Ignore mistakes, please
Third person P.O.V
Jungkook frowned and opened his mouth to say something, but Taehyung just ran away from there, wiping his tears with the sleeves of his sweater.
Jungkook sighed and closed his eyes for a brief moment but when he opened them again, he saw the other employees whispering and looking where Taehyung just ran away.
"What are you all doing here?! GO BACK TO YOUR WORK!" Everyone quickly disappeared from there and went back to their work.
Jungkook went back to his office as well, a scowl on his face when his office door opened in the next minute.
"Told you to be careful about your words!" Jungkook seethed but when he turned back to see the other, he was met with a confused Park Jimin.
"Um- I heard some commotion outside. What happened?" Hearing that, Jungkook rolled his tongue again and walked to the small fridge to grab some cold water.
"Nothing much." Jimin nodded his head, trying to put one and one together from the comments he heard from the other employees. He shrugged it off and sat on the chair to discuss about the new project.
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Taehyung never knew that he would stop there after his outburst. Right now, he was sitting in the cafe that was almost empty. He stopped crying but internally, he wanted to scream out all of his anger and frustration. He felt trapped in his own fault and the reasons were making it worse.
"Oh, Tae?!" Here he heard the voice he wasn't expecting at the moment, causing him to turn his face to see Seoyun standing there with a smile.
"Where were you? I didn't see you for two days. Scratch that, I didn't even have any drink with you at the party." She tsked and sat in front of him with the same smile.
"How are you?" She asked but her smile slowly faltered when she noticed the sadness on his face. She stretched her hand to grab Taehyung's. "Hey, everything ok? Why do you look so dull?" She inquired but then she noticed another thing. "Your hands are oddly warm Tae. Are you alright?"
Taehyung was just feeling frustrated, so he pulled back his hand from her hold.
"I'm fine, Seoyun shi. You don't have to worry about someone like me." His tone was very different and she quickly caught it.
"Why are you saying that? Tell me what's wrong?" Taehyung laughed sarcastically at that.
"Like you care."
"What do you mean by that? Of course, I care-"
"No! You didn't care when making out with someone else while you gave me a chance!!" He spat but clenched his jaw when he noticed her expressions morphing into shocked ones.
"Tae-"
"Please, you could've said no instead of cheating right after accepting my proposal." This time his voice came out drained. He was definitely trying his best to forget that scene and that's why he was ignoring the other. But now when she was talking all sweetly like nothing happened, it triggered him.
Seoyun gasped and covered her mouth, her eyes getting glossy as she hung her head low.
"You are blaming me? You don't trust me Tae?"
"You didn't trust me Seoyun shi!"
Seoyun sighed and wiped her tears to which Taehyung felt a pang in his chest. Did he just make her love cry?
"I didn't cheat. I was harassed, Tae." Taehyung felt the air knocked out of his lungs on the words.
"That person tricked me and forced himself over me. I tried to run to get help, but he was- he was stronger." Taehyung silently listens to her while his heart thuds loudly in his chest.
Seoyun met her eyes with his and her lips wobbled when she spoke the next words.
"He almost-" She closed her eyes to take a deep breath before starting again. "If it wasn't for those people who came to take their car, something worse could've happened that night." She wiped her tears and hid her face with her hands.
Taehyung felt his surroundings spinning on that. What he was assuming and what actually happened? He just accused her out of the blue without any proof or explanation while she went through trauma.
"I-"
"Don't! I thought to tell you about that, but I noticed you already left the party and then I'm seeing you today. I tried my best to forget that horrible scene, but you out of all people have to blame me for something I didn't even do." She sobbed and Taehyung was now drowning in the guilt.
"I- I'm sorry Soeyun... I-"
"Don't be. It's clear that you don't trust me, Tae." She wiped her tears and sadly smiled, which just broke Taehyung's heart.
"No- please. I'm really sorry. I was so sad that I couldn't think properly. I- I felt lost." He stammered, his own eyes getting glossy. He was hurting everywhere, his head, his whole body even his heart was now hurting.
"You're my first-ever love, Seoyun. I- I really love you. That's why I am so insecure about that. I know that I'm not much worthy of your love, but I'm trying. That night- I felt like losing you. I was so scared and angry with myself." A little hiccup left his lips which were getting red with the hotness.
"And.. now I'm feeling worst. I'm extremely sorry for thinking so opposite of you. I'm sorry." By now, he was fully crying.
