As expected, he was by the river. He didn't seem to be aware of my presence, too.
I walked down the steps, trying to make the least sound I could possibly in heels. Once I landed, I let out a quiet chuckle and from behind, placed my hands on top of his eyes and placed a quick peck on his cheek.
"Guess who." I lowered my voice, attempting to copy his.
I hear him laugh and turn around, smiling at me. "Aish, Yuna, what are you doing here?"
I leaned on one of the trees. "More like.. what are you doing here?"
He leaned on the tree right across from me and shrugged. "We have something in common: We're both easily overwhelmed... So you guessed it!"
"Your outfit says the complete opposite of what you really are." I say randomly, resting an elbow on my knee and placing my chin on top of my palm. "Oh wait, nevermind."
He raised a brow, "What?"
"Your suit says 'flirty'," I pointed out. "And you're flirty too. I almost forgot about that."
His mouth went agape and his eyes widened, and he pushed himself from the rock. "I'm not flirty, Yuna!" he defended, before cupping his face with his hands and started doing aegyo. "This is just me!"
"That's another side of you." I grinned.
He returned it. Then an idea probably popped in his mind because right after that, he started jumping excitedly like a kid. "Oh my god! Yuna! I just thought about it, can you please do aegyo, please?"
I blinked a few times.
Now that I think about it, I've never really done it. I mean.. I don't see the purpose why me and Jungkook had to do that to each other, so..
"I'll try.." I pursed my lips and started thinking about what to do. Do I give him a normal smile? Do I raise the pitch of my voice? Do I have to bash my eyelashes? And for some reason, my mind wandered off to Seokjin's pun jokes.
"Taehyung, I'm getting bored with this river." I say, turning my head to look at the riverbank flowing calmly.
He frowned, "Why?"
I cracked a smile, "I think it's getting too mainstream."
I felt good about my joke since he ended up laughing. "Yuna, You must be hanging out too much with Seokjin-hyung. Why not hang out with me more so you could like me back?"
I flushed, before looking up at him. "See! This is exactly what I told you about being so flirty!"
"I'm not flirty." he said quickly. "I just like you."
I playfully rolled my eyes. "And you already know I like you back.."
"Of course!" he replied, inching closer. He then pulled me by the hand and lead me to an empty ground. "And since I insist.."
He bowed down and let go of my hand, holding his out again. "Yuna, will you dance with me?"
I blushed furiously. "Taehyung.. I don't know how to dance."
"That's okay." he reassured, standing up and moving closer. He then started to instruct me. "You just place this hand on my shoulder, I place my hand on your waist, we hold our hands like this, and just.. follow after me."
He stepped forward, making me step backward. He smiled at me. "See? That's it."
I accidentally stepped on his foot, making me pull away from him in surprise. "Oh my god! Taehyung, I'm so sorry, are you okay?" I asked quickly, checking to see if he was okay.
He laughed and nodded, and we started to dance again. Okay, so maybe I accidentally stepped on his foot for more than 5 times, and I felt so bad.
"I should sing." he suggested, as I started to get the rhythm of the dance.
"Yes, you should." I nodded. "You told me you were going to sing that song you wrote.. but you ended up tickling me on the couch and being nosy with my drawings."
He laughed, "I'm sorry, jagi, but hey, I'll sing it now."
I blushed at his words, but blushed even harder when he started singing. Is it just me, or did his voice became a hundred times more pleasant to hear?
In the midst of his song, I felt myself slowly stop from dancing and just stand there, my hand intertwined with his and my hand on his shoulder. And when I got tired, he insisted to just loop my arms around his neck, which I did.
After the song, I felt myself smiling. I looked up at him. "Taehyung.. your voice.. is beautiful. Have you ever considered joining a choir or some sort?"
He shook his head, "They say my voice is only fit for harsh lines.. I don't know."
"That's not true," I said, "I can listen to you sing all day."
He stared at me for a while, that same, long, stare he gave me whenever he was thinking. I would've felt uncomfortable back then, but I was used to him doing this to me by now.
"Really?" he pursed his lips. "But then.. I could also look at you all day." he moved his face closer.
"And?" I gulped.
"Why don't you join Miss Universe?" he grinned. "Just kidding, it's no competition if you're there. You're just.."
"I'm flattered, then." I laughed softly. "And I'm just..?"
"Really beautiful." he said, sighing and sitting on the ground. I furrowed my eyebrows and sat on the back of my legs, resting on the ground as well.
"I want to be with you." he murmured lovingly, and I feel him place a hand on my cheek. "But I don't want your parents to be mad at you in any way.. right after that day, they must've thought of me differently."
"You want to be with me?" I placed a hand on top of his. "Then be it. Taehyung.. I know they were upset when that happened, but that isn't going to last. They aren't the best parents, but they aren't that hard to impress, either."
"I want to be with you, too." I added.
"And when do you think things get official?" he questioned.
I pursed my lips, "Their agreement, Tae."
"Alright." he nodded, letting out a sigh and turning his head from me to look up at the sky. I looked up to see what he was, and found myself smiling. "I'll make sure of that."
"There are plenty of stars tonight." I grinned. "I guess the sky's way prettier than I thought it was."
"It's cause you're here." he turned to me. "You make everything more beautiful."
I felt heat rise up my cheeks. "Taehyung.. you're.. really sweet.. but what's with you?"
He averted his gaze, "Nothing."
"Are you sure?" I questioned, turning my head so I could see his face. I took off my heels.
"Hmm." he nodded. "But your parents aren't the only thing I'm worried about. I feel like I should still limit my actions whenever Yoongi and Hoseok-hyung's around.."
I giggled. "Why are you so scared of them?"
"I'm not scared!" he admitted. "Not at Hoseok-hyung, at least."
