Love maze | taehyung x reader

C h a p t e r 28

*Taehyung PoV*

As much as I loved living the way I was right now, with full freedom over what to do, where to go, and no worries about how much time I had, it was getting to me. I was bored during the day, since I was all alone while my friends were working, and doing any housework only took an hour or so.

Not to mention the insistence of the house helpers to come by at least every other day to help with the cleaning and garden- I had practically nothing to do and so was once again contemplating asking my dad if I could come back to work.

But if I started working again, would I return to my old schedule of early mornings and late nights, completely defeating the purpose of coming to live near friends to have more of a balance?

Shaking my head in annoyance, I walked over to fill myself some more water before going upstairs to my room to see if there was anything I could do.

Although it had been months since I came back here, I still felt like a ten year old every time I walked into this bedroom, so full of my childhood memories. From waking up in the middle of the night at age six to go to my mom after a nightmare to jumping out of my balcony to hang out with the boys in my backyard.

And the one time I had a girl in my room in high school- I broke out of the train of thought with a grin. There was a girl that Jimin really liked, so he convinced me to invite her and a friend of hers over. Then, in the ultimate wingman move, I volunteered to show the girl's friend around to give Jimin some time with her.

That was probably the most awkward day in my life. Neither of us quite knew what to say so we just sat in silence. I didn't even remember her name.

The first and last time I'd had a girl in here... until y/n came along, years later.

Shaking the thoughts away before they went back to their classic loop of 'you should make a move before it's too late', I looked around my room to see what could be done when my eyes landed upon my dissembled gaming console. 

The thing was hardly outdated, it was brand new when I bought it just before moving, but I'd hardly even used it. 

"Taehyung, I know what we're gonna do today," I muttered to myself with a smile.

***

*four days later*

"Yes yes yes!" I'd been playing games for more than an hour now, which was unusual for me, but I was enjoying myself so much, especially after already having made friends.

After joining a bunch of different gaming servers in the past few days, I'd talked to a lot of people already, especially hitting it off with one of the guys, 'jhhj1004'. His sense of humour was on point, his laugh contagious, a fun guy to play with, and he was around my age, which was great.

So since Monday I'd dedicated around an hour a day just to gaming and was thoroughly enjoying myself.

I'd been a little hesitant to start playing on the first day, but ever since I got talking with jhhj, it was like going somewhere new but at least having your best friend with you. We'd been talking to each other, both over text and voice chat quite a lot even outside of gaming, but were careful to avoid personal details at first.

For now though, I should probably stop playing, I thought to myself. The week had gone by a little less slowly thanks to my newfound joy in playing games, but still, it was a relief that it was finally friday, and I could meet some of my friends today.

I finished up and walked over to the kitchen, trying to ignore the temptation to just order lunch in from outside. 

My phone, which had been relatively silent today, was laying on the counter behind me when it buzzed twice. I ignored it, assuming that it was jhhj, and resolved that I would reply later, once I finished my food. I needed to stay away from a screen for a little while.