txt one shots⚣

slow dancing in the dark ; taekai

warnings:

•fluff
•love at first sight
•forbidden love

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the bright lights all around kang taehyun almost made him blind, he swears to god. he didn't think this was all necessary. why the fuck have so much lights at midnight?

taehyun rolls his eyes in annoyance as he watches all the rich people around him interact with one another with a cocky aura, as if they were better than everyone. they truly believed their were the shit, huh?

the stupid fancy party was so boring to taehyun, hell, all he wanted to do was go home and sleep. he hated this.

"taehyun," his appa suddenly appeared from behind him, scaring the shit out of taehyun. "why are you not talking to our friends?"

"they're not our friends, appa, they are your friends." taehyun hisses under his breath with a frown.

"stop being such a brat, taehyun," mr. kang scolds his only son. "you go out there and talk or you will be grounded. that means not being able to go over to beomgyu's house for awhile."

and with that, his appa struts off to go speak to the other businessmen and women at the party.

taehyun groans as he sluggishly gets up on his two feet, trudging into the crowd of expensive-smelling perfume people. he almost gagged at the overpowering stench.

awkwardly, taehyun stood in the middle of the dance floor, staring at the couples who glided with ease across the marble floors. he could never see himself dancing with someone like that.

ironically, as soon as he had thought that notation, a boy, tall and extremely handsome, bumps into taehyun, knocking them both on the ground.

"oh my!" the tall boy shrieks, pulling taehyun up to his feet. "i'm so sorry, i was not paying attention to where i was walking, this is all my fault."

taehyun just stood there with his mouth agape, marveling at how pretty the tall boy was. he had such unique, yet remarkable features.

for one, his lips were sure as hell thin, but they still were pink and lively. his eyes were small and simple, making them glimmer against the ballroom lights. and oh my, his smile, it was as if taehyun was being smiled at by an angel.

"hey, are you okay?" the boy asks with his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

"o-oh i'm fine." taehyun gulps, hating how weak his voice sounded.

"are you sure?" the beautiful boy inquires with a frown. "i feel terrible, is there any way i can make it up to you?"

when that question was asked, a little lightbulb suddenly lit up in taehyun's mind, not believing that the idea actually popped up. but, he liked the sound of the idea so he said, "actually, yes. how about a dance?"

"dancing with you would make it up to you?" the boy softly smiles at the cute stranger.

"y-yes," taehyun blushes with a sheepish grin. "b-but i mean l-like you don't have to if you d-don't want to, i-it's perfectly fine—"

as the lights in the ballroom dimmed, the boy cut off taehyun's ranting and gently pulled him to his chest, whispering into his ear, "i don't mind, it's okay."

sighing in content, taehyun rests his head onto the dazzling stranger's broad chest, fluttering his eyes shut. he couldn't explain what he was feeling at that moment—it were as if he had a zoo of butterflies dancing all over the place in his stomach.

he felt happy and safe in the arms of the stranger and taehyun knew that the stranger felt exactly what he was feeling too by how fast his heart was beating against his head. they felt as if they were the only ones in the dark ballroom; the only two souls in the whole universe, even.

"you dance very well." taehyun comments softly.

the boy chuckles, saying, "thank you, you're not too bad yourself, cutie."

"i'm not a cutie," taehyun pretends to be mad. "my name is taehyun."

"well, taehyun," the stranger says as he twirls the boy around. "my name is kai."

taehyun just nods into his chest as they continue to flow across the dance floor,  their hearts beating at an animalistic pace. they just couldn't help the chemistry they felt at that moment; they just clicked.

taehyun smiles up tenderly at kai as they keep on slow dancing in the dark. it was almost cliché, how taehyun was smitten already for a complete stranger, but he could care less. he was living in the moment.

"kang taehyun!" a loud voice destroys the lovesick dancers' happiness. "what are you doing?!"

mr. kang barrels through the crowd of dancing lovers until he reaches his son and his enemy.

"what the hell appa!" taehyun seethes at his father who completely ruined his amazing dance. "what is your problem? you said to interact with people, i'm doing exactly that!"

"not with him." mr. kang curls his lip up in disgust.

"what why?" he growls, angry at how dumb his appa was being. "there is nothing wrong with him!"

"yes there is!" his appa snarls, grabbing a hold of taehyun's wrist. "he is our enemy! his father owns huening enterprise, the rival to our company!"

taehyun gasps as he looks into the pretty eyes of hueningkai's, both having unshed tears in them. "y-you're from huening enterprise...?"

"a-and you're from kang enterprise...?" hueningkai chokes out with a frown.

"don't you ever touch my son again." mr. kang spits towards hueningkai as he forces taehyun away from the pretty boy.

as he is dragged away, they both keep eye contact, their eyes shinning with adoration despite the fact they knew they could never be together as intimately as they just were ever again.

hueningkai would just have to become a stranger—a pretty stranger kang taehyun slow danced with in the dark, underneath the dimmed lights of the stars.

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if you have read my new book slow dancing in the dark, this is the prologue to it which i have published as a oneshot instead since i have no inspiration whatsoever to continue the other book.

the idea was cute and all, but i just can't think of a way to continue on the story because when i create a new chapter in my drafts, it ends up being not good enough so sorry if you were looking forward to the book :(

i love you all who take the time to actually read my books though, it makes me so happy, i'm honestly really appreciative <3