bodyguard ; kth

38 ; mystery solved

taehyung's pov

it was hard watching aera from backstage. she looked so terrified. i could see her trembling from the distance. i hoped for her sake this speech would be finished soon.

i noticed something weird with aera when the other male opened the winner's envelope. i saw her eyes widen as fear ran through them. it was like she read something weird on the envelope.

the next thing i knew, she was running off stage. without wasting another second, i quickly ran around to the other side. when i made it, there was already a group of people crowding around her. jaeho held her shoulders as she cried into her hands.

i heard her yell, "what the hell is wrong with me?!"

i approached her but was stopped by junsoo who placed a hand on my chest. he said to me, "this is all your fault! you're driving her crazy with your stories!"

my eyes never left aera. the staff kept touching her, trying to comfort her.

'give her some fucking space,' i thought inside. junsoo clicked his fingers in front of my eyes, saying, "yo! are you listening to me?" i ignored him, continuing to look at aera. she looked up and our eyes met.

i was taken back when she marched towards me. she suddenly started yelling at me, "taeby! you're messing with my mind! you made me think i was going to die!" from the red anger pouring out of her eyes, i knew she was next level furious. junsoo stood behind her with a satisfied look on his face.

someone new was now touching her shoulder, telling her, "aera, calm down. everything's fine." i looked at the stranger. it was psy, the one jin was protecting tonight. except...where was he?

"you'll be fine, aera," psy said to her, smiling.

then it clicked.

i blanked out, thinking to myself.

jin clearly mentioned that he was here to guard psy tonight. but then why wasn't he here?

the first rule of being a bodyguard was to never leave the side of your client. you need to be with them at all times to make sure nothing goes wrong. jin should obviously know that, he's been training with me for years.

unless...

"taeby, are you even listening to me?" aera yelled, snapping me out of my thoughts. i looked at her, she looked more furious than ever.

"okay, i'm done trying to calm her down," psy said as he left the crowd, heading off into a different direction. i peered over his way, following behind him. i heard aera shouting my name but i ignored her.

"taeby!" she shrieked, watching me walk away. she groaned in frustration and walked back to her dressing room. her staff followed her, helping her with her ruined makeup and hair.

"stupid taeby," aera muttered, wiping the tears from her cheek.

meanwhile, i was still following psy who made his way towards the stage. another bodyguard was following him, except it wasn't jin.

what the fuck?

as psy stopped in place, i stepped beside him and asked, "where's jin?"

"who?" psy responded in annoyance.

"jin," i repeated louder.

"never heard of him," psy said back, walking back onto the stage as the crowd cheered loudly.

i stopped in place. my mouth fell open in shock. goosebumps rose onto my skin. that was it. everything fell into place. i turned and quickly made my way back to aera's dressing room.