A / N
fluff ahead uwu

23.

| 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭. |

Yuri was in Taehyung's arms, her head on his chest, while they watched the sun set in the distance.

Ever since they had pulled away from the very long, but very special kiss, they hadn't left each others' hands. Both of them loved skinship, which was perfect for them.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Yuri asked, when she felt Taehyung's unwavering gaze on her face.

"Just. . . staring at beauty."

Yuri smiled when she heard what he said. It felt like a déjà vu.

"Look at the sunset. Isn't that what we came for? It looks so good," Yuri said, eyes fixated on the descending sun on the horizon.

From their position, there were a few tall cherry trees that came in between them and the setting sun, but it looked better that way.

The sky was splashed with different shades and hues of orange, red and purple. That, paired with the pink of the blossoms, gave the scenery an unrealistic type of beauty. The sun looked almost red, slowly sinking behind the clouds.

"Hm, yeah," Taehyung agreed, after glancing at the sky for a second, "but not more than you. You're prettier."

Yuri scrunched her nose, flustered by his flattering words. "You're so cheesy," she said, a pink blush coating her cheeks.

Taehyung turned her face to look at him, and smiled in satisfaction upon seeing her blushing. "Just for you," he said, dropping a kiss on the tip of her scrunched nose.

"Taehyung!" Yuri whined, hiding her reddening face under her hands. Taehyung chuckled at her cuteness, and decided to give her a break.

He looked back up, and saw that within the few minutes he and Yuri had looked away from the sky, it had completely changed. It was darker now, as the sun sunk deeper and deeper.

Nightfall crept upon the sky as the sun provided its last moments of light before yearning to leave for its daily rest, allowing the moon to take over.

They sat for a while more, savouring the moment, witnessing the crescent moon shine brighter and brighter as the sky became darker, and the street lights were being lit up.

"Let's go." Yuri stood up, and held her hand out for Taehyung to take, who gladly accepted it. They, like the other families who were in the park with them, made their way towards the exits of the park, satisfied and done with being one with nature.

On their way back, Taehyung and Yuri never left each others' hands.

When they were crossing a dark little alleyway, a few blocks down their house, Taehyung suddenly pulled her inside, causing her to let out a squeal.

Yuri was abruptly silenced when she felt Taehyung's lips on hers.

She was confused at the suddenness of the display of affection, but reciprocated the action nevertheless.

The kiss was filled with love, but steadily grew more passionate and steamy. Yuri couldn't keep up with Taehyung's aggressive actions, and let him take the reins.

A few more seconds later, Taehyung pulled away, both of them heaving for breath. Yuri gave him a questioning look. "What was that for?!"

Taehyung's handsome face broke out into the widest grin Yuri had ever seen, causing her heart to flutter in ways she didn't know was possible.

"You're my girlfriend now," he said simply, leaning in to leave tiny kisses all over Yuri's face.

Yuri giggled childishly, feeling as if she's the luckiest person in the whole world to be able to call the ethereal man kissing her face as hers.

"I can kiss you, hug you, do anything with you, whenever I want to, now," Taehyung said, before placing one last, lingering kiss on her forehead, and pulling himself back.

Yuri smiled, and wrapped her arm around Taehyung's muscly bicep. "Me too."

"Okay, let's get back now, before the others think that we got kidnapped again," Taehyung joked, leading Yuri out of the alleyway.

The sky was totally dark, a few rare stars visible. Most of the stars were hidden behind the large amount of pollution in the sky.

As they walked silently, hand in hand, back towards their house, Yuri wondered how things between Taehyung and her had changed so drastically and dramatically over a span of hardly a week.

She replayed Taehyung's absolutely heart touching and beautiful confession in her mind, not realising that a very wide grin was on her face.

'He said he hadn't confessed before because of what I said,' she thought, 'if I hadn't said that, would we have been able to get together earlier?'

Yuri shook her head, mentally scolding herself for saying such a hurtful thing recklessly, all those months ago.

She decided, then and there, that she would watch every syllable that came out of her mouth, because she would never know how much it affects someone, unless they tell her, and until then, it would be too late to fix the damage.

Once they had reached their house, Yuri brought her hand forward to push open the gate, but was stopped by Taehyung. She looked at him, and found him glancing at the windows of the house, which were all covered with the curtains.

"Yuri, I don't want the others to know about. . . us just yet," he said, playing with her fingers, not looking upwards.

"Why not?" Yuri asked gently, sensing that he was a little nervous. Taehyung didn't reply, but continued fiddling with his fingers.

Yuri placed her fingers under his chin and slowly pulled it upwards, their eyes meeting.

"Baby. . ." she said, the nickname unintentionally slipping from her mouth, but it felt so right, and caused a set of fireworks to light up inside Taehyung's body and eyes.

Oh, how long Yuri had waited for this day, when she could freely call Taehyung all lovey-dovey nicknames, without causing any embarrassment from either sides.

Seeing his expression, and the soft blush coating his smooth skin, the wait was totally worth it for Yuri.

"There isn't a major reason. I just want us to be a secret between us. Something special only we know and share. Not forever, because I know I won't be able to keep myself away from you in public for long, but just for some time. Hm? Only if you are okay with it, of course, sweetheart," Taehyung said, leaving yet another short kiss on her forehead.

Butterflies erupted in Yuri's abdomen. If this was how Taehyung was gonna treat her, she would end up falling for him more and more.

"You're a hopeless romantic, you know that?" Yuri said, shaking her head.

"And you love that," Taehyung said, smiling widely when Yuri nodded in agreement, laughing.

"Okay, fine, let's keep this a secret between us. A special secret," she said, leaning in to whisper the latter in Taehyung's right ear.

As she pulled back out, she placed one last peck on his lips, giggling, before turning around to go inside their house.

Taehyung shook his head, the most genuine smile on his face, and followed the love of his life inside.

x x x

A / N

[shorter chapter, but super fluffy]
awwwwwwwwww
they so cyoot I love it uwuwu we ship

my tae (as in the tae of my story,, i dont own him💀) is a romantic uwu i need guys like him
lowkey all of my male protagonists/characters are a mix of their irl personalities and my ideal type hshshsh

I promise y'all, taeri is gonna be super intense and super soft and fluffy and they'll be couple goals😤

vote comment spam and gimme some love so that I keep TaeRi happy and not create problems in their relationship.
(yes thats a threat.)

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