He's Chill, But Possessive || TXT Taehyun

Chapter 42 "Near But Far"

"A fucking what?"

Beomgyu sighed, looking too worried to repeat what he said a few seconds ago after he noticed how drained Taehyun's expression was.

"Dead end," Soobin decided to speak. "The location led us to a place almost looking like a wasteland."

Taehyun scoffed as he brought a hand up to massage his temple. Everything was so messed up now and he only had two days left before he had to say goodbye to Y/n and the twins.

"So, what now?" Kai asked.

Taehyun remained silent. He had such a short time, already thankful that he had his friends to help him, but it still led him to a halt. He couldn't do anything with his empty hands.

"Guess we're stuck," Yeonjun commented and clicked his tongue right after. "I hope we won't stay like that for long though."

Soobin plopped down the couch as he spoke, "Of course, we won't. Taehyun needs our help and this is the justice for Y/n that we're talking about."

Taehyun couldn't even focus on one thing anymore. His thoughts were awfully split into three parts - Y/n's case, the twins' birthday, and Y/n possibly having a thing for Sunghoon. Everything was happening all at once and Taehyun even nearly forgot about the twins' birthday.

He was tempted to bang his head on the wall, although that was a dumb move, he hoped he could get some plans back into his senses. He was having a mental breakdown, insecurity rising abnormally, and thoughts disoriented. He just wanted to fall in Y/n's arms and ask her to kiss away his problems, tell her he still loved her after all these years, remind her that no matter what happens, he'd be there now. But Taehyun was more than aware this dream will remain as a dream.

"Are you sure you guys really got nothing?" Taehyun managed to finally ask, "Like not even a single shit?"

Soobin quickly responded by shaking his head, on the other hand, Beomgyu looked hesitant but obviously got something at the end of his tongue.

"Actually," Beomgyu trailed off, walking closer to Taehyun as he brought out a dirty-looking piece of folded paper. "I don't know if this will help but.. it looks familiar to me. Found it sticking on a light post at the wasteland."

He handed the paper and Taehyun held it with furrowed eyebrows. He studied what was at the center of the paper and as Taehyun squinted his eyes, he saw the familiarity.

"A symbol."

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It was finally the fourth day when Taehyun had the chance to talk to Y/n again. He got a little lucky this time since Sunghoon wasn't here to push him into a sour mood.

Taemi and Hyunhee were sitting at the bar stools, with their small plates situated on the average size bar. They were happily eating some homemade bread and Y/n was beside them as she decorated a chocolate cake.

Taehyun was so happy that after yesterday's havoc in his mind and heart, now he was able to at least clear his mind for this moment.

He was cutting a bread into smaller chunks so that the twins could chew it well. After he finished, he stood there and fondly ruffled the twins' hairs as they giggled from his touch.