𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚

part 10

"Hello Y/n." Jimin says. My heart races. Park Jimin is helping me trap Taehyun in an elevator.
"Hi!" I say.
"This won't harm anyone right?" He asks.
"No! Of course not." I reassure him.
Sunoo comes into the room. "Are you ready?!"
"Yeah." I say.
"Remember, just talk to him and try and make up!" Sunoo reminds me. "Jimin, you need to head down to the basement and remember to only cut the power for the elevator going from here. Leave the rest of the power for the building on."
"Okay, got it." Jimin says and takes the elevator to the basement. Sunoo takes the stairs up to where Taehyun is. After a couple of minutes I get the signal to get on the elevator. I step on and the doors close. I can't believe I'm actually doing this. I feel the elevator start to slow and I know I'll see Taehyun when the doors open. My heart starts sounding and my hands start sweating. The doors open and Taehyun is facing away from the doors, Sunoo in front of him. "See, the elevator does work it just open-" Taehyun turns around and sees me. His face drops and so does my heart. Suddenly Sunoo shoves him in the elevator and presses the close button. "Sunoo!" Taehyun shouts and bangs his fist on the closed elevator doors. I flinch as we start to move up "This is-" Taehyun starts to talk but the power goes out. Great. I totally forgot about this part of the plan. We stop moving and the lights go out, making it pitch black.
"Oh don't tell me the power just went out!" I can feel Taehyun moving around. "Of course this would all start happening now!" He shouts and bangs on the door. "Help! Someone is stuck in here! Help!" It's quiet for a moment. I take this as an opportunity to say something. I sit down.
"Taehyun will you please listen to me?"
There's a moment of silence. "What do you have to say?"
"I just want to know why your mad at me...and I'm sorry for anything that I did to hurt you, I didn't mean it."
"I'm not mad at you, Y/n. I'm mad at myself. You did nothing to hurt me other than hit me with your car." He says slowly.
"I'm sorry-"
"Stop apologizing. Like I said already, you didn't do anything."
I can tell he's getting a little frustrated.
"Don't be mad at yourself.."
"It's my fault. I should've never said yes that day. It's on me."
My heart drops. "You regret...everything?"
"Y/n, I have a bigger reputation to uphold than you. I let down Mr. Bang, my members, and Moa. I let down Moa. Saying those words hurt me, all the way to my heart. I can't stand to look at myself anymore. I let my emotions get the best of me."
I hold back an apology. "Taehyun-ah..." His name sounds foreign in my mouth.
"When you asked me out that day....I was surprised. I had been watching you since before I debuted. It's crazy for me to think about. I didn't even know you knew who I was. I was so happy when I saw your name on the class list. But I always assumed that you were in love with that guy Yoon."
Me in love with Yoon? Is he crazy?
"When you asked me out I flipped out on the inside. Then the thought occured to me;  was I good enough for someone to love me? Even though we dated for a short time, I was completely in live with you. Everyday the thought of seeing you at school, and then here at work, motivated me. It lifted my spirits up. Even the members noticed it. I bet you didn't know all of this, huh?"
I shake my head and realize that he can't see me. "No.."
He liked me since before he debuted? That's longer than when I first knew him...
"Taehyun-ah. I didn't know you felt that way about me.."
"I'm sorry. I've never been good at expressing how I feel. I keep things to myself, I like it better that way. But after that night we broke up I realized something. You're the type of person that needs reassurance. The way we work is different, that's why when I thought things were going well, you were worried wether or not I even liked you. When I didn't say anything you thoughts I was ignoring you. I was comfortable in the silence."
"We just don't know how to work together." I say.
"Exactly....I'm sorry for yelling that night. I was scared. I was terrified that I was going to lose my job. I thought that Moa would hate me. That's still not an excuse for my behavior though. But I just want you to know that I was never mad at you. I was mad that I let this happen. I was so caught up in the thought of spending time with you that I didn't even think of the possibility of our relationship being exposed."
"It's okay Taehyun. I didn't think about it either, that's why I came up to the rooftop that day. And I wish you'd let me pay half of the price to remove the photos."
