TIME ─ JAEYONG

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— he didn't mean to hurt anyone. all he wanted to do was help.

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taeyong woke that next morning to the room service bringing him his morning meal. his mouth watered as he looked at the plate filled with fruits, toast, and pancakes. it seemed like forever ago when he had a meal like this.

he ate happily, enjoying each bite. he didn't know when the next time he would be eating so he wanted to make this moment last. his meal ended after nearly 15 minutes.

he looked over at the digital clock, it read 9. taeyong had to be out the room by 9:30 unless he wanted to be charged another night. he wished he could stay but alas, he couldn't.

as he stepped foot into the bathroom to get dressed he realized the time of his forearm. he blinked multiple times, thinking his eyes were deceiving him.

taeyongs eyes glossed over with tears. not tears of happiness but fear. years of time were showing on his forearm. more than he's ever had.

he felt his heartbeat accelerate while his breath shortened. he ran his fingers through his hair, trying to think of how this could happen.

then it hit him. it could only be one person. he rushed towards the iphone. his shaky fingers managed to unlock it and click on jaehyun's contact. he dialed the number and waited for him to pick up.

when it did, the fear he felt was replaced by anger. "taeyong, good morning."

"what did you do!?" from on the other side of the line jaehyun flinched at the tone. "jaehyun what the fuck did you do to me!?" tears slipped from the corners of his eyes as he let out a shaky breath.

"oh. that. i gave you time. why do you sound so–"

"you idiot! you fucking idiot!" he shouted. jae felt taken aback at the words.

"excuse me?"

"you know what this means right? i'm a dead man! you did more harm than good!" unable to comprehend what the actual problem was jae turned to look at yuta who was staring at him with wide eyes.

"you gave him time!?"

"yeah. when i told you to meet me at sicheng's shop later I went back inside his room while he slept and gave him time."

taeyong was now in a full-fledged panic attack. he dropped to the floor trying to regain his breath.

"you gave him too much time jae! why do you think i hide our arms whenever we come?" jaehyun went to think about the reason but yuta gave him no time. "they'll kill for time jaehyun!" he scolded.

and finally, jaehyun realized his mistake.

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— this is so short but i wanted to post a celebratory chapter for hitting 1k reads!!! tysm for commenting and voting! i'll make longer chapters after this :)