priceless | tk ✓

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Taehyung slipped on his shoes with the subtly of a mouse, not even a creak in the floor giving away his actions. He glanced around and grabbed the brandless jacket he had somehow obtained and slipped it over his shoulders.

Just as the model unlocked the door, his phone vibrated in his back pocket and he quickly stepped outside the lavish apartment to greet the dim lights of the building corridors at night. Fishing the phone out of its holding place, Taehyung smiled at the messages.

jjungkookie
um im here at some random bench

jjungkookie
kinda scared so come soon

jjungkookie
shit i just heard something in the bush

jjungkookie
tae please don't let me die😭

v_95
your prince is coming angel

v_95
grab a stick and protect yourself from the night monsters

v_95
sorry, jin hyung and hobi hyung finally slept so I just left

v_95
be there in five🤍

jjungkookie
stick obtained and ready for defending

jjungkookie
omg see you soon

jjungkookie
don't be scared okay?? we don't have to talk, we could even just sit together in each other's company... but I want you to meet me too

jjungkookie
me trusting you even after this blow up on social media must mean something right??

Taehyung nodded at the phone, as if it were a response in itself, and replied to the younger while the elevator doors closed in front of him. The empty box carried him down to the ground floor from cloud nine, the gentle hum and groan of the running mechanics acting as white noise to settle Taehyung.

He was so very determined after Jungkook had asked him earlier that day. He sacrificed himself to please others, and yet he couldn't do so for the one who deserved it the most.

"No running away." He whispered, knowing that, although small, it was a mental step for him to overcome.

The ornate gold molding of the elevator led his attention straight to the blinking lights illuminating each number designated to the floor it passed.

Being the middle of night on a weekday left the lobby and halls empty, Taehyung reveling in the quiet space he'd been granted and was transporting him. The ding sounded as the floor numbered 'G' glowed above the door, the mural painted doors whirring open and Taehyung heard his heels echo on the shiny clean floors.

He caught the janitor in the far corner mopping the floor, bowing his head as he passed, the older man smiling at him fondly. The model did the same as he reached the security officer's counter, the woman clicking away at her computer and waving a hand to him.

Just as he reached the double doors at the entrance of the grand apartment lobby, high ceilings leading for every sound to muffle with echoes, beautiful carvings and paintings doing the marble floors justice, he pulled his mask and hood on, concealing his face from any attention he wanted to wish away.

The doorman pulled one of the frosted glass door open and bowed deeply for him, the crisp of of night tingling the exposed skin around Taehyung's eyes.