Decoupled • KTH ✔

Chapter 16

Taehyung

Theater!! Sunday? SHIT!

My eyes quickly scan the walls, and I spot the cuckoo clock. It is almost 11 am, and Areum's ballet recital starts in thirty minutes from now, and I'm here half-naked and almost completely forgetting my daughter's important day.

"Uh, shit! I actually totally forgot it. I have somewhere really important to go right away. I've to be there in like thirty minutes, Maya," she lifts herself off me upon hearing my words, and I get up from the couch, tying my sweatpants tighter around my waist.

I'm going to the recital in my sweats. What kind of a father am I?
I HATE MYSELF!
Areum is going to hate me forever.

"Oh, my! Is it far away? How will you go? Would you reach on time or shall I drop you?" Maya's questions are many, and her eyes don't leave my face for even a brief while.

"I- I can go there by myself. Uhm- do you by any chance have something decent that I can wear? I really don't want to show up to a formal event in my loungewear," I ask hesitantly and rub the back of my neck, diverting my eyes to the floor, hopeless that she wouldn't have anything anyway.

I would at least need something to cover my torso, but I can't just snatch my shirt off her body.

"I do have some of Richie's clothes that I wear sometimes. I think they'll fit you well. Come on in," she waves her hand for me to follow her before she quickly jogs off to her bedroom.

Phew! Good that I asked!!

I follow her and see that she has picked out a pair of navy blue formal trousers and a sky-blue button-up shirt, both of which are neatly pressed and look as if they would fit me perfectly. Maya then takes out a black leather belt and places it next to the clothes on the bed.

"These were his graduation day clothes, and so I kept them safe. I only wear the shirt sometimes, but, don't worry, they've been washed recently. You can wear them," she sends a warm smile my way, and I can't even thank her enough right away because I've already lost another five minutes.

"Thank you so much, Maya. I really don't know how to thank you enough," I aggressively pull down my sweats and step into the trousers while Maya unbuttons the shirt for me.

"I'm happy that you didn't ask for your T-shirt. It's so comfortable," she winks, chuckling, handing me the shirt.

I help myself into it and button it up at full speed and roughly fix my hair using my hands.

"I'm really sorry to leave like this, but I'll surely meet you soon and return the clothes and make up for everything, okay?" I kiss her cheeks once when she steps closer to me.

"Do you need anything else?" Maya asks me with a smile, her eyes searching mine for an answer, and I shake my head.

"I'll leave now," I dip my neck and peck her lips once, making her smile against my lips before I literally run out of the bedroom, grabbing my phone and wallet on the way, and sliding my feet into my slippers.

The only thing that probably happened at the right time in my life was spotting an available taxi the moment I stepped out of her house.

Sprinting over to the taxi, I throw open the door and climb into the backseat and turn back to look at Maya as she stands at the doorway and waves to me, laughing to herself.

I wave back, letting out an embarrassed chuckle before I tell the driver the destination. He turns on the GPS and feeds in the location details, and it tells us that we would reach the destination in about thirty minutes.