The last time I've been in Taehyung's bedroom was when we were around twelve years old, but nothing much has changed. The room still had blue hues and Taehyung's familiar cologne scented the whole place. The walls were painted white, almost creamy looking as the sunlight entered and spread across the room coming from the dark blue window pane. His wooden queen sized bed had blue bedsheets, as usual. Next to his bed was a small table, on top of it was his precious vinyl player along with a stack of classic music records. A familiar but worn out tiger stuffed toy sat on top of the vinyl player.
"I can't believe you still have this," I laughed a little as I grabbed the old tiger stuffed toy. This was a gift I gave him on his seventh birthday, almost a decade ago.
"Of course! I cuddle with Mr. Tiger every night," Taehyung snatched the tiger stuffed toy from my grasp and hugged it tight, looking like an small child.
There was a box at the corner of the room, I took a peek and expected to see his old toys but instead I saw saw his old cameras stacked inside. Taehyung used to love taking pictures even when we were younger, he always brought a camera with him whenever we went out. But now he rarely takes pictures. I smiled as soon as my eyes landed on photos posted on the wall above his bed's head board.
"I'm going to take a shower, wait for me here." Taehyung said and I nodded, before he left me inside his room alone.
Looking closely at the photos, I gasped in delight as I realized they were pictures of us when we were younger.
There was one photo where Taehyung and I sat by the swing set on the park playground, big smiles were plastered on our faces. My mother was in the background with a thoughtful smile on her face as well, carefully watching us as we played. I remember that Taehyung's mother captured this photo, and I think that this was the very first picture we have together. This was the day when we met.
Next to it was picture of me crying and little Taehyung had his arm around my shoulder, with a goofy smile on his face. Both of us had a missing tooth in this photo. I laughed as I remembered the memory. "Don't feel bad! I'll pull my teeth out when yours fall out too!" Little Taehyung said to me, trying to reassure me that losing our first tooth wasn't all that bad.
The next photo was during Taehyung's seventh birthday party. I was on the floor with a shocked expression on my face, Taehyung was on top of me with his signature rectangular smile. He had Mr. Tiger the stuffed toy locked in an embrace between us in the photo. I recalled that moment, he was so happy when he unwrapped my gift to him. So thankful that he tackled me in an embrace, making me fall on the floor with him on top of me. "This is the best gift ever! I love Mr. Tiger!" Seven year old Taehyung exclaimed and roared a few times, making me laugh and hug him back, thankful that he liked the very first present I gave him.
There were a lot more silly pictures of the two of us, each having a funny memory as we grew up. Some of the pictures posted on the wall was of Taehyung with his family and a few of him together with Jimin and Jungkook when they were younger.
Looking at the wall full of pictures felt nostalgic, it made me miss how much fun we used to have together when we were younger. But things changed after that day in the lake.
My eyes landed on the very last picture at the bottom. It was a picture of me with a small smile on my face as I looked at the lake and the horizon. The view looked breathtaking, it looked like a photo with a good memory judging by how peaceful and happy I looked. But Taehyung and I both know it was that spring day when we both almost lost our lives. It was all my fault but he took the blame. I guess this picture marked the day our friendship changed, creating a little gap and setting limitations. Life wasn't all fun and games.
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