Staring at the picture of Haneul and her, she has long forgotten the work she was doing when the thought of her sister crossed her mind. She misses her terribly, her heart heaves with longing and she yearns to hear her sweet voice laughing loudly at her silly jokes. Despite her acceptance of her passing, everything still feels unreal as if Haneul left too soon.
As much as it hurts that she is gone, Haru feels more at ease knowing her sister is no longer in pain.
"I miss you", she traces the photo with her finger, smiling bitterly to herself. "I really do"
The soft buzz on her phone startled her, a text notification appearing at the top of her screen making her grin to herself as Taehyung's name appear.
Taehyung :
I miss you :((((
Haru :
Hmmmm really?
Taehyung :
I do, I want to see youuuuuuu 😭
Haru :
But you're busy.........did you forget you have not met me at all this week???? are you forgetting me? you're cute girlfriend?
Taehyung :
I have your photo as my lock screen. Don't make me change my laptop wallpaper to your photo 🙂
Haru :
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
Taehyung :
Because I am in dire need of vitamin haru before I die.
I hate seminars 🤢🤢
Haru :
What time do you finish today?
Taehyung :
I have no ideaaaaa. WE HAVE NOT MET ALL THIS WEEK. THIS IS CRUELTY 😑
Haru :
Stop being cute
Taehyung :
Can I come and see you after work?
Haru :
You're going to be tired. Go home straight. I will go to your place.
Taehyung :
My apartment? You're going to wait at my apartment? 🤔
Haru :
YES BECAUSE I AM THE SWEETEST GIRLFRIEND EVER🥱
Taehyung :
CAN I GO HOME NOW THEN
Haru :
Stop being cute and go back to work. I need to do work as well.
Taehyung :
See you. Miss you. I miss youuuu 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Giggling at his reply, she puts her phone down at the side before resuming whatever work she was doing before she got distracted. Her face hurt from all the smiling, making her shake her head as she pushes all thoughts out of her head.
She couldn't remember the last time she was this happy. It feels like her insides are blooming and so close to bursting pixie dust and colourful flowers from all the overwhelming happiness. Sometimes it feels unreal to be feeling this happy. Taehyung really makes her so happy—too happy—to the extent she pinches her cheeks too frequently thinking everything is just a dream.
"Oh god, he makes me crazy"
-
Jungkook smiles when he opens the door for Haru, welcoming her warmly as this is her first time to their house without Taehyung attending to her. Taehyung texted him earlier about Haru coming over without him and also warned him to not get the door while being in his boxers only. But he was getting ready for dinner when Haru pressed the bell thus he is decently dressed.
"I'll be going out a while, please make yourself at home okay?"
"Thank you", Haru relaxes, nodding to herself. "You're off to work?"
"Nooooo", he chuckles lightly, running his fingers in his soft hair. "It's my day off today, I'm going out for dinner"
"Oh, dinner?", Haru raised an eyebrow playfully. "Or a dateeeee?"
"Hey, don't", Jungkook blushes, pressing his lips shyly. "Just a dinner"
"Okay", shrugging her shoulder, she turns around to head towards the room but then stopped in her tracks when Jungkook suddenly speaks again.
"Please let me know if you need anything okay?", Jungkook offers casually. "I'll be next door. Just give it a knock okay?"
Her hearts warm at his concern and the genuine attempt to ensure she is well taken care of. Taehyung must have asked him to do so but, one look at this guy in front of her, she knows he meant well. Taehyung talked about Jungkook quite a number of times and how he dotes on him as the youngest of the group.
Jungkook is the most sensitive among the three but that particular trait of him is what makes him the kindest soul Taehyung ever met. He said Jungkook was very shy when they first met as roommates and he had to break the wall slowly before Jungkook finally let him in. He may look tough and strong with that perfectly built body he worked hard for, but beneath that lives a soft-hearted boy that believes in genuine love and affection.
That what makes Jungkook the most endearing in the eyes of Taehyung and Jimin.
"I will, Jungkook", she returns the smile. "Have a good time, okay?"
-
It wasn't until 10 minutes to 11 p.m. when Taehyung finally barges into his own house, energy depleted as he basically drags his feet towards the kitchen to refresh himself with a glass of apple juice. Jungkook was sitting at the couch when he came in and he quickly got up and walked up to him.
