The Festival Of Fairylights

The Festival of Fairylights

25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 10 - Attending a Christmas Light Switch On Day 19 - Walking around Town to see the Christmas Lights

Masterlist 

“You are not going out in this cold without covering up” my boyfriend firmly spoke, pulling a knitted scarf off the hook and wrapping it around my neck.

“Fine, but I would still like to breath” I muffled, as Taehyung teasingly covered the scarf over my face.

“Aw, but I think you look cute. Like a little eskimo” he giggled.

I shook my head, fixing my scarf “we need to leave now or we’ll be late.”

Taehyung grabbed his keys from the hall, locking our front door behind him.

The sun was almost fully set as I slid into the passenger seat of Taehyung’s car, anxiously waiting for him to start the engine so I could turn on the heater. 

“Have you got the address?” Taehyung asked.

“Yep” I replied, typing the location to his navigator. We were driving to the    Pocheon Herb Island Illuminating Festival. Christmas lights being one of my favourite things about the festive season!

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“Taehyung!” I yelled, causing my poor boyfriend to jump, muttering a Korean swear word under his breath.

“Oops.. sorry babe!” I laughed, causing him to do the same. “But look at that house!” 

We were already getting a taste of the pretty lights, as Taehyung slowing down to a stop so we could observe the house covered in coloured flashing lights and a lit up Christmas scene across their front lawn.

“Wow..” I gawked over the extravagant house out the window “Imagine how this will look when it’s dark!” I turned to Taehyung to see his reaction, and my eyes immediately met his, as he softly smiled at me.

“What?” I laughed.

“I just love seeing you so excited” he said, the flashing lights reflecting in his eyes “It makes my heart happy.”

                                                          ***

Taehyung pulled his car into the secure lot and shut off the engine. We were both fully rugged up to face the cold weather, Taehyung wearing a mask and beanie to avoid any extra attention. He ensured his car was locked, and then intertwined our glove-covered fingers together as we began to walk through Pocheon Herb Island to the main event. 

The place was already swarming with people attending the Illuminating Festival, causing me to hold on to my boyfriends hand a little tighter, which he squeezed back in reassurance. We weaved through the crowds until Taehyung pointed to a small bench tucked away behind a tree. As it wasn’t up in front many guests were choosing not to sit there, but it was perfect for us - away from the crowd and still a great view of the lights. 

As we sat down, Taehyung pulled his backpack off his shoulder handing me a thermos and keeping one for himself.

“We surely can’t watch a Christmas light show without some hot chocolate” he winked.

“Boyfriend of the year” I smiled up at him.

“Definitely the best award I’ve won” he said, wrapping his arm around me, pulling me closer. 

The Christmas music playing over the speakers faded out and was replaced with a cheerful female voice over.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to begin the countdown for Pocheon Herb Island’s Illuminating Festive 2019!”

The crowed cheered in anticipation, and the surrounding lights flickered off in preparation as a countdown began to ring out over the speakers.

15.

14.

13.

I patted Taehyung’s thigh in excitement, causing him to chuckle and squeeze his arm around me.

12.

11.

10.

I turned to Taehyung, watching as his lips followed the countdown. 

8.

7.

6.

He turned back and smiled his wide boxy smile, excitement written across his face.

5.

4.

3.

We both turned and looked over the moat towards the darkened display.

2.

1.

A single star illuminated in the centre, slowly followed by the flickering of random lights around it, looking like a starry night sky coming to life. A row of fairy lights lit up the buildings like a domino effect, reflecting against the moat that separated the lights from the transfixed crowd. My mouth was ajar, amazed by the beautiful show in front of me. 

I turned to Taehyung, once again his eyes already transfixed on me. I could feel my cheeks turning a darker shade of pink then they already were from the frosty air. Taehyung’s face softened as pressed his forehead to my own, the bright lights causing his dark eyes to radiate different shades of brown. 

“I am so in love with you, Kim Taehyung” I muttered from under the noise surrounding us.

