Author's POV:

Taehyung stared at you quietly, without speaking. You took your hand back, still looking at him but you looked down wondering if your words helped him at all. You didn't know anything, you were still confused and sort of anxious about how he felt, if he was feeling good by your words or if he was annoyed, you had no idea.
"Y/N." He spoke, in a low voice as you hummed. A faint smile appeared on his lips as he pinched your cheeks, opening his mouth to say something but closed his mouth, failing. He let out an airy laugh, looking away. You noticed his eyes, they were glossy. 

He blinked quickly, trying to get rid of the tears and looked down saying, "Can I..." 
He was hesitating to ask it, he was hesitating but from his face, you could say he was craving to ask something.
"Yes." You said, not even knowing well what he meant. 
"You don't even know I wanted to ask." He spoke, smiling a little.
"I don't... but, you can." You said as he took a few steps closer to you, making you gulp. He hugged you making your body jolt up. He was so warm, with the same dark woody smell around him. You closed your eyes, inhaling his scent. You could feel him, not even touching your back properly. 

He inhaled your scent, trying to control his tears.
"It's okay to cry. Lunch is going to end an hour later." You spoke, patting his back, lightly. You could feel him, breaking into tears. 
"I..." He was crying. For the first time, you saw him crying. You never thought he would feel this delicate. You could feel a sense of protectivity take over you, you wanted to protect him, you really did. Heck, you couldn't even protect yourself but you wanted to be there for him, really. 
His grip on you tightened as he buried his face in your neck as you stroked his back saying, "It's... okay. I'll support you, always." 

--Time skip 

"This is sweet, you should have this." You said, handing him a soft cake as he stared at it for a moment before looking down. 
"I don't feel like eating though.." 
"I also say that when I'm sad but an hour later, I suffer." You spoke. He smiled a little and said, "Because that's you who drinks black coffee."
"It was the first time!" You spoke, half frowning and half chuckling. He looked down and took a bite of the cake. You looked at him and smiled a little.

"Y/N..." He spoke, in a low voice as you hummed.
"Did we swap roles..?" He asked as you thought about it. You smiled and said, "Nope, we didn't. Both of us are supposed to be there for each other when we cry." 
Your words were coming out so naturally as you were smiling, still perplexed by your own words. Was it the book? Or was it magic? You didn't know, but all you knew it that your words were forming themselves naturally as you sat in front of him, trying your best to comfort him. 

"Y/N..." He spoke as you replied, "Yes?" 
He shook his head, smiling. He admired your face for a moment and then took another bite of the cake. 
"Have that one." He said, pointing to the wafer packet as you said, "But it's for you."
"I know you didn't eat." He spoke. You pressed your lips and looked down.
"I'm not hung-"
"What a great thing to say after advising someone to eat even if they're sad!" He said, chuckling. You frowned and smiled at the same time and looked down saying, "It's different... I don't want to eat."

"Should I stuff this in your mouth?" You shook your head at his question and looked down. He took the wafer packet, keeping his cake aside. Opening it, he handed it to you and said, "Eat with me, it's better than eating alone."
You looked at the wafer and then at him before taking a bite of the wafer. 
"Taehyung.." He heard you call him, you didn't call him by his name often. It was either 'hey' or just you speaking out words. 

"Are you okay?" You asked. He looked down and thought about it for a while.
"Who is okay in this world..?" He asked, smiling.
"I mean... is it hard for you? You never... share anything." You said as he spoke, "Don't you have enough burdens? Don't worry about me."
"No. I don't care..." You said as he frowned, looking at you. You gulped and said, "I don't really care about mine. Everyone has burdens but you also listen to me. So... you should share yours with me too.." 

"Are you returning favours?" He asked as you looked down, wondering. No, you just wanted to listen to him. You didn't really think of it that deep. 
Suddenly, he placed his hand on yours which was resting on the bench making your body jolt up. The heat made its way to your cheeks as you looked at anywhere but him. He noticed but played dumb, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. 
"You okay?" He asked, securing your hands with his even closely making you feel tingly. You looked down, trying not to smile. His heart was pounding within his chest so hard yet he tried to remain calm. 

You both didn't complain, it was nice, the slight thrill and the tingles in your body, it felt so nice. But suddenly, someone entered the room making you both jolt up.
"HEY, GUYS-" 

Taehyung immediately removed his hands from yours, his cheeks deep red. You choked on your wafer but immediately tried calming yourself down. 

