I laid there next to Taehyung breathing heavily. The last two hours, Taehyung spent his time 'proving he owned me.' I couldn't help but smile as our sweaty bodies laid next to each other radiating the same temperature of heat between us, his hand interlaced with mine. Then, a thought popped in my head.

"Tae."

"Hmmm?"

"Do you remember our first day date?"

"My first pedicure right?"

"Yea." I giggled. "Do you remember what you said?"

He turned towards me with a confused look. "About what?"

"About you not having a color on your toes." I replied with a knowing grin.

For a moment, he furrowed his eyebrows trying to remember, then his eyes went wide and he groaned putting his hands up over his face.

"Seriously?" he asked in a whiny tone.

I giggled. "Are you a man of your word?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

He dropped his hands looking at me again. He made a face and spoke. "Yeah....yeah I am." And he sighed heavily.

"YES!" I shouted leaping out of bed. Which was a bad idea because I immediately felt pain between my legs and laid back down.

Tae laughed leaning over my face. "Sore?" he asked with a cocky smirk.

"Ya know...just for that smirk, I'm choosing a neon pink as your new color." I said sternly to him.

He just laughed and placed a firm kiss on my lips which quickly turned deep and heated.

"Tae!" I whined as he started down my neck.

"What?" he breathed against my skin.

"I'm sore..." I said taking his face in my hands stopping his kisses. "Give me a break?"

"Maybe I'll give you a break from my dick...but my mouth doesn't make you sore." He said in a low dark voice.

He started to climb over me from upside down trailing kisses from my check to my stomach eventually making his way to my still wet center. He moved so he was laying on my side, with his hands gripping my hips and his lips hovering above my now throbbing clit.

"Why do you love this so much?" I asked before he could start.

"Well...to start with *kiss* you taste better than any woman I've ever been with. *kiss* Second...I love hearing you when I do this...it gets me rock hard...*kiss*...and lastly, you're my girlfriend...*kiss*...it's my responsibility to make sure you know how loved and appreciated you are... *kiss* ...and I love knowing your pleasure is because of what I'm doing to you...*kiss*." Between each thought he placed a kiss somewhere either on my legs, stomach, or directly on my womanhood. He dipped his tongue into me again sending me on a whirlwind of bliss. It didn't take long for him to get me to climax since my senses were heightened due the several other orgasms I experienced within the last several hours.

Once I had finally pried him off of me, we showered (as innocently as possible) and spent the rest of then night together curled up watching a movie.

  —-

The next few weeks went smoothly. Tae was able to knock out 8 hours of work in 6 so he was always done by 2pm took a nap, then spent the rest of the day with me. I spent those hours reading, painting, online shopping, or taking long baths. But I started to get restless.

It wasn't that I didn't like my apartment, or that I didn't get sunlight; in fact I had a huge balcony that faced the east side and always got natural sunlight in my apartment. It was more...I felt like I was hiding. That my apartment was slowly becoming a jail cell. One day around noon I walked into Tae's office with some lunch for him.

"Thanks baby." He said kissing me.

"You're welcome handsome." I smiled back.

"What are you doing with your day?" he asked as he started to eat.

"Actually I was thinking about going shopping." I said as I looked down.

"That sounds fun, I'll get rid of the boxes to make room for deliveries."

"Well...actually I was thinking I'd go OUT to shop." I said biting my lip.

He stopped eating to look up to me. He looked a little concerned at first but then smiled. "You feel trapped here don't you?" he asked.

I nodded. "Kinda."

"Well...do you want to go alone?"

"It's not that I WANT to go alone, its more like I don't want to have a babysitter. Or I don't want to HAVE to have someone go with me...ya know?"

He took another bite nodding. Once he swallowed he spoke again. "I understand that...it feels like your independence is taken from you."

"Exactly." He always understood...always.

"Well...I'm worried." He said with a furrowed eyebrow.

"I am too, but I cant just stay here all day every day...I need sunlight...I need to walk."

"I know you do baby...I want you to do all those things." He said with a sincere voice.

"Then what do I do?" I asked shrugging.

"How about I stop here for the day and finish tomorrow and we go out just this one time together, that way we can kind of gage what happens or what doesn't happen and then next time you can go out on your own?" he said nervously. "I don't want to limit your freedom...but I don't want him coming after you either."

This whole situation was tough. I know that Tae 1. Didn't want to have to babysit me and 2. Didn't want me to feel as if my independence was taken from me. I knew he just wanted me to be safe in this scary time.

"Sounds like fun." I smiled. "You sure you can put off what you're doing?"

"I only have 6 left and it takes me an hour each to be sure I give them proper thought." He finished his lunch. "So I'll be fine."

The rest of the day was filled with laughter like it always was. We bought him an entirely new wardrobe, and I got 5 new of my favorite style dresses.  As we were walking past a jewelry store he stopped. Pulling me into the store, he interrogated me on what kind of jewelry I like. Eventually, after a very persistant Taehyung, a very annoyed sales person, and a very tired me, we walked out of the store with a new necklace for me. It was simple, a key. The base of it was heart shaped and the rest mirrored the look of an old fashion skeleton key. It was beautiful. But not only did I walk out with a necklace, Taehyung walked out with a brand new watch. Ironically enough, inside was the image of a lock.

It was cheesy...but it was sweet. I gave him as many kisses as he could stand thanking him for his kind gift. It was nice to be out of the apartment. It was nice to feel the sun, the wind...it was nice to hold on to Tae's hand where everyone could see he was mine. Where everyone could see that I was his.

I also didn't feel weird at all. Not once, as we shopped around. No feeling of being watched, no feeling of lingering stares. Nothing. It felt normal.

On the car ride back home, Tae let me blare show toons as I sang along and simply laughed at my animated reactions, acting out each song. I had never felt so comfortable around someone to do that...only Taehyung. He would sing along with me to the songs he knew and would dance as much as he could while trying to drive safe.

We made our way back to our apartment and when we came face to face with our front door, all the blood from my face left. There was an envelope taped to the door with my previous name written on it. Tae pulled it down and went to tear it when I stopped him.

"No!" I shouted grabbing his hands. "Give it to me."

"Baby..."

"Give it to me, Taehyung." I said again.

He sighed heavily and handed me the envelope. When I opened it I pulled out a picture. It was taken from outside and zoomed in enough to see into my livingroom window, and a small cat resting peacefully. Right were Bex's scratch post was...where she would spend her days napping...every day...her favorite spot to relax. I opened the door and saw Bex sitting there still, she lifted her head slowly looking at us before she went back to sleep. I looked back to the picture and swallowed thickly. I turned the picture over and written on the back was a message.

I like your cat.

Fuck.

I looked at Tae and showed him the writing on the back. I closed the door and dropped my bags on the floor walking over to Bex. I picked her up and  held her close to me leaning againt the wall. She relaxed into my hold and started to purr as I stroked her head. Tears were falling down as I came to the realization.

For her safety, she can't stay here.