Foreign Love [new account]

[Tanime’s POV]

It felt like everything was going in slow motion the second he placed his hand on my cheek. Our eyes were fixed on each other and then he started to come closer… I could feel my heart beating in my throat. What was he doing? I felt so nervous for some reason and I couldn’t seem to get control on my nerves. Why he’s approaching me like this? My breathing started to become unstable. I started to lose my ability to think. And then… and then I just…

*SLAP*

“AAUWH!” Jimin instantly took his hand off my cheek to place it on his own. At this point I was out of breath. Jimin looked at me in shock and pain. I could just stare at him while catching my breath.

“Tanime ssi! What the hell did you slap me for?!” he finally shouted out.

“I-I… You w-were…” I stuttered.

“I what!?” he asked impatiently and still shocked.

Finally I got a hold of myself. “It’s your own fault!” I blurted out, “I’m not that easy, you know.”

“Not that easy? What are you talking about?” He replied indignantly. “You had something on your face!”

“Yeah right, why were you coming so close after you already wiped it off then?” I asked.

“Because I thought there was still something else on your face. But I couldn’t see it that well.” He said. “I wear glasses from time to time. Didn’t you know?”

“I… I didn’t know that”. I lowered my gaze. Omg, what have I done? Jimin sighed.

“Tanime ssi, what did you have in mind that I would do to you that you slapped me this hard?” he asked still rubbing his cheek.

“N-nothing” I started to blush again and just stared at the ground.

“Come on. Don’t lie to me, just te-” he suddenly stopped talking. I looked up at him to see what happened. What I saw was Jimin’s concerned facial expression turning into a big ass grin. He was trying to hold it in but he couldn’t.

“Tanime ssi,” I humourlessly smiled and looked away again, “Did you perhaps think that I was going to kiss you?” Jimin asked.

“WHAT!? No, no!” I answered too quickly. “Haha,” I laughed nervously. “Why would you think that? You’re so strange, haha.” OMG noe, get me out of hereㅠㅠ

“Haha, it’s okay Tanime. I’m aware of my irresistibility.” He smiled amused.

“Yah,” I frowned “You want another one?”

“Err, no thanks.” He grabbed his cheek again.

“Smart thinking. Commercial’s over let’s watch further.” I said. And so we proceeded watching our favourite drama.

[Jimin’s POV]

I grabbed my plate of food again to finish my meal. In my head I couldn’t stop dying with laughter. Man, this girl is really something.And she surely knows how to hit. I definitely shouldn’t make her mad lol. While watching the drama I frequently tried to steal some glances of her. It seemed like she couldn’t focus on the drama. She was just playing with her food. To be honest, I couldn’t focus either.

“Tanime ssi, don’t you like the food?”

“Hmm? Oh no, it’s great. Thanks.” She smiled politely and took a bite.

“Are you sure? Because you don’t look like it.” I said. “Do you miss your moms cooking perhaps?” She froze. She didn’t expect me to ask that I guess.

“My mom...” She whispered. The atmosphere changed. I realized that I actually don’t know that much of her.

“I’m sorry, did I say something wrong?” I asked concerned.

“Aniyo,” she looked up. “It’s just that I miss her a little… and her cooking of course.” She smiled lightly. “I hope she’s doing fine.”

“I hope so too. But she’s not alone right?” I asked.

“Actually, my parents divorced when I was five. But she still has my brothers around sometimes. So I don’t have to worry that much.” She replied. Then she leaned back and focused on the screen again.

“Oh, I see.” And then it became silent. This conversation made me think about my own family. I remembered how hard it was for me to be so far away from home when I entered Big Hit. I could barely see my family. Since my debut it became even worse. But I’ve accepted it as a part of my life now. I could imagine what she was feeling right now and she’s even further away from home. She must feel very lonely.

I looked at her and couldn’t help but laugh. It seemed like she fell asleep with her plate in her hands. I stood up and took our plates to the kitchen. The drama ended so I turned off the tv. After I did the dishes I contemplated on what I should do. She seemed really tired so I didn’t want to wake her up. She snored lightly but cute. I should lay her in bed. I walked to the rooms to see which one was hers. Found it. I switched on the light to prepare her bed. Whoa, what a lovely room. I walked to her bed and moved the sheets a bit. Then I walked back to the living room. She was still in dreamland. I carefully picked her up bridal style trying not to wake her up. Eventually I managed to get her into her room and I laid her in bed. I covered her with her sheets so she wouldn’t get cold. I looked at her and smiled. Mission succeeded.

Suddenly I heard her phone ringing in the living room. I quickly went to pick it up before she would wake up. I looked at the screen to see the caller ID. ‘Hoon’ who the hell is that? Maybe it’s urgent.

“Yeoboseyo?” I answered.

“Yeoboseyo? Who’s this? Where is Tanime?” he said.

