It is a sunny morning in Seoul city. Kookie is walking with a coffee in his hand through the streets. He is in a hurry as it is his first day of work. He got on the subway and waited. While waiting for the train he remembered about his dream of being a stylist. Finally it is coming true. He looked at the time and it is already 9:45am
He rushed through the crowd. Finally he reached in front of a huge building which said HAZE LABELS. He went in front of the entrance. A tall guy was standing there and he asked, " who are you?"
Kookie answerd with little fear, "i got an appointment letter from here for being a stylist. Here is the letter" he handed over the letter from his bag. The guard glanced at the letter and nodded at him
He got inside the building which was really huge and people were walking in a hurry. He saw many good looking rich boys who were practicing some moves. He thought, "they might be from rich families so that they dont have to worry about earning for themselves."
When he was waiting in front of the lift. A tall handsome looking guy come and stood near him. He had an intriguing eyes which can peirce to anyone's heart. Kookie thought," he has good style and he is wearing great clothes too. I wish i could work with this guy. Maybe i can put in my efforts in styling his outfits." kookie wanted to smile at him but he was in his own world.
When the lift opened he entered it first and before kookie entering it, he looked at him and said," i like to be alone on the lift so dont come". Kookie was like " why is he behaving so rude. Lift is for everyone right? How come he wants to travel it alone".
As it was his first day he thought he should let it go. The man closed the lift. Kookie stood there for another ten minutes until it arrived again.
Kookie reached on the 20th floor. He entered into a hall full of costumes and fashion designers working their *** off. Kookie was in love with the atmosphere. Then a lady comea near him and introduced her, " hello i am jiwoo and i am the senior stylist here". Kookie was scared of her voice as it seemed really dense and serious.
He smiled at her. But she didn't smile back. He stood there glancing him top to bottom and said "how can you be late on your first day. You seem so irresponsible. I dont want guys like you here. Dont repeat this. Ok".
Kookie felt the pain of ruining his first day of work. He thought if that guy didn't showed up in front of the lift i could've entered the office a lot earlier. The only person i hate here right now is him.
Kookie thought " i should get rid of these thoughts i am not going to meet him anyway."
He sat there in his desk and started doing his sketch of a new style blazer.
Suddenly jiwoo called hime. " jungkook come and meet the idol that you need to work for." kookie stood up to greet him and his face was in shock
The person he saw was that tall handsome guy with long hair who was wearing a brown blazer and a black mask. He removed his black mask and smirked at kookie. Kookie thought of running to the opposite direction. But he cant he was helpless. He stood there.
The man said "hello I'm kim Taehyung. You will be working for me."
Taehyung was smiling all the time seeing the panick that kookie had after seeing him.
Tae said " hello we have met earlier right?."
Kookie felt that he is going to be in a hell if he works with this rude guy. So he just nodded and stood there
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It is next day morning. Kookie woke up early that day and reached the office quiet early.
He was walking through the rooms of the building and saw many studios and practice rooms. All of them were empty as it was so early for the artists to come.
He stopped in front of a room which said, "Kim Taehyung" that name gave him chills. He had the urge to go inside and look. So he opened the door and went inside. He saw a large piano in the centre and so many shelves were filled with books related to music. The whole room screamed that it was a true musician's room. He thought " may be i judged him way too soon."
Suddenly he heard someone entering the room and it was Taehyung. He was wearing a blue offsize t-shirt and white pajama pants. His hair was all messy and he had sleepy eyes.
Tae asked "what are you doing here? Who gave you permission to enter my practice room. I don't like strangers entering here and going through my stuff. Get out right now."
Kookie felt really sad that tae acted this rude just because he entered that damn room. Kookie left the room without saying anything.
The day was so busy and suddenly jiwoo came and said to kookie,"Go to stage 2, Taehyung is having a video shoot. So tyle his costume. It should be something dark and wild. Mind that. Dont make him go made on you. He is already in a bad mood." after what jiwoo said kookie felt really scared to go there but he had no option.
Kookie opened the room which was filled with people running over here and there. They were busy with work. Kookie saw tae sitting in front of a mirror wearing a peach full sleeve shirt.
The shirt tae was wearing was out of theme and it was kookie's job to make him change into something else. Kookie went near the dress area and saw a black shirt. He pulled it out and walked towards Taehyung.
He was waiting just behind tae to notice him but tae was busy on his phone. Suddenly some makeup artist pushed him accidentally and hell fell right on top on tae who was sitting on his chair.
Tae was shocked and they had their first ever close eye contact. Tae was looking right into kookie's eyes and even kookie felt a burning inside his heart because of the strong gaze.
Both of them were not moving an inch. Kookie's body was leaning to tae. Tae could hear the rising heartbeat of kookie who was nervous from head to toe.
They both got out that and kookie suddenly stood up and said sorry to tae.
Kookie rushed back inside the dress room and stood there for few minutes. That moment flashed through his mind. When he thinks about that he was getting the blood rush through his body.
Only after ten minutes he realised that the black shirt that he was meant to give tae was still in his hand. He rushed back to the makeup area where he looked for tae but he was not there.
Kookie rushed to the shoot hall where he heard a guy who was shouting at many other people. He was the pdnim of the show.
Kookie stood behind pdnim and he turned back. "you are that new stylist for tae right? How irresponsible you are? Where is the black coat that we wanted and why tae is wearing a peach shirt for a dark themed shoot?".
All questions were coming one after another and kookie felt like crying. His eyes got teard up and he stood there numb. Then he looked to the side where he saw tae who was drinking his coffee without even looking at him. Kookie felt bad that it was because of tae after all he forgot to say about the coat.
