Despite being almost wasted, remorse diffused in me. What if he thinks I'm a lust-driven hoe when drunk and takes this opportunity to humiliate me publicly. I know we've agreed on being friends right now but I know more of him as a person who never leaves a chance to make me the laughing stock.

Suddenly I regret blurting that out, I regret drinking alcohol on Sua's spur. Hell, I regret attending this party in the first place. I loosen my hands from around his neck, about to retract them to save myself from further humiliation.

Things never happen the way we foresee them to, I was more than astounded when I found him leaning closer while tilting his head slightly to his right, slowly closing his eyes before I could feel those soft petals brushing against my lips. My heart almost burst out of my chest the moment our lips met and my body stiffened at this sudden move but his lips felt as sweet and welcoming as I believed.

My eyelids flutter shut as he jerked me closer until out torsos were against each other while moving his luscious lips against mine. My breath picked it's pace and heart thumped rapidly against my chest.  I've been taken far away from reality yet I don't wish to return any sooner. He is being gentle, soft and fully concentrated into the kiss, it stayed slow and sweet while his hands wrapped much tighter around my waist. My chest is practically suffocating between us but I'll just bother about it later.

This is such a novel sensation which I've never experienced and honestly, it feels so good, maybe this is how it feels to be wanted. His warmth was comforting and some sense of safety welled in me being in his arms which I never happened to realise until now.

I am still unable to fully comprehend with what is even happening when his lips parted from mine, the cold wind gushed against my damp lips and I'm missing his warmth already.

My eyes stayed fixed at him where he had a victorious grin on his face and eyes looked brighter than ever. For a moment his eyes made me almost believe this kiss to be holding meaning to him but that would be nothing more than just my hallucination.

"Glad to know our feelings are mutual." The only whisper I heard before my vision went blurry.

=Taehyung POV=

I struggle to open our front door with single hand while hugging a drooping weight pressing against my chest with my left arm. I make a mental note to never let Nova drink again or else I would be the one to face the consequences as in now.

Thankfully the key clicked, opening the door. I jerk and wrap my other arm as well around her drunk body to prevent her from crashing to the floor while dragging her inside. We head straight to Nova's room and I drop her onto the bed and finally let out long breath in relief. Damn, she isn't as light-weight as she looks, it was definitely a struggle to drag this lady till here with her squirming in my grip and slipping her weight down constantly.

She lays flat while still rolling and muttering irrelevant phrases which I wouldn't even want to try understanding. She looks completely flushed and wasted but I just find myself unable to take my eyes off her lips which wouldn't stop moving as she kept slurring out words from ever since. It reminds me of the kiss we just shared about 30 minutes back causing a smile to surge on my lips. Even though it wasn't an intentional make out in a sober state, it will always remain special for me.

From my knowledge about Nova, this must be her first kiss and the fact that she had it with me simply enhances the pace of my heartbeat accompanied by some delicate ticklish sensation in my lower stomach. Never have I ever imagined our relation to drastically flip and turn from being enemies to friends and now it's something beyond that... hopefully.

Not sure, but some corner in me is tempted at that thought.

...

It's Christmas tomorrow and the house looks nothing more than a kids nursery. I won't even expect gifts for my friends and I'm already convinced this Christmas is going to suck. I'm not much of a morning person and cleaning of course is never atleast the last thing on my to-do list. But this morning I got so pissed off with this house parallelling a garbage dump yard, I took the initiative to set it right. I would be leaving a fair share for Nova to clean, obviously.

Few areas in the house looked so untouched as if human dwelling had been perished here, which reflects that it's been about a year since we last dusted every corner of the house. Great.

I gasped on pulling out a piece of fabric from under the refrigerator which looked exactly like my lost bear paws sock. I bring it in front of my face to examine, it was covered in dust and lint balls studded all around, smelled like rotten fish. Disgusting is an understatement.

"Nova!" I'm done with this house. It's past 11 and she didn't move a muscle yet. "Wake up woman!"

I pulled the covers off her body but she just wriggled and buried herself back. I didn't think twice before grabbing the half-filled water bottle on the nightstand and emptying the volume straight down her face.

"The hell!?" She batted around before jerking with face scrunched in annoyance as she sat straight right away to wipe her face. I got my first angry glare for the day. "What the hell is your problem Taehyung!? Did you seriously pledge on not letting me live peacefully?" She yelled while climbing out of her bed.

"First help me clean the house and then you can return back to your coma." I threw a dusting cloth at her and marched out of the room.

Within minutes she came out, changed from her last night's cocktail dress to her comfort style loose T-shirt and shorts, with hair tied into a messy bun. For once my heart skipped a beat at that, I've been seeing her wear such for over a year now but was never effected before. I wonder if she could recall the moment we shared yesterday because I personally can never forget that.

"Where do I start?" She approached compelling me blink myself back to my senses. Something is so very wrong with me.

"Kitchen." It's better to keep some safe distance between us. But my eyes slowly drew to her back, then to lower back as she disappeared into the kitchen. Shit.

It's past noon, I'm done with the living room and the balcony, now it's time to attend my stomach's pleas. Padding my way to the kitchen, I pondered whether to cook some ramyeon or order home delivery. On entering there my attention was caught by her standing on top of the kitchen counter, sorting the upper shelves. She didn't notice me so just I went and stood behind her, leaning against the kitchen island waiting for her to finish. She's fiddling with my snacks stash, examining each and every item with her eyebrows raised in amusement.

"How does he manage to stay lean." She sighs while holding a half full Nutella jar which belongs to me. I couldn't help but chuckle at that, which has startled her as she forthwith tried to turn around to confirm my presence but unfortunately slipped her foot over the edge. She would have painfully crashed onto the floor if I wasn't quick enough to support her body, preventing the disaster.

"Taehyung your freaking hands are on my ass!" She shrieked. Well, I know, but that was the only part I was able to hold in that abrupt moment.

"I got no choice." I gulped at the sensation felt at my palms. Oh my goodness, when did I turn this perverted.

"I'm stable now, take your hands off." She growled but for some reason I found her displeasure to be fascinating.

"Fine, I'm gonna order lunch. Do you want anything specific?" I pulled out my phone while she got down and dusted her clothes. She stepped closer and stood next to me, giving her whole attention to my phone screen while I scroll down the food delivery app.

"Italian BMT sub please." With that, she left to her room. I ordered myself a Chicken and bacon ranch, now I can't wait and the pictures of our orders weren't helping me.

As I waited for our happiness to ring the doorbell, I sent a quick text to Jungkook asking him to join my Christmas gifts shopping this evening. Finally, I sighed in relief as I lay on the couch as this house is for once looking like home. Not too sparkling clean but way better than ever before.

"Good job, Taehyung." I patted my shoulder.

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