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IRL Nahee

With a sudden boost of courage, I stand from the couch and make my way over to Jungkook. While his head is facing downwards at his phone in his crossed lap, I boldly step in front of the paused t.v. I'm ready for this. To talk to him. I'm not going to mess up. I'm not going to back down.

Come on Nahee, be brave.

So I take a quick deep breath and clear my throat loud enough for him to hear me. His head slowly faces up, and as I look at his widened doe eyes, my breath leaves my chest.

And suddenly I want nothing more than to run away from him and go back to clinging to Taehyung's side. I forget everything that I was telling myself a second ago because he's looking at me.

Then things get worse.

He smiles.

"Hey there."

My mouth goes dry and my palms begin to sweat, but I manage to get out a breathless, "Hi".

He chuckles and motions for me to sit beside him.

I slowly make my way down to the floor beside him, leaving a decent 3 feet. I'm too nervous to move any closer.

He picks up one of the remote controllers and holds it out to me, "Wanna play a game with me?"

"Um..." I look down at the hand that holds the controller. There are multiple veins running through it and up through his arms. I swallow. My eyes go back up to the almond eyes crinkling at the ends due to the knowing bunny smile. "I don't really know how to play."

"Aw come on, we'll do an easy board."

"Um..." I look back at Tae who's watching me with excited eyes, and munching on his pizza, he gives me a thumbs up with a nod of his head.

"Okay. I'll play."

Once I slowly take the controller from his fingers, he fist pumps the air, making me slightly giggle.

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Taehyung

I happily watch Nahee nervously play the game with Jungkook. They are goofing around and laughing at each other. It makes me happier to see that Nahee looks comfortable or at least more comfortable than she was earlier. I'm so focused on the pair, that I don't feel the couch sink beside me.

"Ahem", someone clears their throat from beside me.

My heart jumps at being caught off guard, but I manage to stay still. I look to my left and see Mirae, with a shy smile. I safely admit that my heart warms at the sight of her.

I turn my whole body towards her and smile.

"Hey!"

"Hi, Tae."

We sit there, just staring for a second before she clears her throat again and I blink away before starting conversation.

"So, I'm kind of confused as to why we're not actually making any plans. We're literally just sitting around."

She chuckles, "Hana most likely forgot. It'll probably take her a while to actually remember why we're all here in the first place."

I shrug, "It's not so bad."

She hums and looks over at the two on the floor.

"So, Nahee huh? What's up with you two?" I can hear the teasing in her voice, but I also notice a hint of jealousy.

I'm not afraid to admit the thought of her being jealous makes my heart skip a beat.

"Well I think she's super cute actually, and she's obviously into me too. I'm thinking of asking her out. What do you think?"

I smirk as Mirae's face twists into an obvious expression of annoyance, "Yup. Go for it."

I smile widely and then burst out laughing. Her face shows confusion, but that makes me laugh harder. I wipe a lone tear from my eye, still catching my breath.

"Mirae, why are you so jealous?"

"I'm not!" She crosses her arms and denies it.

"Yes, you are." I chuckle

She looks down at her lap, playing with her fingers, "Do you and Nahee really like each other?"

Ugh she's so cute

"No! She's seriously like a sister to me now. I'm the one who told her to go over there to Jungkook!"

She is silent for a few more minutes before she looks back up at me. "Can I admit to something without you making fun of me?"

I grin, "Sure."

"I'm serious, Tae!"

"Okay, okay, fine."

She takes a breath, "Don't be mean or anything, but I've been feeling kind of lonely lately. Like I look at Hana and her boyfriend, or Bea and Yoongi making googly eyes at each other, and I get kinda sad. It never used to happen until after a recent breakup, but...I don't know. I've just been feeling like I'm always alone for some reason."

I focus on her words and take them in with a strangely heavy heart.

Lonely?

She's been feeling lonely?

"Hey, you're not alone. You'll always have me. And you've always had your friends, right?"

She nods slowly, looking between my eyes.

"I'll tell you what, whenever you feel that way, just tell me, okay? We'll go do something extraordinary!"

She gives me a look, "Extraordinary? Like what?"

I shrug, "I don't know, we can go for a midnight drive or something. Or maybe an amusement park."

Her laugh is music to my ears and my spirits are lifted once more.

"Okay, Tae. Whatever you say."