7 + 1 Talents ♪ KTH

Chapter 12 / Lies

I swallowed hard at his question and beads of sweat formed on my forehead. How was I supposed to answer that without sounding weird or forward or-

"I uh..."

His eyes filled with disapointment, but he forced a very broken smile onto his face.

"I guess it was just all in my head. Nevermind."

He stood up from his seating position and took his steps to the door. The look on his face was so hurt, it shattered my heart. Before I could think, I yelled.

"No wait!"

Between the hurt in his eyes I now saw surprise as he turned his head towards me once again.

"Don't force something out that isn't true just to make me feel better. It's fine. I was just stupid."

He again walked towards the door and had his hand on the door knob when I couldn't bear it anymore.

I jumped up, abandoning my ice cream and ran towards him, grabbing him by his wrist.

"No please. I'm sorry. I just- I didn't know what to answer..."

"Maybe I was just... hallucinating things that aren't even real."

My hand tightened around his wrist. "NO!"

Boy that came out harsher than I expected.

His gaze finally left the door knob and landed on mine, his chocolate brown eyes showing no reaction. After a few awkward seconds his eyes went down to my hand clinging on his wrist. I didn't even try to loosen my grip, in fact, it just turned more harsh, but not too harsh so I wouldn't harm him.

Our eyes met again.

"So?"

"What?"

"So how do you really feel about me?"

Again, I forgot to breathe. The world around me seemed to stop as his body now fully faced me. His eyes pierced through my own, making the whole situation even worse.

The hand that didn't clutched on Taehyungs wrist wasn't only wet from the cold sweat, but I could feel it starting to shake.

Think of an answer Seoyeon.

I swallowed again, not blinking even once.

He finally broke the eye contact, looking down and giving a sad smile. It wasn't nearly as boxy as his genuine one.

"I said it once and I'll say it again. Don't force yourself to-"

"I am not forcing myself to anything!" I interrupted him with a loud and actually confident voice.

"I think you're a wonderful person, inside and out! You are funny and kind at the same time. There isn't anything to dislike. I really like you."

I played my words again in my head.

Wonderful person.

Funny and kind.

I really like you.

Just then I actually realized what I have just said.

His head bobbed up at my forward words, eyes sparkling with surprise, shock,and something I could not identify.

Something I hadn't seen in his eyes before.

An almost invisibly smile creeped onto his lips, causing it's corners to lightly jerk upwards.

His free hand slowly made it's way to my face, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. His touch seemed to burn on my skin and I felt my cheeks enlightning in the attractive colour of a cherry in summer.