Slowly Falling | LK Adaptation

Chapter 7

The next morning, Taehyung was ready to leave. He had just walked to the door of his bedroom, only to find himself locked in. He frowned, slamming against the door several times, but the door refused to budge.

Mother Kim heard the slams and hurriedly rushed over: "Son, don't bother. The doors in our house are the sturdiest ones in the market, stop it."

Taehyung: "..."　　

He held back his rising anger and adopted a spoiled tone: "Mom, why did you lock me in?"

Mother Kim replied: "It's all Old Kim's idea. He said that you would definitely run so he locked you in."

Taehyung exploded: "What is he thinking? He's just treating me like a prisoner now, isn't he?"

"No, no, your father said that as long as you and Nie Lei..."

"No way, no way!"

Taehyung's sudden roar frightened Mother Kim. She sighed then tried to persuade him: "Son, you don't have to treat this as a date or anything, it's just that Nie Lei really is a good girl. You won't lose anything if you just get to know her right? Besides, with the way you are right now, I can't feel reassured."

As Mother Kim tapered off, she sounded close to tears. After a long silence, Taehyung sighed and said: "Alright, Mom, don't be sad. I'll go."

Mother Kim was somewhat surprised: "Really?"

"Yeah." Taehyung replied, "But I am a little hungry. Ask auntie to come up and give me something to eat."

"Okay, you wait, I'll go and tell her."

Hearing the fading footsteps outside, Taehyung quickly packed up his things and sent messages to his brothers. After arranging everything, he rushed out as soon as the auntie opened his door to deliver his meal.

Auntie was knocked to the side and in a blink of an eye, Taehyung had already run out of the gate. The employee by the gate chased after him, but couldn't catch up. He ran all the way out of the neighborhood and saw three motorcycles driving towards him.

"Brother Taehyung-"

One of the people waved at him. Taehyung immediately rushed over and took the helmet thrown by the person driving. He then jumped on.

"Son, what are you doing?!" Mother Kim had rushed out and was shouting at their backs.

Taehyung turned and shouted towards her: "Mom, I'll call you."

The three brothers cheered as they drove away. Taehyung adjusted his sitting posture and listened to the sound of the wind whistling past his ears.

"Brother Taehyung, where to?"

He thought about it for a moment before replying: "Go to Starlight Park first."

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Lisa and Eunha decided to change their order today and ended up with two dishes and one soup. They had gone to the first floor of the shop to wait for their order, but was met with Taehyung instead of the takeaway boy.

When they heard the dull roar of a motorcycle, Lisa looked up and saw that it was Taehyung. Eunha took out her notebook and wrote on Taehyung's page: 'Brother Kim has been coming a lot recently, and he always looks windswept.'

Lisa was also surprised to see him: "How come you're here again? There's no concert today?"

"Must there be a concert every time I see you? We can do something else." Taehyung deliberately bent down, his face close to Lisa's. Eunha silently reduced her presence: "Should I leave first?"

Lisa: "Take him with you when you leave."

Eunha: "...."

She doesn't dare.

Taehyung hooked his lips and stopped his joking: "I have to go abroad, it may take some time before I can come back."

"Going abroad?" With just these two words, Lisa could already imagine blood splattering everywhere. "Who did you offend?"

Taehyung snapped: "Am I the kind of asshole that offends people then runs away?"

When Lisa didn't answer, Taehyung reluctantly said: "My dad is forcing me to go on a blind date."

Lisa was stunned, then said: "You're pretty weak, eh?"

(T/N: When Taehyung's brother described the person who trashed their bar, he called that person weak and incompetent (𪨊). Here, Lisa used the same word to describe him. Pretty funny.)