way the two of you came from. With a sigh he watched you leave wondering why he always seemed to be a couple steps behind you and never beside you. All heâs done since he met you was follow your lead in friendship and outside of it.
Even when the two of you had sex months ago it was always when you wanted and never when he did. If he even thought to ask, all you did was blow him off and then question him on if heâs seeing anyone at the moment. In the same second you would press your lips to his cheek and remind him how much you adored him even when you blew him off he always found the act of it a bit poetic.
He loved you, but itâs a love unreturned and if he wants to stay by you, it has to be with him at the back of your mind and never at the forefront.
With that understanding, he had no choice but to let you go back toward campus walking across fallen leaves and dead branches while he went to the bus alone.
Your legs had taken off before you could even decide where to go and in the end you found yourself heading back the way in which you met with Namjoonâand also the way you bumped into Taehyung. You were never much of the shy type even if it appeared that way, your friends always said you were the selective typeâonly choosing who to be outgoing with and even then it was rare and required a lot of work to get to you.
They had it easy, Jimin was a childhood friend and Namjoon was in the same writing department as you but thatâs as far as your circle went. Well, no, thereâs Yoongi too but heâs a pianist and these days heâs so busy with lessons and trips to the orchestra, you barely see him.
Like stated, you were selectively social and right now, you were choosing to find Taehyung so you could formally talk to him. It took you about ten minutes of mindlessly walking through the courtyard to locate him and when you did, you came to a halt. He was just a few feet away now, cigarette between his lips, crouched down against the wall of some historic looking building with castle-like elements and you know he saw you coming when he turned his head and looked right at you.
That was the push that had you walking toward him and saying, âKim Taehyung?â
âYes?â He asked, looking you up and down, eyes unable to help themselves as he looked up from your legs to your face. You wore a black fitted turtleneck underneath a brown sweater vest tucked into a black skirt. You wore long 70s style brown boots and mesh tights too. Your hair was pinned back with a hair clip and pins and your ears were lined with simple yet pretty earrings. When his gaze finally met yours, he couldnât help but take in the sight of you once more.
âMy name isââ
âI know your name,â he said with a small glint in his eye, âObviously.â
You didnât pull away from his intense stare and watched him bring the cigarette back to his lips, âI thought it would be more appropriate to introduce myself.â
âMm,â he exhaled looking down at the cement below his feet, flicking the end of the cigarette to let ash fall, âSo what could I do for you, Y/n?â
He looked up once more and you bit your lip in thought, âIf you are free, I wanted to see if youâd like to get a coffee with me.â
âI donât like coffee,â he said, finally putting the thing out and standing up, âAnd itâs almost sunset.â
You blinked in surprise as he stood in front of you now but you didnât back away, âThen weâll just have dinner.â
âThanks,â Taehyung swung his bag over his shoulder, âBut Iâm kind of busy, Iâve got somewhere to get to.â
He was already walking away to hide his look of surprise. He didnât expect the two of you to ever really talk and he didnât really know what to do. He ended up rejecting before he could even truly think it over. He imagined you as just a fantasy â nothing he could ever explore but that he could dream about. He just wanted to look and think about you but never know anything beyond what was on the surfaceâlike a painting.
âAnd you canât have a plus one?â You asked in your final effort to get closer to him completely unaware of what he thought of you. You watched him come to a stop, and for a moment you tried to imagine him contemplating. Taehyung turned to face you, âIâm not going anywhere fun.â
You stayed quiet as he went on, âAnd some might find it scary.â
It seemed like he was trying to warn you as if to let you back out of your own proposal but he wasnât saying no and that was hopeful. You tilted your chin higher, âAs long as you donât plan on murdering me, Iâm sure Iâll be fine.â
That made the corners of his lips turn upward in an arrogant smirk, âOkay, Y/n, follow me.â
The walk wasnât too far from the college but the college was already a bit on the outskirts of the city. All you saw were green, dying hills as autumn threatened to take over and it took you a second to understand where he was taking you until he was leading the way down a steep hill toward an empty and cold graveyard. It was a straight line of jagged tombstones and overgrown plant life entwined around them. There were clear dirt paths leading down row after row of old graves and a few Angel statues but nothing too bad, at least thatâs what youâre telling yourself.
âI told you, you might be scared,â Taehyung said as he walked parallel to the graveyard toward a tree that stood tall along the sloping hill, âBut this is the best view of twilight, if you want, I could walk you back to campus.â
âNo, itâs fine,â you cleared your throat deciding to walk ahead of him so you could be the one sitting upright against the tree. Taehyung dropped his backpack a few feet away from you and began getting his things out.
You didnât question him, only observed the way he carried on like you werenât even there. Itâs not like you minded, you didnât have any real agenda to get him to spend time with you and frankly, you felt a bit relieved to see that he wasnât trying to figure out what you wanted. It was unspoken the way the two of you seemed to think similarly and brought out your tools.
Taehyung didnât say anything when he flipped his sketchbook open and found a charcoal he could use as he began to sketch without much thought into it. He even made himself comfortable by lying back, using the angle of the hill to help him not lay horizontally and he bent a knee up as a sort of flat surface he could rest his book on. There was a small breeze that carried through his linen shirt and brown trousers but he wasnât much worried about himself.
He was more worried about you, who had asked to spend time with him but had no real plan to do so. Heâll admit, when he said no it was just on reflex from all the other times heâs out right rejected others before but he only thought it over because heâs been curious of you two. When you told him you would join him for a moment he debated saying no again because this was his favorite place to be to watch the sunset but it wasnât all that normal. He even tried to warn you and offer to take you back when you saw the graveyard but you didnât even seem to care when you sat down. Now that heâs looking at you up close, he can see the way your brows furrowed in concentration as you scribbled in your journal, already feeling inspiration.
Itâs now that Taehyung is realizing why heâs been so curious. He finds you beautiful, heâs sure heâs mentioned that before, but he finds you beautiful in an unsettling way. Just looking at you seemed to send him into a wave of emotion like youâre exactly what heâs wished to create on canvas. Before he even knew what he was doing, his hands were working away to make another sketch, eyes on you as he worked.
âWhat are you writing in that little journal of yours?â He found himself asking after some time. The sketch was rough and yet it was so refined that there was no mistaking what it could be. It was a monochromatic sketch of you with your back against the tree, legs straight before you and your hair covering your face with the howl of the wind. Your hands looked delicate when you wrote and you looked so lost in your own work that managed to capture that same essence in his drawing.
When you first looked at him, your eyes went down to the pack of cigarettes he was now messing with and out of curiosity he raised it to you as if asking if you wanted one. Moving to sit forward, you took one and held it between your lips as he dug into his pocket for his zippo lighter, flipping it open and bringing it toward your face to light the cigarette. He watched curiously as you leaned back a little, took an inhale/exhale, and said, âIâll tell you if you show me what youâve been doing in that little sketchbook of yours.â
For some reason a small smile came to his face as he laid on his side using his elbow for support and reached over to hand you the sketchbook. You took it with a sense of excitement that quickly turned into disbelief as you looked at it. The back of your index finger hovered over it but never touched for fear that you would smudge it or worseâash, and when you finally handed it back to him, wordlessly, his cold fingers brushing against sending a warm current down your arm.
At this exchange, Taehyung moved to sit up, not bothering to brush off any loose grass blades off his linen shirt and read over a short passage.
A certain coolness in his gaze that made him appear cruel.
A charming aura that seemed timeless, not modern but ancient like he was created from every classic literature known to man.
His gaze, his smile, his voiceâall deep like red velvet.
The list went on, each short sentence followed by another in what one could assume was meant to describe him. He didnât say anything either as he handed it back to you the same way you had done with his sketchbook. Neither of you were looking for critique or praise, more so acknowledgement of what the other had been doing and once you had it, it was enough.
Taehyung stared forward as the line of bright Orange finally vanished from the sky and a cool blue clouded it. The atmosphere shifted now as darkness began to swim across the sky and you both knew it was time to go. Nothing was said as you both stood up with your things and even less was brought up on your walk back to campus.
It wasnât until you stood at the bus stop that Taehyung decided to ask, âAre you busy tomorrow?â
âNo.â
He pulled out a piece of paper from the pocket in his trousers followed by a pen as he scribbled something down before handing it to you, âMeet me here at 8:00pm.â
You didnât have to say anything for Taehyung to know you would show and he left without much of a goodbye.
The place you arrived to at 8:00pm on the dot wasnât exactly what you had in mind but it wasnât much of a surprise eitherâit was a warm record bar. The one thing that did seem to surprise you was Taehyungâs choice in music where he preferred jazz over classical. The bar was dimly lit only by shaded, vintage lamps and the small yellow candles near all the booze. The walls were lined with vinyls and the deep mahogany trimming gave the record bar a sort of dark academic charm to it.
When you found Taehyung he was sitting at a small round table fit for two and he had a book in handâThe Picture of Dorian Gray. He wore his usual metal wiring rounded glasses and his dirty blonde hair seemed quite soft and full of life. The dark brown sweater he wore matched well with his tan slacks and you didnât miss the way eyes would fall on him. It was this charming, educated college boy with a rich father sort of energy that radiates off him, but also the clear look of disinterest written all over his face and it made people curious.
You debated calling his name to let him know you were here but when he looked up in time to catch you walking his way, you were aware that he had been waiting for you and checking the door every couple seconds. Taehyung didnât shy away from taking in the sight of you in an olive green maxi dress paired with a thin white cardigan tied together at the top of your breasts and below your collarbone. You wore black boot heels this time and when you sat down in front of him he couldnât help but look at your face now.
âYouâre late,â he said as he closed his book and set it to the side. You didnât even bother to look at the Swiss watch on your wrist as you said, âItâs 8:00, like you said.â
âYes but what I meant was 7:55 which should have translated to 7:45,â he said annoyingly arrogant as he slid a menu toward you, âAs per the rules of a first date.â
His tone was serious as was his body language and yet you could see the hint of amusement in his attempt to hide a smile. You smiled softly, setting your bag down next to you, âI was unaware this was a first date.â
âSo you assumed this was the second?â Taehyung had a teasing tone now, âI, personally, would not call an evening together at the cemetery a first date.â
âI do say, Iâm a bit surprised to even know you consider this a date after we barely talked at all yesterday,â you said as a waitress came over with a customer service smile. Conversation floated between you two with ease.
âAre we ready to order?â
Taehyung looked at you but you werenât all that hungry so he ordered a single slice of pastry for the two of you to share, âYesterday was just to enjoy and accept the presence of one another, tonight is to communicate and learn.â
Taehyung never cared much for investing time into someone he was with, usually if he ever showed any interest in someone or was short lived. Heâs not sure what would happen exactly but once the excitement of pining for someone romantically wore off⌠he just did not care anymore. There was too much to handle and he didnât have time for any of itânot the clinginess, the crying, the whining. God, the whining got to him.
Why do you ignore me so much?
Youâre always too busy painting to notice me?
Taehyung, I just want you to spend time with me.
It was the constant whining that he hated because they just did not get that he was completely devoted to his art and nothing else mattered as much as it did. Yes⌠maybe the small ounce of excitement he felt helped inspire him but⌠well he does not need whoever he slept with anymore.
The infatuation had worn off and heâs back to being alone again but now heâs a little too curious about you. Hence, why he asked you out first and in such a haste.
âAlright,â you said, âSo then tell me something small, for instance, what time did you arrive? 7:45?â
â7:30 actually,â Taehyung said as he lifted his mug of hot tea to his lips, âI had business to take care of around campus and I didnât want to make the trip back home.â
âWell if you asked for my number I wouldâve arrived sooner.â
âIt takes away the romantic aspect of waiting for the other to arrive without hearing from themâmaybe Iâll write you a letter instead,â he teased. You just laughed softly and asked, âI didnât peg you as much of a romantic. And what business?â
âNothing too important.â Taehyung said vaguely and despite your curiosity you didnât push him to answer. The corner of his lips raised as he looked at you, looked at him and found himself saying, âBut as for being a romantic? It depends on who you ask.â
You focused on what he said about that instead of what his business was and that made him happy. What he did was not that important but it was necessary after what had happened with his advisor. He still couldnât wrap his mind around what she had told him and in the end he made and impulsive decision to gift her something that might make her see things from his point of view. Of course it was slightly biased but he believed his piece really explained his views on beauty enough for her to understand.
Taehyung delivered two paintings to her inbox earlier. The first one was a more finished painting of you, still slightly distorted and a bit dark but there was no hiding the romantic element that radiated off of it. He called it âGenuine Beautyâ. The second painting was a distorted and bright picture of his professor with exaggerated features that werenât pleasing to the eye and he called it, âBeauty in the Eye of the Beholderâ.
A true sentient on what he thought of her words. He wanted to know how she would twist the grotesque image of herself into something beautiful.
âWhat have you been up to aside from writing me?â Taehyung asked, looking at you with interest.
âAside from that, Iâm afraid not much else,â you confessed, âIâve been in a sort of dry spell trying to understand my character.â
âTell me about them.â
âWell, itâs a him and heâs similar to you.â
He listened closely to each word you said, taking in the curve of your mouth when you talked and the way you gestured with your hands. Heâll admit, the character did seem very similar to him so he can understand your curiosity in him and the fact that you seemed to lose yourself in your craft didnât go unnoticed by him. He simply nodded his head and replied with short answers when asked.
In the end, he offered the only thing he could, âLet me be your case of study then, and in return youâll be mine.â
You smiled this time, a small arrogant smile as you said, âWill you paint me like one of your French girls?â
He understood the reference and found himself saying, âIf you write me like one of the lovers in your poems.â
By the end of the night you found yourself in the back of a taxi driving straight to his place under the pretense of another drink. Conversation seemed to flow with ease between you and it ranged from Davinci to Monet, Shakespeare to Milton and whatever was in between. Even when Taehyung asked such a heavy question, you didnât seem to struggle to find an answer.
âDo you believe in love?â He had asked as the cab stopped in front of a house similar to an upstate New York townhome. He had you by the hand helping you out of the car and held onto you as he led you up the stone path.
âI have to, Iâm a writer,â you told him and he seemed to pull you into him more.
âBut what is it that you believe it to be?â
The question did make you think a little bit. Itâs not that you thought Taehyung had an ulterior motive in asking you such a thing; itâs not like the two of you were seriously into the idea of it but you wanted to give him the right answerâone that truly described you and your ideals.
You didnât answer his question right away as he let you into his home which was no different than what you imagined it to be. His apartment was in an old building turned into luxury Victorian styled apartments with modern eclectic touches. It was a put-together mess of sketches and canvases littered around the place. The floor was made of a dark, polished hardwood and his furniture all seemed worn through with velvet cushions and engraved wooden trimmings. He had floor-to-ceiling bay windows with twine hanging across them and papers clipped on with laundry pins to dry. There was a warm feel to the place and it had everything to do with his dedication to earthy tones and shades of Morocco red.
There were painting supplies everywhere from scattered charcoals and cans of linseed oil for his paints. There were stacks of literature books and various art ones piled high on nearly every surface and yet it all seemed to be organized to what you could assume only he could understand. Taehyung didnât even seem to mind the clutter as he chose instead to ask, âRed or White?â
âRed.â You responded quite simply before resuming your studying of his place, the fireplace on one wall was surrounded by canvases and booksâsame as the vintage bookshelf and for a moment you wondered if his bedroom looked any similar. The thought vanished quickly when you got the smallest hint of which room that might be from the open door down the hall. He had plain gray sheets on an unmade bed and the furniture in there was scarce, like he barely spent any time there and if he did it wasnât to sleepâthe bags under his eyes told you so.
âHave you thought of an answer to my question yet?â Taehyung asked, reminding you yet again of what he asked earlier. He handed you a wine glass and you took it with a nod in gratitude as he left you to find a record to play.
âIâve had an answer all along, I just wasnât sure how you would feel about it,â you said and you could see him smile as he moved the needle over the start of the vinyl, Nocturnes, Op 9 began to play.
âIâm not looking for anything in particular, just an insight on what you think,â he said honestly and with a small sigh you decided to tell him.
âI think love is more so⌠a choice than an emotion?â You finally said as you watched him take a seat on the floor near his coffee table instead of the velvet couch behind him. He motioned for you to join him, âHow so?â
âAnyone can feel love at any given moment but it is fleeting,â you sat down, knees nearly touching his, âTell me, have you ever felt in love before?â
Your question seemed to catch him off guard yet he answered as bluntly as he would regarding anything else, âOnly with my paintings.â
âAnd that had been a choice, to continue, right?â You asked, âLove like every emotion is temporary and inconsistent. Yes, doing certain things or being with certain people might invoke these feelings but once that has dwindled it is your choice to remain in that constant state of loving somethingâor someone. I love writing, I always have because it is my choice. I choose to subject myself to the hardships that come with my work even at times where I think I hate it. Even at times when I choose to give up I think about the joy it brings me, the emotions that pour out of me and onto every letter and word I put down on paper. I choose to love writing, I choose to devote myself to it and I choose to put it above anything else in the world, even my own relationships.â
Taehyung could see it in your eyes how strongly you felt about it. Your answer had gone slightly off topic but he understood your reference to it in every word you spew, âSo when I say I believe in love⌠I donât mean it in regards to a feeling that transpires throughout inconsistently, but I mean it as a choice to continue to feel that way even when it hurts and I canât take it any more.â
A silence seemed to drag on between you and for a moment you wondered if you said too much and sounded too stupid. Taehyung seemed to inhale and exhale at once, âWell, I do say, we have very similar ideals. I donât think I couldâve put it into better words than a writer even if I tried.â
You couldnât help but smile, hiding it behind your wine glass, âMaybe youâll paint them instead.â
âMaybe, Iâll paint you instead,â Taehyung said with a pale yet serene expression like he was scared to speak his words and exhilarated by them all the same.
How could someone seem to get lost and sound so dazed when talking about writing? Did writing mean as much to you as his art did to him? Is that why there was never a need for many words to be spoken between you? Was that why he was able to enjoy your presence so long and so quickly when before you would never even speak? Was there always this underlying connection between your minds and how you viewed art and your world?
You rested your glass on the table as you took in his living room again and all its character, there was a set of paintbrushes just laying on his table and you reached for one. The wood was smooth between your fingertips as you twisted it before looking up at him with a curious gaze, âWith one of these?â
Taehyung simply nodded his head watching you lift your skirt up just enough to expose a bit of leg and you brushed the art tool against your calf, âItâs soft.â
His tongue ran over his lips and he leaned forward to gently take the brush back. You were nearing an apology for taking it without asking him first but he simply scooted closer to you on the blanket he laid beneath you and placed your legs over his, skirt of your dress rising even further until he was running the brush over the curve of your knee, âI use it to blend shadows, like this.â
The brush felt soft against your skin, sending tingles down your spine as he ran it over you in circular motions, eyes on yours.
âI tried painting once,â you said as his finger slowly traded with the brush until he was softly touching you, âI wasnât that good, I couldnât portray the right picture.â
Taehyung just smiled as he felt you hand go over his while taking the brush back until you were tracing the curve of his wrist, âPaint with your words, and show me youâd write me, like your character.â
âHe is very similar to you,â you said, âIn almost every aspect and I didnât realize that until today.â
âMm,â Taehyung hummed in content when you lifted the brush toward the collar of his unbuttoned shirt, teasing him without realizing it. You seemed to use the brush against him without much thought of what you were doing and how it affected him. You should know, though, that the feel of his art tool against his skin would feel good to him. The soft bristles tickled his collarbone, âHow would he make love?â
That seemed to catch you by surprise as you slowed your touch to look up at him. He just bit his lip, hand on your leg caressing it as he waited for your response. Without missing a beat, you said, âSlowly, starting with a sweet kiss.â
A small smirk came to his face, one that only he could pull off without looking cocky. He looked smart and pretty with his glasses and blonde hair, when he spoke he made it sound poetic and when he looked at you it felt like he was focused on whatever was beneath the surface. You watched him push his glasses up the slope of his nose and before you knew it, he was leaning closer, lithe fingers coming up to touch your chin and tilt your jaw.
Although you knew what was coming, there was no denying the small second of hesitation that coursed through you when his lips so tenderly pressed against yours, his voice low as he asked, âLike this?â
You licked your lips despite the extremely small space between yours and his and without the ounce of hesitation from earlier, your hand came up to his neck where you pulled him into you for a real kiss. It started off slowly just like the two of you knew it would but there was no denying the desire that laced throughout it. At first all that happened was your mouths moving against each other, getting used to the idea of kissing â something neither of you have done in a while. Then, it became more feverish. If possible, you seemed to move closer with your hand on his thigh to support yourself. You were on your knees leaning into him and he had a single hand against the floor to support his sitting position while the other was cupping your chin for the best angle. There was a growing intensity between your mouths, lips moving more forcefully now, saliva gradually increasing when you felt his tongue make a swiping motion against your lips.
âOr like this?â His voice had become more hoarse with need. He enjoyed feeling the way your body seemed to lean toward his and he seemed to ask, âWhat would he do next?â
âItâs not what he would do next,â you said as you moved without your own violation and trailed your lips along the curve of his jaw, âBut what would happen to him next.â
Taehyungâs head seemed to tip back as he used both of his hands to keep him upright while you moved between his patted legs to kiss down his neck. He licked at his lips, slowly blinking at the first feel of your tongue licking his ear lobe before you sucked it into your mouth making a tingle run down his spine. Your warm breath tickling his ear made his breath bitch and it didnât take you long to realize that you had found his weak spot. Unable to help yourself you brought your mouth back to his for a kiss that was much needier than any of the ones prior.
âY/n,â Taehyungâs throat was dry and it made his voice raspier than usual, âTouch me more.â
The words surprised you. You didnât take him for much of a womanizer but you didnât think he would seem this touch starved. The last person you had slept with had been your dear friend, Namjoon, and when you realized feelings were beg bring to get involved you were to end the rendezvous that had transpired between you two in an effort to save the friendship and his feelings. You couldnât explain why you could never see him as more than a friendâand you couldnât explain why it was so easy to view Taehyung as something more. Your mind had been drawn to him before your body and yet it all felt the same.
You began to crawl away from him and in an effort to keep this going, he went after you with another kiss before your hand touched his chest to keep him in place. It got to the point where Taehyung wasnât sure if it was the cashmere brown sweater he wore that made his body heat up, or if it was being too close to the fireplace but he felt himself begin to break into a sweat.
He stretched his legs out before him when he got the hint of what you wanted to do watching you shimmy down until you were nearly eye level with his pants and the evident bulge becoming more prominent with each passing second. Taehyung was not ashamed of how quickly you seemed to get to him and his bodyâs reaction to you. Sex was a normal thing, it was poetic and passionate if done with the right person and he hasnât done it in a whileâa long while. It was completely normal for him to release a light gasp when your hand grazed his inner thigh just inching toward his growing erection.
The two of you made eye contact once more, his lip caught between his teeth and his eyelids low in a lustful gaze that matched your own. There was a strong attraction toward each other â infatuation if you will â and you canât say thereâs romantic feelings between you but thereâs no denying that there has been the underlying sexual tension that rose from a clear understanding of each otherâs devotion to your work. It turns you on to know he seems to connect with your ideals.
You didnât even realize Taehyung had moved a hand behind you until he was pulling on the back of your head to drag you back into a needy kiss. Your hands had already gone toward his slacks and you had been unzipping the front as the two of you made out once more. Taehyungâs hand fell back to the ground with a groan as you yanked at his underwear making him lift his hips enough for them to come down with his pants. A small hissing sound left his lips as his hard dick finally made its appearance, springing free of its right confines, hard enough to already angle toward his navel.
Taehyung was not ashamed by the way his stomach caved in with a deep breath at the first feel of your hand wrapping around his tip spreading the beads of precum that had already dribbled out the slit. His tongue was in your mouth, sliding against yours with you swallowing each groan he let out when you began to stroke his length slowly from base to tip. Like earlier, when you tried pulling away from the kiss to catch your breath, he was following after you to stop you from breaking apart from him.
A thin line of drool connected your mouth to his as you finally pulled back, biting down on your lip. He watched you look down at his exposed member, leaning down until you were face to face with it. His long fingers curled around your hair, slowly pushing your head down just a middle until he felt the first tender lick of your tongue along his tip. Taehyungâs entire body reacted to the way you tentatively licked his head teasingly making a small shudder travel right through him.
You have to say, Taehyung has one of the prettiest dicks youâve ever seen and you just couldnât help but want to savor it. It was just so pretty and you found yourself wanting to play with it some more. Your hand held onto him at his base as you ran your tongue down the side of his length lathering it in drool to aid your closed fist.
His brows scrunched together as he attempted to watch what you were doing. He could feel your hand jerking him off as you teasingly kissed up his side and tip, tongue swirling around his slit that leaked precum. He just couldnât see you over the bulk of his sweater.
With an annoyed huffed, he released your hair to pull at his sweater with one arm as he brought it up toward his chest and tucked it under his jaw. Just as he had it fixed, a low and deep sound vibrating in his chest feeling your lips finally surround his tip, sucking gently before relaxing and taking more of him inside. You made yourself relax so you could loosen your jaw enough to accommodate his length as you began to suck him off, tongue licking along the bottom side everytime you bobbed your head up and down.
You had a firm hand on his upper thigh as the other was at his base against his pelvic bone to hold his hips down and let your mouth do all the work. His sweater slipped from under his chin making him groan as he threw his head back, âSo good.â
He kept his gaze on the ceiling taking in the feel of your warm and tight mouth taking his cock so deeply. You looked up at his stomach trying to see his face but with the way his head was tilted back, you just couldnât. All you could see was his chest rise and lower with each breathy sigh he let out, ducking his cock deeper down your throat.
Unable to help yourself, you moved your hand to his navel, feeling his breathing better and he needed to see what you looked like with his dick in your mouth.
He held the end of his sweater between his teeth as he stared down the expanse of his torso to where you laid between his legs swallowing around his cock with a dark look in your eyes that had him muffling a moan.
His hips bucked helplessly into you making you swallow more and more of his length till you couldnât breathe properly anymore and needed to get off. The hand you still had on his dick began to stroke him, wrist flicking on each upward stroke to make your palm run along his slit while you caught your breath. You watched him in complete awe, he was so hard and his balls tightened against that you couldnât help but lick between them.
"Fuck," the sweater made it hard to hear him as hw sank his teeth into it feeling it begin to moisten annoyingly so bur he was not going to miss the sight of you kissing below his cock to his balls.
When you finally decided to take him back in your mouth there was no slow build up, it was quick and sudden as you took him down your throat to the point where you gagged around him. The way he bit into the sweater looked like a restraint and he looked so pretty with the fire reflecting off his tan, bare chest and his blonde hair was just a knotted mess from how often he shook it.
âY/n, you feel so good,â You were never much of a talker during sex, especially if it wasnât genuine and just superficial dirty talk but he sounded so good moaning your name even if you couldnât hear him properly.
There wasnât much warning aside from the incessant moaning that fell from his lips and was swallowed in cashmere for you to know he was close. His hips bucked messily into your mouth, cock twitching with the need to just let go and when you met your mouth with your fist jerking off the rest of him⌠he just couldnât take anymore.
