"But why Taehyung?" He lets out a sad chuckle, shrugging his shoulders in the process.
"I wish I knew myself. But enough about us, what's up with you?" he asked, now grabbing Joy's attention.
"I didn't think you'd move back to the city" Taehyung admitted. Joy shrugged her shoulders before placing her cup back down on the table.
"I didn't think so either. I guess the country life didn't work out for the both of us" Joy quietly joked, earning a small giggle from Taehyung as well. However, his small smile was now replaced with a frown as his jaw clenched from looking down to see an unwanted text from his phone. This doesn't go unnoticed by Joy as she saw his change in expression.
"You look upset, are you ok?" Joy asked with concern, her hand now automatically reaching forward on top of the table to hold onto his by instinct.
"Truthfully, no" Taehyung confessed, letting out a deep sigh before giving Joy's hand a small squeeze in return.
"What's wrong?" she asked, seeing the look of doubt and hesitance on his face.
"I really can't tell you, but I just need someone to talk to" Taehyung began, earning an understanding nod from Joy. Despite them just reuniting, they've both known each other the longest since their high school days.
"My good friend, he's put in an arranged marriage." Joy's breath hitched as she looked at him in surprise.
"Is it bad because he doesn't want to be in one?" she questioned. Taehyung nodded his head, remembering the look of despair on Yoongi's face as it pained everyone to see him like that.
"He was already in love with someone else." Joy's eyes slightly widened as she saw Taehyung's face now darkening. She instantly picked up her chair and moved it over to Taehyung's side of the table before setting it down in front of him. With sad eyes, Joy leaned forward to wrap her arms around him in comfort before gently rubbing a hand on his back. Instead of protesting against it, Taehyung simply accepted the hug as he wrapped his arms around her in return, unknowingly missing her touch from so long.
"I hope your friend can get through this" Joy whispered out, hoping that her words of encouragement can get to him.
"I hope Yoongi can get through this too" Taehyung muttered in return before resting his chin on her shoulder. However, Joy's brows quickly snap together as she suddenly pulled away from their hug, earning a small whine from Taehyung.
"Wait, what did you say?" she asked, hoping she had heard him correctly.
"Say what?" Taehyung looked at her, almost confused with why she was suddenly beginning to panic. Joy shook her head, the both of her hands now placed on his broad shoulders as she looked at him deep in the eyes.
"Did you say 'Yoongi'?" With doubt, Taehyung slowly nodded his head.
"Yeah, he's my friend. Why?" he questioned. Joy lets out a scoff, unbelieving what she's hearing as she removed her hands from his shoulders and placed them down on the table.
"Don't tell me" Taehyung paused, looking at Joy with disbelief.
"The girl he loves. It's Y/N isn't it?" He lets out a quiet gasp, now leaning forward to hold the both of her shoulders as it was his turn to look at her.
"Wait, Joy how do you know all of this?" he questioned. Joy slapped his hands away as her nostrils flared from breathing out an angry sigh.
"Because she's one of my best friends, of course, I'll know who she likes." With frustration, she flipped her black hair to the side, not realizing how long Taehyung was staring at her.
"You know, you're still so beautiful even when you're mad." Hearing what had slipped out, Taehyung quickly placed a hand over the top of his mouth as he looked up to see Joy staring down at him with a glare.
"Seriously? This isn't the time. Literally, just days before she told me how much she was in love with him and how she thinks he's the one. Fuck, I knew it was too good to be true" she paused, looking down at Taehyung with narrowed eyes.
"Who's the bride?" Taehyung began to frown, not sure if he should tell her.
"Baby, I don't know if I should-" Joy leaned forward to grip at the collar of his shirt, looking at him with warning eyes.
"Listen, I don't have time for this so tell me who is he marrying?" Letting out a heavy sigh, Taehyung removed her hands from the collar of his shirt before holding onto them.
"Do you know Park Rose? The daughter of the Park enterprise?" Joy's eyes widened as she looked away, needing to take a second. Of course, Joy knew of her, knowing that your team had to take her and her father out.
"He's marrying her?" she stammered, earning a small nod from Taehyung. She didn't know what to do at this point, now hastily standing up from the table.
"Joy, what are you doing?" Taehyung questioned, now standing up as well while watching her reached down to grab at her cup and purse.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm going to tell her." Taehyung's eyes widened as he quickly ran around to stand in front of Joy, causing her to walk into his chest.
"No, you can't do that" he warned, placing the both of his hands on her shoulders to prevent her from moving anymore.
"And why is that."
"First of all, it's none of your business. Also, Yoongi is trying to fix this situation as well so it's best if you don't butt in this and to not tell Y/N" Taehyung warned, earning a low chuckle from Joy.
"Are you serious? Who are you to tell me what to do?" Before Joy could attempt to walk past to leave, Taehyung had skillfully moved his arms down to her waist before bringing her closer towards him as he finally placed his lips over hers.
