Starting With You. /S.Coups x Reader/

25. Stuck In A Loop.

Taerin's Pov.

I groaned, pain filling my whole body. "Yesterday must've been a lot." I yawned, rubbing my neck. I dragged myself out of my bed, trying to find my way to the living room.

I find myself doing this way too much. But what was waiting outside my door was.. "S.Coups?!" I was wide awake, realizing he was out there.

"You scared me-"

"I should be telling YOU that!" I poked him on the shoulder and he smiled. "Jeez." I scratched my head, feeling my face warm up. I don't know why I was feeling so crazy.

"I got bored." He simply said, not understanding anything.

"I can tell!" I annoyingly yelled at him, but still letting him in. "I just woke up..What time is it?" I stretched.

"10am." He announced and I tied up my hair with a hairband I found on my kitchen counter.

"Still feels like I'm tired." I rubbed my eyes, really slowly falling asleep again.

"Then you might as well go sleep again." He stroked the back of my head as I felt the ridges of his ring.

"It's fine. I can't go back to sleep at will." I turned around and he trapped me between his hands as I leaned against the counter with my back.

"If you say so." He showed out his smile and I nipped off some of the skin on my fingers. "Don't peel off the skin on your fingers. It's not healthy." He softly spoke, tucking hair behind my ear.

"Well aren't you a player?" I raised a brow, teasing him.

"Maybe I am. Do you have a problem?" He laughed.

"Yes." I moved his hand away. "It's just too much for me to handle." I said. It really was. My heart was louder than my words and I felt that if it went silent between us, you could only hear my heartbeat.

S.Coups' Pov.

I didn't know exactly why I was doing such things with Taerin. I even found myself weird, I couldn't understand why my emotions were so..neutral with her? I have no thoughts or feelings when I see her..But I'm agitated when she's with someone else.

I'm upset when she doesn't want to be with me. It irritated me, but it also annoyed me on how much Taerin just showed no interest.

Does she really have something with Soonyoung? I know my brother and her are just friends..but for Hoshi, it was hard to say but they came from the same school, they were friends..They know quite a lot about eachother while I'm here, not being able to take a step forward.

But this was why I chose to be friends with her. To learn everything, what she likes, dislikes..What her hobbies are..I'd feel so interested if I had to listen to her.
"Do you like Hoshi?" She was walking away but then stopped, probably to my question.

She faced me, why was her face full of concern? Was that concern? It seemed like anger.. "Why..would you ask something like that?" I felt nauseous for some reason. "Do you have someone you like or something?" She then made me think. Do I?

"Huh- No." I sternly stood my ground, waiting for her to answer my question.

"Well..I don't know. I think we have something, but we don't click in my opinion." Taerin continued on walking.

"He seems to like you though." I added, jogging to catch up to her.

"Then why won't he do more?" She responded, rather upset. "I know I'm not trying as hard, but he's an idol..Anyone could do as much or maybe even better for him." She guided me all the way to her room as she searched for something in her drawers.

"I envy you both though." I leaned on the door frame, watching her continuing her search.

"How?" She was making expressions even while looking around.

"Young love." I grinned.

"You're 2 years older than us-" She muttered.

"What are you even looking for?" I tilted, taking a step into the room.

"I just remembered that the ring that was given to me just disappeared." She sat down on her bed to think real quick but I guess she couldn't think of anything.

"What did it look like?" I wanted to assist her.

"It had a gem on it..That's all I remember..My memory is terrible when I'm panicking." She scattered things on the floor to find that ring. But a gem? I felt like I had an idea in mind but it still wasn't clicking.

"Just calm down and try to remember where you last had it. I'll look around the house." I told her and she plopped on the bed. I went out of the room to scavenge for it.

After a while, we still hadn't found it. I sighed, placing my hands in my jacket pockets. "Where could it.." Then I felt some shape in between my fingers. I immediately snatched it out and it finally returned to mind. Maybe this was the ring she was talking about! "TAERIN! Is this it?!" I barged in the room and saw her worried face finally relax.

"It is-! How?!" She widened her eyes.

"I actually encountered it on the floor before you went to continue your shift. I didn't know it was your ring though." I passed it to her hands, closing it for her to hold it well.

"Thank you.." She bowed to me and I shook my head.

"It's nothing." I smiled. "Luckily I remembered of it. I had to think way back to when I questioned about your ring." I huffed, placing a hand on my hip.

"Or you set me up!" She pointed at my face.

"What-" She poked my shoulder as I stumbled back. "Hey!"

"You used this an excuse to see me!" She yelled, putting the ring back on her finger though. I saw that bracelet that my brother gave her though.

"Why should I?" I chuckled and it then just transitioned into silence.