celebrity secret hotline ※ taerene

twenty one

"oh!" joohyun mumbled softly as she stepped out the women's restroom, the sounds of her heels clicking against tile replaced with the threadbare carpet.

pulling out her lipgloss, she then proceeded to swipe the cherry gloss across her lips. smacking her lips softly, she screws the lid of her lipgloss close.

suddenly a shoulder bumps into hers, shocking her as she drops her lipgloss along with her purse, the contents of the black clutch spilling themselves onto the floor.

"oh my gosh im so sorry!" a deep voice cuts, familiarity in the tone. she lifts her head in shock, her heart jolting, almost expecting to see the tall man she met up with a few months ago, to be met with the gaze of BTS' V.

"i-its okay." she stutters, recovering from her initial shock as she stuffs her things back into her bag.

taehyung bent down as well, helping her pick up her stuff, noticing a familiar pattern in her belongings. 1. they were usually purple in colour, 2. alot of them were watermelon flavoured or scented.

"here you go..." he mumbled awkwardly, holding out his hand filled with her stuff. her face reddened at the sight of the items in his hand as she held her clutch out, watching him slide the items in carefully.

as he was about to slide her compact powder in, her eyes widened. "oh my gosh.." she blurted. grabbing the powder from his hand, she heeds no attention to his flustered expression as she slowly opens the compact, chanting a prayer that the powder is not oblivirated.

she groans inwardly at the sight of the powder, completely crushed and broken into bits. she gawked as her eyebrows crease. taehyung's eyes widen a tad bit at the sight, unable to hide his gasp. he gaped wordlessly, silence between the two, the background noise filled with faint chatter and murmurs along with a thrumming musical beat.

"oh my goodness. may i have that?" he asked, silence between the pair broken. joohyun's eyebrow curving. "why?" she asked. genuinely curious as to why he wanted her face powder. she hesitantly handed him the purple compact, his eyes scanning the label. he then pulled his phone out, snapping a picture of the brand.

"ill buy you one." he explained, joohyun's eyes widening. "oh, no its fine-" "no it isnt, its not etude house or clinique, and even those brands aren't exactly cheap either. this brand is from france if im not wrong, and its known for being quite expensive. i broke it, so ill buy it back." he stated, handing the powder back to her. "its fine, i have money." she replied. "but i have my pride as well. irene ssi, please let me do this. its how i was raised back in daegu." he said.

she hesitantly took it back from his hands as he watched her trembling fingers grasp the powder from him, fingertips fleeting across the skin of his palm. "daegu..." she mumbled softly.

those familiar red nails and small hands... he thought to himself. "thank you..." she mumbles, taehyung looking up in shock. "um, is there something on my face?" she asked nervously.

"huh? oh-no,no...i just thought.." he trailed off. standing up, he offered his hand. she glanced at it nervously before clasping it, using his arm as a post to hoist her up.

she staggered slightly, leaning into his grip. taehyung got a whiff of her shampoo,a familiar scent of lavender. her height was also similar."are you okay?" he asked as she straightened. "huh? oh yeah... thank you." she chuckled nervously.

"i'll hand it to you the next time we have an event." he said. joohyun nodding somewhat reluctantly. "its really okay.." "not to me, it isnt. dont worry." he smiled. "then... take this."  she mumbled, rummaging through her clutch as she pulled out a small tube of hand lotion.

"its really nice. and its not much, but i hope you'll accept this...i've got a bigger tube at home and i've only used this small one once." she explained as taehyung took the lotion from her.

"thank you." he smiled, tucking it into his suit pocket as he walked out.

confusion rushing through him as doubt placed itself in his coy heart. he frowned slightly.

"she couldnt be bunny, could she?"

she followed behind him, staring at the back of his head. "ththth?" she wondered.

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later on, after many nonchalant glances toward taehyung's direction, joohyun makes her way backstage with red velvet, getting ready to perform.

as she is touching up on her makeup, she clasps the compact powder in her hand, the events that happened shortly back replaying in her mind.

she frowns slightly at the thought of ththth, wondering if he could be V. they were the same height and even had the same distict voice.

"unnie! lets go." seulgi called, joohyun snapping out of her thoughts as she tossed a few stands of hair behind her ear. "im coming!" she replies, standing up as she puts her unsolved mystery behind her for now.

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"and now, a performance from Red Velvet! their new song, Power Up! please applaud them!" the emcee cheered brightly, walking backstage as the curtains opened, beginning beats of Power Up filling the room.

taehyung stared at joohyun for a second, nodding his head to the beat of the music lightlt as he turns to the pamphlet. he skims through the pages, eventually landing on red velvet's page.

staring at joohyun, he observed her face. they had similar eyes, but he couldnt really make a proper observation as her eyes were masked between the glasses she wore, and her voice muffled by the face mask. he resorted to focusing on her voice the rest of the night, his head lightly bopping to the beat as he tuned out all the other sounds.

his eyes found hers as she stared at him, smiling lightly before she directed her attention to the rest of the crowd.

he spent the rest of the night pondering on irene.

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"hello..." taehyung bowed, walking by veteran actors. his eyes found irene easily, walking in his direction. and as if it were a movie, time slowed down, the pair's eyes locked on each other. she bowed to him as he returned the action, and as a fleeting moment, everything went back to normal. he bowed to the rest of her members watching hoseok's grin widen at the sight of seungwan.

"everyone gather up!" the photographer called, signalling for them to squeeze in. taehyung glanced over to her direction, their eyes meeting once more for the umpteenth time that evening.

they looked away just a quickly, a smile growing on each of their faces along with a flushing red on their cheeks.

"1,2,3! cheese!~"

as bts made their way backstage, his eyes searched for that familiar face. he scanned the corridor of celebrities, finally finding a small figurw amongst the sea of idols. "namjoon hyung, ill be home late." he called out and rushed off before hearing namjoon's reply.

his eyes burned through the back of her head as he squeezed between celebrities, lightly pushing his way through.

and then.
finally.

he taps her shoulder as she turns around with a jump, a look of surprise on her face as she smiles at him. "yes V ssi?" she asks.

he stares into her eyes, recalling all memories of her eyes that day; the same glassy, moonlit eyes that stared back at him. he reveled in the deep chocolate in her gaze, the sacharrine glow hidden beneath.

it was the same.

"bunnybottoms?" he called.

a.n.: the big chapter! i was rushing to publish this on christmas but sadly it ended 10 minutes ago for me :( but i know its still christmas somewhere else, so wherever you are, merry christmas! hope you enjoy this chapter♡ leave a vote and comment, bye!