Taciturn | Min Yoongi

IX

"I love her already." Yoongi coos as he carefully holds his cat, gently massaging and scratching the cat's head. Jimin places the adoption forms in front og Yoongi to sign them. "Thought of a name?" Jimin perks up to see Yoongi fiddling with the blue plastic ball point.

Yoongi smiles and writes down his cat's name. Jimin exclaims as he leans over and reads the blank that was now freshly inked by the ball point, "Wait your cat's name is Cat? Hyung, that's genius! Hello Goyang-i!". Jimin coos as he massages Goyang-i's head and she immediately purrs at the pleasure given by Jimin.

Yoongi buys a black collar for Cat and all the essentials needed to take care of the cat. Goyang-i softly meows as she sits in her carrier. "Bye Jimin!" Yoongi bids his goodbye as he leaves the insulated building. Mentally cursing himself for not wearing an extra 3 layers of clothing to save him from the harsh cold of Seoul's weather.

Yoongi began walking back to his home but stopped as a tiny speck of snow lightly falls on his pinkish-red nose.

Great.

Yoongi mentally groans and fastens his pace to reach home. His mind is clouded by the myriad of thoughts to reach his warm, cosy home and have some hot chocolate with his piano in front of him and Goyang-i sitting on his lap. However, his train to thought crashes and stops as he stares at the familiar being.

Her deep black boots fiddle as she stands in front of his door. Icy hands dug deep within the pockets of the warm, furry jacket, steam releasing as her cherry red lips inhale and exhale. Chocolate brown coloured hair falls on her face just over her pale, chubby cheeks. A white shopping bag which sat in front of Yoongi's door and the ambrosial odour of the sweet, delicious food trailed up to Yoongi's nose.

It was her.

And Yoongi couldn't be anymore happier. Yoongi resumed his footsteps and walked towards the alluring woman. "Hey." Yoongi speaks with his voice unintentionally low which startled Heiran. Heiran smiles and gestures with her freezing hands,"Hi! I went past the lamb skewer shop and then remembered who love them so I thought I'd drop them by."

Before Yoongi could utter a syllable Heiran gasps and jumps lightly with her scintillating orbs staring at Yoongi's new cat. "Y-you got a cat?" Heiran gestures with pure excitement to which Yoongi nods with the same level of excitement.

Yoongi opens the door for the two to enter the warm insulated home. "Come inside." Yoongi leads the way to T.V room with Heiran following his steps quietly. She places the food on the coffee table and sits close to the heater Yoongi turned on. Yoongi then kneels down to open the carrier for Goyang-i to take her first step into her new home. Yoongi brings a navy blue cushion that had a light blue tinted blanket drapped over it. He neatly takes out the newly bought bowl that read "Goyang-i" in black ink for the cat litter.

"All of this is so adorable! I never thought you'd be a cat person, I thought you'd be more of a dog person." Heiran signs as she gets warm by the heater.

Yoongi chuckles as he brings two plates, chopsticks and his mother's infamous kimchi on the coffee table and sirs next to her.

"I'm a bit of both." Yoongi nervously flashed his gummy smile which mads Heiran internally coo at him. "Back home, we have an adorable poodle named Min Holly."

"That's adorable!" Heiran giggles and digs in the lamb skewers.

"Have you ever had a pet?" Yoongi asks as he also digs in the mouth watering lamb skewers with his mother's kimchi.

"I had a bunny when I was a round 8 years old but it someone stole him." Heiran pouted as she reminisced her childhood memory.

"Oh that sucks!" Yoongi quietly spoke. Heiran reached for more kimchi and moaned at the impeccable taste. "This kimchi is really good! Where did you get this from?" Heiran signed as she ate.

Yoongi grinned, "It's my mother's."

"No wonder it tastes like home."

The night grew darker and the snow fell harder. The two didn't realise how fast time went by. Nearly two and half bottles of soju were placed near the boxes of lamb skewers on the coffee table. Both of their pale faces seem red and flushed by the alcohol.

Go-yangi climbed over Yoongi's lap and snuggled against him. Heiran's loose sweater revealed her left shoulder and the sweet, minimalistic flower tattoo on her collarbone.

"The flower looks pretty." Yoongi shyly complimented. Heiran smiled and unconsciously traced her pale skinned  index finger over the pattern and reminisced about a dark memory.

"I was in an accident 4 years ago." Heiran signs as the dark memories start to flash before her eyes.

"It was pouring cats and dogs and my late boyfriend and I were riding his motorcycle." Heiran signs with shaking hands and Yoongi turns to her with a soft and concerned look.

"The road was empty but suddenly a sedan was speeding and crashed into us. He died on the spot and I had gotten severe injuries and lost my voice."

A tear escapes from Heiran's eyes and he moves closer to Yoongi and places her head on his shoulder.

"I had a scar on that side so I got a tattoo to help me move on." Heiran smiled painfully. Yoongi's warm hand enveloped Heiran's cold one and rubbed the pad of his thumb over her hand for comfort.

A pool of tears surround her glassy eyes as she felt the comfort she longed for years ago. That night Heiran thanked the stars for letting Yoongi enter her life as a shining star.