“And I, you, Y/F/N Y/L/N” he beamed back. I wanted to kiss him hard, right there, but I new if I started I wouldn’t be able to get enough of him. So I rested my head on his shoulder, pressed against his warm body as we watched the rest of the light show in front of us. Taehyung’s arm was softly draper over my waist as he hand traced up and down my outer thigh. 

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Before heading back to the car, we decided to walk around the area for a bit and look at all the Christmas lights decorating people’s homes. We wandered, hand in hand, down a small residential lane that was completely lit up with the festive flashing of warm, cool and colourful fairy lights. 

I pulled my phone out to try and capture the beautiful image in front of me, continuing to adjust where I was standing. I turned around to catch Taehyung holding up his own phone, smiling.

“Are you taking a photo” I laughed, giving him a cheesy grin.

“I’m not” he smiled, turning his phone around so both of us were in the video, our silhouettes contrasting against the warm glow of the street around us. 

I wrapped my arms around his chest from behind, placing a quick kiss on his cheek as he showed his boxy smile. Before I could move away his free arm pulled me in beside him, allowing him to press his lips softly against my own, the two of us smiling into the sweet kiss. 

“And now I have that captured forever” he said as he pulled away.

“Come on” I giggled, grabbing onto his hands “let’s go look at more Christmas lights.”

Broody Taehyung

25 Days of Christmas Challenge

Prompt: Day 2 - Going Shopping for Presents Together

Authors Note - As you can tell from the name of this blog, and if you follow my main, V is my main bias. So rather than writing separate time/member oneshots, I’ve decided to turn this challenge into a continual Christmas story :) Also, I know I haven’t been uploading each prompt on the actual date, but I do plan on finishing each one eventually :)

Masterlist

“So we’ve bought for Seokjin, Namjoon, Jimin, and your sister, we just now need to buy for Yoongi, Hoseok, Jeongguk, your brother and both our parents” I said aloud looking through the list on my phone. Taehyung and I were sat in a booth in the shopping centre starbucks (our mission to try all the festive drinks this year), enjoying a break from our Christmas shopping. “Have you got any ideas on what to get your brother?”

I noticed he was absently staring out the window “Tae?”

"I can’t wait until that’s us” he said randomly.

I followed his gaze to the outside window. As is done every year, the shopping centre had set up a small festive display of fake trees, animatronic reindeer and a crazy amount of warm coloured fairy lights. Within the area, children were lining up to meet Santa, one child currently sat upon his lap, surely listing a range of toys he hoped he had been good enough to receive on Christmas morning.

I looked towards Taehyung, his lips turned up into a small smile before turning to meet my eyes. When I didn’t answer he continued to explain further “taking our own kids to meet Santa.”

“You think about that?” I asked shyly. 

“Of course” he said proudly, which quickly turned to embarrassment “don’t you?”

Of course I did. It wasn’t long after we started dating that I would picture what a future with Taehyung would be like. I knew he wanted a big family, and he knew how much I loved kids and wanted to be a mother. However, this was the first we had ever spoke about future children between us. 

“I do. A lot” I smiled. “Christmas would definitely be more magical.

“We could get their photo taken with Santa. Even a family one, and send it to all our friends and family”  Taehyung said “and spoil them with so many presents.”

I laughed, shaking my head “They definitely would be the most spoiled child at Christmas. Especially with you as their father!” 

“But we would also do so many family things, like picking out a Christmas tree and decorating it just the three of us, holding up our child so they could put the star on top at the end... Putting them to bed on Christmas Eve, while we lay out milk and cookies for Santa, seeing their face in the morning when they realise he’s visited... Sitting around the Christmas tree in our pyjamas opening presents”

I smiled at the scene Taehyung was painting, a Christmas as a little family “I hope you know that nothing would make me happier” I smiled. 

