As soon as you walked into the school you were assaulted by red, white, and pink everywhere. There were red paper hearts stuck on every available surface your eyes could see. Little white streamers were strung up along the top of the walls and pink streamers were wrapped around the handrails of the main foyer staircase. There were cheesy Valentine’s Day decorations everywhere to get the students to feel the Valentine’s Day cheer but honestly all you felt was nauseous.

It was safe to say that you didn’t particularly like Valentine’s Day. It wasn’t the holiday itself, a small part of you could even admit that it was kind of cute. But the fact that you never had a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day and spent year after year being lonely on the holiday had made you all a bit too bitter about it.

Today you were feeling extra resentful and you had to try hard not to scowl at all the happy couples in the hallways. You knew that this Valentine’s would be no different than the others and you couldn’t help but be bitter. Didn’t you deserve a little love and affection too?

You made your way to your locker with your eyes glued to the ground in order to avoid seeing all the decorations. You were already over this day and it hadn’t even begun. All you wanted to do was go home and binge watch something on netflix in your pyjamas and be free to sulk in your Valentine’s Day loneliness.

After managing to dodge all the couples in the hallways and avoid making contact with any of the sickening decorations, you finally arrived at your locker. The school had taped a generic Valentine’s card to every student’s locker in an attempt to make no one feel left out but you just looked at it with disgust and quickly ripped it off your locker. The last thing you needed was another reminder that you were forever alone every time you had to get books that day.

When you opened your locker, a light pink envelope fell out and almost poked you in the eye. You scowled because you didn’t really want to blinded by a god damn Valentine’s Day card of all things. You were surprised though, you never got anything for Valentine’s Day. You picked it up off the ground expecting it to have just been put in the wrong locker, or something else equally as unfortunate, but to your even bigger surprise, the card was addressed to you. Your name was written across the back of the envelope in unfamiliar handwriting and you felt yourself getting anxious. You didn’t want to get your hopes up because people had done this to you before. Sometimes the popular guys in your school thought it was fun to put fake Valentine’s cards in girl’s lockers as some sort of mean prank and you had fallen victim to it before.

So with a cautious hand, you started opening the envelope. You thought you probably looked a little silly, standing at your locker with an unimpressed face, carefully opening the envelope like you were diffusing a bomb but you couldn’t help it. You finally got it open and peeked inside, only to find a small slip of paper. It was decorated with a few cute little hand-drawn hearts but other than that there were no other decorations or pictures on it. Written in the middle of the paper, in the same writing your name had been in, was “Y/N. Happy Valentine’s Day. Meet me on the fourth floor after school for your special Valentine’s Day surprise.”

You read over the card at least five times, figuring that it had to be a joke. You knew that no one liked you so why would anyone want to meet you? The bitter part of you knew that it just had to be some sort of horrible prank. You would walk upstairs and be greeted by a bunch of people making fun of you for thinking that anyone could ever like you. Yes, that had to be it. But the smaller, more hopeful part of you thought that maybe, just maybe, this could be for real.

The first bell rang, pulling you out of your thoughts and you quickly grabbed what you needed and headed to homeroom. As hard as you tried all day, you couldn’t concentrate on any of your classes. All you could think about was the mysterious note and whether or not you should go and meet your potential secret admirer after school. You spent all day locked in an internal battle with yourself and before you knew it the day was over.

You waited for the initial rush of students to clear the halls before carefully making your way to the fourth floor. The fourth floor of the school only contained the art room and a few storage rooms, so there were rarely people up there. You knew the staff discouraged students from hanging out there so you were a little nervous that you might get in trouble. But you were far too curious to back down now. You knew the chances of getting pranked were pretty high, but you couldn’t live with yourself if you didn’t at least try.

When you opened the door to the fourth floor, it was dark. As soon as you took a step inside, the automatic lights flickered on and showed that there was no one in sight so you continued on your way through the halls. When you turned the corner you could see the silhouette of a boy standing at the end of the hallway and your nerves increased tenfold. Once you neared the end of the hallway, you could see who it was and honestly it just made you that much more nervous.