Taehyungâs head fell back with a dry moan as the urge to cum got the best of him and he let go in your mouth. You didnât seem to mind either, once the surprise of the suddenness had worn off, you didnât hesitate but to try and swallow as much of the thick semen as you could, not at all bothered by the taste of it. Taehyung had to let his sweater go to breathe heavily through his parted lips as he used his elbows to sit himself up in the blanket, trying to understand what had just happened.
âMm,â you hummed, proud of yourself for making him cum down your throat and you sat up to look at him. Taehyung met your eyes with his feeling heavy with need as he licked his dry lips before forcing himself to sit up properly so he could drag you into a deep kiss. You released a light mewl in surprise, kissing him back eagerly with his hand below your ear on your neck guiding you to angle your head one way while he went the other.
There was not a single part of him that felt bothered at the taste of himself on your tongue, if anything it only made him want you more so he could repay you for treating him so well. Once you had gotten lost in your little makeout, it was easy for you to follow his lead as he moved over you to get you to lie down in his place. The only time he pulled away from you was to finally free himself from the confines of his stupid sweaters and kick off his pants the rest of the way. It didnât take you long to get what he wanted and you hurried to remove your cardigan feeling the straps of your dress begin to slip off your shoulders. Taehyung dragged you to him, kissing along the exposed skin of your collarbone and shoulder, hands sliding down your back till they could inch the dress down and off of you, making you take it off through the bottom so he wouldnât have to pull away again.
Your bra and underwear were made of a thin crème colored lace that looked pretty against your complexion and soft between his fingertips as he ran his hands over your covered breasts that had been taunting him all night.
A quiet gasp left your lips due to the way his lips kissed down the valley of your breaths, soft hair tickling your neck. Taehyungâs hands held onto your sides, sliding them up to the end of your bra, feeling you arch your back into his affections until he was able to move them under your to grab at the clasp. Once he was able to unhook it, he tugged it off your arms letting you throw it to the side and dragged him into another kiss when he cupped your bare tits in his warm hands, using his thumbs to rub over your hardening nipples.
âTaehyung,â you whined softly against him, eyes on the ceiling when he began to leave love bites along your neck, traveling his wet mouth lower and lower down your stomach.
âHm,â he hummed in acknowledgement, making his way between your legs while his hands groped your chest loving the softness of your skin under his rough painterâs hands.
As Taehyung slipped further between your legs till his face was near your spread legs, he looked down. The lace underwear was transparent enough for him to see just a bit underneath and he could see a small shadow of slick over where your cunt should be. He tried to look up at you through his blonde fringe and you sat forward enough to brush it back, smiling as he pressed a teasing kiss against the hood of your clit over your underwear. You lied back down letting yourself relax feeling his fingers hook under the hem of your panties till he was tugging it off and move your thighs over his shoulders so he four fit snugly against you.
Taehyung didnât waste time teasing you, he had already been so turned on that not even cumming down your throat was able to calm his raging hormones. He just wanted to have you as soon as he could, any way he could, and that meant with his tongue stiffening as he parted your folds around him before licking flatly toward your clit. A light moan left your lips as your clit immediately reacted to stimulation, a small gush of slick pushing out of your pussy with arousal. Taehyung was not inexperienced in the art of making someone cum undone on his to hue and that was becoming more and more evident with the way he made out with your cunt like it was your mouth.
âOh my god,â you threw your head back, out of breath, as his tongue began to flick messily at your clit while hands slid further down your inner thighs until he was using his thumbs to pull your folds apart for him. You could feel your wetness begin to drip further down but he was quick to leave your clit and lap his tongue against your wet entrance where your arousal seemed to form a puddle at. With the way his thumbs kept you open, you felt everything.
Every now and then his thumb would teasingly push in just a little more than before, acting like he didnât even notice he was doing it while he hungrily sucked on your clit, tugging it between his lips. His thumb was rubbing against your labia, pressing into it, teasing your entrance every now and then by pushing into it until he felt your legs begin to tremble around him. Unable to help himself, he got a big more rough, tonguing your clit with such effort that his head shook with eagerness, swallowing your slick and pressing his face into your cunt to taste all that you had to offer.
âOh,â you breathed out shakily, hand sinking into his hair when he nosed at your clit, tongue joining his finger as he thrusted it into you, âI-I, oh god.â
âMhm,â Taehyung nodded, urging you to let go of him and you had to bite your lip to keep from moaning. Your thighs tried shutting but his head didnât let you and instead you pressed them against him making him groan with need, eyes nearly rolling as he doubled his efforts.
Your throat became dry as you planted heavily, hips bucking against his mouth until finally you felt the knot in your stomach come undone. His motions did not miss a beat in licking everything you had to offer as your orgasm came in a wave.
âS-so, good,â you breathed out tiredly feeling your pussy walls clenching around nothing and as much as you wanted to just be done, you needed him inside you. When he came up to kiss you, you wrapped your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you so his hard cock rutted against your wet pussy. The taste of each other on your tongues was what made it easy for you two to want to keep going without the thought of repercussions. His hand slid between your sweaty bodies to hold his cock, lining it up with your entrance, bumping into your clue as he refused to break away from the kiss.
You wrapped your arms around his neck, holding him close as the two of you looked at each other with such need, such want that your lips didnât spend too long apart from each other.
Your tongue met his just as his cock met the inside of your pussy, taking it slowly as he stroked himself with your slick to ease himself in better. His dick was rock hard, and your pussy was so fucking wet he couldnât help but moan into your mouth as you took him in.
Taehyung has to hold onto you with a hand on your waist to keep you from sliding away from him too much as the blanket wrinkles on his wooden floor. He had his other tucked by the side of your head looking down at you lovingly as he finally began to thrust, âTell me if itâs too much, love.â
âMhm,â you said softly, legs falling apart even more to accommodate his as he dug his knees into the floor so he use his hips to fuck you better. A groan left his lips at the expert roll of your pelvis against his taking more and more of his length inside your tight walls.
âYou make me feel so full,â you moaned gently into his ear as he dropped his head down against your neck to try and ignore the fact that your pussy around his dick without any protective layer between them felt so fucking good. You were already so close and heâs barely started. He fucked you slowly but firmly, getting himself used to being inside you and sucking on your neck, his hand left your hip to cup your breast once more and you gasped when he pinched your nipple.
âSo tight,â Taehyung breathed out heavily with a single touch thrust that had your walls tightening around him, âSo good for me.â
He did it again, and once again drew another moan out of you, repeating his thrusts more roughly than before until you were moaning out a string of his name.
Taehyung was well endowed and you never doubted that for even a second. He knew how to have sex, not just to fuck, but to have sex. It wasnât just loud groans and rough thrusts. He was sensual, he kissed your neck, whispered sweet words of praise in your ear, touch your body as he fucked you almost passionatelyâunlike the usual guys you hook up with.
âItâs like you were made for me,â Taehyung groaned, brows scrunched together in concentration as he pulled back to sit and swing your right leg over him to press against your left until you were nearly lying on your side. He laid down next to you, curving his body against yours and lifting your leg back and held it up with his knee as he fucked you from the side. His lips were against your ear, whispering, âJust for me, like my own creation.â
âMhm,â you hummed, âJust for you, please Taehyung, Iâm so close.â
You looked straight out of a vintage erotica film. His apartment was warm due to the fireplace and comforting because of the classical music playing. The moon looked over you as you had sex, nearly love making, lying on your sides with his body cuddled into yours, fucking you with his cock while groping your breasts in his hands. You had to angle your head back and then your neck to kiss him and he swallowed your mouth with his, thrusts getting tougher as he curled around you, âMe too, love, all for you.â
âSo paint me,â you moaned, fucking back against him.
For a moment he wondered if you meant on a canvas, or with his cock in your pussy, but he realized he would gladly do both if you let him. Your hand slid back to guide his hips into yours, âCum, Taehyung, inside me, please.â
âOh god,â a low growl left his lips as he dug his face into your hair, âFuck, Y/n, d-donât tempt me.â
âDo it,â your hand came up to his hair now, dragging his head toward yours until your lips met in a messy kiss, âIâm going to cum, Tae, please.â
It wasnât a good idea. You were on the pill but he didnât know that, all he knew was that he wasnât wearing a condom and he wanted to fill you with so much cum that he painted you white.
âMhm,â he moaned when you tugged on his bottom lip between your teeth and his hand pinched your hips, âCum, Y/n, pleaseâoh fuck.â
The only thing that came from you two was the sound of skin slapping as the urge to cum overtook you both and you were fucking like rabbits in heat. Nothing but animalistic grunts left him as he finally felt the flood of release you let go around with him with a whine of his name and before he knew it, he was cumming.
You immediately felt full with his release as it joined yours, cock pulsing inside you as he waited a moment to reel his emotions back in, sweaty forehead pressed against yours, âSo good.â He hugged you closely, breathing heavily into your neck, softly kissing your skin affectionately.
It took you both some time to regain awareness of what had just happened and you lied on the fur blanket he had tossed on the floor. The fire sizzled behind you and some classical song [you were ashamed to admit you didnât know] was playing. Taehyung seemed to be more in control of himself now and reached up to his small table in search of his pack. Once he had a cigarette between his lips, he lay back down next to you to catch his breath, pressing it to yours next.
There was a sort of glow to your skin, your eyes shined with the night sky reflecting through the windows. Light came from the fire not far behind and a small dim lamp in the corner yet the moon was still casted over you two.
His eyes traced your features once more and before he knew it, he was saying something unexpected, âShe was the most beautiful person he had ever seen.â
Despite the way your heart seemed to stop, your brows furrowed, âWhat?â
Taehyung took another drag of his cigarette, âWho wrote that? âShe was the most beautiful person he had ever seenâ I read it somewhere⌠âWith stars in her eyesâ.â
Your eyes seemed to widen as you thought it over for a second. A sense of realization flooded you but even knowing you might be right, you still shyly asked, âVirgina Woolf?â
âYes, I believe so, âShe was the most beautiful person he had ever seen, with stars in her eyes and veils in her hair.â I read it years ago,â Taehyung stared out at the moon through the bay windows, âAnyways, it just came to mind, and reminded me of you.â
There was a cloud of smoke drifting into nothing like they were his words being absorbed all around you. After that a silence seemed to fill the room and it was so calming in fact that you found yourself lulled to sleep against his chest.
It wasnât until hours later when you had woken to loud noises, did you realize that he had not had the luxury of peaceful post-sex sleep.
The first thing you had noticed in your haze of sleep was the sky still blue out and the fire still crackling behind you. The second was that you still slept on the floor and Taehyung was not beside you anymore. It took you some time to realize all the noise that had woken you up was coming from him and his quick brush strokes.
Taehyung had a pair of jeans on and a smock. He didnât even bother with a shirt, just slipped the smock over his bare chest and he sat on the floor with a pallet full of paint in his hands as he did soft strokes on his canvas. He was so focused that he didnât seem to mind his glasses which had slipped down to the tip of his nose, lips slightly parted in concentration and eyes bouncing around his painting.
You wondered what this meant for you. You didnât know what time it was but the way he worked so diligently didnât even make you want to stay, what if it would bother him? You donât want to do that and he seems to have already forgotten you were there and what you had just done. With a small sigh you looked around for all of your things, finishing getting dressed and in search of your shoes and bag.
Taehyungâs strokes were fast and agile, he didnât even have to think of how he was painting, he was just moving mindlessly and mixing all the right colors and blending in all the right places. You took a seat on the sofa trying to put your boots back on.
âWhat are you doing?â Taehyung asked but his eyes never left the canvas. You could barely hear him over the sound of the record player still playing and it took you a second to know he was even talking to you.
You looked up curiously, âUm⌠itâs late, I should probably go, I donât want to disturb your work.â
You were very understanding actually. There are many times youâve woken up in the middle of the night to write and you didnât waste time on thinking of anything else while doing it so if Taehyung was the same about his painting then you didnât want to bother him.
Taehyung pushed his glasses up with the tip of his brush as he finally looked at you, âYou wonât disturb me. Stay.â
He watched as you brought your lower lip between your teeth in thought before saying, âSeriously Tae, I donât mind leaving. Youâre working, I understand.â
âBut I mind,â Taehyung said in his deep voice that sounded even deeper this late with the fire in the fireplace still crackling and Beethovenâs String Quartet No. 14 playing in the background. You didnât say anything for a moment and he ran a hand through his messy hair, a small paint streak coating a strand, âWonât you stay, Y/n? Iâve been in a slump and right now it just hit me all at once and I think itâs because of you. Please, wonât you stay?â
âCan I watch?â
Taehyung did not hesitate to nod his head and motion for you to sit on the floor next to him so you moved quickly to do so.
By the end of the night you watched him paint until dawn with your head resting against his back adoringly. His brush strokes were hypnotizing and the way he captured the light perfectly had you in awe, especially when you realized it was a painting of you.
It inspired you the way he was so devoted to his work and it reminded you of yourself.
Your days carried on as usual after that night with Taehyung. The only differences being ones that involved him. For instance, he has called you a couple times âheâs completely against the act of texting. Itâs never anything major, usually to ask how your day has been or to get coffee. There was no sign of an actual relationship but it was close to it.
Today you had your shared anatomy class and he sat next to you instead of behind you like he normally would.
Youâre not very fond of the fact that heâs distracting you more than you would like him to but itâs something you canât explain. Your pen scribbled away in your yellow page notebook with word after word just piecing together effortlessly. Taehyung was utterly fascinated by it all, sometimes you wouldnât even look down but your pen seemed to never fully lift off the page. You filled page after page in the three hour class, eyes on the professor but nothing you wrote down had to do with what he was teaching.
Every now and then you would look over at him and your eyes would meet, he would raise a brow and you would give him a smile, before looking down to write.
âI donât think you heard a single thing he said today,â Taehyung said once the two of you made your way out of the lecture hall side by side. From the way you stared off into space, lips moving every now and then as if mouthing silent words, he knew you werenât listening. He doubts you meant to ignore him but clearly you seemed to be in your own world right now, just thinking about writing and writing and he gets it.
You werenât thinking of anything else, and he knows this because he had to grab onto your waist and pull you back to keep you from walking right into the pouring rain just outside. You seemed to snap back into reality and looked around, âDid you say something?â
Taehyung was opening his umbrella for you, pulling you under it beside him, âIâve written notes for you, you seemed a bit distracted to take them yourself today.â
Your eyes slowly widened in surprise as it finally dawned on you that you had spent the last three hours doing nothing but writing about him. You came to a sudden stop and he waited there beside you with the rain pounding on his umbrella. With a small sigh, he let go of you to rummage through his bag with his free hand and took out his notebook, âI wrote two of everything.â
âTaehyung,â you said, âYou didnât have to do that.â
âI know,â he said with a shrug, âBut you were so lost in your writing I didnât want anything disturbing you. I had no problem with it, Iâm a fast writer and a good listener.â
âThank you,â you finally began to walk again now that you couldnât bear the cold standing in one place, âI am bad at focusing on anything else when I write.â
âI understand,â he had to speak up so you could hear him over the rain, âAnd if you do not think I would be a bother, maybe youâll let me watch you write more?â
âYouâll get bored,â you said as the two of you walked toward his car, a vintage Chevrolet Corvette that belonged to his grandfather.
âWatching you?â He asked, holding the door open for you, âNever.â
Your apartment was how he pictured itâbooks and papers scattered everywhere. You were still much neater than him but not by much, clearly the two of you focused too much on your craft that itâs completely taken over everything.
Your place was small yet spacious and well furnished with vintage chairs and mahogany bookshelves. There was a slight clutter of books upon books and dead plants that didnât get enough sun with the curtains closed. It was warm and had your lovely scent. There was a stack of papers on a desk next to a laptop and an expensive looking typewriter.
There wasnât much of a conversation going on between you, the last time you said something to him was when you asked him if he needed a drink. Your back was to him and he spent about an hour or so sitting alone on the daybed as he drew in his sketchbook.
After some time when you finally decided to join him, you were exhausted and physically drained. You lied down with your head on his lap looking up at him when his hand began to caress your cheek. âTaehyung.â
âYes, my love?â He asked with his gaze meeting yours. The name just slipped and he didnât care to take it back, only watched you curiously still waiting to hear what you would say. You blinked once, âI think Iâm beginning to understand better.â
You had been writing nonstop for a long time but for the first time it felt like you finally understood your work.
There was no way to explain it but these interactions with Taehyungâyour living reverieâhave opened your eyes to his character and the way you wanted to write him in the first place. He was everything you had been searching for.
He leaned back, startled by the sudden way you sat up, hand around his looking at him, âYou.â
âMe?â Taehyung asked with his hands on your waist, shifting you more on his lap, âYou understand me?â
All it took was one nod of your head for him to be pulling you into a kiss meeting you halfway. He had a hand on your chin, angling your head opposite of his letting the kiss deepen, soon he was tracing the curve of your neck with his jaw. Every ounce of lust and greed poured out in his fingers when he touched you.
It didnât take Jungkook long to realize something about his friend seemed different. He was used to Taehyung isolating himself when he had a wave of creativity. There would be days on end where Jungkook would call only for every call to be ignored. He would even write his friend letters but he never answered him. When he was back to normal, Taehyung would look tired like he hadn't eaten or slept in days.
Right now, Jungkook sees Taehyung but he doesnât think Taehyung sees him. Despite sitting across from him, he wouldnât look his way. Instead he was staring out the large windows that overlooked the courtyard
âHave you eaten?â Jungkook asked, looking up from his sketchbook. The two had been on the second floor of the library this evening studying classical art techniques. Jungkook had gotten bored and began to sketch up an idea for another sculpture while Taehyung drew someone he couldnât recognize. His friend didnât even so much as flinch and give any sign that he was listening.
A small scoff left his lips, âTaehyung.â With an annoyed huff, he reached for his sketchbook and watched with a confused expression, âWho is this?â
It was quite detailed despite how little time he had to draw this and Jungkook was in awe. For a second he wondered if this was original work from Taehyung, all created from his mind but as he followed Taehyungâs gaze out the window, he realized it wasnât.
It was you.
You sat on a wooden bench facing the swan fountain and there was a book in your hands. Jungkook couldnât make out the book but seemed to have all your attention because you stopped every now and then to highlight something then jot it down in a notebook. There were powder blue headphones on your head and you were in a red lace long sleeve top with roses embroidered on and under was a white shirt. The black skirt you wore reached below your knees with a slit on the side that exposed your boots and over it all, you had on a black coat. Heâll admit, you did look rather captivating against the dead green of the lawn and trees paired with the foggy sky from days on end of rain.
Taehyung seemed to have found his newest muse and it was all he could think about.
âAre you still interested in her?â Jungkook finally asked, catching the way a small smile seemed to fall on Taehyungâs faceâsomething he rarely got to see despite how easily he gave them to you. Jungkook did recognize you in the drawing better once he got a good look at you. He had almost forgotten seeing you weeks ago when he was with Taehyung, but he had certainly forgotten his friendâs knowledge and curiosity of you.
âOnly a little,â Taehyung said, ignoring the way Jungkook looked at him with disbelief. He was used to his friend having a sudden infatuation with a certain person but they were short lived and always ended with the poor girl crying about how cold he wasâJungkook knows because he was always there to pick up their broken pieces with a night in his bed [Taehyung never cared].
âSheâs hot,â Jungkook said, half teasingly to read how his friend would feel. Taehyung merely gave him a side glance in acknowledgment but the smile he had for you had tightened as he looked back outside.
âItâs that guy again,â Jungkook pointed out as they both watched outside, âWhatâs his name?â
Kim Namjoon.
Taehyung was used to seeing him around throughout the years but he never had a need to pay attention to him before. Like most of those who he sees in passing they never become more than thatâjust a passing blur that he doesnât care to know a single thing about. Namjoon used to be one of the ones he ignored until he heard you mention him once or twice.
âWho knows,â Taehyung said, shifting his gaze down to his sketch pad avoiding the sight of Namjoon and you now standing like you had somewhere to go.
Jungkook, the ever curious and procrastinating, kept watching you just out of sheer boredom. The library had gone dark aside from the few kerosene lamps scattered across tables but it was already getting hard to see his sketches properly so now heâs just waiting for Taehyung to finish.
Suddenly, all too suddenly that it made him jump in his seat, Taehyung was standing, shoving his things in his bag loud enough to create an echo in the cold library. Jungkook looked up at him, pencil laying limp in his hand now, âAre we done?â
Taehyung pushed his chair into the wooden table, not bothering to look back at his friend as he stormed off, âYes.â
Not long after he watched his friend make his abrupt leave from the library⌠he saw him now approaching you and Namjoon.
You were blissfully unaware that you had been watching through the windows of a library as much as you were unaware of Taehyung coming up behind you as Namjoon talked. âI was thinking maybe we could go catch that new movie that just came out.â
âOh, I was going to do some writingâYou wonât believe it Joonie,â your tone changed so suddenly as you grabbed him by the arm, jerking him toward you excitedly carrying on like he hadnât said anything, âItâs like I canât stop writing, you wouldnât believe how easily the words are flowing like⌠I donât know, Iâve never felt this way before, Joonie.â
âThatâs good, Y/n but,â Namjoonâs words slowed down as he looked behind you at the looming figure standing a few feet away. Heâs never spoken a word to Kim Taehyung despite both being grad students, he only knows of him from what others have spoken and heâs very⌠cold. Since when did you and him begin to talk? Namjoon took your hands in his as he pulled you closer to have your attention knowing you still didnât know who was behind you, âBut itâs nice to get a break, you donât want to overwork yourself.â
âYou donât get it, Namjoon,â you said his name instead of the affectionate nickname youâve always called him, he couldnât help but look at Taehyung who pretended like he wasnât watching closely with a cigarette dangling between his fingers, âI canât stop. I cannot stop. If I-I do, I donât know.â
His gaze shifted behind you making you turn to look too and your eyes seemed to soften as you made eye contact with the dirty blonde youâve been spending time with lately.
âY/n,â Taehyungâs deep voice spoke as he stared at you two, âI thought you would be busy writingâ
âIâm on my way to right now,â you said, taking a step toward him with your back to your friend, âWould you join me?â
A smile came to his face as he pushed his glasses up, âIf I could paint you again.â
You stood still in thought. The first time he painted you was after you had sex for the first time when it felt warm, passionate and hungry. He never slept that night, he stayed up the entire time getting the right blends of pigment on your body as it lay on the flue blanket completely nude. Youâre not sure if he knew what saying that would make you think but from the way his brow raised questioning made you think he did.
Namjoon felt his jaw clench, eyes glaring at Taehyung who didnât even bat an eye in his direction. You looked back to Namjoon now who waited for you with a bated breath. You walked up to him making his heart face as you pressed your lips against his cheek with your softly brushing against his jaw. The kiss was tender on his face and when he looked down at you, you gave him an apologetic smile, âWill you call me?â
âWill you answer?â Namjoon asked but you werenât beside him anymore. You were next to Taehyung who took your book bag off your shoulders and put it over his, a hand grazing your back as he talked to you but too far out of your friendâs ear shot.
âWhat did your friend want?â Taehyung asked.
âTo see a movie but I have to finish what Iâm writing before it slips my mind,â You said moving your hand to his bent arm walking alongside him, âIâll have to catch up with him another day.â
He didnât have anything to say to that but you could still feel his eyes on you. A part of you wanted to ignore his gaze because you find yourself at a loss for words any time he looks at you that way. Itâs like he sees through you not at you and sometimes you donât know which one is better.
Thereâs no denying that he likes the look of you, he finds you attractive and not just physically. You know that. You just canât tell what heâs thinking that makes him look at you that way.
âNamjoon.â
He stood alone where you once had been beside him, just watching you leave with the art major he had no idea you were even involved with. Since when did you begin to talk to him and how did Namjoon never notice? Did you just decide that you would not be open with him anymore?
âJimin,â Namjoon looked at his friend, a bit stunned, âHey.â
The ballerina watched after you alongside him now as he asked, âY/n is leaving with Taehyung?â
âAre they together?â Namjoon asked suddenly, âDid you know?â
Jimin shook his head no, âNot exactly, I mean, Y/n never hid the fact that she had a thing for Taehyung, Iâm just surprised to see them leave together. Y/n never told me they began to talk.â
Namjoon bit his lip nervously, âYou donât think theyâll date or anything, do you? This just seems sudden.â
He looked to his friend for some comfort but all Jimin did was shrug his shoulders and say, âI donât know, you know Y/n doesnât really date and neither does he, theyâre always too focused on writing or painting to think about anything else. Who knows, they might just work out because of how similar they are.â
âYeah butâŚâ Namjoon was trying to find words to say but nothing came to mind. Maybe he was just being bitter⌠heâs been your friend for years. Heâs always been there for you anytime you needed him without question. You were attracted to him enough to sleep with him but was that all it was ever going to be? You wonât see him as more than just a friend but then Kim Taehyung comes along and suddenly you have no problem walking away from Namjoon to go with him?
Jimin looked at his friend apologetically, he sympathized with him. Heâs known you for longer than Namjoon has and heâs been through this exact same thing before too. There was a time when he thought you and him were the closest until Namjoon came along and suddenly you spent all your time with him instead. Now Namjoon is experiencing what Jimin did but this time because of Taehyung and he feels bad for that.
âLook, Iâm going to be honest,â Jimin tried to work out what he was going to say so it didnât come off badly, âI think, Y/n loves the idea of Taehyung on paper⌠how she can write or create him like sheâs done with you and I in the past. I think maybe itâs nothing past something superficial but at the same timeâŚâ
âAt the same time,â Jimin repeated himself with a bated breath, âI see a lot of similarities between them especially when it comes to putting their work first and maybe thatâs something they seem to understand about each other that we donât.â
Namjoon didnât get it.
So was it not that you two had feelings for each other?
Was it not that you might love each other?
Was it just that you two understood each other?
He doesnât get it. Now, Namjoon might not understand your obsession with perfecting every aspect of your writing⌠but that didnât mean he didnât love you. He loved you a lotâmore than he assumes Taehyung could love you.
Itâs not like itâs a secret, Namjoon has always been open about the way he felt about you so why did you choose someone else? All because he couldnât understand you the way Taehyung might? Is it because he canât just look at you and know what you need the way Taehyung can?
Is it because he doesnât spend hours missing sleep or eating just so he could obsess over his work too?
How could Taehyung possibly understand you more than he does?
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okokok this was kinda long but Iâm sorry, blonde Taehyung as an art major was doing it for me đŤśthis was a romance but also not necessarily bc the focus isnât entirely on their relationship đ¤neither one of them are supposed to be super likable so if you hate them and the way oc did Joon and Jimin dirty i get it đŤĄbut they just genuinely do not think about anything but their craft.
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Taehyung boyfriend headcanon âĄ
Loves to sing to you. Or will hum to you, especially while you guys cuddle in bed
This relationship runs on impulsive decisions. Running out in the rain? Check. Randomly going on long road trips? Check. Laying out on the grass one random day? Check. Just very random activities.
Cute dates. Jazz clubs, fine dining, cute picnics, road trips, etc
Flowers have an occasional appearance in your home. He loves buying you flowers and will pick them up whenever he sees pretty ones.
Loads of love letters and notes. Heâs constantly giving them to you because he has so much love for you and so much to say. He loves expressing himself and this is one way how he does it.