We both looked towards the children meeting Santa, just as a young couple, not much older than us, were at the front of the line. We watched as the dad placed their baby on Santa’s knee, the parents kneeling down next to them and putting their arm around each other. The woman taking the photo started shaking a small bell, in order to gain the baby’s attention for the photo. At the sound of the chiming, the baby began to giggle, and the photo was taken. At that moment I saw what could easily become my future. Taehyung must have thought the same thing, as I suddenly felt his hand reach over and grab mine. 

“I can’t wait to start a family with you” he said.

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“Do you want to call it a day?” I asked Taehyung, after we finally found a present for his younger brother. We still needed to buy something for both his and my parents, but having already spent the whole day shopping for everyone else exhaustion had finally hit us.

“Yeah. Do you want to meet me in the car though?” he began handing over the shopping bags to me “I just saw something - yes it’s a present for you” Taehyung said as I tried to interject “I just really want to get it now”

“Alright, I’ll meet you in the car”

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I had finished packing the car with our gifts, and was only scrolling on my phone for around five minutes when Taehyung returned. He wasn’t carrying a bag, but one of his pockets was slightly larger than the other.

“No peeking” he smirked.

As we drove back to our shared apartment, my curiosity eating at me, wondering what sort of gift Taehyung needed to buy today.

Something Sweet

25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 6 - Christmas Baking

Authors note - does anyone else hear couple baking one shot and immediately think fluff and flirting 🥰😂

Masterlist

It was a lazy December morning as Taehyung and I were sitting on the couch, a bowl of oats in hand.

“Taehyung, I’m begging you, please just pick a channel” I whined as he surfed through countless channels while we ate breakfast.

He sighed “there is literally nothing on today.”

“Ooo there’s a Christmas special, leave it on that” I pleaded, causing Taehyung to shake his head laughing, knowing how obsessed I was with anything festive. 

So we sat there watching lifestyle program, finishing our meal when they advertised after the commercial that they would be showing how to make gingerbread houses. 

“Oh my god Tae, we should totally make a gingerbread house today!” I beamed, looking over to my boyfriend.

“Okay.. that actually sounds super fun!” he smirked, always on board to do anything creative. 

“Come one! We’ll go get dressed and drive to the shops and get ingredients!”

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Taehyung followed closely behind me, carrying a basket full of spices for the gingerbread and an array of lollies and chocolates for decoration, probably more than we needed. It was difficult going out to places such as supermarkets, with the risk of Taehyung being noticed. This was one of the difficult things about dating an idol, and something that I always sympathised with Taehyung about. It was hard to go out and do everyday tasks, and Taehyung often wore his facial mask and a cap to hide his face, which thankfully, was not that unusual in Seoul. 

After spending way too much money on this gingerbread house, Taehyung and I made our way back to his car, each carrying a bag of ingredients and junk food, and chucking them in the back seat. It didn’t take us long to get back home, our apartment only a ten-fifteen minute drive from the shops. 

                                            Taehyung turned his keys in the front door, and we rushed into our kitchen, pulling out all the ingredients.

“Okay!” He announced, “what first”. He began looking through all the decorative foods.

“First we actually need to make the gingerbread.” I was definitely the baker in our home. Taehyung was always happy to cook a beautiful meal for dinner (including a few experimental dishes..), but I was always the one creating something sweet and less healthy. I asked him to get out a few bowls and utensils while I started pulling out the ingredients. 

I stood up on my tippy-toes in order to grab the flour from the top shelf, suddenly jumping when I felt a hand against my behind, a small pinch causing me to yelp! 

“Ow!” I turned around to be met with a cheeky, boxy smile, giggling back at me.

“Stop being a perve and help me with the flour” I teased, hitting his arm. 

“Alright, come here” Taehyung smiled, before wrapping his arms around my legs, and lifting me up in order to reach the flour. 

Propping up one of my festive cookbooks, I talked through each step, Taehyung and I working together to make the dough for the gingerbread. It wasn’t long before it was ready to go in the oven, giving us time to wait for it to bake and cool before putting it all together. 

While we waited, we began cleaning up, dancing and singing around the kitchen as we played Christmas carols in the background. 

“Wanna help me put this flour away” I asked, picking the jar up from the kitchen counter. 

