Never In My Dreams

5- On a Tightrope

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

[Tzuyu's POV]

Three days have passed, and Taehyung and I were hauling decorations from the car into the park. The venue was a park, decorated with cherry blossoms, falling onto the ground to mark the end of spring. It was the perfect place to plan a celebration due to the perfect scenery and nature surrounding it.

"This should go here," I said, while carrying the LED string icicle lights to the trees that would be near the picnic table. This woodland concept was certainly coming together since we pretty much had most of everything we needed. We had to add a few things on the list in order to fit the theme.

"No, not there!" I demanded, when I saw Taehyung carry the centerpieces toward the table. I instantly placed the lights down, snatching the centerpieces from his hand to set them near the entrance to where Sana would eventually lead him.

Taehyung ran his fingers through his hair, while he made a seat on the bench. "Ya know, it feels like you're the one doing all the work."

I bit my lip, taking a look of all the decorations. He did have a point, but I had thought I'd been more nice about it.

"I never meant it like that," I said, feeling my face burn up from sudden embarrassment.

"It's not a big deal anyway," he shrugged, "I just thought that I could pitch in on helping since he is my friend," he scoffed, while brushing his hands off on his pants.

"You can rearrange some things if you'd like. But I really didn't mean-"

"You've already finished now..." he said. Just like that, I watched him get and leave, going over to where Jimin and Mina were.

What just happened?

And there I was, sitting there and looking at the decorations. Aside from Mina being austere toward me, I didn't want to get in anyone's way, which I seem to fail. I stole some glances Taehyung, who was too busy talking to Jimin, who didn't even notice me. Mina was off to the side, now being accompanied by Sana, who had finished getting ready. She had told us the run down of her plan. She planned to take him out to a movie and for ice cream, which would leave enough time for us to finish up.

Jin was still preparing his cake, which he insisted on baking himself. I was also told by Sana that Dahyun and Nayeon would keep an eye on me, making sure I was comfortable when all the other guests arrived.

"Hey!"

I immediately jumped up when I was startled by the voice. I must have blanked out because I forgot that I had been staring at Taehyung and Jimin the entire time.

"Am I that good looking?" said Taehyung. He smirked as he seen how taken aback I was by his comment.

I turned my head, trying to circumvent by pretending to examine where the banner should be. I could overhear the almost inaudible snickering coming from where he was. Usually I would never have been so flustered, but why was everyone so intimidating here?
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