Youâre his muse. Heâs always inspired and has so much creativity because of you. You give him so much inspiration to do the things he loves.
Loves taking pictures of you and having little photo shoots. He definitely has a ton of pictures and videos of you in his camera roll
Will send you songs that remind you of him. Especially love songs. Heâs definitely a playlist maker and has made tons of playlists for you that heâs put his heart and soul into.
Very needy and requires a lot of attention. Although he denies being a big baby, he is and he knows it.
Gifts!! He loves gifting you jewellery, cute dainty necklaces and bracelets for sure.
He will slow dance with you at home, in the kitchen as you both cook. He just enjoys those little moments where youâre both together enjoying the music and each others embrace
Gossip!! You two are obsessed with coming home and telling each other about your day/tea. And you better give him the details!
Has a habit of people watching with you. Thatâs a big part of your outings. And a way for you to pass on time.
I donât know but I feel like he likes to have matching couple stuff like jewellery, phone cases, etc. not blatant matching things but you know like small details
He has this thing weâre he will randomly draw you in his own style. Just randomly as your going about your day heâll shyly show you his drawings of you.
Massages!!!! He will occasionally give you massages to get rid of any tension in your body. He wants you to feel comfortable and hates when you feel tense
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dysmenorrhea - jjk
summary: jungkook comforts you on your period when you have dysmenorrhea || warnings: reader has really bad pain due to her period || genre: fluff, comfort, established relationship || word count: approximately 345 || a/n: see the request here!
You were actually suffering. In fact, you felt like you were dying. The pain was unbearable. This wasn't something new though. You had to suffer through this monthly and it was tiring.
All you wanted was the comfort of your boyfriend but, of course, he had to work late tonight. It was already past 11 PM and you were trying your best to sleep but nothing you were doing was helping. Not the heating pad, soft blankets, or ibuprofen you'd taken around an hour ago. Nothing. All you wanted was Jungkook.
Just as you were about to have a mental breakdown, the bedroom door opened, and in walked Jungkook, trying to be as quiet as possible, not sure if you were sleeping yet or not.
When he heard your meek voice calling out for him, he knew you were up and instantly went over to comfort you; crawling under the blanket and holding you close.
"Oh, baby. It's okay." He softly said as he rubbed your back soothingly.
"It hurts and I can't sleep." You whined.
"I know, I'm sorry. I'm here now, though." Jungkook softly said as you rested in his comforting hold.
"I missed you." You softly said as you took deep breaths.
"I missed you too, babe. So much." He tells you. "I wish I could've been with you today. I'm sorry I couldn't have been." Jungkook says.
"It's okay. It's not your fault." You reassured him.
"I hate this. Seeing you like this, I mean." Your boyfriend said as he pecked your forehead. "It sucks and I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize." You said.
"I know. I want to anyway." Jungkook softly said.
"I love you." You said before wincing out in pain at a specifically bad cramp.
Jungkook pulled you closer, "I love you too."
Jungkook then stayed up with you until you eventually fell asleep before finally allowing himself to fall asleep. He really did hate seeing you like this; in pain. He wished he could take it all away but he couldn't and that really bothered him.
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UNTIL I FOUND HER | kth (teaser)
⤡ part of the dads universe
⤠pairing: football/soccer player!taehyung x female reader
⤠genre: best friends to lovers, idiots to lovers, angst, fluff, and smut
⤠rating: 18+
⤠summary: taehyung is your best friend, heâs been part of your life for as long as you can remember. his love life is a complete chaos. there is only one girl he has truly ever loved. that girl is you. but how would things turn out when he finds out that you love him back?
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injustice (3)
series summary. the holy grail of the seven men who ruled the country's entertainment used to be your friends at school. now, ten years later and between successes and failures, what reason would they have to want to come back into your life? pairing. eventually ot7 x f!reader. content. first of all, english is not my first language so sorry for any mistakes! a lot of curse words, a lot of self-deprecation and low self esteem. no proofread. this is nawt silly writing, we're diving right into the aNgSt. jumpscare? iykyk a/n. hi guys! this was a rollercoaster for me to write, but i hope it doesn't come as harsh as i think it is. pls let me know what you think in the comments!! see you next week!!
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You had gone through a scenario like that in your head several times. A variety of moments, conversations and looks that always ended in the same unpleasant, inevitable and demoralizing way: you were forgotten by the people you loved most in the world. Only when you reached 18 would you realize how heartbreaking the dull thud of the silence of indifference was, how sharp and icy the loneliness was, how it penetrated and paralyzed your bones; but at that time, at 16, you could still convince yourself that all those things were only in your head and would always be there.
âNow that you're the last to go, you guys are much more likely to forget about me.â
âOf course not! In fact, as soon as I start earning money I'll save up to take you with us.â
Jungkook shook his head, his narrowed eyes judging you as if having insecurities was a sin. You believed his words at that moment, because being the last one still with you, 'cause you were going to graduate from school in the same year, it was the only thing you could do. Hold on to the idea that you really weren't going to be forgotten, because the mere conception of a future without your best friends was inconceivable.
âJimin-hyung said he was going to try to call more often,â your friend went on, his eyes fixed on the bass on his lap and his important task of leaving it neat before returning it to its holy post in the school's music room. âI haven't talked to them in about three days.â
Jimin and Taehyung had left just a couple of months ago, but thanks to the opportunities opened to them with their incredible willingness, discipline and some string twitching on Namjoon's part, they had managed to get into a great academy to train and fulfill their dreams.
That also brought with it, as irreversible side effects, that your communication with them was drastically reduced. You had to constantly remind yourself and Jungkook that it was out of their control. With their future at stake, there was something for which they had to exert extreme effort and for which to sacrifice some other things.
âIt's normal that they don't have as much time as they used to, Kookie.â You lowered your head, noticing the way his hands delicately handled the instrument on his legs. Since Jimin and Taehyung had left there was no time of day when you could tear yourself away from Jungkook, which is why you accompanied him to his extracurricular music lessons when you really should have been studying for the college entrance exam. âLife after school gets really hectic.â
âI've heard that college life is quieter.â Jungkook twisted his lips, wiping between the strings and his fingerprints left on the bass every time he moved it back and forth to clean it. It was an almost irresistible cycle.
âThe only one at college right now is Seokjin and even about him we haven't heard much.â You leaned back against the piano, noticing Jungkook's movements pause for a moment as he surely reminisced about the few times he had been able to talk to Jin that month.
It had been two years since Seokjin had graduated and traveled all the way to the capital to study medicine. Needless to say, it was more than clear that communication with Jin would be almost nil from then on, but Jungkook always used to pout about it.
âIt's just that Jin-hyung also chose a rather demanding career.â Jungkook twisted his lips, as if suppressing Jin in his head, waving the microfiber towel over the edges of the bass.
âAnd the others are trying too hard to carve their way through. It can be as complicated as going out to look for a job right after graduating.â
Jungkook nodded, admiring his cleaning job with a frown. He looked so focused that it caught you by surprise when he spoke again.
âYou already know if you're going to college, noona? We're graduating this year.â
You blinked once, twice, three times. His nonchalant self went back to waving the towel over nonexistent smudges as you breathed in and decided not to go that route. âWill you?â
Jungkook raised his head, pausing his movements for a moment to try to analyze your gaze. With a sigh, he let out your poorly disguised way of shifting the focus of the conversation to get up and hang the instrument, glowing, on the wall of the music room.
âI don't know yet⌠Namjoon-hyung says he can help me.â
âIsn't it your dream, why do you doubt it?â
âI'm not sure, noona. What if I don't measure up? What if I fail?â
When your friend turned away, the mirror to his soul showed his vulnerability dancing on the edge of his eyelids. His distrust constricted your heart, a hand closing around your throat at the inner conflicts you knew Jungkook used to have and in the face of which you often couldn't do anything about because he didn't usually share such things.
âThen you try again.â
âNoonaâŚâ Jungkook wanted to grumble, it was obvious from the way his eyes moved to the ceiling, his head cocking as if he was about to give you a big life lesson on why you can't survive on motivational phrases.
But Jungkook was a softie about such things, even if he tried to hide it.
âJungkook, you are literally a golden promise. No process is ever easy, especially in the industry you want to get into, but don't think for a second that you're going to outgrow it. You're one of the most capable people I've ever met.â
Your friend stopped his steps, when after hanging up the bass he was returning to your post in front of you, raising his head as if caught committing a prank. But the vulnerability in his eyes remained, and by the way they shone in the dim light of the room, still blinking to try to contain the emotion, you knew your words had tugged at just that thorn in his heart you were trying to pull out.
âThank you, noona.â
âI'm just telling the truth.â You lifted a shoulder, shaking your head nonchalantly like it was no big deal, and Jungkook just let out an amused chuckle.
âYou do know we'd never forget about you, right? How could we?â
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âHow could we?â
Yuna shook her head, frowning at her phone, oblivious to the way you cringed at her choice of words.
âShe's bringing celebrities into the store and she want us to leave? Don't we work so well that we always take the top employee of the month spot even though it should only be held by one person? Don't we deserve that gift?â
You watched her, marveling at how after just a few seconds so many emotions could build up into an overwhelming knot in your chest. The old notes of an old piano played in the back of your head, bringing to the surface memories of when life was easier; when you thought you had it all and nothing would ever be better than that; when you thought you were enough.
âSo what do you plan to do about it?â you blinked, focusing on the notation of bills in your notebook with an invisible hand squeezing your heart.
There was no use thinking about such things after so long.
Yuna pursed her lips, her expression serious and forceful. âI think we should have a sit-in.â
âWe should? That sounds like more than one person.â
âDo you disagree with me?â
âI'm happy with going home early, especially on a Friday, you know?â
ây/n,â Yuna came up to your face over the cash register display case, her forearms resting on the glass and her eyes so bright with determination you were sure her head could light the whole store on fire the way she was scheming and scheming, running around like her life depended on it, âwe could be close to meeting the seven gods of Olympus, and you think the best thing to do is go home?â
âJust in case you forgot, I have a business to run now.â You reminded her, moving to poke her with your middle finger all over her forehead and push her away from the cash register now that a new customer had come in.
âWhat business should a business matter when you could meet the reason for existence itself?â
Yuna dropped onto the display case, her body sliding like jelly until only her head was left on the glass. You and the new customer watched her, her arms limp at her sides and her gaze lost. A lone tear running down the bridge of her nose.
âGod, you're so dramatic.â
âDoes that mean yes?â Her head snapped up like a spring, a big smile scaring the soul out of the customer who ducked behind your friend to run for their order.
âNo and stop acting like that, you're going to scare away customers.â
Yuna whined, her exaggerated tantrum leading you to wiggle your feet all the way to the cellar.
âI'm offering you the holy grail, and this is how you pay me?â
The sound of her feet shuffling behind you kept your head sane. Even though his insinuations were baseless, your heart was pounding so hard you felt your ribs throbbing through your muscles and skin.
Your boss had written to Yuna that you two could leave the store early today because she had a private meeting to attend. She asked them to leave everything to Patrick, including clearing the store of customers and not to worry about paying for the shift, because there would be no discount at the end of the month. Yuna was faithfully and blindly convinced that your boss really wanted you to stay, because she spent almost ten minutes with her eyes glued to the screen almost without blinking, watching the 'typingâŚ' appear and disappear under your boss's contact name. 'I'm sure she's debating how much confidence she has in usâŚ', she said as her red eyes missed no detail of that important chat and that primordial moment, ending in an offended 'none!' when her last message came through.
In the same way, Yuna convinced herself that the meeting that would take place in the same place where your feet were planted was going to be attended by the seven entertainment kings of the country. The unmentionables, for all practical purposes. Where had she come to that conclusion? There was no foundation. Had your boss given any hints? None. Yuna had her head in the clouds believing she could meet her idols if she insisted a little longer.
âWould you really prefer to stand your friend up to meet seven men you don't even know for sure will show up here?â
âWellâŚif you put it that way it sounds like I'm doing something wrong.â
âMmm, you just figured that out?â
Yuna dropped her shoulders as you took off your apron. Her tactics weren't going to work and it was time to give up. She half-heartedly opened her locker and stood looking at you with puppy dog eyes. You felt as guilty as if you had stepped on her tail by accident.
âLook, if I'm being honest, I doubt gigantically that Sol will tell you that you can stay if you ask her.â
âNot even for everything we've been through together?â
âShe's still our boss, Yuna.â
Your friend mimicked your actions with a slower speed, her emotion draining away little by little. When her head cocked to the side, halfway through taking off her apron, you only sighed.
âThe worst that can happen is I get fired, right?â
You weren't surprised that she was nevertheless willing to cross that line.
âThat doesn't sound like much to you?â
âI can always write her a 'ha, ha, just joking' afterwards and get out of harm's way.â
You didn't contain the irresistible urge to roll your eyes and Yuna took that as her own signal or green light. Next thing you knew she was pulling out her phone and typing animatedly on the screen.
âI really don't think you should do that.â
âI have to try! Can I call myself a good fan if I don't do even the impossible?â
âYou don't even know if they'll come.â
âI have a hunch.â
With her hand over her heart, Yuna sent the message and you feared for her life. While Sol was not at all close to the idea and conceptualization of a crazy and ruthlessly demanding boss, she did draw the line at several specific situations that they had both learned to respect. One of those was, of course, private meetings at her place. You and Yuna had set up the place countless times for Sol to sit quietly and chat with her most famous acquaintances, because her office was too formal to deal with them there, but her own home was extremely informal for the same purpose. The cafeteria served as a middle ground, the perfect place to be comfortable when talking business.
âPatrick is coming.â Yuna spoke again and by the way her eyes didn't leave the screen you could tell Sol hadn't responded yet.
âI wish you the best of luck, Yuna.â
âThank you! Coming from you it's a blessing, indeed.â
âAnd why's that?â
You finally stood up, closing your locker with your strap bag over your right shoulder. You were ready to leave while your friend was still biting her index fingernail waiting for an almost impossible and inconceivable message from her boss.
âWhat else can I expect from the writer who blew up overnight and is soon going to be one of the New York Times bestsellers and famous worldwide?â
âAh,â you turned your head, unable to contain inwardly the way a warmth settled in your chest; you still had a hard time accepting how things had turned out, but as long as you couldn't control the influx of orders that had to take a back seat, âsmooth.â
Yuna smiled and when her eyes met yours you swore she was about to tell you one more time how proud she was of you, but her phone vibrated in her hands and the last thing you saw her eyes widen exaggeratedly before her scream shook the foundations of the store and almost the entire city.
âSHE SAID YES!!!!â
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Arriving home unleashed immeasurable chaos.
As soon as you opened the front door, a river of books fell like dominoes, with your father's groans and your mother's screams in the background, the sound of your work echoing in your head like lightning as stomping echoed through the house.
âSeojun, I told you to be careful walkingâŚ!âThe angry expression on your mother's face disappeared the moment she recognized your face, her features softening as she knew it was her daughter. âHoney. What are you doing here so early?â
âIs that y/n?â your dad's exclamation rang out from the kitchen.
âYes!â your mom yelled back.
The welcome was nice, but things only got more and more tedious from then on. On the one hand, you had your father telling you about accounts, numbers and multiplications of how much you had to take out of your pocket to pay for the prints, how much you would make if you sold all the books you had printed and how much you would get back, and on the other hand you had your mother telling you about the countless publishers who had written to your dm's seeking to sponsor the sale of your books, taking advantage of the boom that had been generated by the phenomenon that was Kim Taehyung.
Seojun, who had decided to move back home for the weekend to help with whatever was needed, was telling you that they had had to hire five different deliverymen -three of them trucks- to be able to deliver as many orders a day as possible, while vehemently hitting your father's forearm to remind him to include that in the accounts.
Your father was in charge of everything related to money, your mother of the direct communication with customers and Seojun of the orders; everything was done by them, with Yuna's help when she was not working, with the excuse that after so many years you just had to sit down and enjoy the fruit of your sowing without any worries.
But at that moment, when they had just let go and thrown all their worries at your feet, they stared at you expectantly.
"We need a loan."
Your mother jumped in her chair. "That's what I said!"
"That's not necessary." Your father shook his head, as he surely would have done when your mother suggested the idea judging by the expression that had planted itself on her face. "Take a loan from my wallet, but don't do business with those bankers. They'll gouge your eyes out with interest."
"Or take a publisher's offer. They'll take care of all this." Seojun pointed out, his long black hair brushing his eyebrows even though he shook it nonchalantly so he could get a good look at the three of them.
"Publishers can be freeloaders too." Your mother counter-argued, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh, yeah? How many publishers have you signed on with to assert that?"
"Wow, careful with that tone, Mr. Lawyer." Your father pointed at your brother, while your mother only raised an eyebrow at him in response. Seojun sank into the chair, barely dragging an apology through his teeth.
"It's not a bad idea either, Dad."
His brown eyes returned to meet your gaze and you noticed the hesitation in them.
"Well, ultimately, it's your decision, honey."
Your mother squeezed your shoulder.
"I say we should listen to the lawyer."
"Hey!" Seojun frowned, straightening up on the chair. "Don't put such a big responsibility on me!"
Your father snorted. "But then weren't you comfortable a while ago giving orders and saying that I don't know what thing you had already seen it in class and that's why you knew what we had to do?"
"DadâŚ" Seojun elongated.
"Are you ready for such a position or not, Seojun? Tell me to start looking for another lawyer."
Your mother barely contained her laughter, only because of the offended sideways glance her own son sent her way. Laughter blossomed in your chest, too, like a big breath of fresh air in a field of flowers. You didn't know you needed that moment so badly until the tension disappeared from your shoulders as you laughed with your parents and your brother grumbled with his arms crossed.
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A new batch of orders just went out - thank you so much for your purchases!
You looked at the story your mom had uploaded to Instagram in the solitude of your bedroom. The rest of the day was spent strategizing and planning marketing ideas that would likely lead you to ruin. In a defeated silence, you admitted that Yuna was really needed.
You had texted your friend a while ago, as the sunset was beginning to paint the sky with colors, but she still hadn't even checked her phone. Her last connection was a few minutes after you left at noon. You decided not to insist, even though you were a little curious about who had finally shown up at the store.
The best thing about that busy rest of the afternoon was that you'd been able to keep yourself busy enough to completely ignore the way you'd been whipped up by a few memories that morning in Yuna's company. A simple question had caused all that. And of course, with a heart as weak as a chick's and willpower almost non-existent, you let yourself be pulled right in that moment of loneliness into the well of memories.
âJungkookie?â
Your voice pierced the silence and a shiver ran through your body as the darkness greeted you back. A few minutes passed after you plunged into the completely darkened room, walking tentatively and slowly inside, you heard a movement just outside the door you had just entered.
âNoonaâŚâ
You couldn't see him, but you didn't need to. The sobs that filled the room were enough to be able to guide you through that darkness, as indistinguishable as coal, and wrap your arms around his hunched figure on the floor beside the door.
The house was alone and as dark as that room the last night Jungkook would be there. Passing through the empty corridors of his house was a torment, but you could only imagine how your friend would feel in his place, unable to stop time as it slipped through his fingers.
Several times he had already told you that he didn't want to leave. You didn't think he meant it.
âThey're waiting for you downstairs.â
âI know. I don't want to go, noona.â Jungkook moved his arms to wrap around your waist in a desperate grip, his erratic breathing against your neck breaking your heart. âI want to stay. It doesn't matter if I never become an idol. That's not important.â
âJungkookâŚâ
âI don't want to leave youâŚâ
His halting voice was barely understandable, trying to be muffled by the jacket you were wearing that night when you went to see him off and didn't find him in the car with his parents. The heater seemed not to be a worthy opponent for that cold night.
âJungkook, you're not going to leave me. We'll keep in touch. Why do you worry so much?â
âI don't want to be like them,â his pained voice pierced your chest; the movement of his body from the way the sobs were attacking him was almost uncontainable. âI don't want this distance.â
âChange is always hard, Jungkookie, but I promise you we'll be in touch always. I'll do my best to make it so.â
âReally?â
âOf course. I'll even come visit you as soon as I can.â
âNo. I said I was going to pay for your trip.â
âSee? You're not going to leave me.â
âStill I'm scared, noona. What if I'm not enough for them? What if I can't raise enough for you to come live with us?â
âYou are enough, Jungkook. From the tips of your fingers to the tips of your hair, there's nothing about you that won't allow you to achieve your dreams, understand? You are destined to be a star. I know it's hard to leave behind everything you know in life, but believe me it will all be worth it. You will come out on top and you will succeed.â
âNoonaâŚâ Jungkook cried again, burying his face in your neck once more, clinging to you like the anchor that carried him to the surface of the ocean; the ocean shaped by his own tears. âI⌠don't⌠want⌠to⌠goâŚâ
The hiccups that attacked him from his intense crying made it difficult for him to speak and you hadn't felt such pain even when the other boys left. There were tears shared, promises whispered and hugs that lasted longer than they should have, but no one had clung to your body as if they feared you were going to disappear at any moment and wanted to seize every second before the impending end.
âIt's okay, Jungkookie,â you ran your hands up and down his back trying to calm his crying, trying to control your own as treacherous tears rolled down your cheeks with the darkness as your witness. âWe'll meet again. You can wait for me. Then we can melt into another embrace and say how much we miss each other.â
Your phone vibrated on the bed, the notification startling you with its aggressiveness. Another vibration followed that one and then another. Turning on the screen, you found that half an hour had passed since you'd last seen the clock, and in passing you came across Yuna's name on the caller ID. You sighed, remembering the effusiveness with which she said goodbye in the afternoon and mentally preparing yourself for what was to come.
"Hey," you greeted, mildly surprised that her exclamations hadn't reached your ear first to interrupt your greeting.
"y/n, how were sales today?" her calm voice filled your hearing and a slight wrinkle implanted itself between your brows.
"Mmm, it was all good. We have several domiciliary and the prints are coming out with the deadlines arranged. With Seojun we considered that maybe taking on a publisher wouldn't be so bad, but I'm not sure yet."
You narrowed your eyes at the ceiling, shallowly biting your nails, waiting for the moment when Yuna would burst out, but it didn't come.
"Oh, yeah. We'll have to consider that. I'll go early tomorrow morning to seize the day." Yuna answered quietly, with the faint sound of things stirring in the background of the call. Surely she had just arrived at her apartment.
"Yuna?"
"Mhm?"
"How was the afternoon?"
"Oh, it was normal, really," she replied, her voice flat, as if the thought had barely crossed her mind since the moment she'd left the coffee shop. "I didn't see anyone memorable."
"Ah, so your knights in shining armor didn't attend?"
"Sadly, no." Yuna sighed, her unchanging attitude finding a little more sense in your head. She sounded more tired than anything.
You talked a bit more with Yuna before she excused herself to go about her evening routine and finally get some rest, specifically stressing to you how boring the whole afternoon had been and how every second she only thought about going home. You also told her a bit more about the ideas you and your father had half-heartedly spun as marketing strategies, but very earnestly your friend asked you not to do anything until she was there.
When her name disappeared from your caller ID, an Instagram notification popped up at the top of your home screen. The vibration felt like the pounding of a sledgehammer against wood, your sentence handed down with no chance of appeal, the blood in your veins freezing and an endless emptiness in the pit of your stomach.
jeonjungkook97 just followed you!
It was followed by the notification of a message from Yuna.
Unnie | 19:01 holy shit. jungkook just followed you on ig, right?
No fucking way. Another fucking account to block.
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It wasn't like you couldn't deal with them. You had been doing it for about ten years. But now they just seemed to want to throw themselves in front of your face one by one and you weren't strong enough to handle that. Maybe your resolve needed to be more forceful; maybe you should be sure you hated them instead of feeling like your body was shaking and you could melt like jelly in the sun every time you felt they were one step closer to you. For a while, that was all you wanted; to find them; to be found. But now�
The weekend was spent in a hodgepodge of managing your book sales and the seesaw of emotions you had in the face of the estranged but impactful actions of your old friends. You tried not to think about it too much; you really tried, but it was very difficult. It was easier to let the memories wash over you instead of diligently packing up the books on which you had squandered your blood and tears.
Your books, yes, that was the most important thing.
From the posts and hashtags, even though it had only been a couple of days, you could see that some people -those who had actually read the books- were already posting their opinions and reviews and you knew you had had plenty of time to prepare for that moment, but you really weren't ready to face it. You didn't know what it was; whether it was the pollen, the aligned planets, PMS, mercury retrograde⌠but all of those things were weighing you down too much recently and you weren't ready to hear the opinions.
And you couldn't help but keep asking yourself why? Having spent so much time, between so many experiences and so many personal changes, why now they decided that they would come back into your life? How dare they after ruining your life by completely abandoning you? Many times you wondered what was missing in you; what was never enough for them⌠sometimes you believed that this was how it was meant to be; just the seven of them, before you came along. It was always them seven first, then you.
Between lows and highs, between sadness and joy, you still had to keep working.
"Get rid of that face if you're not going to tell me what's wrong with you." Yuna crossed the cafeteria in front of you, picking up some glasses and plates on the table as lunchtime approached.
"I don't have any face."
"You've been in a somber mood since Saturday. You look dead."
You clicked your tongue, taking advantage of the fact that the store was nearly empty to do the math. "Don't be over the top."
"I'm just being honest and genuinely concerned about my friend, can you blame me?" Yuna reached the sink and simply left the dishes there to approach the cash register. Your eyes refused to meet hers, unsheathing a strange annoyance in the pit of your stomach.
"I'm fine," you moved the money automatically, doing the math in the back of your head as second nature, "don't worry so much."
"Ok, if you don't want to tell me about it at least try to distract yourself a little, why don't you take an extra half hour for lunch?"
"You know I can't do that."
"Sol would never know."
"I'm not going to do that."
Yuna pouted, dropping her chin onto the back of her hand. You knew she was about to fly you out of that chair the moment all the bills were safeguarded.
A whiplash of pain shot through your chest at the alternative of having to leave the cafeteria, alone, hovering with your thoughts once again, as you tried to shove the food down your throat. But Yuna happily dragged you out of the cafeteria, leaving you in the middle of the street with your little bag and lunch money, wishing you a happy break as she wandered off once more to deal with the sparse crowd of customers alone.
Maybe you should have told her you'd rather not eat than be alone, butâŚ
That was the story of your life.
So you walked to that restaurant a couple of blocks away, where they sold the cheapest food in the area, and waited patiently while answering Yuna's messages to clear your mind.
Going through your social networks, you once again came across the cover of your books in the pre-viewing of a video and felt the bile in your throat. Let's see, you were happy. Or well, you were trying to convince yourself because you still had that bitter feeling in the pit of your stomach that wouldn't let you enjoy this blast like you should and it had a first and last name of its own. But, generally speaking, it was great that your books were selling, forgetting all the other circumstances that led to that happening.
So, standing in front of those videos, you were tormented by not being able to watch them. A self-published author should be prepared for that kind of thing. No, any author should be. Sharing your art with the world implicitly entailed confronting the world's expression in front of it. It was inevitable, of course, and it was also the energy that could start an engine or the fingers that put out the match. At that precise moment, you still didn't want to know what your destiny was.
You hated that. You hated feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders. Why was life so heavy if you had just begun to live it?
