Persona |K Th

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Taehyung

This has been the longest hour of my life. Peyton isn't answering my texts. Every turn my father's car has taken has made me wonder if mine will follow. Or will I be taking another route, to a different destination, away from the girl I love? Every time I fidget, my raw dick hurts, which is bad but also good, because it reminds me of our sex marathon. What is my father saying to her? If he makes her cry, I will beat his ass. At least until the bodyguards stop me.

Unbelievably, our three cars are still together as we pull into the part of the airport where the private jets take off. Before we come to a stop not far from my father's car, I am unbuckling my seatbelt and trying to climb out. There's Peyton. One of the bodyguards is helping her out of the car and she is... All smiles?

My legs are carrying me towards her as fast as I can go and all I can think is that I want to wrap my arms around her and never let go.

"Tae! Your father's taking us all to a beach resort. Isn't that fantastic?" Peyton grabs my hand and pulls me towards my father, who is out of the car and heading towards the waiting jet.

"What?" What is she talking about?

"We can't really finish our vacay in Japan so he said we're all going to one of your hotels."

"What?" Nothing she says makes sense. I can't understand why she's so happy and not upset after spending that much time with Appa. I can't understand why my father hasn't separated us. Maybe he's toying with me.

My father has paused to let the bodyguards climb the stairs into the plane and assess everything before we board. Peyton has bolted back to Cassie and Jimin, chirping the good news. My father and I stand here, awkward but trying to pretend like we aren't.

"We're going to Nay Palad."

Our new acquisition in the Philippines. "We? Are you going?" That came out wrong. But my father never, and I mean never, takes off work. I hastily add, "You have work there?"

"Ms. Abram's suggestion."

I am too shocked to speak. The earth has tilted on its axis.

"Your dad finally agreed to come with us. It's gonna be so much fun," Peyton grabs my hand again, this time swinging it.

"Mr. Kim, thank you so much!" Cassie gushes. "This is so awesome. Let's go scuba diving! Can we go scuba diving? Please?"

This last bit Cassie says to Jimin, who is smiling sweetly and nodding. I am in the fucking twilight zone. I suppose Cassie and Jimin could have bonded during all this. But he looks ... I don't even know. Besotted? Bashful? I've never seen Jimin look at a girl with genuine... anything. Except lust. I have seen genuine lust in his eyes.

And my father. He's never done a single fucking thing anyone suggested. Who are these people?

We're signaled to board, so I allow Peyton and Cassie to go first. Jimin meets my eyes and we have a silent conversation as we ascend the narrow stairs.

"Bro? What the fuck?"

"Dude, like what the fuck?"

Not eloquent, but not pointless either. Obviously we are both clueless. That makes me feel slightly less crazy. My father gestures to us to head towards the rear of the plane. "I have work to do. I will see you all when we land."