Hoshik turns to look at Taeyang and finds him looking at him and when their eyes meet, the younger looks away, his hands on his lap, head held low and Hoshik found himself apologizing, as if his tongue got its own mind

"I am sorry for not showing up yesterday" Taeyang looks up at the elder

"it's ok. N-Noona told me y-you had a meeting, how did it go?" Taeyang curses himself for stuttering

"ahhh, it went well, we got the deal" Taeyang looks towards his left to see the slight twitch of elder's lip when he mentioned that and that made Taeyang smile

"C-Congratulations" Hoshik looks at the younger who was sporting his boxy smile at him and involuntarily Hoshik's hand raises to pat Taeyang's hair

"Thank you" he says while patting it, but once both of them realize it, Hoshik's hand comes back to his side in lightning speed and he clears his throat while Taeyang tries to hide his face by looking at his lap, he could already feel fluttering butterflies in his stomach.

Hoshik was cursing himself for what he did just now, it was completely out of his character to do that and to top it all, it was their first meeting, this is not how it was supposed to be. Thank god, no one saw this, specially his nosy hyung, who would never leave a chance to irritate him

Taeyang was biting onto his lower lip, while looking down at his lap, his face was heating up and the person sitting next to him made it even worse, he was supposed to be disappointed at the elder for not showing up yesterday, but here he was blushing at a mere touch, this wasn't supposed to be like this, its their first meeting, he was basically a stranger.

They were brought out of their thoughts when the car comes to a halt. Hoshik steps out of the car and comes to the other side and holds the door open for Taeyang.

Taeyang steps out of the car and breaths a sigh of relief when he sees that it wasn't any posh restaurant, instead it was a small but elegant café. He looks at hobi

"I thought you might feel comfortable here" hobi says, looking Taeyang up and down

"T-Thank you" Taeyang says, his insides fluttering again at Hoshik being considerate

"lets go" Hoshik says and waits for Taeyang at the entrance, as Taeyang walks to him, Hoshik holds the door open for him and they both enter, and instantly Hoshik was attracting attention from everyone in the café.

That's when Taeyang thought that, now Hoshik was overdressed for this place, but looks like it wasn't any of his concerns at all.

They were sitting opposite to each other, that's when Taeyang notices the elder's face, it looked perfect, his face was long and flawless, and that pointed nose makes it well defined, he has mole on his upper lip which were of perfect pink color and his jawline was just perfect against that black turtle neck and his dark brown hair looked so soft and were tempting him to touch those. But his eyes were something that caught Taeyang's attention the most, they looked sad and lost, there was not an ounce of happiness in them, they looked disturbed and tired as if they never had a peaceful sleep in a long time.

Hoshik looks at the younger, who was busy reading the menu, he was a bit tanned which made him look different but he could see that they had a lot in similar, even though the boy smiled at everyone and everything, he knew there was something about that smile which wasn't that genuine, as if he wanted to smile but something always stopped him, maybe some thought or someone. But his noona was right, the kid was adorable, not that he was going to admit it to anyone, he accepted it himself was more than enough. And he has no idea why he was calling the man he was going to marry, "a kid" which he clearly was not. But his features forced Hoshik to call him so.

Once they place their order, Hoshik asks Taeyang "what do you do, Taeyang?"

"I-I don't do anything for now" comes his timid reply as if he was ashamed about it

"oh, you don't help with your family business" Hoshik asks, while sipping at his glass of water

"I am not involved in any of my famiy business, I am not interested in business" Taeyang replies now drinking his own water

"what do you like to do then?" Hoshik asks while looking straight into his eyes

"I love music, painting and I wanted to learn producing" Taeyang says, a huge smile making its way towards his face, and this time, Hoshik noticed that it was genuine, he was actually happy talking about it. Hoshik was amazed at how on their first meeting, he was able to tell which of the younger's smile were genuine and which were not.

"so you learning that now?" Hoshik asked which he thought was the right thing to do to sustain the conversation

"no" comes his reply and his smile long gone

Hoshik knew he shouldn't. but his curiosity got the best of him and he asked "why?"

"I came to Seoul, 2 months back, I lived in Daegu with my grandparents at their Farm, I didn't get any chance to do so but I did take some drawing lessons there." Taeyang replies without any expression on his face.

Hoshik just nods, as he decides that the younger doesn't want to talk about it, which was very clear from his expression

Their food was served and they start eating it, with Taeyang gazing out of the window every now and then, while Hoshik was just watching him.

Once they were done, Hoshik decides to speak "you are aware that your mother said yes to this arrangement, right?"

"yes Hoshik-shii" Taeyang replies, afraid about the next thing the elder would say. Was he about to cancel the arrangement? Did he not like him?

"You don't have any problem with that, right?" Hoshik asks again

Taeyang looks down and replies positively

"Good", saying that Hoshik keeps his phone in front of Taeyang, while Taeyang looks up at him confused

"Please lend me your phone, Taeyang", Taeyang hurriedly places his phone into Hoshik's hand

He sees Hoshik typing in something, that's when he realizes that they were actually exchanging numbers and so he takes Hoshik's phone and types his number and saves it under "Taeyang".

They exchange back the phones

"Hoshik-shii, I hope, you don't have any problem with this arrangement" Taeyang finds himself asking

"Taeyang, I don't give my personal number to everyone, and I think that Is enough to show my agreement to this arrangement"

"thank you, Hoshik-shii" Hoshik could see a sense of relief wash through the younger's eyes

"call me hyung, Taeyang" Hoshik could feel a sense of responsibility towards the younger already.

