T A E H Y U N G

"Are you bringing anyone with you to the party, Tae?" Jin-hyung asks.

"Uh...well, I invited Mina, but she hasn't gotten back to me yet." I explain.

I glance over at Jimin, but he didn't even look at me. We haven't been talking lately. I think he's still mad at me. He's been giving me the silent treatment and pretending like I'm not here. I'm hoping if I just wait it out long enough, he'll give up on being mad at me and we can put our friendship back together. I really like Mina, but I can't lose a friend like this.

I don't know when I'm going to tell her. I already know how she feels, she deserves to know how I feel too.

Ever since she gave me her number, we've been talking a lot over text. She said she's still not comfortable hanging out with us at lunch because she still feels bad about the whole Jimin thing. Keep in mind, she still doesn't know that Jimin told me she likes me.

She told me she could come to the party after Jungkook had invited Sana and Hobi had invited Momo. The three of them would come to the party together.

Yoongi wanted it to be a small party because his parents said he couldn't have more than twenty people over. They wouldn't be there during the party, but Yoongi's not the troublemaking type when it comes to his parents, so they trusted him. We didn't plan on having a crazy party either so he was fine with us inviting other people.

The party started off pretty chill. We all ate lunch together and then Hobi plugged in the noraebong machine.

"Tae, go! You know you want to!" They try to get me to go up next.

"I don't really-"

"Come on! I'll do it with you!" Namjoon-hyung says.

"Really?" I instantly change my mind, "Alright, let's go!"

I might have gotten carried away a bit, but I think it was fun. Everyone else was laughing while watching us. I caught a glimpse of Mina smiling and I got distracted for a second.

"Yah! Why'd you stop!?" Namjoon nudges me in the middle of the song.

"Oh, sorry!"

We ended with a pretty low score but I didn't care that much. We were just having fun.

After doing noraebong for a while, we went on to play some different games. Everything was going good until someone suggested we play truth or dare. I thought more people would oppose, but I was wrong. Everyone else wanted to play and I didn't want to be the only one left out.

They wanted to play it spin-the-bottle style. I was safe for the first few rounds. I only got to give Jungkook a dare when it was my turn to spin the bottle. After each turn, I felt like the dares were getting crazier and crazier. I was scared for my turn. The turns keep going until it gets back to Jimin. He spins it...and it lands on me.

"Truth or dare?" He asks with a blank face.

"Uh..." My mind rushed, "Dare."

After coming back to my senses I realize truth might have been the better option.

"I dare you..." He says, "To spend seven minutes in heaven with the prettiest girl in the room."

Jimin...why?

I look around frantically.

"You know there's a penalty if you don't do it." Yoongi reminds me.

I did not want to find out what the penalty was.

Without saying anything, I get up, grab Mina by the wrist and take us into the nearest closet and shut the door.

"Time starts now!" I hear one of them yell from outside.

It was dark and we were both sitting in the floor as the space was limited.

"I'm sorry about this." I say, breaking the awkward silence.

"I-it's okay."

There are no rules on how to spend the seven minutes, so if anything, we could just sit here and wait for the time to run out.

"Why did you choose me to bring in here?" She asks suddenly.

I couldn't see her in the dark, but I felt like she was staring right at me. I could feel her gaze.

"Because you're pretty." I put it straightforward.

"But Jimin said the "prettiest" girl in the room."

"Exactly."

After I said that, I could feel my face become warm. More awkward silence.I couldn't take it anymore.

"I like you, Mina." I blurt it out.

"..what?"

"Jimin told me about what you said when he asked you out. He said you had feelings for someone else and it was me. Is that true?"

She was quiet for a moment.

"Yes." She says, "It's true. So...you knew this whole time?" She sounded betrayed.

"Well...yeah." I mumble.

"Wait, so you like me?" She asks.

"Yes. I do."

.....

Neither of us said another word, but I felt her.

She places her hand on my leg, trying to navigate around my body in the dark. I grab her wrist and pull her in.

"Taehyung..." She whispers, "Kiss me."

"What?" I was surprised to hear something like this from her.

"We're running out of time." She says and then I feel her grab my face with both of her hands.

She kisses me.

Both of us inhale deeply on impact, trying to stay quiet.

I felt a shock run through my body, but I wanted more. I wrap my arms around her body and pull her onto me. I wish I could've seen her in this moment, but my eyes shut on their own, even in the dark.

To be honest, I could have kept going forever, but I heard footsteps approaching the door and that's when we stopped.

"Let's just keep this between us." I say quickly before the door is yanked back open.

"Seven minutes are up. How was it?" It was Jungkook that opened the door.

"We had a nice conversation." I shrug.

"Ah, you guys are boring." He goes to sit back down.

I can't believe that just happened. We kissed. She knows I like her.

What now?