Unlasting || Kim Taehyung

24: Separation

Three weeks. It's been over three weeks since you've left Taehyung at the base, and he still hasn't called, texted, or even attempted to contact you in any way.

That night you had asked Hoseok to take you home, luckily he didn't ask any questions. You think he could tell you were upset about something and didn't want to talk about it.

Something isn't right with Taehyung, and you are well aware of that, but if he is going to push you away after the amount of times you tried to get him to open up then you aren't going to be the one crawling back in tears.

You'd probably spent the first week entirely in your bed. It wasn't until Mari had come over that you finally decided you needed to get up, she'd been wondering why you hadn't been with the guys and decided to pay you an uninvited visit, only to find you wrapped up in a ball in your room. You told her what had happened with you and Taehyung, and of course she was furious. You practically had to get on your knees and beg her not to confront him. After enough pleading she finally agreed, but still ranted she wouldn't be striking up any happy conversations with him any time soon.

You'd basically slipped back into your normal routine, doing your school assignments and heading off to work, except this time it included many hours of you curled up in your bed fighting back tears.

Anytime you had a night shift you asked someone to go with you, whether it be one of the vampires or even a warlock, you didn't want to be walking alone at night. Everything is pretty much the same as your life before, but your mind is always elsewhere. No matter how hard you try you can't just forget, not after everything you've been through.

You're about to head out for your shift when the bell to your apartment rings.

"Y/n, it's Jin." He's come to walk you to work.

"I'll be right down." You grab your purse and head down stairs to meet Jin at the entrance, where he ushers you forward.

"After you." You give a polite grin and the two of you make your way along the sidewalk.

"So, how are things, y/n?"

"Things are fine, I guess," you lie. He nods, and things go quiet for another minute.

"Well... things aren't really great with us."

"What do you mean?"

"Taehyung." Your body freezes for an instant, but you continue walking.

"What about Taehyung?" You refuse to make eye contact, or else you may start tearing up right there just by the topic.

"He's been drinking... a lot, and when anyone tries to talk to him he gets angry and shuts everyone out, even Jimin," he pauses. "He's barely been eating, he hasn't gone out of the building in weeks." You don't say anything.

"Y/n, I know you guys had a fight." You glance up for a moment, before returning your gaze to the sidewalk.

"Yeah well, he's the one that wanted me to leave." His brows furrow in confusion.

"Wait... he told you that?" You nod. "But... why would he-"

"Jin? Can we just talk about something else?"

"Uh yeah, I'm sorry."

"It's fine."

A long silence passes over the two of you as you continue towards your workplace. "So, how is everyone else? Everyone staying safe?"

He nods. "Yeah. We haven't had any news on Johnny, Mark, or Taeyong. In fact, things have been really relaxed as of late, so nothing to worry about."