“It would be my pleasure” he smiled, picking me up against him as I placed it back in the cupboard. As he let me down, I felt Taehyung’s hand brush up along my thighs and across my hips. Someone was feeling extra flirty today.

“If you can’t keep your hands to yourself, Kim Taehyung..” I smirked up at him.

“You’ll what..?” he asked, raising his eyebrows at me. We had been dating for two years yet this boy still managed to call upon kaleidoscope of butterflies to gather inside me.  I could feel his warm breath brush against my lips, his dark eyes darting between my own and down to my lips.

We both jumped as his phone alarm went off, indicating that the gingerbread would be cool enough to assemble. Taehyung smiled at me, pressing a quick peck against my cheek. I smiled, rolling my eyes as he dragged me to our kitchen table where we had set up all the decorations, he got distracted so easily.

Putting the house together was definitely the hard part! Both our hands were covered in icing as we tried to stick roof to wall and wall to wall, shouting and laughing in frustration every time it collapsed. Taehyung cheered triumphantly when it finally stayed put, only to be shooshed by me, worried that his loud voice would cause another casualty.

Taehyung was completely focused on the task of decorating, loving any activity that allowed him to be creative. I watched as his brows fused together in concentration, his eyes completely fixed on his decorations. 

Once all the lollies had been glued with icing to the gingerbread (roughly half consumed through the process), Taehyung and I stepped back to admire our creation! 

“I think this is definitely worthy of being featured on that show earlier” he announced.

“If not better than theirs” I agreed, turning to notice how much icing had actually ended up on his face, laughing at how cute he looked.

“What?” He asked.

“You covered in icing” I giggled, as I began trying to brush the set icing from his soft cheeks. 

“Don’t you talk” he laughed “you’ve got icing sugar all over you!” I looked down to see my clothes dusted with what we used as snow. 

I began to brush it off when Taehyung grabbed a hold of me, finally pressing his lips to my own. I smiled against the kiss “you taste sweet”

“So do you.” He pulled away, a playfulness evident within his eyes. “We can clean up this mess later. I feel like something sweet, and I’m not talking about the gingerbread house..”

Puppy Love - Part 2

Read previous parts here

pairing: idol!Taehyung x female reader

warnings: none.

I tried not to think too much about the handsome man and his dog that stumbled their way into my morning, but that was easier said than done.

I didn’t want to text him right away, maybe I’ll just wait and let him text me first? However that didn’t stop me from glancing at my phone every chance I could through out the day, to see if he had messaged.

It was later on in the evening, the day I had met Taehyung, that my phone pinged. I reached forward from the couch grabbing it off my coffee table so fast that Kanna jolted up in alarm, only to lay her head back down in front of the heater when she realised it was nothing, as if rolling her eyes.

His name read across my screen, the subject of the message only reading Attached: 1 Image. I unlocked my phone and immediately laughed when I saw what he had sent.

Y/N: Awww 😍 what perfect company 😊

T: He’s not much for conversation though!

Y/N: Hahah more of a listener?

T: When he feels like it 😂 he knows all my darkest secrets though.. 😳

Before I had the chance to flirt back, I noticed Taehyung was typing again.

T: It was really nice meeting you today, I’m sorry I had to run off so suddenly 😔

Y/N: Don’t be! It was lovely to meet you too 😊 I hope you weren’t late for anything..

T: No, all good! But I did mean what I said about catching up again. I know this really nice park, that’s not too far from that cafe. Kanna and Tannie could have a proper play!

Y/N: That sounds great! I would love to 😊

T: How does tomorrow sound?

Y/N: I don’t work Sundays, so tomorrow sounds perfect!

T: Great! Shall we meet at the same spot? 11?

Y/N: 11 it is 👍🏻

T: I gotta run 😔 but I’m really looking forward to tomorrow, Y/N

T: 😘

Even as a grown adult, I could help smile to myself as butterflies formed in my stomach at the sight of the emoji he had sent.

