With Love

45. Facing fears

At the fashion meet,

Hoseok: Look! There's Taehyungie!

Jin: Where? I can't spot him.

Hoseok points eagerly towards Taehyung and the six men make their way towards him. Taehyung breaks into a lovely smile on seeing the members. However, his eyes were searching for someone else too.

Namjoon pats Taehyung's back in admiration.

Namjoon: You look handsome! Everything ready?

Taehyung: Almost, thanks for coming.

Jimin: Yaah, look at him being all formal and thanking us. Like we'd miss it for the world.

Taehyung: Where's Leah? Is she...uh...coming?

Jungkook: Nope. She's not coming. She's really upset with you for not being at home the whole day yesterday especially when it was your birthday.

Taehyung's face falls and he runs his hand through his hair while looking around tensed.

Yoongi: Yaah, why are you troubling him? Put the man at ease. (To Taehyung) She's on the way. We decided to come here separately in order to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

Taehyung's face lights up brightly at this piece of information.

Taehyung: You mean she's really coming?

Yoongi nods.

Yoongi: She will be here in a few minutes if I'm not wrong.

Taehyung grabs Yoongi by his shoulders excitedly.

Taehyung: Really? Thank you so much hyung!

Before any of them can say a word, Taehyung pushes through the crowd towards the entrance. He stands in the corridor and look around at the various people entering the venue. He checks his watch. It was a quarter to 7:00 p.m. He loosens his tie and waits impatiently. He stares at the sky. It was unusually cloudy.

Taehyung: Is it going to rain? Where is Leah?

He leans against a pillar while checking his watch every second. That's when he spots her. His heart skips a beat as he sees her walking from the taxi and climbing the stairs. She was stunning. Gorgeous. Perfect. His eyes trail from her beautiful hair to her face. He smirks as he presumes that Jungkook is responsible for her on point makeup.

It took a whole lot of self-restraint to keep himself from running towards Leah and lifting her off her feet. He watches her like a hawk watching its prey as she takes one step after the other on the red carpet. He runs his tongue over his lip as she nears him though she was oblivious to his presence.

Security guard: Ma'am we'd like to see your entry pass.

Taehyung watches as Leah stares at the guard. He chuckles at her forgetfulness and continues to watch from a distance.

Leah: What?

Security guard: Your entry pass. Please show us your entry pass to proceed inside.

Leah looks around in panic and Taehyung can almost hear her swearing under her breath. He slowly walks up behind her drawing a surprised reaction from the Security guard.

Security guard: Oh uhm, is she with you Sir?

Taehyung slips his hand around Leah's small waist. It felt so good to have her beside him. He had missed her a lot despite their fight. He pulls her closer to him, contentment and desire filling his heart. He looks down into her eyes and can feel himself getting lost in it. He breaks away from her gaze and stares back at the security guard.