Sweet Miracle

7

The night was quiet, except for the ticking sound made by the small alarm clock on the table beside the bed every second without a rest.

Taehyung was on the bed, covering himself under the white duvet and listening to the ticking clock to lure himself to sleep but he couldn't, it didn't helped him at all.

Letting out a sigh, he removed the duvet from him to sit instead, his back resting on the headboard.
The room was dark but the dim moonlight that peaked through the window was bright enough to make the big black bag lying on the floor still visible.

Yeah. He, somehow, succeeded in opening the lock.

How?
Well, it was after trying almost every possible three digit numbers when he got another idea to open it. He didn't really want to go through someone else's phone, though it's basically his now, he checked Taeun's phone to see her birthday and luckily-easily enough, the code was set as her birthday.

That's how he got changed to a night dress, though it was very uncomfortable to wear for him.
But that's not what's bothering him.

Taeun, she's really a strange person. Even after trying so hard to know about her, Taehyung really couldn't find any clue even at the end of the day; about her real home, her parents or family or relatives or friends, nothing.

The only thing he noticed is that she must be searching for a job since there's a history of her contacting that cafe, and she is possibly on a debt but he's not that sure about it. The only one who can answer his questions would be Jungkook but he can't ask him either.

"Should I try going to the lady who shouted at me on the phone this morning? But what if Taeun was actually on a debt and I get into trouble instead? Then... that means I don't have anyone to ask to."

"Ughhh!! This is driving me crazy!" Taehyung ruffled his hair, which of course is in a mess by now, only to realize he said the last line out loud when he heard a rustling sound by the next room.

Yeah. Jungkook didn't come back to the room since he left and slept on the couch in the next room.

Is that only for that day? Or does he not sleep on the bed with his girlfriend before too? But they're dating and living together, right? Right? But what's with this awkwardness between them? Did they fight or something? But it doesn't look thay way either.

It's not that he want Jungkook to sleep with him on the bed, definitely not. It's actually good that they're sleeping separately because it's going to be so uncomfortable for him if they actually were on the same bed.
But what's been bothering him is why the supposed couple is sleeping separately.

He thought he just need to know about Taeun to live as her but there are so many things he's confused of about her life. It's not so simple. It's obscured how she lived such complicated life so far, and now, he had to live the rest of her life.

After staring at Taeun's bag for a while, he couldn't resist from bringing it to the bed. He was curious to death and he thought, just maybe, he could find something from the bag that she locked so securely.
He turned on the phone torch instead since he didn't want to turn on the lights and make it obvious to Jungkook.

Taking a deep breath before opening the zip, Taehyung finally opened the bag. But he couldn't find anything peculiar except for some clothes when his hand rummaged through it.

He almost gave up if he didn't find the wooden photo frame at the bottom of the bag, it was an old photograph of a man and a woman with a little girl in the middle, whom he assumed them to be Taeun and her parents.

"Should I go search these two people first?" He sighed as he fell back on the bed, eyes looking at the ceiling.

So much happened in just one day and all of them are confusing, tiresome, stressful, unrealistic, and unbelievable.