"pardon?"

"please pretend to be my girlfriend. please!" he implores and i stare at him in confusion because of the word pretend. "please, it's super important!"

i lightly click my tongue— he literally got my hopes up for a second. i ignore him and move onto another table to wipe it clean. "what for?" my voice is low.

"please soo yeong ah~," he takes my hand in his stopping me from fulfilling my duties, "this girl won't leave me alone since yesterday. help me out please." he has his unique crying face on and my eye twitches.

"no," i say flatly. i'm still mad at him because he didn't tell me how he knows luhan.

"soo yeong ah~," he cries. "i'll do anything." his implores desperately.

i look at him with a smirk, "anything?"

he nods his head and suddenly i hear the café bell jingle. i peep at the entrance from behind a startled taehyung, "it's her!" he says biting his lips.

my eyes lands on the figure and my jaw drops to the floor, "omo! taehyung!" i whisper yell, quickly pulling taehyung under the table with me.

luckily the café tables has this vertical piece of wood that's supporting the table so from where that person is standing, they won't be able to see us.

a blush fills my cheeks as i look at taehyung whose mere inches from me and i fiddle to cover my legs as i feel my heart beat race within it's cage but on the other hand taehyung looks absolutely lost at my sudden behaviour.

i peep out from under the table and notice the person whose sporting a short pink dress talking to an almost panicked looking yoongi- whose no longer behind the register.

"soo yeong ah~?" taehyung's voice is filled with confusion and i go back under the table. "do you know ah ro as well?"

i nod, "she can't know i work here, i'll be dead if she finds out."

"dead?" he questions.

"not literally pabo," i shake my head. "she'll tell her mom then my only allowance will get taken away."

"wait... so... she's your sister?" taehyung assumes, "but she's hyungsik and you're min? i'm confused." he scratches his head.

"ew! no taehyung. i said her mom not our mom," i almost gag. "and she's my step sister. did you not know that?"

he mouths an oh and shakes his head but suddenly i notice hoseok, yoongi and ah ro passing the table which taehyung and i are under. hoseok oppa has a plate of sliced cake in his hand and is mentioning something about ah ro being the hundred customer of the day. i smile at hoseok's idea. he's smart.

where as yoongi walks behind her, inching her toward the back of the café. he also covertly motions for taehyung and i to find another hiding place. i push on taehyung's arm, "quick, lets go."

we get out from under the table and quickly run behind the counter and plop onto the floor. if we stay here we'll definitely be safe. we sit still breathing in and out, allowing the little adrenaline rush to slowly subside.

"so does this mean yoongi hyung is your father?" taehyung suddenly asks. i look at him with a raised eyebrow and my mouth hangs agape.

honestly how the heck does he think of such things.

"why would you ask that?" disbelief evident in my voice.

he shrugs, "you're min, he's min... so two and tw-" he pokes his index fingers together but i interject.

"you're kim but you don't see me asking if seokjin oppa or namjoon-nim is your father?" i deadpan.

he chuckles awkwardly, "you have a point."

"taehyung oppa!" i hear ah ro's voice from just behind the counter. i pull my knees up to my chest and taehyung looks at me shooketh while mouthing oppa. i hear the bell go off once again and then the door shuts.

after a while i notice yoongi oppa plop down on his usual seat behind the register, "i need a nap now." he sighs.

"it's probably the most you've moved in five years." hoseok's voice follows shortly after yoongi's.

"thank you oppa's," i smile brightly, "you two take really good care of me."

"if i get sick after this, i'm sueing you soo yeong ya~." yoongi scrunches up his nose.

i chuckle and taehyung makes a move to get up but i pull on his arm.

"you two should stay down there, what if she comes back." hoseok suggests and taehyung nods.

taehyung sits crossed legged in front of me, "what are we supposed to do now?"

"you can tell us why the hell she's calling you oppa all of a sudden." yoongi's voice is blunt.

"ye," hoseok looks at taehyung with curious eyes.

"well..." taehyung pouts. "i helped her out yesterday and now she wants me to be her boyfriend." he looks down and fiddles with his fingers. "i don't know how to reject a girl without hurting her feelings so i'm trying to avoid her."

i stare at taehyung. he doesn't want to hurt her feelings. what did the heavens add when they were creating this boy. i feel my heart rate accelerate. he's the kind of boy you'll only find in anime, c-drama's or k-drama's.

