Care

ꪀ° 22: Your heart is telling you that you're mine

Taehyung's been clingy to his other fiancé lately.

But every time you say something, she tells him to yell at you. You always try to push it aside and sigh, "it's because he's in his chair, it's because he's in his chair... he was mean to me back then too.."

"Wow," Jin cheers, "this was my favorite of her cooking," he smiles to himself, "I'm surprised you could make it just like her... I miss her."

"What?" Taehyung asks, confused why you're smiling proudly to yourself and why Jin said that.

"Grandma... oh, you've forgotten but y/n spent time with her before she passed and she's the only one who carries grandma's recipe.."

"Oh please, I could make this this way too," SoYeon butts in, she chuckles to herself.

Jin bombastic side eyes her, not liking her attitude lately.

"Ohh, is that why it tastes so familiar...." Taehyung softly nods, he looks at the table, lost in thought now.

"I mean, you can say it's pretty easy to mimick but you can never make it like her," you giggle to yourself, eating your braised chicken.

Jimin pats your back, "you're housewife material, you know that?" His angelic eyes and smile make you feel at home. You look down, smiling to yourself, "thanks- I guess..."

Tae's brows furrow at that interaction but he doesn't show any reaction. He doesn't know why it bothers him, but what he knows is that he just recovered a memory.

-

"Wait– the strawberry farm by the Waya Gas station??" Tae asks, still surprised by the story he just heard.

"Yeah... said she just recently lost her son but she didn't want to stop her strawberry farm, and when Y/n went back to her the next season, we found out she passed away."

Taehyung sighs, biting his lip... he closes his eyes, trying not to let his tears show but you notice, "babe... you okay?"

He sniffles, "yeah– just..." he exhaled, chuckling, "I'm happy I guess."

Your brows furrow in question but a smile remains on your face, you wipe his tears, "why? Because my food is so good?"

"Yes. Sooo good.. I love it, I– " he sighs, regretting that after he started investing, he stopped visiting his grandmother's farm.

"No, seriously, tell me why're you crying," you get up from your spot and wipe his tears with both of your hands cupping his cheeks. He looks at you, glad that you're the girl he chose to be with, he hugs you, crying into your chest.

"She was my grandma..."

-

You sigh, upset when you see Taehyung not reacting to what Jin had just said. SoYeon notices, she evilly smiles to herself. She knows she has Taehyung wrapped around her finger with the help of his mother and her lies. Not even his mom knows that this was a scheme so that Jin could take care of his baby and baby momma.

You don't finish eating, instead you throw away what you had left over. You sit on the couch and wait for everyone to finish, wiping your tears in silence.

-

"Can you head out and run some errands for me?" Taehyung asks, standing by your bedroom door. He still sleeps in your room so that he doesn't climb up and down the stairs so much since the kitchen is downstairs.