KIM TAEHYUNG | taehyung x irina

nineteen

"Have you gone insane?!" She lectured me as she helped me inside her apartment, making me wait on her couch as she came to her bedroom. I knew I really did it this time. She's literally chewing me out. I could still hear her yelling at me, "Why did you stay out there? A normal person wouldn't do that."

"But I was serious when I said it." I stuttered from being too frozen as she removed my cold jacket as well as my shirt and then she wrapped me up in two layers of comforters. It gave me warmth temporarily. "I'm okay n-now."

"Shut up. You're not." She said from the kitchen as she poured hot water in a basin and mixed it with cold tap water. I watched her carefully testing the water if it was warm or too hot before soaking a small towel in. I smiled to myself.

She still cares for me.

"Soak your feet in this." Irina instructed me as she placed a bowl of warm water on the floor next to my bare feet and helped me lift them up, gently assisting me in moving my frozen joints.

"Ah.. that feels nice." I sighed in relief, feeling the warmth slowly radiate through my body, "Thank you.."

"I swear you are the most idiotic person I have ever met." Irina sat beside me, harshly dabbing the warm towel on my hands and my chest. "What if you died from freezing out there?"

Then our eyes met and I gave her a soft smile, "Then I will die loving you." I said and caught his hand. "I would do that for you."

I threw away the blankets that covered my still trembling body and hugged her, her frame fitting mine perfectly. "I meant it when I told you I love you and I mean it now."

"You don't understand. I don't want you doing things like this for me." She tried to pull away so I held onto her tightly, keeping my arms around her.

"I am doing these things because I want to." I rested my chin on her shoulder and gently patted her back, "You don't have to isolate yourself anymore. It's all going to be okay. I will be here for you from now on."

"You're making promises." She said in a voice that was almost inaudible. "I don't need promises. To me, they're just words. I need something that I can believe. Right now, you're just saying empty words.. I need to know that you will stay."

"I will." I whispered lowly. "I will do anything for you, be anything for you.. You just have to ask."

"You're a nice person, Taehyung and  I know I shouldn't take advantage of you." Irina's voice never sounded so soft. She gently pulled away from me. She has never been so open to me and I like it. I like how she's letting me into her world. "You might like me because I look good, or the fact that I am a stripper, it fuels your desire for me.. Men tend to have that urge to be possessive around people like me."

She gave me a small smile. Her motherly instincts kicked in and she pulled the comforters over my shoulders again and tucked me warmly in it, "I'm older than you. I know you're aware of that and I think this.. is just an infatuation you have for me."

"Why do you like making me repeat the things I say?" I watched her as she stared down at her hands that are clasped together on her lap. "It's not about your job. I like you for who you are. Just you, the plain and really charming girl I met while shopping for diapers. That girl, Irina, is the person I fell in love with. And I really couldn't care less if you're older than me."

"I know I'll sound pathetic when I say this but I can't even have careless sex with other women without you popping into my mind every fucking time." I told her without blinking once. She covered her mouth to hold in a giggle. I released the tension from my body and relaxed my shoulders.