First Love

Kim Taehyung has always wanted to marry his first love and be with her forever.

This dream was something the Army already know of. They had no idea though, that this 'first love' already exists and is deeply etched in the man's mind and soul.

"Tae! Tae!" A little girl with a muddy face appeared behind the tree. Her small palms were held on together as she offered to a boy who was busy sowing the farm.

"Hmm?" He tilted his head with a laugh. Grabbing the towel hanging over his shoulder, Kim Taehyung began to wipe the dirt away from the girl. "What did you do this time?"

"Jihyun was behaving okay!" She puffed her cheeks in a grievance which made the boy laugh harder at her natural aegyo. "Look!"

Kim Taehyung shook his head as he glances at her hands. "What is it?" He trembled. "That's not a bee is it?"

Once upon a time, this little devil gave him a bee as a gift. O how fast did he run for his life!

The little girl giggled "No!" before slowly opening her palms to reveal a light shining between her fingers.

"Aa!" Kim Taehyung widened his eyes in a daze.

He followed the two orbs of light that flew around her and shone her face. Even though there was still on her face while her clothes were covered in mud as if she swam on it, the girl still looked beautiful. Her short hair fluttered in the wind and caressed her pale cheeks. The way her eyes twinkled in the night were like life-saving grace she has giving to the him who was drowning in darkness.

What Kim Taehyung loved the most was her voice, it was like an enchanting melody telling him to come closer. Every word she spoke is like a song that can never be forgotten.

At that moment, the little girl looked like a forest fairy who attracts men with their lullabies.

Kim Taehyung's heart fluttered but it disappeared just as quickly.

When the fireflies who got caught by the little girl's playfulness finally escaped, Kim Taehyung pinched her squishy cheeks and said: "You caught them again, you little devil!"

"But they're beautiful, Oppa!"

"That does not mean you can catch them! They have family who worries about them too!"

"Ah-ah-oppa!" The little girl went teary-eyed from the way he pulled her cheeks "It hurts!"

Kim Taehyung's heart immediately softens. "I'm sorry." He said, stopping his pinches to caress her smooth reddened skin instead. "Are you okay?"

The little girl who was wearing a pitiful expression suddenly burst into laughter "Where did Little Yeo and Little Tan go now?" She pulled away from the boy like a mouse escaping from a cat. "I will catch them again for you!"

'Yeo? Tan? What kind of strange name is that?'

"..." Taehyung turned speechless. He watched as the small figure ran about to the forest once again, almost stumbling in the process which made him scared out of his wits.

"Bae Jihyun! Stop right there!" The boy screamed, throwing the plow from his hands to chase the girl down. And thus, waves of laughter and screams then resounded throughout the farm.

During those childhood days, life was peaceful and simple. Those memories still made the man's smile and heart starts beating as if it was being chased by a terrifying bee. Her melody is the one that calms her nerves down whenever he goes on stage. It's also the one that saved him from drowning in the darkness once again.

Kim Taehyung silently caressed the book on his hand. On the page was a sketch of a little boy and a girl surrounded by glittering fireflies. At the bottom of the corner was a string of hangul which made his fingers tremble.

'You never fail to make other people's night shine, Taehyung-oppa.'

"That's my line, baboya… " He mumbled to himself with a soft voice.

"Tae, did you say something?" Park Jimin who was seating on the back seat with him called when he heard his soft voice. He was smiling as he greeted but in the next second, Jimin's eyes widen in shock.

He quickly scooted closer to his sworn brother. "Why are you crying?"

At his question, the men who were with them simultaneously turned their heads. Kim Namjoon who was busy reading their schedule, Kim SeokJin and Jung Hoseok who was fooling around, and even Min Yoongi who was still half-asleep, they almost got a heart attack when they saw the tears coming out of Kim Taehyung's eyes.

"Huh?" The latter didn't seem to notice it until it was mentioned. He felt the salty taste on his lips as he wipes the wet tears on his face. "That's strange."

Kim Taehyung laughed but it sounded heartbreaking even as he reassured the other members with "I'm fine, don't worry."

But he definitely didn't look fine.

He paused for a moment before glancing at the oldest member, Kim Namjoon. "Hyung, can I have a favor…?"