Yoongi takes Aliya back to her place after lunch the next day. As soon as she opens the door, he pulls her towards him and kisses her sweetly making her melt into his arms.

"What was that?" She asks him when they pull apart though neither of them were letting each other go.

"That's a goodbye kiss coz you're back at your house now." He tells her.

"Oh yeah? How about another one then?" Aliya asks pulling herself towards him for another kiss.

Someone clears his throat from behind them. "Iya."

Aliya jumps up in surprise, her arms sliding off Yoongi's neck in an instant although he takes his time taking his arms off her waist.

"Holy sh...you scared me Taehyung." Aliya says as she takes her shoes off noticing for the first time her best friend's leather slides at the shoe rack.

"You're not answering my calls or messages." He tells her, watching how his best friend blushed into a deep shade of pink. He gives Yoongi a nod, as he casually walks behind Aliya. He nods back at him.

Aliya didn't exactly check her phone that much, except when she spoke with her mom, who's gone with Dr. Ahn to visit a relative.

"I was worried. Have you not been home since," Taehyung paused to look at Yoongi before continuing "Friday?"

"Yes." Aliya answers back without batting an eyelash. She knows her best friend will start to get too protective of her again.

"She's at your place?" Taehyung asks Yoongi. When the other man nods in reply, he continues. "I hope you're not just playing with her."

"Taehyung, we've talked about this." Aliya tells him standing in between the two men, who were trying to outmatch each other's stare.

"I know, but I'd rather remind him in front of you."

"I already gave you my answer about this Taehyung, I won't repeat myself." Yoongi simply replied.

"Are you serious with her then?" Taehyung asks again.

"Stop with the questions Tae please, he said you two already have talked about his before. This is just getting ridiculous." Aliya tells him. She then turns to Yoongi and gently placed a hand on his chest. "If you don't mind, I think you should go. Thank you for this weekend."

Yoongi stared at Taehyung for a long time before dropping his eyes on Aliya. He nods his head in response. He was about to leave when he comes back and kissed Aliya in front of her best friend. He doesn't pull back until he got a response when his tongue touched hers. When he slowly pulls back, he traces her lower lip with his thumb, before throwing a smirk at Taehyung.

Aliya's face is bright pink as Yoongi walked away. She heads towards the couch and sits there not daring to look at her bestfriend. Taehyung gives out a long sigh before rubbing his hands over his face as he takes a seat across from her. "Do you have feelings for Yoongi?"

"What? No." She replies too quickly. She thought she'd explain herself more. "I already told you before, we're much closer now but nothing else."

"I did tell you before that sleeping with the same person makes you develop feelings. I have seen the way you looked at him and I can tell there's more than friendship to that feeling now." Taehyung tells her straightforwardly.

Aliya scowls. "I think I'd be the first one to know how I feel about someone before you Tae, no offense."

"Yoongi, I must admit seems to be different with you too. I don't know for sure, but my point is, don't fall in love with him because you might get hurt a..."

"Again?" Aliya finished the sentence for him because he couldn't. "Don't worry Tae, I'm no longer a newbie on that. But thanks for the reminder."

"I just want you to be careful." He tells her.

Aliya's glad he didn't tell her to stop seeing Yoongi and reminded her to be careful instead. She smiles at him. "I am trying."

"Try harder." He replies tweaking at her nose as he did.

"You want some ice cream?" Aliya knows his weakness, it's their favorite bonding activity.

"Don't bribe me. You still ignored my text and calls because you were with Yoongi." He responds to her.

"I am not bribing you, and don't act jealous over Yoongi. Will you take my call if you're having sex with Jia?" She teased, and when he struggles for an answer, she continues. "Exactly."

"But I'll call you after."

"I admit, it's my bad so I'm sorry for not calling you back. Come on, let's go get that ice cream as my peace offering." She tells him.

She's glad she's chosen to wear a long sleeved shirt, otherwise, she'd have another explaining to do on how she got her bruise. It's now faint, but it still has an ugly shade of bluish purple on it. Taehyung might not get that forgiving if he finds out.

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Having Aliya at his house for the weekend had been fun. He thought he'd get bored but no, being with her makes him forget the time. He can't help but watch her move around his house effortlessly. The alarming part is he feels like she belongs there too. Hell no, stop that thought. He takes another sip of whiskey that he brought with him in his bedroom. He can still smell her scent in the room. He should change the sheets but something is holding him back.