Kookie walked towards tae and gave him the black coat. Tae gave him a blank face. Kookie walked back not even saying anything to tae.
It was getting late and still kookie was working on a sketch of a new design.
As he was doing his work. He saw tae entering the room with a drink on his hand. He came near kookie and sat on a chair. Kookie didn't even cared to look at him. But he could feel that tae was constantly looking at him which made him feel anxious. Kookie suddenly looked at tae and tae suddenly looked at the drinks on his hand.
Kookie asked " what do you want?".
Tae said "i came to give you this." he put the drink on the table and smiled.
Kookie felt strange by this action but he wanted to know what this guy was upto. So he asked,"why are you giving me this, i dont want it. Already my day is ruined and i dont have the energy to talk to you".
Tae said " i know your day got really bad because of me. I knew it was a dark theme shoot today but then also i preferred wearing a peach shirt. I was in love with the fabric that i forgot to consult you. I know it was pdnim's anger on me that he took on you. I felt bad for you that moment. But anyway i wont be saying sorry to you. You work for me and things like this will happen." tae then looked at the ceiling as if he was avoiding eye contact.
Kookie thought "is he crazy or what? Why did he have to such nice things at the beginning and at the end he just ruined everything."
But tae's approach made kookie go a little soft on him. Kookie never expected him to clarify that earlier issue. But tae even came to him with a drink to offer. So kookie felt like may be i should get to know about this guy too.
Tae stood up and came near kookie. Kookie was sitting in a chair. He leaned towards kookie. Their faces are only inches apart. Kookie could feel the breath of tae.
Tae said " its really cold outside so wear some warm clothes from tomorrow".
He then walked towards the door and stopped. He then turned back and smiled at kookie.
Kookie never knew that tae had such a boxy smile. He never saw him smile like that. Kookie just sat on that chair mesmerised by the smile he received from tae.
Then kookie thought for a moment " after all he is not that rude."
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It was a pleasant Sunday morning. Kookie decided to have a walk on the park.
He was wearing a blue full sleeve shirt and a coat . It was quite cold outside.
He walked through the small road to the park with a coffee in his hand. Park was quite crowded for a cold sunday morning. After quite hardship he found a small bench that was secluded from people. It was behind a tree.
He sat there looking at the beautiful Seoul sky which was so blue that day. He started rubbing hands because of the cold and started drinking his coffee.
He closed his eyes and leaned on to the bench. He was zoned out for a while.
Suddenly he heard a small noice of a phone's notification sound which was not his. He opened his eyes and saw a man sitting near him.
He was wearing a green sweater with a long brown coat. He covered his neck with a long ash colored scarf. He wore a a black ivy cap which looked so elegant to his appearance.
Kookie asked " hey i got scared of your phone's notification. Usually people dont sit on this bench."
The man with the mask replied " i sat here because of you only".
Kookie was confused.
He asked " do i know you?".
The man removed his black mask and it was tae. Kookie was so shocked to see a person like him in that park. Tae was a famous idol in Korea and he cannot wander around in such places.
Kookie asked " how can you be here? If someone sees you, it will be trouble."
Tae said "I am also a common man so i need walks now and then. I usually have walk here. With this mask people wont know me. While i was walking i saw you sleeping here. It was funny how your mouth was slightly opened."
Tae was laughing at kookie.
Kookie knew that tae was intentionally coming into his life to make it worse.
Kookie said" i never sleep like that. It may be you. I need to go. I want to buy grocery and reach home."
Tae said"wait here let's talk for a while."
Kookie didn't want to talk to tae as he clearly decided to ignore him.
But it was fate that was bringing them together again and again.
Tae asked suddenly "what were you thinking about? Where do you live by the way?"
Kookie said " you dont need to know about that. I want to go".
Kookie stood up and turned towards tae who was still sitting on the bench on his right. He walked near him and suddenly he triped over tae's legs and fell on the ground.
Tae suddenly got up and went near kookie who was still on the ground. Tae had a small smile on his face after seeing the way how kookie fell over.
Tae asked " are you ok jungkook?"
Kookie had a frowning face. He felt embarrassed. He didn't wanted to face tae.
Kookie looked at him and said " i think i am ok. But my legs hurt a bit i think my left ankle is twisted."
Tae said " let me help you get up." he put his hands over kookie's shoulders and carried him to the bench. While seeing kookie's eyes tae could know that he was in lot of pain.
Tae sat on his knees and examined kookie's ankle. It had swelled up. So it was sure that the ankle was twisted.
All of a sudden kookie stood up in one leg and said " i am going. I need to reach home."
Tae caught his hand and said "how can you manage to reach there in this condition."
Kookie snapped tae's hand off and said, " i can manage. Leave me!".
Tae got angry kookie's behaviour, "how can you say that?. Dont say anything. I will take you home. Dont say anything."
Kookie was helpless. Even he knew that he cant reach home in that condition. So he agreed to what tae said.
Tae leaned over to kookie and pulled over the scarf he was wearing and rolled that over kookie's neck. Then he said" i dont want you to catch a cold".
Kookie looked at the scarf which smelled quite different and he liked that smell.
Tae helped kookie get up and put his arms around kookie's waist. Kookie stood without a reaction. Tae asked "can you put your arms around my shoulder please?".
Kookie did so and they walked together.
Kookie was thinking about what all will be happening next if tae comes to his house. There will be something that would surprise tae there.
What will be it.?
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