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Twenty-nine

31 July 2018

Victoria knew that made the conscious decision to stay at Jungkook and Taehyung's dorm because she didn't want to go home and be alone but she also didn't want to go to Jimin's because she thought Yoongi was still mad at her. Besides, the two young boys were very sweet to her and she felt an emotional connection that she couldn't explain.

She also knew that Taehyung didn't want her sleeping on the floor and said she could sleep in his bed. She was too tired to object, but couldn't deny that she became flustered upon realizing that he meant that he would be sleeping there with her. However, he was on the edge of the mattress while she was near the wall, so she eventually faded into sleep without a second thought.

That's why it was so confusing for her when she woke up being squished like a teddy bear in Taehyung's arms. The sleeping boy was clutching her to his chest tightly, his grip almost suffocating. It occurred to her that he was very strong, and that was only further confirmed by the broad chest muscles she was pressed against.

His head was curled in, nose shoved into the hair on top of her head. His gentle and slow breathing stirred the strands of her hair, but most of this went unnoticed because of one little detail. Victoria knew a lot of things, but not everything.

However, one thing she did know from having a brother was that sometimes men woke up...excited. And the fact that she was pressed up right against him—against it, which was poking her inner thigh—didn't help one bit. Heat burned her face a bright red color as she debated what to do.

This was a situation she had never been in before. The worst part about it was that she kind of liked it. Taehyung was an infrequent visitor in some of her more sexual dreams, and though she didn't spend that much time around him, there was an obvious sexual attraction on both sides. The only time she didn't feel it was the previous night when she was a crying mess and giving them life lectures.

That thought led her to remember with an aching heart the fact that Jin was engaged. Then she felt it all over again. It was awful, like waves of regret and disappointment crashing over her. She was too stupid to realize Jin's feelings when they were younger. She made him suffer back then and now she was paying the price. This is how he must have felt, she thought.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Taehyung beginning to shift, taking her with him as his steel grip wouldn't let up. Though, she then saw his eyes moving behind his eyelids before they slowly opened. He stifled a yawn as he gazed down at her.

"Morning," he said groggily in that voice that was deeper than the ocean. That voice she found incredibly sexy.

Victoria only pressed her lips together while she stared back at him. Because, well, his erection was still touching her. He seemed to realize slowly, loosening his embrace. His long, slender fingers clutched the edge of the blanket and lifted it so he could look down to confirm that he did, in fact, wake up with a boner and was simultaneously holding her close, so close that he noticed he was harder than usual. And he knew that it was not a boner he could just will away. He needed to take care of it and that was even more work that made him feel especially lazy.

Taehyung giggled a bit as he looked back up at her and only shrugged. To diffuse the awkwardness of the situation, she laughed as well. "Well, that's one way to say good morning to someone," she joked, making him laugh harder and have to cover his mouth with his hand so as to not wake Jungkook.

His eyes were squeezed shut, shoulders shaking while his baritone voice was muffled behind his hand. She took a moment to admire him like this. It was always a mood-booster to see Taehyung smiling and happy. Once their laughter died down, he looked at her seriously.