"Hey. How did things go with your dad the other day? Are you going to go back home?" Madison asks as I open the front door for her.

"The normal bullshit and hell no. I'm not going back there if I had no other choice." I point at her feet and notice she's wearing heels. "Don't forget to take your shoes off."

"Hi Madison." Taehyung waves as he walks by on his way back to the living room.

"Hey Taehyung." Madison waves back and smacks me on the shoulder in appreciation as he walks away from our sight.

I chuckle and have her follow me into the living room.

"You two have the whole house to yourself?" She looks around, admiring the home.

"Yeah, until his uncle gets back in a few days. And no, we're not throwing a party." I roll my eyes.

"That's actually something I wanted to bring up to you both. The annual Freedom Fourth party is tonight and I wanted to see if you guys wanted to come. I really want to go but I don't want to go alone since Alex and I aren't together anymore." She tries her best at puppy dog eyes and Taehyung chuckles at her pathetic attempt.

I know, bro. See what I've have to deal with?

"But it's only the 2nd?" Taehyung questions from the couch as he flips through the channels.

"Yeah but the guy throwing the party won't have access to his parent's lake house on the 4th. Come on...please!" She hugs me holding my arms down at my side.

I look at Taehyung who is smiling and shrugs.

"Fine! Just let me go!" I roll my eyes and attempt to escape her embrace.

"Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She kisses my face multiple times.

Taehyung's eyes widen and he begins to smile at the PG13 girl on girl contact in front of him.

"Stop it." I mouth to him making him burst out in a giggle.

"Come on! Let's get you dressed!" Madison jumps in excitement.

I have her follow me to the bedroom to help me pick out what to wear. It had been a while since I went to a party. Graduation night to be exact, but this time I wanted to look extra sexy for him.

"So this is where the magic happens." She states looking around the bedroom.

I shrug. "Sometimes here. Sometimes there. Sometimes everywhere."

"Well okay then you kinky Dr. Seuss. Times sure have changed!"

"Shut up and help me find something."

"No need. I brought something for you. You can thank me later." She pulls out a red garment from her bag and hands it to me.

Madison curls the ends of my hair while I apply my makeup in the full length mirror. I complete the ensemble by moisturizing my skin so that I'm nice and glowy, applying just a bit of a perfume he likes and adding some silver earrings and a matching bracelet.

"Hey baby. Are you almost done? I need to find something to wear too." Taehyung asks from the other side of the door.

I take a deep breath and open it up. Taehyung is leaned against the door frame with one hand planted for balance. His gaze travels slowly up my body and his mouth drops open the more he looks at me.

"Whoa..." he breathes out as he stares at me as if he's never even seen me naked yet.

"You like?" I do a slow spin on my tippy toes to show off the dress, my hair and makeup.

The satin red dress was short and form fitting with an open back and crisscross thin straps. My long hair was curled into loose voluminous waves and I opted for a smokey eye for the night to switch things up.

"I don't think we should go anymore." He says with his eyes still trained on me.

"Aw man, why?" Madison pouts from the middle of the floor.

"Because we're going to need some alone time." Taehyung wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me in making me giggle.

"Oh stop! You two can do the freaky deeky later. Get dressed Taehyung! We'll be in the living room." Madison grabs my hand and yanks me from his grasp as she drags me away. Leaving Taehyung behind as he stares at me the entire way.

We take the BMW so that Madison can drink since neither one of us are too fond of it. Honestly, with Taehyung, I don't need liquor to make my night better anyway.

The whole ride there, Madison talks my ear off in the backseat about how she hopes Alex isn't there because she'd like to have a good time and dance with whomever she pleases. Meanwhile, Taehyung keeps trying to sneakily run his hand over my thigh. I keep trying to hold his hand still and answer Madison like nothing is happening just a row in front of her.

"Self control, sir." I whisper as he puts the car in park.

Madison steps out of the back seat and instantly finds one of her old cheerleader friends to talk to.

Taehyung gets out to walk around to my door. I notice every single female eyeing him and the car appreciatively as he makes his appearance. I mean, I get it. I make the same face when I see him every day.

But too bad, bitches. He's taken.

He opens my door and holds his hand out to help me stand up. I'm wearing heels which isn't something I normally do. It's the first time he's even seen me in them, but luckily I'm really good at walking in them.

My foot hits the pavement and as I stand up, I hear guys whispering my name and see them watching me. I wanted Taehyung's attention, not everyone else's.

I look over to Madison who is looking proudly at me and it boosts my confidence a bit. Let them look. I have the most gorgeous man here anyway.

