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Taehyung swirls the wine glass in his hands, admiring it's slow dance to the music playing in the restaurant.
Out of nowhere, a man comes and sits in front of him, with a big smile, he starts going through the menu kept on the table.
"Um, who are you?"
The man looks up, his smile dimming. "Huh? Oh, oh, actually my date bailed on me, and I noticed you were sitting alone."
"And?" Taehyung raises a brow.
"I thought, maybe we could keep each other company?" The man offeres, "If you'd like, ofcourse," A hopeful smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
Taehyung puts the wine glass down. He sighs, "Look, Mister-"
"Jungkook," the man, Jungkook, brings his hands forward and reluctantly, Taehyung takes it and they shake hands.
"Taehyung." Taehyung gives him a tight lipped smile.
"Nice to meet you, Taehyung," Jungkook winks and grins. His teeth peeking out. Taehyung thinks they are uneven. With those big, round eyes, Jungkook look like a child waiting to pet a neighbours dog.
Cute.
"Should we order, Taehyung?"
"Huh?"
Jungkook waves up the menu in front of his face, "What would you like?"
"Um, Jungkook-ssi, I can't have dinner with you. Actually I'm waiting for someone." Taehyung sighs.
"And who might that be?"
"My husband," Taehyung declares.
"Oh," Jungkook looks away, a frown tugging
at his brows.
Taehyung observes. His hands move on its own accord and his fingers grazes Jungkook's brows.
Jungkook looks back with surprise, eyes wide, Taehyung can see the blush creeping up the man's neck and chuckes.
"Cute,"
"Huh?"
"What?" Taehyung pulls back.
"You have a husband!" Jungkook accuses, although the accusation is followed with giggling.
Taehyung scoffs, "I- I just, those tilted brows, um, I mean your frown, it was bothering me."
Jungkook smirks.
"What?"
"I'm sure your husband won't appreciate you touching another man in such an intimat way"
"He knows me! I can't stand frown on his face and do the same to him everytime he does that," Taehyung huffs.
"But, Taehyung-ssi, Am I your husband?" Jungkook raises a brow.
"No," Taehyung murmurs and looks away.
Jungkook clears his throat, "Anyways, Can we please order now?"
"No, I'm waiting for my husband," Taehyung says, his voice sharp, definitive.
"But what about my hunger?" Jungkook places his elbows on the to of the table and places his pouting face on his palms.
Taehyung chuckles, "You can go ahead and order for yourself "
Jungkook whines.
So childish.
But surprisingly, Taehyung doesn't find it annoying at all.
"Please? Hm?" Taehyung doesn't understand how Jungkook's lips could become any more poutiet than they already were.
Taehyung sighs, "We can have starters then, but I will
eat the main course only when my husband arrives."
"Okay!" Jungkook giggles, then sends a wink his way before calling the waiter.
Surprisingly, Jungkook ends up ordering a dish Taehyung loves the most.
Taehyung eats in silence, listening to all of Jungkook's office shenanigans. He comes to know the boy is a software engineer at an MNC and half of the time out of his working hours, he's visiting different restaurants to get a taste of different cuisine.
"When do you work then? Doesn't your boss get angry?" Taehyung laughs.
Jungkook beckons him to come closer, "I carry my laptop everywhere, so I'm always online on our company's official messaging application," he whispers, as if people sitting around the restaurant might go run and tell his manager anytime now.
Taehyung laughs out loud and shakes his head at the boy's antiques.
Taehyung doesn't realise when the man ordered the main course and now he was having the last spoon of his strawberry icecream.
He looks up to see Jungkook looking at him with eyes that scream anguish. His lips turned upwards, but not reaching his eyes.
Jungkook looks... Sad.
What is there to be sad about?
"Tae?"
"Huh?"
"Let's go back home"
Taehyung hums.
Jungkook pays and holds Taehyung's hand as they leave the restaurant.
Hoseok sighs and he sees the retreating form of the couple visiting his restaurant all the time.
This is where they met, had their first date, by pure luck of Jungkook's date bailing out on him at the last minute.
The same place where they celebrated two years anniversary.
Hoseok had attended their wedding. Even gifted a big fridge to them.
He shakes his head remembering how much his boyfriend had nagged about the amount spent on just random customers.
But Taehyung and Jungkook had made a place in his heart.
They come in every now and then, but it's not the same as before.
Maybe no, it's exactly the same as the first time.
Every time.
Making new memories as Taehyung seems to be forgetting the old ones.