porcelain doll

chapter 20

porcelain doll, chapter 20

taehyung inhales the sweet aroma of the strawberry cake in front of him, smiling widely.

it's been six years since the incident and he's now eighteen years old.

taehyung was about to devour the delicious meal when he felt a smack on his head, "how dare you to eat the cake without us!" jimin glared at his best friend with chaeyoung following behind, giggling at her brother's behavior.

"what took you guys so long, anyway?" taehyung questions as he watches his best friends sit on the chair of their table.

"chaeyoung kept sucking faces with jeon jungkook, disgusting shit." jimin scrunched his nose, making a disgusted face to his sister who became shy and slaps her brother's shoulder.

taehyung only chuckled at the two and their drinks arrived.

the three made a toast with their specific flavored juices, "a toast to our six years of friendship!" jimin says before they cheered and the clanking of their glasses mixed with the cafe's pleasing noise engulfed the three who laughs and began telling stories of their past moments as best friends.

"that time when jimin flirts with ms. yoo to avoid getting detention for arriving late but then got into detention for flirting with a teacher- HAHAHAHA!" chaeyoung laughs, hitting her thigh as jimin lowers his head in embarrassment.

"shut up, chae! taehyung was the worst one! he got caught twerking on the table by ms. yoo and thought taehyung was doing dirty things-"

"not that, jimin! you pervert!"

the three continued their afternoon laughing and having a great time until it was time to go home.

"thanks for the treat tae, we'll treat you next time." jimin says, chaeyoung nodded, "how about we go for beer, next?" chaeyoung offered, snapping her fingers with a smirk on her face.

"chae..." jimin shooks his head, "i don't want to carry your drunken ass back home again and you calling me jungkook and asking me to kiss you, you wild little-" with that, chaeyoung finally decided to bald her brother using her bare hands.

taehyung chuckles at the siblings' behavior and went first after saying their proper goodbyes.

taehyung walked home and admired the sun setting in the amazing view of seoul, he puts his hands on his pockets as he closed his eyes as he let out a sad smile.

today was also the day he heard lisa's voice and they had their very first talk and became friends.

and it's been six years since he last saw her ethereal face and wonderful features.

he pulls his hand out of his pocket and looked at his personal made watch, admiring the tiny iron piece in the middle of the circle with the word LISA crafted in the iron metal, shining when the rays of the sunset hit the glass.

taehyung smiles in content.

he had moved on, but the memory of his childhood crush was playing like a broken record in his mind, lisa's bright smile and doe eyes flashing through his mind and in a blink of an eye, his worries vanished like a bubble popping in the air.

he continued walking,

when a girl shorter than him bumped into him.

"sorry!" the girl says in english before mumbling other foreign words.

taehyung's eyes widened once he met the girl's doe-shaped eyes, he eyed her from top to bottom with his mouth agape.

"i-it can't be..." he mumbles to himself.

"sorry, mr. i-i'm kinda new here." the girl says in english while bowing repeatedly, her long brown hair falling off her shoulders as she bows.

"w-what's your name?" he says in korean, making the girl tilt her head in confusion.

"w-why does she..." taehyung thought, staring directly at the girl's chocolate brown eyes, "what did you say? i'm sorry i didn't catch up with that- i'm still learning korean and-"

"name. y-your name." taehyung says in broken english, his voice cracking.

the girl smiles, her bright smile coloring taehyung's world of black and white, "i guess you'll be my first friend then." she giggled before extending her hand for a handshake.

"i'm lalisa manoban but you can call me lisa. what's yours?"

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