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140. BTS V - happenstance

Tumblr : jimilter

pairing: taehyung x reader
rating: pg-15
genre: fluff, humor, ceo!taehyung, slice of life!au
warnings: some swearing, some mention of insecurities, mention of infidelity, hint of innuendos, a slight mention of implied harassment because men suck (:
word count: 7 k

happenstance (n) - a circumstance especially that is due to chance.

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Taehyung was done with romance. No, really, he was wholly through with it – ready to ban the very concept and go meditate in the Himalayas, or something.

This was the third – third freaking date in a week which he had to run out in the middle of. He needed to find himself a partner to present to his mother when she visited him next month, or the woman would force him on a date with her best friend's daughter that Taehyung despised with every cell in his body. But his situation was looking bleaker by every day – and by every date.

The first girl had brought her cat to the diner and would not let Taehyung touch the damn feline even when the creature sat on his plate. The second girl couldn't stop reapplying her lipstick after every bite of food she ate. And despite how horrific those two instances were, this current disaster he had run from actually trumped them both – this girl had a husband she was in the middle of a fight with, and she came on this date to make her man 'jealous'.

And they said girls struggled to find a suitable partner? God.

Dragging his feet down the road under the quickly darkening evening sky, Taehyung scowled to himself.

As if alerted of his distress, his phone rang with the particular ringtone he had saved for his best friend's contact. He'd told the guy to call if there was no news from Taehyung till 8 o'clock, because that would mean he needed saving from trouble. Jimin was right – as he always was. And now Taehyung was gonna get an earful.

Sighing, he received the call with a grumpily grunted, "Hey."

"Wow. Shitty again?" Jimin's voice dripped with sympathy, healing Taehyung's hurt slightly.

"Yep."

"How bad?"

"She had a husband."

"Ouch," Jimin winced, and Taehyung nodded, sighing again. "This is, what? The third one this week? Did a witch curse your dating app or something, dude?"

"I don't fucking know. No more swiping right, though. I'm done with this shit."

"Hey, now, Tae. I don't wanna say I told you so, but do you recall how many times I asked you to not go for the app? Dating apps are a scam! I've been telling you to—"

"Not a blind date, Jimin," Taehyung cut him off, groaning, "They distress me!"

"Wha—and these catfishes are better?"

Well, he did have a point there. Which just meant that dating in general sucked.

"Just give it a try, dude. You'll like her, I—"

"If you say you promise, we're gonna have a problem later on," Taehyung interrupted the guy with a growl, looking around the emptying street. "I brought this girl to one of the good places too, you know? But she was here because she had a freaking fight with her husband and wanted to make him jealous. I mean... is this how people are dealing with fights these days? Maybe it's just better to be single, hell."

Jimin laughed at that and Taehyung could picture him rolling his eyes. "Dude. Go hit a pub or something. Have a drink and relax your head, okay?"

"Yeah, whatever..."