HIDEOUT: LEE TAEYONG

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soyoung

it was so sudden how we stood with our lips touching each other, him kissing me. the start of the soft touch sent a strong feeling of warmth spiraling through my system. i closed my eyes fearlessly, but the closure didn't let me see darkness, it instead created colours of fondness. my tense nerves soon began to relax, my troubles, my worry began to melt away and the surroundings began to disappear leaving only me, me and taeyong. this. this felt true. this felt good. this felt right. his lips felt so gentle and so warm. his arms slid down my body, wrapping around my waist as i unsurely cupped his arms, not knowing the position to pose but that wasn't important anymore... i just knew kissing him was.

just until his tongue thrusted in and i automatically pulled away. taeyong noticing how it was so sudden, he accepted how it ended and stared into my eyes instead.

"taeyong..." i whispered, pursing my lips and could still taste his after ours disconnected a seconds ago. "you really do...." i gulped and gazed down, i could feel the arms locking me inside him desperately pulled me closer.

"i do, doesn't the kiss explains it all?" he sighed.

"ever since you turned around after saving my life, i fell completely for you soyoung even though i didn't know you... i didn't have to, i just knew you had a heart for convincing me to stay in this world and i had to after meeting you. i wanted to see you again, i did and that's all thanks to jungwoo. i was always there soyoung, you never noticed to me, never even looked at me.. but i didn't care because i still admired you from far away. as long as you were there, i still adored you." he paused, placing his fingertips on my chin and lifting it up so we could have an exciting and tensing eye contact. "and i still do."

"i still do soyoung."

"i like you, a lot."

"you're the reason why i'm here."

"the reason why i suddenly love living."

"i was so glad to see you beside jungwoo that day he brought you here."

"i thought i would never see you again after i left the bus we took."

"i'm just glad you're here now."

"... please say something." he whispered in desperate, watching me stare at his eyes as if he was the entire world for me. "please..."

he looked at me with my gleaming eyes and i brought him to my warm embrace. i sank my face into his chest as if to ask him to never let go as i put my arms around him.

words, i was never good at that.

but this, this embrace will show him how much i feel the same way as he did.

with one squeeze of my embrace, he replied by tightening the hug even more and that's how it ended... where we officially knew what we felt for each other.

"i want you, only you~" he spoke into my ears before continuing to embrace me endlessly.