Y/N: Me too, Taehyung x

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I woke up early the next morning to give myself plenty of time to stress about what I would wear. I spent at least an hour in front of my mirror trying to match tops with boots, and dresses with hats. I didn’t want to look over the top dressed, we were going to a park after all, but I still wanted to look eye catching.

And was this even a date?

Thankfully, the sun was out for today, so I decided to go for a floral dress and denim jacket, and a pair of sandals. After applying a light amount of make up, I clipped Kana’s lead on and began the walk to the cafe.

I couldn’t ignore the nerves in my stomach that seemed to became more aggressive the closer we got to the cafe. We turned the corner and there he was, sitting on an outdoor bench teasing Yeontan as he sat on his lap.

He looked up innocently with big doe eyes only for them to crinkle at the corners when he smiled, realising we were here.

“Y/N” he beamed, allowing his dog to hop off his lap and greet mine.

“Hi Taehyung” I smiled.

“You look lovely, by the way”

“Oh, thank you. It’s nice that the suns out today!”

He dressed a lot more relaxed than he did the previous day. He wore a loosely fit white shirt, tucked into a belted pair of beige pants.

Taehyung nodded “shall we start walking?” He asked

“I must say” I added as we made our way to the park “you certainly know how to dress well”

He looked down at his ensemble “Thank you! I guess I’ve always found fashion to be a great form of self expression” he seemed shy at his statement.

“That’s wonderful! I’m not very brave when it comes to fashion, you’ll have to help me out there” I laughed.

I felt his eyes land on me, making me meet them as he smiled.

After walking for around five minutes Taehyung enthusiastically announced we had arrived. He let Yeontan off his leash, promoting me to do the same. Leading me over to a wooden bench under a tree, we watched our dogs play and investigate the area.

“They get on so well” Taehyung laughed.

“They do! I guess it would be awkward if they didn’t” I laughed in reply.

“Well, I’d have to have a stern word to my dog. Cause I’d still want to see you.” 

I looked up to meet his eyes, his pink lips were curved into a soft smile. For the first time in my life, I actually felt comfortable with this lingering eye contact. He made me feel.. safe.

“So Y/N?” His voice would have startled me if it wasn’t so calming “what brings you all the way to Seoul?”

Taehyung was so easy to talk to, and was such a good listener. He looked deeply into my eyes, listening intently to everything I told him. The only time we broke conversation was to look out in front of us, making sure our dogs were okay.

I told him about my job working with animals, which made him very excited as he told me how much he loved animals himself. I learnt he was only a year younger than me, which was surprising as he presented himself with such confidence and maturity. I even found myself telling him (this still kind of a stranger) how I just needed to leave Y/Country and start a life for myself. 

“I think that’s wonderful. I’m sure it was a scary thing for you to do, but you needed to! And look where you are now” he grinned. 

I laughed at his enthusiasm, but noticed the wisdom behind his words.

“What about you? Are you working?” I asked “Or studying”

He didn’t answer right away, his brows slightly furrowed together as if deciding how to answer. He then quickly looked back up and smiled, and simply said “I sing.”

“Wow, really? That’s really cool!”

I couldn’t help but notice the faint shade of pink appearing on his sun-kissed cheeks.

“How long have you done that for?” I asked. For some reason, I felt he didn’t want to go into too much detail.

“I guess you could say it’s been my job for about 7 years. But I’ve always sung”

I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable so I simply smiled “well.. I hope I can hear you sing one day.”

There was that cheeky grin again!

My eyes averted to the ground behind Taehyung to see Kana and Yeontan curled up together, clearly exhausted form running around.

Taehyung chucked as he followed my eyesight “looks like they’ve worn themselves out!”

“We should probably get them home” I suggested, as much as I didn’t want to leave we had been out for a fair few hours now.

“Come on, I’ll walk you home” he offered as he stood up, holding his hand out towards me.

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I had never felt so disappointed to see my apartment building. I slowed my walking to stop in front of the buildings entrance, causing Taehyung to do the same.

