Friends | KookV FF BOOK 2

Chapter 9 - Humiliated

Taehyung paid for their lunch since Yoongi paid for their dinner last time. They thanked the employees and then got out of the restaurant.

"I will miss you, Tae. I will call you later, ok?" Yoongi says with a smile on his face.

"I will miss you too yoongs. I will be waiting for your call then." They both smiled at each other and hugged before waving goodbye, going separated ways.

Taehyung was walking down the street when his phone started buzzing, startling the poor boy. He looked at the name of the contact and it said 'Seoul's University'. He gasped and immediately answered the call, his heart beating crazily.

"Hello." Taehyung nervously said.

After fifteen minutes, the call ended and Taehyung's eyes were sparkling. He placed the phone back on his pocket and squealed from happiness. They just announced that Taehyung is the new art teacher at Seoul's University and he is beyond happy. They said that his amazing work and performance at Paris University is truly unbelievable. They took almost two weeks to give him the answer because they searched all his work all these years. But now they contacted him and he will be teaching next week. He just needs to go to the university tomorrow to sign the contract and other important papers.
Taehyung is so excited that he didn't know that he was walking for 15 minutes now, stopping in front of Seoul's Mall. Exactly the place he wanted to go now. With the news, he noticed that he needed to buy some new clothes for his job and also the material for his classes. Not too much since the university will give him a lot to work with. He enters the mall with a smile on his face that gets wider when he sees the Gucci store right in front of him. Guess he will be buying some Gucci clothes with his savings. But like it's a good reason, don't blame him. He just wants to buy some new sweaters and pants and maybe those shoes he has been craving to buy. Ok, someone needs to stop him because he is going crazy with the clothes. There goes some of his savings...

Taehyung walks out of the store with two bangs. One bag has two pairs of pants and two pairs of dress shirts, white and blue. The other bag has those black shoes he wanted to buy for so long but never had the chance or money. But now with the money he received from his drawings gave him the chance to buy them. Looks like Jungkook did something good for once.
He walks to the schools supply store with a smile on his face holding the two Gucci bags on his hands proudly. He enters the store and searches around for the materials he will be needing for his first classes. He pays for everything and leaves the store, thanking the employee with a smile.
He was feeling a little hungry and his tummy was growling, he patted it to calm down. He walks up the electric stairs to get to the restaurant and coffee places. He walks inside a small coffee shop, the smell of fresh cakes and bread hitting his nostrils. He hummed in delight seeing all the cake variety displayed on the counters. He struggled some minutes to choose between the chocolate cupcake or the caramel cupcake. He ended up choosing the caramel cupcake, because caramel is life. He ordered an americano and then sat on a table at the back, waiting for his food. He placed the two bags on the chair besides them, making sure they were ok. He looked through the window seeing a lot of people having a late lunch, others with their families just having a family time and some students laughing and talking with each other. He smiled seeing all those happy people but he wonders if they are really happy? A smile in our faces doesn't mean we are happy. A laugh doesn't mean we are happy. What is inside them? What is inside those peoples mind and heart? Are they truly happy? Or are they so hurt that they can perfectly fake a smile?
The most hurt people always have the best smiles. Taehyung has a perfect smile. What does it make him?
What does he feel? All he knows is that his life in Seoul isn't what he was expecting when he came back home. He tried every day to forget his life back here but there were always images and moments that always haunted him, no matter what he does he can't erase them from his mind. He tried to move on and find a new lover and was disappointed when he was only being used. He didn't care because he can't love anymore. He doesn't have those type of romantic feelings anymore. He is not that weak anymore. Love makes you weak and vulnerable. Taehyung doesn't want to feel that way anymore. Being on someone's hands being played like a deck of cards. He is not a game and not a punch bag to be hurt by such feelings. He has had enough of those feelings that only makes your heart tight and makes you wanna die or cut yourself. He doesn't want to have his trauma of opening doors back again. It's over.