Taehyung placed his index finger under her chin and pushed up gently.

"I don't think you're weird, adorable.....beautiful......sexy but not weird." His lips met the corner of her mouth, the kiss short but sweet yet sent both their hearts racing.

Taehyung never noticed Amber leave, the only woman who had his attention was the one with a red nose, multiple layers and a box full of homemade cupcakes.

"I told her that she didn't need to put up with that kind of attitude from him, they've been together for years now and she deserves so much better and then....." Y/N's eyes widened as Taehyung dragged his index finger through the frosting and then gently deposited it on the end of her nose.

"Why did you do that?" Her eyes widened as he chuckled.

"You don't need to be so nervous Y/N." He cocked his brow playfully.

"Who says I'm nervous? I'm just making conversation."

Taehyung took a final bite of his cupcake, savouring the sweet strawberry filling before swallowing.

"You ramble when you're nervous and for the past ten minutes you've been telling me all about your friend and her marital problems."

Taehyung didn't mind, he could listen to her talk about the most mundane things and be hanging off her every word but what did trouble him was how much his earlier request seemed to bother her.

Was she really so self conscious, she was so incredibly beautiful.

Why couldn't she see that?

Namjoon left when Amber did, saying something about meeting with a friend for lunch but Taehyung wasn't stupid, he knew the reason his friend had left was so he could spend quality time alone with Y/N and he appreciated it. 

Yet the moment Taehyung asked her to strip down to her underwear and hop on the chair she freaked out, muttering something about her friend and a divorce.

Taehyung was used to confident women, the types he inked were never shy when it came to stripping and showing their bodies but then Y/N was different and he knew this.

Y/N doesn't have the confidence they have, she needs to be approached differently.

"I'm sorry Taehyung, this is our first official session and I know you need to start work on the design but I'm nervous. I don't have a good relationship with my body, in all honesty I hate it right now and stripping off in front of anyone is my worst nightmare but in front of you....well it's even worse."

Taehyung furrowed his brow.

"Why worse?"

Y/N squeezed her eyes shut briefly, her nose scrunched up adorably with the frosting still on the end which he gently wiped away with his thumb.

"It's pretty obvious you're the type of guy who can get whoever he wants, that woman you were with before....how can I even compare to her?"

Taehyung couldn't believe what he was hearing, the accident had clearly done severe emotional damage.

How can she compare? The question is how can someone like Amber ever compare.

"Amber is a friend of mine, there's never been anything sexual or romantic between us. I don't doubt she's interested, made plenty of passes but I can assure you I'm not interested. I also think it's her who could never compare to you, she's the same as so many women I come across whereas you......you're different."

Y/N scoffed, finding it hard to believe that it was Amber who couldn't compare to her.

"Oh yeah, how am I different?"

Taehyung gently took the end of her scarf and began to unravel his siren.

"You ramble, bake cupcakes with far too much frosting, wear a ridiculous amount of layers and look fucking adorable doing so. You're real, you make me want to be a better version of myself and you also scare the fucking life out of me because I've never felt so consumed with someone before. I want to see where this leads, I want to explore whatever we have together."

Taehyung dropped the scarf, eyes on her lips as they parted.

"I want to explore too." Her voice came out as a whisper causing him to chuckle.

"I'm glad you feel the same." Taehyung stepped closer, long slender fingers reaching for the zip of her winter coat.

"I'm going to annoy you though Taehyung, this won't be easy. I'm still a mess emotionally from the accident, I have no confidence in myself and as you already know....I get ridiculously nervous over the slightest of....."

Taehyung cut her off with a finger to the lips.

"I'm going to kiss you now." His voice dropped lower, if that was even possible.

Y/N's eyes widened, face heating up.

He was going to what? Did she hear that correctly? Why was her heart racing? Why did he have this hold over her?

Taehyung paused just as his lips were inches away from her own.

"I don't share Y/N, if we do this then I expect exclusivity at least until we figure out what this is between us."

The idea of her with someone else didn't sit right with him, if they were going to do this he needed to know there would be nobody else.

His fingers pulled at the zip, slowly he dragged it down.

"So, do we have an agreement?" He paused, hooded eyes searching her own.

"We do, yeah..... I mean we have an arrangement. I'm sorry about the layers, it was cold out. I can finish taking my coat off, you really don't have to do that Taehyung."

Taehyung didn't say a word, instead his hand came to rest on her hip before pulling her closer.

Y/N inhaled sharply at his actions, hands against his chest.

Was this moving too fast?

She splayed her hand against his chest, intending to push him away and insist they slow down but instead she left it there. His breathing quickened as did hers. He began nuzzling her neck with delicate kisses. So faint, they were whispers. She urged herself to push away, but couldn’t. Her limp body began to tremble uncontrollably. His head was angled slightly to the side as his lips came closer and closer to hers. She was surprised to find her own lips parted. Their breaths mingled. Her heart fluttered inside her chest. At first, it was a delicate butterfly of a kiss. Then his arms encircled her, the kiss turning to something far more passionate and intense.

It felt right.

Taehyung was the first to break the kiss, forehead coming to rest against her own as he took a deep shuddering breath in.

"Fuck, you're absolutely phenomenal."

Y/N couldn't help but chuckle at his words.

Did that just happen?

Was this amazing guy truly interested in her?

"Yeah, you too." She breathed out, a content smile pulling at her swollen lips.

Taehyung then noticed the next layer of clothing, a tinklebell jumper.

Fucking adorable.

"How many more layers are you actually wearing?"

At his words they both laughed.

Y/N for the first time since her accident felt like she could learn to love herself again.

Taehyung for the first time since losing his brother felt like he could learn to love again.

If she was his siren then Kim Taehyung was her ocean and she couldn't wait to dive deeper and discover all that he held within.