"Welcome to Magnolia's."

Selena said while drying the glass not looking up who it was this time. She continued drying them until two slender fingers tapped on the desk to draw her attention. Noticing the rings on the hand, it took her no time to guess who the guest was.

"Greetings sir, so what makes you visit here again?"

"What can I do when such beauty presides over this bar?" He winked while removing the face cover.

"Tsk how boastful of you huh..."

"Why are you frowning, you will get wrinkles over there and your boyfriend won't like you then..."

"How many times do I have to tell you he isn't my boyfriend-"

"Yeah, yeah your fiancé or would be husband..."

"Yes, you better remember that when fake flirting with me, okay Mr. Kim?"

"Yes ma'am. now can I get a drink?"

"Your usual?"

"Yes what else?"

"Okay go take a seat, let me do this stuffs first." Selena told him. He, flashing his beautiful smile went to sit on the very specific corner seat in the almost empty bar. It's not like there aren't any people there, but they are ignorant. They don't much of care about who comes and goes. Fishing out his phone he looked at the time and it reads,

23.30

Thirty minutes and after that everybody will rush over to wish him to have a very "happy" birthday and other blah blah blah. "Thousands and hundreds of wishes but I could hardly find the warmth in them... wish I could have one, yeah even one would be enough", he thought to himself.

His daze broke as he heard the clank.

"Here, your drink Taehyung, drink and then leave."

"Yah, are you throwing me out? I can sit here as much as time I want."

"What? You can't just sit here and drink where the thousands of your fans are going crazy for you."

"I know, I love my fans and grateful to them. But I'm tired, people adores moon because watching it made them feel romantic but do they ever thought how lonely the moon is?" Tae said holding the Margarita glass.

Selena let out a sigh and looked at Tae with sad eyes. Tae smiled at her and continued ,

"Congratulations on your marriage life sweets, I'm happy for you."

"And happy birthday to you, there's still two minutes left but yeah..."

"Thank you Selena Bradly, love ya."

"love ya more"

"yikes..." Tae faked his disgust to lighten up both their moods.
They were giggling at that when the bell on the door jingled notifying someone just came.

Selena was about to welcome the guest but Tae yelled before her, making her giggle more.

"Welcome to Magnolia's." Tae loudly said to the unseen guest then sips his drink. Selena smiled and went to the counter.

00:12

12 minutes. The internet would be going crazy by the messages after messages, wishes after wishes. He never denies the love his fans give him, but sometimes he needs closure too. He needs someone to hold him, to kiss his forehead, wish him birthday with a handmade cake, with one rose. He doesn't need those expensive bouquets, those beautiful accessories, huge apartment where only warm thing is the heater. His heart is cold and no one seems to notice. The moon is lonely.

Tae was absentmindedly drinking his margarita when a boy went to the stage. His appearance wasn't posh rather it was very simple and... warm. The boy was nervously went to the stage almost tripping over his shoe laces. Tae smiled at his clumsiness. Now that he looked at his face, it wasn't sharp or anything... but he was interesting. His messy hair, googly eyes, bunny teeth and nervous smile- was overall charming.

The boy cleared his voice and said on the microphone,

"Hello everyone. I'm JK .Well some of you probably had a rough day and hearing me singing would be the last thing you want to do now. But I will sing today." He said pursing his lips forming a sweet nervous smile. He was clumsy, nervous, funny.

The boy continued- "Cause it is a very special day. Today is the birthday of my sun, my moon, my everything. The love of my life, the air of life, my inspiration, my bae." He giggled a bit then again continued, "I wish you all the happiness peace, may you prosper more, be healthy, be you. Wherever you are remember I'm here for you, and today this song is for you. presenting "Still with you" written by JK.

He glanced around the bar. Tae also followed his eyes. Nah, not a single person was caring about him. Some of them were busy typing on the phone, some busy with their partners, some were dazed. The boy sighed at the sight, and smirked to the ignorance. But little did he know there was a person who still cared.

And then he started singing.

https://youtu.be/faZ2KhKFMbA

(A/N: please read the caption of the video and use headphones. I just love Joonpiter's videos they're beyond amazing.😳😐🤗 )

Tae's eyes widened. His voice was so peaceful, so charming, beautifully decorated. And he is talented. Goodness! Tae was so distracted by his chiseled voice that he ignored the continuous buzzing of his phone. It felt like only Tae and this boy existed in the whole world, everything was paused. His voice did that. Whoever he loves, is the luckiest person in the world, Tae thought.

After few minutes he finished singing. Tae was about clap but his phone rang. He had to take it and it was 25th missed call this time.

He saw the name. Dayeon. His assistant. God, she must be going crazy now. Now it is 26th time and Tae couldn't avoid the call.

"Hello, Kim Taehyung speaking..."

"You still have guts to hello me huh? Where the hell are you now? Get your ass back here right now. We will leave early morning for the press conference tomorrow and you need to sleep."

"Yah, it's my birthday can I not celebrate it for once huh? Just me" Tae rolled his eyes.

"I don't know anything. You're needed that's it. I don't wanna hear anything. Come to apartment right now. I have to do some final paperwork then I will leave. So you better come fast."

"Hmm, okay I'm coming. Bye." Saying that Tae hang up the phone. Now all his attention fixated on the boy. But where is he? He wasn't on stage. But he was....
"oh God, I have to find him."

Tae rushed to the stage but no one's there. He also tried find him here and there but nah, no trace of him.

Selena... his last straw.

He rushed to the counter but unfortunatel Selena wasn't there. On the other hand he was running out of time as his assistant was counting every second.

"JK, all I want to do is now thank you. I wish I could. But don't worry I will find you. I definitely will. Thank you for giving me the best birthday gift even though it wasn't meant for me."

He thought and walked slowly towards his apartment... cold, shivering, lonely but contented.

And the reason behind it is...

Hey lovely people, author here. I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise to publish it on Tae's birthday. T^T. I don't know what is happening with my wattpad but two chapters got delete two times whenever I went to edit them... so yeah I have to publish asap, I do keep backups but still it's frustrating to do again and again. Please bear with me. Love ya all, Cattelya.

P.S. I'm really happy that some of my closest friends are reading this books and supporting so much! UwU love you a lot sweetie pie. Hope you enjoy this book. UwU.