Can't Buy My Love | Taehyung x Reader

9 - Day One

y/n pov

     
     'Wait... you actually live there?' Taehyung's face was filled with incomprehension and even a hint of disgust

      'Do you have like proper sewerage and heating and stuff?' I mean you can take the guestroom in my house, it has everything like your own bathroom and all of that. Or like I can pay for a hotel room until you find something nice. Or like my family's apartment, nobody really uses that anyways.'

I sat there baffled, what was he talking about? It kind of hurt my pride a little, because yes, the place was nothing fancy or big, but it was near the party area which meant it was an expensive neighborhood.

I always prided myself that I had found some apartment like that in this place. And here comes Mr. Rich boy acting like I was living between the rats or something.

Proper heating? this guy... seriously. 

I opened the door without any answer and walked towards my apartment. Behind me, I heard the other car door open. 

      'y/n, wait.. that came out wrong.' he said but I just kept walking. Soon someone yanked my arm and I turned around to look straight into his eyes.

I was still fuming.

     'Hey I am sorry, I would love to have tea at your place.'

     'You sure? Maybe you'll freeze to death because I don't have heating. or if you need to pee you need to do it in a hole in the ground in the street.' I answered clearly in a very annoyed tone.

      'Don't be annoyed with me' he pouted, and frankly, it was hard to stay annoyed because he looked so damn cute while pouting.

      'No, I am annoyed with myself, because you can be so ignorant to how the majority of the people live, and still when you are not around I think about you and when you do things like this, even pouting like this, my heart flutters.' 

       'What?'

      'You can be so ignorant?' I repeated.

       'No the latter part, do I really make your heart flutter?'

I waved my hands in incomprehension

     'That's not the point right now!'

He stepped closer

        'It is, because you also make my heart flutter.'

I froze with my eyes wide open

      'oh' I let out

He shook his head but with this smirk

      'What?' I asked him

      'If you make my heart flutter, and I make your heart flutter, why are we still skirting around each other?'

My cheeks flustered but Taehyung moved his face slowly closer to mine, while one hand was on my neck. It felt exhilarating and terrifying at the same time, as if I was having my first kiss all over again. It seemed to take forever until his soft lips touched mine. I closed my eyes and answered his kiss.

Suddenly the loud sound of the honk of a car shook both of us out of our moment.

     'GET OFF THE ROAD YOU STUPID HORNY YOUNGSTERS.'

It was true that we, during our argument and kiss were standing in the middle of the street. but it wasn't like a busy street so it was pretty bad timing for this car. 

We looked at each other and burst out in laughter. Taehyung grabbed my hand and we ran to the side of the street so the car could pass.

      'uhm so tea?' I asked him, he nodded and we made our way to the front door.

       'You were kidding about that hole in the ground right?' he asked carefully but clearly as a joke. I hit him playfully 'aish shut up' I answered with a smile.

When we were inside, Taehyung immediately walked around and I saw he was really trying to keep himself in, as in with his comments. I mean the place was probably as big as his hallway but I was very happy with it. He then saw all my paintings and eagerly took them in.

       'You haven't eaten yet right?' I asked Taehyung as he was looking at my paintings. 

He shook his head. 'you want some Jajangmyeon?'

Taehyung enthusiastically nodded.

      'I expect it won't be to the high standards of what you normally eat though' I indicated, assuming he would probably have the best brands etc.

Taehyung walked my way hugging me from behind.

    'You made it so I will love it'

     'oh aren't we super cheesy?' I said teasingly.

He kissed my cheek from behind.

     'It's day one, let me be cheesy.'

       'Day one?'  

       'well yes, I mean we confessed and kissed, isn't it safe to assume we are dating now?' 

       'I-I uh yeah' I said as I handed him the noodles. We ate the food at the table and afterwards had tea on the couch.

      'How did you manage to buy a bar like that, at your age I mean?' Taehyung inquired

      'uhm the place was my parents.' I said a bit uneased because we hadn't really talked about them yet, nor about what happened.

        'What happened to them?' Taehyung asked as if he could read my mind.

      'They were in an accident. My mom passed away and my father.. '

Even though I trusted Taehyung and there was a part of me that wanted to tell him, I had been through this before. I didn't want to complicate everything at this point. 

       'Your father?' he asked as I didn't finish my sentence.

        'My father had a really rough time, so he moved away, I see him sometimes but yeah he wanted to give up the bar, but to me it was the place we were happy as a family. They started it together, my mom and dad, so I want to keep this place alive in her name.'

It wasn't a lie though; it just wasn't the complete story. In time I will tell him.

       'Oh I am really sorry y/n.' he said with sincere sympathy. 

He scooped closer and he put his arm around me, and there really was this certain safeness and comfort that I hadn't experienced in a very, very long time.