“Tanime is sleeping right now. She can’t talk so don’t call again please.” I answered.

“What? Who do you think you are?” He replied offended.

“Do you want me to repeat myself?” I asked.

“Listen, I’m her best friend. So she won’t mind. I’m coming over right now.”

“She’s not home right now, ‘best friend’” I scoffed. “She’s tired so leave her alone.”

“Who are you? I can’t let her be alone with some stranger.” he replied.

“That’s none of your beeswax. She’s with me now so I guess I’m more important. Stop calling.” I ended the phone call.

Who’s this overly obsessed dude? He called again. I turned off her cellphone. This guy needs to chill. I looked over to the rooms. She needs to get some rest.I should go. I packed my stuff and left.

[Tanime's POV]

I slowly opened my eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Huh…. what time is it? What happened? My eyes slowly closed again. Suddenly Jimin appeared in my mind and I immediately opened my eyes again. Am I still in the living room? I moved a little bit and felt my blanket. I'm in bed? But how... Suddenly the weirdest thought came to my mind. Don't tell me... I carefully reached my hand to the other side of my bed. Nobody was there. I sighed. But how did I come in here? I couldn't remember much about last night. I searched for my phone to check the time but I couldn't find it. I frowned. That's odd. I wasn't feeling like getting up but I had no choice now. I got up and walked myself to the living room. I turned on the lights and looked around. It was already 5AM. To my surprise the place looked tidy. I walked to the couch and sat down. The last thing I remember was me and Jimin eating and watching drama. I looked beside me and saw my phone. I tried to unlock it but it seemed to be switched off. Weird, I never switch off my phone. I quickly turned it on.

*Bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz*

Woooow, am I that important!? Notification after notification came in. I had like 10 missed calls and 5 new messages, all from Hoon. I suddenly remember him saying that he would call me. Something must have happened, because this is not normal. I started reading the messages.

– Yah, I need to talk to her. Don’t be so rude. –

– Pick up the damn phone! –

– Yah, who do you think you are!? You better not hurt her or I’ll find you and kill you!–

– Tanime, if you read this message call me back ASAP, okay? –

– Tanime, please call me back, I need to talk to you. I need to know if you’re fine –

I was kind of flabbergasted. I had no clue of what happened. I just sat there frowning and confused. Oh my, Jimin must have something to do with this. Ughhh, why does he keep answering my phone calls. What's wrong with him? He even turned off my phone. That's really rude. If I didn't wake up I would've overslept. Slightly frustrated I got up to shower, because I didn't feel like sleeping anymore. I had myself some breakfast and went to Big Hit to practice on my No More Dream choreo. I decided not to call Hoon but to just wait so I could talk to him in person about what happened.

When I arrived at Big Hit it was very quiet. There weren't many people there. I went to one of the dance studios. I practiced till 7AM and then decided to take a break. I opened the door a little bit and walked to the railing. I wanted to see if there were more people in the building now. I looked down at the central hall where person after person came in. They were rushing to their office or just stood there talking to their colleagues. I turned around to walk back to the studio when I saw a group approaching me in the corner of my eye. It was BTS. They walked in like they ruled the whole company, but it was cool though. I acted as if I didn't see them and I quickly walked into the studio. After I closed the door I walked to the stereo to start the music again, but I heard someone knock on the door. Who's that? I hurried to open the door and saw all BTS members in front of me.

“Omo” I said a little bit in shock.

“Annyeonghaseyo, sorry to bother you, but are you practicing here?” a tall guy asked.

“Erh, yes I am. Why?” I replied.

“Well, the thing is that we have to practice, but we really need this studio. We’re preparing for a special act and this studio has the special attributes we need.” He said. I took a second to look at the members. They smiled politely. Jimin stood in the back. He raised his eyebrows and tilted his head a little when we made eye contact.

“Hmm, I see.” I said looking back at the tall guy. “I understand. I’ll just go to another studio then.”

“Thank you so much for your understanding.”

“It’s okay” I said and I walked away to look for an open studio. Luckily there weren’t many people yet so I could just go into another studio. I opened the door from studio 4 and turned on the lights. I looked inside and saw that this studio was a little bit smaller, but it was okay. I was alone anyway.

“Excuse me, you forgot your stuff” someone said.

I turned around to see Jimin. I looked past him but the members already seemed to have went into the other studio. “I didn’t forget them. I was just looking for another place to practice.” I said. “Do you guys want to get rid of me that badly?”

“Ah, no it’s not like tha-”

“Oh look, you even brought my phone.” I interrupted him. “Good, if anyone calls now at least you can pick up for me again.” I gave him a fake smile.

“Tanime, liste-”

“No Jimin, YOU listen. I don’t know who you think you-” Suddenly he pushed me inside.

“YAH!” I yelled.

“Shut up!” he yelled back. My eyes were spread wide open. He closed the door and walked closer to me.

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