Kim Minseo is a happy girl that wishes for more excitement. She finally decides to pack her things, and her cat, to head back to Korea with her friends and brother.
Only that once she moves back her life is totally turned around. It starts out one m...
I roll around in bed, feeling for the furry creature that fell asleep in my arms.
"Taetae?" I struggle to keep my eyes open as I glance around. "Huh.. he must've left me." I frown in disappointment. I groan as I sit up and stretch. "Hmm- Ah." I inhale and exhale. "What's that smell..?" I freeze my position and furrow my brows before realization hits me. "Ah it's probably just Oppa. Ohhh is he making me breakfast?" I start to get excited as I jump out of bed and fix myself up in the bathroom.
After freshening up, I grab my phone and head down the hall towards the kitchen. I keep my head down as I read my missed messages.
Jin: Hey, I'll come by later and we can talk. I want to know how it went with dad! He forgave you right? I bet. I'm just out shopping for groceries for your place with Namjoon. I'll be back soon~
Huh? That was sent about 10 minutes ago. He couldn't of shopped and drove back here in that amount of time. I freeze as I reach the edge of the kitchen island counter when I hear a deep voice humming a familiar tune.
Wait- that's- that's the song I produced with Yoongi!
I snap my head up to look at the person.
There stood a tall man with dark-ish blonde hair. Broad shoulders, but not as wide as Jin's. I can hear his deep voice humming a song that I produced with Yoongi as he is sizzling bacon on a pan. Normally, he would look handsome to me but the fact that he is butt-naked with nothing but an apron tied around his waist is kind of more noticeable than anything else!
I screech and grab a pan, using it to cover my face.
The stranger jumps, startled and turns to look at me with wide eyes.
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Holy- his face is handsome too! He has big rounded, dark chocolate brown almond shaped eyes. One double lid and another mono lid, as well as defined inner corners of his eyes. He has long eyelashes and thick filled in eyebrows. I also notice a few moles..
God you stupid girl, stop staring at him! Use the pan for defense! This guy broke into your apartment for goodness sake!
I stumble with the pan in my hands and hold it out in front of me, ready to swing the pan at the handsome stranger.
"Help! Pervert in my apartment! Don't get any closer!" I warn, trying to keep my voice from shaking.
"Wait! It's me Tae! Put the pan down! Let me explain!"
What?
I laugh. "Look, I don't know how stupid you think I am but I know for a fact that my cat did not turn into some handsome pervert-" I blurt out. Ah shit.. The end of the stranger's lips perk up at my unexpected compliment.
He tries to take a step closer until I pull back the pan. I glare at him as he puts his hands up in defense.
"Minseo.. you have to believe me. It's me! Your precious little fluffy alien, Potato!" I can see the expression on his face when he realizes how weird it sounds. I chuckle quietly causing him to look at me in surprise, a small smile taking over his features. My heart races at his expression. No! We are NOT catching feelings for this dude. "Look, I can tell you anything that only your cat would know.." he tries to reason with me.
I keep my hands tightly around the pan handle and narrow my eyes suspiciously. This shit only happens in fairytales. Am I perhaps dreaming?
He sighs. "You went to meet your father yesterday for the first time since you left Korea 6 years ago. It didn't go well and you came home crying. You also found out that your brother was disowned by your father and you were mad at Jin for not telling you. You also were sobbing about how self centered your father is and how he can go stuck on a grenade."
I blink in surprise and immediately drop my pan. He jumps back in surprise at the loud sound.
I hadn't told.. anyone about that yet... was he in my apartment last night too!? I stare intensely at him as I think. He rolls his eyes.
"I was named Potato because your friends insisted on it. You like to call me Tae or Taetae though cause you think it's cute. You aspire to build a career around music or art and you have already wrote many songs with your friend Min Yoongi. You hate Brussels sprouts and mushrooms. You would choose to live off sushi if you could and love Thai iced coffee. Specifically from that place in San Francisco, Thai Golden."
I stand there in shock.
"Have you been stalking me?!" I shout again. He throws his hands up in frustration and groans.
"Kim Minseo! Why can't you just believe me when I say I'm your stupid 3 year old cat, Tae!" He screeches back.
"Oh I don't know... Just the fact that it's absolutely absurd!" I cross my arms angrily. "You stay here! If you even think about leaving, I'm calling the cops. There's security cameras in every hall so you will be caught." I storm off after picking my pan back up and searching for Potato.
"Here kitty kitty~ Tae where are you? I have treats~" I call out loudly to my cat as I rush from room to room, shaking a box of treats in my hand.
"You're not going to find your cat in cat form! I'm right here!" I hear the stranger shout. I roll my eyes.
After a few more minutes of being unable to find my cat, I retreat back to the kitchen and stand there in front of the stranger. I smack his chest with the pan and glare.
"What did you do to my cat?" I ask him sternly, sick of his stupid excuse.
He reaches for his hair and pulls on it out of frustration.
"Oh my god! I didn't do anything! I am your cat! What do I have to do to prove it?!"
I feel myself starting to get emotional.
"Stop lying to me! Where is he! Where is Tae! He's the only thing that has managed to make me happy again! You can't just take him from me like this!" I cry desperately as tears stream down my face. The man's expression softens immediately as I look down, letting my tears drop to the floor along with the pan.
I feel a hand wipe my tears. I smack the hand and back away. His lips form a straight line.
"Ask me something.. something only Tae would know. If I don't get it right, I'll leave... but if I do get it right I need you to believe me." He compromises quietly, desperation in his eyes. I sniffle.
"Fine.. How did the fire start back a few months ago at my house in California?" I sigh, just wanting to get this man out of my home.
"I- Tae, started it. He knocked over the lava lamp in your room by accident which fell onto your carpet and started a fire. You blamed yourself when you told Jin about it because you knew if you told him it was your cat then he would force you to get rid of the cat for your safety."
My breathing is stolen from my lungs as my eyes go wide.
"I got it right. You never told anyone else about the truth of that incident. Look, even my hair is the same color as Tae's fur.." He looks at me with a blank expression.
My hands fly up to my mouth as I gasp.
"My cat turned into a handsome stranger over night and is standing in my kitchen naked-" I talk to myself in disbelief. The man's face goes red.
"I'm not naked, I'm wearing an apron! And you didn't have anything I could wear in the house.." he mumbles embarrassed, fixing the apron to better cover up his goods.
We both jump in surprise when my apartment door swings open.
"Minseo~ your favorite brother is here~ Where are y-.. Excuse me, who are you and why are you bare-ass naked in my sister's presence?"