"I think Haru is asleep", he points at Taehyung's door. "I knocked on the door just now to offer some snacks but there was no answer. She looked very tired too when she arrived just now"
Guilt begins to creep on him as he turns to look at his door, sighing at himself for getting too drown in work he lost track of time. He promised Haru to come home by 7 pm earlier, but his meeting got dragged for too long and he did not realize how late it was. His initial plan to buy her favourite salted caramel latte was forgotten as he felt too dizzy to even remember. All the hours of him reading journals and skimming papers finally got to his head, driving him to total insanity.
But thank god Jungkook texted him if he needs anything since he might be too tired to drop by anywhere on his way home.
"I bought some food for both of you, but I put in the fridge already. Do you want me to help you heat them up?", Jungkook was already halfway towards the fridge when Taehyung stopped him.
"It's okay. I am too tired to even eat. But I'll heat them myself if she wants to eat. Thank you Kook, I owe you one"
"Come on, shut it", Jungkook laughs at his roomies's grateful face. "No big deal. Oh, I bought some strawberry and banana milk just now—in the fridge"
-
Slowly tiptoeing into his own room, he is surprised to see how obviously dim his room is with only little white light beaming in from outside through his windows. He puts his stuffs silently he watches Haru sleeping so peacefully on his bed. Walking to his bed in light steps, he sees her all cosy underneath his thick grey comforter, hugging the bolster so tightly.
Taehyung smiles to himself, heart softening at the sight of her on his bed all comfortable and it takes every ounce of his might not to join her on the bed and sleep. He sits at the edge of the bed as gently as possible not wanting to wake her up, taking the chance to adjust the comforter for her. Watching her sleep so contentedly in his bed, still looking so lovely despite her sleepy tired face makes his heart so warm and content.
It really feels good to come home to her, he thought.
He brushes her hair with the lightest touch, admiring her face before he leans close and kisses the side of her face. "Sleep tight, my love"
-
Woken up by the soft sound of someone tapping on their keyboard, Haru shifts on the bed as she slowly stirs awake from slumber. Taking a few seconds to register the faint orange light illuminating the room, her hand stretches to the side only to hit on something, or someone. Her eyes shoot open and the first thing she sees is the bright laptop screen, a pair of hands with their fingers typing so quickly and then she smells it, the familiar scent of lavender.
Then she looks up, surprised to see Taehyung sitting comfortably beside her, dressed in his casual hoodie, messy damp hair and his full rimmed glasses resting nicely on the bridge of his nose. He seems not to realize her waking up, eyes glued on whatever work he is doing and the obvious frown on his forehead shows that he is completely engrossed with the work.
"Hey"
Haru's voice snapped him out of his focus, turning to the side to find her looking at him with a sleepy smile.
"You're still working. What time is it?"
Finding himself stricken at the sight of her still half asleep, hair a little messy and voice quite raspy, he couldn't help but to melt at the view. "Did I wake you up?"
"N-No", still trying to find her bearing, her hands roams under the pillow to search for her phone and she found it, her eyes almost bulged out of the socket looking at the time. "It's almost 2 am. Tae, why aren't you asleep? Have you eaten? Do you want to eat? Aren't you tire—"
Her words got cut off when he suddenly chuckles to himself, head shaking slightly as he looks down at his thighs.
"What? Why are you laughing?"
"I am so weak for you. Don't be too sweet. You're too sweet", he sighs as he puts his laptop on the bedside table and turns to her again.
Haru waits for him to say anything but then nothing came out of him. He just looks at her, eyes so soft and a little smile on his handsome face.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I know I look horrible when I wake up"
"It feels good coming home to you", he says, a hand reaching to fix her hair. "It feels so nice to see you when I get home"
His words caught her off guard, fluttering her already weak heart making a blush appears on her cheeks, warming her face at the same time. She wasn't expecting that at all but it feels nice to hear him say that.
"Have you eaten?", she takes his hand and holds it in hers, gently caressing it with her thumb. "Why are you still up?"
"I haven't, I can't eat without you", he replies with a big pout. "Are you hungry?"
"Not anymore, looking at you makes me full already", she winks at him but then ends up laughing at her own words.
Taehyung too couldn't help but to break into a shy laugh, having to breathe in and out as he calms himself. No matter how often they have met and all the time they have spent together, every gesture of her never fails to shake his heart. He is just too weak when it comes to her, as if everything she does makes him want to scream because he is beyond endeared.
