At some point during the rehearsal, you started to feel cold, so you curled up in your chair, bringing your knees to your chest and hugging your legs. As soon

as Taeil had a break, though, he came running to you, taking off his black sweater and giving it to you. He was wearing a black tank top below. You tried not

to stare at his arms. He was skinny but he had such a nice body. He put his sweater around your shoulders.

-Here, put this on if you are cold. Uh… im sorry if its a little sweaty.

You thanked him and pulled it over your head. It was warm and smelled like him. Taeil hesitated then ran his hands behind your neck, pulling your hair out

of the sweater and fixing it for you. You felt goosebumps.

-Its so good to have someone i can do this for - he mumbled, kind of to himself, and smiling caringly at you, and then ran back

You rested your head over your knees, so comfortable you fell asleep.

- _______-ah. - Taeil called when practice was over. You didnt move. - ________-ah! Wake up… - nothing. Taeil stopped and thought for a second. Then he

adjusted himself and put one arm under your knees, the other around your waist, and began to lift you up, thats when you woke up.

- Ah, no no its ok im awake! - you say as he begins to lift you up. When he doesnt stop, you grab his arm. - No, seriously its ok, im heavy.

He laughed. 

- No you’re not. - but put you down anyways. You blushed.

- Time to go home! - he said cheerfully starting to walk. - Can i… - he stopped. - Can i hold your hand? Or is it too… soon, awkward…? I mean, since you

are sort of like my ”girlfriend”, i think…

You skipped forward and grabbed his hand, smiling, which made him stop talking, and you two went to the car.

——-

The first night was awkward.

Even though he had kept your hand in his all the way home, even when he fell asleep on the car, so tired of the rehearsal. When you got home, the other

boys started talking to you, always being so nice and trying to make you laugh. But also, teasing you and Taeil, joking about being jealous. For some

reason, after that, you just felt embarrassed and didnt know what to say. Thankfully, they were all tired and went to sleep quickly.

- You are gonna sleep here. - Taeil said as he opened a door for you. You had room to yourself, it had a lot of the boys clothes on one wall, and a bed for you

on the other. Taeil had even squeezed his stuff under it so you could use his space in the drawer. - Anything you need just wake me up ok? Anything at all. I

hope you are comfortable.

- Everything is great, thank you so much.

He smiled at you one more time, then left.

———-

As the days passed, you and Taeil got closer and closer.

You found out you could actually be yourself with him, and relaxed more, talked more. He held your hand all the time now. Sometimes, even unconsciously.

Also he wore the necklace you gave him all the time, and the fans started to notice. They were not supposed to find out about you, but now they were

wondering where did he get that necklace he liked so much.

And you tried harder and harder to covince yourself you didnt have a huge crush on him. Because you were affraid it was all because he was being so

sweet to you, and that would eventually go away when the contract was over. Maybe not, maybe even when it was over he would want you around, this time

as a real friend.

You were trying not to let your hopes up.

But one night after 5 days being together, he came to your room as usual to say goodnight, you were brushing your hair.

- Ah, can i do that? Please? - he said, reaching for the brush.

- Sure, go ahead!

He ran his fingers on your hair a couple of time before brushing it. It felt really good, you began to feel sleepy.

- All done! - he said after a few minutes, when your hair was so perfectly in place any cordi noona in the world would be jealous. You turned to him and he

patted the top of your head. - Good night, sleep well!

- You too. - you giggled. And then, so quickly you didnt even have time to realize what was happening, he pecked you on the lips.

It was the slightest touch, but made your lips tingle. He pulled away very slowly.

- Good night… - he repeated. And then he was gone.

You slept with a smile on your face.

——-

Taeil went to sleep feeling guilty. He shouldnt have kissed her. Over the past days he had to constantly remind himself she wasnt really his girlfriend. Even if

she made him feel so good, so comfortable. She fit him. All the loneliness he was feeling before was gone. But what was gonna happen when it was time

for her to leave? He knew for sure he would go into depression. Maybe this whole thing was a bad idea. Maybe he should have just it up and

handled his feelings. Everybody else was, so why couldnt he? Taeil felt weak.

He shouldnt have kissed her. She was probably angry with him now too, doing something like that out of the blue. She probably didnt feel like he did whent

they were together. And now he was gonna have to spend the night with the thought of her soft lips against his and all the guilt in his mind.

He was an idiot.