Newspaper - A BTS FF

Chapter 19 - A kid like you

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WARNING - SENSITIVE CONTENT (descriptions of injury after the dashed line. Don't worry - I'll tell you when!)
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Taehyung only worked every other day. The next day, he had no reason to leave the den.

Namjoon disappeared before either of them even woke, and Jungkook made sure to get out to the market as soon as possible.

Tae was left alone.

He never used to be all that affected by being alone, but now he had two friends, it seemed that he had started taking their company for granted.

Boredom ate through him like the freezing cold, and it wasn't long before he abandoned the den to find some form of entertainment.

He didn't fancy shoe polishing. That was also boring...

He decided to just wander around a little to see if there was anything interesting going on.

Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket, making him jump.

He took it out and entered the passcode (Hoseok had given him a brief tutorial) looking at the message.

UNKNOWN NUMBER:
You look bored wandering around like that. Careful or people will start getting suspicious

Tae frowned. An unknown number... Who would be texting him?

He looked around. Whoever it was, they had to be in the area.

Then he frowned.

Of course.

He walked slowly up to the man and put his phone back in his pocket.

"Kim Seokjin has a phone now? Are you copying me?"

Jin smirked and put the phone in his pocket.

"I took advantage of the situation."

The pair ended up sipping piping hot coffee on a bench in a quiet part of the town. Although at first the silence that hung over them was an awkward one, Jin soon managed to break it.

"So you found out a bit about the druggie?" He asked, looking over.

"Yes." Tae nodded. "But I haven't been able to find out his name or where he liv-"

"And you don't need to know." Jin interrupted.

Tae rolled his eyes and sighed.

Seokjin drained the last drop of coffee from his cup and looked at the younger man. He knew exactly where this conversation was headed.

"Kid, that man is a drug addict and a liar. The less you know about him the better, and if you so much as go near him you are putting yourself at risk."

"Why did you tell me about him if you didn't want me to know him?!" He asked, thoroughly annoyed.

"I needed another O."

"What?"

"Never mind." Jin brushed off. "

Tae bit his lip and growled.

"Quit screwing around. Where can I find him?" He asked.

He had been thinking about it for a while. It wasn't just him thinking before acting like he did with Jungkook. No matter what Jin said, he couldn't just wait around and let someone die.

The unnamed man in the newspaper was going to die from a drug overdose - no matter what kind of person he was, it wasn't in Tae's nature to just stand by.