Veiled In Ice, Heart So Fragile ♡

CHAPTER - XI ~ 💫BUTTERFLIES AND BRUISES💫

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"Love isn't always loud—it lingers in stolen glances, quiet promises, and the way your heart races when they're near."

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CHAPTER - XI ~ BUTTERFLIES AND BRUISES

🎧: "Love Me Like You Do" – Ellie Goulding

🌈AUTHOR'S POV:

Taehyung's words lingered between them, heavy with a meaning neither of them was quite ready to voice. "I promise to stay with you always and forever."

They just stared at each other, lost in the moment, their gazes locked like magnets. The world around them faded, their eyes slowly drifting to each other's lips, the tension thick enough to suffocate.

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"They weren't lost in love; just lost in a moment they weren't ready to name."

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Their precious moment was shattered when the librarian's sharp voice cut through the silence, "File out, the library is about to close for the day."

Y/N and Taehyung flinched; their trance broken as reality crashed down on them. They exchanged awkward glances, neither willing to address what had just happened.

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"A promise was made, even if neither of them fully understood what it meant yet."

"They weren't running from feelings. Just walking a little slower towards them."

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Y/N, determined to break the tension, smirked. "Alright, cheesy knight, let's get out of here before we get locked in."

Taehyung chuckled, choosing not to press the moment further. Instead, he casually draped an arm around her shoulders, pulling her close as they walked side by side. His heart was pounding, but he wasn't going to rush things. He wanted her to feel safe with him, to be her weird and adorable self without hesitation. Love wasn't about forcing things—it was about letting them unfold naturally.

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"He didn't just want her near—he wanted her to belong to him, to wrap her in his warmth and never let her go."

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But sometimes, just sometimes, he wanted to push her against the wall and kiss her senseless. He wanted to claim her, love her, spoil her, be faithful to her.

He knew it was bad when he started imagining her in his hoodies, curled up next to him, belonging to him. Her careless habit of biting her lips whenever tensed or nervous made his mind walk in a state of hysteria and made his thoughts go on a rampage thinking of all the "We shouldn't be doing this" things. Moments with her made him wish time would stop, that he could hold on to this feeling forever.

Y/N, on the other hand, was convincing herself that all his schmaltzy words meant nothing beyond friendship. But deep down, she wanted them to mean more. She wanted the words to be something more on the lines of 'them' being more than just friends. But she knew better than to spoil their amazing bond just because her silly, stupid, oversensitive, teenage heart wouldn't take it easy and be beating at an insane speed and make her feel things she never felt before.