Chapter 18

Male's pov :

I followed Tae out of the building to the parking lot. He was my last appointment for today and it was already lunch time, so we decided to have lunch together. Entering the parking lot behind his tall person in his olive crinkled shirt and black jeans , I walked in his shade. It was a rare bright and sunny day, in the middle of October.

Tae suddenly came to a halt, dead in his tracks and turned around, his face pale.

"what happened?", I asked.

"my mask broke", his bewildered face was extremely concerned about his condition as he held the black string of the mask.

"it's okay..... No one is here anyway", he said, a bit hesitant.

I understood his concern. I did a bit of research about Tae and found that well.... He has a lot of fans. Specifically female stans, who are better than the fbi. From his shoe size to even how many glasses of water he drinks every day, it's all online. Even the thought of people invading my privacy like that, gave me chills. Poor Tae.

Being found at a mental health care facility is a big deal for normal people so I could have only thought what would have happened if a person with billions of crazy obsessive fans was spotted here. I looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

He sighed and began his steps.

His steps were yet again discontinued as we both spotted a trio of Korean girls, getting out of their vehicle. Tae stood facing me as we were only a few mere steps away from his car. Even though we had every intention to eavesdrop, the girls were so loud that even a deaf person could listen.

"I swear If oppa is actually here, I am going to faint", the tall girl Screamed in an awkward English accent .

" he had been getting councelled even back in Korea and actually decided to hide it, so rude of him", the shorter one said.

By now we both knew who they were talking about. Great timing crazy stans.

Tae and I signaled each other developing our escape route but it was too late. The girls had noticed us.

"yaah, that guy! , he looks fshy!", the short one said, pointing her finger at his broad back

Those rude girls started to make their way towards us and the panic began.

"Okay so worst case scenario, u are going to be caught standing next to a girl in the parking lot of a counseling center ", I spoke in a low voice.

"aahh the members will kill meee", he whispered freaking out.

As the trios took steps towards us, Tae took steps towards me.

" If we get caught it's the end for me ", he said in hopelessness.

By now there wasn't even a whole inch of distance between our two bodies.

The adrenaline was rushing to my brain. Partially due to the thoughts of the future scandal I would be getting into or probably because of the way tae's breath fanned my face as we stood sandwiched between two cars. To say that his face looked even more breathtaking up close is an under statement. He was no fallen angel but a damn reborn Greek God.

If only the sun could stop shining for a little bit and everything would go dark.

Or maybe if the Earth could swallow us.

Or...

Maybe if I....

Eying the stalkers only a few steps away, they walked slowly, like predetors.

I felt a jolt as my hand went up to his shoulder, his strong shoulder. I don't know what got into me. My subconscious took over and my hands touched his shoulders. " Tae.", I breathed out.

His face was so close to mine that I could even smell his minty breath. My heart beat only went faster and faster. All the sounds of the world went silent.

In an instant my lips slammed into his. My eyes widened astonished, looking at his closed ones. His hand wrapped itself around my waist and the other on the nape of my neck as he tilted my head. His lips moved against mine and my body blew in sparks inside. My heart was pounding at such a speed that I felt lightheaded. At my numbness, he groaned tightening his hand on my neck and pulling me in so close that even air couldn't come in between.

My heart somersaulted then flew away as I closed my eyes, giving in, lips moving against his. My legs turned jelly and I felt like I couldn't hold myself up, so I held onto his shoulders for support. I grasped as if not getting enough, as I wound up my hands around his neck and pulled at the ends of his hair with my fingers.

In the moment of the kiss we were our pure and vulnerable selves.

I could sense his smirk on my lips and that was it for me to push him away.

We stared into each other's eyes for a few moments taking in all the oxygen we could.

"I know a good burger joint down the road"