#2017BTSFESTA

BESTFRIEND!TAEHYUNG

bestfriend!taehyung
fluff, angst

"i'm sorry, i think it's best we don't be friends anymore," i looked down at my feet, in front of kim taehyung.

taehyung is my best friend ever since we were in kindergarten. it started out with me protecting him from the school bullies, namjoon and jin. but as we grew up, things changed and now he is the one protecting me.

taehyung grew up from those glasses, to someone who was handsome, a school heartthrob. most importantly, a player.

he played the girls who were willing to get heart broken. they knew they were going to get hurt but they still went out with him anyways. the ending was always the same, girls crying and trying to slap him with him stopping them saying, "i told you that you were going to hurt and you were willing to get hurt so why are you slapping me?" he would say that cruel sentence with his eyes void of emotion.

he ignored me in school, explaining that he did not want me to get hurt because of our interaction in front of others. after school hours, he would act like what he was when i first met him, cute and worth protecting. he would always act like a child and that's what makes me like him. like, not as friends, but as a female to male. hopefully he won't ever notice this small crush because he would reject me and our friendship would be ruined.

everytime i see him with another girl, i die a little bit on the inside. yet i know i can't get involved. i'm also quite close to his group of friends in school, aka the hot guys. jimin, jungkook, yoongi and lastly a ball of sunshine named hoseok! hoseok was really friendly when i first met him and he made me come out of that shell that i use to protect myself when i meet new people. jimin and jungkook were equally friendly but they were very close and were usually in their world. yoongi was just... friendly, in his own way as he explained.

"y/n," taehyung's voice broke at the end, almost unnoticeable, "why?"

"why? it's because i can't stand being your friend anymore! we're in completely different worlds, don't you understand?" i spoke softly, "i can't be your friend anymore. let's stop this friendship and pretend it never happened. please."

taehyung lifted my face with my cheeks to look at him. his eyes were cold, emotionless yet he smiled slightly. it was as if he was fine, not being my friend. okay, i admit. it hurt a little on the inside but i can't show it. i was the one who initiated the end of the friendship.

"if that's what you want, i'll give you," he then let go of my cheeks, "goodbye pumpkin."

pumpkin, what he always called me because i hated eating pumpkins. it brought back memories along with some tears but i could not let those tears fall. i had to end this.

i walked away, tears threatening to fall. i could feel taehyung staring holes into my back but i ignored it and continued to walk. to walk away from this friendship of 12 years.

a few years later.

i stretched, taking in the fresh air of daegu, after being in seoul for so long. after i broke off the friendship with taehyung, i coincidentally had to move to seoul due to my dad's expanding business. not a goodbye i would have wanted to say but it was better than nothing. i dropped my phone into the sea as i was taking photos of the beautiful sunset on the port right before i left daegu. i had a choice, whether to keep the same old number and leave a way of contact for my old friends, or to change my number, to forget about the past and start a new life.