He just wants to sleep and wake up the next day so he can get busy at work and stop thinking of all the nonsense that's creeping up his head. The urge to see her again is burning in him, after leaving her with Taehyung this afternoon. He didn't regret kissing Aliya in front of him either. He finishes the entire content of his glass.

Yoongi stares at his phone and considered calling her, but what should he say? He never calls women unless it's to tell them where they'd meet up. He ruffles his hair as frustration sits in. She's driving him insane, he didn't like it. It's not just something sexual anymore because this is something jerking himself off won't satisfy. This is scary, he always avoided this from happening. He'd been careless before with Sa-Ra and he thought he's learned his lesson but it's happening again even if he's been so careful.

He promised Taehyung he won't hurt Aliya and he intends to keep that promise because hurting her is the last thing he wants to do. Perhaps it's better if he stays away from her while it's still starting. It's not easy but he'll try his damn best. She's too perfect for him, too sweet, she deserves someone else. He walks towards the bottle of whiskey and starts drinking straight from the bottle at the thought of another man getting to taste Aliya's sweet lips, warm hugs, and her body. He'd rather deal with this than break her heart.

Yoongi walks towards his office and thought of something that might relax him and perhaps make him go to sleep. He brought the bottle of wine with him just in case it fails.

He falls asleep later that night still dreaming of Aliya with another man. He wakes up the next day with a start, gasping for breath, and finds his body covered in sweat, fully disturbed by his dream.

Taking a cold shower made him a bit better. He gets to work, and he's grateful when the day started with a meeting, it'll keep his mind occupied.

Then his manager tells him he is being requested to work in Japan. He'll be their company's representative from there. This news is a surprise but not new to him. This happened to their other projects too.

"How long will the assignment be?" He asks.

"Two maybe three months. This is the preconstruction stage only, I trust that you can handle this Yoongi." His boss tells him. Perhaps this is what he needs, some distance so he can deal with his feelings and do the right thing, to let her go.

As soon as the meeting ends, he tells his boss that he's made his decision, and he'll take the job. By the end of the day, he's told he'll leave that Friday. That's enough time for him to finish things at home and visit his parents briefly.

On his last night in Seoul, he couldn't help dropping by Aliya's place.

She gives him her bright smile when he entered her house. "Hey, I ordered take out. Join me for dinner." She walks towards the kitchen and takes a plate from the cupboard setting it at the spot next to her. "Did you come from work?" She asks him.

"Yeah, I'm... getting moved to the Osaka office." He tells her right away. He watched how her eyes widened at the news and her hands stopped from opening the take out boxes.

"When?" She asks him after a few seconds.

"I'm leaving tomorrow." He answers flatly not daring to look at her as he focuses on picking the chopsticks from the table.

"That soon? When will you be back?" She asks again.

He shrugs as he helps her open the rest of the boxes. "Don't know yet but it'll be for more than a month."

"Really?" Aliya replies as she continues to watch him with wide eyes as if she's trying to comprehend everything she's heard. "Will you be coming back in between those times?"

Yoongi shrugs. "Maybe."

She was quiet for a long time, before standing up to get some drinking glass and water and takes her seat again. "So this will be our farewell dinner then." She says with a small smile. She takes in one deep breath before she starts taking some food, placing them on her plate and urging him to start eating too.

He nods his head and tried his best to eat because he is hungry. But, he can't help feeling guilty at the same time. He accepted this assignment to get away from her, to sort his shit together. He told her before he's not a jerk to his friends, but that is what he is being right now a complete jerk.

Aliya goes back to her chatty self as she starts eating, talking about her lunch with Jimin and JK. She asks him questions about his work and if anyone else from their office will be joining him. He can't help but think if she's curious about Mari so he tells her it's just him. She nods and gives him another smile.

He throws the garbage away for her while she washed the dishes. When she's done, she moves up to him and boldly asks if he's staying for the night. He didn't plan that at all, but seeing her again and having her so close to him, as her eyes expectantly waited for an answer, made him change his mind. He cups her face in his hands and kissed her deeply. She clings to him and he wraps her legs around his waist. He carries her to her bedroom, where he lays her on her bed, moving his hips into her through the barrier of their clothes.

Aliya starts to unbutton his shirt and he lets her, as he kisses her neck, trailing downwards to her collarbone where he sucks her skin and gently bites. He wants to mark her body before he leaves, he wants to do so much more, because it's their last night together.