Ah, too much pondering for one lunch.
And to think this all started with an Instagram story.
Having an existential crisis because you couldn't stand dealing with the stress and pressure of the extreme demand you were having and because of mixed feelings for a bunch of idiots resurfacing after so many years was one of the last things you thought you'd have to go through that year. Fuck, or ever in your entire life.
Taehyung might have done you a favor as well as a disservice.
But that's how you spent a while longer, as you walked back to the coffee shop, the noise of the city not being enough to quell the bustle of thoughts crashing against each other in your head.
Being in the eye of the hurricane, however, didn't mean you were safe. You barely had a breath of fresh air before the eyewall hit you hard once again.
"Noona�"
You froze a few steps away from the cafeteria. You feared not only the way you immediately recognized the voice, but the way your body froze, fear, panic and uncertainty clouding your sense.
You were in the alley behind the coffee shop. You didn't usually go in that way, but you had taken a slightly longer way back, only because you were too busy thinking about whether or not your body was up to a longer walk.
You were so close to the door that you could almost hear Yuna's voice on the other side, barely muffled by the beeping that echoed in your ears as panic took over your body.
You didn't want to turn around. Your body was having every possible negative reaction, as if it was fighting an infection, the lunch you had just shoved down your throat seeking to make its way back into your mouth and the feeling of dizziness momentarily clouded you.
Was this how you planned to react if you ever saw them again? Was this how you acted out the scenarios you imagined in your head at night when your memories went back to the last time you saw them?
The only difference between those imaginings and what was happening at that moment was that before you could prepare yourself; you knew what was coming; you had control. Now? Your legs were about to give out, the weight of your body too much to bear.
And you wanted to mock the pathetic behavior you were engaging in. You should turn around, slap him and scream at him that you never wanted to see him again. But your heart was beating and feeling and⌠how could you deny it anything after so many years of being neglected?
But maybe you were imagining it. The little sleep you had this weekend and all the memories you dragged from the trunk since you saw that Instagram notification must have made you crazy enough that you heard voices, his voice, anywhere⌠you were still near a busy street, it could be anyone-
"y/n."
And, yetâŚ
You didn't turn around knowing what it would entail to give his voice a face, even though you could madly and frankly recall every line of its length, and you spoke harshly through your teeth even though your labored breathing made your chest heave.
"What are you doing here?"
"Noona⌠you're really here."
You cringed as you heard his footsteps and clutched with inhuman speed at the lock on the door in front of you.
"I asked you a fucking question: what the fuck do you think you're doing here?"
The silence didn't give you an answer, but you could glimpse it. With your patience on edge and years of emotional repression it was impossible for you to deduce how you would react in such a case, but it didn't seem too far-fetched, even if Jungkook's surprised inspiration said he didn't expect you to be so harsh and rude.
As if you cared.
âYes you did care, in fact, that's why your heart was beating wildly against your ribs, the choking sensation increasing, the nerves on edge and the tears all over the corners of your eyes, but you had to stand your ground. After so, so long⌠why, why, why, why?â
"I⌠IâŚ" Jungkook seemed to be having trouble finding his voice, even though in his profession the words came melodiously and easily out of his mouth. If you turned to look at him, you might have noticed that his face went from happiness to anguish with the speed a bullet goes through a field, "I wanted to see youâŚ"
He sounded so small. The five-foot-ten-plus man, who you're sure was almost a head and a half taller than you, might as well have been a badly wounded puppy behind you. You knew from the way he spoke that he was holding back tears, but you didn't let that sway you. He didn't deserve it.
"Who gave you the right to come here?"
You didn't let him answer, not knowing if he was even going to, tightening the lock on the door you were about to walk through at any moment, bile in your throat making you fear the fall as if you were at the top of a skyscraper.
"How the fuck did you even find me?"
"Well, I-"
"I don't fucking want to know!"
You cut him off, the dryness and venom in your voice making you tremble. You were so sad, so distraught and so angry at the same time.
"And I don't want to see you. So leave."
"NoonaâŚ"
"Fucking leave, Jeon, for fuck's sake!"
You moved, almost as if by inertia, opening the door and slamming it behind you, the noise so deafening that it echoed in your ears for several seconds until you heard Yuna's footsteps approaching you and felt her arms wrap around your body.
You didn't know what she was saying, you just leaned against the door and let yourself fall, your body shaking in cry after uncontrollable cry, truly wondering how everything had gone so far; wondering how, after so many years, you still allowed them to have that power over you; a power they didn't deserve and shouldn't have.
You felt shattered in that moment, every piece of you scattered in the hold, every moment of your life replaying on its glassy, sharp edges. Even with half of you staying afloat, Yuna held you until the tears stopped flowing and with renewed resolve you promised yourself that this was never going to happen again.
Jungkook had taken you by surprise, but from now on none of them would ever catch you off guard.
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VEIL OF DECEIT | KTHá°.á
â Synopsis: In the gloomy village of Briarfield, an annual ritual demands the sacrifice of an innocent girl to the devil. When Y/N is chosen as the next offering, she discovers the dark truth behind the traditionâa hoax engineered by the corrupted noblemen.
â Pairing: Merchant!Taehyung x Apprentice Healer!reader
â Genre: Fantasy, one-shot, angst, fluff, eventual smut
â Warnings: 18+ (minors dni), obsessive behaviour (not from tae), attempted sexual assault (not tae! None of the bad warnings are for him tbh), mentions of satanic rituals and sacrificing, stalker behaviour, misogyny, objectification of women, eventual smut, p in v, unprotected sex (this is like magical medieval times lol BUT BE SAFE), praise kink, orgasms (f/m), creampie(?), age gap (reader is 20, Tae is 26), creepy old man behaviour (đ)
â Word Count: 17.9k
â A/N: This is not the most polished work Iâm aware. The story contains flaws but I had a dream (plot) and a word document đ also this was my first time writing smut, can you tell? Maybe I should have made Tae the evil one đ¤Once again feedback would be appreciated!
â English is not my first language so l apologise in advance for any mistakes or typos!
There once existed the kingdom named Aetherfall, the kingdom of light and splendour. Aetherfall was a kingdom unlike any other, a shining jewel set amidst towering mountains and rolling hills. The city, nestled in the heart of the kingdom, was a sight to beholdâan architectural masterpiece where elegance met strength, and ancient magic wove through every stone and street. From afar, Aetherfall appeared like a golden crown atop the earth, its walls gleaming under the light of the sun, and at night, shimmering under the glow of thousands of lanterns.
The heart of the kingdom was its biggest city, Starhill labelled as the city of dreams that every person wanted to visit. Among the large kingdom laid a forgotten place at the outskirts. The village of Briarfield. It hardly harboured a population of a thousand people due to the villageâs reputation.
The village of Briarfield was cursed. Or so the stories went, whispered from one frightened villager to the next, as the ever-present fog curled around their feet like ghostly tendrils. It wasnât just the heavy mist that clung to the cracked, cobblestone streets, or the way the sun seemed to forsake the village, trapped behind thick clouds of grey. No, Briarfield bore the weight of far darker rumours: that its prosperity was built upon the blood of innocent girls, sacrificed each year to appease the devil that lurked beneath its shadowy veneer.
In the dim light of early evening, the village lay sprawled at the foot of the mountains, with its decrepit houses leaning together as if they were all that held each other up. Blackened thatched roofs and crooked chimneys poked into the gloom like skeletal fingers. The streets, winding like a serpent through the maze of wooden huts, were damp from the constant drizzle that hung in the air.
Few travellers came near it, deterred by tales of malevolent spirits and dark rituals. The villagers kept to themselves, huddled in their homes, wary of outsiders and of the secrets that their village held.
And in one of those homes, you dreamed of escape. The cottage was warm but filled with a sombre air. You sat at the table, absently tracing patterns in the worn cloth of the tablecloth. Your mother moved quietly around the kitchen; her movements automatic as she prepared the evening meal.
As the silence grew heavier, you spoke, your voice breaking the quiet. "Mother, why did you and Father never leave the village? Iâve dreamed of leaving for as long as I can remember. Why didnât you ever want to go?"
Your mother paused, her back turned to you. The silence stretched, and you could almost feel the weight of her thoughts pressing against the walls of the small room. Finally, she turned, her face lined with the hardships of life but softened with a deep, weary kindness.
"We never left because we were bound by our own choices, my dear," she said softly, setting down the wooden spoon she had been stirring the pot with. She walked over and sat across from you, her hands clasped tightly together.
"When your father and I were young, we believed that Briarfield was where we were meant to be. It was our home, our familyâs home, and leaving it felt like abandoning a part of ourselves. We thought the villageâs darkness was something we could endure, something we could change."
She sighed; her gaze distant. "And in a way, we did change it. Not in grand ways, but in the small, everyday moments. We found happiness in the little thingsâin our garden, in the quiet of the evening, in the love we had for each other. We made our peace with the shadows because they were all we knew."
Her eyes met yours, filled with a sorrowful understanding. "I know itâs hard for you, wanting something more, wanting to escape.â
Your mother reached out and took your hand in hers, squeezing it gently. "I stayed because I wanted to protect you, to give you a chance to grow up with some semblance of normalcy, even if it was flawed.â
A tear slipped down your cheek as you looked at her, seeing the reasoning behind her words. "Thank you, Mother," you said, your voice thick with emotion. "I hope I can make something good come of all this, for both of us."
âI know you will my child. You have always been strong-willed and hence these walls arenât big enough to keep you inâ you smiled at her words and leaned in for a hug. Nothing provided you more comfort than knowing your mother supported your dreams.
The first light of dawn pierced through the thick fog that hung over Briarfield, casting a faint, ghostly glow over the village. The streets were damp from the previous night's drizzle, and the air was crisp, tinged with the scent of wet earth and lingering smoke from the few fireplaces that had been lit.
You pulled on your heavy shawl, its wool rough but warm against the chill, and stepped out into the murky street. The village was just beginning to stir, the early risers emerging from their homes to tend to their chores. The cobblestones beneath your boots were slick, and you navigated them carefully, feeling the weight of the dayâs errands pressing on your shoulders.
The first stop was the bakerâs stall at the edge of the village square. The bakerâs hut was modest but inviting, its windows fogged with the heat from the ovens inside. As you entered, the aroma of fresh bread and pastries enveloped you.
The baker, a burly man with flour-dusted hands and a jovial demeanour, greeted you with a nod. "Morning, lass. What can I get for you today?"
"Good morning," you replied, your voice muffled by the cold. "Just a loaf of bread and some of those cinnamon rolls, please."
The baker nodded and reached for a crusty loaf, its surface crackling with warmth, and a small bag of sweet rolls, their scent filling the air with a comforting sweetness. He handed them over with a smile, and you paid him with the coins you had saved up, tucking the bread into the fabric of your basket.
Next, you made your way to the seamstressâs shop, a quaint little building adorned with colourful patches and ribbons. The seamstress, an elderly woman with sharp eyes and nimble fingers, was busy at her workbench, mending a torn garment. The shop was a haven of vibrant fabrics and threads, a stark contrast to the drabness of the village outside.
You approached her and showed her a small tear in your favourite skirt. "Good morning. I need this repaired, if you could madam."
The seamstress took the skirt with practiced hands, examining the tear with a critical eye. "Of course, dear. Iâll have it done by the end of the day. Youâll need it looking nice for the ceremony."
You nodded, a pang of unease twisting in your stomach at the mention of the ceremony. "Thank you."
With your errands nearly complete, you headed to the village well to fetch water. The well was a central gathering place, surrounded by villagers who would often chat and exchange news as they filled their buckets. Today, however, the well was unusually quiet, the air heavy with the unspoken tension that seemed to follow the village.
As you prepared to lower the bucket into the well, you heard the unmistakable sound of footsteps approaching. You glanced up and felt a familiar pang of discomfort as you saw Lord Corwin striding towards you. Lord Corwin was a balding, pot-bellied man with sagging jowls and skin that seemed to droop with age, his watery eyes always lingering a moment too long on you. He was balding and an overall unpleasant in terms of looks and personality. His dark, richly embroidered clothing marked him clearly as the village noble.
A sigh escaped your lips as you braced yourself. The last time you had seen Lord Corwin, he had been insisting on a marriage proposalâone that you had firmly declined. He was a man of your fatherâs age, his advances both unsettling and persistent. Despite your clear rejection, he had never seemed to accept it, continuing to approach you with an unnerving determination. You werenât even sure why he wanted you. Last you checked; you were a mere peasant compared to him.
You tried to steady your nerves as Lord Corwin came to a halt a few feet away. âGood evening, my lady,â he said, his voice smooth but laced with a hint of nervousness that felt oddly out of place given his authoritative stance.
âEvening, Lord Corwin,â you replied, forcing a polite smile. You focused on the well, determined to keep the conversation brief.
Lord Corwin took another step closer, his proximity making you increasingly uncomfortable. âMay I assist you?â he offered, though his voice carried an undertone that felt intrusive rather than courteous.
âThereâs no need, my lord,â you said firmly, avoiding his gaze as you continued to work. You lowered the bucket into the well, trying to ignore the weight of his gaze.
He reached out to help, his hand brushing against yours as he took the bucket. The touch was cold and lingering, sending a shiver down your spine. âAllow me,â he said, his smile widening slightly.
âThank you, but I can manage,â you said, stepping back to maintain some distance. The conversation felt like a repetition of past encounters, and you were eager to end it.
Lord Corwinâs eyes remained fixed on you as he carried the bucket to the edge of the well. âYou know,â he began, his tone shifting to something more personal, âIâve been thinking about our previous conversation.â
You stiffened at the mention of the past. You had rejected his marriage proposal some time ago, a decision that had left a mark on both your lives. âYes, my lord?â you said, trying to keep your voice neutral.
âI wanted to revisit that offer,â he continued, his tone growing more insistent. âBriarfield would be a much different place with you at my side. Iâve reconsidered the benefits of our union. Your knowledge on herbs and medicine could no doubt be used for something greaterâ
You felt a pang of discomfort at his persistence. âI appreciate your consideration, Lord Corwin,â you said, forcing a polite smile, âbut my decision remains the same. I have no desire to marry. I am also still just an apprentice of my mother. I have not yet mastered the art of medicine yet.â
Lord Corwinâs smile faltered slightly, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, but he quickly masked his disappointment with a practiced expression. âI see. Well, I hope you will reconsider in the future,â he said, his tone now slightly colder. âBriarfield could be quite different with someone of your qualitiesâŚ.and your beautyâ. On the inside Lord Corwin felt frustrated. He had kindly asked for you hand and yet a little peasant rejected him. That was outrageous! You were a woman who needed to know her place. He thought about how he would break you and meld you into a perfect doll once he gets his hands on you.
You nodded, eager to end the conversation. âThank you for understanding, my lord. I must return to my duties now.â
As you gathered your things and began to walk away, you felt Lord Corwinâs gaze lingering on your back. The encounter with Lord Corwin had left a bitter taste in your mouth and so you went to sleep that night hoping tomorrow would be better.
You were once again back in the market which was surprisingly bustling with people which as quite rare as people of Briarfield preferred staying indoors. As you strolled through the market stalls, your basket swinging from your arm as you selected fruits and vegetables and some new herbs you could use in making remedies. The vibrant colours of apples, carrots, and cabbages were a welcome contrast. You carefully picked out the ripest fruits and the freshest vegetables, exchanging brief pleasantries with the vendors.
As you turned a corner, you spotted a new stall set up in the market square. It was different from the others; it was not just a simple arrangement of crates and baskets but rather a carefully designed display that seemed to combine artistry with commerce. A large, hand-painted sign that read âExotic Produceâ hung above the stall, the intricate calligraphy catching the light although the words were simple and straightforward. Colourful fabrics draped over the sides of the stall, creating a vibrant backdrop for an array of unusual fruits and vegetables, most of which you had never seen before.
Exotic, brightly coloured fruits from distant landsâdeep purple dragon fruit, star-shaped carambolas, and rich golden mangoesâwere stacked beside more familiar produce, like apples and cabbages. Interspersed among the fruits were small pots of herbs, their fresh, earthy scent mingling with the sweet fragrance of the fruits. The herbs werenât just your usual mint or basil but rare varieties with names you couldnât even pronounce. Hanging from the wooden beams of the stall were clusters of dried flowers and spices, their deep hues and rich aromas filling the air with an almost magical quality.
You stepped closer, drawn in by the sheer variety of it all. Your eyes drifted over the shelves lined with jars of preservesâfig jam, spiced pears, and candied gingerâas well as small wooden boxes containing spices, teas, and even peculiar, dried fruits that looked almost like they belonged in a fairytale.
Behind the counter stood a young man, who, much like his stall, seemed out of place in Briarfieldâin the best way possible. His dark hair fell loosely around his face, and his eyes sparkled with an energy that made him seem more alive than anyone else around. He wore a finely embroidered vest over a linen shirt, with intricate patterns that looked hand-sewn, and a soft leather belt hung around his waist, from which dangled small pouches and trinkets.
He noticed you approaching and greeted you with a warm, almost mischievous smile. âGood morning!â he called, his voice light and welcoming. âWelcome to my little corner of the world. Iâm Taehyung. What catches your fancy today?â
You smiled back, intrigued by both him and his wares. âGood morning, Taehyung,â you replied. âYour stall is... quite different from the others. I donât think Iâve ever seen anything like this in Briarfield.â
Taehyung chuckled, a soft, melodic sound. âThatâs the idea,â he said, his eyes twinkling with amusement. âIâve travelled far and wide, and I like to bring a bit of everything with meâthings that canât be found in just any ordinary village. I believe even the smallest places deserve a little magic.â
He gestured to a tray of fruit that you couldnât name. âThis, for instance, is a cherimoyaâsome call it the âcustard apple.â Itâs sweet and creamy, almost like a dream in fruit form.â He pointed to another pile of peculiar, knobby-looking roots. âAnd these are galangal. Theyâre used in soups and teas in faraway lands. Perfect for chilly Briarfield evenings.â
You picked up a starfruit, running your fingers along its ridges. âItâs beautiful,â you said, marvelling at the variety of colours and shapes on display.
Taehyungâs smile softened, his tone becoming more sincere. âThank you. I wanted to bring something new, something that could brighten up this village a little. Briarfield deserves more than just the tales itâs known for.â
You nodded, appreciating the warmth and care he put into his work. âItâs nice to have something so fresh and different here. Everything else feels so... old.â
âExactly,â Taehyung said, leaning on the counter with an easy grace. âIâve always believed that even in the most forgotten corners of the world, there should be beauty and wonder. Thatâs why Iâm here.â
You selected a few pieces of fruit and a small jar of honey that had caught your eye. âIâll take these, please,â you said, placing them on the counter.
Taehyung packed them up carefully, his movements swift and practiced. âA fine choice,â he said, handing you the package with a smile. âAnd if you ever need something specialâwhether itâs some fruit, a spice, or even a little conversationâyou know where to find me.â
You felt a warmth spread through you at his words, as if for the first time in a long while, Briarfield held something brighter than its usual shadows. âThank you, Taehyung. Iâll be back soon, Iâm sure.â
As you walked away, your basket filled with exotic fruits and herbs, you couldnât help but feel giddy by short encounter with the young man. Taehyung being kind, warm, and full of lifeâwas a welcome change. You found yourself looking forward to the next time you would meet him.
The next morning you woke up to the unsettling news of a young girl gone missing and as result your father forbad you from leaving the house fearing for your safety. However, spending almost a week cooped up in your room had left you suffocated and so you finally convinced your father that everything will be okay and to let you out. Although he was reluctant, he gave in not wanting to see his daughter pout any further and so you happily made your way outside.
Today, the sky was overcast, threatening rain, as you made your way through the village. Youâd just left the bakery, a loaf of sweet bread tucked under your arm, oh how you missed the sweet delight! Just then you heard a familiar voice calling your name.
âGood morning!â
You looked up to see Taehyung approaching, his smile as warm as ever despite the grey skies above. He was carrying a large wooden crate filled with a variety of fruits, herbs, and small glass jars. His appearance was a bit more dishevelled todayâhis sleeves rolled up, a few strands of hair falling into his eyesâbut there was a certain charm to his slightly tousled look.
âTaehyung,â you greeted, surprised but happy to see him. âI wasnât expecting to run into you.â
âLikewise, I havenât seen you since that day.â he replied, adjusting the crate in his arms as he stopped in front of you. âIt seems fate is playing matchmaker today. How have you been?â
You smiled at his easy-going manner, feeling the tension of the day start to slip away. âIâve been well, thank you. The recent disappearance of the girl in the village put my father on edge so I was cooped up in my house for some time.â You say laughing a little.
He glanced up at the darkening sky, a hint of concern in his eyes. âAh thatâs a reasonable reaction. Hope everything turns out okay it also looks like weâll be getting quite the storm soon. I was on my way to the market, but it seems I might be racing the rain.â
You both shared a small laugh, and you couldnât help but notice how comfortable his presence made you feel, even in the midst of the growing chill around you. Taehyungâs energy had a way of lighting up even the dullest days.
âHere,â he said, shifting the crate to one arm. âI brought something for you.â
âFor me?â you asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
He nodded, carefully balancing the crate as he reached into one of his pouches and pulled out a very small, intricately carved wooden box. The box was stained a deep, rich brown and etched with swirling patterns that reminded you of the stories youâd heard about enchanted forests and ancient lands. Taehyung handed it to you with a playful smile.
âI found this the other day when I was unpacking some of my wares,â he explained. âItâs a blend of tea leaves and spices from the far south. I thought you might enjoy it. A little warmth to brighten up Briarfieldâs rainy days.â
You took the box, feeling its smooth surface under your fingers, and opened it. Inside were delicate, dried leaves with an array of coloursâdeep reds, golden yellows, and dark greensâmingled with tiny bits of cinnamon bark and star anise. The smell that wafted from the box was comforting, a warm mix of spice and earth. Some of these would make a good herbal tea cure, you thought to yourself.
âThank you, Taehyung. Iâm not sure how to repay you for this.â you said softly, genuinely touched by his thoughtfulness.
âOh, donât worry about that. Consider this as a gift from a friendâ he says, face plastered with a boxy smile. âThis is lovely. Iâll be sure to try it tonight.â You say excitedly.
He smiled, pleased by your reaction. âIâm glad you like it. If you need instructions on how to brew it, just let me know. Itâs a bit different from the usual tea.â
You nodded, slipping the small box into your basket. âIâll keep that in mind. Maybe Iâll come by the stall tomorrow if I run into any trouble.â
Taehyungâs eyes sparkled with amusement. âIâm always happy to help. Besides, Iâm curious to hear what you think of it. I personally quite enjoy its flavours.â
Before you could respond, a sudden gust of wind blew through the village square, and you instinctively pulled your cloak tighter around yourself. Taehyungâs hair was blown back, but he simply laughed at the sudden chill.
âI think thatâs our cue to take shelter,â he said, glancing back at the sky. âWould you like to walk back together? I can help carry your things.â
You hesitated for a moment, then smiled and handed him your bread to lighten your load. âIâd appreciate that.â
Together, you made your way back through the village, you made a short stop at Taehyungâs house as he left his crate inside and then moving at a brisk pace to beat the rain towards your own cottage. Taehyung talked easily as you walked, telling you stories of his travels and the different markets he had visited in faraway cities. He had a way of making the world seem larger and more exciting than it had ever felt before, filling your mind with the fantasies of adventure beyond the villageâs borders.
By the time you reached your cottage, the first few drops of rain had begun to fall, but you were safely inside before the storm truly hit. Taehyung lingered at the door for a moment, his smile never wavering.
âWell, Iâll leave you to enjoy the tea,â he said, handing you the basket of you bread back. âBut donât forget to tell me how it turns out.â
âI wonât,â you promised. âThank you again, Taehyung. It was nice running into you.â
âThe pleasure was mine,â he replied, giving you a small bow before stepping back into the rain.
As you watched him walk away, disappearing into the misty streets of Briarfield, you couldnât help but feel a small flicker of warmth in your chest.
You closed the door, the small wooden box of tea still in your hand and smiled to yourself. It seemed that with each encounter, Taehyung brought a little more joy into your life. Perhaps Briarfield wasnât so gloomy after all.
Unbeknownst to you, a pair of cold, calculating eyes watched from a distance as you and Taehyung exchanged smiles and laughter. Lord Corwin stood in the shadow of a nearby building, his gaunt face twisted into a scowl. His hand gripped the nearest wall tightly.
He had been on his way to visit your family, as he often did under the pretence of âchecking inâ on village matters. But as he saw you walk with that... that merchant, a slow, burning anger began to churn in his chest.
Corwin had noticed the way your eyes lit up when you talked to Taehyung, the way you smiled so easily at him, something you never did when he was near. It sickened him. How dare you, a girl of such modest means, reject his marriage proposal and then offer such warmth to a mere merchantâa man who was not even of noble blood?
The memory of your refusal still stung bitterly. He had been so sure you would accept his hand when he had asked for it nearly a year ago when turned of age. After all, what better offer could there be for a girl of your station than to marry a lord? He had thought he was doing you a favour by offering you a future above the one your humble lineage could ever provide. But instead, you had rejected himâpolitely, yes, but firmly.
And now... now you were entertaining this, Taehyung. Corwin sneered at the sight of him, with his polished charm and his ridiculous trinkets. What could he possibly offer you that a nobleman could not? A few exotic fruits? A handful of spices? Corwin couldnât understand why you would favour someone so beneath him. He had the wealth, the power, the standing. Yet, it was this commoner who had caught your attention.
Corwinâs mind raced with jealousy as he watched Taehyung walks away into the rain, his cloak billowing behind him. His gaze then shifted back to you as you stood in the doorway of your cottage, a small smile playing on your lips as you lingered with the box of tea in hand.
His stomach twisted in disgust. That smile should have been for himâLord Corwin, the one who had the means to truly take care of you. And yet, you had chosen to waste your time with a man who had nothing of worth to offer, a mere peasant in Corwinâs eyes.
As the rain began to fall harder, Corwin remained in the shadows, his mind simmering with dark thoughts. He would not allow this to continue. He had been patient, waiting for you to see sense and reconsider his proposal. But now, with this newcomer in the picture, he knew that his patience was wearing thin.
Corwin had power in Briarfield, influence that stretched far beyond what someone like Taehyung could comprehend. If he needed to remind you of your place and who truly held sway in this village, then so be it. He would not be so easily dismissedânot by you, not by anyone.
His eyes narrowed, and his lips curled into a sinister smile as he turned away from the scene. The rain pelted down on him, but he hardly noticed. His mind was already spinning with plans, ways to bend the village to his will, ways to ensure that you would come to see him not as a suitor, but as an inevitable force.
And if Taehyung got in the way... well, Lord Corwin had dealt with nuisances before. This time would be no different.
As he disappeared into the misty streets, the shadows of Briarfield seemed to wrap around him, as if conspiring with his every dark thought. You might not have seen him, but he had seen enough.
And he was not going to forget.
As the days turned into months, your interactions with Taehyung became a cherished part of your routine. Each visit to his stall, each shared conversation, subtly wove the threads of affection between you, creating a bond that neither of you had anticipated.
