“I want to sit in the front seat with noona,” Tae Hyung said while he was staggering but still able to walk properly due to the support of his manager.

You shook your head and smiled at him as his manager finally gave in and let him sit in the front sit with you at the driver seat. You just attended Big Hit’s company dinner after a successful world tour with BTS as their make-up coordinator. Its been almost months since you had proper Korean barbeque meat and you really thank God for blessing you with company dinner. You love it as you get to eat the amount of meat you want without thinking of the fact someone else has to pay for it.

“Noona!!” Tae Hyung called out for you as he climbed onto the seat beside you.

“Yes Tae Hyung?” You looked at him and couldn’t help but smile because he got drunk from mistakenly drinking soju and sprite. To add on, within minutes, he got so high at the restaurant and began to sing the Lion King OST, making everyone laugh.

“Do you know the Lion King OST?” He asked and at the same time smiling at you. You love how his mouth would turn into a box shape and his eyes would become smaller.

“Yes, you sang that to us just now,” You told him and felt like as if you were speaking to a little boy.

The reason why you were at the front seat was because you were the only one who did not touch alcohol. Or in other words, you were allergic to alcohol. The managers knew that and asked you to help out by driving Tae Hyung back to the dorm first because he was getting out of control at the restaurant. Honestly you were kind of sad because you wanted to spend more time with the other make-up coordinators by listening to their words of advice etc.

“You sure you can drive back yourself?” His manager asked from the window and took a look at Tae Hyung was struggling to put on the seat belt now.

“Yup,” You nodded and told him not to worry so much and showed him that even though you are a girl you are strong enough to carry him back in case he fell asleep or something.  

“Sorry about it, the other managers and I got carried away and we all had some drinks,” He scratched and asked you to contact him immediately if you needed any help. You smiled and told him not to worry and told him to go back to restaurant to enjoy.

You turned and looked at Tae Hyung who got quiet and noticed that his seat belt all twisted. He looked at you and shrugged as if telling you that he could not fix the seat belt.

You sighed and reached over to adjust the seat belt for him before making sure that he was safely protected before starting the car. You could feel him tensed up slightly when you reached over but you thought that maybe that was just a natural reaction.

“Noona, why do you not drink?” He asked while sliding the seatbelt cover up and down as you began to drive.

“I will get all red and itchy,” You explained to him as you keep your eyes on the road.

“Ohhhh” He replied.

He paused for a while before asking again, “Do you like makeup a lot?”

“Yup,” You nodded and take a quick look at him to make sure he was fine, “That’s why I became a makeup artist,”

“My makeup artist,” He said suddenly with a sense of pride, “Noona is MYYYYY makeup artist!”

Taehyung was partially right. You weren’t technically his makeup artist but throughout the concert tour you were assigned to him and Jimin and occasionally the other boys if the other makeup artists were busy with other stuff. Out of the other makeup artists, you would say that you spent most of the time with him. Waiting for him at back stage and after every performance, you would hurry towards him and try to dry him off before his sweat ruined the makeup. It was not an easy job but somehow you enjoy working with them.

You laughed and played along with him.

“Yes, I’m Taehyung’s makeup artist,”

“Handsome boy KIM TAEHYUNG!” He exclaimed and waved his hands in the air.

He ended up laughing really happily and you couldn’t help but felt happy for him too. It’s been a long time since Tae Hyung had been so happy as the constant travelling and workload were actually draining not just him but also the other boys physically.

“Noona,” He called you again.

“Yea?”

“Do you think Jimin is more good looking or am I more good looking?”

“Why would you ask that?” You looked at him again as you pulled the car to the stop due to the red light.

“Because almost every day you help Jimin and I with makeup and one day Jimin and I had a bet,” Tae Hyung explained as he played with his fingers.

“What bet?” You asked, amused by what was going on behind your back. You never knew Jimin and Taehyung would talk about you like this.  

“To see who you would think is better good looking,” Tae Hyung looked up and smiled at you again.

You would say that Tae Hyung has much more defined features as compared to Jimin and you really enjoy helping him putting on his eye makeup in particular. As for Jimin, he has better skin than Taehyung and it was always a pleasure for you to help him enhance his features.

“Hmmm…. I don’t know,” You felt yourself frown as you thought about it seriously. “I think it’s-“

“Noona stop!” Tae Hyung suddenly interrupted you and looked outside.

He turned back and looked at you and gave you a serious look. “Can we have melona?”

“Melona?” You looked at the rear mirror and realized you guys just passed by a convenience store.

“Please?” He asked with his hands placed together. “Just one time... I want to eat Melona~”

You sighed and nodded your head as you realized how difficult it was to be a temporary manager.

