𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧 | ᵏᵗʰ ✓

chapter 15

taehyung couldn't control it. there underneath the fainted girl was a slight puddle of pure velvet blood. he froze, he hated seeing the sight of blood. he loathed that it would make him remember his past. his days when he was once corrupted like this girl in front of him. he wanted to help, he wanted to reach for his phone and call an ambulance or yell at a staff to call one for him.

but even though his mouth was gape, he couldn't make out the words. all he could do was helplessly stare at his half reflection in her blood. in valencia's blood. it made him sick to the stomach.

"what's going on here? oh my god, manager-nim! manager-nim!" the staff who served their food earlier clasped her hands on her horrified face as she ushered the man in the kitchen.

"why did you call- oh," a slightly aged man hurried out and immediately crouched down in front of valencia and felt her pulse. "she's breathing, she just fainted. call an ambulance, haesoo."

the trembling girl nodded furiously, grabbed the restaurant's phone on the table, and dialled the number. meanwhile, the manager turned his head behind to taehyung who was still.

"you, what the fuck are you doing? aren't you her boyfriend? come take care of her!" he scolded.

taehyung blinked a couple of times and rubbed his eyes. the manager was right, not about the boyfriend but he was the one responsible for her. after all, he did force valencia to come. taking a gulp, taehyung walked towards the damaged girl and held her to his chest.

"t-the ambulance will be here soon," the fragile girl called haesoo mustered.

the manager nodded and started to pick up the pieces of the porcelain bowl,"go and grab me a broom and a dustpan. we should clean up before the ambulance comes or we'll go viral."

haesoo rushed off into the storage room but before going outside, she took a look at taehyung and scowled,"and you call yourself a human?"

taehyung choked. the words that the waiter had said made him choke on his own spit causing him to drop the ground, still holding onto the unconscious girl. slowly, he looked down at the distressed face of hers and pursued his lips. in her face, not only did he see valencia, but he also saw himself.

"i'm so sorry, i promise this won't happen again. i promise that she won't win, val."

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"she's not in a critical state but she was close to one. she lost some of her blood due to a gash on her left hip. she must have gotten it because of the porcelain glass that shattered. we already stitched the wound but since she's a patient who's been diagnosed with anorexia, losing blood can be severe to her," the doctor bluntly informed, keeping her stare fixed on the notebook. "she'll be weak for a couple of days and she needs to take these every morning and right before she goes to sleep. as for now, ms. lee should lay off her normal medications for now. just before i take my leave, who's going to be paying for the bill?"

taehyung took the receipt in the doctor's hand,"i-i will. i'm her boyfriend."

the doctor took a look at taehyung and nodded,"very well. if there's anything wrong, just press the red button on the wall and one of our nurses should be with you very soon."

"thank you," taehyung said as he watched the doctor leave into another patient's room.

he looked at the bill and sighed. there goes his money to buy a solo trip to europe. he shoved in the thin piece of paper and held the pills given in the other. with that he entered the room where valencia was sleeping peacefully in her white hospital gown. taehyung had to admit, she kind of looked nice like that when she didn't have her usual tough act on.

she seemed more attractive with her softer side. taehyung walked towards her and sat on the edge of the bed. he placed the pills on the table beside her and placed the money she needed underneath. it was already getting bright and taehyung knew that he needed to get back before the staff noticed he wasn't at the dorms.

"sorry valencia, i'll make sure to meet you again, okay?" taehyung whispered before leaving outside of the door.

"t-taehyung? i-i can't breathe... help."