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3 - The Grey Umbrella

<please note that for your full viewing experience, I highly recommend that you play the song in the multimedia while reading this chapter>

The next day when I had woken up for school, I tried to leave the house as fast as I could. I showered and put on a long-sleeved shirt with jeans and sneakers again. I saw mom sleeping on the couch as I crept out of the door.

Aside from that day, I cleared another week of school, watching out for Ahreum, declining Taehyung's invitation to eat lunch with them, and ignoring him and his friends the whole time.

Going home was the same. Trying to avoid a drunk mom. She would only get this way when something doesn't go her way. The hickeys on her neck had started to fade. I figured that's why she came home drunk so much now.

Me, on the other hand, would only come home after the dog park and Starbucks of course. I had no intention of going back home, especially while mom was still tipsy.

For a change of pace today, I went to an arcade and just walked around watching people play DDR to kill time. It looked like it was going to rain soon and I didn't have an umbrella.

I decided stopped at Starbucks to pick up the usual before I headed home and it had started drizzling while I was ordering. I walked out with my drink, about to run home when I saw Taehyung walking past. He noticed me.

"Y/n, hey." he crooned innocently with his face slightly concerned seeing me in the rain.

It was at that moment that my mind went blank. Is this what they call fight or flight? My drink had fallen to the floor, causing the lid to pop off and the contents inside to escape. The next thing I knew, my legs had begun moving on their own. I started running in the rain trying not to bump into people.

In my head, wondering why I'm running away. Running away and ignoring his calls out to me. Deep down in side, I was hoping that he would give up but even deeper, wishing he didn't.

"Hey! Y/n! Wait up!"

<Taehyung POV>

She looked at me as though she'd seen a ghost. Her drink fell to the ground as she dashed in the pouring rain. What on earth was she running from? I didn't know, but on impulse, I ran after her.

I ran, trying not to drop my umbrella as she manoeuvred through the crowd. Suddenly lightning struck and thunder roared through the sky. She tripped and fell to her knees.

I sheltered her with the umbrella and asked, "yah! Why were you running!?"

I watched her shiver on the ground, her eyes closed and she was not answering me. I figured she was cold from being wet. When thunder roared again, and she jumped up and clung to me.

I then realised that she wasn't shivering. It was something more than that.  Trembling. She shook with fear. In order to calm her down, I patted her long, wet hair to reassured her.

"Hey, we should get you home." I cooed to her, but surprisingly, she clenched her hands onto my shirt, clinging onto me as though she were a koala.

It was apparent that she was uncomfortable with that idea. With every roll of thunder that pierced our ears, her grip got tighter and tighter.

I placed my head on hers gently as she buried it into my chest. Her head was nuzzled so far in that I could feel her heart racing out of her chest. I used my free hand to gently hold her, rubbing her back on circles to calm her down further.

We stood in the rain, us both sheltered by my grey umbrella.

<Y/N POV>

I clenched onto him, inhaling his scent. Surprisingly, it was calming. He smelt musky and had a hint of the sweet smell of flowers.