I picked up my phone to see Taehyung's name appear with a message underneath it. He was at the coffee shop already. I had been running late all day, but I knew I had to make it to this. He said he needed to talk about something with me. I wasn't sure what he meant by that, but I figured that it wasn't going to be good. No one ever said, "We need to talk," and meant it to "just talk."
As I got off the bus, I remembered that the coffee shop was just around the corner. I adjust my backpack and walked briskly down the sidewalk crowded with people. I made sure to hold the plate of cookies I was bringing him tightly. I figured however this went, I might as well give him some of the cookies I had made the night before.
When I reach the doors of the coffee shop, I stopped to look in the window. He was waiting while looking on his phone. He was near the windows on the other end of the shop. I walked into the shop to hear the bell above the door. No one looked because of all the rushing people. I walked over to him and sat down in front of him.
"Hey, sorry I'm late." I said before putting my bag down. I put the cookies on the table as he looked up. "I made these cookies last night and I figured you might want some." I went on, "Did you order anything yet?" He shook his head. "Why are you so quiet today? What's up?" I asked.
"Do you want anything to drink? I can go get it. I'll pay since you brought some cookies." He was finally talking. I nodded and told him what I wanted. He left to order and came back quickly. The line was long so we were going to have to wait a little bit. I didn't mind. "How have you been?" He asked leaning in.
"I've been fine. Are you alright? You don't seem as energetic today. Do you have a cold?" I reached over to table to put my hand on his forehead. He sat surprised before I put my hand down. "You seem alright so what did you call me here for?" I asked.
"I just wanted to listen to you talk." My face went blank. This didn't seem like him at all. He must have notice because then he said, "I mean…I just…I missed you." I was silent until our number was called. Taehyung went to go get our drinks. I sat in silence and thought about what he had said.
When he came back with our drinks, I waited for him to say something and thanked him. "Well, yesterday I met up with Namjoon to hear about your guys' next song. I heard it's going to be a big hit." I began to talk and as I did, he didn't say a word. He only smiled with his right hand in a fist in front of his mouth. His eyes were squinted from his smile and his left arm just rested on the table below his right arm. I was about to stop talking, but then I noticed how intrigued he was. I could only think of him as My Taehyung.