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09. ROOFTOP, NIGHT, AND STARS.
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ELOISE proceeded, so did Taehyung.
The inside was what to be expected from outside, eerie vibes emitted from each corner of the first level.
They went up the seemingly endless stairs (or at least that's what Taehyung felt at the time) the creaking sound when they stepped on the wood made him feel paranoid and wanted to just run away, but that's meant to be as a secret. It would be very embarrassing if Eloise knew what he felt right now.
No, that can't happen and won't happen, get yourself together, Kim Taehyung. He would try to encourage himself and tried to erase every possible worst scenarios from his head.
He followed Eloise until they reached the top, standing in front of a door that probably would lead them to somewhere.
Eloise pushed the metal door open, and a scenery of a rooftop unfolded before them.
It came across his mind then, why rooftop? How's it so special to her? Personally, Taehyung didn't like rooftops that much, not because he was afraid of the dark; he loved dark, but heights? He's not quite fond of it.
Eloise sat on the railings and spun her body, which gave Taehyung a heart attack considering that action could've led to something unwanted. But she did that ever so swiftly, as if she was some professional.
"Come here, Tae, sit next to me." Eloise turned her head just slightly until their gazes met, patting a space next to her.
Tae, the nickname echoed in his ears, that sounded so endearing and he would put dollars across the table just to have a rewind of the scene.
But that could be saved for later. The real problem has finally come, there's no way he would have the guts to actually sit there next to her on a railing, meters above the ground. It seemed romantic, but at the same time, a big no.
However, he complied her request because he definitely can't ruin his own image, so he sat next to her, legs dangling on the air. He tried his best to not look at the ground, hands sweating in the process.
"Why? Are you scared of the dark? Do you want to go home?" Eloise asked, and he's never felt so embarrassed in his lifetime. That just meant his fear was very evident on his face.
"No, I am not scared." He managed to mutter without stuttering.
"Heights?" Eloise questioned again, and he replied with a nod in an instant. Oh, screw the idea of keeping his image.
A laughter evoked, and this time, Taehyung just wanted to disperse into the air.
"Don't look down then. Look up, Tae. Everything is way more beautiful up there."
And so he heaved a sigh and looked up to the sky, greeted with ocean of stars that formed various patterns.
He was mesmerized.
"This is why this place is very special to me. We can clearly see the constellations and asterisks from here. As an astronomy major, I have an unconditional love towards the sky assortments."
And Taehyung could not agree more. They're indeed beautiful, although he wasn't sure what was what. He just enjoyed it to the fullest.
Maybe he would take astronomy as his major in the next phase.
"When you are afraid, just look up, the sky will always be there for you." Her fingers made their way to Taehyung's, slowly lacing them together, and eventually, interlocked.
The warmth was very assuring, and he felt like he could go everywhere with Eloise.
With her, he would want to walk for another one hundred year.
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a/n: i missed updating, so here's another update! i hope you liked it :) i really want to finish re:death asap before i forget the plot >_>