"my hearteu," hoseok clutches his chest. "what a sweet boy." i laugh at hoseok oppa's reaction.

"tell us exactly what you did? because love at first sight certainly doesn't exist." yoongi scoffs.

taehyung shoves his hands into his blazer pockets, "she hasn't seen me for the first time, we actually see each other at lunch but she never noticed me until i helped her out when she injured herself."

"injured herself?" i repeat.

taehyung nods, "i don't know how it happened but i noticed that her hand was bruised so i wrapped it up with my handkerchief, and she kept staring at me. i felt awkward."

"omo, this is k-drama worthy," hoseok claps and i say nothing, instead i just stare into space feeling nostalgic.

suddenly i feel a something hit my head pulling me out of my trance. i look to the floor to see a sugar sachet, "what's this for?"

"and you have nothing to say on this matter?" yoongi throws another sachet and it hits my forehead.

"yah yoongi oppa!" i yell throwing it back then slump. "taehyung's story makes me feel nostalgic." i look at taehyung with a pout.

"how so?" hoseok asks and taehyung bites his lip in anticipation.

"i remember doing a similar act during winter break when i ran an errand for the dragon lady."

"the dragon lady?" taehyung looks confused.

"mrs. hyungsik." hoseok states and taehyung laughs.

"aish, these children and their sappy love stories." yoongi says dryly.

"i don't know who he is!" i counter. "but i have this feeling that i've met him before."

"soo yeong ah~?" taehyung tugs on my blazer sleeve. i turn to face him. "you wanted to know how i know luhan right?" he smiles.

i stare at him perplexed, why bring this up all of a sudden?

"where is this going?" hoseok asks and yoongi sighs.

"just watch," taehyung looks at hoseok and his hand shuffles in his blazer pocket, "it's because of you," he finally pulls out something from his pocket and holds it in front of me.

"what's that?" yoongi asks and i stare in shock.

"it's the bandaid soo yeong gave me when she helped me," he places it in my hands and i analyse it, "during that winter break." he drops a bomb shell.

i confirm it as the same bandaid i have on my fingers but it's unused, did he keep the spare bandaid i gave him as a memento? oh my life.

hoseok cries in the background, "that means you helped taehyung that day! this is so cute. uwu."

i drop the bandaid and slide toward taehyung stopping stop mere inches from him. he looks at me nervously and i cover the bottom half of his face staring at him whilst his eyes hold surprise.

"omo," i breath putting my hands over my mouth in shock. i move foward again and stare at his eyes and i can feel his trembling breath on my face, "those eyelids, it really is you..." he looks at me bewildered.

"this child's losing her mind, hoseok do something before i get sick." yoongi says throwing multiple sugar sachets at my head.

"let this play out. stop being so grumpy." hoseok goes over to yoongi.

"i can't forget those eyelids and your hair colour is different now." i touch his scarlet locks.

taehyung laughs nervously and removes my hands from his hair settling it down on my thighs, "soo yeong ah~, thank you."

"what for?" i look down to see his hands are still over mine. i blush.

"for being kind that day even though you weren't well." he smiles shyly.

my face lights up in realisation. this is what he meant by being kind again that day in english class because the stranger was him. and why did he have to remind me about me fainting that day. i cover my face in embarrassment.

"she's breaking," yoongi says and hoseok drops beside me, "what's wrong?" he asks patting my back.

"nothing," i look up, smiling shyly. "and you're welcome taehyung."

he smiles his boxy smile, "now that that's over..." he keeps the bandaid in his pocket. "someone needs to tell my why you all call mrs. hyungsik, the dragon lady."

yoongi, hoseok and i all let out an exasperated sigh.

i get up while yoongi turns in his chair facing the café door and staring blankly at it whereas hoseok is still on the floor with a look of surprise, "yah! why do i have to be the one!?"

a/n: annyeong! im back with another update. i hope you liked it!

question: what are your thoughts on taeyeong? (taeyeong being the ship name of taehyung and soo yeong).
my answer: i personally love them.
i hope to read your thoughts on them!

FIREEEEEEE OH OH OH BOW WOW WOW!...(IM SORRY I LOST IT THERE...BUT THAT ISN'T SOMETHING NEW😂).

~author-nim 💜