blossom//k.t.

six

"so, he is even more attractive than you said last time since you didn't properly notice his face that much?" celeste asked with raised eyebrows, her head resting on rumi's stomach, looking expectedly at her to answer.

"like you wouldn't believe cel, he had this serene smile on his face and he just emitted this strong, sexy, mature, calm aura that honestly made me want to jump over the counter and kiss him" rumi wildly exclaimed, exaggerating her feelings a little for dramatic flair and celeste laughed.

"slow down there, you animal," she mused, leaning away from rumi and now resting flat on her back as she glanced at rumi who was deep in thought.

"gosh let me rant, first he was teasing me and smirking and a second later, he was this adorable bean, and the next, he was acting all hot as fuck. i've never felt this flustered before" rumi blurted out, whispering the last part while placing a hand on her racing heart and celeste smirked, enjoying her friend's dramatic explanation.

"you seem so whipped for someone you barely know anything about," celeste hummed out and rumi scoffed, not quite liking her tone.

"not for long, i am definitely going back there," she said determinedly, her voice full of confidence and celeste sighed, knowing that this over-confidence usually blew up in her face.

"uh-huh, you said that last time and ended up waiting for a full week, whining and annoying the hell out of me," she said with exasperation clear in her voice. rumi pouted and turned over in bed to hit her best friend on the arm.

"i was so so so nervous," she whispered playfully.

"you're still nervous" celeste pointed out and rumi pursed her lips because she knew it was true. rumi sounded confident a good 90% of the time for sure, but deep down, she still cared way too much about what he might have thought about her, if he found her crazy for coming back or if he thought she was attractive like she thought he was. was he even a good guy or trustworthy she kept replaying their conversation over and over again in her head, and even though they easily spent about half a day talking, he still felt like such a mystery to her, he was someone she wanted to know about but was too scared to be let down on what she might know.

she couldn't help but think, what if he was too good to be true. that was her biggest fear probably: disappointment. she also feared trusting someone too much, too quickly only to be let down at the end of the day.

though she was more than happy that she wasn't with steven anymore, she was still hurt over the shit he had been spewing about her to people they knew, how lowly he thought of her while still complimenting her, taking her out on dates, bringing her flowers and being your general 'good' boyfriend.

she wanted to be so unbothered over what people say but she was still human. she still wanted to be loved, appreciated, noticed, and not seen as some 'cheap bitch' who was annoying or a time-pass, even if she wouldn't admit it out loud, steven's words had impacted her in a way that she couldn't explain.

she remembered how heartbroken she felt when she first saw those texts, she cried in celeste's arms for a whole day, she had never felt so insecure of herself because even if he was a man-child, she still did like him a lot and even during the grand break-up, it had taken everything in her to resist his confused face and puppy eyes. but she also knew that he wasn't affected by the breakup as much as he acted at all and she hated that.

she hated the fact that he was the actual unbothered one. she was obviously better off without him, but she couldn't help but think maybe he had a rational explanation and every time she thought of that, she mentally cursed herself out for even thinking that he deserved a second chance.

celeste just started at rumi as she was lost in her thoughts with her expressions changing every few seconds, and when she violently shook her head and looked at celeste with a sad look in her eyes, celeste knew exactly what was going on in rumi's head.

"thinking of that dirtbag?" celeste murmured knowingly, referring to the cursed ex-boyfriend and rumi sighed out loudly, hating herself for letting her mind drift back to that pathetic mess of a man.

"how do you know me so well?" she rhetorically asked and celeste shrugged.

"you had that constipated look on your face and you only make that face when you think of something stupid," she said smugly, making rumi laugh.

"what's wrong, babe?" celeste asked softly, slightly concerned when rumi crawled in her arms to cuddle with her.

"i just can't help but think that the idea i built of taehyung is too good to be true and if he ends up like steven?" rumi whispered, sadness dripping from her voice. celeste knew of rumi's fears and she knew exactly why she had them as well.

"maybe just don't put him on such a high pedestal yet, and stop thinking of steven, he was definitely never too good to be true" celeste's words comforted rumi to an extent, the right words always do, and rumi nodded, pulling away from her.

"you never told me how your date with that hot colleague of yours yet?" rumi asked, with a small smirk on her face and celeste immediately became bashful. rumi's eyes widened in surprise, there were very few instances which made celeste shy, as being a lawyer, she saw a lot of nasty situations happening to people and refused to let someone 'tame' her. so her red cheeks and shy smile were a huge surprise.

"oh my god, you are blushing! who is this guy and what has he done to you?" rumi almost screamed out, kinda bouncing around in anticipation and celeste laughed at her hyperactive behavior.

"his name is kim chaemin for your kind information and yes, the date went very well, he was a gentleman, we split the bill for dinner, got ice-cream after that and went on a nice, long walk in the park" celeste gushed, replaying the sweet date in her mind and rumi only shook her head in disbelief that this information had been held from her.

"i can't believe you waited a week to tell me this, also did anything else happen?" rumi said, wiggling her eyebrows, leaning into celeste who pushed her away with a smile.

"i thought we'd have to talk about work to prevent anything from getting too awkward, but it went so smoothly and yes, i hoped that he would at least kiss me but no, he just squeezed my hand before leaving," celeste said with a sigh at the end.

"he squeezed your hand? what a whore" rumi joked with a small chuckle, and celeste threw a pillow on her face which only made her laugh louder.

"but seriously, why the hell would he think squeezing your hand was a good way to end the date?" celeste asked, with a slight pout and rumi shrugged.

"maybe he didn't want you to be uncomfortable which i  think is very nice of him" rumi tried to reason when celeste sighed.

"too nice" she grumbled under her breath which only made rumi laugh out loud.

"just kiss him next time, it's not like he should be the one to initiate it" rumi remarked and celeste nodded enthusiastically.

"yeah, next time, if i see signs of him wanting to kiss me, i will just do it" she said, bobbing her head in determination.

"good for you, now, i would love to stay up and talk all night but i'm drained and i have to go see that woman who wanted to plan some garden party tomorrow" rumi groaned out the last part, the thought of work putting her in a sour mood yet again.

"you go ahead and sleep, i'll probably be up for another hour or so, i have some case files to look through," celeste informed rumi, getting off the bed while rumi wrapped the blanket around herself, already closing her eyes.

"good night" celeste sang, laughing softly at her snoring best friend and getting out of the room.

i probably should have tried to convey that i really really want to kiss him, was the only thing circling in celeste's head as she tried to sleep that night.