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The rain wasn’t romantic; it was a cold, punishing deluge that soaked YN to the bone as she stood shivering under the broken awning of the library. Across the flooded quad, she saw him—Taehyung, his black hair plastered to his forehead, his usually immaculate white shirt see-through and clinging to the hard cut of his chest and shoulders. They’d just eviscerated each other in a seminar on political theory, her words sharp, his gaze colder. He started walking toward her, not around the puddle between them but straight through it, water splashing up to his knees.
He stopped a foot away, rain dripping from his jaw. “You called me intellectually dishonest,” he said, his voice low and rough, not from shouting but from something strained. “You said my argument had no heart.”
“It didn’t,” YN shot back, crossing her arms, her teeth chattering.
“You’re wrong.” He took the final step, closing the distance. The heat from his body was a shock against the chill. “It has too much heart. It’s all heart. It’s why I pick every fight with you. It’s the only way I know how to make you look at me.” His hand came up, his thumb wiping a raindrop from her cheekbone, the touch searing. “I am so in love with you it makes me stupid. It makes me mean. I think about the way you bite your pen when you’re thinking and it ruins my whole day.”
The air left her lungs. All the clever retorts died. A shudder ran through her that had nothing to do with the cold. She saw it then—the real anger in his eyes wasn’t at her, it was at himself, for this vulnerability. She uncrossed her arms, her hands lifting to fist in his ruined shirt. “You’re an idiot,” she whispered, her voice breaking. Then she pulled him down and kissed him.
It wasn’t gentle. It was a clash of lips and tongue, a release of three years of pent-up academic rivalry and repressed longing. He groaned into her mouth, his arms locking around her, hauling her flush against him. The kiss tasted like rain and coffee and a desperate, shocking truth.
They didn’t make it far. His apartment was a studio, dim and smelling of old books and sandalwood. The door slammed shut behind them and he had her pinned against it, his mouth leaving hers to trail fire down her throat. Her hands shoved at his shirt, pushing the sopping fabric off his shoulders. He did the same for her, peeling her jacket and sweater away until she was in just her jeans and a lace bra. His eyes darkened, his gaze a physical caress. “You’re beautiful,” he muttered, more to himself than to her, as if confirming a long-held theory. He bypassed the clasp of her bra, his mouth finding her breast through the lace, sucking the wet fabric and the peaked nipple beneath into the heat of his mouth. She cried out, her head thudding back against the door.
He sank to his knees, his hands making quick work of her button and zipper. He dragged her jeans and panties down her legs in one motion, his large hands smoothing up her calves, her thighs. He didn’t ask. He just looked up at her, his gaze holding hers, and then he put his mouth on her.
The first flat stroke of his tongue made her legs buckle. He held her up, an arm around her hips, his other hand spreading her open for him. He licked into her with a focused intensity that was utterly devastating, his tongue circling her clit before sucking it gently between his lips. YN’s fingers tangled in his wet hair, not pushing him away but holding on as the pleasure built, sharp and shocking. He added a finger, then two, curling them inside her, finding a rhythm with his tongue that had her seeing white behind her eyelids. She came with a shattered gasp, her thighs trembling around his head, her orgasm rolling through her in long, pulsing waves.
Before the last tremor had faded, he was on his feet, kissing her again, letting her taste herself on his lips. He walked her backward toward the bed, a tangle of gray sheets. He stripped his own jeans and boxers away, and she saw him fully—all long lines, taut muscle, and thick, erect cock. He lay her down and followed, covering her body with his. The feel of him, skin to skin, was electric.
He reached for a condom on the nightstand, sheathing himself with hands that weren’t quite steady. He settled between her thighs, the blunt head of his cock nudging at her entrance. He paused, his forehead resting against hers, his breath mingling with hers. “Look at me,” he breathed. She opened her eyes, drowning in the deep brown of his. He pushed inside, slowly, a relentless, stretching invasion that made her gasp. He filled her completely, a perfect, aching fit. He stayed there, buried to the hilt, letting her adjust, his muscles corded with the effort of holding still.
“YN,” he whispered, a question and an answer.
“Move,” she pleaded.
He did. He set a deep, driving pace, each thrust pushing a soft cry from her lips. The angle was perfect, the friction exquisite. One of his hands slid between them, his thumb finding her clit again, already sensitive and swollen from his mouth.
The addition of his thumb sent a jolt of electricity straight to her core. YN arched her back, her heels digging into the mattress as she chased the friction. Taehyung groaned, a low, guttural sound that vibrated against her chest. He shifted his weight, hooking one of her legs over his shoulder to open her wider, driving deeper with every thrust.
He wasn’t just fucking her; he was claiming her, answering every argument they’d ever had with the rhythmic, punishing force of his body. Each hit of his hips against hers sounded like a heartbeat—fast, desperate, and overwhelming.
“Tell me,” he gasped, his voice breaking as he picked up the pace, his thrusts becoming shorter, faster, more urgent. “Tell me I’m wrong. Tell me this doesn’t have a heart.”
YN couldn’t even form words. She could only wrap her arms around his neck, pulling him down so she could bite his shoulder to keep from screaming. The pressure was building, a coil tightening in her lower belly that threatened to snap. The combined sensation of his thick cock filling her and his thumb relentlessly grinding against her clit pushed her over the edge.
She shattered. Her internal muscles clamped around him in tight, pulsing waves of pleasure, her vision blurring as she cried out his name. The feeling of her climaxing around him was the final trigger. Taehyung let out a choked sound, his entire body stiffening as he delivered three final, deep plunges, burying himself as far as he could possibly go. He shuddered violently, his release hitting her in heavy, hot bursts that felt like they were branding her from the inside out.
For a long time, the only sound in the room was their synchronized, ragged breathing and the distant rhythm of the rain still drumming against the window.
Taehyung didn’t pull away immediately. He collapsed onto her, hiding his face in the crook of her neck, his skin slick with sweat and rain. He felt heavy, warm, and for the first time, completely peaceful.
He eventually shifted, rolling to the side but keeping her tucked firmly against his chest. He reached out, his fingers tracing the line of her jaw with a tenderness that felt more intimate than the sex itself.
“So,” YN whispered, her voice hoarse, a small, tired smile playing on her lips. “About that point on the social contract...”
Taehyung let out a short, breathless laugh and kissed her forehead. “Shut up, YN. Just for one hour, shut up and let me love you.”








