Fallen Star || A Kim Taehyung Actor/CEO AU Fanfic

Chapter 12 - Unresponsive

Taehyung's head was buzzing as though electricity was running through it. His body felt sluggish, as though he hadn't used it in years and his muscles had given up on him in that time. One of his hands was being crushed by something, and there was an annoying tapping noise coming from somewhere nearby which only added to his headache.

V? Are you there? He called out to his second half. V ... what happened? V? V!

But V wasn't responding. His mind was awfully quiet and empty, pitch black and buzzing with some unknown energy.

Letting out a groan, Taehyung groggily pulled himself out of his unconscious state. He forced his eyes open and frowned as he found himself staring up at the ceiling of his bedroom.

Wasn't I in the corridor when I passed out? He wondered to himself. He thought for a moment before remembering, Ah! I was with Vera, wasn't I? Speaking of—where is she?

His eyes trailed down and he tilted his head to the side, finding the reason for his hand feeling like it was being crushed. There was Vera, sitting on the ground and leaning onto the bed with her head lying by Taehyung's hip, one of her hands tightly holding onto his while the other lay over his chest, holding onto a small towel folded into a square. Her eyes were closed, indicating that she was asleep.

"You're up."

Taehyung shifted his gaze away from the figure of white beside him to look over at Samuel who was sitting not too far away, his hands typing something on his phone. Ah, He thought, there's the annoying tapping noise.

He hummed. "What happened?"

"I came home to find you unconscious and your new girlfriend having a panic attack because of it," Samuel said without looking up.

"She's not my new girlfriend," Taehyung denied as he sat up in bed, being careful to not wake Vera in the process. "I'm dating Jiwon—you know that. This is just ... an acquaintance of mine."

"Uh huh," Samuel uttered, looking up from his phone to give Taehyung a pointed look as he said, "She sure is an interesting acquaintance considering that I know all of your contacts and have never seen her before. She seems pretty close to you, judging by how the both of you are holding hands still."

Taehyung looked down at their intertwined fingers and blinked before hurrying to remove Vera's grip from his hand as he muttered, "You're clearly getting the wrong idea here."

"You're the one that grabbed her hand first, so I don't know what wrong idea I could possibly be getting," Samuel replied as he watched Taehyung struggle to free his hand.

"Yeah, right, sure," Taehyung said disbelievingly.

"I mean," Samuel shrugged, "We can always check CCTV if you want. I'm telling you—you grabbed onto her and wouldn't let go. You should've seen how she freaked out, it was quite funny to be honest."

"Yeah, yeah," Taehyung mumbled, unimpressed as he still struggled to remove Vera's fingers from his own. He then gave up, simply letting their hands be and resting his back against the headboard as he stared down at the white-haired girl blankly.

"Is she your booty call?"

Taehyung choked on the air he was breathing. He coughed and looked up at Samuel so suddenly that he cracked something in his neck. "Where in the hell did you get that idea from?!" He asked incredulously.

Shrugging, Samuel replied, "As I said, I know all of your contacts, brother. I've never seen this girl before, so I was wondering whether she's a one-night stand that's come to look for you in hope for something more."