ᏴᎢᏚ ᏚᎷᏌᎢ (sᴛᴏʀʏ)

Chapter 이: ᴛᴀᴇʜʏᴜɴɢ

Revised as of 2024: only slight changes
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• V'S POV •

I walked home later that night. I couldn't get the feeling of Jungkooks lips against mine out of my head. The thought of our interaction plagued my mind the entire walk home. The truth is I had always admired Jungkook since I was young as he had stated modeling early on, but never did I expect I would land a job working as his stylist, let alone receive a kiss from the male on my first day. It felt like a fever dream.

Finally arriving home, I was about to unlock the door when I heard the sound of glass shattering from inside. Panic kicked in as I quickly unlocked the door, and ran inside.

"MOM! MOM! ARE YOU OK?" I shouted as I ran through the house until I had found the room my mother was in. I rushed over to her side the moment I saw her lying on the ground. She was unconscious. Helping her up, I moved her limp body to her bed, and pulled the sheets over her so she would be warm. Making my way back into the dining room, I began to pick up the shards of glass scattered on the floor; feeling a sense of déjà vu. While I clean up, I was unaware of the cut I received from carelessly handling the glass with my bare hands.

"TAEHYUNG. . . !" My mom shouted from her bedroom as she woke up. She tried to get out of bed, but a loud 'thud' only followed. I rushed back into my mom's room where I found her sprawled out on the ground, now tangled up in the sheets I had placed over her.

"Mom don't worry, I'm here, I'm here" I hugger her tightly as I tried to calm her down. She hugged me back, wrapping her arms tightly around my frame. I soon felt tears running down her cheeks as I began to pat her gently on the head in hopes of soothing her mind. She had gotten very weak lately, and it worried me to death.

. * | Flashback | * .

When I was 9 years old, my parents got a divorce. One day my mom had caught my father cheating on her with another woman. She was deviated, but she couldn't imagine a life without him so she put up with it for years. Eventually it became too much for her heart to handle, she filled for divorce, and revived full custody of me. . . but it all practically broke her. There were many times after the divorce was finalized where she spent days unable to eat or sleep; all she could do was cry.

After a couple of weeks, my grandparents became worried that they were unable to contact her so they came to check in on us. When they saw the condition she was in, they immediately took us to their house so they could watch over us. They made sure we had 3 meals a day, warm showers, and clean beds, but soon after my grandparents both fell very ill. It became so they were unable to take care of themselves let alone the two of us as their old age finally caught up to them.

From that point on, I began to take care of my mom as well as my grandparents until they passed away a few years ago. My mom is now they only family I have left so Iv been working extra hard to make sure she is well taken care of so I don't loose her too. . .

. * | End Flashback | * .

. • NEXT MORNING • .

I awoke to the sound of my alarm blaring in my ear. I had gone to bed late last night after calming down my mom, and sending her to bed. As I went to turn off my alarm, I check the time. NO WAY! I cried as the time read 9:20. I was about to be late. I quickly changed, rushed out of the house—almost forgetting to grab my keys—and ran to as fast as I could to make sure I got to work on time.

When I arrived in front of the BIGHIT building, I quickly checked the time as I rushed through the front doors, and to the elevator.

• JK'S POV •

Jimin and I had just arrived to work. As we were waiting at the elevator for the door to open, the sound of loud footsteps could be heard running towards us from behind. The two of us turned around to see Taehyung bent over, hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath.

"Taehyung, how are you?" I asked the male as he straightened out his posture. He was still breathing quite heavily as he remained quiet. From the corner of my eye I could see Jimin smiling as he looked between the two of us. I rolled my eyes knowing what was about to come.

"So~ Jungkook, what's your relationship with this guy?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. I turned and hit him on his shoulder causing the male to let out a small whimper.

"Yah! Why'd you have to do that?" Jimin whined. Taehyung had turned to look at us, finally breathing normally, but before he could open his mouth to say something another person had run up to us.

"JIMINNNNNNN" the male shouted as he tackled Jimin from behind. It was Jung Hoseok, otherwise known as Jhope. The two of them held wide smiles as they hung onto one another. The older male went in for a kiss, but stopped himself when he noticed a new face.

"Oh? Who's that?" Jhope asked, pointing towards the blue haired male standing beside me with a confused look on his face.

"Ah, this is Taehyung. He's my new stylist" I spoke up, introducing him to the two. To my dismay, Jimin being my close friend for many years knew me all too well as he shook his head. Jhope turned to Jimin looking confused as to why he was shaking his head, but I cut their teasing short. The warning glare I sent their way that scared the love birds; causing them to flee the scene.

"Come on babe, let's leave the two newly weds to it" Jimin said with a sarcastic tone, placing his arm around Jhope shoulder. The two walked off down the hall, not daring to look back for they would meet my cold gaze. Once the two were gone, I turned back to Taehyung who wore a confused expression at the interaction between those two.

"What. . . just happened?" Taehyung questioned.

"Don't worry about those two, they don't know what they're doing" I sighed as the door to the elevator opened up, and I pulled Taehyung in with me. We waited in a comfortable silence before the doors opened on the 12th floor, and the two of us walked in for yet another day of work

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CHAPTER 이: END