It began with the little things. Taehyungâs warm smile became a bright spot in your day, a beacon of light in the otherwise dim atmosphere of Briarfield. His thoughtful gesturesâsaving the ripest fruits, sharing new herbs heâd acquired, and always finding a moment to chatâmade your visits to his stall something you eagerly anticipated.
One crisp autumn morning, as you stopped by to pick up some vegetables, Taehyung greeted you with an excited sparkle in his eye. âIâve got something special today,â he said, pulling out a small basket filled with fragrant herbs and colourful root vegetables. âI thought you might like to try making a stew with these.â
You smiled, touched by his thoughtfulness. âThatâs very kind of you, Taehyung. Iâll definitely give it a try.â
Taehyung leaned against the wooden frame of his stall, his curiosity piqued. âYou seem to know a lot about herbs yourself. Is it something your family taught you?â
You nodded as you examined the herbs, he handed you. âYes, my mother is a skilled healer. Sheâs been teaching me since I was young. Iâm learning how to mix tinctures and create salves to help with common ailments around the village.â You paused, twirling a sprig of thyme between your fingers. âItâs given me a sense of independence, something to focus on besides the daily grind of village life.â
His eyes softened as he listened. âThat must be fulfilling, knowing that youâre helping people.â
You smiled, feeling the warmth of his gaze. âIt is. Sometimes itâs exhausting, but itâs rewarding when someone comes to you in pain and leaves feeling better.â You glanced up at him and added, âAnd it also gives me a reason to spend time outside the house. Not many girls here get that luxury.â
Taehyungâs expression grew thoughtful. âIt sounds like youâve found a way to escape, even if itâs just for a moment,â he said. âIâve seen how stifling it can be here, especially for women.â
You appreciated his understanding. âExactly. The knowledge my mother has given me makes me feel⌠free, in a way. I get to explore the woods, gather plants, and create something valuable for others.â You smiled softly, holding up the herbs. âAnd it helps when someone like you brings something new to try.â
Taehyungâs grin widened, the warmth in his eyes reflecting the budding connection between you. âIâm glad I could add a bit of colour to your day. And who knows, maybe one day youâll teach me a thing or two about healing.â
You chuckled, feeling a lightness in your chest. âIâd be happy to. Though I have a feeling youâve got plenty of your own knowledge to share.â
He leaned closer, his voice dropping to a more playful tone. âWell, I suppose weâll just have to keep trading lessons, wonât we?â
Your heart fluttered at the intimacy in his words, and as you both stood there, surrounded by the rich scents of herbs and the quiet bustle of the market, you realized that this was more than just a simple exchange. It was a promise of something deeper.
Soon, your visits to Taehyung's stall became more than just routine errandsâthey were moments of genuine connection. On this particularly rainy day, the market was quieter than usual. Taehyung, usually so full of energy, looked a bit worn out as he organized his stall. The rain had beaten down hard, and a small puddle was forming near the edge of his stand.
You approached his stall with a warm smile, noticing the concern on his face. âIt looks like the rain has really taken a toll today,â you said, offering him a sympathetic glance.
Taehyung looked up and smiled, though his eyes showed the strain of the weather. âYes, itâs been a tough day. The rain keeps people away. But I suppose it gives me a chance to get to know my favourite customer a bit better.â
You chuckled and stepped behind the stall to help him. âWell, I am glad to be of assistance. What can I do to help?â
âCould you pass me those cloths? I need to wipe down the counter before it gets any worse,â Taehyung said, pointing to a stack of cloths near the back of the stall.
As you worked side by side, you began chatting about lighter topics to lift the mood. âSo, tell me more about your travels. You have mentioned a few places, but what was the most memorable?â
Taehyungâs eyes brightened as he started to talk. âAh, there was this one time in a small village in the east. They had this festival where they floated lanterns on the river. The entire night was lit up with thousands of glowing lights, and the reflection in the water made it look like the stars had fallen.â
You smiled, imagining the scene. âThat sounds beautiful. I cannot even imagine how magical it must have been.â
âIt was,â Taehyung said, his voice taking on a wistful tone. âBut what made it special was sharing it with people who had never seen anything like it before. They were so full of wonder.â
The conversation flowed easily, and the shared experience of tidying up amid the rain made you feel closer. You noticed Taehyungâs laughter was more frequent today, his usual upbeat demeanour peeking through the weariness.
âDo you ever get tired of all the traveling?â you asked, wiping the counter with a damp cloth.
He shook his head, a soft smile playing on his lips. âNot really. Each place has its own story, its own charm. But there are times, like now, when Iâm glad to be in one spot, especially when I have someone to share it with.â
You felt a warm flush at his words, your own smile widening. âIâm glad youâre here, too. It is nice to have someone to talk to who understands.â
Taehyungâs eyes met yours with a tender look. âAnd Iâm glad youâre here. Your stories about this village, they make me appreciate the little things more. Even a rainy day like today.â
The sound of the rain tapping against the stall created a soothing backdrop to your conversation. As you worked together, the storm outside seemed less imposing, and the bond between you grew stronger. Each shared moment, each laugh, and every serious conversation deepened your connection, making the quiet, rainy day a memorable chapter in your evolving relationship.
Winter arrived, and with it came the chill that seemed to seep into every corner of Briarfield. The cold was relentless, wrapping the village in a frosty embrace. One evening, as you walked home from the market, you noticed Taehyung trudging through the snow, his breath visible in small clouds against the icy air. He was bundled up in a thick coat, a scarf wrapped snugly around his neck.
"Hey, Y/N!" Taehyung called out, his face brightening as he spotted you. âYou look like you have had a long day. How about a break from the cold? There is a new cafe nearby that opened up that serves the most amazing hot chocolate!â
The invitation caught you by surprise, but the idea of warming up in a cozy cafe was too tempting to pass up. You nodded, a smile spreading across your face. âIâd love to. Lead the way!â
The cafe was a small, charming place with warm, wooden interiors and a soft glow from the hanging lamps. The scent of freshly baked pastries and rich chocolate greeted you as you stepped inside, making you feel instantly at ease. You and Taehyung found a small table by the window, where the snow outside created a picturesque scene.
As you both settled in, Taehyung waved to the barista and ordered two cups of hot chocolate. When the steaming mugs arrived, you took a sip and sighed in relief. The drink was velvety and rich, the perfect antidote to the winter chill.
âThis is incredible,â you said, savouring the warmth. âIâve never had hot chocolate this good before.â
Taehyung smiled, his eyes reflecting a wistful light. âIt is one of my favourites. It brings back memories of home.â
You tilted your head, curious. âHome? Where did you grow up?â
Taehyungâs gaze softened as he took a sip of his drink. âI grew up in a bustling city far from here. My mother used to make hot chocolate just like this. Every winter, we would sit together by the fire, sipping it and talking about our day. It was a small but comforting ritual.â
The warmth of the drink brought a mixture of fondness and sadness to his eyes. âWhat happened to your parents?â you asked gently, sensing the shift in his mood.
Taehyungâs smile faltered, and he looked down at his mug, his fingers tracing the rim. âIt is a difficult memory. When I was young, there was a terrible accident. My parents were traveling to a distant town to sell their goods, and their carriage was caught in a snowstorm. They did not make it. I was left alone, and I had to fend for myself.â
You reached out, placing a comforting hand on his. âI am so sorry, Taehyung. That must have been incredibly hard.â
He nodded, a sad smile on his lips. âIt was. But I learned to carry their memory with me. Itâs why I treasure moments like these, where I can share stories and connect with others. It is a way to keep their spirit alive.â
Seeing the sadness in his eyes, you wanted to lift his spirits. You took a deep breath and began, âWhen I was a child, we had this wonderful tradition during winter. Every year, my mother would make a special batch of gingerbread cookies. We would spend an entire day decorating them with icing and candy, and then sheâd tell me stories about the origins of each cookie shapeâangels, stars, and hearts. Those stories always made me feel like I was part of something magical, even in the midst of the cold and darkness.â
Taehyungâs eyes brightened at the image. âThat sounds so lovely. It must have been a beautiful tradition.â
You smiled, feeling the warmth of the memory. âIt was. It made the winters feel less harsh, and the stories always filled me with a sense of wonder. Sometimes, when I look back, I realize how those little moments shaped my view of the world.â
Taehyungâs expression softened into a genuine smile, his eyes twinkling. âThank you for sharing that with me. It is nice to hear about those little moments of happiness. It makes me think that thereâs more magic left in the world than I thought.â
The conversation continued, filled with more personal stories and laughter. As you enjoyed the warmth of the cafe and the comfort of Taehyungâs presence, the snow outside seemed to fall even more gently, creating a serene and magical backdrop to your evening together.
As spring approached, the transformation in your relationship with Taehyung became more evident. The simple gestures between you, a lingering touch, a shared glance, began to carry a deeper meaning. Taehyungâs once casual conversations now carried an undertone of affection, and his smile seemed to linger a little longer when he looked at you.
One afternoon, you decided to take a walk through the blooming meadows just outside the village. The air was filled with the sweet scent of wildflowers, and the landscape was painted with vibrant colours as the earth shook off the winterâs cold embrace.
As you walked along the winding path, Taehyung turned to you with a soft smile. âThe meadows look stunning this time of year, donât they? Itâs like the worldâs been dipped in colour.â
You nodded, taking in the beauty around you. âIt is beautiful. I have always loved spring. It feels like a time of new beginnings.â
Taehyungâs gaze softened as he looked at you. âYou know, I used to dream about traveling to places like this when I was a child. My mother would tell me stories about far-off lands and the wonders they held. Being here with you, seeing these meadows, it feels like those dreams are coming true.â
You felt a warm flush at his words, and before you could fully process it, Taehyung gently took your hand in his. The gesture was unexpected but felt completely natural. His touch was gentle, and it sent a pleasant thrill through your fingers. You looked up at him, surprised by the boldness of the moment.
âIâve always admired your sense of wonder,â Taehyung said softly, his thumb lightly brushing your knuckles. âItâs one of the things that drew me to you. You see magic in the ordinary, and that is something Iâve always wanted to cherish.â
Your heart skipped a beat at his words. You had felt a growing connection between you but hearing him express it so openly was both thrilling and comforting. âI never imagined that someone could see me that way,â you admitted, squeezing his hand lightly. âBut Iâm glad you do. You have brought so much joy and excitement into my life. Itâs like youâve awakened a part of me that I didnât even know was there.â
Taehyungâs smile widened, and he pulled you gently closer as you continued walking. âI feel the same way. Being with you has made me realize that thereâs more to life than just surviving. You have shown me that thereâs beauty in every moment, and itâs something I want to experience with you.â
As you walked hand in hand through the meadows, you felt a deep sense of contentment. The shared conversations, the way Taehyungâs eyes lingered on you with affection, and the gentle touches between you all spoke of a growing bond that was more than just friendship. You were falling for him, and it was a feeling that seemed to grow with every passing day.
At one point, you stopped to admire a particularly vibrant patch of flowers. Taehyung leaned in close, his breath warm against your ear. âDo you remember when we first met? I never would have imagined that our friendship would grow into something like this.â
You laughed softly, looking into his eyes. âNeither did I, but I would not change a thing. It has been an incredible journey.â
Taehyungâs gaze softened, and he placed a tender kiss on your forehead. âHereâs to many more adventures together, and to finding magic in every moment we share.â
But one day you got the news that would absolutely break your heart. The news that Taehyung was going to leave the village soon. He has spent almost a year in Briarfield at this point.
The sun was setting, casting a golden hue as the last light of day began to fade. The village was quiet, with only the distant sounds of evening settling in and the loud noises of the crows. Taehyung had just finished packing up his stall for the day, and the air was filled with the crisp promise of twilight.
You stood beside him; your heart heavy with the knowledge that he would soon be leaving for a new ventureâa journey that would take him far from the village. The thought of him being away from you was almost too much to bear. As he finished securing the last of his supplies, you took a deep breath, gathering your courage.
âTaehyung,â you said softly, your voice barely above a whisper. âAre you sure you must leave? I wish there was something I could do to keep you here.â
Taehyung looked at you, his expression a mixture of sadness and determination. He reached out, taking your hands in his, his touch warm and comforting. âI wish I could stay too. But I am but a merchant who must travel to make a living selling new things. I need to go, but not because I want to leave you behind.â
His eyes locked onto yours, and you could see the depth of his emotion reflected in them. âIâve been thinking a lot about us, about our future. I donât want to imagine a life where weâre apart. Every moment with you has made me realize just how much I want to share my life with you.â
You felt a lump form in your throat as you listened, your heart aching with the intensity of his words. âTaehyung, what are you saying?â
He squeezed your hands gently, his voice trembling with emotion. âIâm saying that I want us to be together. I want to take you with me, not just on this journey, but on all the adventures that life has to offer. I want to travel the world with you by my side, to explore new places and create memories together.â
His words were like a balm to your anxious heart. The thought of traveling with Taehyung, of experiencing new worlds and building a life together, filled you with a profound sense of joy and excitement.
âI know it wonât be easy, I know Iâm no wealthy nobleman,â he continued, his gaze unwavering, âand there will be challenges along the way. But I promise you this: I will always be there for you, and I will work every day to make sure that our life together is everything weâve dreamed of. Your smile, the little expressions you make when you like something, the sparkle in your eyes when you talk about all the things you wish to do, the way you fiddle with your clothes when you get shy... all the little things. My soul hurt from within at the mere thought of never seeing that again.â
A tear slipped down your cheek, and you could see the same emotion reflected in Taehyungâs eyes. âTaehyung, I donât want to be apart from you either. Iâve fallen in love with you, and the thought of being with you, of seeing the world togetherâitâs everything Iâve ever wanted.â
Taehyungâs face lit up with a radiant smile, his eyes shining with happiness. âThen come with me. Letâs build a future together, explore new horizons, and face whatever comes our way. We can make our dreams a reality, side by side.â
You nodded, a smile breaking through your tears. âYes, Taehyung. I want that more than anything.â
He drew you into a gentle embrace, holding you close as the last light of day melted into the evening sky. The world seemed to stand still as you both revelled in the moment, the promise of a shared future making the present moment feel like a dream come true.
As you pulled back slightly, Taehyung cupped your face in his hands, his touch tender and loving. âWell, I guess I should go the traditional root and ask for your hand from your father right darlingâ you giggled lightly hitting his shoulder and nodding.
You sat quietly by the window, your fingers nervously fidgeting with the hem of your dress as you stole glances at Taehyung. He stood with quiet confidence across the room, but you could sense the tension in his posture. Your heart raced, anticipation mingling with fear as you awaited your fatherâs decision.
Your father sat in his armchair, arms crossed, and brow furrowed in deep contemplation. He regarded Taehyung with a scrutinizing gaze, the weight of his protective instincts evident in every line of his face. You could feel the tension in the airâyour father had always been fiercely protective of you, especially after all the unsolicited attention from Lord Corwin.
"So, TaehyungâŚ" Your fatherâs voice cut through the silence, steady but probing. "You wish to marry my daughter?"
Taehyung nodded respectfully, stepping forward with a calm determination that steadied your nerves. "Yes, sir. I love her, and I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
Your fatherâs eyes narrowed slightly, flicking to you and then back to Taehyung. "How old are you, boy?"
"Twenty-six, sir."
Your fatherâs brow raised ever so slightly, and his gaze softened, just for a moment. You could tell he was weighing the age difference in his mind, but six years between you didnât seem so bad to himâespecially when compared to Lord Corwin, a man nearly his own age who had been making his interest in you disturbingly clear for years. The thought of Corwinâs advances made his stomach churn with disgust. The idea of that old, lecherous man laying claim to you was something your father could never tolerate.
"And what is it you do for a living?" your father asked, his tone regaining its edge. He leaned forward slightly in his chair, as if this question held the key to everything.
"Iâm a merchant," Taehyung replied. "I trade in rare and exotic goods and sometimes in textile and jewellery. Iâve worked hard to build my business, and I can provide for your daughter."
Your father nodded slowly, digesting the information. "Being a merchant⌠Itâs an unpredictable trade. One day you could thrive, and the next, youâre barely scraping by. How can I trust that youâll be able to take care of her?"
Taehyung straightened his shoulders, determination flashing in his eyes. "I understand your concern, sir. But Iâve built my business carefully. Iâve secured reliable connections and steady income. More importantly, I will do everything in my power to fulfil her dream of exploring the world. I will give her love, security, and a life full of joy. I promise you that."
Your father leaned back in his chair, his gaze shifting between you and Taehyung. His eyes softened as they landed on you, a brief flicker of emotion crossing his face. You could see that he was weighing not just Taehyungâs words, but the way you had been glowing with happiness ever since you met him.
He sighed deeply; his expression conflicted and weighing his options. The image of Lord Corwin, with his balding head and leering eyes, flickered through your mind. Corwin had been circling you like a predator since before you had even turned eighteen, making his intentions clear in ways that had always made your skin crawl. The fact that a man so much older than your father could desire you had never sat well with him.
"At least youâre not old enough to be her father," your father muttered, more to himself than anyone else. He looked up at Taehyung again, a shadow of protectiveness still lingering in his eyes. "That⌠man, Corwin⌠Heâs been after her for years. I donât trust him. Not one bit. The thought of him trying to court my daughter makes my blood boil."
Taehyungâs expression darkened slightly at the mention of Lord Corwin, but he quickly masked it with a polite nod. He always noted the looming presence of Lord Corwin around you but never commented on it. "I understand, sir. I would never treat her the way he has. I want to give her a life full of love and respect, not possession."
Your father studied him for a long moment, his gaze softening as the words sank in. Finally, he turned his attention to you, his voice gentle. "And you, my daughter? Is this truly what you want? Does he make you happy?"
Your cheeks flushed a soft pink as you nodded shyly, your hands tightening in your lap. "Yes, Father. He⌠he makes me happy."
A long sigh escaped your father as he looked between the two of you. He saw the way Taehyungâs eyes never left you, the way they softened when they looked at you, filled with affection. He saw the glow in your face, the happiness that had settled over you ever since Taehyung had entered your life.
"Thatâs all Iâve ever wanted for you," he said quietly, his voice thick with emotion. "To see you happy, to know youâre loved."
He turned to Taehyung, his expression softening but still holding a firm warning. "If you promise to cherish her, to be a good husband, then Iâll give you, my blessing. But know this, Taehyung⌠if you ever hurt her or make her unhappy, youâll have me to answer to."
Taehyung bowed deeply, gratitude and respect evident in every movement. "Thank you, sir. I swear to you, I will make her happier than sheâs ever been."
Your father nodded, standing and extending his hand toward Taehyung. As the two men shook hands, a sense of relief washed over you, the tension that had held you captive slowly dissipating. Your mother who had silently watched the exchanged came with a bright smile to congratulate and embrace you.
The future you had dreamed of now felt real filled with love, adventure, and the promise of happiness that only Taehyung could bring.
You felt like you were floating on top of the world. You felt the happiest you ever felt standing in Taehyungâs embrace. Nothing could possibly go wrong you thought. How naive you were to hold such expectations...
When it all came crashing down
The news struck Lord Corwin like a physical blow: your father had agreed to let Taehyung marry you. You, the object of his obsession for so many years, were to wed someone far beneath the station Corwin had believed only he could offer you. His heart churned with a mixture of rage, disbelief, and festering jealousy, each emotion more poisonous than the last.
For years, Corwin had watched you grow, long before you had even turned eighteen. He had admired you from afar, convincing himself that once you came of age, he would swoop in, offer you marriage, and make you his. He believed you needed someone with power and experienceâa man of influence who could protect you. He told himself that age was irrelevant when it came to desire and control. And so, he waited, biding his time until you would be old enough for him to claim. You were just so beautiful and young he felt excitement course through his body at the thought of destroying that innocence. He wanted to break you, mind, body, and soul.
The comparison gnawed at him. Taehyung was everything Corwin was not: young, lean, and graceful. Where Corwin had become bloated over the years, his once-powerful body sagging under the weight of indulgence, Taehyungâs figure was trim and strong. His skin held the warmth of youth, tanned from days spent labouring under the sun. Corwinâs own complexion was pale and mottled, the sagging skin of his jowls and the red blotches on his nose a testament to years of excess and drink.
Taehyungâs dark, thick hair fell in soft waves around his sharp features, while Corwinâs own greasy strands had thinned to the point of near baldness. He could hardly stand to look at himself in the mirror anymore, especially when the memory of Taehyungâs easy smile and clear, confident eyes lingered in his mind.
What did you see in him aside from his handsome looks? Corwin seethed, his beady eyes narrowing with contempt as he sat brooding in his dimly lit manor. His fingers, swollen and stubby, adorned with gaudy rings, dug into the arms of his chair as he thought of Taehyungâs handsâstrong, capable, hands that had undoubtedly touched you in ways Corwin could only dream of.
And thatâs what enraged him the most. For years, he had waited, believed that you would come around, that you would see him as your only option for security. Yet now you had chosen someone like Taehyungâan outsider, a nobody, who had somehow won over both your heart and your fatherâs approval.
Corwinâs stomach churned with resentment. His bulging belly pressed uncomfortably against his embroidered waistcoat, reminding him of how much he had let himself go. He felt grotesque compared to Taehyungâs effortless charm. The thought of you looking at Taehyung with love and admiration, of you sharing your smiles and your dreams with him, made Corwin sick with jealousy. It should have been him. You should have been his.
You didnât know it yet, but Corwin wasnât going to let you go so easily. He had waited years for you, years watching from the shadows, and he wouldnât allow some pretty-faced merchant to take you away from him. Noâif he couldnât have you, then no one would.
Seething in his dark manor, Corwinâs mind twisted and turned, seeking a way to tear you away from Taehyung. His eyes, bloodshot with rage, caught the flicker of candlelight and a cruel smile crept onto his lips. The sacrifice. Of course. It had been right in front of him the entire time.
For centuries, the village of Briarfield had performed the virgin sacrifice ritual to appease the so-called devil. But Corwin knew the truthâit was a hoax, a vile tradition created by the nobles to satisfy their own depraved desires. Every year, they selected a virgin girl under the guise of protecting the village, only to defile her and leave her for dead like it was nothing.
Corwin had never hated the ritual. In fact, he had always seen it as an effective way to maintain control, to keep the villagers fearful and obedient. But this year, he would use it for his own purposesâto make sure that you were his, and only his.
Summoning the village elders under the pretence of urgent business, Corwin presented his case. They met in a candle-lit chamber, the air heavy with the smell of burning wax and damp stone. The elders, grey-haired and hunched with age, listened carefully as Corwin laid out his plan.
âThe time has come once again,â Corwin began, his voice calm but insidious. âThe devil demands his sacrifice, and we must uphold our sacred duty to protect this village.â
The elders nodded. They had been complicit in the ritual for years, their faces grim and indifferent. They knew what it truly meant, and they were aware of what Corwin was about to suggest.
âThis year,â Corwin continued, his tone taking on a darker edge, âthe girl has already been chosen.â
His eyes gleamed as he spoke your name.
âShe is the perfect offering,â Corwin said with a sickening smile. âHer engagement to Taehyung is a distractionâa temptation that the devil himself would surely seek to punish. We must act before it is too late.â
The elders exchanged knowing glances. There was no hesitation, no resistance. They agreed without question, their loyalty to the hoax and their own twisted desires overshadowing any concern for your well-being. All they cared about was the material possessions given to them by the nobles. They far to gone to consider feelings of others as greed had completely overtaken them, over the years. The decision had been finalised.
The next morning, the announcement had been made. This yearâs sacrifice was You.
As the news spread, panic swept through Briarfield like wildfire. Whispers of the devilâs wrath filled the air, and fear gripped the hearts of the villagers. They believed that the ritual was real, that sacrificing you would protect them from harm.
But Corwin knew better. He watched from the shadows, his heart dark with satisfaction. You were trapped now, ensnared by a centuries-old lie designed to rob you of everything. And when the time came, he would be there waiting. Not even Taehyung could save you from the fate that had been sealed.
In his mind, you were already his.
You stood there with wide eyes at the town square as you processed the news. The words rang in your ears, a low murmur at first, like distant thunder, before crashing into your consciousness with the force of a storm.
You⌠you had been chosen as the sacrifice.
This couldnât be real. This couldnât be happening. Your heart hammered in your chest, your limbs went numb, and the world around you seemed to close in. The villagersâ faces blurred together, their whispers and murmurs growing louder. You felt like you were drowning in a sea of fear and dread.
âNo,â you whispered to yourself, shaking your head slowly. âNot meâŚâ
This was not supposed to happen. You had been so close to escaping this cursed place, so close to finally living the life you had dreamed of with Taehyung by your side. A life of love, freedom, and adventureâa life far away from the darkness that clung to Briarfield like a shroud.
But now, that dream was being ripped from you.
Your hands trembled as you clenched them at your sides, your mind reeling. What had you done to deserve this? Why were you being punished? You had seen other girls chosen before, seen the hollow, terrified looks in their eyes as they were led away to their deaths. You had always feared this moment, but you never thought it would be you.
A cold, bitter chill swept over you, and your breath caught in your throat. You couldnât let this happen. You couldnât let them take you. But deep down, you knew the villageâs decision was final. There was no escaping the eldersâ judgment, no defying the centuries-old ritual that had claimed so many before you.
Then, through the crowd, you saw him. Taehyung.
"Y/N!" His voice cut through the noise, filled with desperation. He pushed past the villagers, his face a mix of fear and fury. "Y/N!"
As soon as you saw him, the numbness that had overtaken you shattered. Your legs trembled, and you took a step forward, reaching out as if he were your last lifeline.
âTaehyung!â you cried, your voice breaking as tears blurred your vision. âTaehyung, please!â
In an instant, he was there, his arms wrapping around you in a tight embrace. The warmth of his body, the strength of his gripâit was everything you needed in that moment, everything that kept you from falling apart.
"I wonât let them do this to you," he whispered fiercely, his voice shaking with emotion. "I swear, I wonât let them take you."
But even as he spoke those words, you know how impossible that was. Taehyung was new here so he cannot grasp the severity of everything. The elders had spoken, and the ritual demanded obedience. No one had ever defied it and survived.
Before either of you could say another word, strong hands grabbed Taehyung by the shoulders, yanking him away from you. You stumbled back, reaching for him, panic surging through your veins.
"No!" you screamed, lunging forward, but more hands grabbed you, dragging you backward.
"Y/N!" Taehyung shouted, struggling against the men who restrained him. His eyes were wild with fear, his hands clawing at the air as he fought to reach you.
You kicked and thrashed, desperate to break free, to run to him, to hold him one last time. But it was useless. The menâs grip was iron, their expressions cold and unfeeling as they pulled you toward your home to prepare you for the ceremony.
âTaehyung!â you cried out, tears streaming down your face as you reached for him, your fingertips brushing the air between you. âDonât leave me!â
âI wonât! I promise!â Taehyung yelled; his voice hoarse with desperation as he was dragged further away. âIâll come for you, I swear!â
But the distance between you grew, your bodies pulled further apart by the hands of fate. His voice became fainter, swallowed by the murmur of the crowd.
As they forced you back toward your home, you twisted and turned, your heart breaking with every step. Your hands reached out, but Taehyung was no longer there. The emptiness between you felt like a void, and for the first time, true fear gripped your soul.
