~Minseo~

"You didn't push me away."

I opened my mouth to say something and then closed it when I realised that I have nothing to say in response to it. I blushed at that and averted my eyes, only to have Taehyung grabbed hold of my chin, forcing me to look his way again.

"Why?"

"Because you're hot."

He arched both eyebrows.

I cleared my throat, "It's a girl thing." It was so not a girl thing.

"Liar."

I shrugged. There was no way I'm admitting that I might still have lingering feelings towards him.

"Did you really follow me to that restaurant with Kijoon?" I changed the subject, my eyes narrowing on him. "Jiyeon interrupted us but I think there's more to it."

"It was either she walks in or I walk in."

"Why would you walk in?" I asked, incredulously.

Taehyung dip his head down towards mine and I held my breath at the closeness of him. "You know why."

I press my hands against his chest and push him back slightly. "What, are you telling me you like me or something?" I laughed, short and unamused.

"I like you."

I stopped laughing and my eyes widened.

Taehyung said no more. Me? Well, I was too busy trying to figure out whether he was lying or not.

"But you—know I don't feel that way towards you," I spluttered. Now, why did I splutter like that?

"You don't kiss people you don't like."

"That's because you're hot!" I said, loudly and angrily. I refuse to admit that all it took for me to forget everything... was his kisses and his touch.

"Stop lying to yourself."

"Well, I like Kijoon," I said, crossing my arms and looked away.

When Taehyung didn't say anything, my eyes slid back to him and it was then that I saw the anger and hurt in his eyes before he took a step back from me and walked off.

I curled my hand into a fist to stop myself from reaching for him.

As I watched Taehyung walk away, I felt my chest aching and I found it harder to breathe. I glanced down at my feet, trying to erase what I'd just seen but that wasn't possible. I couldn't shake off the emotions hitting me after I'd told him that I like Kijoon. I shouldn't feel bad for telling him that but I do and I hated that.

"You coming?"

I lifted my eyes and saw that Taehyung have stopped walking and was waiting for me. He had his hands tucked in his pockets and he tilted his head to the side to watch me and to study my every move.

I licked my lips and bite them, feeling my heart race at the sight of him.

Taehyung took one of his hands out of his pockets and held it out towards me. I hesitated and then took a step forward, only to stop again.

It wasn't until Taehyung's lips slowly curled into a half smile and his face gentled that I found myself running towards him, reaching out to grab onto his hand.

His large hand closed around mine and we began walking through the park in silence, lost in our own thoughts.

It was hard for me to think when I'm touching him like this. I don't like knowing that my heart races every time he's near and that it's hard for me to function like a normal person when we touch. It frustrates the hell out of me.

And I know that although a part of me may still feel something towards him, I'm ready to move on. Kijoon heard my confession and we were set to talk. I wanted to focus on that instead of Taehyung. Taehyung's a good friend. I want to be his friend and I want him to be my friend too.

I steal a glance at Taehyung and when his eyes slid to me, I quickly avert my eyes.

"What?"

"Nothing," I mumbled.

"Cover yourself."

I quickly pull the mask to cover myself and we continued on walking. When we reached the area where there's a lot of people, I started to tense and my eyes darted right and left out of fear.

Feeling this, Taehyung glanced down at me, "Nothing will happen."

"Um, something did happen."

"I won't let anything happen to you," Taehyung corrected himself, tugging me towards him as he walked a little faster.

I focused on Taehyung as he walked ahead of me and pulled me along with him as we walk through the crowded area, with people bumping into each other and apologising. I could only see the back of him so I didn't see the cocky smile Taehyung was wearing.