Chapter 24

Y/N POV

It was Monday, fucking Monday- the cursed day that all workers fear. You groaned, slamming your hand harshly onto the alarm, shutting it up. You laid on your bed for a few more minutes before forcing yourself to get out of it and prepare for work. Sluggishly padding over to the bathroom, you caught a glimpse of yourself in the full length mirror by the door. You groaned again before turning away, making a mental note to not look into mirrors in the morning ever again.

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"Phone, check. Wallet, check. Bag, che- wait, no check," you muttered as checked to make sure you had everything. However, there was a hitch in the list- your bag was definitely not ready. Pulling out the to-go box, you made a face. You had forgotten it in your bag yesterday and as a result, you had a sandwich that had gone bad. How wonderful. Making sure you threw it into the trash can while spraying a can of air freshener, you sighed. Today's luck must be because it was Monday.

You threw your bag into a pile along with your dirty laundry, making sure that you would wash it when you came back from work. You then headed over to your closet, pulling out a backup bag that you would use for the day. A cap that sat besides the jacket Jin had thrown at you the other day caught your attention. Sighing you picked it up, using your fingers to trace along the seams.

"What am I supposed to do with these?" you muttered, setting the cap back down and picking up your backup bag.

"How about you return it to the owner?" a low voice replied from behind.

In shock you slammed the closet shut, whirling around. You saw a head of bright blue hair- shining in the morning light. You didn't even have to look any further to know who it was.

"Good morning," Taehyung said as he yawned, shifting slightly from one foot to the other.

"I think it's a what the fuck are you doing in my house morning," you yelped, leaning against your closet door for support.

"Well if you want to call it that, we can. Anyways, I'll get straight to the point. I think you have something that belong to me. Would you ever be so kind to return it to me?" Taehyung asked, his eyes flickering to yours before he broke off contact.

"Yeah, sure um..." you murmured and turned around slowly, opening the closet door back up again to grab his hat and jacket. "Here," you said as you handed the items over to him. You were slightly caught off-guard with how mild and quiet Taehyung was being. He had a record of being quite unpredictably wild when approaching you. 

"Thanks- oh," Taehyung started before cutting himself off. His eyes flitted back and forth from you and the cap before settling back to the cap.

"Is there something wrong?" you asked. Even though you being in my house is wrong- just how the existence of Mondays is entirely wrong.

"No I just um uh, you kept my hat," Taehyung said quietly, finally meeting your gaze. There was a gentle demeanor on him today, a faint smile on his lips. "It's a little surprising but thanks."

You gave a small smile and nodded your head slightly. You also thought it was surprising on how you had kept his cap for all this time. When packing and cleaning out your old house two years ago, you had tried your best to throw it away but in the end, you couldn't bear to do it. Fast forward to now, the cap had always been with you- ever since that one day in the alley when Taehyung threw it onto the ground and took it anger out on it.

"Well, um have a good day," Taehyung murmured. He turned around and began walking towards a wall before stopping. "Actually, you can keep these," Taehyung said and sat the items down on your bed. Before you could say anything he ran into the wall and was gone. Shadow-travel.

You walked over to your bed, sitting down and looking at Taehyung's jacket and cap. If he wasn't going to take them, why did he come at all? How did he know? Your brows furrowed downwards as the gears in your head turned rapidly. Immediately you grabbed your phone and paused for a few moments, wondering if you should text or call the other person. In the end you settled for texting.

You: Hello, this is Y/N, I have a question for you- if you don't mind.

Jin: Hey Y/N! Drop the formalities please and go ahead.

You: I was just wondering, did you tell anyone where I lived?

Jin: What? No, did something happen?

You hesitated, pausing- unsure which route you wanted to take.

You: No, it was just a thought that was bugging my mind.

Jin: Oh, okay. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone where you live. I swear if one of the boys get their hands on it, you better run. Speaking of the boys, sorry to cut this conversation short but I have to go- you know, with them known to be idiots. 

You: Have a good day.

Jin: You too dear.

You sighed and turned off your phone. You didn't know why you had chose to lie to Jin, maybe you felt that you didn't want to make this situation any bigger than it was. It was literally just Taehyung dropping in to get his stuff- just your typical day. You assumed that Jin was speaking the truth on keeping your address to himself- despite him most likely giving you Taehyung's jacket on purpose.

But speaking of Taehyung, how did he know where you lived?

Unfortunately, you had no time to think any longer when you saw that the time was 8:14. "Shit," you cursed, rushing to throw everything into your new bag and rushing out the door. You prayed that you would make it on time.

Fuckity fuck Mondays.

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"Hey," you panted, giving everyone a weak wave. You had barely made it on time for work, running a good three blocks from the road where the taxi you had planned to take was stuck in traffic. "Good morning," you finished. HongJoong came over and offered you a bottle a water. Thanking him, you greedily took several gulps.

"Running late?" HongJoong asked, giving you a tsk tsk tsk in a joking way.

"Running? Yes. Late? Not so much," you answered, pointing to the clock on the wall. "As you can see I am on time- no, actually I'm early."

"By two minutes," HongJoong laughed.

"Still counts," you shrugged.

A fellow co-worker came by to plan out this week's schedule and events. HongJoong participated as well, with him being the leader of the group and what not. With the broadcast and radio debut gotten out of the way last week, this week was relatively calm- having only one appearance on a TV program. It took only an hour to finish planning. A chain of 'thanks' and 'have a good day' were exchanged before the co-worker exited the room. You stayed behind a bit to copy down this meeting onto your notepad. You noticed how HongJoong also stayed behind.

As you got up to leave, HongJoong rushed in front of you- opening the door for you. You offered a smile and thank you in return.

"Hey manager-nim," HongJoong called as the two of you were walking down the hallway together.

"Yes?" you answered, looking up to meet his eyes.

"Did you change your perfume?" HongJoong asked, cocking his head sideways. You noticed how his eyes were cloudy.

"No? Why?" you asked confused. You took a whiff of your hair- it smelled just like the shampoo you used.

"Hmm...nothing," HongJoong brushed off. "Shall we go? The others are waiting for us," HongJoong started again, offering his hand to you.

You hesitated a bit before answering. You ended up taking his hand.

"Sure," you smiled as HongJoong led you back to where the other members were. He didn't return your smile. 

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chapter 24 end

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