A few days later, I was so freaking happy to be out of school. The day had just dragged on and on and on. I had even texted Namjoon and asked about this week's session, bored out of my mind. He, of course, gave me nothing. Just the pages of our math lessons I would need to study with a smirking emoji.
Sowan was no help either as she had ditched our last two classes together for a quick romp with Jungkook, captain of the lacrosse team. The boy was fine but he was young and I liked my men older.
Walking home by myself, I stopped in at the cat cafe for a vanilla chai, my fav. Seokjin, the shop owner, saw me and immediately began to prepare my usual after a quick wave. As I waited, Seokjin's newest employee came from the back of the shop, arms full of delicious pastries.
There were cupcakes, turnovers, cinnamon rolls, croissants, donuts, apple fritters, cannoli, strudels, baklava, all fresh out the oven and still steaming in his hands. The smell took over the entire lounge area and everyone's head turned toward the mouth watering aromas.
I had to swallow a few times myself.
Seokjin walked over to my table at this time and handed me my drink. With a smirk, he says, "He did glow up didn't he?"
"Hunh?", I looked over to him having no clue what he was talking about. He pointed in the direction of the pastry case where the boy was currently placing all the goodies.
"Taehyung," he stated as if I should have known. "That boy went off to college and came back gorgeous, didn't he?"
I laughed at his enthusiasm before turning to look at the boy carrying the sweets.
All I could say was 'Wow!'
Taehyung had really grown up and filled out. His hair was a dirty blond now and had grown out down to his rounded jaw line. Two strands hung to the sides of his face as he had it pulled back into a ponytail. His arms were sculpted like he had been doing hard labor in the penitentiary or something, the veins flowing all the way to his fingers, popping out enticingly with every movement of his body.
A lite back story, Seokjin's Appa's little cafe had been a staple in our little community growing up. We would come here everyday after school and all summer. And every time Seokjin and Taeyung were here working their asses off. Most teased them for not being able to hang, labeling them weird and making them somewhat of an outcast.
But my Appa had sat me down early and explained to me that hard work and family was nothing to joke around with and I befriended the quiet, somewhat introverted boy and his older brother seemed to approve.
Many a days, Sowan would find me in here keeping Taehyung company while he busted tables and mopped floors. Sometimes she would sit and kick it with us. Others she would only acknowledge his presence with a smile before dragging me out to tell me something she considered immediately urgent.
Taehyung, at the time, was a bit nerdy, skinny, pimpled, with short tapered greasy looking black hair, and kinda short for the male gender. But this guy?
"Tae, come say hi to (Y/N)," Jin shouted out next to me and I wanted to throw my hot tea in his face but fought the urge as said man sat down his tray and began walking in our direction.
His walk was insane. It wasn't a regular stride of a tired worker. It was that of a model stepping out of a GQ magazine, confidence and dominance pouring off of him. He stepped closer to me and held out his hand to shake. I stared at it, now up close and personal, and could see all the veins on his long sculpted fingers. The tattoos that ran up his arm didn't help either.
"Hey (Y/N). It's been a long time."
Oh my god, his voice!! So penetratingly deep, I'd swear my soul stirred. I reached out and shook his inviting hand for no other reason than to stop myself from drooling over the man.
"Y-Yeah," I had to clear my throat. "It has been. Wow, Tae. You've really grown up."
I can't believe what I am seeing right now. A blush? A blush across the chiseled cheeks of this Adonis before me that only proved to make him even more sexy? He grabs and rubs the back of his neck with a cute square smile and actually looks embarrassed.
"Yeah, I've been getting a lot of that lately. I don't really feel it but I guess it's one of those outside looking in things, ya know?"
I giggled and nodded.
"Well, you've grown up a bit too," he changed the subject quickly. "Filled out in a few places," he added, giving me a once over...then another more slow, deliberate one.
It was at this time two of my favorite people walked into the shop followed by a mangy mutt.
