Travel with Me - V (aka Kim Taehyung) BTS COMPLETE

Chapter 32 - RM's girlfriend

Chapter 32

Marley POV

It didn't surprise me when I saw things on Instagram about the last interview they'd filmed. I'd been back home a few days, attempting to adjust to life without him again and now I was sitting in my studio working while Sophia was at preschool. I'd stopped for what I was calling a 'Tae break', time to scroll the internet for anything to do with him in order to help fend off the pangs of missing him.

Instagram had been very helpful to ease me back into normality although the edits of some of the members made me cringe or laugh at how accurate they were. A few short video clips were now circulating of the interview; RM translating, Jungkook speaking in some especially cute English and Hobi laughing at something the interviewer had said. But as always, I was drawn to an image of Tae which I clicked on, even after I'd told myself to stay away from social media.

The video that started was playing at normal speed, Tae was sitting with his arms crossed, listening to something Jin said behind him and he turned in his chair to look at him for a minute. A red circle popped up on the screen, highlighting his shoulder and I was confused but then it was replayed at slower speed and words popped up. 'Is this a hickey on Taehyung's collarbone?' It played over and over, zooming in closer and closer, his shirt moving out the way as he turned, revealing what was in fact a mark I'd left near his throat. That had been a lot of fun, learning that he was especially sensitive to anything around his neck and I'd made use of that knowledge a number of times in those last few days. Biting my lip for a minute, I decided to chance the comment section.

- Nah that's just a shadow

- Definitely a hickey! OMG, who gave it to him?

- They do have partners you know

- Who is the lucky woman who had her lips on his neck? I'm dying just thinking about it

- *Crying face*, I wish it was me

It actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting. No-one said anything nasty, just a lot of people wishing they were the one kissing his body and who could blame them? Others were saying it wasn't actually a hickey and that people needed to grow up. I clicked out of it, feeling a little bit sidetracked with the thought I had marked him and people were talking about it.

Then I saw another post, this one of the members leaving the restaurant we'd eaten in my last night and I held my breath as I could see the green top I was wearing tucked in the back of the first image. Scrolling through, there were a series as we walked and got into the car. RM first then me lagging behind but partially hidden by a few staff and members as I stepped to the side, out of the way of the cameras.

- Is that RM with his girlfriend? We all know he is dating right?

- Could be the translator

- Why would he need a translator, he speaks great English?

- But not all of them do and staff need to eat too!

- Jin and Suga were also in the same car, she's probably staff

- Doesn't she look like the woman seen with Tae?

- Do you think she's making her way through the whole band or something? Get real!

I was surprised that there were no hateful comments in that post either and relieved that again, the mask I was wearing and people around had hidden me from being identified. Although, some still persisted in accurately connecting the dots between all the images I'd been in so far and that was a concern. Thankfully they all appeared like conspiracy theorists. How long that could continue for I didn't know, Tae had mentioned that he'd managed to keep his sister away from photos the last decade so we might be lucky for a long time. And just thinking of Tae in terms of being around for a long time made my heart beat a little faster.