my new family

Accused

"I bet she has some dirt on him."

"of course, she has. Didn't you see how uncomfortable he is when she gets close to him."

"he is obviously forcing himself to be with her."

"huh! Such a low-life bitch."

"I know right, even a gold-digging slut wouldn't stoop as low as this bitch."

"uh! I feel so disgusted. You know?"

"tell me about it, she tried talking to me. It was so hard to avoid her."

"all because she is the so-called girlfriend of Kim Taehyung."

*Ring*

"leave it be! We'll be late for class, let's go." The girls left for their classes, followed by a teary-eyed girl who came out of the cubicle only after they had gone.

'a slut huh? Maybe they are right. Maybe he is just forcing himself.' She thought to herself and questioned taehyung's love and her relation with him. Entering the class, she took her seat between Taehyung and the window. All the while, she tried to push away the thoughts but they returned to her sooner or later.

Her gaze fell to his hand, calmly placed on his thigh. 'should I?' she thought to herself and affirmed 'I should.'

Slowly moving her hand towards him, she almost reached to hold his hand but those poisonous words rang in her head 'he is forcing himself.' She recalled but did not realise that the boy next to her had noticed her glistening eyes and retreating hand. He waited for a while and brought his hesitant hand to her, trying to search for her hand without looking downwards.

His peripheral vision allowed him to reach up to her knee but her hand couldn't be reached by him. 'damn!' he thought and made a plan. 'Trace her outline without touching and hold her hand tightly but gently.' A soft proud smile made its way as he mentally narrated the plan to himself. 'good job TaeTae.' He praised himself.

Following his master plan, as he liked to call it, he reached out to her hand successfully and held it just as he wanted, lovingly and tightly. He knew well, she was bothered about something. But he also knew, she wouldn't tell until she is ready. So, he made another strategy, 'stay by her side, love her, care for her, make her smile, help her relax.'

"sara, can we go somewhere later?" he asked.

She snapped out of her negative thoughts and looked at him, all shocked and surprised "huh?". He just chuckled, finding her baffled state too cute and caressed the back of her hand with his thumb to relax her.

"I asked if you would honour me with a little date later on?" he asked ever so sweetly, causing all the negativity in her to wash away with the wave of euphoria only he could make her feel.

He finally saw the smile he loved on her face, as she only nodded and tightened her grip on his hand. A tear fell off her eye and he instantly wiped it and looked at her with worry. "why are you crying babe?" he asked and she just tightened her grip on him.

"you like me too, right?" she questioned for the very first time. He froze for a second before answering with utmost surety "of course I do. I like you babe. So much." A small smile found her lips before fading away instantly as the words from earlier echoed once again.