When the sun rose today, Taehyung had plans. Several dozens of them. It's been a few weeks since the two of you decided not to be in the constant presence of the other, not when his musty wet-earth scent has been sticking to your skin.
How that came to be was quite an affair and is a different story altogether.
Right. So. About that game plan.
Taehyung had been and is still very much against it, but he knows it's for the better. It may be difficult for them to capture Taehyung, a vampire-Hunter, but you're just a human, albeit a Hunter, and regular weapons work on you.
He isn't sure if it's a good thing he's unaware of the fate of Traitors.
Huffing the thought away, Taehyung buries himself under a thousand layers of clothing. It's still freezing outside and it will not do well to call people's attention unnecessarily. That, and he also needs to bury his telltale vampire scent beneath laundry soap and musky perfume.
He also has plans to take you out to the movies—a plan he knows you won't agree to easily. At least not when the sun's still up. Taehyung needs to be inconspicuous if he wanted you to agree at all. He hopes you'd agree.
Taehyung misses the toe-curling anticipation you only get when you're in the movies, the too wide and too tall screen that overwhelms your senses, the cheap Popcorn Smell™ that makes your mouth water, and the collective gasps at the shocking events.
But more than that, he misses you and everything he had always been doing with you. Taehyung knows that you're risking your life being with him and he's resolute in making today normal.
Like nothing big has changed.
Like he isn't a vampire.
Taehyung just wants to focus on making you happy, as he had always done. Fiancée or not, you're his partner-in-crime, and for everything you've done for him, you deserve to be happy.
As it turns out, the day has other plans.
At first, he had been too caught up in his thoughts to realize what it was, but when he finally does—well. It is impossible to ignore it now. He becomes stiller than a statue, eyes sharp and breath paused.
You sniffle, loud and clear.
It doesn't matter how you're several kilometers away from him. Your voice is something he has always been attuned to—something that got more intense after he turned.
Sniff.
There it is again.
It doesn't require experience to understand that no, that isn't a cold and yes, you're actually crying.
Taehyung does not hesitate even for a millisecond. Immediately, he is out his door and in front of yours, humans and Hunters be damned. He himself be damned.
All that matters to him right now is how to make you stop crying. It breaks his heart when you're crying.
"What's wrong, Chip?"
His voice startles you; you whip your head towards him mid-sob. You pale a little and Taehyung understands. You probably didn't expect him to come over today, especially not at this hour, but here he is.
You blink once, twice, then you shudder.
Taehyung's heart breaks at how swollen and how flushed your face is. He wonders how long you've been crying and how long he hadn't noticed.
Whoever did this is irrelevant. Whoever it is will pay, Taehyung will make sure of it. But for now, those tears need to stop.
"Come on," he remains outside your door, his arms wide open. "Let me in so I can give you a hug."