“This is me” I smiled “thanks for walking us home, even though you didn’t have to.”

“It was our pleasure, wasn’t it Tan!” He bounced the little dog in his arm, before putting him down on the footpath.

I shuffled awkwardly between my feet.

“Y/N?”

“Yeah?”

“I really enjoyed taking our dogs out today - “

I nodded in agreement, smiling.

“- But if you’ll let me, I’d like to take you out for a really nice meal. Just the two of us this time!” he laughed, and I couldn’t help but notice the nerves his voice carried.

“I would really like that!”

His boxy smile appeared once again, highlighting how cute he was. “Okay! Um.. I’ll have to check my schedule for next week, so text me what day suits you and we’ll organise something.”

“I will” I nodded.

Taehyung then glanced behind him, before turning back towards me shyly. “You have a good night, okay.”

“Thanks, you too. And thank you for today, we had a wonderful time” I said glancing down at my dog patiently waiting next to me.

I then felt myself enveloped in Taehyung’s hug. His arms were wrapped tightly around me, my head only just reaching his shoulders. My arms came to rest around his waist, as I took in his delicate scent. His hug was sincere, and ended far too quickly for my liking.

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As I laid down in bed that night, I unlocked my phone and opened up the internet. Curiosity had got the best of me.

He said singing was his job for a while now. Surely he was a little well known then.

I typed in Kim Taehyung, shocked at the search that came up.

BTS? I've definitely heard that around the internet before?

The more I searched, the more I discovered how popular he was, going by the stage name, V. I could tell by the way he was dressed when we first met that he wasn’t short on money, but I could never imagine he would be a world famous performer..

And yet, he never mentioned it? 

I closed my phone, feeling guilty. Maybe I shouldn’t have searched? There was obviously a reason why he didn’t want to tell me straight away. He probably wanted to tell me in his own time.

And I would let him.

I placed my phone on charge and rolled over onto my pillow, letting my mind replay the lovely day I had. Not with V, a member of a famous South Korean boy band.

But with Taehyung. The sweet, handsome boy with the cheeky smile, who’s hand fit in mind perfectly. 

across the stars (m)

genre: soulmate!au, angst

pairing: kim taehyung x reader (f)

word count: 23.2k

contains: angst, moments of fluff, smut, the supportive best friend jimin we all need in our lives, (mostly implied) Capitalism Discourse, themes of loss & healing

warnings: this is angst heavy, playground insults, swearing, alcohol consumption, mentions of pregnancy & struggles with conception, mentions of (unspecified) terminal illness & death, explicit sex in the form of: kissing, dirty talk, penetrative sex

summary: kim taehyung has always dreamed of the fated day on which he will finally meet the love of his life, his soulmate. but when the countdown on his wrist freezes without a warning, he finds himself in search of something as elusive as love itself: the truth.

alternatively, “wherever you are in this universe,” he whispers into the inky black of night. “I will find you.”

playlist: fly me to the moon - the macarons project | dust to dust - the civil wars | lovely - billie eilish ft. khalid | … and more!

— this is the first installment of the home for lost souls duology. I hope you enjoy ♡

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Mistletoe and Mr Right

25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 11 - Cozy Nights by the Fire

Warnings - a little heated near the end 

Authors note - this is not my title idea, it’s the title of a novel I read during this month and I thought it fit this story perfectly :)

Masterlist

Seoul was hit with yet another cold December evening. So after spending the day navigating stressed shoppers, ticking off the last of the Christmas gifts to buy and knocking out the grocery shopping as quick as I could, all I wanted to do was get home and straight into the hot shower.

“I’ll make a start on dinner, if you want to take a shower then, jagi” Taehyung offered after complaining to him about rude shoppers and my frozen toes.

“That would be lovely” I replied, pecking his lips lightly and forcing my heavy feat to carry me upstairs to our en suite.

I sighed as the high pressure shower poured the heated water over my body, the temperature something Taehyung always complained about if we shared the shower, saying I had it way too hot. Knowing he was just starting dinner, I took my time by washing my hair and exfoliating my face, being sure to look after my skin in the colder months.

