26. Les étoiles nous regardent

                                    

                                          

Falling in love with you came easily to me. It's as if my soul was already in love with you and the rest of my body was just catching.





































the next few days slipped into a routine that neither of them personally liked
both of them were consumed by their respective work schedules with their paths crossing only briefly. mornings were hurried, seokjin making breakfast for them, rushing out to work, taehyung stealing a kiss before dropping a flustered and red-faced seokjin at work. evenings were drained by exhaustion, their conversations limited to tired recounts of their day, a faint comfort but lacking the depth that taehyung had craved
this wasn't how it was supposed to go
he was supposed to actually take time off from work and lavish all his attention on seokjin but instead he sent him to work too and as much as he regretted it deep down, he loved it everytime seokjin would talk about how much he was enjoying working there 
taehyung repulsed this pattern nevertheless 
everyday was a reminder that time was running out - less than 25 days remained before the arrangement would end
seokjin deserved more than just rushed kisses and half asleep conversation, taehyung was happy that seokjin was enjoying working, its good he's liking it but they needed to come out of their busy schedules and go on actual legit dates that weren't clouded by fatigue or overshadowed by obligations 
as much as their lives aligned like a couple that has been together for years with a sense of domesticity and how seokjin smiled more and cared for him very evidently, taehyung always had that fear tugging at every corner of his heart - the fear of seokjin saying "i had a good time with you, taehyung but now that our arrangement is over, I'd like to leave" 
taehyung would sometimes wake up in cold sweats when he had dreams about princess seokjin packing things up and leaving the beast alone in his lonely castle and he would glance at seokjin sleeping one step away from him and sometimes come over to caress his hair carefully before going back to sleep 
he cannot let him go, he could never
he needed seokjin to stay alive
on somedays he thinks about how he's even willing to get on his knees and beg seokjin to not leave him ever
the fear in the form of a clog in his throat prevailed all the time and the clock was also ticking. nights became a battleground of his own restless thoughts, a constant tug of war between his responsibilities and desperate desires to make seokjin his - fully
"i need to fix this" taehyung subconsciously mumbled to himself one night as he paced around the balcony at night, while seokjin was fast asleep and his cigarette barely burning down as his mind spun with plans
he was determined to fix this





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the next day, they left for work like usual, taehyung silently set his plan in motion. he didn't let seokjin in on it at all and pretended to get to work along with him. he knew he had to be stealthy to surprise him completely. after a few messages with Tony, his ever-reliable driver, and Rose, taehyung arranged everything
as the clock struck 5pm, seokjin was wiping down the counter, preparing for what he thought would be another routine end to the day
he was startled when Rose suddenly approached him, looking super excited about god knows what and with a large bag in her hand