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chapter 11

valencia stared at her phone, the light illuminating her puffy eyes.

3:30 am.

"where the f**k is he?" she hissed under breath, kicking a pebble that was nearby with slight frustration.

she watched as the pebble rolled down the small hill but c****d her head sideways with confusion once it was suddenly swallowed by a black boot. her eyes trailed from the shoes, to the owner's pants, jacket, and to his eyes.

"hey, thanks for coming," with a lopsided smile on his face, he whispered loud enough for valencia to hear.

valencia nodded in response as she avoided direct eye contact with taehyung.

"you're probably wondering why i asked for you to come out during this hour," he chuckled in between, rubbing the back of his neck.

pursuing her lips, valencia twirled to face him, crossed her arms, and gave a firm nod. she wasn't ready to talk to him in person, not yet.

taehyung looked at the ground and sighed, "my friend, jimin. he... he kind of has the same problem as you and-"

"so?" valencia blurted out louder than she expected, "so what do you want me to say, taehyung? do you want me to go to your friend, pat him on the back, and say 'it's okay' when i'm not fine myself? i think i've said this once but i'm not your ranting buddy. i'm not your stress relief toy, i'm a girl with problems too. if you're going to keep talking about your life i-"

"can you just hear me out?" taehyung shouted, his eyes tightly shut with irritation.

valencia's fury faded as she heard the sudden outburst.

"i-i just wanted to help both of you. i wanted to tell you that maybe he could understand you because you told me earlier that i didn't understand the problems you go through and i just thought maybe. you know what, i don't even know why i'm doing this. let anna ruin you, hell, let anna destroy you. i f*****g don't care if you have anorexia anymore. i'm sick of you getting so sensitive every damn time i speak. learn to open yourself up," taehyung ranted, his fists clenched.

as soon as valencia was about to respond, taehyung gave her one last cold look, turned on his heels and ran away into the darkness. valencia froze.

it was as if time stopped. then again, as she looked at her phone again, it was 3:09 am.