Mr. Shallow || K. Taehyung

「Chapter 37」

 Once Taehyung arrived back to the house, he took himself a nice hot shower and plopped himself down in his bed after putting on his comfy nightwear. He then took up his phone so he could do as promised and face time you.

But his finger stopped right before above the call button. In that moment, several thoughts passed through his head. 'There's definitely nothing going on between me and Jiyeong. We've just gotten closer that's all,' he reassured himself. 'But, what if she's starting to gain feelings and I've been too stupid to notice.' Just the thought was a bit alarming. 'Should I...?'

After about a minute of contemplating, Taehyung finally pressed the button and waited a few seconds before you finally picked up. Just hearing your voice made the ends of his lips curl.

"How many times must you interrupt me before you're satisfied?"

"Get over yourself. You know you were waiting for me to come and save you from that boring paper."

"This boring paper," you held it up to the camera, "is due in just a few days."

"A few days?! So what's the harm in talking to me now?"

"I'm afraid it's going to be like this every night until the paper is actually due."

"I promise I won't bother you until you're finished with your paper, so just talk to me this once, okay?" he pled with that pouted lip of his.

With the rolling of your eyes, you sighed and sat yourself up pretzel style. "Okay, I'll talk to you."

Taehyung's smile grew even wider, "really?"

"Yes, so don't make me regret it."

"As if you've ever regretted me calling or texting you," he scoffed.

Hearing him laugh, you couldn't help but begin to smile a bit to yourself. "So, how was your midnight ice cream? Delicious?"

"The most delicious vanilla cone that I've ever had." His grin grew at the sight of the envious look growing on your face. "But it wasn't as good since we didn't have the group ice cream nut with us."

"I'm not an ice cream nut!" you retorted, lips still protruding.

Taehyung burst out into laughter. "Are you kidding? You're a total nut! I should give you a mirror the next time we go the parlor. Your eyes always light up when you're trying to decide on a flavor. But the funniest part has to be that you always end up going with vanilla in the end." He was laughing so hard that he was clutching his stomach, nearly about to fall off his bed.

"Whatever," you rolled your eyes, "that doesn't prove I'm a nut," you mumbled. As you looked over to the teary male, you noticed a little gleam on the side of his head. You squinted and leaned in closer towards the screen. "Hey, is that what I think it is?"