Your room was cold and quiet, save for the soft splashing of water as your mother gently bathed your skin. You sat in the large wooden tub, your arms wrapped around yourself for warmth, though nothing could shield you from the dread settling in your chest. Steam rose from the water, clinging to the air with an eerie stillness, but it did nothing to soothe your trembling body.
Your motherâs hands moved over you with care, her touch soft but weighed down by sorrow. She washed your arms and shoulders, wiping away the traces of the life you once knew, preparing you for the inevitable. Her face was pale and drawn, her eyes dull with grief as she worked in silence. She had not spoken since you were declared as the sacrifice, and the absence of your fatherâwho had left the house earlier, unable to bear the sight of his daughterâs impending fateâhung like a ghost in the room.
After bathing you, she helped you from the tub, wrapping you in a thin cloth. She guided you toward a small stool by the fire, her steps slow, as if every movement pained her. The warmth of the hearth barely touched your skin, doing little to chase away the cold knot of fear in your stomach.
Your mother knelt behind you, her hands moving through your long, damp hair. She did not braid it as she usually did for such occasions. Instead, she combed it gently with her fingers, allowing the dark strands to fall free down your back like a cascading waterfall. Your hair framed your face, its softness a stark contrast to the harsh reality of the ceremony that awaited you. The gentle curls of your locks, freshly washed and perfumed with lavender oil, gave you an air of innocence that would make you appear even more pure to the villagers.
The silence between you both was heavy. You could feel her hands trembling slightly as she worked, her breaths shallow and uneven. She parted your hair down the side, letting it fall in loose waves, unadorned, framing your face in a way that made you look younger, more delicate.
When your hair was dry, your mother brought out the ceremonial dress from the chest at the foot of your bed. She never wanted to use it but here she is. This knowledge weighs at her. Her hands shook as she held the white linen gown before you, her lips pressed into a thin line. The dress was simple, yet etherealâa symbol of the purity expected of you.
The bodice was a fitted corset, but modest, cinching gently at your waist before flaring out into a flowing skirt that reached down to your ankles. The sleeves were long and billowed softly, cinching at the wrists, giving the appearance of delicate wings. Silver embroidery traced the neckline and cuffs, small and intricate, adding a subtle touch of elegance to the otherwise plain garment.
Your mother helped you step into the gown, her fingers carefully fastening the laces at the back. With each tug, you felt as though the dress was binding you tighter into your fate. The fabric clung to your body, soft but suffocating, as if it were swallowing you whole.
When the final lace was tied, your mother stepped back, her eyes filling with tears as she took in the sight of you. The pure white of the dress, the soft waves of your dark hair, and the pale glow of your skin all worked together to create the image of a perfect sacrificeâuntouched, innocent, and ready to be offered.
âYou look⌠beautiful,â she whispered, her voice thick with emotion.
But the word felt hollow. You didnât feel beautiful. You felt like a vesselâsomething to be given away, something to be used.
As your mother placed a tender kiss on your forehead, you swallowed the lump in your throat, your heart aching with a desperation you could not express. Your fatherâs absence weighed heavily on you.
This wasnât how your life was supposed to end. Not like this.
But as your motherâs hands lingered on your shoulders, the reality of it all sank in and all you could do was pray for any God out there to help you.
Taehyung paced back and forth in the small, dimly lit room where he had been confined. The walls, lined with aged stone and heavy curtains, seemed to close in on him, suffocating his hopes. His mind raced with plans and possibilities, each more desperate than the last. He had been thrown into a locked chamber, barred from leaving and, most painfully, from seeing you. He could hear muffled voices and footsteps outside, the occasional clinking of metal, and the distant sound of the village preparing for the ritual. Each noise was a painful reminder of the precious moments slipping away.
Determined not to give up, Taehyung had already tried every lockpicking trick he knew, but the door remained stubbornly shut. His heart pounded in his chest, a heavy weight pressing down on him as he thought of you being prepared for the ceremony. The images of your faceâso full of hope and love suddenly replaced by shockâhaunted him. He could only imagine how frightened you must be, and the thought of you being forced into the clutches of the so-called "ceremony" filled him with a deep, cold rage.
In a fit of frustration, he banged on the door, shouting for anyone who might hear him. âLet me out! I must see her!â His voice echoed off the stone walls, but it was met with silence. He pounded on the door again, desperate, and breathless. âPlease! Someone, help me!â
His efforts were met with nothing but the indifferent response of the guards outside, their footsteps fading as they moved away. Taehyung sank to the floor, his back against the door. He clenched his fists, his knuckles white, and took deep, steadying breaths, trying to calm the storm of emotions swirling within him.
In his heart, he knew he couldnât give up. Not now, not when the love of his life was in such grave danger. Taehyung's mind raced with a single, driving thought: he had to escape, he had to save you. His determination hardened into resolve as he worked to find another way out, his thoughts consumed with the promise he had made to youâthat he would never let anything come between you.
He could only hope that, somehow, he would find a way to break free and reach you in time.
And as his mind tried to come up with another escape plan, he door to his chamber creaked open. The dim light from the corridor spilled in, and there, standing in the doorway with a twisted smile, was Lord Corwin. Taehyungâs heart sank, his stomach churning with a sickening sense of dread.
Corwin stepped inside, his heavy footfalls echoing in the small room. He surveyed Taehyung with a sneer, his eyes brimming with malice and twisted satisfaction. "Well, well, if it isnât the valiant merchant," Corwin drawled, his voice dripping with condescension. "So full of love and devotion for that sweet little girl, arenât you?"
Taehyung rose to his feet, glaring at Corwin with barely contained fury. "What do you want?" he spat, his voice trembling with rage.
Corwinâs smile widened, revealing yellowed teeth. He moved closer, his oily presence filling the room like a vile stench. "Iâve come to deliver some unfortunate news, Iâm afraid. You see, while you sit here locked away, your precious bride-to-be is being prepared for an incredibly special ceremony. One that has been a tradition in Briarfield for centuries."
Taehyungâs jaw clenched as he stepped forward, his hands balling into fists. "I already know about the ritual," he growled. "But you wonât lay a finger on her. Iâll stop you."
Corwin chuckled darkly, shaking his head in mock sympathy. "Ah, but you donât know the true nature of the ritual, do you? No, you still believe in that quaint little lie they talk about appeasing the devil." He leaned in closer, his voice dropping to a sickening whisper. "The truth is the ritual has nothing to do with the devil. Itâs all for us. The noble men of Briarfield. Each year, we choose a girl. We strip her of her dignity, her purity... we defile her. And then, once weâve had our fun, we leave her to die."
Taehyungâs eyes widened in horror, his breath catching in his throat. He felt sick, his vision blurring with rage as Corwin continued.
"And your sweet little bride-to-be," Corwin sneered, "will be no different. I will have the pleasure of taking her first. I have waited so long for this momentâwatching her blossom into womanhood, untouched and pure, just waiting for me. And when I am done with her..." He paused, his lips curling into a grotesque smile. "Well, letâs just say she wonât be the same girl you fell in love with."
Taehyungâs vision went red. He lunged at Corwin, his fists aiming straight for the older manâs leering face. "You bastard!" he roared, but before his fist could connect, two guards grabbed him from behind, pulling him back with brute force.
Corwin stepped back, laughing cruelly as Taehyung struggled against the guards. "Temper, temper," Corwin taunted, his eyes glinting with satisfaction. "Youâre nothing but a pathetic peasant, thinking you could protect her. What could you possibly offer her? A life of selling trinkets in the market? Sheâs too good for you, boy."
Taehyung strained against the guards; his teeth gritted in pure fury. "Iâll kill you! I swear if you touch her-"
"Youâll do nothing," Corwin interrupted, waving a dismissive hand. "Because youâre weak. Youâll sit here, helpless, while we take whatâs ours." He adjusted his coat with a smug grin. "Enjoy the show from your cage, boy. Iâll be sure to tell her how useless you were in the end."
With that, Corwin turned on his heel and strode toward the door, a satisfied smile plastered across his face. As he reached the threshold, he paused and glanced over his shoulder. "Sheâll cry for you, you know," he said, as if savouring the thought. "But you wonât be able to do a thing about it."
The door slammed shut behind him, leaving Taehyung trembling with rage and helplessness. His heart ached with fear for you, but the fire in his chest refused to die. Even as he struggled against the guards, his mind churned with thoughts of revenge, desperate to stop Corwin and save you from the fate he had so vilely described.
The village square was eerily quiet despite the large gathering of people. You stood there, heart pounding in your chest, dressed in your white ceremonial gown. The wind tugged at the hem, but it did little to stir the suffocating atmosphere. It was as if the very air had thickened around you, heavy with expectation and dread.
The villagers watched with false reverence, their eyes dull and unfeeling, offering hollow words of praise for your supposed bravery. Bravery? It was a bitter joke. You had not chosen to stand here, had not chosen this fate. You were forced- condemned.
The elder approached you with a blindfold in his gnarled hands, his wrinkled face twisted into a grim mask of ceremony. His fingers were cold and rough as they tied the cloth tightly around your eyes, shutting out the last slivers of the village you had known all your life. Darkness consumed your vision, leaving only the cacophony of sound and the bitter taste of fear on your tongue.
As you stood there, sightless, you could hear your mother sobbing softly from somewhere behind you. Each sob pierced through you like a blade, her grief wrapping around your heart. You wanted to cry out to her, to run to her, Be held and comforted by your mom but your legs were frozen beneath you, bound by invisible chains of duty and terror.
Hands gripped your armsâfirm, unyielding handsâand began to guide you forward, pulling you away from the square. You stumbled at first, your feet catching on the uneven ground, but the hands steadied you, urging you on. You could hear the shuffle of boots and the whispering of cloaks as the elders led you through the village, away from the familiar sounds of Briarfield and deeper into the woods.
The ground beneath your feet shifted as you left the cobblestone streets and stepped onto the soft earth of the forest. The air changed, cooler with the scent of moss and decaying leaves. The sounds of the village faded into the distance, replaced by the rustling of trees and the occasional snap of a twig underfoot. You could hear the soft chirping of insects and the distant calls of night birds, their eerie songs only heightening the sense of isolation.
Your heart raced in your chest, each step feeling heavier than the last as you were dragged closer to the altar. Your mind raced with images of what was to come, of the horrors Corwin had spoken of, and you fought to keep your breathing steady. The blindfold pressed tightly against your eyelids, and with each passing moment, the reality of your situation sank deeper into your bones.
The elders murmured soft incantations as they led you further into the woods, their voices low and rhythmic, blending with the sounds of the night. But their words brought no comfort, only a sickening reminder of what awaited you at the altar.
You strained your ears, trying to grasp any familiar sounds, anything that would tell you where you were. The world around you had become an abyss, where each sound was amplified in the darkness. The soft brush of leaves against your skin, the cold gust of wind on your face, the distant crackling of a fire you could not see, all of it swirled together in a maddening symphony of fear.
The hands that guided you suddenly stopped, and you could feel the ground beneath your feet shift slightly uneven stones pressing against your soles. You knew, without seeing, that you had arrived at the altar.
You shivered as they lead you towards the, what you assumed to be the alter made up of old ancient slab covered in moss and lichen. As you were laid upon the stone, you could hear the rustling of the eldersâ robes. You strained your ears, hoping for some sound that would anchor you in the momentâa birdâs call, the rustle of leaves, anythingâbut the forest had gone unnervingly quiet. The blindfold pressed tightly against your face, leaving you in total darkness.
You heard the soft scrape of a blade being drawn, the metallic sound causing your heart to lurch in your chest. The elder murmured words in a language you didn't understand, and the hairs on the back of your neck stood up. You were waiting for something, some terrible finality but what came instead was silence. The kind of silence that felt wrong, like it was filled with secrets.
You felt hands on your shoulders, their grip too familiar, too wrong. And then, you heard it, a low, mocking laugh.
It wasn't the deep, otherworldly growl of a devil, but the cruel, triumphant sound of a man who had long desired something he was now moments away from taking. The sound sent a shiver down your spine.
Lord Corwin.
You jerked against the hands that held you, but they tightened, keeping you in place. Your heart pounded in your chest, panic surging through your veins. You tried to speak, to demand answers, but your throat closed, your voice trapped behind a wall of fear.
"You still believe in the devil, don't you?" Corwinâs voice slithered through the darkness, mocking and taunting. "Poor thing. They have filled your head with stories of demons and sacrifices. But I assure you... there is no devil coming for you tonight."
The realization hit you like a punch to the gut. The ceremony, the sacrifice, none of it was real. You were not being offered to some dark entity. You were being handed over to men like him.
"You see," Corwin continued, his voice drawing closer, "this ritual isnât for protection. Itâs for us." He paused, his breath hot and close, sending waves of nausea through you. "For centuries, we've chosen a girl each year to entertain us. To indulge ourselves in ways that the village would never dare to question."
You felt your knees weaken, your body trembling as his words sank in. The stories you had been told since childhood were all lies. The devil was just a tale, a cover for the horrors these men had committed under the guise of tradition.
"Don't struggle," Corwin whispered, his tone sickeningly sweet. "Youâll only make it harder for yourself. After all, you should be honoured to have caught my attention all these years."
Then you felt a hand rustling with your dress and your stomach started twisting at the realisation would exactly Corwinâs words meant. You felt a hand sneak up your dress and grab your thigh and your fight response kicked in. You jerked at the touch and tried your best to swing a fist at where you heard Corwin standing. You were in every disadvantage, but you werenât going down without a fight. Or so you thought.
You suddenly felt your hands being grabbed and forced down harshly above your head. You cursed aloud at whoever it was but now that both your hands and legs were immobile you werenât sure what to do. The adrenaline in your body was slowly slipping away and all you felt was terror.
âTsk tsk tsk, this is not what I expect from you darlin-â you cut Corwin off  âI donât care about what you expect from me!â you angrily yelled out but just then you felt a sting on your left cheek.
Lord Corwin had slapped you.
âSomebody really needs to put you in your place. Do not forget you are just a mere woman. You exist just to serve men. The only thing of value you hold is beauty and a fertile body to birth childrenâ Lord Corwin replied venomously.
And just before you could retort back, you felt your dress being ripped and only a gasp left your throat.
âNo stay back!â you yelled in desperation as you felt Corwinâs grimy hands roam your exposed legs. You felt his breath near your throat as he leaned down to kiss the area. You felt disgusted and angry. Your mind wondered to Taehyung praying that he would show up somehow. You felt Corwinâs hand slid up and grabbed your chest. You cried angry tears as you decided to yell one last time âTaehyung please save me from here!â you cried loud angry tears and just when you were about to give up, you heard it.
From somewhere deeper in the woods, a new sound echoed, a distant clamour of voices, of movement. At first, you thought it was your mind playing tricks on you, desperate to cling to any hope. But it grew louder, closer. The elders hesitated, their hands loosening on your arms and legs.
Taehyung.
You knew it was him. He had come for you.
The voices grew louder, the footsteps echoing closer until they were upon you. You could hear the rush of movement, angry shouts, the crack of branches underfoot. Panic surged through the elders and the men surrounding you. Their once confident whispers turned frantic.
You felt your heartbeat in your throat, pounding with both fear and a sliver of desperate hope.
"Stop them!" Corwin's voice rose in anger, the sharp command lashing through the air like a whip. His hands gripped your arms again, but they were no longer steady. You could feel his panic too, his control over the situation slipping through his fingers.
The elder holding you released his grip entirely, his cowardice evident in his hasty retreat. You could hear the shuffle of feet as others followed suit, abandoning the ritual altar in a state of chaos.
Suddenly, the blindfold was ripped from your eyes. The world returned in a flash of dim torchlight and shadowed faces. The clearing was swarming with men, some village guards, some common folk, and there, breaking through the tree line, was Taehyung.
His eyes blazed with fury; his jaw clenched tightly as he barrelled toward you. For a moment, you were frozen, overwhelmed by the sight of him and by the fact that he had come, against all odds.
Corwin cursed under his breath, his face twisted in rage as he pulled you roughly towards him, using your body as a shield between him and Taehyung. His grip was hard, bruising, his nails digging into your flesh. You could smell the sweat and desperation radiating from him.
"You think you can take her from me?" Corwin spat, his voice a mixture of fear and disgust as he glared at Taehyung. "You, a lowly peasant, dare to challenge me?"
Taehyung slowed his approach but never took his eyes off you, his expression softening for a brief moment as he saw the fear in your eyes. Then, his gaze hardened again, his fists clenched at his sides.
"I will take her from you," Taehyung said firmly, his voice steady despite the storm raging behind his eyes. "Because she doesn't belong to you. She never did."
Corwin scoffed, his breath heavy against your neck. "Look at me, girl!" he growled, yanking your face toward him. His once pristine appearance was now crumbling. His thinning hair slick with sweat, his eyes bulging with anger and something worse, desperation. He reeked of arrogance, of an entitlement so deeply ingrained that he believed the world owed him everything, even you.
"You could have had comfort," Corwin sneered, his eyes darting between you and Taehyung. "Wealth, status... But you choose him?" His voice dripped with venom. "What can he offer you?"
You stared at Corwin, disgust rising like bile in your throat. Even now, he could not understand that what you wanted was freedom, not wealth. You wanted love, not power. And Taehyung offered you all the things Corwin never couldâkindness, gentleness, and a future not built on fear.
But before you could answer, Taehyung took a step closer. His voice was like a promise, unwavering and fierce. "I offer her everything you never could, respect, love, and a life free from monsters like you."
Corwinâs grip tightened painfully for a moment, his face darkening. But then, as the approaching crowd surged closer, the realization dawned on him. His plan had failed. The power he once held over you and the village was slipping away.
His eyes flickered with malice as he released you, shoving you toward Taehyung. You stumbled, but Taehyung was there, catching you in his arms, pulling you against his chest protectively.
"Take her," Corwin sneered, stepping back, his lips curling into a bitter smile. "But this isnât over. You think you've won, but youâve merely delayed the inevitable." Corvin threw meaningless threats at you.
And with that, Corwin turned, retreating into the shadows of the woods, his figure vanishing into the night.
As you stood in Taehyungâs embrace, trying to make sense of the nightmare that had unfolded, Taehyungâs gaze locked down onto yours. His eyes swept over your form, and his expression hardened, his features darkening with a mixture of concern and fury. The delicate ceremonial gown you wore was torn and dirtied, bruises beginning to form where the men had handled you so roughly. Your entire body trembled, overwhelmed by everything you had endured.
Without a word, Taehyung quickly slipped off his long coat, moving toward you with a gentleness that contrasted the anger simmering beneath his calm exterior. He draped the coat over your shoulders, covering you, shielding you from the eyes of those who had tormented you.
âStay still,â he murmured softly, his voice thick with emotion. His hands brushed over your arms as he pulled the coat tighter around you, trying to hide the evidence of what could have been. His jaw clenched as his eyes flicked over your face, lingering on every bruise, every tear, and the fragile look of shock etched into your expression.
Anger flared briefly in his eyes as he spoke, his voice low but steady. âIâm so sorry⌠I should have gotten to you sooner.â
âDo not apologise for something you had no control over. Iâm just glad that you made it.â You whisper back.
As Taehyung held you close once again, you looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. âHow did you manage to escape?â you asked, your voice trembling with exhaustion.
Taehyungâs face was a mix of anger and determination. âIt was not easy. The guards had me locked in a small, dark cell in the chapel, and I was running out of time.â
He took a deep breath, clearly reliving the tense moments. âI overheard the guards talking about a secret passageway under the old chapel, used long ago for smuggling goods. I knew I had to find a way to use that passage to escape. Also, who reveals such information in front of a prisoner?â he says trying to make you smile and you giggled in response.
Taehyung then continued, âI managed to use a piece of broken furniture to pry open a loose stone in the cell wall. It was a desperate move, but I had to try. I crawled through the narrow tunnel, which led to the chapelâs old crypt. From there, I found a way out to the back of the chapel.â
Your heart raced as you listened, imagining his harrowing escape. âBut how did you get to me?â
Taehyung nodded, a fierce resolve in his eyes. âOnce I got outside, I made my way to the village edge, where I saw your father sitting in sorrow. I found him and told him everything about the ritual, Corwinâs lies, and how I had managed to escape.â
He paused, his gaze meeting yours with a mix of pride and urgency. âYour father was able to rally the villagers and expose Corwinâs true intentions. They were already suspicious, but my escape and the information I brought gave them the final push to act against Corwin and his corrupt schemes.â
You felt a surge of relief and admiration for Taehyung. âIâm so grateful you made it out in time.â
Taehyung gently cupped your face, his expression softening. âI would have done anything to save you.â
Your gaze shifted just in time to see the villagers dragging a furious Lord Corwin back into the clearing. His once-fine clothes were torn and filthy, his large frame covered in mud and sweat. He panted heavily, too slow, and too fat to outrun the angry crowd that had hunted him down.
âLet me go!â Corwin bellowed, his face flushed with humiliation and anger. âYou fools! You have no idea what you have done! This village needs me!â
The villagersâ rage bubbled over as they shoved him to the ground. âYou let our daughters die!â someone shouted from the crowd. âYou let them suffer while we were blind!â
Corwin sneered, trying to rise, but his bloated body betrayed him, and the crowd held him down. He turned his eyes to Taehyung, the hatred in his gaze palpable but Taehyung let the crowd do the talking, deciding to step back with you.
A Month Later:
The grandeur of the magical court of Aetherfall stood in stark contrast to the grim history of Briarfield. The court was a sprawling palace, its walls adorned with shimmering crystals that bathed the hall in a soft, ethereal light. Magic-infused tapestries depicted scenes of legendary heroes and mythical creatures, setting a majestic backdrop for the dayâs proceedings.
Lord Corwin, along with other implicated nobles from Briarfield, was presented before the court. The once-proud noble now looked gaunt and dishevelled, his arrogance replaced by palpable fear. The court was abuzz with whispers and murmurs as the nobleâs faced judgment for their crimes.
The Chief Enchanter, a figure of immense power and authority, presided over the proceedings. His robes, interwoven with silver thread, glowed with a gentle luminescence. He spoke in a voice that carried both authority and sorrow, condemning the nobles for their abhorrent actions.
âLord Corwin and his compatriots stand accused of vile corruption and cruelty,â the Chief Enchanter intoned. âTheir ritual, a grotesque masquerade to cover their own depravity, has caused untold suffering. Justice must be served.â
Corwinâs face twisted in a mixture of rage and despair as the verdict was read. The punishment was severeâhis wealth confiscated, his titles stripped, and he was to be banished from the realms of Aetherfall. The courtâs magic would ensure he could never return, casting a protective barrier around the realm to keep him from ever entering again. And he shall work as a peasant until the day he takes his last breath.
Where as in Briarfield, the once-dark village had transformed into a vibrant scene of celebration. Lanterns floated above, and tables were laden with an array of delicious foods and sparkling drinks. The villagers, once sombre, now danced and celebrated the end of a dark chapter in their history.
The village square of Briarfield had been transformed into a picturesque scene of festivity for your wedding. Lanterns, adorned with delicate fairy lights, floated gracefully above, casting a warm and inviting glow over the area. Tables draped in rich, burgundy fabrics were laden with an array of delicious foods: succulent roasted meats, fresh fruits, pastries dusted with sugar, and bubbling pitchers of sweet, sparkling drinks.
The wedding ceremony took place in the heart of the village square, where a beautifully decorated archway of intertwined flowers and greenery formed a natural altar. The archway was adorned with cascading blooms of ivory and blush pink, their gentle fragrance mingling with the cool evening air.
You stood at the entrance of the makeshift aisle, a vision of grace in a simple yet elegant wedding gown. The gown, made from a flowing white fabric, had delicate lace trim along the neckline and sleeves. Your hair, left open in soft waves, was adorned with a few small white flowers, adding a touch of ethereal beauty.
Taehyung stood at the altar, his formal attire reflecting the elegance of the occasion. He wore a dark navy-blue suit with intricate silver embroidery that caught the light, making him look every bit the regal figure. His eyes were locked on you, filled with admiration and love.
As you walked down the aisle, the villagers, gathered to witness the event, applauded, and cheered, their faces beaming with genuine happiness. The sound of soft music played by a small band in the corner of the square added to the celebratory atmosphere.
When you reached the altar, Taehyung took your hand gently, his touch warm and reassuring. The officiant, a respected elder of the village, began the ceremony with words of wisdom and blessing.
âToday, we gather to celebrate the union of two souls who have found their way to each other through trials and love. Let us rejoice in their happiness and witness the vows they will make.â
Taehyung and You shared your heartfelt vows which certainly bought tears in your eyes as the comforting words set in.
The officiant smiled warmly and pronounced you both husband and wife. The crowd erupted in cheers as you and Taehyung shared your first kiss as a married couple.
As the evening progressed, the celebration continued with lively music and dancing. Taehyung and you moved through the crowd, greeting friends and family, sharing laughter and joy. The atmosphere was filled with happiness and relief, a stark contrast to the dark days that had preceded this moment.
During the evening, as the stars began to twinkle in the sky, you and Taehyung took that as a chance a sneaked away from everyone. You both giggled like teenagers as you made your way towards Taehyungâs cottage. As soon as the door closed, Taehyung had you pushed up against it and wasted no time crashing against yours hungrily, filled with all the love and desire he had been holding back throughout the day. You melted into his embrace, your body responding instinctively to his touch.
He trailed kisses along your jawline, down your neck, leaving a trail of fire wherever he touched. Your knees grew weak as he found that one spot on your neck that always drove you wild. His hands roamed over your body possessively, claiming every inch of you as his own.
With a sudden burst of strength, he lifted you into his arms and carried you toward the bedroom. You giggled playfully at the unexpected gesture, burying your face in the crook of his neck as he kissed a trail down your collarbone.
He gently laid you down on the bed, hovering over you with a look of pure adoration in his eyes. "You have no idea how beautiful you are," he whispered huskily before capturing your lips once again. You slowly trail your hands under his shirt and understanding what you wanted, he pulled his shirt off.
He had a soft stomach but years of hard labour had made his muscles taunt and as you were admiring him, his hands traced patterns along your sides before sliding under your dress to caress every curve. The fabric felt like too much of a barrier between your bodies as he explored every inch of skin beneath it.
Sensing your impatience, Taehyung pulled away for a moment to remove your dress, his eyes never leaving yours as he did. Once you were lying before him in nothing but your lingerie, he took a moment to admire the sight.
"You're perfect," he breathed, his voice thick with emotion. "Absolutely perfect and all mine."
His hands resumed their exploration, this time with no barriers in the way. He traced circles over the soft skin of your stomach, his touch sending shivers down your spine. Slowly, he moved lower, teasing the sensitive skin just above your panties.
You moaned softly at the sensation, arching into his touch. His fingers danced lightly over your heat, driving you closer to the edge with each gentle caress.
"Please," you whimpered, unable to take the teasing any longer. "I need you."
Taehyung's eyes darkened with desire at your words, and without another moment's hesitation, he removed your panties and looked at your core glistening with wetness. You suddenly felt shy and tried to close your legs, but Taehyung was fast enough to pry them open again.
âDonât hide from me love, let me see and feel all of youâ he said looking directly in your eyes. He brings his fingers to your core once again and starts making a figure 8 forcing the sweetest of sounds out of you.