“Assa!” He punched in the air and smiled happily liked a kid as you turned over and pulled the car over by the convenient store.

You guys got out of the car but you told Tae Hyung to sit at the empty bench outside of the convenient store while you went to get Taehyung and you each an ice cream.

By the time you came out, he was lying on his side but with his eyes opened. You mocked him for looking like a zombie and passed him the melona while you shooed him to sit up so you get to sit beside him.

“Why did I think that the soju was sprite?” It seemed like Tae Hyung thought about what happened back at the restaurant and began to reflect on his actions.

You shrugged and began to unwrap the Olympic ice cream you got for yourself. It was one of your favourite ice creams since young.

“I think I’m drunk,” Tae Hyung suddenly commented and looked at you.

You turned and looked at him on the left and said, “You only realized it now?”

He bit his melona while looking at you and nodded his head.

“Aiggooo,” You laughed and lightly arranged his hair, “Tae Hyung why are you so adorable,”

Tae Hyung seemed to freeze in motion as you brushed his hair and when you made eye contact with him, he immediately looked away.

“Noona,” He called you while looking at his feet.

“Hmmm?” You replied while eating on your ice cream as well.

“I think you shouldn’t do something like that,” He said softer than usual but you could still hear him.

“What thing?” You asked in confusion. “You don’t like to be call adorable?”

He took another bite of his melona and shook his head.

“Then what is it?” You said, suddenly feeling concerned if you did something which offended him.

“Please don’t touch my hair without my permission,” He said quickly and avoided eye contact with you.

Honestly you were confused because this was the very first time Tae Hyung had said something like that to you. As a makeup artist who has been working with them for the past 6 months or so, you were used to helping the boys with their makeup without asking their permission and it was your duty to make sure that they look perfect at any time. Be it hair or makeup it was your first time seeing Tae Hyung reacted like this.

“But it’s my job to make sure that you look good at all times,” You tried to explain to him. You weren’t trying to be rude or any sorts.

“Just…” Tae Hyung replied, “Tell me in advance or something….”

You looked back at your ice cream suddenly felt that everything didn’t taste as nice as before. For some reason you felt hurt.

In the end, Tae Hyung and you ate in silence.

“Are you angry?” He spoke and broke the silence.

“No not really,” You replied with a slightly cold tone. “Just confused…”

“About?” Tae Hyung seemed surprised and turned and looked at you.

“Like how I have to ask permission?” You turned and looked at him, “I mean, this was your first time telling me and I thought you were fine with it. You could have told me at the very beginning when I began to work with you or something. I didn’t mean to be rude or invade your space like that.. I just didn’t like being accused like this,”

You sounded more agitated than you expected yourself to be and it indeed took Tae Hyung by surprised as well.

“Noona.. I didn’t mean that,” Tae Hyung apologized and began to slowly fold the melona wrapper into halves.

“Then do you want to explain to me what you meant?” You folded your arms and looked at him. You were determined to get it out of your chest since he was the one who started asking you first.

“I…” He paused and tried to take a look at you before looking back at the melona wrapper. “Ah… No, it’s fine, I’m sorry. It’s my fault,”. He then scratched his head and messed his hair up even more.

“Wait, what do you mean?” You replied with a slight tinge of annoyance because he was clearly not speaking his mind. “You should just tell me what’s wrong,”

He shook his head and tried to tell you to just forget it.

But being you, you didn’t like how he was handling the situation. Be it drunk or not drunk you prefer to settle it once and for all.

“Kim Tae Hyung,” You called him, “Look at me,”

He sighed and slowly turned his head and finally looked into your eyes.

“Tell me what was wrong,”

“You really want to know why I was like that just now?” He asked with a serious voice.

You nodded your head and was determined to find out why he was behaving like that.

He sighed before sitting more upright and then he did something you did not expect for him to do at all.

Tae Hyung moved so close to you suddenly that his face was just a few inches away from you. He looked down at your lips before looking up into your eyes.

By then you were surprised and couldn’t help but let out a gasp and tried to back slightly away from him. However you couldn’t because there was already no more space behind the bench. Yet, you felt your heart skipped a beat because of the close distance between you and Tae Hyung. You could see how his features were shown much clearly under the moonlight. His bushy eye lashes… his high nose bridge… his cheekbones and his lips.

“Every time when you help me with my make up or fix my hair,” He whispered, “Noona… I get really nervous,”

Those simple words were so powerful you could feel chills going down your back.

You felt your heart beating faster.

He paused and looked down before biting his lips. You could tell that he was trying to tell you something more.

