𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕫𝕖 (𝕥𝕒𝕖𝕜𝕠𝕠𝕜)

Blackout

I'm afraid of the dark, will you sleep with me tonight?

~♡~

Outside of the warm campus building dark storm clouds gathered as strong gusts of wind scattered fallen, dry leaves across the cement sidewalks and parking lots. For a moment everything would be silent and then a bright flash of lightning and loud thunder clap would ignite the night. There was a thunderstorm warning issued, but most of the students had gotten used to the rainy season and many were still making use of their Friday evening by partying.

Taehyung was inside his dorm room with his cheek resting against the cold window pane as he stared out into the darkness. Jimin walked over to him and pressed a kiss to the top of his head, he could tell that his soulmate was distressed, but he needed to do this.

"You know it's not that I don't want to spend the day with you," Jimin murmured, lacing his hand with Taehyung's.

"I know," Taehyung turned and stared at Jimin instead of the impending storm clouds, "it's just that it'll be the second birthday of yours in a row that I miss," he mumbled.

"I know," Jimin sat on the ledge across from him, "but this interview is really important to me. If I can get approved for the dance internship this summer that will really kick-start my career!"

Taehyung frowned, "Summer is so far away, why do you have to go now?"

"They're accepting applicants now, the sooner I apply the better chance I'll have," he gave Taehyung another kiss on the cheek before standing, "we'll celebrate when I get back, okay?"

"Fine," Taehyung pouted, "but next year we celebrate by waking up at midnight on your birthday and eating cotton candy until we're sick like we always have, promise?"

Jimin giggled, "Promise," he stated, locking his tiny pinky with his best friend's large one, while ignoring the tightening of nerves he felt in his chest.

Taehyung hugged his best friend goodbye and watched him leave campus from their dorm room window. He had an essay for his Biology class that wasn't going to write itself and procrastination wasn't a familiar hobby of his. Fat raindrops began to fall against the windowpane as he ignored the few texts his friends sent him and focused on completing his homework; parties clearly weren't for him anyway.

That night he fell asleep in an empty room for the first time since he had started college. Taehyung wasn't the biggest fan of the dark so he made sure to keep his desk lamp turned on. He fell asleep to the sound of the rain pelting against the window and the distant rumble of the thunder.

A few hours later he was awoken by the loud boom of thunder and bright flash of lightning. More annoyed than anything, Taehyung rolled over onto his side and threw a pillow over his head in hopes of falling back asleep. After a few minutes of tossing and turning he gave up and began to scroll through his phone. It was one in the morning but, thanks to their Snapchat stories, he discovered that Ji and Namjoon were at a nightclub together, Hoseok had been on what looked suspiciously like a date with Yoongi, and many of his classmates were at parties on and off campus.