His Butterfly

Chapter 48

"Don't forget to call your doctor today. I mean it, I want you to get good sleep without me being there with you." I said to Taehyung as I cleaned around the house. "I know, I will. Why can't I just cuddle you all the time?" He tried his aegyo on me but I didn't look at him. 

"Taehyung, you need to go. I'm sure the others are already there waiting for you." I told him and tried to start washing the small amount of dishes in the sink. "You keep saying things you don't mean. I know you don't want me to leave." Taehyung tried to persuade me. 

"No, I have things to do here and you have work. You have to go." I said and continued scrubbing some glasses. Taehyung walked around the counter and stood next to starting to dry the dishes I just cleaned. "Taehyung." I said. "But I don't want to go!" He whined again. 

"And when the manager calls and asks where you are you can't blame me. I'll tell him I begged you to go to work and it can't be my fault." I said to him. "I know, I would never get you in trouble...unless you deserve it." He said with a giggle. I smacked him with a dish towel and he laughed and smacked me with his towel. 

"Why is it that everytime I do chores with you we always goof off?" I asked after I stopped smacking him with the towel. "What do you mean, it has only happened once before..." He trailed off with a smile as he thought back on it. My face flushed and I hid my face from him. He laughed and poked my cheek. "Why are you blushing?" He asked me and tried to get me to look at him. 

"N-no reason." I stumbled out and he smiled at me. "Could it be because you thought about our first kiss? Perhaps I should help you remember, I think your memory might be a little foggy." He tried to come closer and I darted out of the kitchen and upstairs, far away from Taehyung. 

"Ren! Come out! I was only kidding. Sort of." He giggled and ran up the stairs. I was hiding in one of the closets on the floor with a box covering me. I heard footsteps coming closer then pass right by the door. I sighed silently and listened for him to come back this way. 

"Ren? You couldn't have gotten far, we are in a small apartment." He said by my door. I held my breath..."Ren. Did you hide in the closet? That's the most cliche thing to do..." He flung the door open and I let out a small squeak of surprise. He giggled but then his face went serious.

"I really hope that's you in there, I really don't want to come face to face with a mouse." He said slowly reaching his hand into the dark where I was hiding. His fingers were close to my face so I decided it would be fun to maybe scare him. I got close to his fingers with my mouth and bit slightly on the tip of his finger like a mouse.

"Ow, what the hell!" He yelled and ran off. I couldn't stop laughing, if only there wasn't a box covering my view of his face. I bet it was priceless. I slowly unfolded myself and crawled out of the closet still giggling and wiping my tears. "Ren?!" I heard V yell from downstairs. He ran up the stairs and his face was red when he saw me. "It was you?! I thought I had gotten bitten by a mouse, I thought I had rabies. I couldn't find you. Don't ever do that to me." He sighed after his tiny spiel. "I'm sorry, you don't have rabies and there are no mice in my house. I promise. Let's go back downstairs okay? We still have to finish the dishes."