Borahae | taelice

13| winter bear

❝All the bad days, they're nothing to me, with you.❞
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Word Count: 1952

«NARRATION»

Taehyung's eyes gleamed in the warm light casted by the lamp on the bedside table. His mind was focused on reading the last chapter of the book he got from the library a few days back.

He was so consumed into reading the fiction that he didn't't notice his wife missing from the vacant space beside him, until he decided to stretch his arms a little and felt the other side of the bed, empty.

It was terribly snowing outside yet Lisa had insisted of going out to fetch some groceries from the nearby supermarket at a gas station without his help. He did comply, on the sole reason that she would call him in an hour or so after she was done.

He checked his phone, having discovered there were no missed calls. He felt a little strange, but decided to let go thinking he was being overly concerned.

Usually he wasn't the type of openly display his affection, so he rarely did the same — which didn't quite deny the fact that he loved her. He surely did, but he wasn't used to the comfort of having to live with an arranged partner just yet (although having married Lisa for over eight months now).

Upon finally finishing the book, Taehyung wandered around the house, back and forth with his phone in his hand, the soft trudging of his slippers echoed in the empty hallways.

'Should I call her? Would it be a better option to wait, she must be on her way home?' A number of similar questions drifted in his mind before he finally gave up and scrolled through his contacts to find Lisa's number.

The phone rang once, twice, thrice... before the call disconnected by itself. And when it finally connected after ringing up the nth time, he was quickly met by a car horn barging loudly against his ear.

"Lisa? You ok—"

"Can you quickly open the garage shutters for me? I'll explain everything to you once I reach in..." She sounded panicked, her voice shaken but there wasn't enough time to worry about that.

He quickly pulled the lever and watched the garage gate open before observing the headlights of a familiar car speeding towards the entrance. It felt very tense and noisy for a minute straight before atmosphere settled down in silence, only the soft patter of snow slipping from the roof being heard.

Lisa quickly grabbed her plastic bags before watching out for possible dangers, before pulling down the garage cover and rushed in upstairs directly into the hall where Taehyung had been waiting.

"Where were you? What happened there? Oh my, you're shivering?!" Taehyung bombarded her with a number of questions she never expected he would ever ask.

Lisa pressed her palm against his mouth to stop him, before passing him a heavy sigh.

"Promise me you won't freak out?" She requested before pulling her hands back to herself before he nodded and fetched her a glass of water.

"I was filling the car trunk with the groceries when a creep parked a pickup truck right beside me. It was weird since the lot was entirely empty and he could've parked anywhere though the real problem started when he lowered the window a little and kept staring at me. He didn't get down into the supermarket for once, he kept staring until I got into the driver's seat. I was shocked when he stepped out right then a very older and muscular guy, by the way. He stepped close and wanted me to let him into the car and when I kept refusing his request he violently hit on the glass window when I had to immediately rush out, with him following me. This is why I asked you to keep the shutter open because—"