The girl frowned saying, "Hey.... umm, yall good?"
"We were... until you came," Taehyung whispered as you tried not to chuckle. The girl just frowned and said, "Okay, lovebirds. I see it! See ya, continue!" 

"Who was that..?" You asked Taehyung who replied, "The class clown, Maria." 
You chuckled and looked down saying, "She does look like it.." You were almost laughing. He frowned a little, half smiling and asked, "You seem happy."
You gulped and looked away, trying not to smile and said, "She's just funny.."
"She didn't even say any jokes, unlike how I do." He spoke as you chuckled saying, "Your jokes..."
He smiled and noticed how the corners of your eyes crinkled as you smiled and your shiny teeth were visible, along with your dimples. 

He loved the view, he wanted to memorize that face of yours. 
You smiled and looked down, putting a hair strand behind your ear and said, "Hey... I think I should go now."
"I'll walk you back."
"You don't need to.."
"I want to, I have to." 

His words sounded really... different. He got up and forwarded his hand as you said, "It's not even the ground, I can get up by my-"
"Let's go." He said, smiling. You looked at his hand and then at him, holding his hand. You both walked together, through the noisy corridors and the quiet hallway, the field filled with leaves of fall and finally, your classroom. 
"Thank you." He spoke, in a low voice. You smiled and said, "It's my duty." 
He chuckled and said, "You're too sweet." You giggled and looked at your class, the thought of leaving him was making you feel empty. You wanted to hug him again, you wanted to hold his hand again, but you already did. You gulped, feeling your heartache. You wanted to be with him, you really wanted it. 
"See you then.." You said, looking at his hesitant face. He looked just as dead as you. 
"Umm... Y/N." He spoke as you frowned a little, looking at him confused. 
"Is the next class important?" He asked, his eyes nervously moving. You took the hint and said, "Nope, they're free classes." Lies. 
He smiled and said, "Mine too." Lies, yet again.
"Should we go out then?" He asked as you smiled nodding.
"I don't wanna be in class right now.." 
"Me neither." 

And there you were, in front of the flower garden after skipping University from the back gate and nearly being chased down by a random dog on whose tail Taehyung had accidentally stepped on.

You chuckled while panting as Taehyung said, "Gosh! That was so-"
"I can't believe I could ever bunk classes. I've bunked them in my entire life."
"I've always done those." Taehyung's remark made you gasp a little. He was.. a devil indeed. You chuckled and said, "Woah..."
Plopping on the ground, you stared at the sky as he smiled at you, sitting beside you.
"The sky looks pretty." You spoke, staring at the sky while lying on the ground in the middle of a flower garden. 

Taehyung lay down beside you and said, "I agree.. It's so pretty."— except that he was staring at something else which wasn't the sky. 
You looked beside to see him already staring at you. You gulped and looked away, looking at the sky. 
"You're pretty." He blurted out as you looked at him, wide-eyed. He immediately became awkward as he realized he blurted it out and cleared his through saying, "Umm.. I mean, you are pretty! You know.." 
You smiled a little and mumbled, "T-Thanks..." 

He bit his lips, embarrassed and looked away. You got up and said, "Taehyung." 
"Yes?" 
"Do you like... cherry blossoms?" You asked as he looked at you, a little flustered. Did Jimin and Jungkook expose that little secret too?
"Huh? Umm.." He sat up, confused. You replied, "Jimin and Jungkook were asking about it and said it was an assignment." 
"Oh yeah... right." He said, scratching his nape awkwardly. 
"I do. I like them a lot, you?" He asked. You smiled and nodded saying, "Yeah, I want to see one, to be honest... but spring is yet to come. I kind of... can't wait. I want to draw a cherry blossom tree someday while sitting in front of it." 

Your mouth kept blurting out stuff as you looked at him, with a smile. You wanted to speak, tell about yourself, ask about him, so eagerly. 
"Then... when spring comes, let's bunk classes and go there." He said, giggling. YOu smiled and nodded. 
"Y/N..." 
"Yes?" 
"Will you... accompany me somewhere?"
"Where?"
"My house."

House? What did he mean— "I mean... my brother has a play at school basically, but he needs 2 characters to rehearse at home. One is me and he needs a female character to play along. But... you're the only female friend I have so if you want- I am not forcing, if you want to... join in his nonsense then you can... or I can ask someone else, like a classmate too-" 

"I'll go... with you."