Endearing ️️️✅

9: Unexpected Gift

You were working on your computer, typing furiously on the poor keyboard as you typed information about people, hoping you'd do it faster so you can prepare the surprise for your hybrid at home.

Something landed on your shoulder and you realised it was a hand because of it's warmth. You turned your head to see Namjoon smiling at you with his dimply sweet grin. "Don't break our keyboard." He laughed and you suppressed a smile.

It was past 5 and your day's work at the bank was over but you had extra work like filling a number of forms online, checking out the money transfer so that there wouldn't be a mistake.

Seeing no signs of you stopping your work he sat on the chair beside you and spun your wheeled chair so you were face to face with him. "What happened Y/n? You look in a hurry." He stated the fact. You were in hurry.

You sighed and dropped your hands in your lap, your eyes doing the same as they fell lower. "Do you remember I told you that I adopted a hybrid?" He nodded his head with a smile and you continued. "Well you know every adopted hybrid wears a collar and I ordered one of Taehyung too but.."

"You think he won't like it? And I'm not talking about the design." Namjoon had always been so nice and being your friend for a long time he knew a lot about you.

"Yeah, we haven't talked about the collar thing yet and I don't want him to feel like he's my pet or something." You said rubbing your temples with your fingers thinking about what would be Taehyung's reaction. Will he be happy or mad? It was stressful. It had been bugging you to buy a collar for Taehyung ever since you saw a collar around Hoseok and that not so loving incident in mall. Hoseok's family gave him a red collar with a silver tag and he just seemed so happy about it that you wanted Taehyung to have it too.

Namjoon took your hands in his, rubbing your fingers with the pads of his thumbs and spoke softly. "Stop worrying too much. From what I've heard almost every hybrid wants to wear a collar. It gives them a sense of security but you'll only know if your hybrid likes it or not when you talk to him about it. So just stop destroying your brain cells and show it to him." He chuckled at the last part and you couldn't help but show a smile of your own.

"Why are you so genius?" You laughed shaking your head.

"So that I can get my friends out of their crisis. Now where is that collar? Can I see it?"

You shaked your head in a no. "I have to pick it up from the shop. Wanna come?"

"Why not?" Namjoon piped, standing up from his chair. "Wait I still have work to do!" You exclaimed laughing loudly. "Come on, you can do it tomorrow. I'm shutting this place for the day anyways."

You took Namjoon with you to the shop and the receptionist quickly acknowledged you. A few seconds later your possession was presented in front of you and to be quite honest you were in love with it.

Even Namjoon was loving it. He said he never seen a collar like that and you were grinning proudly. Only if Taehyung likes it too.

Only after twenty minutes you were opening the door of Yoongi's house where Taehyung must be helping Mrs. Lee and Hoseok in cooking. You rang the doorbell and in seconds the door opened and you were engulfed in a tight hug.

You hugged back but soon coughed. "Hoseok I can't breathe." He released you immediately but wore a contagious wide smile that broke you in a grin too.

"Hi noona." You heard the voice you've been wanting to hear all day and as if all your worries had subsided, you felt relaxed.

You opened your arms to him, testing your mere luck but he shyly smiled your way and hugged you modestly. This was the very first time you two had actually hugged and you didn't want to pull back yet. But you did when you saw Yoongi emerging from his room shooting a certain specific smirk at your way.

"Hi Yoongi." You knew how he got irritated when you didn't use honorifics but that's what you always liked to do. Something about his irritated face was amusing to you since you knew he wasn't actually mad but just trying to be.

"Oppa." He grumbled, his smirk falling off completely and you grinned ear to ear.

You ignored him and looked at Taehyung. "Ready to go home?"

"Yeah, wait! I made us food." He quickly ran back to the kitchen and brought out two containers with Mrs. Lee coming behind him. You greeted her and she smiled in response.

"Did you know he helped me to make steak for you?" She smiled so bright and you were so surprised to hear that your hybrid was capable of doing it.

"Really?"

"Yes Y/n you got to taste it. It's really good." Hoseok piped hugging Taehyung's shoulder and he averted his eyes from you, not being used to the compliments.

"Come on then, I can't wait to eat it." You replied just as enthusiastically and saw Taehyung smile a little. He was opening up and you couldn't be more happier.

The dinner ended shortly and both of you were sitting in living room, watching a movie on the big screen although your mind was somewhere else. Trying to draw Taehyung's attention, you coughed awkwardly however that didn't help as he just focused on the movie. It was an animated disney movie and he was too engrossed in that to notice you.

You opted to just straight out tell him which was what you always liked rather than beating around the bush. "Taehyung." Your voice came out tiny as you were speaking after a long more than one hour and thought that it still wouldn't be able to catch his attention. You were ready to call out again when he slowly turned to look at you, the different lights emerging from t.v. illuminating his face in various colors and you forgot what to say.

"Noona?"

"Uh yeah right. So I was thinking about something."

Then he turned his whole body to look at you as your words had sparked his curiosity. He sat comfortably criss crossed on one side of couch while you were sitting at the other one.

You continued. "I'm sorry in advance because I just decided it on my own and didn't talk to you about it beforehand. You might not even like it but that's okay you don't necessarily need to like it. Just don't get mad at me because I did this just so-"

A chuckle erupts from Taehyung cutting you off mid sentence. He knew it was something serious but he couldn't help but grin at your flustered form. He was also curious about what could it be that made you so nervous. He encouraged you thought, "Just tell me noona. I won't get mad."

You nodded but didn't say anything and brought out the little box that you kept under the pillow on your side ever since you started watching the movie. You wanted to give him this the moment you first saw him this evening but you were just looking for the best moment to do the deed.

He looked at your hands curiously, his eyes asking if the thing was for him and you extended your hands so that he could take it. It was a small cuboidal black velvet box that looked even more small in Taehyung's large hands. He easily opened the box and he stopped altogether looking at the contents inside it. His eyes visibly widened and he couldn't form any words.

You were anxious before but at this moment you were literally dying inside. Taehyung wore an expressionless face and that scared you a lot. However you were prepared for even the worst as you had originally thought he wouldn't be happy with it but it was a shot worth taken. But what just happened next made you highly regret your decision.

A lone tear slipped out of Taehyung's eyes as he held a soft expression looking at you and you swore you felt a hundred of daggers piercing your heart at that moment.

I've neglected this story for way too long. Sighs*