you fooled me || kth

twenty five.

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"no." i said with almost the same tone as him. he looked at me straight in the eyes, angrily. i turned my head slightly to see taehyung staring at my father and i's interaction.

"what did you say?" at this rate, taehyung was trembling more in fear than i was.

i didn't respond as i was almost in the same state as he was. my father rolled his eyes and grabbed my wrist, pulling my up from the ground, and leading me out of the door. taehyung tried reaching for my hand, but my dad pulled me out of his grasp. i looked back only to see a frowning taehyung who's eyes were covered in a thick gloss as if he was about to cry.

seeing him this sad to see me go made me feel terrible. but i couldn't help it.

although the walk across the street was short, it felt like forever. tension filled the air between my dad and i. i didn't want to talk to him and i assume he didn't want to talk to me either.

my dad scoffed out of the blue.

"what" i asked as i crossed my arms.

"i knew you wouldn't stay away from him, i don't know why i'm still surprised" he said almost laughing at himself.

i didn't know how to respond so i simply looked at the nature around us, even though we both knew he was right.

as soon as we reached the house, my mom greeted us at the door with a warming smile.

"ae where were you? we missed you!" i simply just forced a laugh and walked up to my bedroom where i flopped onto my bed.

what a long day.

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it was later in the night when i received a snapchat from taehyung. i reluctantly opened it as i has no clue what it contained nor did i know how it would make me feel.

his messy hair, perfect hands, pearly white teeth, and everything about the picture made my heart skip a beat.

if there was one thing taehyung knew how to do, it's knowing how to make a girl swoon.

Me:
im sorry.

Taehyung:
It's just that I miss you and everything about you|
It's just that I miss you|
It's just that I|
It's just|
|
(message not sent)

Taehyung:
I know it's not your fault.
We'll find a way around it okay?

Me:
what if my father finds out, again?

Taehyung:
That's a risk worth taking.

and with that i was smiling like crazy. a light pink tinted my cheeks, knowing that there was still hope in seeing tae outside of school instantly brightened my mood.

but i'm still confused.

why was tae so determined to see me? why was i so determined to see him? we were never really dating in the first place. in fact i don't even know if i'm ready to start dating again.

although most of my feelings for jungkook have passed, they still linger around at the thought that he was my first kiss since xuxi.

maybe i still like him?
no way. one taste was enough, right?

~

typically taehyung would walk with me to school. but clearly today was different.

my dad was extra strict about who i hung out with. keeping his eye on me constantly, i was afraid even one slight glance at taehyung would make him burst into flames.

as i closed my locker, i looked around for tae but i then realized there was no use. we may have had a few classes together but the teacher sat us across the room from each other, making us have even less communication.

i gathered my books i quickly made my way to class. i passed by what looked like a familiar figured pressed up against a locker by joshua.

no surprise, it was only becca flirting with him. i rolled my eyes and without my knowing, she stuck out her foot only to make me trip and fall onto the ground.

i heard her say an almost meaningless "oops" as she started laughing with joshua.

i made a loud thud onto the ground, along with my books flying in all different directions. i felt almost paralyzed as fellow students were staring and laughing at the scene.

i managed to gather all of my textbooks but one, which was in the arms of taehyung. standing in front of me, he reached his hand out to pull me up and gave me my textbook.

my eyes were widened at this point due to all of the attention i was getting.

"c'mon let's get to class," he said wrapping his arm around me with a bright boxy smile on his face, allowing me to relax a little.

although i may have seemed physically relaxed, fear consumed my thoughts. what if my dad saw us?

i shook it off and continued smiling with tae as we continued our short walk to class.

being in his embrace made me feel comforted and safe, something i wished to feel all the time.

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a/n
hey guys wow sorry for the late ass update
major writers block hit (once again)
but hopefully i'll be back to updating regularly soon lol