It was an early morning for Italy. The sky was being painted in romantic, orange-ish hues of the sun rising up, the sea's waves were calmly moving and hitting the beach, birds chirping happily and greeting the new day.

Since it was six am, the streets weren't really filled with people - yet. It was a serene time of day, on which Jeongguk woke up, which was quite unusual for him. But yesterday, he just had a rough, restless night.

So as he opened his sleepy eyes, he quickly covered his sight with his hand with a dissatisfied expression on his face, since the sunlight shining through the binds of his window was also hitting his eyes.

With a groan, he decided to just turn around messily and sleep some more. There was still plenty of time until Jin's pizzeria was about to open, which was around eleven am. Thus, he couldn't care less when he cuddled into the soft cushions of his fluffy bed, smiling as he felt all warm and wrapped up into his blanket.

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The next time he opened his eyes, the sky was already colored in a cheerful, light blue color. The birds stopped chirping, and sounds of annoying traffic in front of his apartment were basically forcing him to wake up.

Another groan escaped Jeongguk's rosy lips, turning around to the other side, to take a look at the clock which was standing on his desk.

And when he did that, he blinked slowly multiple times, mind progressing the numbers he has been seeing.

And when he did that, his eyes grew wide.

"Fuck" was the only thing that left his mouth before he literally jumped out of his warm cushions, to stumble to his opened closet to change into anything that reminded him of something similar to his work uniform as fast as he could, to hurry to his workplace.

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Taehyung was sitting outside on a bench, right next to Jin's handsome pizzeria, head low, with a wonderful, big bouquet of lots of different, shiny flowers in his hands.

He didn't care that he has been waiting for three hours straight, and probably even more- since he arrived earlier at the place, having thoughts about Jeongguk maybe coming to work earlier than the pizzeria was opening.

However, it was 14 pm already, and Jeongguk still wasn't there. He even asked the owner of the restaurant if Jeongguk arrived yet, but he didn't. Taehyung was devastated.

He left the place yesterday after he saw Jeongguk going inside some staff room, realizing that he has been making the boy quite nervous and tense. He suddenly felt bad about it, since he didn't want to make Jeongguk feel any negative emotions towards him.

Thus, he decided to leave the place, so that when Jeongguk would come out, he could be relieved about not being stalked anymore.

And right now at that moment, Taehyung was supposed to sit in a plane, to fly back to South-korea, back home.

But he didn't just want to leave Jeongguk like that. He extended his vacation for one further day, just to give him this bouquet of flowers as an apology for making him so uncomfortable yesterday, and also to gain a chance to talk with him properly.

Any other would have probably said that it's stupid from Taehyung to just extend some vacation for a stranger. For someone who maybe didn't give any shits about him. Who just didn't care.

But for Taehyung, he felt as if Jeongguk wasn't just a stranger.

Jeongguk was a beautiful, soft boy, with the cutest smile, who deserved all the happiness on this world. Someone he felt attracted to physically, but also mentally.

Thus, he didn't plan leaving anytime soon. He was ready to wait for the next hours, even if there was a risk of Jeongguk not arriving at all. He was ready to sit and wait here all day long until he'd arrive.

After he thought that with a soft smile plastered on his face, he looked up at the sky, enjoying the breeze. He stayed like that for a while, when something in the corner of his eye caught his attention.

He turned his head to the side of the pizzeria quickly, and his eyes enlargened, heartbeat accelerated, lips parted a little.

A boy was running along the paveway, wearing a deep-ocean blue button up shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and black tight jeans with an also black belt. His hair was already messy, and the wind wasn't making it any better. He was panting as he ran as fast as he could, finally arriving at three-four steps that lead up, through the long terrace, to the entrance.

Taehyung gasped, the rush of energy inside him causing him to stand up quickly and rush towards the boy, who was currently taking a break from running, panting hard and bending down, catching his breath.

Taehyung's steps slowed down the closer he was arriving to the boy, and his heart was beating so loudly he wondered why no one else could hear it.

Jeongguk slowly raised himself up again, wiping off the sweat of his forehead and noticing a presence next to him. His eyes shifted to the side and- just as Taehyung's, his eyes grew big.

"Ah- uhm-" Taehyung stuttered as they both stood there, looking at each other, being equally overwhelmed by their personal meeting. Jeongguk flattered his longish eyelashes, and Taehyung was too flashed with the sight his beauty that popped up in front of his eyes to notice how Jeongguk's cheeks were slowly tinting into a crimson red.

