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December 30, 2013 JIN
Jin was on the phone with Taehyung, speaker on, as he was rolling a kimbap. He smiled, exclaiming, "I'll be waiting for you tonight."
"Um, about tonight..."
Taehyung's tone was obvious, and the smile on his face slowly slipped.
Jin was bound for disappointment.
"I was just made aware that Eomma planned a birthday party for me. I need to be at home tonight, baby. You know how my mother gets when she doesn't have her way."
I thought I'm your home, Jin thought, but erased it immediately as he realised he sounded so self-centered. "I see."
Could he hear the desolation in Jin's voice?
"I'm really sorry, babe. I also badly want to just spend my birthday together with you."
"It's alright, Tae. I understand."
"Thank you. I promise, I'll make it up to you tomorrow."
"Mn. Sure."
"I gotta go. I love you! Bye!"
"I lo-" -ve you, too.
The call got disconnected even before Jin could completely say those three words.
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Jin spent the whole night inside their big house, sitting all alone on the table which was laden and filled with Taehyung's favorite foods he had cooked all day, uneaten.
With an exasperated sigh, he stood up from his chair and opened the fridge, taking out the birthday cake he had baked early in the morning and dumped it on the trash with tears in his eyes.
