TEACHER'S PET (KTH)

(23) big mistakes and first dates (part 2)

We had left the Italian restaurant and decided to head straight over to the place Taehyung had chosen for us to paint at since the sun was starting to set.

We walk up to an entrance area and I notice we have to sign in and pay a very small fee so that the worker can let us enter this garden and park area. We do so and then follow the pathway to the top of the hill together.

Our hands brush together and he glances down to me. I shyly look up, blushing and we both break out into cheesy grins while locking hands at the same time.

His thumb brushing back and forth over my hand as we walk gives me butterflies and I feel as if I'm the luckiest girl in the world just for being able to hold Kim Taehyung's hand.

"Taehyung!" I gasp and my eyes widen at the scenery in front of us and below as we stop at the top of the hill.

"Do you like it?" He whispers, hopeful.

I glance slowly from right to left while taking in the warm setting sun and hundreds of purple and red flowers decorating the garden like area below. Near me, a path lined with what seems to be lanterns leads down the hill to a round garden that has a fountain in the center and white benches surrounding it as well as stone steps leading into the flowers that surround it all.

"Taehyung- this is incredible... it's so beautiful. Thank you!" I grin up at him and squeeze his hand as he gives me a big boxy smile.

"I'm glad! A beautiful girl deserves a beautiful first date." He says and leads me over to an area near us with multiple trees surrounding two easels and painting utensils.

The trees have lanterns hung everywhere in them for when it gets darker.

"Those lanterns are always here for visitors of this park area and that garden so they will turn on soon and also down that path," he points a few feet to the right from us, "lanterns line it as well and lights will light up that entire garden too. Many come here at night." He tells me while we start setting up paint on the glass slabs we use to put oil paint onto.

"Hmm, actually Taehyung- let's face each other while we paint! So we can keep it a secret."

He grins and nods as we move our easels to face one another.

"I have a timer set for 30 minutes. Then we'll have about 10 left before it's completely dark and we can walk down to the fountain." He tells me and I nod excitedly.

I begin to paint knowing exactly what I want it to be.

I mix the colors into skin tones and instead of blending everything i make it more abstract by showing each stroke of the brush and incorporate some non skin tone colors into it such as blue and pink and yellow hues as shadows and highlights. For the finishing touch I mix the red and pinks to form multiple shades and get to work on the border I want that'll frame the main image in the painting.

"Finished." I say and within 30 seconds later Taehyung announces the same.

"I'm so excited!" I say, practically bouncing in my spot.

"On three?" He asks and I agree.

"One... two.. three!" We count together and flip our painting around to show one another.

We both gasp and study each others paintings.

"I made mine for you..." We both say in unison.

Looks like we had the same idea in mind

His showed two hands holding one another, one clearly mine because of the red nail polish which i'm wearing and one definitely his because the other hand is much larger and darker in complexion and even shows a ring and silver chain bracelet of which he has on tonight.