"I really miss you", he shifts closer to pull her into a hug. "I am so happy you're here"
"Taehyung, I haven't showered—I smell"
"I am still going to hug you", he ignores the little push of her hands, wrapping his hands even tighter around her as he nuzzles into her neck. "This feels nice"
Haru gently rubs his back with her hand, caressing him ever so softly to comfort him because she knows how tired he is from all the work he had to do. She's tired too. The entire week has been so tiring, meeting project deadlines and endless meetings.
But then, all she needed is Taehyung's warm hug and everything is fine.
"Taehyung"
"Hmmm?", he doesn't move an inch, still hugging her so tightly.
"I miss you too"
He slowly releases her, adoring eyes looking at her as he shows the sweetest smile. Again, he says nothing at all, just looking at her with such loving eyes as his hands gently holds hers.
"I was doing some reading just now during lunch break", he clears his throat as he pulls her to lie down on the bed, pulling her into the crook of his arm before wrapping one arm around her shoulder. "And I saw the word 'Serendipity'"
"Serendipity?"
"Yes", he smiles to himself. "And somehow, it reminds me of us"
"Why so?", Haru looks up at his face, confused eyes beaming at him.
"Do you know what's the meaning of the word?"
"I do", she nods. "I learned about it in one my literature classes. It's like a blessing in disguise, right? Like when all hope is lost, then comes one good thing that changes everything—can be anything too"
"Serendipity is subjective. Not necessarily big things, small things too. Like finding a place to sit amidst a big crowd in the hospital, or, finding a paper clip in bunches of pens when you really need it, or in our case, we found each other when we were not looking for each other"
"Serendipity you say"
"Yes"
"That's a funny way to put how we met"
"Funny or no. I believe in serendipity"
Haru smiles to herself, feeling so warm inside at the metaphorical comparison of their meeting to the word. But he is right, their meeting is just like serendipity. None of them were even looking for each other but stars aligned, they found each other.
And to fall in love with each other, that is another blessing in disguise.
"Haru"
"Yes?"
"I think you're my serendipity"
Her heart stopped for a fleeting second, slightly stunned at the softness of his words and gentle tone of his voice when he said that. She pushes herself up wanting to look at his face just to find him already looking at her so tenderly. Unable to hold in the shy smile creeping on her features as well as the slightly blush painting her cheeks, she breaks into a small laugh instead as she tries to control her emotions.
It took her a while to finally calm down from the overwhelming rush of emotions and she is thankful Taehyung didn't say anything at all. He just sat there, watching her going through so many emotions at once and she can assume he might be enjoying it too judging by the smile on his face.
"Oh god, I can't even look at your face right now"
"Why?"
"Because you look too good with your glasses on", she sighs deeply. "I am losing my focus"
"I know you like me in glasses"
"Stoppp", she slaps his arm, squinting her eyes at him only to have him suddenly sits up catching her off guard.
"I am not joking you know", he shifts closer to her face till there is only a breath of space between their face.
"About what?", she looks at him straight in the eyes.
"You're my serendipity"
Haru fell quiet for a few seconds, letting that four words sink into her head. Throughout the years of her living, she thought saying "I love you" could be the most sacred confession between to people who genuinely loves each other and no other phrases would ever top it. She has lived believing when people confess to each other using that magical phrase, it would have been the most crucial phase of exchanging feelings and nothing will ever go beyond that.
But Taehyung proved her wrong.
You are my serendipity
Four simple words, just four simple words but for some unimaginable reasons, they feel so light, like sweet spring breeze gracing through the late winter sky, breathing in life and colours as it floats in the cold air but warming the hearts of those who have waited the whole year for spring to come.
How can such four words feel like a breath of new life, pouring love so unfamiliar yet so familiar, blossoming a new profound emotion that builds in your heart, budding little sprouts of joy all over your veins, creating a whole new feeling that is just so warm and genuine, and if possible, something beyond love itself.
There is no doubt, everything she is feeling towards him is way beyond that love.
"Taehyung, you're my serendipity too"
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NOTE
I must say, I have been waiting to finally write this part!!!! The part Haru and Tae finally talked about Serendipity ( hence the title of this fic!). So much fluff here so...I hope everyone is soft now he he he.
Thank you for reading this chapter! I hope it was good and enjoyable~ Love you! 💫💕