A Noble Affair ✭ KTH [𝖒] ✔️

𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔞

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You stooped your back against the fancy high-backed chair as you swirled the glass of red wine. With your other hand, you swept your hair to rest upon your other bare shoulder.

The course of the alcohol was starting to travel up your body and flush your cheeks. You were beginning to appreciate choosing a strapless bodice. 

Your finger grazed the visible side of your neck as you took another sip. 

Taehyung observed you from the opposing side of the elegant table of the dining car. His dark eyebrows quirked upward as he dabbed his mouth with a soft napkin.

He had been so kind as to ask for your company for dinner. You declined at first. Even though you were not thrilled to be married, you didn't want to be spending time over dinner with another man.

He convinced you that it was merely about two passengers getting to know one another.

It had already been a couple of days of traveling. You had decided there was no harm in getting a bite to eat with someone else.

"Besides your fiance, have you ever been accompanied by another man?" Taehyung inquired.

Your eyes widened at his boldness. You always spent time with those who would bite their tongue when it came to personal opinions or questions. If there were opinions to be had, they would be in the form of backhanded compliments.

Meeting someone who didn't have the care to watch his tongue around you was refreshing. You felt as though you could live as someone else before meeting your family and living in a different reality.

You shook your head. "I've never even spent so much time as with my father. It is all relatively new to me."

He smiled sadly, then leaned back into his chair and gently rapped his fingers on the table cloth.

You watched him when his lashes fluttered closed against his cheeks for a moment before he peeked out of the window.

You followed him and stared in awe at the clear sky that carried countless spotlights of stars.

The moonlight streamed into the dining car. Taehyung's outline glowed as if he was a heavenly god seated before you.

"I'm glad you're able to spend it with me, then," his voice was deep as he spoke. His drawl was almost like silk when it addressed your ears. "Look at those stars."

You deeply sighed as you placed your glass down onto the cloth. You wanted to reach out and trace the window beside you to connect the glimmers, but you had suppressed the urge. You were too afraid it would make you look childish in Taehyung's company.

"My mother always said looking at stars was a waste of precious time," you said without recognizing it had tumbled over your lips. "There are more productive things one can be doing."