"ok, hyung" Taeyang finds himself nodding

"come, I'll drop you home" Hoshik stands up and waits for Taeyang to stand up

"hyung, its ok, I can go on my own" Taeyang says while walking along with the elder.

"are you, by any chance, not going back home, Taeyang?" asks Hoshik, still looking forward

Taeyang looks at the elder with wide eyes "how the hell does he knows everything?"

"its ok Taeyang, tell me where do you want me to drop you" Hoshik asks him, this time looking at him

"Can you drop me at Seoul university campus?" Taeyang asks, biting onto his lower lip

"Get in" Hoshik says while opening the car door for him

They get in and Hoshik tells the driver to take them to Seoul University, once they reach, Hoshik was about to get out when Taeyang stops him "its ok hyung, thank you", he was about to step out when he hears the elder say " let me know, when you reach home, Taeyang"

Taeyang nods "ok hyung"

The car door closes and Taeyang looks at the retreating car till it was out of sight, then he takes his phone and calls Jimin

"Hyung, are you done? I am near the main entrance"

"I am coming taetae, give me five minutes" a very out of breath Jimin replies from the other end and the call ends

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Here as soon as Hoshik reaches back to his office which he was dreading as soon as he left Taeyang, coz he knew he would be bombarded with millions of questions and that's exactly had happened.

As soon as he enters, he was met with the cheerful voice of his noona and he mentally facepalms

"what are you doing here Noona?" Hoshik asks as he takes off his coat and hangs on his chair

"how was he?" his noona asks excitedly

"does it makes any difference, you've already said yes" Hoshik replies while taking his seat

"ofcourse it does, if you don't like him, I will cancel this arrangement right now" saying that his noona takes her phone from her bag

"Did I say that?" comes Hoshik's reply which makes her smirk and she turns to him "so?" she asks with eyebrow raised

Hoshik sighs "he is fine, ok?"

"just fine?" his noona asks

"ok fine, what do you want me to say, he is good,ok? Happy?" Hoshik says irritated

"ok ok, we will have a family dinner next week with them, keep your schedule clear, we have to discuss about the engagement and wedding" Jaehee says defeated "and you are no fun Hobi, I was expecting something from you" Jaehee clicks her tongue and leaves after telling him to come home tonight

Once she leaves, Yujun who was sleeping on the couch sits up

"how was the kid, did you scare him?"

"I am not a monster, who goes around scaring people" comes Hoshik's irritated reply

"well, you might not know but our staff calls you the evil one" it was Kijoon who spoke this time

"I don't care, joon, they can call me whatever they want" Hoshik says while going through a file

"atleast tells us about your soon-to-be-husband" Yujun tries again "its not like we will steal him, if you say anything about him" Yujun rolls his eyes

"I am really tired right now, pls hyung, can we just work?" Hoshik asks, actually sounding tired

He hates talking, he wasn't like that before, but now talking makes him tired, if its not for work, he feels relieved when its silent around him, that's the main reason he took up the pent house, it was on the top floor and away from any hassel, people might think he want to show off his money by buying his own apartment when his family house was left empty but he really cant live there alone, specially when there were memories of his childhood in that house, in that backyard. Silence was his companion for quite some time now. Moreover, he wasn't going to tell anyone about the lunch because he did so many things at lunch which was so not him and he needs to be careful the next time he is around the younger.

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Jimin and Taeyang were now sitting in the university café

"so how was he?" asks Jimin

"he was awfully silent but very nice hyung" Taeyang says with a slight smile

"mmmhmmm, he got you whipped?" Jimin asks laughing

"I have only met him once and no he did not get me whipped and his personality is very mysterious" Taeyang says while shoving Jimin by his shoulder and then thinking about the mysterious aura that surrounded the elder earlier.

"Mysterious, as in?" Jimin asks while taking a sip of his strawberry smoothie

"I don't know hyung, he was just very different but very nice" Taeyang shrugs

"so you liked him and you are happy with this arrangement, right?" Jimin asks while looking at the younger

"its not that I am happy, but I don't hate this arrangement anymore" Taeyang replies while nodding his head to himself

"oh my god, I cant believe that my baby TaeTae is going to get married" Jimin suddenly squeals and jumps from his seat and engulfs Taeyang into a hug

"aah hyung, I-I cant breath" Taeyang struggles in his arms

Jimin releases him and wipes his fake tears

"I better get to meet this Jung Hoshik before the wedding, do you get it?" Jimin literally threatens

"ok ok" Taeyang chuckles "and hyung he apologized for not coming for the first meeting" Taeyang smiles for which jimin smiles too

"good for him that he did, otherwise I would have made him when we meet" jimin says matter of factly for which Taeyang giggles and then hugs his hyung

"thank you so much hyung for being my friend"

"idiot, such a kid you are" jimin smiles and pats his hair

"oh and hyung, he gave me his number and told me to call him when I reach home" Taeyang says while breaking the hug and looks at Jimin

"ohhhh so he is the caring type, good good" jimin nods

"and he even dropped me here" Taeyang replies

"ahhh, so sweet of him, isn't it tae" jimin smirks when he sees Taeyang smile

"TaeTae, you are so whipped" jimin teases him

"no I am not" Taeyang pouts and resumes drinking his mint choco chip smoothie while jimin just keeps teasing him and laughing.

Thank you for reading.