"No, I couldn't bear the thought of us having to talk again. I thought that you would hate me even more."
"I never hated you. Never. It didn't even criss my mind."
"I'm sorry for everything Y/n."
"Me too." There's a moment of silence and I get the urge to hug Taehyun. "Can I give you a hug?" I quietly ask. I hear him laugh.
"Yes Y/n..where are you at?"
"Right here." I reach my hand out in front of me.
"That helped a lot, thanks." I can feel him cautiously feeling around for me.
"I have my hand out in front of me." I snap my fingers. Suddenly I feel his cold hands grab into mine. We both freeze. The unexpected contact makes my heart race.
"Are you sitting down?" He asks. "I was standing the whole time."
"I sat down.."
I feel him getting closer as he squats down. His hand touched my head and then my cheek. "Oh, there you are." I lean up and give him a hug. 
It almost moves me to tears. We haven't been this close to each other in a long time. A little too long. Suddenly the lights come back on and we both wince. We pull back from the hug. Now that I can actually see I look into his eyes. I haven't seen them in so long. He suddenly leans towards me. "Y/n, can I kiss you?"
My heart pounds. I can't believe what I'm hearing. "Yes."
My heart pounds as he does and I can't wrap my head around the fact that this is actually happening. Suddenly the doors open and Jimin, RM, Mr. Bang, Sunoo, Yeonjun, Soobin, Hueningkai, Beomgyu, and Yoon are all standing there. Taehyun and I hop up, eyes wide. Mr. Bang stands with his arms crossed. "Am I interrupting something?"
"I-"
"We-" We both try to say something.
"Follow me. We are going to have a meeting in the conference room. Right now." He comes into the elevator and everyone follows. Taehyun and I become pressed up against the wall, Yoon standing beside me. He whispers in my ear. "Looks like things went well.." I silently elbow him.
The elevator ride is absolutely silent, not one single person says a thing the whole ride. When we get to the conference room we all sit down, Mr. Bang at the head of the table with Jimin and RM in either side of him. Mr. Bang clears his throat. "I don't know what's going on here, but it needs to stop. We have things to get done here. This is a professional workplace. Cutting off the power, kissing in the elevator, sneaking people in. I cannot believe that these things are happening here. We are all mature adults, are we not? These actions that have taken place are unacceptable and I will not tolerate them. We don't come here to play. Now, will someone please kindly explain to me the whole story. Starting from the beginning. Because I would like to know." It's silent for moment. I clear my throat. "I will tell you the story.." I tell him the whole story starting back at the beginning of the school year when I was standing with Yoon at my locker and we were excited to have Yoon in my class and just a few minutes later I got him. After a while I'm exhausted from talking.
"So you two are friends again?" Mr. Bang asks.
"Yes." I say.
"Friends don't kiss in elevators." RM says.
Everyone looks at him. "Why are you here?" Mr. Bang asks.
RM shrugs. "I gave Sunoo Jimin's phone number. A minor accomplice."
After a while the meeting starts to end.
"Listen, I've decided to lift the dating ban. But that doesn't mean that you all can go galavanting around kissing people, you understand?" Mr. Bang says. "Plus, I told Moa that there is no dating ban anymore. That was the explanation for the photos."
Taehyun and I make eye contact and smile. "Yes!" Sunoo says.
Mr Bang rolls his eyes. "Not for you."
Sunoo frowns. "Fine."
The meeting is dismissed and Taehyun takes my hand and leads me too my arch enemy, the elevator. "Let's go."
"Where?"
He smiles. "Our famous spot."
I smile. We step out onto the rooftop. The wind makes me unstable and I stumble but  Taehyun catches me. "Careful now."
We walk to the very edge and Taehyun shouts.
"IM IN LOVE WITH Y/N!!"
I laugh and shout. "I LOVE KANG TAEHYUN!!"
"DID YOU HEAR THAT DISPATCH?!" He shouts back.
He puts his arm around me as we lean on the edge. The sun is starting to set. This moment, right now, in every aspect, is beautiful.