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"이십오"

TAEHYUNG TOOK WHAT JIMIN TOLD HIM to heart despite his threat at the end. That he'd to love Aspen because she was broken on the inside. But it was so much beyond that. Taehyung had so many reasons to love Aspen.

He showed her that he loved her through kisses and kind words. He made her all the tea and coffee that she could ever want and did everything she asked him to without hesitation. He cleaned the house spotless while she worked and gave her shoulder massages when she got stressed.

But he couldn't bring himself to say those words to her. Just three simple words that held so much weight and importance. It wasn't that Taehyung didn't love her because he did. He loved her with his whole heart. Helplessly so.

Or that's what he thinks.

Taehyung didn't tell her that he loved her because he didn't exactly know what love really was. He's heard different definitions of it, but none of them even scratched the surface of what he felt. What he felt was something beyond words and to try to make it conform to the boundaries of language would be a disservice.

He absolutely adored Aspen. He adored her bronze skin, her dark, curly hair, her plump lips, her smile, her everything. And it was heaven waking up to someone so beautiful in the morning and going to sleep with her in his arms at night.

This was more than love.

As they lied in bed, a clutter of limbs and comforters, watching a new show called 'You' , Taehyung looked down at her and smiled. Aspen could feel his burning gaze against her skin and looked up to return his gaze. "What?" She asked him in a soft whisper, confused as to why he was staring at her. His eyes reflected the light of the TV in the darkness.

He shook his head, admiring her face for a moment. "Nothing...you're just really beautiful." Taehyung told her, leaning down a bit to kiss her lips in a few soft pecks.

Aspen grinned as they kissed. "Where'd you get that from?" She asked between the little kisses Taehyung insisted on placing against her lips. He sighed with a lopsided smile. He had been found out. "A movie I think." He scratched his head through his thick head of hair. It had been growing out a lot over these few months, now he couldn't see unless his hair was out of his face. Aspen had given him a headband to help.

Aspen chuckled with amusement before reaching up to thread her fingers into his hair. "You need to get a haircut. You're hair is so long." Taehyung waved the idea, though he leaned deliberately into her touch. "I can just tie it back. I don't need to cut my hair." He told her.

She puckered her lips before kissing her teeth. "That would be so sexy. We are not going to cut your hair until I get to see that." She would love to see Taehyung walk around with his hair tied back out of his face, maybe while he makes breakfast. The thought made her toes curl and a shiver of satisfaction to skid down her spine.

Taehyung smiled at this and kissed her head before moving away from her and slipping out of bed. He walked around the bed and out of the room into the bathroom to grab a pack of hairbands. "Right now?" Aspen asked, sitting up in bed upon seeing the bands in his hands. Taehyung nodded, climbing back into bed. He grabbed a hairband and gave it to Aspen before turning his back to her. He wanted her to put his hair up.

Aspen sighed, a whisper of a smile playing across her lips as she got up on her knees behind him. She ran her fingers through his silky hair, nails scratching lightly at his scalp which makes Taehyung purr. She grabs as much as she can and this it up with the hair band.

Taehyung turned around to look at her. "How do I look?" A few strands still fall over his face and curl against the nape of his neck. For once, she can see the entirety of his face. His sharp features make him look uniquely beautiful. He was truly one of a kind, and not just because he wasn't from Earth.

Aspen was definitely right. "You look so sexy." She murmured, kissing him. She came around and straddled his lap, kissing him hard. Their chest were pressed against each other, Taehyung's hands gripped her thighs and Aspen's hands went around his head, pulling out the bun, making his black hair fall messily so that she could run her fingers through his curls.

They could do this right now. Both were in the right mood and there was nothing that could possibly interrupt them. Yeontan was downstairs and the door was closed.

Taehyung turned his head, his lips placing heated kisses along the curve of her jaw and down the supple skin of her neck. He was filled with a feeling he had never felt before, and if he had, it was in very short bursts.

Arousal.

"Tae...T-Taehyung." Aspen breathed out in a small, breathy moan. Taehyung hummed against her skin, still kissing, leaving small hickeys where his lips sucked.

Aspen, slowly started rocking her hips against his, causing a moan to come from Taehyung from the friction. She could feel something growing beneath her, pressing against her inner thigh and it doesn't seem that it would stop growing anytime soon.

Was this the moment that they were going to do it? Taehyung was scared. It felt good in the moment, but he wasn't sure what to do. What was happening? His body was doing...something and he feared it. Was this supposed to be happening?

Aspen started to trail her hand lower, over his shoulder and down his chest and abdomen. She was close to his show of arousal when Taehyung grabbed her hand.

"I...I can't." He whispered, his eyes closed shut with fear. Taehyung slowly opened them to look at Aspen to see her reaction. She was frozen on top of him, caught by surprise. It was slightly confusing. Most of the men she dated wanted to have sex as soon as possible. She had to remember that he wasn't them. Taehyung didn't understand human things, she never considered on of those things would be arousal.

She bit her lip and nodded, moving off and away from Taehyung. "Okay." She spoke slowly, not taking the rejection lightly. She felt embarrassed. Her face was hot and she couldn't bring herself to look at him. "Yeah, I'm sorry." Why would she throw herself at him like that? Does she have no shame? What's wrong with her? Fuck.

Taehyung reached out for her, taking her wrist in his hand to stop her from running away. "It's nothing you did. I just... don't think that I'm ready. I've never done this before." He pulled her to him. "I'm sorry." The told her, wiping away the few tears that shed from her eyes. He didn't want her to cry. He didn't mean to hurt her.

Aspen shook her head, sniffling. "You don't need to apologise. I just need to get my shit together." She chuckled sadly.

Taehyung pulled her close and kissed her head. "Let's do something else." He told her. "Let me do your hair." He grinned, wanting so desperately for her to stop crying, for her to be happy again. He never wanted to be the cause for her sadness.

Aspen nodded and wiped her tears, smiling tightly. "I wish you luck though. I can barely manage to do my own hair." She chuckled softly.

Happy. Happy was good. Taehyung did good. He made her happy again.

He grabbed two hairbands and kneeled behind her. Taehyung tried his best to part her hair without a comb. He put the front into two buns. It was a bit of a mess, but that was fine.

"Ooh, let me put your hair into buns and we can take a picture." Aspen spoke, grabbing two more hairbands from the pack.

She quickly out his hair into two twin buns before grabbing her phone and opening up the camera.

Taehyung looked at the camera with a confused expression. It was his own reflection.

Aspen turned and kissed his cheek while snapping a picture, catching Taehyung of guard.

"You look so cute." She giggled at the picture, Taehyung's confused expression matched with his buns as she kissed his cheek.

Aspen forced him into a few more pictures, her mood brightening each time she took one until she was back into her playful mood from before.

Eventually, they both fell asleep in each other's arms, buns still in their head and the TV still playing in front of them.

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So, when I asked if you guys wanted to see some smut. Most if you said yes and I was gonna have it in this chapter, but I decided to have it in a different chapter...maybe next chapter idk

We are nearing the end of the journey of Taehyung and Aspen's strange love story. It is sad, but I'm also happy. I can start working on other projects.

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

사랑해

~Kay ( ╹▽╹ )