"This- this is for you," Taehyung spoke, and suddenly showed him the giant bouquet of beautiful flowers. Jeongguk's eyes remained the same enlargened size, now staring at the flowers, his heart hammering loudly against his chest at the surprise.

"O-oh! Oh.. uhm—" Jeongguk started, blinking as he didn't really know how to react to such a wonderful present. He was slowly taking the bouquet in front of him into his hands, pulling closer to admire and sniff the flowers softly with a fond smile on his lips, that made Taehyung's heart skip a beat, but also encouraged him to speak.

"I-I wanted to apologize for making you so uncomfortable yesterday. I'm sorry for watching you all the time but- you're just so mesmerizingly beautiful, I couldn't help it." Taehyung explained, scratching the back of his head kind of shyly.

"Oh! no no- you weren't making me uncomfortable at all- well, maybe at the beginning, but... uh.. i-it's fine.. you didn't need to buy me such beautiful flowers, uhm- thank you very much.." Jeongguk murmured, hiding his face a tiny bit behind these flowers due to the shyness and fluster he felt, looking down somewhere and feeling stupid for talking so quietly.

Taehyung noticing that, started to chuckle fondly, and later on smiled warmly at the boy. He absolutely loved his cute reaction, how humbly he received his flowers, and how surprisingly shy he seemed. At first, at least.

"No problem, beautiful. But... uhm.." Taehyung started, eyes shifting to the side where the restaurant was. Suddenly, a crazy idea popped into his mind.

"But...?" Jeongguk continued curiously, tilting his head slightly. It was then Taehyung suddenly grabbed his wrist, pulling him slightly closer which made him yelp shortly and become startled a bit, blinking.

"Today- today's my last day." Taehyung murmured, staring into his eyes in which he was losing himself deeply, not knowing that Jeongguk felt the same way. "Oh" he let out, slight disappointment hearable in his voice.

"That's why... let's do something crazy." Taehyung suggested in a whisper, eyes glued to his.

Jeongguk was taken aback slightly, frowning. "Something... crazy? Like what?" He asked, being excited a little.

"Ditch work and spend the day with me. Just today." Taehyung whispered, now also grabbing his other wrist that was holding the bouquet and pulling the hand also close, so that the only thing in the little space between them were flowers, and a bit of tension.

Hope was filling Taehyung's eyes as he stared at the overwhelmed, but also pensive-looking Jeongguk, praying in his mind that he'd say yes.

Jeongguk seemed hesitant, which he noticed when he saw him take a quick glance towards the restaurant. "I-if they scold you, push the fault all on me, please. Make something up! uh, tell them I.. kidnapped you and held you captive for a day, and—"

An amused, sweet chuckle caused Taehyung to stop his nervous blabbering. He looked at the younger, realized how fast his heart was beating just by him wearing that beautiful smile.

"K-kidnap me? Gosh, is that really the first thing you'd think about to tell your boss?" he asked, still giggling and looking at him with a doubtful, cute smile. A smile which was contagious to the elder because he soon smiled back warmly, not knowing he was giving Jeongguk the same effects that he was giving him.

"You're right- sorry, it was a stupid idea, I-I just.. really want to spend time with you, please." Taehyung panicked slightly, gripping tighter onto his wrists and looking like a lost, yet hopeful puppy. Jeongguk snorted at that sight, finding it funny how just yesterday, he seemed totally dominant with a rather rough personality, and now he was just really soft and gentle. An adorable puppy.

"It's fine, it's fine. Let's just go before they spot me standing here" Jeongguk smiled, looking away shortly due to the wave of shyness he felt. Taehyung widened his eyes at that sentence, realizing what it meant. Then, he gasped, a boxy smile appearing on his lips as he cheered on the inside, a smile which Jeongguk secretly admired.

"Let's go then, beautiful! My rented motorbike is close nearby." he whispered with a smile, a slight smirk, and pulled him with him as he started rushing the opposite side from which Jeongguk came from.

However Jeongguk furrowed his eyebrows as he was dragged by Taehyung at a fast pace because he suddenly remembered that he forgot to ask him something quite important.

"Ah- w-wait! What's- what's your name?" Jeongguk asked curiously, feeling weird since he didn't ask for it any time sooner. Taehyung smiled back at him, hand still gripped tightly on his free wrist as they were fleeing from Jeongguk's workplace, together.

"My name is Taehyung, but you can just call me Tae."