After some time, I forced myself to turn off the tap and step out into the less warm bathroom, giving my hair a quick blow dry. Walking back into our room, I slipped on the Christmas pyjamas Taehyung gave me as my advent gift, grateful he knew to get me one size bigger so I could easily cover my cold hands and feet, as well as throwing on some fluffy socks.

I walked downstairs, expecting to be hit with the familiar smell of Taehyung’s home cooking. Instead, I walked into a kitchen that looked like it had barely been touched since I left.

“Tae?” I called out.

“In here” his reply coming from our living area.

I walked around the corner to be met with the room dimly lit, only illuminated by scattered candles and the open fire roaring. Taehyung was sat on the floor, tending to the fire, dressed in the pyjamas matching my own.

“What’s this all for?” A mixture of confusion and admiration on my face.

“No reason” he smiled, standing up to walk towards me “I always have such a busy schedule, so I want to make sure we have time for just the two of us” Taehyung wrapped his hands around my waist, pulling my hips against his own.

I looked around the room, taking note of two stemmed glasses sitting next to the bottle of wine and the array of snacks scattered on the coffee table. My head snapped back to his when our front doorbell rang.

“And that will be dinner” he said, dropping his arms and quickly walking to the front door. He returned within thirty seconds carrying two small boxes of pizza, sitting down with them in front of the fire.

“No phones. No tv. Just you and me” he said patting the space next to him.

I joined him on the floor, taking a slice of warm pizza. “Well you heard about my fairly shitty day” I smiled, taking a bite “what did you get up to today?”

We sat in front of the warm fire, nothing but our voices, the crackling fire and the faint volume of Christmas music playing through the speaker, filling the room. We spoke about our day, and caught up on each others lives. I told Taehyung about the plot of a novel I was currently reading, while he informed me of an art exhibition that would soon be in town that he really wanted to see. It was rare for Taehyung to have such huge breaks in his schedule which meant we didn’t get many nights like this, but when we did we always made sure to cherish them.

I tipped my head back, finishing my list sip of wine when Taehyung stood up, placing his own glass on the coffee table. “I have one more thing to make this night perfect” he spoke, forming an okay sign with his hand. “Sit down on the couch and close your eyes”

“Okay?” I laughed.

I felt the couch dip next to me, as he instructed me to open my eyes. I opened them to be met with Taehyung sitting opposite me, only to notice one of his hands hovering above his head. My eyes shifted up to see him holding a small plant. Mistletoe.

A smile spread across my face and I couldn’t help but giggle.

“Why are you laughing?” He pouted “do you not like it?”

I frantically shook my head “no! I just think you’re the most adorable person with such a unique mind, and I can’t believe you’re all mine.” I said, placing my hands on side of his face, wasting no time letting the mistletoe do it’s job.

Taehyung was quick to relax his lips against my own, disregarding the mistletoe behind him. His tongue glided against my bottom lip, begging me to let him in. My breath hitched as his hands moved up my waist and under my shirt, mine toying at the waist of his jeans, making him growl against my lips. I tugged against his bottom lip, causing him to whimper as I broke the kiss. His eyes questioned me, but I soon began leaving a trail of kisses along his bold jaw line before finding the soft spot below his ear to kiss and nip at. A low moan escaped from his mouth, a sound I would never tire of hearing.

I pulled at the hem of his white shirt, Taehyung finally getting the hint and pulling it over his head. I ran my hands over his smooth caramel skin, the light from the fire illuminating his complexion. “I must have done something really good in a past life, to be rewarded with someone like you, Kim Taehyung,” running my fingers along his prominent collar bones, draping my hands behind his neck.

“Let me see how beautiful you are” he smiled, helping me pull my own top over my head. Smiling, Taehyung ran his hand up the back of my neck, pulling my lips to his own once again. He shifted so he could lay down on the couch, pulling me down onto him, as the fire continued to burn well into the night.