"Now I have to worry about every guy here." He whispers as he leans in to shut my door.

"You don't have to worry about anyone." I smile at him and give him a sweet kiss.

"Not even Madison? That was kind of hot earlier." He jokes and I playfully scold him.

Inside the music is playing loudly and people are drinking and dancing the night away. Typically, I would want to go find somewhere to hide, but not tonight. Tonight, I want to have fun with the one I love.

"Hey man! I was wondering if you'd end up coming." Justin and Taehyung shake hands. "Ava, is that you? Wow! You look great!"

"Thank you." I say politely.

"Yeah, Ava and Madison wanted to come." Taehyung says as he wraps his arms around me.

"Are you two together?" He asks as he sees our embrace.

"Yeah. He's all mine." I smile up at him.

"Congratulations. Ava wouldn't date anyone." Justin laughs and starts to look around. "So Madison's here? I heard she's finally single."

"Yeah, she's right over there. She is single now." I point towards the back door where Madison was laughing with a group of girls.

Justin waves goodbye and heads over to start talking to her. Her smile broadens as she turns to look at him. Looks like there may be a hook up happening tonight.

An upbeat song I like begins to play and Madison looks over at me. She heads in my direction and grabs both of my hands, pulling me out to the middle of the floor.

"Dance with me. You never dance at a party." She begs still holding on to my hands.

I look over at Taehyung who's smiling and cocks an eyebrow as he leans up against the wall crossing his arms.

I look back over to Madison as she starts to dance in hopes I'll join along.

Screw it.

I start to move my hips, swaying to the beat. Being careful not to show my goodies off to everyone. Madison turns me around and holds my hips as she gets me to dance on her. I know what it looks like but I don't care. I'm having fun and I know it's just Madison goofing off like we've danced in my room many times over the years.

"He hasn't taken his eyes off of you." She whispers in my ear and I look over to him.

His eyes were locked on to me as he watched us dance together. A smirk resting on his lips and his eyes low.

"Hey..." I see a girl walk up to him and he flicks his eyes to her and stands upright as if she was trying to pass by.

She begins to try to dance on him but he steps aside and declines her advance.

"He really is all about you, Ava." Madison says as she notices the encounter.

The song ends and another begins. Madison smacks me on my ass and tells me to go dance with my man.

I walk up to him and turn to press my ass to his front. He grips my hips as he pulls me closer to him and I slightly bend just enough to twerk a little without giving a peep show.

He rolls his hips in rhythm with mine as I purposefully tease the hell out of him. He runs his hand over the crisscross straps, grabbing them to pull me back to him.

"Are you just going to tease me all night?" He whispers in my ear as he flexes his hips with the music.

"Yes sir." I whisper back to him as I continue to grind on him.

A growl escapes from his throat that only I would be able to hear and I smile mischievously.

The girl he declined to dance with walks by again and gives me a dirty look which makes both of us start to laugh.

I turn to face him and wrap my arms around his neck. I run my hands through his hair as I continue to dance with him.

"This is so much different than the last party." He runs his teeth over his bottom lip as he looks into my eyes. "This is a new side of you."

I wink and lean up to his ear. "Maybe it's because I'm with you."

I slowly lick his ear lobe and step back as the song stops playing. He smiles and shakes his head. "You'll pay for that."

"Yes sir." I say as I turn back around to continue dancing for the next song.

We dance and tease each other for at least a half hour but my feet grow tired eventually and my mouth starts to dry.

"Hey, I'm going to go find the bathroom and get something to drink. Do you want anything?" I ask.

"No. I'm okay. I'll be here."

I walk off to find a bathroom. It takes me a few tries but thankfully a random girl has my back and points me in the right direction.

I look in the mirror and give a sigh of relief when I see that my hair isn't frizzy and my makeup isn't sliding off of my face. Matter of fact, I look damn good. I proudly look over myself one last time before heading to the kitchen to hopefully find some water.

I look around on the counters and find a cooler with some bottled water in it. I twist off the lid of one and down most of it before shutting it tight.

As I turn around, I run smack into someone's chest and it momentarily stuns me.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I apologize as I go to walk around them with my head down.

"Wow, Ava. Didn't know you had it in you to look this good." The guy grabs my arm and holds it in place.

I know that voice. "Alex?"

"I always thought you were prettier than Madison. How about you and I get out of here?"

Eww! Never in a million years would I ever in my life touch him and he needs to quit touching me. Not now but right now.

"Hell no!" I try to yank my arm from his grasp but he pulls me back to him instead. I can smell the liquor on his breath and it's sickening.

