the king and his bride | k.th

forty

''Sweetheart, come here for a second,'' jumping up from the bed I quickly scurried towards him, looking up at him nervously with questioning eyes.

''Y-yes?'' I gripped my gown tightly in my fists. Taehyung watched me oddly before he turned fully towards me, his dress shirt halfway undone.

''Would you mind helping?'' nodding I stepped closer, my shaking fingers reaching for his shirt. As I undid button after button, I couldn't help but feel tenser and tenser.

Now it's the time, Chae.

Uncertainly I ran my eyes from his chest up to his eyes. To my surprise, he was already watching me in question.

''Your Ma-I mean Taehyung,'' he smiled softly, his attention all on me as he waited for my next words.

But my throat felt clogged. The words just wouldn't come. Looking him in the eyes, with each second I lost the tiny bit of courage I had at first. Looking him in the eyes, I didn't want to ruin this. He was looking at me so gently, so fondly. How would he look at me once I told him the truth? Would his gentle eyes turn cold and emotionless once again?

''Sweetheart?'' snapping out of my thoughts I looked back down, my throat parched, my fingers shaking against the fabric of his shirt.

''I was...'' I gulped, my voice shaking, ''I wanted to tell you that tomorrow in the afternoon me and the girls planned to go out,'' I whispered, my heart heavier with each word, ''I just wanted to let you know.''

There was a short silence before he took a hold of my hands, making me look up at him.

''Is that what you were so nervous to tell me?'' he mused, making me avoid his eyes once again, chuckling nervously.

''I guess so.''

I was a liar. A dirty liar. I lied looking him straight in the eyes. I hated it but I couldn't for the love of me tell him the truth. I was so very scared. He was warming up to me, he let me call him by his name, he comforted me whenever he saw I was down, and what did I do in return? Spat one lie after another in his face.

But I didn't want things to change between us. I let this go too far and now it was way too late to walk out of this with our relationship unharmed.

At first, I didn't mind keeping it from him. I was mad at him for forbidding me to meet up with my friend, he deserved it. But after all that happened...I didn't feel like that anymore. It was suffocating having to lie.

''Give yourself a break, will you?'' startled I looked up at him, frowning.

''What?''

''You're thinking way too hard about this when there's no need to beat yourself up,'' he said with a sigh, taking me by my waist to pull me against him, ''of course I will let you go out with the girls.'' nodding stiffly I looked down, my chest tightening painfully.

He was making all this even worse but I couldn't really blame him. I was the one who caused this mess.

''Look at me,'' slowly, I raised my eyes back to him, ''I can see right through you baby. Whatever is going on up there,'' he knocked softly at my temple, ''stop it.'' nodding I smiled weakly, leaning my forehead against his shoulder with a heavy sigh.

Sometimes, this man was too good to be true.

''Now, let's get you a bit distracted, shall we?'' I looked up at him with a frown, but that soon disappeared once I saw the lazy smirk adorning his plump lips. Only one thing ever came out of that little grin of his.

Blushing I clutched on the edges of his almost-undone shirt as he held the back of my neck, pulling me closer.

And when he kissed me hungrily, I couldn't help but melt into his arms, bathing in his warmth that brought pleasing jitters all across my body.