SWEET AND SOUR || Kim Taehyung

10 - Don't lie to me

I stared at my screen, heart beating with anticipation with whether I was actually going to call him.

Was it weird, calling to do the project the same day he gave me his number.

He did say call right? I couldn't just text..

I pondered on the thought for minutes before taking a sharp breath, just do it, calling him at some point this week was inevitable so why not get it over with.

I tapped the number on my phone lightly, my screen went dark and up popped his contact.

My heartbeat quickened, I hated phoning people, shit, wait what was I even going to say.

I haven't thought about this, I just pressed call.

I silently freaked out, praying that he wouldn't pick up. 

That horrible ringing sound was staining my memory, please don't pick up please don't pick up.

I was slowly becoming less heavy with nerve as the phone continued to ring, he wouldn't let it ring out this much, he clearly can't or won't answer. Thank god.

"Didn't think you would call so soon." I hear the same hoarse voice scratch through my phone.

Well shit. 

"Hi." I say quickly, holding my breath so I wouldn't breathe straight into the mike.

He didn't respond, leaving me to do the talking. 

"Uh, I had nothing to do so.. I thought now was a good time to start thinking about what our topic will be on." I say confidently, little did he know, I was curled up by my bed, hand over my face as if a jump scare was about to come out at me.

"Now?" He asked, I could hear his faint laugh.

"Yeah, now.." I say again, less confidently than before.

"Don't you have the whole week." He questioned.

"You mean don't we have the whole week." I correct him, relaxing a little bit more. I couldn't let him forget that we were going to be doing equal amounts of work for this project.

"Whatever, my point is we don't have to do it now." He grunted, his voice became clearer and louder through my phone. It made me tense, it shouldn't have, it was just his voice.

Apart from last night, I had never been alone with Taehyung, and I know that being at a party with hundreds of others isn't the quietest or most isolated setting, and talking over the phone isn't the same as talking in real life, but I wasn't sure how to feel when it was just me and him interacting.

When things were how they used to be in music, we were surrounded by classmates, a room of people we were all comfortable with being around, so I was going to act different.

"Why, are you busy?" I ask, genuinely interested if Kim Taehyung leads the so called busy/popular life everyone expects him to live.

He paused and it made me regret asking that question, was it touchy for him?

"Y/n." He states calmly. 

I took a breath, waiting for him to continue, praying on everything that he wasn't going to say something the classic, arrogant Taehyung would say.

"Are you ok?" He questioned, his voice softer but still very deep and intimidating.

I didn't know how to react, my body stiffened but melted at the same time. "..Yeah, i'm fine.. why?"

He stopped before speaking again, "You sound like you've been crying."

I...

WHAT?

How in the world did this man pinpoint that so quickly, first, how would he even know that, I mean yes it is easy to see if someone has been crying by puffy cheeks or red eyes, but by the way they sounded? And second, why in the world was he acting as if he cared, I knew for a fact that he didn't but how could he just bring that up so quickly and plainly.

"No, what? I'm fine." I reply, grasping my hair in my fist with immediate regret, fuck, now wasn't the time for stammering or stuttering.

"No, I know you're not." He reiterated bluntly, as if this is something we would usually talk about, not once has he considered how I was feeling, well last night, but, that didn't count..

"No, I am." I add, with a stronger voice, hoping that it would act as an end to this, I don't know, whatever it was.

"Don't lie to me." He remarked, I would be lying of I said that didn't make me gasp a little.

"I'm not lying- look, how would you even know if that was the case." I ask, I could see this turning into an argument, it was headed straight for us.

"I know you well enough to tell when you're lying, and I also know your voice well enough to tell when your upset."

I was lost for words, he didn't know me, but he did, because, yes, I was crying and yes I was lying. 

No, I was leaving the space between our conversation too long, he probably thinks he's right, he is but he didn't need to know that.

"shut you up have I?" He arrogantly laughed. How did this turn from him asking if I was alright to now feeling good about himself because he left me with nothing to say.

I sighed, and he definitely heard it.

"I knew this wouldn't work." He stated. Yeah of course it wouldn't work, we never went a day without arguing, why would it be any different right now.

"Guess we're just going to have to do it in person." He finished as if that sentence meant nothing.

He was talking about the call not working? I was assuming he meant us working together in general, and he thinks face to face will be any better?

And where the hell did he think we were going to be doing this disaster of a project, couldn't be at mine.

"Since you're so eager to get this done, you can meet me at my house tomorrow, you know where I live, be there at 5:00" 

All my words were scrambled, forming a nonsense sentence would be more embarrassing than saying nothing at all so I kept my mouth shut.

 He hung up after, leaving me shocked, did he just make plans for me to meet at his house tomorrow..

I had the gut feeling not showing up would put me in a worse position than we already were in, Taehyung wasn't someone who could deal with situations when things didn't go as he planned.

5:00.. I'm assuming that's pm. That's late, since we were at the start of October, that's when the sun starts to set.

It was Saturday tomorrow, I didn't think I had any plans, and the only reason I was thinking about plans was in case I had to move them to make space for the project, not because it's school work but because all of a sudden, I didn't think going against Taehyung's plans was such a good idea.

I didn't know what to expect, it will be what it will be I guess..

Yeah no these two can't get along for shit. RIP Y/n.