i love you ➝ taejoy/vjoy

十二

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the fresh wind blew, tickling joy's milky skin once she opened the door to the rooftop. her eyes searched the vicinity for taehyung's presence, only to find him nowhere in sight.

joy scratched her head and frowned. she wondered if jimin had tricked her or did taehyung just left before she even got there.

sighing, she was about to go back and leave when something prevented her from doing so.

"yah, what are you doing here?"

joy's head darted towards the direction of the voice, her heart beginning to race as she spotted taehyung sitting down on the floor with his back leaning on the wall to her left. he wasn't looking at her but was staring into the distance, as if lost in thought but not quite.

joy blinked, "o-oppa..." she stammered in a whisper and stood still on her spot.

a moment later, joy finally decided to come over to him and settled herself beside taehyung. she gazed up into the clouds and caught the sight of some seagulls soaring in the sky.

"i've been looking for you all morning," joy began. "have you been here all along?"

she received nothing in response from him which didn't really matter since she didn't expect one for that question. instead, she kept silent for minute before speaking again.

"are...you oka─" joy turned her head to taehyung but paused when she realized he had his eyes closed. is he sleeping? she thought, curiously.

quietly, she observed his sleeping facade and certainly, he still looked beautiful, just the typical taehyung.

but suddenly, his head gently fell on joy's shoulder, startling her for a moment. when she regained her composure, joy smiled to herself and later found herself admiring taehyung, her delicate fingers trailing softly against his skin and silky hair.

"are you having fun?"

joy froze.

peeking one eye up, taehyung stared at the stiffened young woman, their eyes meeting and a tad bit of distance separating their faces.

"oh, sorry." joy apologized as she withdrew her hand away from taehyung's comely face. "you weren't sleeping?"

"no." he replied and joy felt him snuggling his head on her shoulder as if searching for more comfort.

silence followed. joy was awkwardly stiff upon taehyung's head rested on her shoulder and surely, taehyung noticed it.

"joy, just relax." taehyung advised. "be comfortable."

joy obliged and softened up. she let her shoulders slump down and let out a huge breath.

"sorry."

joy glanced at the young male beside her. "huh?" she questioned. "why?"

"for yesterday," taehyung said. "i was suppose to bring you home but i was unable to. i apologize."

joy frowned yet she still forced out a weak smile to form on her lips. "that's alright."

taehyung was avoiding the matter of yesterday's event ─ witnessing irene, the woman he loved, with another man.

he was keeping his feelings in for himself when those close to him were willing to hear him out. that was one thing joy thrived to fix ─ break him out of his isolated shell.

"you know, you can talk to me when you're troubled." joy gazed up at him, the same time taehyung looked at her. "after all, i'm your girlfriend right?"

taehyung smiled, "right."

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a/n: late update😭