There He Was

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It was a quarter after 7; you paced in circles, waiting at the door of a pharmacy for Jimin to come back from his job interview. Raindrops drenched you from head to toe as you tried to prevent water from getting into your eyes. You suddenly caught a glimpse of black, shiny, male shoes walking towards you, stopping right beside you.

You slowly looked up and saw a man neatly dressed in a button-up shirt, suit pants, and a black long trench coat, moving his small umbrella above you, suddenly leaving him under no shelter from the rain. The rain dripped from his hair, as it fell down freely; his clothes clung onto his brawny, muscular figure.

"What kind of man leaves a woman waiting for him in the rain." the stranger says.

His deep voice lingers in your chest as you gulped, attempting to reply back to him.

"U-umm no, I j-just thought I should wait until he comes back, j-just in case something happens." You replied, embarrassed from all the stuttering you had just done. You suddenly caught a glimpse of Jimin running in your direction, trying not to get wet as you giggled. He didn't seem to be aware that you were there, waiting for him.

"Thank you for the umbrella, but he's here." You say, pointing at the small figure from afar.

He turned his head towards the direction in which you were pointing and squinted.

"Where?" He asked.

"Besides the restaurant." You replied.

You turn back at the kind man with a full smile to assure him that you're fine; You pause as he looks at you deeply focused. He almost seemed confused, until he scoffed as his head threw down with a small smile forming between his lips as he turned towards you.

"Let's surprise him from inside, I'm sure he wouldn't want to see you catch a cold."

The young man followed you into the pharmacy, bought you a bottle of coughing medicine to take home in case you get sick, a bowl of instant noodles, and kimchi. You both sat on the table beside the window as you warmed up, slurped the soup from the bowl. You were so indulged in how good the noodles suddenly tasted, you completely forgot about your plan to surprise Jimin, and ask him about his job interview. You got up and threw away your trash, and headed out. The young man followed behind you and opened his umbrella above you. You looked up into the starless night sky, as the rain continued falling down. You looked back at the young man behind you.

"Let me treat you tonight to dinner. I'm really thankful you passed by. I mean I'm thankful for the um- umbrella. I could've gotten-" You paused as your face flushed red. "Sick. I could've gotten sick."

An awkward silence filled the air as you looked at the floor, too afraid to bring yourself to look into his eyes. He placed his finger underneath your chin, gently lifting your head up.

"You're interesting." The man giggled.

"You're bold enough to ask me to dinner when you don't even know my name, yet afraid to look me in the eyes," he said with a smirk.

"I'm y/n. Nice to formally meet you. And you are..?" You sarcastically remarked.

He scoffed then replied.

"I'm Taehyung. Kim Taehyung ."