Seokjin turned and looked at Namjoon, nodding in conformation of his usual before walking away to get it. Sowan didn't do coffee but she knew I was probably here and upon finding out she was right, ran over to me, ready to tell me about her latest.
What stopped her was the hot guy standing in my vicinity. She eyed him slow, almost in recognition but Tae and I, both, could tell she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Sowan!," Tae exclaimed when she was close enough. "Don't tell me you forgot about me?"
Truthfully, Sowan didn't pay attention to the non-attractive guys. And to her, Tae fit that bill before he left for Uni. Now, however...
"Kim Taehyung? Is that you? Wow! What the fuck are they feeding you college boys? Virgin blood?"
He chuckled as she proceeded to step to him and run her hand down the muscles in his arm.
"Same old, Sowan," Tae said and I agreed completely with a nod.
"How long are you here for?," Sowan asked the Adonis, Taehyung.
"Just the summer. Then it's back to the books. I'm working here with Hyung just for some extra cash."
Sowan and I nodded, my eyes still taking in his jaw dropping frame.
From behind, I heard the howls of that damn mutt and rolled my eyes. Taehyung caught the notion and laughed, pulling me under his arm, the scent of his cologne almost making me swoon. I did when he bent down low to whisper in my ear, "I take it you don't like her too much?"
I giggled with my hand over my mouth because I guess I was super obvious. I abruptly stopped though when I felt his breath at my ear again.
"We should hang out sometime. Just you and me. When I don't look like a grease monkey."
I was laughing again. And he just kept coming with the shits.
"I see you every day, after school I think, and you always order the Vanilla Chai with extra cinnamon. My Hyung be tripping saying we gotta use water but I always use milk and cream for you cuz, I think you're kinda sweet."
By now Sowan had caught on and was giggling too.
"I was thinking, maybe we can meet outside the restaurant one day. Cuz you know, I do look a lot different outside my work clothes."
"Boy stop," I playfully hit him in his chest. His chest that didn't give even a centimeter. Just hard, tight, muscle. I trembled under his arm and he gave me a questioning look.
Before I could answer him, Namjoon was bringing his pet over to greet us.
"What's up, Taehyung?," the two locking hands into a bro hug.
"Nothing much, Namjoon. Books and work, work and books."
"Oh, that sucks, bro. You definitely need to have some fun while you're home this summer."
I saw the devious look Tae shot in my direction. I think Joon and his lapdog did too as she seemed happy that his attention was on me.
"Oh, I plan to," Taehyung said, not taking his eyes off me.
"Kim Taehyung!!" Suddenly Seokjin called from the counter. "Did you not notice the after school rush? Get in this kitchen!"
Blushing almost crimson, Tae apologized and took his leave. Before he rounded the corner into the back, he put his hand to his face as if it were a phone and winked at me.
"Looks like someone has an admirer."
Namjoon, Sowan, and I all looked to the creature speaking. I smacked my lips and rolled my eyes while Sowan started in on the mutt.
"Bitch, why are you even talking to us?"
"Excuse me," Namjoon's pet riled up, stepping towards my best friend. She took a step too and so did I, just ready to pop a bitch in her mouth.
Luckily for her, her master had a good grip on her leash.
"Ok, ok ladies. This is not the time nor the place," he stood between us and her. Somehow though, his back was to the whore and his hands were gripping at my waist. If I wasn't pissed, I'd be doing mental backflips right now!
The sight of Joon with his hands on me calmed Sowan right down as now she's sporting a Cheshire Cat grin.
She leaned over to glance behind Namjoon's back.
"Do yall even fuck?" She asked the unsuspecting girl and I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Joon on the other hand seemed to rage at said question.
"That is none of your business, Sowan."
She shrugged and said "I guess that's a no," before walking off towards the exit.
I took a quick glance at Namjoon, his face a cross between humored and exposed, and began walking away from the two. But first, I ran a quick hand across the front of his shorts, his dick snagging on my pinky before falling back against his thigh. He was boxer-less and he knew that I knew that he was as he smirked at me, watching us walk out the door.