love drought | kth.

thirty two

Taehyung did his best to push his feelings aside for Graycen. He knew they were there but he refused to acknowledge them. There was no way that he was ready to get back with her and that affected things between them. They were really close and even comfortable with each other, but it faltered a bit. Taehyung purposely came home from work with a bad attitude or kept their conversations very simple.

After Taehyung and Diane did a bypass surgery, he wanted nothing more than to just crash at home. He really did admire Diane as a friend, but it was quite obvious that she liked him. His intuition was right because Diane had pulled him to the side.

"Taehyung, I want to talk to you."

Taehyung blinked slowly as he allowed her to hold his hands, "You're a great guy honestly. I love being able to work beside you and I really enjoy learning from you."

Taehyung grinned, not sure where the conversation was going. "Thank you, Diane. You're a great person as well. Is that what you wanted to tell me?" Taehyung laughed as he squeezed her hand. "I'm sure we both are aware of how much we respect each other."

"I love you," Taehyung almost choked on his spit at the confession, "I love you so much and I know we'll never be a thing because of Graycen."

Taehyung questioned, "What about Graycen?"

Diane just smiled and rested her hands on his shoulders, "You love her so much. I saw it at the party and I'm really not mad. To be fair, you have a lot of baggage and I'm too young for that. I deserve a bit more, but you. I think you deserve to just get back with Graycen."

"Uh."

Diane stepped back from him, eyes watering although she was smiling wide. "You taught me more than I thought I needed to learn. You taught me how to let go of my fears, how to love, how to live in the moment, and to commit to things important to me. So I think you should do the same."

Taehyung didn't say anything because he was a bit confused and shocked. It didn't make it any better when Diane pecked his cheek and gave his back a pat. "I'm moving next month to Seattle. I got an offer there and I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving without telling you how I felt. I'll have my resignation paper tomorrow for you. Have a good night, Taehyung."

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