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"스물"

IT WAS GETTING PRETTY LATE when Aspen decided that it was time for Taehyung and herself to head home. She was growing tired, literally and emotionally. Her social batter was drained and all she wanted was to find her way back into bed.

Everyone was sad to see them leave (besides Jimin towards Taehyung who was rather happy to see him leave, just not with Aspen) and said their goodbyes. Hugging Aspen and Taehyung goodbye.

Jimin held Aspen tight, glaring venomously at Taehyung over her shoulder. He kissed her cheek as he had done before. Taehyung just looked away, wanting to leave as quickly as possible.

So this was what jealously felt like? It tasted bitter on his tongue.

"Come on, let's go home." She murmured as she let go of Jimin, reaching out to grab Taehyung's hand, leaving him back towards the front door in the foyer.

Taehyung couldn't be any happier. He enjoyed his time with Jin, Hoseok, Yoongi, and Jungkook, but most certainly not with Jimin. His social battery was drained as well. They were both in mutual agreement that it was time for them to head off.

Aspen opened the door, revealing the world of powdery white snow that covered the ground and the snow that fell lightly from the sky. She pulled Taehyung out of the door, but before he completely did so, he caught the sight of Jimin's smiling charmingly, wickedly at him.

And then he was gone as Taehyung left out of the door, closing it behind himself.

As he stepped into the snow, it seemed to melt away around his feet, just as the snow that fell around him melted back into water and once more, he started steaming. He steamed, the water evaporated around him.

Aspen chuckled. "Come on before someone sees you." She muttered softly, her breath forming into fog in front of her, clear as a cloud.

Taehyung walked around to the passenger side of the car and got in while Aspen got into the driver's seat. He let out a sigh as he could now finally relax without the burning urge to attack that silver-haired man for even looking at Aspen the wrong way.

He leaned his head back against the back of the seat, swallowing his saliva which made his Adam's Apple, which poked prominently from his throat bob up and down.

"Are you okay? You seem stressed." Aspen asked him as she pushed the key into the keyhole, though she didn't turn it. She was awaiting Tae's answer.

He nodded. "Yes, I am fine. Just tired." His voice was soft and deep with a tired mutter. He was tired, tired of hearing what Jimin had said about her in the kitchen hours ago. It kept replaying in his head. Over and over, driving him to the brink, on the edge of snapping at the man who told him all those things about her.

Aspen wasn't sure if he was telling the truth, so she sighed, now turning the key. "We can go to sleep when we get home."

Taehyung looked to her. "Can I sleep in your room tonight?" He asked her, hoping that she'd say yes. Some days he'd sleep in her room, other days, he'd sleep in the living room on the couch.

He much perfered sleeping with her to anything else.

Aspen didn't have to think about it even for a moment. She'd much rather be curled up with Taehyung keeping her warm in the night. "Yeah." She spoke before putting the gears into drive.

The car ride back home was silent for the most part. Taehyung stared out of the window into the dark night as he did hours ago. Their hands clasped together on the middle console just as last time.

This time, the car ride seemed longer, though it was the same exact amount of time.

When Aspen pulling into her driveway, Taehyung got out of the car before the car even came to a complete stop. He walked away towards the front door and waited for Aspen to turn off the engine at the door.

"Someone's eager." She spoke under her breath, though Taehyung could easily hear her loud and clear as she unlocked and opened the door. In reality, he was simply tired, confused, angry in many ways. He never realized how complicated humans were.

The second it opened, Yeontan was right there, yapping away, jumping, tail wagging with excitement at the arrival of his owner.

Taehyung was sure not to accidentally kick the dog as he moved into the house, with the little thing running around in front of him and all.

Aspen bent down and picked up her dog, holding him in her arms and she kicked the door close with her foot. She kissed his head, allowing the dog to lick her chin before putting him back down to take off her shoes and her coat.