âThatâs it love. You look so prettyâ he says before diving headfirst into your centre without a warning making you cry out in pleasure at the new sensation. Your hand reached out to grab his hair, pulling on the strands, eliciting a groan out of him. His tongue circles your clit as he slowly enters a finger inside you. The sensational felt uncomfortable but was soon replaced by blinding pleasure once he started moving them.
You felt a coil build up in your stomach as your breath started to get laboured not understanding the sensation. âTae- I feel s-something in I- youâ you couldnât form a sentence before the coil snapped and you came with a loud moan panting loudly.
Taehyung finally rose up from between your legs, your juices running down his chin making your cheeks heat up. âYou did so well baby!â he said a little bit too enthusiastically. You shyly reached your hands over his shoulders and brought him down for a kiss.
Taehyung pulled away before pressing his forehead to your, your noses touching, âWe donât have to do anything beyond this.â He whispered.
âI want to Tae. Donât worryâ you ease his nerves. âItâs going to hurt a little. Iâll try to go slow okay and if anything hurts too much, stop meâ he rambles a little which is endearing to you how much he is worried about you.
You kiss his lips one more time, âI trust you Tae, donât worryâ you smile up at him. Seeing you with those big eyes looking at him asking him to make love to you, Tae scrambles to pull his pants down bringing his cock out and stroking it.
"I love you so much," he murmured as he lined himself up with your entrance. "Are you ready?"
You nodded eagerly, excitement and nervousness mingling together inside you. This was itâthe moment you had been waiting for.
With a slow and steady push, Taehyung entered you fully. You gasped at the feeling of him stretching and filling you completely. Tears welled up in your eyes as a mix of pleasure and pain washed over you.
"Shh," Taehyung whispered soothingly as he wiped away a stray tear. "I've got you."
He stayed still for a moment to let you adjust to the sensation before slowly starting to move. Each thrust sent waves of pleasure coursing through your body until all thoughts were replaced by pure ecstasy.
As his pace quickened, so did the intensity of your pleasure until it was all-consumingâlike fireworks exploding inside you with every movement. Your nails dug into his back, your moans growing louder with each thrust. You wrapped your legs around his waist feeling him even deeper inside of you.
"I'm⌠I'mâŚ" you stammered, unable to form a coherent thought as the pleasure built to an almost unbearable peak. But as you were about to cum, he pulled out making you whine at the loss of your high. Before you could complain, he flipped you over on your stomach bringing your hips up and entered your heat once again.
Your hands clutched the sheets tightly as you feel him move your hair to the side and leave trails of kisses behind your neck and ear. You feel your pleasure build up once more and all you can let out are incoherent words. Taehyung could feel you were close with how much you were clenching around him.
"Come for me, baby," Taehyung urged, his voice filled with a mix of desire and desperation. "Let go."
With one final thrust, you felt yourself unravelling beneath him. Pleasure washed over you in a tidal wave as your hand tightened on the sheets below.
Taehyung's movements grew erratic as he chased his own release. With a low groan, he buried himself deep inside you as he found his own release. He buries his face in your neck as the waves of pleasure subsided, both of you breathless and spent from the intensity of it all.
He flipped you back onto your front before collapsing on top of you, burying his face in the crook of your neck as he caught his breath. "I love you so much," he whispered against your skin.
You ran your fingers through his hair lovingly, savouring this moment of intimacy between you. "I love you too," you replied softly. "More than words can say."
As the world outside faded away, you knew that this was just the beginning of a lifetime of love and passion with Taehyung by your side as you both fell asleep in each otherâs embrace.
The day had finally come. You and Taehyung were ready to leave the village behind and embark on your long-awaited journey, you were ready to embrace the world beyond the shadows of Briarfield. But first, you had to say your goodbyes.
Your parents stood by the small, worn-down cottage that had been your home for as long as you could remember. The familiar creak of the door, the patches in the roof your father had mended over the years, the garden your mother tended toâit all felt so achingly nostalgic now. Your mother, tears already brimming in her eyes, reached out to hold your hands tightly.
âOh, my sweet girlâŚâ she whispered, her voice trembling. âIt feels like only yesterday you were a little child, running through the fields. And now, you are leaving us, off to see the world with your husband.â
You choked back your own tears as you wrapped your arms around her. âI will miss you, Mama. So much.â
Your mother pulled back slightly, cupping your face with her hands. âPromise me you will write when you can. Tell me about all the places you visit and the adventures you have. I want to hear every detail.â
âI promise,â you said, your voice barely above a whisper.
Your father, though not an emotional man, could not hide the tears in his eyes. He stepped forward, pulling you into a tight embrace. âYouâve always been strong,â he said, his voice thick with emotion. âI am proud of you for choosing your own path. But remember, no matter how far you go, this will always be your home.â
You nodded against his chest, feeling the warmth of his familiar embrace one last time. When he pulled away, your fatherâs gaze shifted to Taehyung, who stood respectfully nearby, watching the exchange with a soft smile.
âTake care of her,â your father said, his voice turning more firm, though still gentle. âSheâs everything to us.â
Taehyung stepped forward, his eyes full of sincerity. He took your fatherâs hand in his, shaking it firmly. âI will. You have my word, sir. I will keep her safe and do everything I can to make her happy.â
Your fatherâs expression softened, and with a nod, he stepped back to allow you both to continue your farewells.
Taehyung turned to your mother, bowing slightly out of respect. She took his hands in hers and said, âThank you for bringing light into her life. I can see how much you care for her.â
âI love her with all my heart,â Taehyung replied softly, his voice steady. âAnd I promise to cherish her, always.â
Your mother smiled through her tears before she let him go.
With the goodbyes said, you and Taehyung turned toward his small carriage carrying all your packed belongings and some of Taehyungâs wares. But before you could take another step, Taehyung gently tugged you back, his hands cupping your face as he kissed you softly on the forehead. âAre you ready?â he asked, his voice full of warmth and affection.
You nodded, though tears brimmed in your eyes. âAs long as youâre with me.â
He smiled and took your hand in his, lifting it to his lips for a gentle kiss. The warmth of his touch sent a shiver through you, but this time, it was not from the cold, it was from the love that seemed to radiate from him in waves. âTogether,â he whispered.
As the carriage started to move, Taehyung navigating it, you gazed at your surroundings, watching Briarfield slowly disappear behind a veil of mist and trees. A small part of your heart ached with the weight of leaving everything familiar behind, your parents, your home, the village where you had grown upâbut you were also excited to finally see world beyond the once gloomy village.
He noticed the faraway look in your eyes and gently squeezed your hand. "You know," he said softly, "this isnât goodbye forever. We will visit your parents soon. Perhaps once we've settled a bit, we can come back and spend time with them during our travels."
You looked up at him, your eyes filled with gratitude and relief. "Youâd really do that? Even after everything?"
"Of course," Taehyung said, smiling. "I know how much they mean to you, and theyâve welcomed me like family. I want to make sure you never feel like youâve truly left them behind."
His words brought comfort, and you leaned into him, resting your head against his shoulder as the carriage rolled steadily along. Outside, the landscape was changing from the familiar fields and woods of Briarfield to new horizons.
With that, the two of you settled into a peaceful silence, your hands intertwined as the carriage carried you toward the future.
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â âË⥠Love Your Feeling (JJK)
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After ages of denying your feelings, you're finally getting to know your crush. But as you walk back to where you were chatting with him, you see him with another girl.
As the world sinks at your feet, your best friend is there to cheer you up again. Little do you know, that's just the beginning.
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Status: on-going
Rating: 18+ || includes explicit content
Taglist || Nini's Library
Total word count: 31.7k
!Friends to Lovers, Protective Brother, Secret Dating, Friends with Benefits, Angst, Mature content, Dysfunctional Family, Fluff, Smut, Mentions of Alcoholism and Abuse
Chapter indexᅬ
Chapter one || Cat Fights (6.6k)
We're going to a party!
Chapter two || Making Mistakes (6.6k)
Lets pretend nothing happened okay?
Drabble one || Beat Him To Death (701)
I wish I could beat him to death.
Chapter three || Cold (7k)
How long have you been out? Youâre cold.
Chapter four || Handling it (7.3k)
How do you know, he wonât turn into Dad?
Drabble two || Joons Place (801)
You like her? Yeah I really do.
Chapter five || When JK meets Mom (4.2k)
Be careful, you don't know what he's capable of.
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Hello! Just saw your requests were open. I was wondering if I could request a long time friends to lovers with Taehyung?
Lots of unspoken tension, that sort of "everyone thinks we're dating but we totally aren't" vibe, where they've been friends with feelings so long that lines have been crossed. Lots of touchy closeness that's not really friendly, toy know? Sharing clothes.. cuddling in weird moments but it's just cos "he's cold".
Think Taehyung in Mexico and his newest Type 1 magazine. Beach vibes, shirtless, tanned skin, permanent drippy curls.. maybe that's what makes it snap? A trip together or a vacation at the beach?
It can haves smut or not, I'll leave that up to your inspiration for it.. have a nice day and thank you!
Friends, Just For Now - Kim Taehyung
Pairing: Kim Taehyung x fem!reader
Warnings: Fluff, slight smut, angst, mentions of pregnancy, hobi is kind of a bad friend? (i'm sorry)
Summary: Kim Taehyung, your best friend since you two were kids had invited you to Mexico in hopes for you to get over your ex. Kim Taehyung, the same man who you've had the biggest and most pathetic crush on since you can remember.
Word count: 9k (got carried away sorry)
PS: this ask was fire, thank you for sending it!
MASTERLIST // my Ko-Fi
Your feet touched Mexico ground and you inhaled the fresh air of the YucatĂĄn Peninsula. In your mind, words of gratitude started popping up towards your best friend, Kim Taehyung. A man who had been by your side since you were 10 years old. He had convinced you to take a break from work and go on a trip with him to relax, and while you were dubious about it, he had been very insistent and used his superpower (his puppy eyes and pouty lips) which worked like magic.Â
And thatâs how you got there.Â
Taehyung appeared next to you, wearing that charming smile that was always perched on his handsome face.Â
Oh, that.Â
YeahâŚÂ
The moment you realised you were in love with your best friend, you puked. It was back when you were 16, at a party. He had just debuted with his bandmates and he had taken you out to celebrate with them. You were chatting up with Kyungmin, Namâs little sister, while she insisted on trying a new drink that she had seen on the internet. As you were chugging up the drink that Kyungmin had pushed into your hands, you got a glimpse of Taehyung talking to a girl. It seemed flirty but they werenât touchy. Yet, it made your insides burn with jealousy and suddenly, you had only one thought in your mind: Iâm in love with my best friend.Â
You quickly put the drink down on the table and ran towards the bathroom, closing the door with a shove of your foot and emptying your insides in the toilet.Â
It had been eleven years since then. Eleven years of constant pining and obliviousness from his part.Â
You had seen him date all around, with idols, models, and beautiful women which you obviously couldnât compete with. You were out of his league, you had always been sure of it. He never looked at you the way you looked at him, so at one point you gave up the fight.
It wasnât that your feelings went away. No. Of course not. But you stopped hoping one day heâd turn to you and confess his undying love for you, which by the looks of it, seemed close to impossible. So, you started to date around and hook up with other men, in hopes to find your soulmate and the love of your life all in one, and mainly to stop thinking those two things could ever be found in Kim Taehyung.Â
Your last relationship, Eunwoo, lasted for about two and a half years. It had been your longest relationship and you were genuinely in love with him. It had ended two months ago and it hurt.Â
You ended the relationship amicably and unanimously, feeling like it was for the better to go separate ways. But that didnât mean it wasnât hurting you. He had been nothing but the sweetest towards you and there was not even an ounce of resentment that you felt for him.Â
So, Taehyung, being as attentive as he had always been (except for realising you were pathetically in love with him), thought that it was for the best to take two weeks off to put an end to your misery and to stop focusing so much on your job, something you started doing since you and Eunwoo broke up, mostly to take your mind off your thoughts.Â
âIsnât it beautiful?â Taheyung asked. âDo you smell the beach from here?â
âTae, weâre literally miles away from the beachâ you snorted. âBut yeah. I like it so farâ
He chuckled and put an arm over your shoulder, as he pulled you closer to his body. âYouâll love it by the end of it. You just have to see the resort I booked for the two of usâ he stated excitedly.Â
A car pulled up in front of you and he opened the door for you to get in.Â
You bowed your head down at his chivalrous gesture and got inside the car. He shut the door once he got inside himself and sighed, placing a hand over your thigh. The action made your insides jump and twist around. As you met his gaze, he smiled at you. âWeâre gonna have so much fun!â he squealed.
You sure hope you did.Â
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You pulled up to the resort and the driver helped you with your bags while you walked inside with Tae next to you. You couldnât help but gasp as soon as you walked inside the hotel hall, the ceiling was so tall and had paintings across it, while the floor was marbled white and grey.Â
âTae, how much did this cost you?â you asked in a hushed voice.
âDonât worry about it, honâ he chuckled.
âNo, seriously. You know, I could never afford a week here, let alone twoâ you said as you looked around.Â
âWell, I can. And I sure as hell will use all my money to spoil you, okay?â he asked.Â
You sighed defeatedly and nodded. âAlright, but can I at least pay you back in some way?â you asked.
âYeah, you already are. By agreeing to be here with me and actually coming here with meâ he told you.
You smiled and followed him as he walked towards the reception desk.Â
âHi, I have a reservation under Kim Taehyungâ he told the receptionist.
The receptionist nodded and quickly typed in his name as Tae handed him the papers and his ID.
âA reservation for two, a double room with one king sized bed, all inclusive, thatâs correct?â the receptionist read.
You frowned. A double room with ONE bed??.Â
You were about to protest when Taehyung nodded. âYeah, thatâs rightâ he replied.
You pulled your face back in surprise but didnât say anything. That was a conversation for later.Â
âOkay, great. The bellboy will be here in a moment to take your luggage, hereâs the key to your room, floor 7, room 706. Have a great stayâ he smiled and Tae thanked him back, grabbing the card.Â
You wordlessly followed Taehyung to the elevator and as the door closed, you turned around.Â
âOne bed? Seriously?â you asked him.
Tae looked at you, unaware of what you were protesting about. âUm, yeah? Why?â he asked. You chuckled humorlessly, like it was clearly obvious. âWeâve shared beds before, whatâs the deal?â
That was true. Youâve shared beds in your adolescence and adulthood multiple times. Probably more than you can count. But the thing was that, ever since youâve started dating Eunwoo, you havenât shared a bed. And that was almost three years ago.Â
âItâs been a while⌠I guess I forgotâ you mumbled.
âWell, I didnât. And I never minded sharing a bed with youâ Taehyung explained. âIn fact, youâre gonna be thanking me later that I booked one bed for the two of us when you feel how cold it gets here during the nightâ
âYouâve been here before?â you asked Taehyung.
âYeah, the boys and I have taken weeks off multiple times here, soâŚâ he shrugged.Â
âYou asked me one time to go with youâ you remembered.Â
The elevator dinged, meaning you arrived to your floor. âYeah, I didâ he chuckled and you both stepped out of the elevator together. âWhy didnât you come, though? I never asked you. Even Kyungmin went with usâ
Truth be told, Taehyung was dating this girl called Jiwoo, his last relationship, and she hated your guts. It was understandable, though. You two had been attached to the hip ever since youâve met but Jiwoo made your hangouts with Tae miserable. And you didnât want to third-wheel them, so you chose not to go.Â
âOh, yeah, I⌠donât rememberâ you lied.Â
He just hummed and greeted the bellboy who had already arrived and was standing there with your luggage.Â
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Tae plopped on the bed and let out a content sigh, feeling the mushy comforter around him. He saw you from the corner of his eye as you put your bags down.Â
âI really wanna try the showerâ you told him once you took a peek of the bathroom. âThis bathroom is ridiculously bigâÂ
He smiled as he looked at your doe-eyes getting bigger and shiny while staring at something so simple as a bathroom.Â
Taehyung couldnât help but admire you from afar. Like he always did. Like heâd been doing since he was 13. And ever since then, his friends had gotten used to him sighing and daydreaming about different scenarios in which you were his and him blabbering non-stop about how magical, unique, beautiful, breathtaking (the list goes on) you were. He had loved you for more than a decade, and heâs still there, trying to make you see just how much he loves you and how in love he is with you and everything that is you. Because thatâs what you are to him: everything.Â
But you just donât see it.Â
âTae?â you asked.
âYeah?âÂ
âIâm gonna go showerâ you told him again.
He realised he hadnât given you an answer. He was too busy daydreaming about you. Once again. âOh, yeah, sure. Go ahead. Iâm gonna put our bags over thereâ he told you, standing up from the bed.Â
âOkayâ
He heard the door close and a couple of moments later, the shower running. He took his phone out and texted his friend group chat.Â
Tae: weâve arrived, hyung.
Nam: thatâs great, Tae.Â
Kook: The only thing iâm gonna tell you is that if you donât come home with y/n as your gf, then youâre leaving the band. Simple as that.
Yoongi: okay, kook. Maybe next time try not to be so harsh?
Kook: sorry, hyung
Yoongi: no, wait, but seriously
Yoongi: are you telling her?
Jimin: omg please!! Iâm tired of the constant pining thatâs been over way too long!!!!!
Dramatic ass, Taehyung thought.
Tae: i am planning to, yes. Donât pressure me
Kook: sorry, tae :(((Â
Hoseok: good luck, mate :)
Taehyung left his phone by the nightstand with that last message, that had him frowning and started tidying up the room.
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You finished your shower and wrapped yourself up with a towel. You dried your hair, rubbed your lotion over your body and your eyes started looking around for your clean clothes⌠until you remembered you didnât bring any.
With a sigh, you let the towel you were drying your hair with fall to the floor and grabbed the door handle.
âItâs fine⌠itâs just TaeâŚâ you whispered to yourself.
You opened the door and quietly stepped out of the bathroom.Â
âOh, Y/N, I put your bag over-â his words died on his throat when he saw you getting out of the bathroom only wearing a towel that fell just above your knees. He stood frozen in his place as he stared at you, shamelessly running his eyes over your figure.
âI uh⌠sorry, I forgot to bring clean clothes with meâ you chuckled, nervously. You brought your hand over to your face to brush a strand of hair over your ear and smiled at him. âWhere did you say you put my bag again?â you asked, chewing on your bottom lip, a nervous habit youâve had and he noticed.Â
His eyes widened. âOh, uh, over- over thereâ he said with slight stammering in his voice, pointing at the corner of the room, right next to where he was standing.Â
âOh thank youâ you told him with a grin and walked over to him.
Taehyung had to try so hard not to let his body react to you wearing only a towel, only to have you so close to him he could smell the vanilla lotion that was freshly rubbed on your skin. His hands clenched into fists when he turned around to look at you again, finding you bent over as you searched for your clothes. He quickly turned around once again and grabbed his phone, trying to seem immersed into it.Â
You shut yourself inside the bathroom again and let out all the breath you were holding.Â
What the hell was that about?
You quickly put some clothes on and got out of the bathroom again.Â
âHey, I was thinkingâŚâ Tae said as soon as you got out of the bathroom. He met your eyes and you couldnât help but feel butterflies flying inside your stomach. âItâs already eight, we can go downstairs and grab a bite? We can bring the food here and watch a movie or a show? Whatever you wantâ
You smiled at him. âOh, can we please, please, please continue watching House of the Dragon?â you pleaded, putting your hands together and pouting.
As if I could ever, ever say no to that face, Tae thought.
âYeah sureâ he smiled.
I am in too deepâŚ
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You two went to the bar next to the lobby, while Taehyung put an arm over your shoulder as you both looked around.Â
âWhat do you want to eat?â Tae asked you.Â
âIâm feeling like eating some burgers right nowâ you replied.
He arched an eyebrow. âWith fries?âÂ
âAnd cokeâ you smirked.
âYou read my mindâ he chuckled, and you hugged his middle. âIâm gonna go to the bathroom, hon. Will you order for me? You know my usualâ
âOkay!â you nodded.
He walked away and you went towards the bar as you looked at the menu.Â
âHi maâam. You ready to order?â the woman behind the bar asked you.
âYeah, um, I want a double burger with egg and cheddar, and a double with bacon and cheese. Both with fries and a soda. To go, pleaseâ you said to her.
âGreatâ she clicked on the buttons and smiled at you. âYour order will be right away, would you like some dessert?â
âYeah, vanilla ice cream?â
She typed in your order and you looked around at the bar, noticing how pretty the place that Tae brought you was.Â
âCan I ask you something?â the woman asked.Â
You looked at her and frowned, confused. âUm, yeah, sure. Whatâs up?â you asked her.Â
âThe guy that was with you just about now, was he your boyfriend?â she asked you.
âUm⌠noâ you said, hesitantly.
âOh, could you ask him for his number for me? Heâs really cute and-â
âHeâs my husbandâ you quickly said, angrily.Â
The womanâs smile fell and his cheeks turned red from embarrassment. âIâm- Iâm so sorryâ she stammered. She quickly walked away, pretending to be busy with other customers while you tried to soothe down the rage building up in your stomach.Â
You waited for the food while scrolling over twitter. You felt a body sit next to you and you looked up to find your husband next to you.
âHey, you ordered already?â he asked you.
âI did. I ordered the bacon and cheese one for youâ you told him.
âGreat, I was dying for itâ Tae sighed. He looked at you and noticed the worry lines over your forehead. âEverything okay, honey?â he asked you, placing a hand over yours.Â
âYeah!â you nodded, smiling at him, trying to seem as chirpy as you could. âEverythingâs fineâ
Taehyung nodded and the woman who had asked you for Taeâs number appeared with a bag with your food.Â
âEnjoy your foodâ she said, without meeting anybodyâs fazes.
You didnât say anything as you grabbed the bag and hopped off the stool.Â
Taehyung noticed the womanâs strange behaviour and how you didnât say or comment anything to it.Â
Once you got back to your room, you were sitting on the bed, with Tae next to you, who had put a blanket over the comforter as a tablecloth, while you ate your burgers and watched House of the Dragon.
âHey, can I ask you something, Y/N?â Tae asked you, after taking a sip of his soda.
âSure, whatâs up?â
âDid you notice the girl at the bar acting weird? Or was it just me? She looked like⌠embarrassed or scared, I donât knowâ Tae said. âOh shit, maybe she recognized me and was like- you know- intimidatedâ
You snorted, shoving a fry inside your mouth. âIt wasnât that, Taeâ you said, while chewing.Â
Tae frowned. âYou know what happened?âÂ
You swallowed your fry and gulped it down. âYeahâŚâ You sighed.Â
Tae looked at you expectantly. âWell⌠do tell!âÂ
âOkay! Okay, geezâ you sighed. âThe girl asked for your number, basicallyâÂ
Taehyung snorted. âThatâs it?â he smirked and you nodded. âAnd what did you do? Tell her off? Intimidate her?â
âNo, she- okay, so she first asked me if you were my boyfriend and I said no, and then, she was like âOh, thank God! I want you to give me his numberââ you mimicked her voice while Taehyung tried to contain his laughter. âAnd my stupid, idiotic brain just blurted out that you were my husbandâ
Tae couldnât contain it anymore and he spluttered out a furious cackle while you sat there, shocked.Â
âI donât know why you find it so amusingâ you frowned.
âBecause itâs hilarious!â
âWhatâs hilarious?âÂ
âThat youâre jealous!â
You frowned even deeper. âI am not jealous, Taehyungâ you said.
Tae swallowed when you used his name.Â
âI just hated that she didnât even talk to you, and just straight up thought you were hot, without even- what are you giving me that look for?â you sighed when you saw Taeâs smirk growing bigger and bigger by the minute.
âI just think youâre cute when you get jealousâ he giggled.
âI am not jealous!â you said and threw a pillow to his head.Â
âOkay, okay!â he whined, covering his head in fears of getting another pillow thrown at him. âYouâre not jealous! Got itâ
âThatâs better, now pass me the vanilla ice cream. Iâm hungryâ you said.
âYes wifeâ he said with a smirk.
âKim Taehyung. Youâre sleeping on the floor tonightâ you said sternly and he cackled.Â
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After downing all the ice cream tube between the two of you, and two House of the Dragon episodes later, you let out a yawn. âFuck, Iâm so tiredâ you sighed.
âLetâs go to sleep. Tomorrow we have a beach dayâ he smiled excitedly.Â
âGreatâ you muttered, hoping off the bed.Â
You walked towards your suitcase and started searching around for your pajamas⌠when you came to the realization that you didnât pack any.Â
âShitâ you whispered-yelled to yourself.
âEverything okay?â Tae asked from the bed, taking his eyes off his phone.
âI didnât bring any pajamasâ you told him, shutting the suitcase with anger. âI must have left them on the bedâ
âOhâ Tae said and, to your surprise, he grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled it over his head. He walked shirtless towards you and handed it to you. âHere, wear itâ
âOh⌠thank youâ you smiled, trying to ignore the constant and annoying butterflies swarming inside your stomach.Â
âNo problemâ he smiled and then went back to bed.
You went to the bathroom to brush your teeth and change into his shirt. You sighed again when you realized you didnât pack any fabric shorts, you had only packed jean shorts.Â
Once you came out, you got under the comforter and looked at him. âTae, do you mind if I sleep without⌠well, um, pants?â you asked him.
âYeah. No- no problemâ he said, getting flushed himself.
âI only packed jean shorts. Iâm an idiot, Iâm sorryâ you apologized.
âHey, itâs okay. Donât worryâ Tae smiled at you. âNo biggieâ
âOkayâŚâ
You got comfortable under the comforter as Tae slipped from the bed to brush his teeth himself. You were deep in thought, as you closed your eyes, trying to soothe down your nerves.Â
After a few minutes, you fell into a slight slumber when you felt the bed dip slightly and Taeâs calm breathing.
âSweet dreamsâŚâ he said and pressed a kiss to your shoulder. â...wifeâ
âShut upâ you muttered.
His tiny chuckle was the last thing you heard before you fell asleep.
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The sunlight crept in the room, blinding you and making you open your eyes as you woke up from your sleep. You blinked a couple of times and pressed your head deeper into the comfortable hotel pillow.Â
You exhaled with content when you felt a weight over your waist and a nose, that was breathing in and out comfortably, pressed against the back of your neck.
Your eyes widened when you realised that it was in fact Taehyung who was pressed up against you, spooning you from behind with his whole body pressed against yours. You bit your lip and pressed your eyes shut with a whine coming from the back of your throat.Â
With a little wiggle, you tried to get out of his embrace, only to be pulled back by his strong arms against his chest.
This type of cuddling wasnât any news to you or strange. You used to cuddle like this lots of times in the past. But that was three years ago.Â
Taehyung pressed his nose harder against your neck and inhaled. âYour shampoo smells amazingâ he whispered.Â
Didnât he find this strange?Â
âItâs literally the same that you used last nightâ you told him.Â
He chuckled sleepily. âYeah⌠but I think it smells better on youâ he whispered back.Â
You pressed your lips together and sighed. âWhy are you holding me so tight?â you tried to seem nonchalant when you were dying from the nerves from the inside.Â
âItâs coldâ he told you. âAnd youâre warm and comfortable, soâŚâÂ
âOhâŚâ
âBesides, donât act like you didnât miss being my teddy bearâ he giggled, as he pressed his cheek against your shoulder.Â
âI didâŚâ you whispered.
