Addictive | k.th au

Chapter 16

Taehyung grabs a bunch of different flavors of drinks. He realizes that he needs to make you smile more. So he decides to kill two birds with one stone. He also realized that he wasn't too sure of your favorite preferences. Due to the rumor of someone buying something so large, he will admit he got a bit pissed off. But he just wants to see you be happy!

After getting one of everything, he goes to the counter. Thankfully, his parents weren't too suspicious of him asking for a bit of raise in his allowance. He places the basket full of drinks on the counter.

The cashier begins ringing them up.

"Ah hello Jeongin!" A cheery voice calls out to the cashier. The cashier greets him and Taehyung has to take a peek.

The cheery fellow had light blonde hair that seemed to be growing into his eyes. He caught sight of the stranger's eyes crinkling up as he smiled at Taehyung.

Taehyung stared at him. He simply turns away from him and watches as the cashier scans the last item. He hands over the payment and takes his things. Happily, Taehyung heads home, wondering how you're going to look when you see that he brought you a bunch of things!

"Here you go!" Taehyung announces quietly. He looks so damn happy as he sets the bag of whatever he has on the floor. He takes a seat in front of you.

There goes your silence.

You simply don't say anything, a void of expression. Regarding him carefully, you quietly watch as he takes out a bunch of drinks. They all range from different brands to flavors. He places them in a neat line and pulls back. His eyes stare at you. "Pick any flavor."

You observe the drinks. It's making you look like you're choosing which one to drink when in reality, you're looking to see if the seal has been broken. At this point, you think, what's the difference? You've already eaten food from him.

Without another word, you reach out and take a [favorite flavor] drink. You can still feel him watching you with earnest eyes. You open it and take a sip. "Is that your favorite drink?" He asks.

You nod. "It does seem like you would like that!"

Involuntarily, you look away, clutching the drink to yourself.

Taehyung picks out a drink and opens it. "This one is my favorite." He says as he takes a drink. "Would you like to try it?"

You shake your head. A frown now appears on his face. "Are you sure? You would get excited about things..."

You're tempted to glare at him but you feel that there's no use. You feel tired and want this nightmare to end. So, you sit there with your drink in hand.

A sigh comes from him. "I'll be back tomorrow. You remember the rules, right?" Taehyung makes no other move but stares you down; daring you to break his rules.

"I remember." You reply.

Silence enters. Finally, Taehyung gets up and scoots all the drinks towards you with his foot. "These are all for you. Good night, Y/N."

You nod. He doesn't say anything, just gives you a glance as he makes his way downstairs again. The drink in your hand is slightly being crushed by you. You relieve it of its misery and put it back on the floor. You lean your head back and it makes a soft thud with the wooden wall behind you.

Your brain wants you to think of at least another plan besides your backup plan but you feel drained. Tomorrow. You think to yourself and you lay down, curling up to sleep.

Rustling and the soft touch is what makes you open your eyes. With a start, you jerk away from the touch. Your eyes are a little wide and your breathing kicks into a fast pace. When did he get here?!

Suddenly, a smile that was so real lit up his features. Excitement was written across his face. "Did I... startle you?"

Your body is shaking a bit; you can't control it.

"Oh, I did. I'm sorry about that." Taehyung's face is still happy as he takes a seat across from you. This time, he has some packaged snacks in his hands. "Here's breakfast." He makes no move to set the food on the floor, instead holding it out to you.

You wait for him to put it down. The moment never comes.

Reluctantly, you reach out, the tips of your fingers grabbing onto the plastic packaging and taking it away. The smile was still on his face as you ripped open the snack to munch on it. You're uncomfortable. "Can you not...?" This is probably one of the first times you've spoken to him on your own.

"Can I not what?" Taehyung urges you to go on. "Use your words."

An uncomfortable silence fills the air. Should you even answer him? Despite one half of you saying no, your dumb half says, "Can you not look at me?"

You think you did something wrong. You had to. The smile on his face drops and he's staring at you with a blank expression. Your body freezes up and you could feel a part of you screaming, "You fucking dumbass! Don't get him mad!"

Before you could apologize or make up an excuse, he beats you to it. "Why do you want me to not look at you?" There's stress on that one word.

"I-I'm sorry, I meant-"

"Meant what?" He interrupts.

"I..." Your brain is racking for a good excuse but nothing comes to mind. "I meant that I feel u-uncomfortable with p-people staring while I eat." Will your flimsy excuse work?

Taehyung is silent for a moment. "Oh, is that all?" A soft smile graces his lips.

It worked. It worked! You nodded awkwardly.

"Why didn't you say so?" Taehyung said. "I'll let you off for today then."

What...?

He must have sensed your discomfort. "I mean you can't hide from me forever can you? It'll take a while but you won't mind me being around you!"

No, I don't want that! You stare at him in disbelief but quickly tear your eyes away. You don't want to be a hypocrite right now. The two of you eat in complete silence. You feel like screaming. But no, you mustn't or else you're afraid of what he's going to do.

It feels like a long time but in reality it was a couple of minutes, Taehyung stands up.

"I have to get going or else it would be too suspicious if I disappeared for a while." He reaches out to touch your head but you flinch back. Your action causes him to pause, his hand frozen in mid-air. Your eyes are not staring at him.

Shit.  Did you upset him?

"I'll see you later, okay?" Once you hear his footsteps walking away is when you have the courage to look up. He's finally moving away and then disappears to the staircase.

In all honesty, you feel defeated.