I playfully rolled my eyes and turned so we were both facing the same direction. "Ha. You're so indirect."
"I'm trying to fit my words into the mood!" he reasoned. I laughed, cause he was starting to act a bit paranoid for a while.
"Why are you so panicky?"
"I don't want you to reject me." he said, looking away. I feel his hand makes it's way to intertwine itself with mines. "I just want you.. to be with me."
"I am." I reply, "You know.. that."
"Yes." he turned to me. "We have a 'thing', and it's beautiful, but.. I just want to make it official. I don't want to be like this whenever it's only the two of us." I felt him scoot closer to me.
"Will you go out with me?"
I blushed and laughed awkwardly, "Taehyung, didn't I already go out with you?" Yes, here I am again with speaking nonsense whenever I was so, so nervous.
"No." we locked eyes, and my heart couldn't help but beat faster at his gaze. "Like.. go out with me." he pursed his lips.
Was he..
Asking me to be..
I didn't mean to ruin the moment, but let's just say I'm not the best person to deal with this. And because I was blushing so hard, I looked away. "Uh.."
I wanted to answer. A yes would be good. And even though I wasn't as close to my parents, I wanted them to make an agreement with our relationship first, but then.. they probably wouldn't.
"Uh.." he mocked me, then laughed. "Just kidding."
I lightly slap my cheeks to try and get myself together. I turn to him, "But you have to court my family too, Taehyung.. as hard as it gets. Please."
"Of course." he smiled. "I'll treat your family like mine."
I chuckled. "You better!"
We teased each other for a good 5 minutes before calming down and looking up at the sky again.
"What do you want to be someday?" I turned to him.
"A saxophonist," he answered. "By that time, we're already together. I'm sure of it! How about you?"
"Musician!" I exclaim softly. "If I want to pursue that dream, I'm gonna have to take care of my hands and voice. More importantly though, my fingers."
"Aish, I'll be so proud." he grinned, pulling up my hands and placing a kiss on each one. "You'll be fine. And you'll be exceptional!"
"Oh, and maybe the time you turn worldwide you'll ditch me for someone else." I joked, laughing softly. Though it was nice to tease him, as he tensed up.
"No!" he said right away.
"It's always going to be you." his voice lowered.
And here he was again.. how can he turn from innocent to serious so quickly? But then again, it never failed to make my heart pound. I didn't want to ruin this moment..
"I.. believe that." I reassured, squeezing his hand tightly.
"Yuna.. can you promise me something, too?" he said slowly.
I smiled and nodded.
"Promise me.. you'll always be this happy?"
My heart pounded.
It wasn't a hard promise.
And I never broke one.
And I knew this wasn't going to be broken, too.
I wouldn't let it.
"I promise."
He grinned at me, his gaze so soft. He puts a strand of hair behind my ear, whispering something that made my heart skip much faster than it ever did.
He pulled away, but not so much as our faces were still inches away from each other.
"You make me smile." he murmured. "You make me so happy.. Yuna, you're so beautiful it drives me crazy. You make everything seem so pleasant whenever you're around. Your harum scarum ways are dangerous, but there are times it becomes a sign of your bravery and generosity."
Were these called sweet nothings?
"Taehyung, stop making me feel like this is our last moment together." I say. And I felt an unfamiliar feeling enter my heart.
"I want to make everything feel like it's our first moment.. Taehyung.. I don't know how you do it, but you make my heart beat so fast.. you make me so flustered I couldn't help but blurt out nonsense.."
"It's cute." he butted in.
"And embarrassing," I added, smiling. "And I'm not the only one that deserves to be reminded that.. that.. you're beautiful too, Taehyung. You make me smile.."
He cracked a smile and looked away for a while, before turning his head to lock eyes with mine. He moved his head closer.
"You're breathtaking." he says, planting a kiss on my hand and squeezing it.
I felt myself move my head closer. And he did too. I didn't know words to reply to that: and I was blushing so hard I might as well explode.
Oh my god...
I felt his lips on mine. He kissed me first, and my mind at that moment was so blank: it took me a while to kiss back.
Everything right there felt so perfect. I mean, if you could cut out the small bit of awkwardness, yes. It was definitely perfect.
Okay, maybe I was getting drunk here.
I pulled away, still blushing, and good to know he was, too.
I cleared my throat and put a strand of hair behind my ear, flashing Taehyung a small smile. He still seemed to be surprised, and he cracks a huge smile.
"Did that.. just happen?" he said slowly, saying every word carefully. I laughed and nodded. He stood up and started celebrating by doing weird motions and talking to himself. "Yes!"
I put on my heels again and stood up, my heart still beating fast.
"Does that make me your.. first kiss?" his voice was low as he asked me, as if secretly hoping he was. I chuckled and playfully punched his shoulder.
"Yeah."
Again, he celebrated for a good 2 minutes before turning to me. "Yuna.. can I kiss you again? Just a peck!" he asked cheekily.
I laughed and nodded. I felt him peck a kiss on my lips, and his smile was so wide I couldn't help but smile, too. He was so cute.
"You know, we should go back." I pursed my lips. "It's probably starting, and I wouldn't want to miss that dance battle they'll be having."
"Hmm." he nodded, holding out his hand for me to take as he placed a foot on the steps. I smiled and gladly took it.
The night was still young.
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Longest chapter so far, I think. HAHAHA.
But it's all Suyung and Tae here. So, yeah, I'm nice that way. And I added their kiss too, now everyone wants to be friends with me, yay!
Suyung didn't say a clear 'yes', too
Andddd Taehyung seems to be nervous with another thing besides asking her out
So you better enjoy the next few chapters
Cause
Well
It's not always going to be as beautiful