When I'm with you :: TaeJin

Chapter 2: On my path to you

Taehyung stood shocked for a moment before puffing out a smile and walking back to his car. Seokjin watched him through the viewing hole until he drove away, very relieved that Taehyung didn't look offended by Seokjin's erratic goodbye.

Seokjin released his little excited screams aloud while running on the spot, it felt like his smile would split his face apart. But he took a deep breath and held himself together. He had a memorable night to plan. And he would make his own lasting impression.

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Taehyung waited at a table at a rather fancy restaurant in town near the area of town boasting some decent variety of cuisines and nightlife. He adjusted the collar of his shirt under his suit jacket and rubbed his sweaty palms on his pants.

His eyes wandered the place avoiding other stares and smiles in his line of vision. At the door his gaze stilled.

Seokjin walked in with his hair parted and mostly out of his face with a soft waves styled in. He wore a coat cinched at the waist with a belt with slim fitted pants shaping his slim legs. To top it off he wore a choker around his delicate neck.

Taehyung stood up in a daze, looking at Seokjin's slowly blushing face and shy smile.

Dinner was lovely and delicious as the two talked and laughed, forgetting about the awkwardness of their time not together at the beach. They also drank and finished some wine, with Seokjin polishing off most of it, as Taehyung still had to drive.

Taehyung gazed at Seokjin's pout growing more outward and more adorable as he ate and drank. He slurred his words like a little kid and tilted his head this way and that when he spoke, his eyelids either fluttering or closing slowly, his eyelashes fanning up and down slowly. Taehyung was enamoured.

"Ok! Let's go Taetae!" Seokjin suddenly declared, jumping up from his seat.

'Taetae?' Taehyung loved the nickname. They both paid, with Taehyung holding in his giggles as Seokjin tried to fish out his card from his wallet. His hands hovered around Seokjin in case he needed help with balance, but Seokjin proved to be a very capable drunk, not showing any inebriation at all now that they are walking to another place that played music.

At the entrance the music vibrated in the walls and Taehyung felt his heart bounce along with it. He and Seokjin took off their coats in the darkened lobby and were quickly ushered inside. The place was filled with people, but luckily not too packed, with some space along the bar and on the dance floor. Taehyung found Seokjin's tiny waist and held it firmly, feeling the thin fabric of his top in his hand.

"I'm going to go get us some water." Taehyung yells into his ear. Seokjin replies that he will just be around the dancefloor where there is more light so Taehyung can see him.

The music mellows to slower songs with more chilled beats and pronounced melodies. Taehyung bops his head to the rhythm and gives polite, short and tight-lipped shaking of the head responses to questions and advances made his way. 

After Taehyung gets two small bottles of water, he turns around and walks to the dancefloor to find Seokjin. As he continues to look around he moves his body smoothly and effortlessly to the low singing voice and sensual beats.

I keep you right next to me (To me)

Only just in my dream (My dream)

I see you in red, blue, green

Don't wake me up from sleep

Taehyung's eyes dart left and right, glimpsing faces and features from the flashes of soft pink and purple lights. Finally, he sees him. And all the air is sucked out of his lungs.