Brought together by Deal || Kang Taehyun ||

07📸 Evicted

The whole apartment looked as if a cyclone swept right through it. The sofa was ripped, carpet shredded, table overturned. Y/n and Taehyun looked around the apartment with their jaws on the floor. A wild fear clamped down on Y/n, she rushed towards the bedroom banging the door in the process. Inside her bed was torn, pillows scattered around but the thing that made Y/n slump on the floor in a defeated heap was the bits of paper covering the floor.

Taehyun took in the damage in a horrified trance. Seeing Y/n falling on her knees, he rushed at her side. He picked a paper off the floor to examine. In a flash of terror, he realized it was her designs ripped to shreds.

"No no no no... its - .. its- ... not,  not possible. It's not-"

Y/n, eyes blown wide as the colour drained out of her face. She tried to piece back her designs but they were beyond repair. Tears of frustration and sadness rolled down her cheeks. Her soft cries soon turned to hysterical sobbing, pulling her hair and clutching the destroyed designs close to her chest.

Taehyun felt his heart break at
Y/n's cries. He slowly approached her, pulling her to his chest. He stroked her hair to comfort her as she cried.

After an hour, Y/n finally calmed down. She looked at Taehyun's shirt which was soaked in her tears.

"I'm so sorry, Taehyun. I couldn't keep it in. Sorry for destroying your shirt."

Taehyun shook his head and said.
"I don't care about my shirt. Plus I am offended that you think I would care more for a shirt. Are we not friends? I care for you. A lot. Don't you care for me? You would clearly do the same for me but you won't open up to others. That is not right."

He wiped away the remaining tears. But right now he was worried for her safety. If they entered and caused this havoc they could come back to hurt her.

At that moment the doorbell rang. Y/n checked herself once in the mirror but there was nothing she could do about her red and puffy eyes. She opened the door to find her landlady on her doorstep. The landlady Mrs. Kim was fidgeting and looking nervous.

"Good evening, ma'am. Was there something you wanted to talk about?"

Mrs. Kim seemed to steel herself to say what she wanted to.

"I'm so sorry Y/n but you need to leave the apartment. By today if it is possible."

Y/n felt the earth sway under her.
She held on to the door frame to keep steady. She let out a shaky breath as she tried her last shot to change the landlady's mind. But something told her it was not possible.

"Please Mrs. Kim. Don't do this, please. I beg you. Don't throw me out. I will always pay my rent on time and do everything you say. I don't have anywhere to go. Please don't evict me."

Y/n held her hands and pleaded. Mrs. Kim looked uncomfortable and sad. But that didn't last long.

"I'm so sorry Y/n. I hope you can forgive me. But my son would lose his job. We will have no income. So I have to do this."

Of course the demons and devils caught up to her again. Now she was homeless. But she couldn't blame Mrs. Kim.

Where was she to go now? She could stay in a motel or something till she found a house. She sat down heavily on the ripped couch trying to figure out what to do. She couldn't give up now. Not when she was finally getting to do her dream job. Quitting was never an option.

Taehyun slowly sat beside her taking her hand and grasping it tightly.

"I'm going to take you to our dorm for now. Till we can figure out things."

He slowly pulled her to her feet leading her to the bedroom. He left her there to pack her things.

As soon as he got out, he took out his phone to inform Bang PD of the situation. After a few rings, Bang PD picked up.Understanding the emergency, he gave Taehyun permission to take Y/n to their dorm.

Taehyun started thinking about
Y/n and her life. He was shocked at the brutality of her father. He was coming off as controlling maniac to Taehyun. Or a tyrant.

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As soon as the boys learnt about Y/n's situation, they were shocked. Soobin immediately caught Y/n in a bone-crushing hug, stroking her hair. This  prompted Y/n to break down again.

All these years, Y/n was alone. Even if her father did something awful, there was no one Y/n could go to, no one to hold her or dry her tears. Soobin was her middle school best friend. But during high school, Soobin went to train leaving Y/n alone. So she always held her tears, steeled herself and continued on. So this was refreshing and terrifying for her.

Taehyun was feeling a bit unruffled by this. Y/n crying in Soobin's arms was an unnerving sight for him. He shouldn't feel the jab of anger and anxiousness, but here he was wanting to pull her away from others and into his arms. The tears that rolled down her cheeks felt like a new sting to him. He left the scene and stood in the balcony. The sea of city lights twinkled brightly back at him and a light breeze swept up his silver hair.

Why did seeing Y/n being comfortable with Soobin bothered him? Why did he care if Y/n cared for Jay? Why did it feel like his heart got stabbed seeing her cry? So many questions......... but he had no answers. Except the obvious but no, he couldn't fall for her that quick. It had just been four months. He cared for her. For now he would stick to that. Yes, he cared for her.

Y/n insisted to cook for everybody to repay them. Yeonjun decided to help her but could hardly do that as Beomgyu teased and made fun of him mercilessly.

Beomgyu imitated his singing as LO$ER=LO♡ER played in the background. Soon Yeonjun chased him with a spatula. Soobin and Huening kai played with Odi, feeding him worms.