BTS Caretaker ( BTS x OC)

Chapter 35: Vante III

On her forehead a frown which had taken the shape of a deep horizontal line as her hand was moving in straight line wiping the glass window mindlessly. The frown stayed constantly in place ever since she left Bangtan's place few hours ago. It was an evident of her discomfort. Seul tended to overthink and it was seriously an illness if she prolonged it.

At the corner, Wongeun and Hwasa were watching the girl closely with a wary look. Not that they wanted to be nosy, however Seul seemed a little off for the whole day. Being a concern friend, they were, Wongeun decided to inquire her after they were done with their work later on.

Seul emitted a soft sigh, finally gathering her sense back 'Okay get your head together Ji Seul. It is just stupid tingly feeling that tries to mess up with your brain, you are doing fine' she coaxed her heart. With that last heave, she averted her attention to the already sparkly glass in front of her. She must have spent at least ten minutes there wiping the same area all over again.

She straightened her body and rose from the chair, allowing her gaze drift slowly from the scene in front of her. The corner of her eyes caught a figure beyond the glass holding an expensive camera at her way. To her utter astonishment, the man was snapping a photo of her that caused her to feel displeased at the scene before her.

What is he doing. She placed the old rag on the table and squinted her eyes to get a better look. Indeed, the man in that grey hoodie was too engrossed in his photo taking and he snapped a photo of her. Seul did not want to sound delusional but he was being too obvious.

Inhaling a deep breath, Seul exited the store leaving Wongeun and Hwasa clueless. The man stood not far from the shop she was working and immediately kept his camera down with his eyes wide upon realizing Seul few feet from him.

"Excuse me, did you just take a photo of me?"

The man was panicking as he didn't expect he got caught this sooner, his free hand was clutching onto a small sketchbook that he used to bring whenever he's out along with his precious camera. He gulped, "I am sorry" he apologized timidly.

"I understand you are into photography, but I want you to respect people's privacy. I don't like my photos being taken by strangers" Seul crossed her arms eyeing the fully covered man before her. Even though she thought his eyes reminded her of someone, but she thought it was just her eyes messing up with her.

The man hung his head lowly in embarrassment "I just thought you are beautiful. I am sorry if it makes you feel uncomfortable" he sighed deeply.

His compliment flattered her, however it wouldn't change the fact that this man just invaded her personal space "Thank you but can you please erase my photo?"

"Can i.. urm keep one at least?" he negotiated.

"For?"

"For my personal collections. It is nothing just for my collection"

"That sounds so wrong and creepy, Mister"

The man in front of her flustered again as reality hit him hard. He really had a wrong choice of word sometimes, which cause people to feel uncomfortable around him "I apologize, I mean..as my photo collection. It is an art thing. I promise I wont release it anywhere" he rubbed the back of his neck slowly.

"No.." she could not see his expression due to the black mask covering half of his face, but Seul was able to sense his disappointment. She tried to harbour his attention again "Unless you tell me your name. A man like you must have name right, at least I know you are not a creep" he looked reluctant at first.

He went mute for a moment before decided to give in to Seul's request, not that she expected him to comply to the request. She didn't think the photos of her could mean that much to him in exchange of his precious name. Guess, people with passion has different point of view.

"It is Vante.." he murmured.

"Van who?"

"Vante..So let me keep your photo"

"Vante..Are you a foreigner? You name sounds unique" Seul was impressed by the name.

Taehyung shook his head to keep this conversation as minimal as possible, no one should know who he was especially this girl that happened to catch his attention. He mindlessly took her photos just because the view in front of him was a piece of art. She looked effortlessly beautiful with the frown evident on her forehead, the photos of her depicted thousand stories behind it.

"Then Vante-ssi, i will let you keep one of it and erase the rest alright. I will just go now. And good luck with urmm taking photos I guess" she felt the awkwardness built between them. Was it because the guy in front of him or was it the situation that they were in?

Taehyung called out Seul once again putting her step at halt "Wait!" he went to her side, tearing one page from his sketchbook "Take this as my apology" he handed a piece of paper with a drawing. Seul scrutinized the drawing closely, "I..am sorry, I sketched a little and this is you." he explained.

Feeling lightheaded, her lips were formed into an 'o' shape "Thank you..urmm Vante-ssi" she smiled brightly. The drawing a little unique to her just as peculiar as his name but the drawing warmth her heart. She could feel the sincerity in that piece of art.

"I just learned how to draw and sorry if it doesn't appear like it supposes to be" he looked at Seul sheepishly. It was his first time to show his drawing to anyone, not even his members could peek at his drawing. The fact he gave his drawing to Seul, it was something unusual.

A small chuckle escaped from her "It is beautiful. An art is something unexplainable and only few people could understand it. That is why it is called art. Thank you again. It is nice meeting you, goodbye" a small bow from Seul and she disappeared in the shop again to tend her work.

"I FORGOT TO ASK HER NAME AGAIN!" Taehyung slapped his forehead and frowned at his foolishness. He glanced at the tea shop in front of him with a small smile "She works here, maybe next time" he turns to head back with a gleeful smile on his face.

His evening rendezvous turned out fruitful after all.