Who are you?

55. Doubts and Clues

"Hmm, that's pretty interesting... "

 Bogum's eyes, looking at the monitor, were full of vitality. The corner of Bogum's mouth keeps lifted upward as his smile never leaves due to the unexpected joy. As soon as Bogum wakes up in the morning, he checks the CCTV installed in Taehyung's apartment, and without even realizing it, Taehyung's every word and every little action is engraved in his mind.

"My pretty doll... you always satisfied me..."

Bogum unconsciously extended his hand towards Taehyung on the monitor. Bogum's eyebrows furrowed deeply as he realized the feeling of a slippery, hard screen touching his fingertips along with a small crash sound. He snorted, feeling like a fool himself. Bogum looked at the time displayed on the monitor.

"It's a little after 7 o'clock, so it's been less than an hour since you fell asleep."

Bogum, who was watching Taehyung sleeping through his laptop, put his finger on the Touchpad and zoomed in on Taehyung's face. "You're so beautiful..." Bogum muttered in admiration and bit his lower lip. Watching the eyelashes on Taehyung's gently closed eyelids twitching ever so slightly, Bogum brought his face closer to the monitor. Taehyung frowned occasionally, and his lips kept moving as if he was trying to say something. "What? Are you having a bad dream again?" Without realizing it, Bogum was frowning along with Taehyung. He looked at Taehyung's lips that kept quivering and desperately wanted to know what he was saying. 

Unable to overcome his curiosity, he got up from the bed, searched his desk drawer, and returned with the headphones. Bogum quickly connected his headphones to the computer and immediately turned the volume up to maximum.  And, as he looked at Taehyung's face and focused on the sound for a long time, he was finally able to hear what Taehyung was saying.

"Tan-ah... Tan-ah... Dad will be there soon... Just wait... I'm sorry, Tan-ah."

"Hoseok, Hoseok-hyung, wake up-"

"Ummmmm-" Hoseok turned his body reflexively, feeling the sunlight sting his eyes. He thought he heard someone's voice, but his body seemed to refuse to respond.

Taehyung sighed heavily and thought for a moment. They couldn't sleep until morning, and Taehyung thought it was no wonder Hoseok couldn't wake up. 

However, Taehyung ran out of patience when he found out that cute little Yeontan was his puppy. He chewed his lower lip and looked at the clock on the wall. Taehyung saw that the time was almost noon, and what little patience he had left was blown away.

"Okay! You just sleep! I'll call a taxi!" Taehyung was very upset, as he screamed in disappointment and left Hoseok's room.

"Haaaah!!!" Hoseok jumped up with half-closed eyes. He sat blankly for a moment, but soon realized what had happened and jumped off the bed and headed towards Taehyung. He was finally able to fully wake up as he saw Taehyung coming out of his room while putting on his jacket. "Hey, hey - just wait a minute! We can't just leave like this!" Hoseok urgently blocked Taehyung's path.

"Why? What's the problem? Hoseok-hyung, you guys... You don't have to treat me like a baby born yesterday anymore." Taehyung huffed and crossed his arms in front of his chest with an angry look on his face. "You know, what you've been hiding doesn't mean anything anymore. I know a thing or two!"

"Of course I understand, I totally understand!" As he trying to soothing Taehyung, Hoseok took out his phone to find Bogum number. Hoseok tried to act calm as he watched Taehyung act as if he knew everything now.