A Deal with My Frenemy

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Taehyung dried his hair as he went out of the bathroom. He looked for Dahyun and he did not find her at the bedroom but found her in the balcony.

"Dahyun-ya. I'm done."

Dahyun turned and Taehyung then noticed that she was talking on the phone.

"Oh," she exclaimed, "Taehyung oppa is here. Neh. Take care too. Goodbye."

Taehyung smiled because Dahyun was already used to calling him 'oppa' again. Curious as he is, he asked, "Was that mom?"

"No," Dahyun answered, "It was Jimin oppa."

Taehyung stopped ruffling his hair and watched her as she prepared her things for bath.

"Why did he call?" Taehyung asked.

"I was the one who called," Dahyun replied, not even looking at him.

"Why?" Taehyung questioned.

Dahyun finally looked at him, eyebrows creased, "I just wanted to hear from him. You're acting strange you know."

Even before Taehyung could reply, Dahyun already went into the bathroom and took her turn on taking a shower before sleeping.

Taehyung went to the balcony and breathed in the air as his mind was preoccupied with just a simple phone call.

"She just wanted to hear from him," he sighed, "Of course. That's normal for friends."

Then he stifled a bitter laugh, "But she never called me when she was in America."

It did not take long until Dahyun came from the bathroom and plopped herself on the bed. Taehyung then, was about to exit the room but Dahyun's voice kept him.

"Where are you going?" Dahyun asked as she sat.

"Sleeping," Taehyung said and opened the door but Dahyun spoke again.

"Hey. I know that your back hurts because you carried me. So, I'm letting you sleep on the bed this time," she said in a half-whisper.

Taehyung grinned but when he turned around, he kept his poker face as he mocked, "I didn't know that you have feelings."

Dahyun rolled her eyes and tucked herself beneath the blanket, "Forget it."

But then, she felt the bed shake as the space beside her became occupied.

"Ent. You can't take back what you said," Taehyung retorted as he made himself comfortable on the bed, "Ahhhh~ I miss the bed."

He turned but it was only Dahyun's back that faced him. He then noticed that her hair is still slightly wet.

"Taehyung oppa, I can clearly feel that you are touching my hair." Dahyun mumbled.

Taehyung continued on caressing her hair, "You kept your hair long."

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Three years ago

"Should I cut my hair?" Dahyun asked as she looked at it on the mirror. She had already been spending time on time mirror for too long and dilemma was clearly written on her face. Taehyung was confused because Dahyun never paid attention to her looks before.

'So it's not the clothes. It's the hair,' He thought.

"Yah. I asked a question." Dahyun said, turning to look at him.

"Who gave you the idea to cut your hair?" he asked as he finally let down his gameboy.

"No one. I just thought that it would be easier to play basketball if I cut it short." Dahyun replied and looked back at the mirror.

"Just tie it up when you play. You'll look like a guy if you cut it," he teased and chuckled after.

Dahyun pouted and sighed.

But Taehyung added, "Besides, I like it long."

She didn't turn to face but just looked at Taehyung by using the mirror. He just smiled at her before he continued playing.

Unknown to him that at that time, his comment made Dahyun's heart skip a beat.

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Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows when Dahyun did not reply.

"Are you asleep?" he asked but he didn't get an answer again.

He stopped caressing her hair and stared at her back; her scent was really distracting and it was dangerous, now that they shared a bed. She smelled like strawberries, like what she would always do back in middle school.

"Dahyun-a," he poked her but she didn't bulge.

Only silence resonated between hem.

He sighed and asked, "Why? Why didn't you contact me back then?"

But he didn't get a reply. His eyes slowly became heavy, so he drifted to sleep, with her back still facing him while he was lying on his side. He was too tired from their hike that he couldn't even tease her or fool her.

When Dahyun could finally hear him snoring, she chuckled.

She then turned to face him and she stared at his sleeping face. She smiled sadly as she said, "Because I'm scared of missing you."

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AN: Hi! I'm also in instagram as "tofucookiesmochi" and twitter as "louieistrash" (my dahyun x bts account). I'm posting drabbles there. Hehe