Positions ✔ (Kim Taehyung)

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Arrogant boy

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▸ Another day of avoiding Seonjun. She knew it made her look like a horrible human being but she could not help herself. When she first declared that they should go on a break, it was a month after he proposed to her. She said yes simply to avoid breaking his heart in front of all his friends and family who drove miles to the dinner.

She was still secretly seeing Taehyung way before that time and had already planned that she was going to call it off in hopes Taehyung might have wanted to spark something. It was a foolish thought. He never treated her like a girlfriend. He just bought her gifts whenever she was mad at him and tried to make it up with dinner when material things weren't enough. Maybe it was her attitude that made him think that she was using him. She didn't want him to think that.

When they met, it was her final year at university and she was only twenty years old. Worked hard since she was old enough to get a job and did it all with no help. Not that she didn't have any, she just learned if from her mom. A woman who raised five kids on her own and still gave her all to all of them. It was in her to give her mom a break so she never asked for anything. By the time she graduated high school, she had her associated degree and never stopped moving up.

Taehyung came into her life when he was twenty-two. Everyone knew him as the son of the richest billionaires in all of South Korea. She would have never thought a guy like him would show up to her university and give her the time of day. When she told him she was graduating in less than two months, that was all it took for him to see her almost every day.

He told her how special she was for doing it all so young and how she wouldn't have to work so hard a day in her life if she were to be with him. It was all pillow talk because, after two years, they were still nothing. She couldn't meet with him in places where his picture would be taken. She spent years sneaking in and out of his penthouse in the late hours. Viv never felt wanted which is how she found herself with Seonjun. A divorced man who popped a ring in her face no soon after his ex-wife died while he and Viv were together.

Yet, not even he could make her happy. She knew it was Taehyung although she wished it wouldn't be.

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Viv stared straight ahead into space while swirling the expensive glass of red wine around. She watched as all the people danced and chatted amongst themselves also with their thousands of dollars worth of clothes and purses worth even more. She didn't fit into this aesthetic and everyone could tell just by the way she sat alone and bored.

Taehyung, on the other hand, has been from the front of the building to the back as he socialized with everyone who looked his way. Once he broke through the crowd of people, he stopped right in front of Viv who hesitantly took a sip of her drink. She wasn't much of a drinker to begin with but this scene caused her to finish half a bottle.

"You look uninterested in the event my beautiful Vivian." Taehyung bent his knees slightly to meet eye to eye with his "date". "Do you want me to do something to cheer you up? I'll do anything."

Viv slowly sat her glass on the table while clearing her throat. She then smoothed out her silky black dress and reached for her phone in her purse. This was an obvious sign that she was ignoring him. He then pulled out a chair right next to her and quickly sat down. His eyes never going off her irritated expression.

"You were so happy about this when I picked you up. Is there a problem?" His voice never changed from its calm manner. "I said I'll do anything to cheer you up."

Viv placed her phone down to look at him. "You left me hours ago to talk to some bloke across the room and now you want to see if I'm alright?" Taehyung dragged his hand down his face. "I actually want to go home. Just ordered my ride."

"Cancel it." He demanded in a deep tone. "If you leave right now it would make me look bad."

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt your fragile ego and up your ass reputation!"

His hand landed on her thigh as he gave it a tight squeeze that didn't let up. Viv frowned while she quickly wrapped her hand around his wrist in hopes she could pull him off. To no luck, she stomped her heel on the ground and went to cancel the ride.

"You are such a spoiled brat," he chuckled. He removed his hand from her knee and slid it into his inner suit coat pocket. The flash of a hotel room key card came into view and Viv seemed unimpressed. "I got a room for the night. I want you to stay there with me. Relieve some anger because..." He rested his hand on her cheek then slid a finger behind her ear to tuck away a loose curl. "...my baby girl seems very angry."

Viv cuddled her cheek into his very touch that was once so harsh against her skin. "Why do you do this to me?" She whispered while staring into his deep brown eyes.

Taehyung simply smiled while removing his soft hand from her skin. "Because you love me."

The words that came from his mouth caused her heart to jump up to her ears. He simply sent her a smile seconds before another one of his associates approached him for a picture and a talk. There is where she sat alone once again, but this time, caught in her vivid feelings.