“And I can feel my heart beating faster than usual…”

You gulped.

Tae Hyung felt what around me?

You began to recall those moments when you remembered that Tae Hyung was acting weird around you.

There was the time when you helped him covered his blemish at the back of the concert stage and you remembered Tae Hyung acting slightly different from usual. You were holding his shoulder for support as you were not that tall enough to reach the acne on the right side of his temple. The close contact made his heart fluttered and it caused him to act not himself. You remembered asking him if he was alright but he dismissed it as just being nervous before his solo Stigma stage.

Another moment was when you were not careful and almost tripped while walking down the stairs as it was dark and you lost your footing. Tae Hyung caught you by the arm before you injured yourself and scolded you for being not careful. He ended up ranting about how he had to share makeup artist with Jimin already and if you were to injure yourself, he got to wait at the line behind Yoongi and Jungkook. You tried to argue with him that you do makeup on him using your hands and not your feet but he ended up just scolding you for not being careful about yourself and somehow ended up distorting into the fact that no makeup artist equaled to no BTS.

Out of all the other members you would say that he was the one closest to you and he would always greet you with smiles no matter if he was tired from the schedules or not. He was also always the one who enjoyed talking to you about skincare routine and music. Those were the two most random topics but he always liked to suggest music to you and you would always laugh it off and told him that you would listen to them on the way back home after work. You found yourself liking the music he recommended and surprisingly find it a liking towards Tae Hyung. Not in the romantic way but as a little brother. As such, you have never imagined him to like you in that way.

“I thought it was not possible because I know how you don’t like mixing work with romance. You said that’s why you left your old job at another company,” Tae Hyung continued and you noticed how deep his voice was every time he was serious. “I told myself to stop it before it gets even worse,”

Your eyes widened slightly in surprise because you did not expect him to remember what you told him last time as to why you had left your job. It was a bad company romance and you wish to not talk about it anymore.

“But it was so hard because I see you almost every day,” Tae Hyung moved slightly away but he was still close enough that you could feel his breath on you.

You suddenly felt bad because you really did not notice all these stuff until he pointed out to you. You thought it was just because he was Tae Hyung and that was how he usually acted in front of you and other people. But perhaps all along you were just ignorant.

“Noona, is it ok to like you? Can I like you?” Tae Hyung said and you tell from his eyes that he was sincere. His seemed to be still nervous from confessing his feelings to you and you felt yourself finally letting out your breath.

“I mean.. I understand that this was all very sudden and… you can say no but.. if you would just consider..” He began to mumble like a kid who had just lost his confidence since you were just there not replying him.

“Tae Hyung ah..” You called him and he looked at you immediately, unsure of what to expect.

“Yes?” He looked at you with his big eyes and you wondered how come you did not notice this much earlier than before.

He was really good looking and when you told your other friends that you were BTS makeup artist, they were really dead jealous of you. They had always told you to pay more attention on Tae Hyung and now you finally understood what they meant.

“Are you still drunk?”

He shook his head and looked again at you before replying, “Maybe.. slightly.. I don’t know. Do I look drunk?”

You smiled and you nodded your head before holding his shoulders and moving him so that you guys were at a more comfortable sitting position.

You continued to speak as you arranged the hair he had messed it up himself just now.

“I’m sorry I didn’t ask for permission just now” You spoke as you moved a particular strand to the left.

He gulped as he listened to you speak with full attention while trying to not feel nervous again with you touching his hair.

“But I felt that it was also unfair to me because of what you had done to me just now,” You stopped and looked at him.

“AHh.. That was because I-“ Tae Hyung tried to explain himself but this time you cut him off.

“Tae Hyung ah, what are you going to do now?” You asked with a slightly happier tone.

The way you spoke took him by surprise and you were sure enough that he would be confused by what was going on.

“What do you mean.. How should I do what?” He asked and you could sense the nervousness in his voice as he spoke.

“누나가 셀레게 만들었잖아…” You said, feeling embarrassed and covered your face. “책임 져라”*

And with that even though you couldn’t see properly, his face filled with worries turned into smiles and he suddenly cheered and shouted “누나 내거다!!”^

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*You made my heart flutter too, be responsible for that- I don't know why but I feel like at the time it was easier for me to express that moment with Korean

^You're mine! 

Hello~!

So I am back with a drunk taehyung and i cant imagine who he would be when he's really drunk XD perhaps he gets more weird than before? XD But as most of you guys know taehyung can't really drink well so I doubt we will see the next time when he uploads funny photos on twitter again XD 

Anw, thanks for reading! ^^