Care For Me

Fourteen

Y/N's POV

Rosé's eyes widened in shock as she scoffed and quickly shook her head.

"I beg your fucking pardon?! I most definitely did not! I would never! I barely hug that guy! I— Ewww! Not even over my dead body! I don't know what you've seen, but I have never and will never kiss anybody but Taehyung!"

I was starting to piece the puzzle together.

"So you're the Rosé, Taehyung's girlfriend, meaning you do belong to them."

"To Taehyung not Jungkook.", she insisted, handed me the water and made me gulp it down in one sitting.

Then she thought about my exact words for a moment and recapped the events.

"If it was the night before your birthday — and your birthday was yesterday, wasn't it? So Friday evening... I accompanied Tae to switch places with Jimin in town. Jungkook was eagerly awaiting you inside the hotel, if I remember correctly, so I only saw him for a few minutes and we didn't even hug."

"I was on my way to the hotel for him to explain why he was gone all week and saw you in front of the hotel...kissing him. And I know it was him because I recognized the tracksuit he was wearing from a few days prior.", I countered.

"The black tracksuit?"

"Yes"

She pointed to Jungkook, then herself.

"All three of them have it. A gift I made them in the spirit of being a divine trio. I embroidered each with their initials. So again, I swear that I kissed Taehyung. Only ever my Taehyung. And, indeed, in front of the hotel right before driving back home with Jimin."

Shit.

My cheeks flushed with embarrassment and guilt.

"I...didn't even know Taehyung was in town, so I automatically figured it couldn't be anyone but Jungkook. Especially because Jimin's proportions are different than his."

"They can look quite similar from afar. Especially from behind with oversized shirts on.", Rosé tried to comfort me a little.

I just wanted the earth to swallow me whole at this point. Not alas to get away from here. Instead I could only hang my head low.

"It looks like there have been quite a few unfortunate and painful misunderstandings. Let me call for Tae to confirm this and then he can also explain the context better. I learned most of this over the past 48 hours like you, and don't want to add to your confusion."

Not even ten seconds later, there was a knock on the door and Taehyung slowly stepped into the room. Rosé's face lit up with affection as she eagerly waved him over.

"Come in. Help bring light into the dark."

Taehyung smiled at her with the same amount of affection written all over his face and yet he treaded lightly, no sudden movements or remotely intimidating behavior in mindfulness of my wariness. He stopped behind the back of Rosé's chair, leaned down to give her a loving peck on the cheek that left her blushing in joy, and then gently looked at me.

"Hey. How are you? It's been a while."

I was spooked, to say the least, and pointed to the door with a trembling finger.

"Is this some crazy coincidence or how did he just come in at the right time?"

Rosé waved off as if to tell me not to be silly.

"Oh no. I linked him as I was telling you about it."

It sounded so digital and yet there had been no phone or other device in sight.