Taehyung had already walked off upstairs, dragging himself up the steps before making his way into Aspen's room. He slowly unclothed himself with each step he took, ruffling his hair as he pulled off his sweater over his head.

He was basically naked by the time he reached her room, quick to change in some more comfortable clothing to sleep in.

Aspen stayed downstairs for a bit to feed Yeontan and make sure that everything was locked before going upstairs to join her lover.

Taehyung had just pulled a loose t-shirt over his head when Aspen came into the room. He looked over to her for a moment before walking over to her. Aspen watched as he approached her and reached out to her, placing his hands on her hips as he pressed his chest against hers.

Taehyung kissed her, just a soft peck at first, and then a few, and then they were in a full lip lock, Taehyung kissing feverishly and with a feral desire to claim her. He was getting good at this, extremely skilled with his practice runs with Aspen.

She smiled as they broke away. "You are so jealous." She chuckled softly. "You just kept glaring at Jimin as if you wanted to strangle him." He had nothing to worry for. Aspen wasn't interested in Jimin any more. The affair that they had was nothing more than a rebound.

Taehyung snorted before pulling his lips back tightly. "He kept looking at you. His eyes were full of lust and I hated it." He pushing his words through his teeth, seething with anger.

Aspen sighed, putting her arms around Taehyung in a tight hug. She lied her head against his chest. "I won't lie, Jimin and I...have had a bit of a past. We were sleeping together, no strings attached so that I could hopefully get over my asshole boyfriend at the time."

Taehyung listened to her, remaining silent until she finished.

"It was nothing important. After a while I did get over him and I told Jimin we should just remain friends and stop this. He agreed and went along his way. He flirts with everyone, so that's why I wasn't worried about him. Plus," she out her hands on his chest, smiling up at him, "I'm interested in someone else."

She got up on her toes as kissed him, just a quick kiss before pulling out of his hold.

Aspen turned her back to him and grabbed the hem of her shirt, pulling it over her body and off over her head, tossing it to the side.

She turned back to him with a raised brows. "You gonna get in bed or are you just gonna sit there and watch get naked, perv?" She asked with a teasing smirk.

Taehyung's eyes widened and he quickly covered his eyes, his cheeks becoming flushed with red. "I'm sorry!" He spoke, flustered, his cuteness only making Aspen more amused. "I was joking."

Taehyung turned away and got into bed, waiting with his eyes closed as Aspen changed into a t-shirt and some shorts. She walked over and got into bed, sliding in beside Taehyung as she pulled the blankets over herself.

"You're so cute." She whispered, causing Taehyung's eyes to flutter open as he looked at her with those sparking innocent eyes.

He leaned forward and kissed her. This was a tired kiss, a soft one, a goodnight kiss.

Taehyung enjoyed kissing her. He needed to taste her on his lips or he felt as though he'd go insane. He needed her like he needed air to breathe. He didn't need her.

But he wanted her. And that was even better than needing her.

As selfish as it seemed, he wanted her to himself. He didn't want anyone else to have her besides himself. Taehyung knew that he didn't know much about being human, but he'd try his hardest for her. He'd be good for her.

He'd be something that she could openly claim. He didn't know what happened earlier, but he didn't want it to happen again.

Taehyung didn't speak his mind on this, instead he stayed quiet as Aspen lied with him, her body slightly on top of his as he held her close to him.

"I love you" was in the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say it, not without actually knowing what it meant. He also didn't want to scare her away. He didn't know the depth of saying "I love you" to a person.

Being human was hard, especially in the love department.

*.✧ Kᴀʏs Eɴᴅɪɴɢ Nᴏᴛᴇs

Im so excited to wear my new boots to school tomorrow. This is the only time ever when I'm excited to go to school. I kinda wanna step on someone. Will someone let me step on them?

Thank you all for reading. I hope you guys enjoyed and I wish you all a wonderful day/night.

사랑해

~Kay (=｀ェ'=)