Only Then

~4

"I'm not gonna leave you again, if that's what you're thinking." He said still munching. 

Couldn't help it, so I went up to him and caressed his cheeks, wiped off the crumbs of cookie from his mouth and gave him a peck on his forehead.

"I'm not letting you go this time." 

We were too close cuz I could hear his breath becoming heavier and I know he could hear mine too. He took the initiative and drew near me, holding my back to support, looked deep into my eyes and I couldn't look away, as always. We were about to kiss when, 

"Hoseok is down in the basement." Wendy suddenly appeared out of nowhere. 

"Sorry..umm..I didn't mean to umm..." She couldn't even complete her sentence.

"No that's okay...uh..we weren't doing anything. Let's just go, he must be waiting." I chimed in. 

We went downstairs together. I had already told Wendy to not give out much details about taehyung coming here because it'd be better for them to talk about it among themselves and we shouldn't interfere. 

Hoseok was already waiting in the car, disguised with black mask and cap. I wonder what's with the black clothes? Is it a tradition for all of them? 

Anyways I bid taehyung goodbye before going in with Wendy. It was so chilly! 

Flashback to 2016

Author's pov 

Taehyung and Irene already had feelings for each other after seeing each other at backstage and award ceremonies. Well they were both good looking, young, and from daegu.

They also shared many similarities that they were slowly figuring out, but one could definitely tell that they felt different around each other.  

But what sets them apart is that, besides similarities they had many differences, and those were such, that they complimented each other, sort of like completed each other's lives. Take for example, taehyung's friendly and charming nature that would draw even strangers towards him and Irene's shy nature which would often lead to- her not talking to strangers, or say, taehyung's inability to speak clearly in front of a lot of people (he gets nervous), and Irene's fantastic and confident speaking skills (she often MC-ed). Now put these two personalities together, and you get the perfect couple! 

Now coming back to the story, taehyung's close friend, baekhyun, from another boy-group exo, actually found out about his feelings for Irene, from taehyung himself and coincidentally, Irene was from the same agency as baekhyun. So he became the cupid in their love story, he would often tease them both together and really wanted them to be true to their feelings and come together. He was also the one who gave Irene's number to taehyung.

Taehyung, after numerous tries, finally texted Irene. 

Hello. Is this Irene ssi? 

 Aah yes. May I ask who's this?

Oh hello. Sorry I forgot to introduce myself. This is BTS's taehyung. 

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With the charmer that he is, it wasn't long until they became close. Subtle flirts, heart emojis, and daily doses of take care and miss you had become a habit for so long, they'd wait for it each day. 

Taehyung had once confessed that anyone would want Irene to be his girlfriend, that she is perfect. That was when they were sure they were more than friends. 

But what they didn't know was that another member from exo actually had eyes on Irene since months. Although it seems weird that baekhyun knew about Tae's feelings but not about his own member's, it did happen. Suho, leader of exo would often try to be closer to Irene, yes, she was that pretty, but being the person that she is, she would ignore and cut him off as soon as possible. You can't blame her, she thought she was overthinking. Well, she was not. 

Suho, was the reason for their parting ways. He didn't directly tell them to break-up, but he was taehyung's good friend from before, and when taehyung found out about it, and saw the sour air that was starting to form around them, he didn't want to bother them. So he left. And he was not to blame. Suho had somehow convinced himself and taehyung, that Irene had feelings for suho, which wasn't true. He made it seem like taehyung was coming in their way and being the emotional fool that he is, taehyung actually believed his words, and didn't even confront Irene. He just left. 

Hello it's me! Sorry for the late update but this special chapter is for passing 100 reads on the story. Yay! 'Only Then' also reached #140 in btsvelvet!!!

I wanted you guys to know the back story for better understanding of the further chapters so yeah.

This story was a spontaneous move for me, as I just dreamed about tae going to RVs dorm some days ago, and that's when I decided to develop the story.

Anyways, I'm going to write as far as I can and try not to disappoint you guys. Stay tuned! 💕

PS: waiting for some BTSVELVET interactions during the award ceremonies ( whatever is left)
We got way lesser interactions this year 😔