OBSCURE

26.

Find me when I was pure
순결했던 날 찾아줘


I can't escape this lie
이 거짓 속에 헤어날 수 없어


give me back my smile
내 웃음을 돌려놔줘

Caught in a lie

~Lie, Jimin.

If destiny was something real he would trust it, if Universal attraction was true he would trust it, if fate was true he would trust it, the thumping of his heart and uneasy feeling in his heart was making him believe in everything he had once lost faith, his belief from. 

Was she even real? the voice? I know it was her.

Taehyungs heart and mind racing with only these words, he was able to see the attention he was getting. His car number plate had VIP numbers engraved in them thus making people to point any questions over his driving or was it his fault while driving or of the child?

No one asked and no one was interested in asking, anyone who saw was just trying to figure out the person behind mask and goggles. Yet the person cared less of the attention and stares he was receiving from everyone, his eyes searching for the loss he just felt. Loss of what? what was not even his to begin with, but the irony , he still felt it, pathetic after losing her track, losing her again.

The girl from seven years ago, one who had been settled in his heart unknowingly an anonymous pull in that voice to revive the memories hidden from his own mind.He ran towards the road that lady went with child, "to drink something, to calm the kid, a convenience store" he murmured and scanned the store all over. A place where she could be with that little child.

Running through side paths, he found a CVS. A breath of relief  escaping his lips, an unknown soft smile spreading on his face, covers hiding the beauty of his face, thumping of his heart in counter to the dopamine which was flowing in hopes of finding the obscure. Hands opening the doors of CVS feets making their way towards the dine section of store.

His heart seem to be started thumping in his ears as he spotted the little kid covered in undried tears eating an ice cream with a smile, a simple Ice cream letting his forget the sorrow of moments ago. A lady standing infront of him, just it felt something off. His brows furrowed in a look of confusion, sense of loss trying to overpower again.

The lady infront was not the one he saw on the signal wearing brown suit pants and shirt, the person infront was wearing a grey coat with a long white skirt and navy blue shirt. Not the clothes but his heart detected the presence of loss before his eyes could have signalled his brain.

His eyes were fixed on her back lost in thoughts of someone else, a unknown feeling creeping his heart.The lady might have sensed the constant stare that made her turn to only look at a man with black mask and goggles on more than that a bleeding forehead, his side face covered in red.

"Are you ok?"she asked looking at the lost men with eyes of concern. The words from lady broke his stance straightening his composure he looked back at her not understanding a word she said." You are bleeding."she spoke again after getting no response from the stranger infront, his disguise making it hard to decipher his thoughts.

Unknowingly his hands made there way towards his forehead, fingers greasing with red the moment they touched,"Shit!" he cursed under his breath, he would definitely be in trouble if the mark didn't get cured before their mv shoot."Hyung? I'm sorry!" A little dry but cute voice spoke, the little bundle from down spoke his eyes widening in fear , what if the Hyung infront is here to scold him?

Taehyung saw the fear in his eyes, he never intended to scold the kid but  what he did was not good, it was well enough that he saw him at the time and reacted fast enough to stop the car. He crouched down his knees landing over the ground at level of the kid, ruffling soft hairs of the little boy he spoke in a gentle but voice lasing with a sense of sterness, "You shouldn't be running around like this, what if i would not be able to stop the brakes" he held his finger up and pointed towards the boys little heart which was beating rhythmically soft,"This thing over here is very precious you can not play around with your life to risk this precious thing, gotcha buddy?"

The kids eyes were a little teary he knew the Hyung infront was not trying to scare him, but he was still very small to handle the blow."Ah,I'm so sorry, I was at food stall when he slipped through my hands.It's my mistake for my son to leave like this." the lady infront spoke bowing her head in at most shame she could, guilt was clear in her voice,"I'm sorry, it was good enough that nothing happened to him, thanks to you."

Taehyung can not take the credit for something which was not for him to begin with, guilt filled voice of the women knowing to be the boys mother was enough to prove that how much scared and pathetic she was feeling, after all she might have lost his son by now,"It was an accident, I do not blame the kid, they have tendency to explore after all" he said smiling looking at the kid,"she kiddo, your Eomma is so scared for you, just promise after this you will not do something like this." 

Bringing his pinky finger up he looked hopefully towards the boy a gentle smile on his face.Kid hesitated at first but eventually bought his small finger up to seal the promise, looking at the raising hand Taehyung felt a relief. When the promise was sealed innocent eyes of the boy looked deep in those brown ones of Taehyung ,"I promised the same thing to beautiful unnie just now, she said the same thing." The smile on boys face beaming as if radiating of the person he was talking about. 

Taehyung was astonished for a minute to see and hear what the little boy spoke but the moment his words registered in his mind, his eyes glimmered with enormous hope and looked more radiating towards the boy. Lady was not able to distinguish this exchange between his son and blood covered man she just stood their oblivious to the talks looking to and fro between both of them.

"You saw her? Where is she? what else did she said?" Taehyung bombarded the small soul with atmost questions he could speak in a breath, before kid could have answered the lady seemed to remember something saying,"The lady in brown suit pant, ah she calmed Hyun Soo down when I wasn't there, just before you came she went to the restroom.  " 

Taehyung's eyes beamed with hope, if she was still there it was the chance, a chance he might not had since last seven years, if she was really here it meant more then anything to him. His eyes looking towards the way lady pointed, unknown to his subconsciousness getting blur , before he could have seen any one approaching his way it was all dark he could see.