No one knows

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Their neighbor Julio came as promised with a friend that looked troubled. He's thinking if it's the right thing to do consulting a man like Taehyung for help but he's desperate. The lady that captures his heart is ignoring him

Taehyung sits casually behind her table on the floor watching the man fidget in place. Julio starts giving her brief context of what his situation is

"So, you're the caretaker of their house?"

the man nods now looking at her hair. She didn't fix it properly from bed and just put a band over her forehead with a tie to clear her face. She talks in deep voice trying to make it sound like a man

"Yes, what do you think I should do? She didn't look at my way even though she's going to walk on the path I'm sweeping"
The man ran a hand on his hair now managing to look at her in the eye

Taehyung smirks and starts telling him what to do, leaning on his ear whispering it but the man pull back with widen eyes and shakes his head

"How sure you are about the results of this if she's not going to see me for one whole week?"

Taehyung winks at him
"Trust me... If she didn't got worried and look for you instead, I'm willing to give back all the money your going to pay me"

Julio swings his arm on his shoulder convincing him

"He's telling the truth. I myself giving my words to you... There's no man left this place that has tears on their eyes because the girl they like are not become theirs"

"Are you sure he's that good? What if he suddenly disappears after he got my money leaving me without her in my arms?!"
He points a finger, still has doubts in his advice

"Then what are you even doing here? Why should you have to disturb me coming here if you're not going to believe in everything I'd say? I should to go to market and make money than talking to you?!"

She scoff rolling her eyes on them and stand up going to the door to leave them. She stumps her feet angry at them

"wait, wait!" The man calls rushing to get her even before she step outside. Julio comes after

"I apologize., Alright. I'm going to do what you just told me but if this doesn't results any good I'll make you pay double"

"huh?! Why would I need to pay you double?! If you don't want to do it then don't! You think I care? I hope she will find another better than you?!"

Taehyung is really angry by now.. she thought she will earn extra money today to pay even half of her debts, she pull back her arms

Julio smack his head
"What are you doing?! I came here with you to help you, don't make him angry or else he will curse you"

Once again, his eyes got widen afraid of what he just said

"Curse? He can put a curse on me?"

"Don't give me reasons! You're wasting me time!"
Her eyes squint on him. She's fuming..

"Alright, alright! I'm going to do everything you said. Here's your payment just don't curse and give me badluck"

Julio snatch his pouch of silvers and give it to her hastily. She weights it in her palms

"This is enough but you need to pay me again once you make her fall for you!"

"Isn't that enough?!"
He protest but Julio push him away from her and make his friend bows at her

"You should be grateful! Stop complaining and do what he said!"

"We we're going now.."
He pulls his friend in the arm taking their leave when another man walks in. He sit on the floor just infront of his desk waiting for Taehyung to face him

"Who are you mister? What can I do for you?"

Taehyung slumps on the floor after she make sure her silvers are well kept in his drawer

"I'm... My name is Yoongi and I need you to write a letter for me, I can't... I don't know how to tell her that I can't sleep because of her"

Taehyung giggles hearing his confession, it makes her heart flutter

"that's the man, even if you don't have the courage to tell in her face what feelings you have for her, you're determined to make way for her to know it"

"can you make a right letter for her? To know what I wanted her to know?"

"certainly! I make sure she will respond to it as soon as she receives it" Taehyung winks at him and pull one of her nicest paper in her belongings and starts writing

She spend half an hour writing the possible feelings he has for her. Yoongi watch her do her thing till Taehyung raise the paper and make him read it making sure he likes what's written in it

Yoongi nods showing his gummy smile

"this is perfect... I'm going to give this to my servant. I'll come here once I got her response. This is my payment"

He throws a pouch of silver to her that she catch easily. Taehyung gives him a salute..

"I wish you the best of luck Yoongi-shi"

Yoongi takes his leave. Taehyung locks her door to count her money. She smiles budgeting it for her expenses and for the half payment of her debt

She takes a bath planning to go to the market to buy a few of their supplies and maybe a new clothes

She's walking greeting every man that he knows in the way because they all become her clients as they all smile back at her holding the hands of the ladies they are once thought wouldn't fall for them

"How are you Taehyung?"
The other one greets her

"I'm good.."

"Thank you" the other man said winking at her. He pulls the hand on the lady beside her showing her how tight they were holding hands. She bows smiling at them till he hears a familiar voice behind her

"Where is my money?"

She looks back seeing the goons that threatens her talking to another man in the stall of clothes

"Give me more time please?" The man begs but the goon pull some textile tearing it in two

"You know what will happen to you so don't try hiding!"
He grabs the collar of the poor man then push him on the ground. He nods his head asking for some mercy

Taehyung hide on the side of wall, if they see her, they will ask their money again like they doesn't have a previous agreement

She keep quiet till they go to the other way leaving the poor vendor fixing the things they destroy in his store. She leans her back flat on the wooden wall and release a breath after she make sure they are gone

She sits on the ground hugging her knees when she notice a flyers pasted in the wall she once leaned. She stood up again to read it

Become a eunuch and earn 50,000 won every month
QUALIFICATIONS:
18 years old male
Has been castrated
Single

Taehyung swallow a lump in her throat just by reading the word castrated. She looks down between her legs and bite her lips. She wants to be a eunuch but how, she will earn a lot of money for his Uncle's medicine, she can pay her debts but being castrated? How on earth she's going to do that?

"I can pay them. I don't have to be a eunuch!"
She proudly say to herself

"I didn't have to leave my uncle then"

She goes back to their house and prepare some good food for them humming to a song

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