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23 - Those Who Care

Taehyung

A fear crept up inside of me.

Would he be fuming?

It was better than walking into that other group though, for sure. He might be angry and lock me up but he won't kill me.

or at least that was my assumption.

The tension was very palpable. The steel bar still in my hand and in his hand, dividing the distance between us.

As I realized I was still holding the weapon that I wanted to attack him with I let go and I stepped back.

I quickly took my translation device out and turned it on

     'Taehyung' I said and he laid the steel bar down on the ground

      'y/n'

We gazed at each other for a moment.

       'How did you find me?' I asked, breaking the tension.

He eyed the device in my hand

        'We inserted trackers in them so that we won't lose any of our group and also if it comes in human hands we can take it back again. That's why Zhora didn't take it with her when you first met her'

That made a lot of sense now, I had been confused as to why she didn't have it on initially.

       'Why did you run away? Did you feel uncomfortable around us? ' he asked pretty directly.

I shook my head, 'It's not that but I can't stay with your group forever, your kind wont allow it let's be honest, plus I have people I care for and care for me back in my group'

The image of Yoongi appeared in my mind.

Taehyung didn't answer immediately until after a sigh he spoke

       'You have those who care for you here as well'

I stared at him, what did that mean? Who did he mean? Zhora? Where was she?

I didn't know what to answer to that to be honest so as I was thinking a question popped into my mind.

       'Wait, if this device has a tracker why did the Other group not know it wasn't theirs?'

        'They don't have them, it was an idea of Jungkook so we adjusted ours only'

       'aha okay' I said in understanding, but pretty soon I was confused again 'but if you knew, all this time, where I was, why didn't you immediately track me down?'

Taehyung looked away

      'I told the guys to let you go'

       'Why?' I asked puzzled

He now looked straight in my eyes

        'Like I said, you have those who care for you here as well' 

My cheeks flustered, I couldn't control it. Before it might have been ambiguous what he meant, but now it was certainly clear.

He felt that way about me

It seemed incomprehensible really. It's not that I didn't feel an unexplainable connection to him, and also attraction but we were from different worlds.

My stream of thoughts was interrupted by Taehyung's voice

      'What was even your plan, do you know where they are?' He continued, ignoring the fact he kind of revealed some big thing to me.

I shrugged 'No, but my idea was to take the same way back and hope to run into them'

     'That's a dumb idea' Taehyung let out and I had to admit I was a little offended

     'Do you have a better one?' 

Taehyung sighed 'why are you so set on getting back to your group that you would even go without even a sketch of a plan to safely get there'

I wanted to be honest with Taehyung about the reason.

Completely honest this time. I took a deep breath

      'In my group, there is someone.. ' I wasn't too sure how to explain it 'someone that is to me what Jimin is to zhora'

Taehyung's eyes changed into surprise initially but soon after another emotion seemed to take over, one that seemed sad. He looked down for a moment.

I hadn't told him about Yoongi or anyone from my group before because it might endanger them but considering Taehyung followed me here with the sole reason to save me made me trust him.

After a minute or so he looked back up, his complexion neutral again.

      'and he is the reason why you desperately need to get back?' 

I nodded in affirmation.

      'Seung Cheol is after you, he wants to kill you, he is the leader of the other group that is scanning this area' Taehyung explained formally

      'I know, he thinks I killed his group members but I didn't'

       'It doesn't matter to him, if in his perception you did it, then you did it. He is a psycho'

It was clear from the way that Taehyung was talking about this Seung Cheol guy that they had history. And seeing him speaking so tensely about him made me even more scared of this Other.

I already had the feeling in the brief moment I met him that he was way more violent than Taehyung.

       'So what can I do?' I asked and I noticed my voice was trembling with a bit of fear. 

Again a pretty intense gaze from Taehyung's side, as if he was contemplating on what to do. I didn't say anything either.

I was basically at his mercy now. He could chain me again and take me back to his group, or let me go but considering there was a psycho after me I wasn't sure that was the best way either.

      'Taehyung!!' there was shouting coming from outside

        'They are looking for me, Zhora Jimin and Jungkook. Let's go outside' Taehyung indicated and I followed his lead.

Outside we were immediately met by the three of them.

        'y/n' Zhora said with relief in her complexion

        'I am sorry that I ran away without saying anything' I looked first at Zhora only but then faced all of them.

       'I wanted to say goodbye but I was afraid you'd chain me again' I explained because that was indeed the real and only reason.

        'yeah good thinking, we shouldn't have unchained you in the first place' Jungkook said, a little irritated.

He clearly wasn't happy to be here, saving me.

Jungkook looked at Taehyung this time

        'So Taehyung you found y/n, what are we going to do with her now?'