You let out a soft laugh as Seulgi teases Yoongi as he eats. He merely continues eating, occasionally looking over at her.

"Why are you eating your lobster like that?" she questions, pointing towards his arms. His arms are stretched out to avoid any lobster shells or juices to get on his face. He shrugs his shoulders as she asks this.

"You and Seokjin ask me the same question and I never have an answer to it." He says before stuffing some of the lobster meat into his mouth. You laugh as Seulgi begins mimicking him. He merely nudges her before gently grabbing her wrist to get her to stop. "Hey now, don't push it."

"Oh?" she questions before a cat-like grin finds its way across her face. "Why shouldn't I push it, hm? You wouldn't do anything about it." She teasingly pushes his buttons. He merely glances up at you before setting his lobster back onto his plate. He then leans in, whispering something into her ear.

Whatever he's whispering, you don't want to hear it. You're thankful that Yoongi had the decency to not say it out loud in front of you knowing that you're waiting for Taehyung now that he's called you to let you know he's on his way.

Seulgi's grin widens as Yoongi keeps whispering. You can see her fidgeting in her seat, insinuating that whatever he's whispering is sexual.

"Hey," you hear a soft whisper in your ear. You look up and see Taehyung with a wide smile on his face as he stares down at you. You smile softly as you look up at him. Scooting over in the booth, you make room for him as he takes a seat next to you.

Yoongi pulls away from Seulgi's ear to greet Taehyung while Seulgi merely waves at him, speechless from whatever Yoongi told her. Taehyung calls over the waiter and orders his food before he then looks over at you.

"I got you something." He states before pulling out a bouquet of roses. You smile softly down at the flowers before leaning in and giving him a kiss on his cheek. He smiles widely.

"Thank you, that's very sweet." You say while smiling down at the flowers and taking a whiff of them. He then glances up at Yoongi, who has an eyebrow arched. He's given a thumbs up by Taehyung before Yoongi nods his head and then goes back to eating his lobster.

Taehyung lean in and presses his lips gently onto your temple as you gently place the flowers next to you in the booth. You then take a bite of your food and offer him some. He gladly obliges and takes a bite of it, letting out a soft 'mmm' before licking his lips.

"Baby?" he questions. You nod your head.

"Hm?" you question.

"I was at the hospital. I figured I should let you know, I saw my ex-girlfriend." You look up at him as he says this before nodding your head.

"The one who got in the accident?" he nods. "How'd it go?" you ask.

"I apologized to her and she actually appreciated me apologizing." He states. You nod your head and smile softly.

"That's good." You say before taking another bite of your food. "So, now that you apologized, were you able to see how her physical therapy is going?"

"Yeah, she said she can walk a little bit now." He states. "She mentioned she wants to meet you."

"That's great!" you say before taking a sip of your water. "I'd love to meet her."

"Yeah..." he then grows quiet for a second before furrowing his eyebrows. He then bites onto his lower lip for a second before eyeing you. You remain quiet as you wait for him to tell more details. However, upon noticing his silence, you look up at him with your eyebrows raised.

"What?" you ask.

"Why are you..." he drifts off towards the end of his question.

"Why am I... not mad?" you finish. He nods his head. "Because I know you and I trust you." You state.

"Well, yeah, but that much?" he questions. You lift an eyebrow as he says this.

"Should I... not trust you that much?" you question.

"N-no! No reason to not trust me, nothing happened." He responds. You then shrug your shoulders before taking another bite of your food.

"Then yeah, that much."

"I don't understand why you're so chill about this." He states. You then sigh softly before looking up at him as you set your fork back down onto the table.

"Taehyung, you're the sweetest man ever. You had something traumatic happen with your ex-girlfriend on your motorcycle. You think I'm just not going to let you get the closure and healing that you deserve to have?" you question. He grows quiet, lips parting as he tries to respond. You then smile softly before speaking again. "Listen, I know your intentions aren't bad. I know you're not planning on doing something to hurt me. I've already told you that you shouldn't blame yourself for what happened. The fact that you went to go talk to her and apologize without chickening out shows that you're trying to forgive yourself... and I want you to be able to forgive yourself."

He closes his mouth before gulping. His eyes start to water slightly as he stares down at you. You smile gently before reaching for your napkin. You gently dab the napkin onto one of his cheeks when one tear begins to roll down his face.

"I..." he starts. "Y/N, I don't even know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything." You say while shaking your head and smiling at him. "I want you to be happy and trust yourself again. I'm proud of you for seeing her and talking to her again."

He stares down at you before leaning in and pressing his lips against yours in a passionate, long kiss.

Once the kiss is done, he gently rests his forehead against yours while staring into your eyes.

