Decoupled • KTH : Book 1✔

Chapter 45

Taehyung

To say that I have been feeling extremely paranoid and borderline scared about Maya's meeting with Jang-Mi wouldn't justify the situation within my head. I've not been able to concentrate on anything ever since Maya left this afternoon.

I know her, and how confident and composed she would always be. And I also know Jang-Mi, and how agitated she can be, especially with Maya and after everything that has happened.

I'm only hoping that no blood was shed in today's meeting.

Anticipating the worst, I even pick up Maya's favorite comfort food—a tub of chocolate ice-cream—and wait for her to return while I try to keep myself distracted with some shows on TV.

It is already past 7 pm, and way beyond when I was expecting her to be back home, and what's more worrying is that she hasn't called me or texted me. She also told me not to call her until she did.

But my patience ends here. I can't take it anymore.

I call Maya's phone, and she answers, keeping her replies short and calculated, and I cannot help but assume that she is still probably with Jang-Mi. So I end the call too when she confirms that she would be back home in less than thirty minutes.

In exactly twenty-five nerve-wrecking minutes, I hear Maya's car parking in the garage, and I rush to open the front door. Though I try my best not to show her how my anxiety has been gnawing away my insides in slow motion, I still end up being my concerned self when her eyes meet mine.

"Hi, I'm sorry, I'm a little late," Maya comes closer to me, allowing me to wrap her in my arms.

"I was worried," I gently kiss the top of her head that rests neatly under my chin. "Let's go inside," I loosen my grip around her, and we both enter her home, closing the door behind us.

Maya takes off her shoes and coat and joins me on the couch.

"You seem tired. Did you eat something?" I ask her softly, wrapping my arm around her shoulder and eliminating the little space between us.

"Yeah, I did earlier. I'm not too hungry though. Did you eat something?" She comforts herself against my body, caging my form with her arms.

"I wanted to eat with you," I take a deep breath through my nose and puff it out through my mouth. "I hope the meeting went well," I'm unable to suppress my curiosity.

Maya sits up, her eyes studying my face as she smiles big, nodding her head confidently.

"It went way better than I expected it to go, and I actually had a nice time," her words take me by total surprise.

How's that possible?

"Wow!" I nod, looking away, feeling unsure what to say now.

I want to wait for her to give me the details, but I also feel the dire need to ask her every little thing that happened today. However, I end up sitting in total silence.

"Taehyung, there are three things I want to tell you. Pick one first," Maya holds up three of her fingers in the space between our chests, and I let out a tired chuckle before I pick her middle finger.

"Okay, this one is about us," she says, making me turn my body a little more to sit down facing her.

"Go on," I urge her to speak.

"Jang-Mi is happy that you and I are together. She said that she's happy that you found me..." her smile gives away how genuinely happy she is, but my jaw drops open upon hearing her words.