𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 | 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐣𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

"I brought the medicine, and drink after you finish this. Open, and eat," Taiju stated as he held the spoonful of rice porridge toward your mouth; he is feeding you right now because he is insistent.

While Taiju is feeding you, he notices that your hand is touching your wrist, which is where he hurt you. He didn't mean to do it; he was carried away by his emotions. He snapped back to reality when he saw you pleading to him to let go of your wrist.

He understands that his actions frighten you, which is why you remain silent. You haven't said a single word to him after what he's done to you. You've been keeping your lips sealed. He is ashamed of what he has done. And he's not used to you being quiet.

Taiju stood up after you finished your meal because he could see you were uncomfortable with him and wouldn't want to stay any longer.

"Drink more water, rest more, and never force yourself to move again," he said as he walked away from you.

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Taiju had been avoiding you for the past week; he would left early for work and return home late. He'd even avoid passing by the café where you work. Even though he is avoiding you, he is still keeping a silent eye on you.

After you've been healed, you owe Taiju gratitude for the rice porridge and medicine. You've moved on from what he did to you. You've been waiting for an opportunity to meet or speak with him, but he hasn't shown up to you even once in the past week. You even went to his apartment but received no response from him. Even calling him yields no results. You assume he is avoiding you. You even attempt to get up early and stay up late waiting for him outside so you can talk to him, but sometimes he isn't even at home. 

'How am I going to complete this mission if he is avoiding me? I have no idea why he's avoiding me; perhaps he is avoiding me because he hurt my wrist? Maybe that's why... but I'll make the first move because he's avoiding me. He doesn't have a choice, since I'm determined to finish this shit.'

"Y/N-chan, you've been sighing, what's wrong?" one of your coworkers asks.

"Nothing, just busy thinking..." And you stop brewing the coffee because you have an idea.

"Hey, are you the new part-timer from last week?" you asked, smiling at him.

"Yes, if you forgot about me, I'm-"

"Yeah, yeah. I remember your name," you interrupted. "You're not too busy right now, are you?"

"I'm not busy; I just continued cleaning the kitchen and-"

"Okay, stop. I get it," you cut him off again.

"I'd like you to keep an eye on someone outside."

"And what am I supposed to do?"

"Can you watch over someone for me and let me know right away if you see him?"

"Sure, you're my senior, I can do that, but what does he look like?"

You've realized that you don't exactly know what he looks like.

"Um... I'm blind, so I have no idea what he looks like... but he's tall and well-built."

"All right, I'll do my best to find him."

"Thank you very much... you're so dependable," you said as you shook his hand.

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Yuzuha and Hakkai decided to pay a visit to your workplace because they had some free time.

You're sitting at the same table as them, and they're eating the food they ordered.

"You don't have any work anymore, Y/N-san?" Hakkai questions.