He reaches down and grabs a handful of my ass and ohmygod I want to vomit.

"Get the fuck off of me, Alex!" I push him away as hard as I can.

Suddenly, I feel a large hand on my arm pulling me away. Noticing it's my boyfriend but before I could even say anything, Taehyung swings and punches Alex in the jaw, knocking him straight to the ground instantly.

"What the fuck, bro?" Alex yells out from the floor as his hand holds his face.

"Come on, Ava. Let's go home." He gently grabs my hand and starts to lead me out of the kitchen.

"Fucking bitch ass pretty boy!" Alex yells out as he sits up.

"That bitch ass pretty boy just kicked your ass." Justin laughs out by the doorway with Madison standing next to him.

"Hey. Are you okay?" She asks as we pass by and Taehyung stops walking.

"Yeah. Your ex is a jerk."

"Yeah, I know. Are you two leaving?"

"Yes." Taehyung growls out which makes Madison jump.

He's pissed.

"I'll catch a ride home from Justin. He hasn't been drinking. Don't worry."

I nod and he leads me back out to the car to go home.

He doesn't say a word as he opens the door for me and walks over to get in the driver's seat, slamming both doors each time. Throwing the car in drive, he quickly makes a u-turn and heads back to the house. His knuckles are red from the punch as he grips on to the steering wheel, remaining bone chillingly quiet.

I don't speak the whole ride home. I'm not sure if he thinks I was cheating on him or about to or if he knows Alex's advances were not reciprocated. Honestly, I don't know what to think about his demeanor but I do know that I hate Alex even more now for ruining such a good time we were having together just being two young adults in love.

He pulls into the driveway and I get out before he can. I'm not angry nor upset. If anything, I'm confused and frustrated, but the air in the car felt suffocating.

I walk inside, take off my heels, and head to the bedroom to get changed into some loungewear. He walks in while I'm digging through my designated drawers and sits down on the bed and slumping over.

"Are you angry with me?" I turn to face him, setting my clothes down with a bit more frustration than I intended.

"No." He quietly says as he shakes his head.

"Then why the silent treatment? I didn't want him touching me. I tried to stop him."

He nods. "I know. Justin came to tell me you were in trouble."

"Then what is it? What has you like this?" I walk over to him and crouch down in front of him so I can see his face.

"Seeing you in another man's arms, whether you wanted it or not, hurt. I'm afraid one day that will be the reality. That I'll lose you to someone else because the truth is, I won't be around and I can't be so selfish to think you shouldn't live your own life."

My heart sinks. What do I even say? How do I reply to that?

I stand up and cup his face in my hands as I stare deep into his eyes. My heart wants to tell him everything my mouth doesn't know how to say.

My lips find his as if it were a magnetic force, moving together in a soft and blissfully slow pace. I wanted him to taste the love on my lips, to feel what I feel for him every day, to know that I'm forever his whether or not we're apart.

He pulls me onto him. He's not tugging at my dress or even deepening the kiss. He's listening to my actions and in turn, he's telling me everything he wants me to know.

Sometimes love can't be defined by a simple word, phrase or sentence. Sometimes you feel a love so deep that no matter how much you try to avoid it, it consumes you completely. And that's what he did. He consumed me. He entered my heart with no intention of leaving it behind and judging from how gentle he's being right now and how he's relishing in this current moment together, I think I may have entered his heart in the same way.

No, tonight words aren't needed. Tonight we will just be. Not as individuals but as one soul split into two bodies. Tonight I will make a promise to be his.

Forever his.

He pulls back from our tender kiss as he rolls me over to my back. Pushing himself up slightly on the bed, he looks at me silently as if he needs to engrave my face into his memory.

Leaning down, he kisses my shoulder and brings my hand to his lips to kiss my fingertips.

"Saranghaeyo. Mani saranghae."

I look at him as he says those words to me and for some reason, even though he has told me he loves me before, tonight they seem to carry more weight.

"Nado saranghae." I reply as I run the pad of my thumb over his eyebrow.

At first I think I may have said something wrong. I had been secretly studying and listening in on his conversations to pick up words and phrases. My biggest teacher seemed to be the GPS.

But after what felt like an eternity, he sighs out and plasters a wide boxy grin across his face.

"You've been learning." He whispers.

I nod. "Trying."

He kisses me again as he begins to slowly graze my body with his fingertips.

Tonight, we didn't have amazing domineering sex, fuck or even have silly and playful sex like we sometimes do. Tonight he made love to me and it's an experience I will never forget for the rest of my days.