You're now stepping into your dorm after hanging out with Taehyung for about three hours.

The two of you had finished your meal and even decided to go for a quick ride on his motorcycle.

You close the door behind you and lock it before immediately stepping towards your closet to grab your pajamas to wear to bed. Sighing to yourself, you think about the conversation you and Taehyung had.

Both of you do deserve someone good. There's no telling to when you're both going to get this, but you're positive it's bound to happen.

Nodding your head, you grab your change of clothes and go to the bathroom. While in there you do your nightly routine of flossing, brushing your teeth, taking a shower, washing your face and doing your skincare for the night.

As you're applying your night-time moisturizer, you tilt your head to the side and stare at yourself in the foggy mirror.

You look different.

It could be that you're now calm knowing that you have a male friend who can give you his encouragement and advice. It could be because you didn't have to waste any time or energy on a bad date tonight. Regardless of which one it is, you're glad that your skin has a subtle glow to it tonight compared to other nights.

You give yourself a quick grin in the mirror before drying your hair and getting dressed in your pajamas.

When you step out of the bathroom, you begin unpacking the purse you used for tonight.

That's when you see that Taehyung had sent you a text message while you were in the shower.

Bad Date Bodyguard: it was nice seeing you tonight. Hope the next time I see you is for fun, not for my part-time job lol

You let out a soft laugh before quickly shaking your head. Your thumbs begin typing out a fast response before you quickly hit send.

Y/N: Don't worry, I won't be going on any dates this week. If I bug you, it's because I want to see Tae, not my bad date bodyguard.

Setting your phone onto your desk, you quickly get into bed and shut the lights off. You allow your head to rest on your comfortable pillow and shut your eyes, taking deep breaths.

After a few seconds, you can't help but move around in your bed in an attempt to get comfortable.

Finally, you find the perfect position to sleep in and you're seconds away from falling asleep.

That is, until you hear a knock on your door.

You let out a frustrated sigh before sitting up in your bed. As you sit up, you narrow your eyes in the direction of the door before taking the lazy approach to answering.

"Who is it and what do you want?" you say loudly enough so that the person behind the door can hear you.

You wait patiently, arching an eyebrow as you stare over at the door.

No response.

You quickly push the blankets off of your body and get up. Walking to your desk, you grab a flashlight in one hand and a heavy book in the other for protection. You creep towards the door before quickly turning on the flashlight and swinging the door open.

Holding the book high in the air, you get ready to attack.

"Listen, if this is one of those stupid fr-" You widen your eyes when you see Lucas standing a few feet away from your door. It appears he had been ready to leave, most likely due to you sounding annoyed. "Lucas? It's eleven. What do you need?" you ask, lowering the hand that's holding the book but still flashing the flashlight at him.

He holds his hand up to shield his eyes from the light.

"You know, there's a hallway light on. You don't need that flashlight." He states, causing you to glance at the flashlight before looking at him again. After contemplating, you turn it off.

"Okay. What are you doing here?" you ask impatiently. He scratches the back of his neck before taking a deep breath.

"I broke off my date with Yuqi for the party." he states. This causes you to raise an eyebrow as you hear this.

"Oh? How come?" he shrugs his shoulders before looking down at the carpet in the hallway.

"I went with her to the last party. I know I already told her 'yes' but I felt really bad saying no to you the other day." He states. You then cross your arms before pressing your lips together.

Finally, the moment you had wanted.

He's asking you.

Sure, it may be by default and guilt. However, it's what you wanted and it's happening.

"So... since I already turned you down, I'll do the asking this time." He states before grinning at you. "Would you like to go with me?" he asks. You tilt your head to the side before thinking about how Seulgi and Sunmi would react.

You can picture Seulgi telling you to have some dignity and not make yourself a second option. While she says this, you can also picture Sunmi nodding in agreement.

If Sunmi is the one to speak first, you can hear her reminding you about the effort you went to tonight to see Taehyung and how it'd be unfair for him. Seulgi would probably agree and encourage you to take Taehyung seeing as how the three of you know that he would be the perfect, ideal date for you.

"Well, see, if you had said yes when I asked you first, we wouldn't have this awkward situation." You respond to Lucas before biting onto your lower lip.

"What awkward situation?"

"I just went on a date with someone tonight and I was going to ask him to go with me the next time I see him." You respond. "I'm sorry, but you missed the opportunity."

There you go. Seulgi and Sunmi would be proud.

If he had said yes in the first place, you know they would've encouraged you to go with him. However, something about him breaking his date off with another woman to ask you because he felt guilty feels wrong. It would feel like a pity date, not a real date.

That's not what you want.

You stare over at Lucas and watch as his smile drops. He then nods his head slowly before scratching the back of his neck.

"Oh... um..." he starts before growing quiet for a few more seconds. You merely stare at him, not feeling bad for turning him down because you know your reason is valid. He presses his lips together for a second before nodding again. "My mistake. I really did miss my opportunity."

"I'm sure Yuqi would still go with you. You did say yes to her first, after all." You respond. He nods his head before taking a deep breath.

"Yeah but not without me getting scolded first." He says before laughing. You're not sure how to reply to this because he would deserve it.

What would he expect her to do? Be chipper and happy after he tells her that he went to ask another girl, she said no, so now he can go with her again? You're certain most girls would scold him, some would probably slap him as well.

"Alrighty." He says before clapping his hands together. "Well, I'm glad you had a good date tonight and I'm glad you found someone to go to the party with. I'll uh... see you in class." He says. You nod before giving an awkward smile.

Once you watch as he starts walking down the hall, you close the door and lock it once more before taking a deep breath.

Once your door was closed, Lucas turned to look back at you once more only to see the white paint on the door staring back at him. He furrows his eyebrows, now definitely sure that something is off with you.

You never act like that towards him. You're always sweet and kind, always eager to talk to him. Now, you're just... distant?

He finds that alarming.

After staring at the door for a few seconds, he then shakes his head and leaves the hallway, going back to his own dorm.

You, meanwhile, are in your room, shaking your head. You go back to your bed and get underneath the covers once more to get back to the tired state you were in.

Already aware that it'll take you forever to fall asleep, you decide to turn on some music.

Shuffling through your playlists, you end up on the newest one you created. You had created this one when you first found out that Taehyung liked Frank Sinatra. He had recommended some good songs of his to listen to after you two talked that day.

Deciding to shuffle this playlist, the song "Sleep Warm" by Frank Sinatra begins playing.

While you allow yourself to listen to the music, you type out a draft of a text message for Seulgi and Sunmi. You wanted to remember what just happened in the morning to give them every detail.

Y/N: Lucas just asked me to be his date and I said no.

You close the app without sending the text message. After this, you set your phone down on your desk once more before resting your head on your pillow once more.

You can't help but relax and smile as you listen to the song, feeling the melatonin in your body rising once more. Eventually, you fall asleep after the song is finished.

And unbeknownst to you, the exact same Frank Sinatra song was playing in Taehyung's bedroom that night as he read the last text message you had sent him.

He, too, fell asleep with a smile on his face.

*****
I hope all of you are having a great first few weeks of the new year. I've been working out more, eating healthier, and have been trying to brainstorm more writing ideas.

I did a poll already but I will be releasing a story similar to Voyeurism involving Yoongi this time!

I probably won't release it yet because this story isn't finished being written either but I wanted to give all of you a head's up considering Voyeurism is my most popular book.

I purple all of you.
Kim 💜