heartbreaker | taeyong

stumbling in

two

it had been two weeks since you had walked me home. i didn't know the full extent to your name except for the initials, but either way i imagined it was beautiful. my thoughts couldn't falter or stray away from the thought of your ethereal being, but in some way it was okay to be drowning in the thought of you.

the weather was already starting to become colder as november was approaching. my body shivered in the pale moonlight as i walked home yet again. i kept a consistent pace, as i walked back to the familiar mahogany door, enjoying the twinkling stars and growing breeze. but soon the consistent pace was broken as rain started to pour from the heavens above sending me dashing for the nearest shelter.

my heels scraped against the already slick pavement gliding messily into the nearest store. the bells that signalled presence chimed as i pummeled into the warm environment. and there you were. the worker in the far corner of the store with your dark hair messily framing your tired face. the boy with the blazing eyes, you were my orpheus.

my heart was beating out of my chest as your eyes met mine. this earned a lazy smirk from you as you drummed your fingers against the chipped desk, watching me in curiosity. i quickly looked away as if i could hide the growing blush on my cheeks and found myself surrounded by cds, vinyls, and books. i stared back out the window of the store watching as the rain viciously beat down harder against the concrete.

i simply sighed realizing i would probably need to stay a while in this music store before the rain would let up. my feet shyly shuffled against the tile floor as i made my way around the store, both browsing and trying to avoid those eyes which burned a hole straight into my heart. i finally stopped at the part of the shop where the books had been laid out. i leisurely read the spines of the novels, dragging my fingertip across the novels until one had caught my eye.

the story of orpheus and eurydice.
i was astounded by the find and giggled silently to myself at the sort of coincidence that unfolded. my hands lingered on the spine before picking it up and opening it. besides being a novel, it had pictures in it. they were articulate, beautiful, and detailed.

it was then that i had already fallen in love with the paperback story and decided to purchase it. my feet slowly took me toward the desk you had claimed and i could feel myself becoming more and more breathless as i approached you. your fingers had finally stopped tapping as i gave you the book. i watched as your beautiful eyes skimmed the paperback and the way your lips curved up into a warm smile.

i was about to pull the cash from my purse before you stopped me dead in my tracks with those words.

"you remind me so much of the girl in this book. what's your name, love?"
his voice was soft yet curious and i could already feel my heart melting and the temperature of my cheeks rising at the way he peered at me through his dark locks.

despite how nervous i was, i tried to answer the question with all the confidence i could posses.

"luna." he eyed me in awe, acknowledging my answer, nodding his head lightly. i resumed my action of getting the money out of my bag before he interrupted me once again. he had already placed the book in a bag and pushed it into my hands.

"this one is on me, eurydice."

i was so starstruck by his kindness. getting lost and drowning in those blazing eyes evermore until i snapped myself out of my daze; somehow pulling myself back out of the sacred abyss that i might just have longed to fall back into. 

"thank you.."

"taeyong. it's taeyong, now let me walk you home again." he winked, extending his free arm to reveal the bright yellow umbrella that dazzled brightly against the soft lights of the store.