Ignorance At Its Finest (Taehyung x Yerin)

Chapter 9

"Tell me, Yerin-ah, who is the person you like?"

Well, such a bold question comes kind of unexpected. What influenced him to shot this at me so directly?

"Urgh. I don't even know where to begin...We have my family, my members, Sojung unnie, Eunha, Yu..."

"Oh come on Yerin-ah!" In a frustrated manner, Taehyung lays his finger underneath my chin and forces me to look him directly in his provokingly dark eyes.

"You know just too well, what I am talking about."

I feel more trapped than ever. How can I get out of this situation without exposing myself? It is not easy to keep up with Taehyungs intense stare.

Headedly, I shift my glance down onto his very build chest.

My manager once told me, my facial expression are just as readable as an open book. If Taehyung would look at me any longer straight in the eyes, he would know right away.

Even if I tell him, it wont make a difference.

Right?

"Why do you care anyway?"

"Why cant you just answer?"

And to make this situation even more intense, this jerk bends down so closely to me, that we are only separated by a few millimeters.

I have no more space to back down more. The cold wall behind me shows me even more, how trapped I am.

Flustered I place my glance down on the floor. "Taehyung-ah" I mumble under my breath. "You are too close."

A loose strain of hair falls onto my face. Without realization Taehyung fiddles it around his fingers and starts joyfully playing with it

"You know what..." Taehyung suddenly steps back. "Forget everything I just said. Don't I sound stupid anyway?"

His voice balances between uncertainty and possible hurt. I wish I would know, the thoughts within his mind. He is so freaking hard to understand sometimes.

"Yerin-ah, do you even thing about me once?"

How can he ask such a question? Aren't I the doubtful person between the two of us, most of the time? And does his question imply, he does care about me and I have misunderstood everything wrong?

I don't know, what comes over me. Either the urge to keep Taehyung close to me or the awareness I need for myself about his feeling towards me.

I bravely extend my arm and touch his face softly. My boldness even surprises Taehyung.

"Yes." I whisper almost unhearable. "I do."

This very moment I want to smack myself. I feel so exposed.

A satisfying smirk appears on Taehyung faces.

"That's is all I need to know so far."

Irritated by his smile I want to let go of my arm, touching his face. But Taehyung stops me so fast.

"Yerin-ah, there is something you have to know. It..."

He gets stops midsentence by a fast approaching person.

Dang it. We were so close. I want to know so badly, what he had to tell me. It felt like we were finally making progress.

"Yerin-ah" My manager appears from behind. This guy has such a bad timing. By the sight of him, Taehyung let go immediately.

So frustrating.

"What are you kids doing over here?" I can tell only by his posture how Taehyung seals himself up again. And it appears the cold expression on his face again, while he turns to the older man.