SAVE ME (BTS): Last Breath (Taehyung)

Chapter 20: Skateboard

Half the rest of our life we did is take care of our shop and continue to upgrade our skateboarding skills. “You’re too slow Taehyung ah! Faster!!” Taemi went ahead of me telling me to be quicker as we skateboard along the road of the park. “Okay Mimi ah~” I replied to her as I tried to catch up. The more I tried to catch up, the faster Taemi tried to go. And so, as expected, she fell. 

“I told you to be careful!” I nagged at her as she waited for me at the bench. I quickly went to the nearby convenience shop and bought some medicine and bandage for her wound and quickly came back. I wanted to help her clean up her wound but she refused and insisted on doing it herself. Seeing her screaming silently in pain makes me really frustrated so I snatched the bandage away from her and helped her cover up the wound properly. “Such a cry baby,” I murmured to myself. “Hey!” She slapped my back angrily. 

Taemi POV
Like our normal happy days, Taehyung will sometimes buy lunch or even cook lunch as I would take care of the shop. Since it's a public holiday today, we’ve had many more people coming in and out of our shop, purchasing skateboards as well as asking for simple repairs. 

“Yeong Ho!!! Are you buying a new skateboard again?” One student stared at another student (so… he was Yeong Ho?). He is our youngest regular customer we’ve met and I only know it’s because he loved sports and lived nearby, so he would always drop by our shop to look for new skateboard designs. Until now, there’s no skateboard designs that he liked. “Sorry… my friend is a little loud.” He scratched his neck in embarrassment as I walked up to him. I tried to be as polite as possible so I won’t make any more mistakes. “It’s okay! Since no other customer is here.” I smiled replying to his kind words. “‘Erm… I know you’re looking for a brand new skateboard… How about signing up for a DIY skateboard workshop? It happens every twice a month and the next one would be in 2 days. We still have slots!” I tried to cut my words as short as possible as I waited for his reply. His friends started to bump his shoulder against his to encourage him to sign up for the workshop. “Ok… sure then!” He enthusiastically agreed after thinking for a while and headed over to the counter to fill up a form. 

As he slowly filled up the form, his friends said they’ll go out for a while and that leaves the both of us. The way he concentrates and the way he writes… is just so fascinating. Maybe it’s because he just came from playing at the beach so his hair is half wet half dry. He then looked up and smiled at me, “my name is Bae Yeong Ho, it’s nice to meet you.” He offered me his hand for a handshake and so I shook his hand. “It’s nice to meet you. See you in a week!” I replied as his grip was strong but felt nice somehow… 

Just then Taehyung came in with a lunch box. So he decided to cook today… “Boyfriend?” Yeong Ho let go of the handshake as Taehyung smiled and lifted up the lunch box. “What? No, never! He is just my brother,” I replied to Yeong Ho as Taehyung giggled. “Wanna eat lunch together?” Taehyung tried to be friendly. Yeong Ho hesitated but still nodded. And so we ate lunch together. To be honest, it’s our very first time eating lunch together with our regular customers. It felt great.