𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞
一 to love and to be loved.
he should have known that was the most important thing, but he could only think about one last heist.
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𝐭𝐨𝐩!𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤
𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦!𝐭𝐚𝐞
book one: smoked
book two: burned
[completed]
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▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ❝ magic comes in pieces. ❞ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⚌⚌ ⠀ ⠀
IT WAS THE RUSTLING of grocery bags that had woken the brunette from the dream he was having. of course once those soft eyelashes had fluttered open, taehyung had no recollection of what that dream had even been. what he did know what that the space beside him was empty, which did well at reminding him where his fiancé was that morning.
taehyung sat up and rubbed at his eyes, still heading those bags going. he leaned forward and saw the kid sitting on the hotel floor, going through whatever it was that they had left from the last time he went and picked stuff up from the store.
"what are you doing?" he asked, voice still deep and heavy from just waking up. eli looked up now that the male had woken, and she stood with a makeshift tray made out of tvguide for the hotel room. there was a few pierces of fruit and a piece of untoasted bread that had jam spread on it from the breakfast counter the other day. she made sure to stuff a bunch in her jacket pocket before they left yesterday. "breakfast." she said, putting it on the bed and stepped back.
taehyung rose an eyebrow at the kind gesture, watching how the kid sat on the opposite bed and stared back. she had changed already, back into the usual attire of a big shirt and jeans with too many stains on them by now. "aren't you hungry? eat." she pointed to the sad meal.
"where are you in a hurry to get to?" taehyung chuckled and picked up a strawberry, it was one of the few that wasn't too mushy. eli didn't respond, and then the answer dawned on the brunette. "oh yeah." he said.
"as nice as this was, aren't you hungry?" he asked her, taking another strawberry but then setting the rest to the side. the kid just shook her head and got off the bed to get her backpack. she came back and climbed up on the mattress, busying herself by going through the few things she brought along. "i'll way when i get to my dads. i don't want to be impolite by not being hungry." she said. "besides, this will be our first meal together. neither of us by ourselves." the last part came out quieter, more like a mumble and a private thought than meant for the other to hear.
taehyung still did though, and he wondered what he could think of for them to do in the meantime. "hey," he said, waiting for her to look up, "i saw a thrift shop not that far away. i know we don't have the cars but walking won't hurt." he suggested.
eli didn't jump at the suggested, but she knew this guy was her ticket to her dads so she shoved her stuff back into her backpack and left it on the bed. "maybe i can finally get you a t-shirt." taehyung said. he was looking for something to wear today and stumbled across the one he bought in one of the cities they stopped in. eli was even less thrilled about that.