"I love you... a lot." He states. You smile softly as he says this before nodding your head. Reaching your hand up, you gently cup his face while staring into his eyes.

"And I love you." You respond, causing him to smile his wide, boxy smile. "Probably more than you love me, though." His smile now turns into a grin as he playfully narrows his eyes at you.

"Hey now." He states. "That's not true, you know I love you more." He responds.

"Um... we're trying to eat here?" Seulgi interrupts, causing you to laugh and pull your face away from his. You then stick your tongue out at her while she sticks hers back at you before teasingly throwing a breadstick at you. You widen your eyes and throw one back. Seulgi goes to throw another but Yoongi merely gives her a stern look, convincing her to stop.

Taehyung then laughs softly as he looks over at Yoongi. Yoongi merely smiles in approval as the two heard you and Taehyung talking.

Next thing you know, the food is placed in front of Taehyung and he's able to eat with the three of you now.

~~~~~

Towards the end of dinner, the four of you are standing in front of the restaurant. You and Seulgi begin making plans to hang out with Sunmi while Yoongi and Taehyung talk as well. You're currently holding the bouquet of flowers in your hand, occasionally smelling them.

You then glance back at Yoongi and notice him taking occasional glances at Seulgi while she also does the same. You then softly smirk before deciding to ask.

"So..." you start while Seulgi looks at you. "How was it for you two?"

"What? The dinner?" she questions. She then softly laughs before rolling her eyes. "Well, we're going on another date next weekend if that answers your question." She states. This causes you to smile widely as you gently push her.

"Shut up!" you state before laughing softly. "I'm not surprised, though. I could tell the minute he picked us up that he was nervous." This causes Seulgi to laugh softly before looking over at Yoongi again.

"Yeah... I like him." She states before shrugging her shoulders. "Who would've thought that me of all people would actually want a relationship again."

"Well, you do deserve a good one." You state. She smiles softly.

After a few minutes of some more talking, you all begin walking towards the parking lot.

"So, Y/N, did you want me to drive you home or do you want to ride with Taehyung?" Yoongi questions. You then glance over at Taehyung, who merely smiles at you. You then look at Yoongi and shake your head.

"I'm going to go with Taehyung. You two can ride together." You say while smiling. Yoongi nods his head before saying a quick 'goodnight' before opening the door for Seulgi.

"I'll see you for coffee next week." Seulgi says while pointing towards you. You nod your head and grin at her as she then gets into the car as he closes the door for her once you two say your goodnights.

You and Taehyung walk towards his bike as he then takes your helmet, handing it to you. You then smile softly as you look down at it for a second before putting it on your head.

You notice that he customized it.

"You customized my helmet?" you question. He glances up at you before nodding his head and smiling. He buckles his own helmet before gesturing towards yours.

"Yeah... you didn't think that seeing my ex was the only thing I was busy with, did you?" he questions.

The helmet is decorated with small winter bears and it's now painted purple.

"You remembered 'I purple you.'" You state. He lets out a soft laugh.

"How could I forget our phrase, huh?" you smile as he says this before you step towards his bike, putting the helmet on and buckling it. "Now, where to?" he asks while resting his hands on the handlebars of his bike. You tilt your head to the side for a second before smiling softly.

"I want to go on a trip down memory lane." You state before gently resting your head on his shoulder. "Let's go to the place where you first became my bad date bodyguard." You respond. He lets out a soft laugh and nods his head softly.

"Yes, ma'am." He states before revving his engine and driving out of the parking lot.

As the wind is blowing through your hair, you see multiple other places where he's saved you from bad dates. you can't help but smile and close your eyes and reminisce while enjoying the feeling of being on his bike.

While at the red light, Taehyung smiles to himself before glancing back at you with your arms wrapped around his waist and your head rested on his shoulder. He can't help but also reminisce and feel proud of how far the two of you have come.

*****
I still cannot believe that this story is complete now. I feel like it was just yesterday when I first started writing this story. Thank you to everyone who has supported me through this story and through any of my others or all of my others (depending on how many you as individuals have read).

I love using writing as an outlet to things happening in my life and for some reason, I always find the motivation to write when I'm having a hard time in life. The next story that I will be publishing has been helping keep my mind off of stuff happening in my life right now.

I appreciate all of you so much and I hope some of you read my next story as well.

For some background, this next story is more similar to my other story, Voyeurism. I know Voyeurism is a favorite amongst most of my readers so I hope that this upcoming story makes you all just as excited as it makes me while writing it.

I still need to do some pre-writing for the next story but I will be announcing the date I will be posting it soon.

I purple all of you so much.
Kim 💜