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| 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. |

Taehyung P.O.V

"Are you flirting with me?"

I heard Yuri say slowly. Am I flirting with her?

I didn't know.

However, I didn't give any sort of reaction, and just continued staring at her. Yuri exhaled, and the very next moment, I felt a sharp sting, of the needle I assumed.

It did hurt, but I couldn't really feel much of the pain. Maybe because I was so engrossed in looking at Yuri.

Whatever the case, I didn't stop looking at her. The way her eyebrows were scrunched in concentration, a tiny bit of her tongue peeking through her lips, the way the sheen of sweat on her forehead was highlighted by the light, I saw everything.

As much as I think her entire face is beautiful, her eyes were what really caught me when we had first met.

Her eyes were similar to that of a fox. They were so uniquely shaped and fit perfectly with her personality.

Mysterious, alluring, confident, beautiful, with a hint of boldness.

Every time we saw each other, my gaze would automatically fix onto her eyes, to admire their distinctive charm.

My musings were interrupted when I heard her take a deep breath. The silence wasn't uncomfortable, but I somehow felt the need to speak up.

"Do you know, I'm not feeling any pain right now? Wanna know why?" I asked Yuri, who was still focused on my wound.

"Why?" She responded, her forehead, which was previously scrunched, visibly relaxing.

"Because I was staring at you. Looking at you makes me forget about the bad things," I said, internally eager to see her reaction.

Usually when I say such things to her, she either blushes furiously and hits me, or stutters an excuse before scurrying away.

Right now, she can do neither.

To my disappointment, she did nothing, and instead,  just stared at my chest.

"Taehyung. Why are you doing this to me?" She muttered, still not meeting my gaze.

This is much better. She's giving me more chances of making her flustered, I like this.

"Doing what?" I asked again, failing to conceal my smirk.

"Yo-"

She still wasn't looking at me, so, just to tease her some more, my head told me to grab her chin and pull it up, till our eyes finally met.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you, please." I interrupted her, fingers firm in their position.

For some reason, her skin felt soft under my fingers, and I didn't feel like retracting my hand.

Surprisingly, Yuri didn't break the eye contact. She stared back with almost equal intensity, which amused me.

Yuri was a very stubborn person, which is mainly why I love seeing her agitated.

She can be stubborn with the whole world, but not with Kim Taehyung. Oh, no.

She needs to know, when she's with me, I'm the one who's in charge.

Yuri was still adamant on not shying away, and honestly, I found this entire situation cute.

I couldn't help the small smile that made its way on my face, my gaze softening.

When I felt her jaw moving slightly, I realised that my fingers were still around her chin.

I loosened my grip, so that instead of me gripping her jaw, I was just caressing her smooth chin softly.

The little grin on my face slowly began to fade away, when Yuri grabbed my chin suddenly. Her fingers applied the tiniest bit of pressure, slowly pulling my face forward.

What surprised me even more was how her face was closing in on my face.

'What is she doing? And, why am I liking it?'

When our faces were merely inches apart, I saw Yuri close her eyes.

I closed my eyes momentarily, face tilting forward, anticipating the feel of her lips on mine.

When her luscious lips finally touched my skin, I felt tingles all over my body, particularly near my abdomen. My heartbeat steadily increased and I shot my eyes open.

Yuri's eyes were still closed, the tip of her nose and ears bright red.

She seductively moved her lips against mine and I felt multiple emotions. Familiar, as well as unfamiliar.

Being completely honest, I had envisioned myself kissing her. Numerous times.

But, I would be the one who would initiate the kiss, preferably after slamming her against a wall. Those dreams. . . they weren't anything like this.

I didn't know what to do, as I was still in shock about what's happening.

So, I just sat still, immobile.

My lips were just parted open, giving her access to do whatever she wanted, but I didn't kiss back.

Yuri continued moving her lips, but her movements were more haste and urgent. Her eyes were shut even more tightly now, if that was even possible.

A feeling of slight guilt began to take over, since I wasn't reacting to her actions.

Just as I was about to kiss her back, she pulled away.

I was startled at the tears shining in her eyes.

"Why are you doing this?" Yuri asked, her lower lip trembling. Before I could open my mouth to answer, she pressed her hand on my body.

