Bittersweet✔ (taekook)

23

Being an adult is quite difficult but also refreshing. I no longer go to school and finish assignments at home, but surely there are days that boredom sometimes kills me.

Thankfully, Taehyung is always there to keep me company and helps me find out what I want to do in life. I've decided I want to be a business man someday, just like Jin hyung. I want to invest at something that I am capable of and what makes me happy. And truth be told, coffee makes me happy. So I ended up working at Jin hyung's cafe for experience and the hyung happily accepted me.

The night at the restaurant was never mentioned since then. Of course I asked him about it, on why he acted like that but he will always just shrug it off. It still bothers me though.

Currently, we're at the balcony of his apartment taking pictures of anything. He let me borrow one of his cameras and I got so fond of it.

"Hyung, I think I'm getting the hang of it." I said while closing my one eye to snap a picture of the sky.

"That's great!" He answered. I looked at him and I caught him also snapping pictures of me. "You really like me looking ugly huh?"

He frowns. "Candid Kookie is the best you know."

A chirping sound of a bird caught our attention and there it was, happily hopping at the ledge. We both silently rush near the animal and get our cameras into work.

"It's beautiful" I said as I scanned my captures of the bird. Taehyung is in a funny position wherein he crouches dramatically while taking a shot. Unfortunately, the bird seemed to sense him and it quickly flew away to the sky.

"Yah! Wait!" He quickly stood up hoping for the bird to return but it didn't. So he sat there and pouted cutely. I just laugh at his adorableness.

"Hey, cheer up. I got one." He looked at my camera and smiled "you're really getting good on this."

"See? It's because you're a good teacher and I'm a smart student" He laughed and ruffled my hair.

"What's my reward hyung?" He raises his eyebrow.

"I didn't remember mentioning a reward."

"A good student should have a reward you know." I said crossing my arms.

"Ah I know!" He suddenly leans into me and cupped my cheeks. "This is the only reward I can think right now."

Before I could protest, he suddenly touches his lips to mine and stayed like that for a good amount of seconds. He pulled away and grins at me like an idiot. "So what to do you say?"

"Y-yah! You s-startled me!" I mentally slap myself for stuttering as I hid my flustered face. I heard him chuckle and lifted my chin so that I can look at him.

"Do you want some more?" I shyly nodded my head. I can never get used to this fluttery feeling whenever I'm with him. He then gently gave me a quick peck in the lips.

"Say, wanna make cookies with me?"

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After a long day of shopping ingredients for the cookies, mixing butters, milk, sugar, baking soda and others, and sometimes played with the mixture and smudge some on each other's faces, the kitchen is now filled with the delicious smell of cookies.

I'm still putting some mixture on the last batch of tray to be placed in the oven and sprinkled some tiny chocolate kisses and waited for it all to be done. I'm so excited for my cookies though Taehyung was the one who mainly did the work.

"Oh my God I can smell it!" I giggled and I can feel the brunette slowly hugged me from the back.

"You did a very great job today bunny. I'm so proud of you."

"Well, you should be." I turn around and face him, only to be greeted by his lips on mine. I can feel my face blush again.

"It's getting late, I suggest you stay here for the night Kookie."

"Really? Is it okay with Namjoon hyung?"

"Nah, he doesn't mind. He's probably somewhere getting laid tonight."

"Hey what about my Jin hyung?"

"Or better much with Jin hyung." He answered while stretching.

"Okay"

After a good 40 minutes of cleaning the kitchen and placing the cookies in a jar, we get to clean ourselves and he just let me borrow his clothes.

We settled ourselves in his bed with the jar of cookies in between us.

It was comfortably silent at first but then the events at the restaurant kept on bugging me. I guess this time he would answer my questions.

"Tae.."

He hummed in response as he chews on his cookie.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"What is it Kookie?"

"I hope you don't mind but..I really wanna know who are those people we met at the restaurant?"

He was silent at first but then he inhaled and exhaled sharply. This must be a touchy subject.

"You don't need to tell me..if you're still not ready.."

"The guy's name was Hoseok. He was my best friend." Was?

I stayed silent, urging him to continue.

"Me, Namjoon, and Hoseok were best friends since highschool. We were like brothers who sometimes cause troubles in school but still kept our feet on the ground. Namjoon was the brainy one, Hoseok was the funny one, and I.. Well I'm the weird one." He laughed at his own words. I smiled at that too. Because him being weird is why I fell for him.

"Then what happened?"

"We were so inseparable back then." He said to himself while grinning and shaking his head, probably remembering the old days. "But then a certain girl came into our lives. Her name's Irene."

My heart started to thump faster as if not wanting to hear what he's going to say next. But I was the one who wants answers right?

"And who's this Irene?" I still asked, slowly getting nervous.

He slowly looked at me with mixed emotions and held my hand. "She's..she was my first love."