𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 || 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐟

Pt. 23

Mae's POV

The next morning and afternoon went by way too quickly for my liking. Jimin woke me up in the morning, and breakfast was actually very full of conversation between the guys. Taehyung and Yoongi had to leave for a few hours but said they'd be back as quickly as possible. As for the rest of the boys, Jin rebandaged my arm and let me know that they could be taken off in just a few days and the other four guys were in and out of my room to make sure I got everything taken care of before tonight. It's like they were all... nervous about me leaving with Taehyung. Maybe they don't trust him completely either. It did cross my mind as odd as to why 5 of them would take orders from someone younger than them. Yoongi cleared up the other day that Taehyung wasn't considered their leader fully, but then who is? It seems like all of them get stepped on by Taehyung if he so calls for it being necessary.

Once I was packed with a spare few changes of clothing along with a few hand picked outfits Taehyung told me to bring, and my needed toiletries, I went out to the living area again to just wait for Taehyung to get back. I personally don't think this travel thing was a great idea of him. Gwangju? Please. Does he really think I'm not going to try and pull something? And we're going alone? What's he gonna do if I do slip from his grasp? Have the rest of the guys travel 2 and a half hours to track me down? Something is bound to happen during this little trip.

While I was sitting on the couch thinking to myself, Jin came over and joined me, a cup of noodles in his hand.

"Thinking about tomorrow?" he questioned, grabbing a chopstick pinch full of noodles and practically shoving it in his mouth.

I let out a sigh, blinking before turning my attention to the man sitting next to me, "yeah. I don't like the idea of travelling alone with him."

He nodded, leaning back against the couch, "yeah no shit. But hey if it makes you feel better you can always let one of us know how you're doing. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to at least send me a text saying how you are." he shrugged, holding out the cup of noodles towards me a little. "You want some?"

I nodded, turning so I was facing him while he got a good amount of noodles caught up in between the chopsticks and holding it up for me to eat. I leaned over the cup, slurping the noodles into my mouth as clean as I could. Jin pulled away and watched my expression while I ate them. I gave him a thumbs up and nodded in appeal. He chuckled lightly at my enjoyment, taking another bite himself.

Just then, the door opened and down the stairs came Yoongi followed by a happy looking Taehyung. He made eye contact with me and smiled, walking over to the couch.

"You prepared to leave?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at me.

I simply nodded in response, reluctantly standing up and quickly going to my room and grabbing my bag. Taehyung took it from me, tilting his head at the door.

"I was planning on having dinner here before we left, but then I remembered that we're getting really good room service and decided we can eat when we get there." he explained, taking my hand with his free one and leading me out the door again while I waved behind me at the rest of the guys.

We got in a silver Mercedes and started driving without another word. Taehyung seemed to be very distant ever since Yoongi somehow magically gained this non-existent ownership over me. It's like he didn't want to touch me. Like a germaphobe that is forced to clean a bathroom without PPE. He was very wary around me, cautious of how he treated me.

When he sensed me looking at him, he peered over briefly, smiling at me before turning back to the road. He let his unoccupied right hand fall over to my thigh where it continued to stay until we got to an open field. He parked on the side of the road right in front of a man in military uniform and left the keys in when he got out. I followed after him, watching him get both of our bags out of the back and give the uniform guy a small head nod and smile while leading me out into the field.