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TaeGyu Q&A

Taehyun enters the familiar studio and sits down once again on the couch, ready for his Q&A session.

ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠɪᴇᴡᴇʀꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ?

Taehyun frowns slightly and answers, "not really. There must be a lot of dumb questions."

ʀɪɢʜᴛ. ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ: ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ? ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ.

"About 900k won a month. I work 20 hours a week. Full days on Saturdays, which is 8 hours. That's 72k won. Then I split the remaining hours from Monday to Friday. 3 to 4 hours each time. So that's-"

ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ, ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ.

"Oh okay" Taehyun looks down at the plate of strawberry cream puffs and takes one. "And regarding the question on how I save my money... just don't spend unnecessarily. Always look for discounted prices or free things. Go out to the mall or markets and take all the free samples. If your friends offer to pay for you, then take it. Reuse your items too. Or just find someone like Beomgyu hyung who's generous enough."

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇꜱɪᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʙᴇᴏᴍɢʏᴜ?

"No. It's his own volition when he gives me money for free. If you haven't notice, I don't ask for money and not return it. I'm not that much of a trash" Taehyun stares into the camera sharply, knowing very well that there are many who think that he just asks Beomgyu for money without returning.

ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ Qᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏʟᴅ ᴅɪɢɢᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɴᴏᴡ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ?

Taehyun takes a deep breath and gently places the plate down onto the coffee table. It's obvious that he's trying to suppress the anger that's slowly bubbling in him. "I don't normally get free money from Beomgyu. I don't ask for free money as well. So I hope this explains why I'm still broke as fuck. I have tuition fees to pay for and I'm saving up for future needs. I have a whole life plan ahead of me."

ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ?

"No" Taehyun sighs at the questions. "Marrying isn't in my plan. And I definitely don't want to marry for money. Marriage is commitment and I don't commit to anyone. Can't divorce right away too. And divorcing process takes up from 6 months to a year. I don't have time for that. Even though becoming rich is my ultimate goal, I'm doing it by conventional means. Not that I had never consider marrying for money, but after balancing out the pros and cons, I don't think it's a fair trade. Moreover, the money technically won't be my own. Yeah, not a good idea."

ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ?

"Seriously?" Taehyun rolls his eyes at the question. "I don't even understand what kind of question this is. Why don't I smile more? Make me smile then. I only smile at things that make me smile. Logic. Not everything makes me happy. Not all situations make me smile. It's as simple as that."

ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛ ɪꜰ ʙᴇᴏᴍɢʏᴜ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ʙᴏʏꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴏʀ ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ?

Taehyun takes up the plate of strawberry cream puffs once again and takes a quiet bite slowly, his aura and the atmosphere in the studio turning ambiguous and cold.