It was Kim Taehyung. Kim Taehyung, student body president. Kim Taehyung, member of almost every sports team. Kim Taehyung, handsome bachelor that all the girls wanted to be with. Taehyung had to be one of the most popular guys at your school, and he was in so many clubs and on so many teams that you could never keep track. He always seemed to be everywhere and you wondered how someone could be so busy yet always remain so cheerful and full of energy. You were friends, but then again, who wasn’t friends with Taehyung? He always had such a sunny demeanor and greeted everyone with happiness and enthusiasm that everyone couldn’t help but immediately like him. All of your interactions with him had been pleasant, he was always very nice and asked you about your day or offered to help you with your homework. However, you never felt as if he treated you differently than the hundreds of other people he was pleasant and jovial with, so seeing him here was a surprised to say the least.

He was looking handsome as always, in a blue, white, and brown striped sweater that fit him perfectly and in your opinion, looked amazing on him. He was standing with his hands behind his back and a wide smile on his face. You carefully approached him and stopped a few feet in front of him. Once he realised that you weren’t going any further, he closed the distance between the both of you.

“I see that you got my note, Y/N” Taehyung said.

“Yeah…” you said, trailing off because you were at a loss for words.

“I thought that since it was Valentine’s Day, it would be the perfect time to confess,” Taehyung said while trying to gauge your reaction.

“Confess what?” you asked. “Did you murder someone or something?” you joked, just in case he was about to tell you any second that this was all an elaborate prank to hurt you.

“No,” Taehyung chuckled. “Although that would be quite the confession,” he said. “I’m here to confess my feelings for you!”

“Your feelings…. For me….”

“Yes! I’ve actually had a crush on you since freshman year but I was always too nervous to say anything,” he admitted. “But all my friends were tired of seeing me pine over someone that I’ve never even tried to be with so they convinced me that confessing to you would be in my best interest,” he said with a rueful grin.

You could feel your cheeks heat up as he was talking and you were sure that you were about as red as a tomato by the time that he was done. You had always had a crush on him but you knew that a lot of girls felt the same way so you’d never even entertained the idea him reciprocating your feelings.

“Oh, and these are for you,” Taehyung said, while finally taking his arms out from behind his back. he was holding a heart-shaped box of chocolates and a bouquet of lavender roses. “I was going to give you traditional red roses but I thought you might be sick of the colour red by the end of the day,” Taehyung said with a laugh while giving the presents to you. “Lavender roses are actually supposed to represent love at first sight and while I don’t necessarily believe in that, I definitely believe that I felt something special when I first laid eyes on you.”

You took the presents from him and smelled the sweet scent of the roses. You felt yourself starting to get misty-eyed and you tried to blink away the tears.

“Is something wrong?” Taehyung asked in a concerned voice.

“I was just so sure that this was going to be some kind of prank and I can’t believe that you actually like me,” you explain with a slight laugh at how over dramatic you feel like you’re being. “I’ve always had a crush on you too but I thought that there was no way you would ever feel the same.”

Taehyung smiled so big that even his eyes were smiling and you couldn’t help but smile back. He was just so cute and you felt so happy. He stepped forward and slowly put his arms around you. “So,” he said while looking down into your eyes. “Will you be mine this Valentine’s Day?”

“Of course I will Taehyung.” you said. You melted into his embrace and felt so secure in his arms. His sweater felt as soft and cuddly as it looked you noted. He leaned down to close the distance between your lips and gave you a gentle kiss.

“Let’s get out of here and go spend Valentine’s Day somewhere a little more romantic than school,” Taehyung suggested. You smiled at him in response and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the stairwell.

You and Taehyung walked hand in hand out of the school and for the first time in your life, you were incredibly happy that it was Valentine’s Day.