"Tell me, why are you fūckīng doing this?" She continued, hands beginning to shake too.

"You tease me, flirt with me, tell me pickup lines, make me flustered and shy, but when I come forward to kiss you, you do nothing. You fūckīng did nothing. You did not kiss back, nor did you push me away."

Tears had now began to collect in the corner of her eyes.

"What do you want me to do, huh? What am I supposed to make of this behaviour of yours? Do you not like me? Is everything we do fake? Or is it just for fun? Do you get happiness seeing me this miserable?" She continued, tears now freely falling down her cheeks.

I was speechless. I didn't know what to say.

Yuri has never cried in front of me, so seeing her now was alarming to say the least.

I didn't know that my teases would affect her this much, to the point where she ends up crying.

How do I explain to her that I do all this to subtly try and get my message across? Message that I find her cute? Message that I would love to spend time with her, preferably forever?

Call me a coward, but, deep down, I was genuinely afraid of being rejected by her, since according to her, no one would dare to date a Mafia leader.

I was still deeply affected by the words she had said, especially because of the nonchalant attitude she had possessed.

Would she dare to date me? I didn't think so, which is why I stick to the teases, so that I can stay close to her, and at the same time, try to see how she feels about me.

How do I tell her that I was going to kiss her back?

All I wanted was to pull her back and kiss her like there's no tomorrow, but I couldn't because she continued speaking.

"See, you can't even tell me anything now," Yuri scoffed, a sniffle following right after.

"Yuri, hear me ou-"

"I will not! I will not hear you out. Did you ever try to figure out how I would feel because of your flirty attitude? Did you even think about how it would affect me? I'm sure you didn't, because if you did, you wouldn't do all this," Yuri said, her red, teary eyes fixed on my face.

"You cannot imagine the number of times I've stayed up all night, thinking about you and your actions. You confuse me so fūckīng much. One minute you're talking about your work, the next you're flirting with me. Don't be surprised, but I like you, okay? I like you Kim Taehyung. Maybe something even more than like, but does it even matter to you?" She continued without a break, her upset tone now replaced by a more angry one.

She likes me.

She. Likes. Me.

My heartbeat fastened at that.

"You know what? This is all my fault. I never should have initiated something, especially when I knew you wouldn't return it. Just forget any of this happened, and let me do my work peacefully," Yuri said, grabbing the bandage from the counter.

She then began to wrap it around my wound, her face stoic, expressionless.

What just happened?

"Yuri, no, you're misunderstanding. I li-"

"Don't say anything. Don't say anything, when you can't stick to it. Don't make promises, if you aren't gonna fulfil it. Don't play with feelings, my feelings, when you aren't gonna return it."

Yuri pressed the bandage one last time, before turning back and walking out of the room, glancing at me one last time.

I didn't realise that I was holding my breath till she softly closed the door.

I slowly brought my hands up to my head, and gripped it, groaning angrily.

What have I done?

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A / N

(unedited) Shorter chapter, but HAHAHAHAH it has begun😤
The angst has begun, and I'm so excited smdjksjdke
I tried to write smth steamy too, lmao, sorry but angst had to follow

Did y'all really think I would let them get away with kissing only in the second chapter without some drama following? LOL y'all thought wrong. If you didn't realise yet, I'm a very evil author😈

What do you think about this chapter? Are Yuri's actions and accusations justified? Is Taehyung's excuse justified as well? Lemme know, I'm looking forward to answers :D

also, very important info, I just found out that this book has been plagiarised.

Yes, but the thing is, the username is exactly my username. On this shitty website called novelhd. You bitch, who is copy and pasting every single thing, but editing out the things that say that it's from wattpad, FUCK YOU. I'm working so hard for this. Isn't it so fucking easy for you to copy and paste it? You're probably reading this, so JUST FUCKING STOP. DONT FORCE ME TO REPORT YOUR WEBSITE. This isn't the only book, there are many other books out there which are being plagiarised on this "mirror website"
My exams sksjsksdidnskjs please I'm not ready for them😭
So I'll be on a semi hiatus, with no more updates for this book (till October) :((

Vote, comment, spam, give me motivation to study for my exams :c

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