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The totally unexpected yet intense make-out session continues for a minute or two until the both of you realize what you are doing and pull away. Your own actions catch you off-guard and the moment you detach your lips, you slide away from each other, flustered and unnerved.

You knew you cared about Taehyung and adored him as a friend but now it seems yours feelings have changed, rather deepened. But even so, they are still not completely clear yet. Do you like Taehyung more than a friend? Why would you kiss him if not? And you certainly did enjoy the moment you two just shared, so? But most importantly, why did he kiss you? He even initiated it for goodness sake! Does he like you too? What now?

A similar conflict conjured in Taehyung's mind as well. Why did I kiss her all of a sudden? It's so not like me! I knew I felt differently for her, feelings that I don't wanna put labels on just yet. But I never wanted to act upon them. I thought I could control myself. Maybe not? I don't really know anything anymore. All I know is that, right now, I just want to grab her and hold her and kiss her again. Is that bad?

Pin-drop silence befalls the staircase. After your little stunt, none of the two of you find the courage to start a conversation. But for how long can you even stay shut up? So you suck it up instead and stand up from your seat.

"Come inside, you'll get cold" 

Considering it to be too soon to talk about the kiss, you avert the topic and get inside. Taehyung seems to be okay with your decision and wearing his same old cold visage, he follows suit. Without uttering any more words you walk up to the couch and throw your tired self on it.

Taehyung stops to stare at you for a second. He opens his mouth as if he's about to say something. But then he chooses not to and hurries inside his room before shutting the door behind him. However, seconds after he closes it, you hear a tiny creak. You look up to check only to see that the door is not shut like before. Instead, it is left ajar a few inches, enough for you to see him on the bed and him you. Feeling good about it for some reason, you spare yourself a small smile and close your eyes, welcoming sleep with open arms.

Jimin and Rose are nowhere to be found but right now you're too distracted to worry about there whereabouts. Perhaps they left for home because it was getting late. Secretly thinking about what could have been and filling your head with possible scenarios that could have played out between you and Taehyung after the kiss, you drift off to sleep, hoping to dream of wild fantasies, featuring the handsome vampire.

The next morning you wake up to the rattling of utensils. Gazing towards the kitchen you find a man clad in a grey T, a pair of black shorts, and wet hair deep in work. Okay. Wait what?! Taehyung's cooking? You sit up with a bounce right when he turns around with two cups in his hands with fume coming from them.

"I made tea," he says nonchalantly before placing one of the cups in front of you on the table and then sitting on the chair with the other one in hand. He didn't seem surprised by your awakened form. Maybe he heard you shuffle up with his super humane hearing.

"Why?" you couldn't help but ask. You never saw Taehyung enter the kitchen unless it was to fetch something from the fridge. Why all of a sudden?

"I wanted some myself but I measured the water wrongly and ended up making more than I needed. So, instead of throwing it away, I gave it to you" he shrugs before taking a sip and diving into his phone.

This dude sucks at lying-  you think to yourself but accept the cup with no further questions.

Just as you are about to grace the rim of the cup with your lips, a series of loud knocks reverberate through the living room, almost ripping the front door off its hinges.

The sudden noise freaks you out and you flinch like you've never flinched before. Your heart starts beating faster thinking that the uninvited guest can be the savage vampire Namjoon, or some other new supernatural character who's after the cure. And the thought itself makes shivers run down your spine. Nevertheless, Taehyung portrays none of those emotions. He is neither scared nor worried. If anything, he looks annoyed and slightly bored. 

Getting up from the chair he walks to the door to unbolt the latches and let the unknown entity in. Seeing him do so makes you nervous and you try your best to hide behind a stack of cushions. You were never the kind of girl that scares easy. In fact, staying up late and gulping horror movie scenes like a black hole has been your hobby for a long time. But that was when you thought those creatures were fictional. Knowing they exist in real life and are roaming about freely with humans isn't all that fun.

As soon as the locks are undone, the door swings open to reveal the ablaze eyes of your two Lycan buddies. A relaxed sigh escapes your throat like a train leaves its station. Taehyung however greets the guests with a knowing scowl accompanied by an indifferent scoff. He might have smelt their presence with his heightened senses prior to opening the door.

Rose is the one standing in front and she doesn't wait for Taehyung to let her in. She just invites herself in and plops herself beside you on the big couch. Jimin being the polite guy he is, bows to Taehyung before following his twin sister. He hesitates a little whether he should sit down or not but when Taehyung points with his eyes at the empty couch chair opposite to the one he was previously seated on, Jimin readily obliges. The latter after re-bolting the door, endorses his throne. He has no intention to share his tea with the intervening wolves so he doesn't even ask.

But you do.

"Do you guys want some tea?"

"Umm, no thanks. The caffeine is bad for our fur"

"Oh, okay"

A silence momentarily swamps the room but then you remember about last night and break it.

"Hey.....where did you two run off to last night? You didn't even tell us before leaving" you exclaim, genuinely curious.

"Well, we were sitting here, talking about school and stuff after you left. But then we heard noises from outside. So we went to check and saw you two arguing. We thought of stopping you but then all of a sudden and totally out of the blue you two started making out. So we just left to give you some space"

The last part renders you, all shy and speechless and Taehyung swallows a huge gulp out of embarrassment. Lycan number 1 and Lycan number 2 sense your discomfort and quickly change the topic washing you both with relief.

"So Y/N, what's the update on your cure adventure?"

After confiding everything that happened so far to the Park twins for like an hour, because yesterday you didn't talk much, you finally plant a question of your own that has been bugging you since yesterday.

"Why do you guys still remember me? Did the forgetting spell cast by my birth parents not affect you?"

└──» To Be Continued ✎ 。