Tomorrow, still Today| (Kim Taehyung)

Lost Boy

-"Tethered to a bird of sorrow"- Glen Hansard

"What the hell have they done to you?"

My eyes widen when he hesitantly lifts his arms from his face. Sweat is all over his body and I see him shivering.

Today, my ten minutes will change.

I stop a little, when he reveals his dark brown eyes and then his nose and lastly, his shivering lips. His teeth are chattering and his lip bleeds. My eyes shoot open and I immediately step closer.

He moves back.

I flinch back again, when I see the look in his eyes. "U-um..."

His eyes give me a warning. I can see it in them, amongst... pain. I've never seen such a pained expression before. It makes my heart clench and I can't help but want to take that pain away.

He doesn't look... crazy. He doesn't look sad either.

He wears no expression at all on his face.

What did they do to Taehyung? What is this therapy?

As he hides in his arms again, I slowly get a grip of myself. I huff out a sigh, before stepping out of the door.

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I try to control my shaking, but I already know, it will take another half hour to have it completely gone. My eyes shut close, as I'm constantly being revisited by the darkness.

I think of the time, when there was nothing more appealing to me than the dark.

It almost makes me smile in pain again. I let out the air, that I have held in and I lean my head on the wall behind me.

I close my eyes, as I'm heavily panting. My heart is racing.

The moment, I decide, to let the pain take me away again, the door opens and my breathing stops.

I hear fast steps coming into my direction and lazily open my eyes.

Are they here again already?

... No. It's the woman from before. With the weird hair color-... orange? What is she doing here again? Are the ten-

"This will sting a little bit", she mumbles and I look down to her.

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He stares down at me. I kind of feel intimidated, but try to hide it. I don't know him yet, so I can't tell, whether he is dangerous or not. I can't say anything yet.

I hesitate, before extending my hand to his face. He eyes me for a second and stiffens, then he gives in.

I almost sigh in relief.

I know, I shouldn't be this scared, but this is my first patient. And I don't want to admit it, but I have no clue what to do. I decide just to go with my mind.

And be calm, Sana.

My hand inches a little closer to his face and I touch his chin slightly before softly wiping the blood from his lower lip and examining it closer.

It looks like he has bitten on it. There's a little blood on his teeth too.

My eyebrows furrow and when I look up to his face, I see his eyebrows furrowing too. He looks confused.

I'm confused, why my heart is beating out of my chest. I wonder if he hears it, cause I really do. Am I that scared of him?

My lips part slightly. As I'm done, wiping the blood from his chapped lips, I take a little towel and start wiping the sweat off his face whilst trying to ignore the intense gaze of his.

But when I'm done and look up, he almost looks shocked. And even more confused.

My heart tightens at that. What did they do to this boy?

My eyes soften and I give him a little smile. Laying the towel next to him, I stand up and leave the room.

I come back with a glass of water and hand it to him. He gives me another one of his confused and sceptical gazes and I smile lightly again.

I nod, signaling him, he can take it.

I flinch slightly, when his fingers meet mine for a second. They're cold as ice.

Taehyung holds the glass in his hand, still looking at me.

I then decide to cower down in front of him. Leaving him his space, I return his gaze, hoping that my soft eyes would exactly show, what I was feeling.

Determination.

"Kim Taehyung." The grip of his hand around the glass becomes tighter for a second and I eye it. This poor boy. He looks so lost.

But then again; lost doesn't mean alone. I swallow harshly.

"I will try my best to make you feel better. This is my promise."

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