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chapter twenty-one
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"Five more minutes."
"No," you grinned. "I'll be late, Tae-"
But Taehyung wasn't kidding. He gripped you hard around the middle, refusing to let you escape from beneath his sheets. "Please, princess," he tried, in his deepest, huskiest voice. The one that he had a feeling affected you the most.
Sure enough, your eyes darkened, and Taehyung celebrated internally.
"Fine," you rolled back towards him, tucking your head under his chin and burying yourself in his chest. "But only five."
Taehyung pressed his lips lightly to the top of your head, and smiled.
After you'd watched a film together the night before, then made dinner, the pair of you had been exhausted enough from such an emotional day to collapse into bed together. There had been no discussion as to whether you would stay or not - you simply did. And that made Taehyung so happy he thought he might burst.
This isn't going to end, you had said last night. And god, Taehyung was certain when he looked into your eyes that you had meant it.
Something was changing, Taehyung knew that. He was churning out pottery like there was no tomorrow. His skin seemed to glow when he looked in the mirror, his mouth seeming to be tugged perpetually upwards at the corners. Sure, he'd had a hiccup yesterday when you had received that paycheck, but generally he felt better than he had in months.
When the awful monster of his anxiety came lurking over his shoulder now, Taehyung could almost envision you warding it off, your kindness and encouragement sending the parasitic beast back into the shadows. He couldn't believe how much the pair of you had come to depend on one another in the course of a few short weeks.
And now, you were his girlfriend. The mere thought of it made his lips curl lazily into a dreamlike smile.
You clutched gently at his t-shirt with your hand, pulling back and eyeing him with a puzzled look. "What are you thinking about?" you enquired.
Taehyung couldn't stop grinning if he tried. "You," he admitted honestly.
You beamed, and sunlight filtered into the windows of Taehyung's heart. "You're such a flirt," you shot back, rolling your eyes at him. "Is this all part of your plan to keep me in your bed forever?"