Seoyun just wiped her tears and got up from her seat, walking towards his chair and putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't cry now. You shattered my heart, Tae. I'm sorry that I couldn't give you enough reasons to trust me." Taehyung shook his head at that but she just sadly smiled and stepped back, pulling her hand back as well.
"Let's take some time to think about it again." Taehyung's breath hitched but before he could plea or protest, she stormed out of the cafe, leaving the hurting soul alone there.
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It was already one hour since he left Jungkook's office and after that little talk with Seoyun. He was so much in pain but was alone to bear that all. His head was heavy with all the burdens. The burden of the guilt, the burden of the debt, the burden of being a responsible person for his family, and now another was added... burden for the safety of his job.
His outburst definitely going to put him in big trouble and he was definitely not ready for it, neither mentally nor physically.
He squinted his eyes when another throb hit his head and whole body, causing him to weakly fall his head over the table.
I'm the reason for every bad thing happening in my life. I wish to be a better person.
With a messed up day, Taehyung thought to himself, mind still trying to wrap around the facts. He was left with only 4 hours, 4 hours to arrange or take 800 dollars out of thin air.
He was so immersed in his own depressing thoughts, that he didn't notice the presence beside him.
"Kim?" He recognized the voice and slowly moved his head up, only to shut his eyes to the throb again.
"You're early today. I thought that you won't be coming again." It was Minho who was sitting with his lunch on the table.
Taehyung blinked his eyes to clear his vision and sit straight, leaning his back on the chair, shivering when his body felt exposed to the air, besides the fact he was covered with a sweater.
"Yeah." He shortly replied. Minho frowned at his tone.
"What's wrong? I heard you had some argument with the CFO. Are you gloomy because of that?" Taehyung bit his lips on that.
So, it spread already.
"Don't forget that we are in the same department. I'm not much aware of what happened." Taehyung remained silent. What he could say?
Minho was feeling very awkward by this behavior of the other. He slightly pushed his tray back on the table and patted Taehyung's shoulder.
"Don't worry, it will be fine." Taehyung felt a sense of warmth from the gesture and slightly nodded his head. But then suddenly something hit his mind.
Can I ask for money from him?
He looked at the other who was looking at him with the same emotionless face.
No, he already helped me many times. I shouldn't do that. I can't burden him.
Recalling the previous events, he discarded that thought but his phone buzzed again as he got the message from the same number.
At such moments, he just wanted to disappear, so that he could avoid his problems. Minho noticed his tense figure but didn't say anything.
"I- I should go back now," Taehyung lowly said and got up, only to stumble a bit, alarming Minho as well who stood up quickly.
"You ok?" Opposite to his true condition, Taehyung nodded his head and rushed to the elevator. The cafe was now filled with employees, that's why, he was met with an empty elevator.
Looking at his own reflection in the mirror, he felt totally broken. Feels like problems loved him so much to leave him in peace.
Turning back to the mirror, he leaned back on the railing to support his oddly weak body. He mentally scolded himself that he should've taken the medicine in the morning as well to fight the war with his rotten luck.
With the passage of time, his ribs were hurting with every breath and so was his back. He just wanted to sit again and then go back home but the day was not going like that.
Pressing his fingers on his temple, he leaned back more only to jolt forward with force when the elevator suddenly stopped, lights started flickering and then went off, leaving the small cabin on the mercy of a small red emergency light.
"What!" Taehyung's heart dropped at that. He launched towards the emergency phone in the elevator to contact the services but it seemed like the connection was also not working.
He looked up at the small camera with the hope that someone might be there and waved his hand.
"Help, please! It- it stopped." He started panicking. Being alone in such situations makes it worse and that's what happened to him. He banged on the metal door, and pressed the random buttons.. but all in vain.
An ugly feeling settled in his heart but he tried to pray it off thinking that the staff must be working on it already. Oblivious to the fact that actually, all were busy with their lunch break, not knowing about the shutdown of the elevator.
He slumped down on the floor when he felt too weak to stand more. He felt his body extremely hot even when he was sweating buckets while shivering at the same time. He started feeling suffocated but whenever he tried to breathe deeply, it caused a pang in his chest, stopping him midway.
He felt himself falling on the floor, head hitting the metal floor with a little thud as his eyes started drooping with heaviness.
A break? Maybe... a better break from all the chaos.
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Assalam o Alaikum. Earlier than expected😎.