the wind blew her hard as she opened the front door and walked down the stairs to see kim taehyung, leaning on one of the streetlight poles, his hands shoved inside his pockets. val opened the gate that stood between them and saw that his gaze was already on her the moment the sound of the door was made.
there was awkward tension in the air as val reluctantly took small steps towards the boy in front of her. his scarf covered most of his face so only his bangs and his eyes were exposed to the cold. val too shoved her hands into her pockets and looked at the ground.
"guess i can't say 'long time no see' now, huh?" he spoke first.
val almost chuckled but judging from the tone of his voice, he wasn't in the mood to be joking around. she held up her head and nodded, not having enough courag
