Wild For You

11. Started With Hello

Gemini had been throughly engrossed in the book that she had been reading when Namjoon had appeared from where he had been hidden in the aisle. Turning her head to the side, she looked to see that he was holding the sleeve of a new man that she hadn't yet seen before. The man looked paler than the book pages that she had been looking over. His rusty copper eyes stared at her, not seeming to be able to focus on one part of her face for long.

"Hi," she said, wondering why this man was so scared of her. Usually things with her were the other way around. Usually she was the one that was afraid. "What's your name?"

Namjoon elbowed the poor man so hard that he half teetered where he was standing. Gemini couldn't help but to giggle a bit as a tint of red came to his flustered cheeks.

"Tae," he said so softly she almost didn't pick it up. "My name is Tae."

"Interesting name," she said with a smile. She held out a hand towards him to shake. He just turned his gaze down to look at her hand for a second before shaking it.

'Everything about him seems golden,' she thought as she looked at the strands of blonde hair bounce on the top of his head as he adjusted to stand back upright.

There was something about him that made her feel somewhat drawn to him, but maybe it was just the elusiveness. She turned her head back to look at the book in her hand.

"You like romances then?"

When the new stranger started to talk again, she looked back over at him to see that he had reluctantly taken a step or two closer to try to see the title on the binding. She turned the book so that he could see it easier.

"Yes. I do. I just don't like predictable ones."

"What do you deem as predictable?"

"Boy meets girl or girl meets boy. Then they fall in love, have a struggle or two that makes them fall out of love before ultimately ending up happily ever after," said Gemini. "Those are nice, but they aren't realistic."

She saw a look of amusement come across his face as he looked at her. She turned her head away from him to face the book. There was less judgment there.

"What kind of romance do you like then?" he asked.

"I like a romance centered around an impossible love," she said. "But I'm sure you don't want to hear about that. Lets change the subject."

Tae didn't say anything, and she was hoping that he wouldn't push her on it. Thankfully he didn't. She turned to look at him to notice that he seemed to be lost in his thoughts. Namjoon still stood nearby, looking from Tae to Gemini. The air had become increasingly awkward and became even more so as Yoongi entered the shop.

"Yoongi, what are you doing here?"

"I came to check on you because it had been a bit," he said as he paused looking at Namjoon and Tae. "I recognize you from last night, but who are you?"

- - -

Taehyung had been a bit confused by Gemini's words at first. She liked an impossible love. He still wasn't sure why she was his key, but maybe that had something to do with it. Maybe her desire for an impossible love would give her the patience to have a relationship form with him though she didn't seem to be particularly interested in him. She seemed to be in more of a relationship with the book in her hand. Before he could do anything more, another newcomer came into the shop.

Yoongi. Taehyung's eyes focused in on the man who gave off the aura of either being her really overprotective boyfriend or a really overprotective brother. Namjoon seemed to recognize the man from the other night, watching as he came to stand over beside Gemini and loop an arm about her.