Jekyll & Hyde | m.yg. ✔

다섯: in a heartbeat

Yoongi had already deciphered the gawky stance that the new girl apparently emanated, on the very first day itself. He was also the boss for a reason. Even though none of his subordinates would have ever taken him to be really focusing on them on an individual basis, Yoongi had always had his observation out for everyone. Eunbi's mood and character fluctuations seemed intriguing enough to him to lay extra emphasis on her. The former must have assumed that she never looked too obvious, but in Yoongi's brain, her personality as an unstable youngster had already been etched in a lucid manner.

As he began searching for her with an unsteady vision, as an aftermath of strikingly cold air and swerving neck movements combined, he could not see much farther than a foot. The air had begun to be contaminated with soot and smoke, lessening his visual range even more. Waving his hand to clear out the polluted air from in front of his face, Yoongi still could not restraint himself from coughing out every so often.

It was only after his moving around the parking lot for some more time, that he could finally spot a feminine figure lying so lifelessly on the ground that he almost freaked his wits out. Mentally praying that it was not the one whom he had had running in his mind, Yoongi cautiously approached the body.

Much to Yoongi's dismay, however, she turned out to be the same person chancing upon whom he had been acting so reluctant towards.

"Technician Nam? Technician Nam! Nam Eunbi, wake the fuck up!" Yoongi roared, collecting energy from deep down his core to yell out the same.

Yoongi was not much disappointed when he got no response from the addressed one for about a couple of minutes. The blast was indeed one deafening and life-threatening explosion, and therefore Eunbi's immobility did not baffle him much. Since Yoongi was sure that her heart was still beating, for he had checked that the instant he got the chance to, he was waiting patiently for her to take as much time as she needed.

Expectantly, Eunbi's eyelids twitched, signaling that she was regaining her senses. Yoongi did not realize, but he had flashed a content smile once he saw some activity taking place in the otherwise motionless woman.

Eunbi surely had one sole objective behind settling in Seoul, which was undoubtedly Yoongi. However, seeing him up this close without any warning had caught her off-guard. Her breath resultingly hitched, leaving the gasp to stay stuck midway to her lungs, for almost what felt like an eternity. Her eyes widened, and she looked no less than the epitome of shock that had been mingled with awe.

"Are you alright? Now that you're back from the dead, let's get you to a hospital quickly." Yoongi mumbled softly, for he did not want to put any pressure on the barely alive human.

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2010

"How many more times do I need to be scolding you so that you didn't roam around so carelessly anymore?" Yoongi grumbled, ripping off a fresh band-aid from the care home's first aid kit.

"If this is how you're gonna talk to me, then I'll keep doing it again and again." Eunbi replied to him rather sarcastically, which was a stark contrast to her crinkling eyes that had surfaced because of excess smiling.

"Don't be silly, you know that I like you. Watching you get hurt makes me feel pain too, how hard is that to understand?" Yoongi continued as he struggled to put on the band-aid on Eunbi's scraped knee.

"If you like me then why do you insist on going away from here? Wouldn't you wanna stay right here with me if you truly liked me?" Eunbi questioned as she tapped her feet to gain Yoongi's attention, to which he responded by lifting his head up only to look directly into her eyes.

"Ah, you won't let me put this on, will you—"

"This isn't the answer to my question." Eunbi snapped, startling Yoongi to such an extent that his eyes wavered. Embarrassed due to so, he scratched his nape slightly before looking up once again and holding her hands in his in a heartbeat.

"You have no idea what I'm planning to do. I'm nothing today, and I can't guarantee you the happiness that you deserve. But tomorrow, I promise that I'll be someone who will take care of you and give you the kind of life that you've always wished to live. I'll do everything for you, for us. Just give me some time though, I need to go big in order to be able to do so." Yoongi displayed his gummy smile— which Eunbi adored the most— leading her to erase every trace of dissatisfaction that he had been causing her lately.

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2020

How did we end up like this, Yoongi? Eunbi thought to herself whilst keeping her gaze still intact at Yoongi's face.

"Are you really fine? Do you seriously not want me to call a stretcher over here?" Yoongi asked confusingly, unable to read the girl's ambiguous expression.

"I'm fine..." Eunbi trailed off in search of a point that would make the awkwardness between them vanish on its own. That was when she stretched her arms out in the air and spoke up, "I can even go to the hospital on my o—Ow!"

At that exact juncture of time, she had fathomed that she definitely did wrong overestimating herself. Her elbow joint made a painful cracking sound, indicating her that she was totally done for good this time.