Too Late, Too Soon KT (Completed)

Chapter 2

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"August slipped away like a bottle of wine,

cus you were never mine"

- Taylor Swift, August

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"I need your help...please"

Taehyung looked at me desperately while holding my hands.

I looked at our hands being held, feeling butterflies fluttering in my tummy. I never felt such happiness just wanting to burst.

Yea there were times he did hug me or even hold my hand, but it still gives me butterflies till today.

"W...what is it?"

I just waited for his response, as he started to giggle to himself. The sound of his cute laughter is so adorable.

Before I could even fangirl even further,

"I...need your help with my homework....could you maybe help me out."

When I heard those words...my heart just dropped into the pits of hell, my stomach.

"Huh?"

"Math was super hard so I need help."

I internally sighed when I said that in my mind. What was I suppose to think?

"Y...Yeah of course. W...what kind of friend am I if i didn't help?"

I stammered throughout that sentence as I tried to bottle my feelings inside. Him holding my hand gently.

As soon as I said I would help him, his face literally glowed with happiness. He immediately thanked me thousands of times while hugging me tightly. I sighed internally before patting his back, faking my smile while trying to not kill him.

"Y...You're welcome."

"Come over to my place tomorrow alright?"

All I could do was just nod my head.

He smiled as he ran off while waving goodbye, jumping with joy. I stood there waving back without any energy.

"Hey...you okay?"

I flinched before turning back to her.

I looked at her and showed her my biggest smile before clinging onto her arm.

"Taehyung held my hand."

Felicia then bonked my head.

"Hey...is that cute guy available?"

I immediately glared at her as she giggled.

"He's unavailable."

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All night, I was just thinking about what Taehyung said to me...I could not even sleep a wink.

"Taehyung...invited me...to his house."

I screamed onto my pillow as I swung my legs happily with my pillow before internally realising something which made my mood drop.

Oh who am I kidding.. I'm gonna make a fool out of myself.

I remembered vividly how I met him and started developing such feelings for him. It was such a blissful memory.

Flashback

It was back in August. I remembered vividly how Taehyung and I met.

It was during the first day of high school. I remembered how excited I was to meet new friends and people. However, I was more shy and always scared of everything girl. Thank gosh Felicia was always beside me or else my high school days would have been rough.

When I entered the hallways, I remembered it was orientation week and the 1st year students could meet the seniors to get to know them better. I remembered being called the weirdo of the school because I would talk to people out of the blue about anime, with my long hair covering my face which drove people away because of that.

It was after school and I was told to clean the classroom. As I was doing so, I heard people whispering behind my back.

"Isn't that the girl who.."

"Shhh she might hear you and want to talk to you."

"I wouldn't mind being her friend but..."

"But her long hair...scares you, doesn't it?"

"Mhmm why doesn't she cut it?"

"She's such a weirdo."

"Is she related to that Japanese ghost girl with long hair?"

"Maybe that's why her parents had died, cause they probably saw her and she cursed them."

I immediately hid my face with my hair and wanted to run away, trying to hide my tears when suddenly I accidentally bumped into someone. I immediately apologised several times but instead of pushing me away or even running away, a hand tucked my hair away so that I could see him. My eyes immediately stared into his.

"You look pretty normal to me. You don't look like you want to kill someone."

He pats my head as he wiped away the tears and he glared at the students. Telling them to go away. I remembered my heart beating so fast because of him. He even gave me his coat to keep me warm as August was quite cold.

Throughout those months or years, I started developing some feelings for him. When I first felt those feelings, I was obviously dumb so I googled it and even watched ro-com movies to understand it. Till today, I don't know how, I still managed to like the guy. He is super popular and really charismatic towards everyone. I did hear some people confessing to him but they all got rejected which made me hide the fact that I liked him.

I am alright living with the constant pain of loving someone without ever getting that mutual feeling.

At least I think I do.

I would sometimes stay away from him so that people wouldn't make fun of him but he would always come to me and make me smile. He said the nicest things and defended me against bullies. There were times where I would feel less pretty and sometimes feel a little insecure but Tae somehow made me fall in love with myself. He made me feel special and happy. He was someone really important to me, of course Felicia is number one in my book but Tae...is somehow..I can't really explain it. I haven't got the word. It's a feeling I can't control.

(Credits to Tom Holland's younger self for this.)

To Be Continued