âI knowâ he sighed.
You decided that you couldnât do anything about it and to enjoy feeling his arms around you. You wiggled a little to get more comfortable, only to feel Taehyung still around you. âWhat?â you asked and the next question you wanted to ask died in your throat when you felt him stirring in his pants against the curve of your ass.
Holy shit.
âUm, fuckâ Tae said and sat up quickly on the bed. âIâm so sorry, Y/Nâ
âNo, itâs okay. Itâs- I mean, itâs normalâ you said, turning around to look at him.Â
He didnât say anything and shut himself inside the bathroom. A few minutes later, you heard the shower start running and you let out a sigh, letting your hand fall over your forehead.Â
What the hell was that about?
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The beach of YucatĂĄn was so pretty, it was literally taken out of your bestest dreams. The sand was almost color white and the Caribbean sea was literally transparent light blue. You gasped when you walked down the wooden road while Tae admired your amazed face.Â
âOh my God, this place is so beautifulâ you gasped.
âI know, right?â
You turned to look at him only to find him staring at you with a smile, which made you blush and look away from him.Â
A few moments later, you had a towel laid down on the sand after throwing your clothes into a pile, leaving you two in your swimsuits and were immersed in a UNO game.
âYou canât do that!â he gasped. âYou canât throw a reverse under a plus four, thatâs not in the rulesâ he argued, pouting like a little child.
âLike hell I canât, Taeâ You frowned. âDonât be such a baby, you just made me eat eightâ
âYeah, well you had it comingâ he muttered. âUnoâ
You chuckled and threw another plus four to him.Â
Taehyung lifted his gaze towards you and sighed. âI hate you⌠so muchâ he mumbled and started taking the cards.
A few moments later, you had won the round and celebrated with a triumphant smile. âYou suck! And I rock!â You teased him with a sing-song voice.
Out of the blue, Tae tackled your body to the sand and hovered over you.
âTake that backâ he whispered, his breath was hitting your face and your heart picked up its pace.
You licked your lips nervously and his eyes fell to it. âNopeâ you whispered.
âWant me to make you take it back?â he hummed.
You were about to reply to him, deciding to throw every ounce of dignity you had, until that dignity was thrown away unexpectedly when your stomach made an angry growl noise.Â
Tae looked down at your stomach and giggled. âSomebodyâs hungryâ he said. âWant me to go order something by the bar?â
âYeah, pleaseâ You whispered.
He smiled and patted your arm. âBe right backâ
You sat up and watched him walk away with a sigh. He made you so nervous even your body was embarrassing you. You were so close to just throwing everything out the window and to just kiss him, but that damn hunger- the real one- interrupted your brief moment of courage.Â
Your thoughts were interrupted with a woman talking to you. âHey, sorry, miss. Is this seat taken?â she asked, grabbing a lounge chair.Â
âYeah, sorryâ you winced.Â
âItâs okayâ the woman told you. âYou and your boyfriend looked so into that UNO game I didnât want to interruptâ she chuckled.
You opened your mouth, feeling a weird feeling in your stomach.Â
Two people already got the feeling you and Taehyung were dating. And it had only been on this trip alone. You couldnât deny that it was usual for you two to get called a couple. You didnât have enough hands to count the times you two were mistaken for couples, anywhere youâd go. But that had been so long ago, it felt unfamiliar now.Â
âOh- uh, yeahâ you chuckled. âI was kicking his ass, soâŚâ you said, making the woman chuckle and walk away.Â
You turned your head around and stared at the sea, trying to calm the nerves.Â
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You and Taehyung had already gulfed down the tacos he had ordered for the both of you, and sipped on the martinis.Â
âThis is so goodâ you almost moaned. âI canât recall when was the last time I had an alcoholic drink this goodâ
âYeah, me too. Jungkook sucks ass at making drinksâ Tae chuckled.
âI know, right? I thought it was just me!â you laughed.
âNo, oh God, we all hate it. Thatâs why Namjoon had to take his place, even if he doesnât drink that oftenâ Tae told you. âThe other day, he tried mixing red wine, vodka and rum, with that little lemon he likes to put by the edge of the glassâÂ
âOh god, what an awful combinationâ you faked a gag. âThatâs literally the rule. You donât mix vodka and red wine togetherâ
âYeah, me and Yoongi were trying so hard not to puke from disgust, I swearâ He shook his head, sipping on his drink.Â
âHowâs Yoongi, by the way?â you asked him. âI remember he broke up with that girl he was seeingâ
âOh, heâs fineâ Tae shrugged. âHeâs been weird about it for a couple of weeks but now heâs coolâ
âHe really liked her, thoughâ you remembered.Â
âYeah, but the girl was still in contact with her ex and Yoongi didnât like it, he confronted her about it and she kept lying straight to his faceâ Tae told you. âApparently, not long after they ended things, she got back with the ex, soâŚâ
âWhat a loserâ you frowned. âThatâs so lame, honestly. Why would you get someoneâs hopes up and make them feel things for you when youâre hung up on somebody else?âÂ
âI know, right?â Tae sighed. âWhat about you?â
You looked at him. âWhat about me?âÂ
âHave you⌠you know⌠have you been seeing someone after Eunwoo?â he asked you, feeling shy all of a sudden.Â
âOh! No, no, noâ you shook your head, âno dating for meâ
âStill not over Eunwoo?â he asked you.
âNo, I am over him. I just havenât felt like going out with someoneâ you told him. âItâs not that Iâm not ready either, I just havenât looked for somebodyâ
Thank God, Tae thought. He just let out a hum and took a sip from his martini. âYouâve talked to him since⌠well, the break up and all?âÂ
âYeah, sometimesâ you shrugged. âHeâs been seeing his co-worker for two weeks now. Sheâs pretty cute, so Iâm happy for himâ you smiled with truth in your voice.Â
He looked at you and noticed you werenât lying about it. You were serious, he could sense it in the way you spoke about it. âI still donât understand why you guys broke up, thoughâ he said sincerely.
âUm, honestly? I didnât feel that way for him anymoreâ you said, shocking him to his core.Â
His eyebrows arched. âReally?â
You nodded. âYeah. I loved him, yeah. I mean, I still do. Just⌠Iâm not in love with him anymore. Thatâs the differenceâ you explained. âHeâs still a very good friend of mine and weâve agreed to still continue with our friendship and thatâs what weâre doingâ
Tae frowned. âBut you were sad about breaking up with himâ
âWell, I was sad, yeah. But mostly because I felt bad I had this perfect relationship and I couldnât love him like he deserved. I had this amazing thing in my hands but⌠I didnât want itâ you shrugged.
Tae shrugged too. âMakes senseâ
âNo, it doesnât. But itâs okay. Iâve made my peace with itâ you smiled at him.
Tae smiled back at you and then his eyes found the gaze of a man directed to your ass. He narrowed his eyes and quickly put his martini on the table in front of you, and then grabbed yours too, taking you by surprise.Â
âWhat-?â
âThat guyâs staring at your ass, itâs pissing me offâ Tae said.Â
You widened your eyes. âHeâs behind me?â you whispered.
âYeahâ he said. âFuck, heâs still doing itâ he whispered angrily. He didnât want to admit it to you, but his anger was scaling levels that he didnât know they existed. He placed a hand on your waist and pulled you against his chest, eliciting a gasp from you, as your hand fell against his shirtless chest.
âTae- what?â you asked.
âDonât freak out, just trust meâ Tae said and before you knew it, he was kissing you.
But not just a simple kiss.
The man was devouring your mouth, gripping your waist tightly with his palm while his lips moved furiously against yours. You couldnât help but kiss him back, feeling your underwear starting to get wetter by the second. His wet mouth was so arousing and your hand unconsciously danced its way up to his neck.
A particular movement he made with his hand over your waist, elicited goosebumps over your skin and a gasp to fly out of your mouth, which allowed him to slip his tongue inside your mouth and you gladly let him. His body got closer to yours and his hand slipped from your waist to the small of your back, pulling you against his chest.
He pulled away first, mostly because of the basic need of stupid air.Â
You sat panting, with lips swollen and wide eyes as you stared at him. âIs he still looking?â you asked.
Tae lifted his gaze towards the man, who had at one point stood up and walked away. Of course he didnât notice, he was too busy sucking faces with you to do so.Â
âYeahâŚâ
âThen, kiss me againâŚâ you found the courage to say.
Tae smiled slightly and kissed you once again, using his body to push you down on the towel you had both laid on the sand to sit on. Your arms curled around his neck and he leant half his body over you. One of his hands, laid on the towel to keep himself hovered over you while the other gripped your waist and caressed, up and down.Â
He couldnât help himself but groan against your lips, and feeling needier than ever, his hand danced its way down to your hip and to your leg as his lips continued bruising yours.Â
Taehyung pulled away once again, but this time, with no plans on stopping. His kisses drifted down to your neck, sucking and biting the tender skin there while his hand gripped your leg.Â
âTaeâŚâ you whispered in his neck.Â
âFuckâ he groaned and continued kissing your neck, as his nose brushed under the sensitive spot you had behind your ear.Â
âUm, excuse me!â a chirpy voice made you both jump. You two pulled away and looked up to find a man that was dressed and looked like a hotel worker.Â
âYeah?â you asked, out of breath, the blood rushing to your face.
âCould you um⌠tone it down a little?â the man asked, kind of flushed.
âY-yeah, sorryâ you said, feeling your cheeks getting redder.Â
âThank youâ the man said with a bow of his head and walked away.
âHoly shitâ Tae laughed and you hit his shoulder.
âDonât laugh, we couldâve been kicked out of the beachâ you couldnât help but laugh as well.Â
Tae sat staring at your lips while you tried to even your breath. You turned around and saw that the spot next to yours was empty.Â
âHe walked away, didnât he?â you asked.
Tae shrugged. âWell, we did literally make out like teenagers in front of himâ he said and you snorted, feeling your face getting two times even redder than before. âIt was nice, thoughâÂ
You looked at him and pulled your face back. âWhat⌠felt nice?â you said quietly.
âThe kiss. It was niceâ he said and licked his lips.
Damn him.
âYeah⌠it wasâ you nodded.
He smiled and couldnât help but press another kiss to your lips. You sat there, still shocked, but not wasting time and kissing him back. He pulled away and pressed a kiss to your cheek. âIâm gonna get another margarita, you want one?â
You frowned. âTae, we were drinking martinisâÂ
He frowned and realised you were right. It might have been the dizziness he was feeling from kissing the love of his life for the first time. âOh, did we? Right, same shit. Be right backâ he said and walked away.
âOkayâ you chuckled.Â
You looked over your shoulder as you watched him walk towards the bar. You let out a content sigh and pressed a hand over your chest, feeling your racing heart calm down.Â
As you were staring at the sea, you felt a phone vibrating and you dug your hand inside your purse. You found your screen empty with notifications so you frowned.Â
Maybe itâs Taeâs, you thought.
It kept on buzzing, and thinking it was a phone call, you grabbed his phone.Â
Once you took a look at the screen, you couldnât help but feel your heart drop to the pit of your stomach.Â
Jiwoo: can we talk?
Jiwoo: you canât keep ignoring me, tae. You know it
Jiwoo: the test came out positive
Jiwoo: iâm so scared
Jiwoo: I donât know what to do
You gasped as soon as you read the text messages on his screen.
The test? What test?
Tae was about to be a father and here he was, vacationing with you and kissing you, and giving you the wrong idea.Â
You scoffed and let the phone fall inside the bag while you stared into the ocean, trying your hardest not to cry or crumble in front of a lot of unknown faces.Â
Tae came back a few moments later with a margarita in his hand and left it on the little table.Â
âWow, I just took a sip from this drink and itâs so frozen, it hurt my head. But it was sickâ Tae said with a chuckle.Â
He sat down and looked at you, placing a hand on your thigh.
âHey⌠you okay?âÂ
âYeahâ you mumbled. You started to grab your things, making Taehyung frown, confused at your sudden coldness you were showing towards him. âIâm gonna uh⌠Iâm gonna go to our room. I donât feel very well, honestlyâ you told him.Â
âWoah, wait, Y/N!â he tried calling you.
You didnât say anything and walked away.Â
He sat there, so confused, but let you go, thinking that maybe you needed to be alone. But then, he also thought⌠what if you regretted the kiss? Maybe for you it was just an innocent kiss to show an asshole that you didnât want to have your ass being ogled like that. What if, under the little while he left to get a new drink, you started thinking that maybe for him it wasnât just a friendly innocent kiss?Â
The amount of unanswered questions started flying inside his mind, making his head hurt. The alcohol he was literally gulping down like it was water wasnât helping either.Â
He felt his phone buzzing from a call and he sighed, taking it.
âHello?â
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You slammed the door behind you and fell to the bed, feeling the need to cry about the whole situation. You couldnât help the racking sobs that violently spilled out of you.Â
The love of your life was possibly having a baby with another woman, the one you loathed and loathed you back.Â
He had just kissed you like you meant the world for him⌠but it was just for show. While he had someone back home, who was pregnant with his baby.Â
You grabbed your phone and quickly dialed Kyungminâs number, feeling the urgent need to talk to her and hear her soothing words.
âHey, girlie? Howâs Mexico? I saw your insta story. That beach looks sick as fuck!â Kyungminâs relaxing voice came through the phone speakers.
âMin⌠I- I donât know what to doâ you sobbed.
âYo, yo, Y/N, whatâs going on? Why are you crying? Did something happen?â she bombarded you with questions.
âEverythingâs okay⌠I mean, itâs not, but Iâm not like- like hurt⌠physically or anythingâ you explained.
âOkay, but why are you crying?â she asked urgently.
You let out a tired sigh and palmed your face. âI⌠so, today we were at the beach, with Taehyung and long story short there was this guy who was like- like staring at my ass or somethingâ you explained, trying to calm down your tears, while Kyungmin hummed. âAnd Taeâs idea was to kiss me, to show that man that I was taken or something like that. We like, totally made outâ you said.
âOkay? But thatâs a good thingâ Kyungmin said.
âOf course it is⌠but the thing is that when we stopped, he went to get another drink and everything was okay after that but⌠but then his phone started buzzing with text messages and I thought it was mine at first but then I realized that it was his phone. So, I grabbed it and I saw messages from Jiwooâ you whispered that last part.
âNo! That bitch is still in contact with him?â she gasped.
âAnd thatâs not even the worst part!â you almost exploded. âShe kept texting him about a test coming out positiveâ she said.
Kyungmin went silent. âNo way, Y/Nâ she mumbled in disbelief.
âYes wayâ you sniffled. âThe guy I love with everything I got is going to have a baby⌠with a woman that itâs not me! With a woman that spent their entire relationship rubbing it in my face that she was dating him and that made everything within her reach to isolate me from TaehyungâÂ
âWow, darling. I donât- I donât know what to sayâ she told you. âMaybe you should talk to him?â
âAnd say what? âHey! I looked through your text messages! Are you going to be a dad?ââ you mocked. âIâm gonna sound so stupid!â
âWell, but you canât live with that burden. And if thatâs the case, heâs gonna tell you. Heâs not gonna hide that from you, are you kidding me? Youâre his best friendâ she told you. âAnd plus, Taehyung hates her. She kept on flirting with other people while being with him, are you kidding? Do you think heâs that stupid to sleep with that girl again months after they broke up and risk getting her pregnant? Come on, Tae may be a little bit silly but heâs not that sillyâ Kyungmin tried soothing your nervous wreck that was going on inside your head.Â
You heard feet shuffling behind the hotel door and you quickly sat up on the bed.
âFuck, Min. Taeâs coming, I gotta goâ you sniffled, swiping your sleeve over your nose. âLove you and thank youâ
âLove you too, babe. Tell me how it goesâ she said to you and you quickly hung up.Â
Tae opened the hotel room door with a heavy sigh and shut it behind him. He came into view with a stressed out face, giving you a pang on the stomach.Â
He sat on the bed and left his phone next to him.Â
âAre you okay?â he asked with a small voice.
âYeahâ you deadpanned.Â
âNo, I know youâre notâ he stated.
âThen, why do you ask, Taehyung?â You asked, snapping at him. Something youâve never done to him before.
He looked down and took a deep breath. âIâm sorryâ he started.
Yeah, you should be, you thought to yourself.
âI- I shouldnât have kissed you like that. I just got carried away. I hated seeing that guy with his eyes posed on you like that. I hated itâ he said and your eyebrows furrowed. What was he even apologizing for?. He turned around to look at you properly and his face fell, seeing your red face from crying. âThe thing is, Y/N, I really like you. And I used that as an excuse to kiss you, and I know itâs wrong, and Iâm so, so sorry-â
âYo, Taehyung, noâŚâ you said, laughing humorlessly. âWhat are you even apologizing for? For kissing me? Really?âÂ
âYeahâŚâÂ
You closed your eyes and looked away. âI canât believe you right nowâ you murmured.
Tae was so confused. âWhatâŚ? Shouldnât I? I mean⌠I kissed you without asking you-â
âYou kissing me was not what bothered me, Taeâ you said.Â
âThen, what bothered you? Why are you crying?â he asked, raising his voice.
âItâs the fact that you kissed me while youâre still fucking your ex, thatâs what bothered me. Because, news flash, Iâve liked you since weâve been fucking teenagers, Taehyungâ you spat angrily. His eyes widened at your sudden confession, but then furrowed. âAnd now, you got her pregnant? Are you kidding me, Tae? The audacity a man has to have to do that, my GodâÂ
âYo, what?â he asked, now even ten times more confused than he was before. âWhoâs pregnant and Iâm not fucking my ex!â Taehyung said loudly.Â
âThen why did she say the âtestâ came out positive?âÂ
âYou were snooping on my phone!â he said, frowning.
You narrowed your eyes. âDonât change the conversation topic, you⌠idiot! Tell me! Give me a fucking explanation!âÂ
âWhy are you so mad? Iâm telling you, Iâm not having a child with anybody and Iâm not fucking anybody!â he said.
âYouâre lying! Why was she texting you?â you asked him. The sudden feeling of embarrassment hit you. You were in no position to say these things to him, but at the same time, he was confusing you like a damn playboy. Like he didnât care about your feelings. Like you two hadnât been friends for over a decade.Â
He sighed. âJiwoo? Thatâs who youâre referring to?â he asked.
âYesâŚâÂ
Tae bit his lip and looked away. âIâm not fucking her, Y/N. Okay?â he said. âBut yes, sheâs pregnant. She told me, but not because I am the fatherâ
âThen why did she tell you that? And why was she so worried, Tae-â
âWould you let me finish a sentence?â Tae said calmly and you huffed, but then, nodded. âOkay⌠you- you know that me and Hobi havenât been on speaking terms lately, right?â
You nodded slowly. âYeah⌠you never told me why, thoughâ
âWell, it does have a logical reason as to why Iâm not talking to himâ he told you. âThe truth is⌠fuck, Iâm so embarrassed to say thisâ
You saw him struggling and you got closer to him. You placed a hand on his and gave him a nudge.Â
He looked at your eyes and let out a little breath. âHobi slept with Jiwoo⌠like, literally a day after we broke upâ he said.
Your eyes widened. âOh my Godâ you whispered.
âYeahâŚâ he trailed off. âAnd I found out only two weeks prior to this vacation. Thatâs why I was so insistent on going here with you. Because I needed to ease my mind⌠and well, your presence is very- well, you know- soothing to me and I love spending time with you. Itâs healingâ he confessed, his cheeks turning pink as well as yours.Â
âOhâŚâ you said, feeling embarrassed that youâve accused him of playing with your feelings without giving him a chance to explain himself.Â
âYeahâ he repeated, with a humourless chuckle.Â
You licked your lips, trying to find what to say. âIâm- Iâm sorry, Taeâ you said.
âItâs okayâ he mumbled.
âNo, itâs not. I just⌠I shouldâve asked you first. Instead, I just panickedâ you said with a huff.Â
He looked at you and blinked. âWhy did you panic?â
You stayed silent, holding onto his gaze. âUm⌠because like I said⌠because I like you, Taeâ you said hushedly. âI really do and IâŚâ you said but then let out a breath. He held your hand and smiled at you. âI thought you didnât like me like that, and well- you were just out there kissing me because someone was eyeing meâÂ
He shook his head. âNo⌠I mean, yeah, I kissed you to get that asshole to stop staring at your body but⌠I do like you, Y/N. Like a lotâ he chuckled.Â
You smiled and placed a hand on his cheek. âDid you talk to Hobi about it?â you asked him.
Taehyungâs smile dropped and looked away. âYouâve got terrible timing, Y/Nâ he said and you laughed.
âIâm sorry, Iâm just really curious. I donât know whatâs more shocking. You telling me that you like me back or that Hoseok slept with your exâ you said.
âYeah, sameâŚâ he said with a little chuckle. âNo, I mean⌠I confronted him about it when I found out but after that? No. Just small talk, thatâs it. Casual texts in the group chat, nothing elseâÂ
âDoes he know heâs gonna be a father?âÂ
âNopeâ he shook his head with his lips pressed together. âBut I hope that- that they get to be together. Itâs weird, I know. I seem to be really mad about it. Not because of Jiwoo, I havenât felt something for her in a very long time but⌠it doesnât mean that it didnât hurt hearing one of your best friends was sleeping with your ex behind your backâ he said to you. âBut also, I know that Hoseok really likes herâ
âDid he tell you that?â you asked.
He nodded. âThat was his excuse. He asked me to forgive him for it, because he was really interested in herâÂ
âWowâŚâ you said, widening your eyes. âI donât want to be a bitch about it but I think he deserves better. She was really meanâÂ
Tae nodded. âI know⌠she hated youâ
âOh really?â you asked him with sarcasm and he chuckled.Â
Tae looked at you and placed a hand on your thigh, gripping it. It made you realise the way you both had confessed that you liked each other and did nothing about it.
âSoâŚâ he started. âDid you like the kiss?â
âLike it?â you chuckled. âI loved itâ
âWanna do it again?âÂ
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You woke up with a content sigh, feeling the raven haired boy you liked (loved) so much around you. Your face was pressed against the crook of his neck and his arms were holding you tightly against his chest.Â
With flashbacks slamming at you, you remembered how you had made out like horny teenagers til you were hungry for dinner. You ordered pasta from the bar downstairs, finished watching House of the Dragon and went to sleep. You both figured that, as you had been friends for so long, rushing into sleeping together was something that it was best to avoid.Â
His hand went under your (his) shirt and rubbed your stomach with a low hum. You bit your lip, feeling your core clenching around nothing at the subtle touches. His other hand, went to your leg and gripped it, making you remember the scenes from the day prior, when Tae had kissed you and touched your leg just like he was doing just now.Â
âI know youâre awakeâ Tae mumbled against the skin of your forehead. âI can literally hear your thoughts from hereâÂ
You giggled and nuzzled your head against his naked chest. âSorryâ you said quietly.Â
He sighed and pushed you on your back, as he leant over you. He gave you a warm smile and pressed a light kiss on your lips. âPenny for your thoughts?â he arched an eyebrow.Â
You placed a hand on his cheek and caressed his skin. âNothing⌠I was only thinking how happy I am that weâve finally confessed to each other. Well⌠me. That Iâve confessed. I never thought youâd reciprocate my feelings, Taeâ you chuckled.
He chuckled back and shrugged. âWhy not?â
âWell, for starters you are youâÂ
He frowned. âWhat the hell does that mean?â
âAre you kidding me?â you chuckled. âYouâre Kim Taehyung. Literally top 5 most famous and handsomest people in the whole fucking worldâÂ
âSays who?â he asked you with a curious smile.
âSays everyoneâ you stated, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.Â
âAnd what do you say?â Tae asked in a soft tone that made your heart skip a beat.
âWhat do I say about what?â you frowned.
âDo you think Iâm handsome?â he smirked.
You glared at him. âReally?â you asked him and he chuckled at you. âIâve been attracted to you since your twink era, are you kidding?âÂ
He frowned. âMy twink era?â he asked.
âNevermindâ you said and grabbed the back of his neck, pulling him into a kiss.Â
He hummed against your lips and applied force to it, his tongue licking your lip for approval to slip inside of your mouth. His hand slipped upwards and curled his fingers in your hair, massaging your scalp slightly and clenching it, tugging a little, making you whimper against his mouth.
âFuckâŚâ he whispered, and bit your lip, pulling it lightly. âIâve been waiting my whole fucking life for thisâÂ
You felt your heart slamming uncontrollably inside your ribcage at his words, making you cling onto his shoulders, digging your nails into his skin.Â
He lifted his mouth from yours, kissing your cheek, down your jaw and started licking and biting your neck. You bit your lip to contain your moan, instead it came out a loud whine.Â
Tae caressed your waist, flipping your shirt over your stomach to allow his hands to explore your skin. His thumb finger danced over the hem of your black lace panties and it made you arch your back.Â
He lifted his head again and looked into your eyes. He took his fingers up to his face, stuck his tongue out and licked the pads of them.Â
To your surprise, his newly-licked fingers slipped inside your panties and brushed over your soaked core, making you moan out loud.Â
âYeah, you like that?â he asked huskily, his pupils blown wide.Â
âFuck, yesâ you sighed, pressing your head against the pillow.Â
You felt his thumb flick over your clit expertly while his pointer finger probed at your entrance. âYou want it?â he asked, his face returning to your neck.Â
You nodded shyly, your fingers carding through his hair as you felt his teeth sink into your skin.Â
âWords, baby. I canât hear youâ he replied, chuckling darkly.
You huffed in annoyance and tugged on his hair, making him whimper. âPlease, Tae. Please, please, pleaseâ you sighed.Â
âPlease what?â
The fuckerâŚ
âPlease, fuck me with your fingers!â you almost yelled out and almost did again when two of his fingers sank into your core, making you clench around them.
He gasped against your neck and licked over the recent love bites he had left. âHoly fucking shit, youâre so tight, Y/N. So tight, babyâ he whispered.Â
You felt his hardness pressing against your thigh and you lifted your knee to tease him, feeling him groan desperately against your neck.Â
He lifted his head up and devoured your mouth as you felt his fingers sped up along with the thumb rubbing tight circles over your clit.Â
âShit, shit, shit, Tae. Iâm gonna comeâ you whimpered against his mouth.Â
âCome for me, babeâ he said.
You moaned into his mouth while your legs shook as you felt your orgasm wash over you. Once you calmed down, you felt his soft, delicate kisses over your cheek while his fingers moved slowly inside of you.Â
Taehyung, being the little shit he had always been, slowly pulled away from your core and stuck his fingers inside his mouth, licking them clean, all while holding your gaze.Â
He smirked as he felt your taste and, with a wet pop, he showed you his clean fingers.Â
âFuck, that was probably the best orgasm of my lifeâ you sighed, your hand caressing his cheek.Â
âNo, that was your secondâ he smirked.
You frowned, confused. âWhat?â
He just smiled and pressed a kiss to your lips. Then, he trailed them down over your neck and to your stomach.Â
You see where he was going with that.Â
And, spoiler alert? He was totally right about that.
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