What never should've happened.

The Date pt. 4

Yoongi's POV 

'Idiot, stupid idiot! Why do you have to keep opening your mouth when you should just shut up!?'

You had looked so at ease, talking about your family and how you had come to be so successful. Granted, you never said that, but in his eyes you were successful, it was as if he was looking at you through a honey covered glass and everything you said or did was golden.

But he kept finding cracks in the glass, like how you put yourself down, how you thought you were fat or the way you kept apologizing or subtly asking for his permission. Why? You were your own woman. So far you had been nothing but kind and sweet and showed how smart you were. Why did you have such insecurities? Who had hurt you so?

He felt a mixture of sadness and hatred towards whoever that asshole was, but the need to tuck you into his arms and shelter you from the world was bigger. And it scared the shit out of him.

His heart broke at how scared you were from the sound of breaking glass. It wasn't right.

For the second time that night, he reached for your hand. It was clammy with sweat and colder than you would expect it to be, being so close to the grill. You were looking down at your plate, hiding your face from him.

"Hey," he said leaning in closer as he squeezed your hand and rubbed little circles with his thumb on the back of it, "look at me, y/n-ssi." He waited until you did and he could've dropped dead right then and there. 

When he saw your big, round, brown eyes up close, tingling a bit with a few unshed tears, he wanted to kiss you until the shine in them was because you were happy and not because you were embarrassed or scared. He was confident he could make that happen.

"I apologize for prodding. I stand by what I said, whenever you want to tell me, I want to know everything about you. But tonight? Tonight I only want to make sure you have a good enough time that it will guarantee you will have lunch with me tomorrow." He grinned.

You laughed and he could breathe again.

"You drive a hard bargain, Yoongi-ssi. How can I say no to that smile, hu? The question here is, where do you want to have lunch tomorrow? Is there even a place in all of Korea where we can go that you won't be recognized and my face won't be all over Dispatch by tomorrow night?"

Cheeky, he thought. He'd have to tell Jin he had managed to get a second date just with his smile. See how WWH likes that!

"Trust me, I know my way around. Not only that, but you will love the food there."

"It's a date then."

"Am I allowed to pick you up, or would you prefer to meet somewhere?"

This seemed to be an important thing for you and so, he was going to do it until you allowed him to know your address. 

You squeezed his hand back in appreciation and it felt wonderful. 

"We can meet halfway. Huang-ssi doesn't work weekends, but I know my way around the Seoul subway."

"I can't say I'm okay with you taking the subway to meet me, but we'll do it your way. Wear sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt."

You raised a perfect eyebrow at him and he winked back, feeling a tremendous satisfaction at how you gasped. Yup, he affected you too and he loved it. 

"Ok, I will. At what time and where should we meet?"

This was the tricky part, he wanted you to ride the subway as little as possible. He didn't know where you lived and it was obvious that the main idea behind not allowing him to pick you or drop you off, was precisely that: you keeping your address to yourself. Could he maybe persuade Huang to bring you to him?