She knocked on the door a few times before turning the knob around, “I’m going in, it’s taking too long,” she said as she entered the room only to see the two guys on their feet, facing each other as Namjoon carefully patted Taehyung’s shoulder.
The hairdresser who’s taller has his back on Nica, totally blocking the girl’s view of her fake boyfriend.
“You’re just in time,” Namjoon said turning his body sideways so Nica could finally take a good look at Taehyung.
Nica stared at the guy up front, she knitted her brows together and roamed her eyes around the room after.
“Where’s he?”she mumbled, “and who’s that handsome, anime looking guy--?” her gaze went back to the guy once more.
Those innocent looking eyes seemed so familiar--.
“Taehyung?” her feet started moving towards the guy and Namjoon stepped back a little while chuckling to himself because of Nica’s reaction at the moment.
She stood frozen in front of Taehyung, “Hi,” the guy smiled shyly but soon looked at her with that dangerously serious expression.
She had to bat her lashes a few times, just to make sure that what she’s seeing was true.
Damn.
Is he even real?
He looked like an angel but a dangerous one at the same time.
She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs in order just to let go of that strange feeling inside of her but she know she couldn’t do that.
So she held her breath instead.
Feeling the rapid beating of her heart on her chest as if it felt like it’ll burst out any moment.
Taehyung noticed her unexplanable reaction so he reached for her fingers with concern on his eyes and held on to her.
As soon as their fingers touched, Nica felt electricity ran from the tips of her fingers throughout her whole body, the hair at the back of her neck rising in a flash.
“Ouch!” both Nica and Taehyung yelped in unison.
“The hell was that?” Taehyung’s voice was loud and deep.
“That’s what you called spark,” Namjoon said in a teasing manner, “so what do you say Nica?”
“He’s,” she paused, surprisingly still in trance, “beautiful.”
There was a long silence, everything went still, and as if snapping back to reality, Nica shook her head fast.
“I mean! Pppft! He’s okay."
She turned her head to Namjoon, she needed to get her eyes off Taehyung because her heart wasn’t slowing down any bit. She showed a forced smile to the dimpled guy.
Namjoon wiggled his brows then stepped closer to Nica, pushing his head near her ear and whispered, “You need to pay me double if you get laid tonight.”
She immediately pushed the guy hard on the chest, her mouth left open.
"Just get out once you're done," Namjoon said to the both of them and headed for the door.
"Done? Done with what?" Taehyung asked but the guy already left the room.
Nica on the other hand was so annoyed, she couldn't explain what she's feeling whenever she look at Taehyung or even when she hear his soft yet deep voice.
It makes her mad.
"Let's get out of here," she almost growled and walked her way out of the room and out of the salon with Taehyung following behind her, confused.
"Thanks Namjoon hyung!" Tae thanks the guy when they were about to exit the salon and the older man nodded as an acknowledgement.
"Hey! Wait up!" Taehyung almost ran after Nica who didn't stopped walking, turning on every corners she could see, "do you even know where you're going?"
The place was getting unfamiliar for Taehyung, and the alleys were starting to get narrower and dirty, almost screaming danger.
"I need to clear my head," Nica mumbled but loud enough for Taehyung to hear, she was looking on the concrete pavement coming in contact with her converse whenever she took a huge step.
"Nica!"
"Wha-?" She was about to turn around to give Taehyung a sharp gaze when her body got slammed into another's body.
"Hey!" The man's voice in front of her screamed on her ear, obviously mad at her, "watch where you're going!"
Being already irritated since earlier, Nica stared back at the man, rising her chin up as an attempt to level herself to him but failed.
He looked like your typical bad-guy- bully, -- thin body, angry face, with a so full of himself confidence,-- which luckily, Nica hated the most.
"YOU WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING! LIZARD!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Shiiit," Taehyung cursed running fast towards her and the guy only to noticed that the guy wasn't alone. He's with some other youngsters who were already eyeing them, "Nica let's go," Taehyung mumbled gripping her wrists while simultaneously pulling her out of the alley.
"Can't handle your girlfriend pretty guy?" The teen patted on Taehyung's cheeks which got him biting his lips.
Taehyung wanted to punch the lights out of that guy but he was thinking about Nica, he couldn't risk anything when she's with him.
"Let's go," Taehyung's voice was louder than before, authority could be sense on his deep voice as it vibrated on his throat.
Nica felt it and turned to the man holding her hand.
"But!"
"Shut up already," Taehyung cut her.
"Oooh! I think she wants to stay here with me pretty guy," the bully said and the other guys around them laughed as if on queue. "I would definitely f**k that," he continued licking his lips.
Nica's ears ringed a high pitch sound.
This pervert!
She pulled her arm out of Taehyung's grip turning her face to the guy, ready to sway her fist towards the man's face ---
Taehyung landed a solid punch onto the guy's face immediately pushing the bully off balance, his butt meeting the concrete ground, his dark colored lips started to bleed due to the impact.
"Not her dude! Not her," Taehyung threatened looking straight into the man on the floor with hatred on his eyes.
"Tae!"
And before Taehyung could even look at Nica he felt a sharp pain on his right cheek, his head turning to the opposite side as one of the thugs blew a punch on him. Good thing he was fast to regain himself and he immediately threw his knuckles on the other guy's face targeting the nose, and the guy screamed as blood started dripping on his face.
From the corner of his eyes, Taehyung could see the other men approaching them and he knew they're f****d.
He gripped onto Nica's hand and started running away from the ground of angry beaten up men before they'd ended up dead.
"RUN!" He bellowed dragging the girl along with him.
They were being chased by these men for what felt like forever. Both of their feet were getting weary but Taehyung pushed himself more, not wanting Nica to feel the strain he was feeling. He saw a bar further ahead and swiftly entered through the back door.
They could hear the loud music inside the hall but still could make out the faint thud of the door behind them being closed by those thugs.
"In here," Taehyung whispered as he let themselves in to the girl's bathroom and entered the last cubicle.
She didn't noticed how Taehyung was keeping her body close to him, his hands were on either side of her waist. Her face was up against his chest, and she could feel his heaving breathing.
"Hey! No minors are allowed in here!" A man's voice echoed from the outside.
"That must be them," Taehyung mumbled still heaving.
Nica looked up only to find Taehyung looking down on her small frame, "Are you alright?" His voice was soft and mellow.
"You have a cut!" She exclaimed as her hand automatically reached for the blood coming out from the side of his lips.
"Ah! Ssss!" He reacted, shutting his eyes.
"Sorry, sorry!"
Taehhung opened his again and stared at her for a second before laughing out loud.
"What?" Nica was confused.
"That was crazy!" Taehyung answered referring to the thugs earlier, a wide smile was plastered on his handsome features even with those bruises on, "crazy but fun."
"Tsk," Nica sounded smiling on the process, "you got me worried asshole."
"Really?" He whispered lowering his face so he could get a good look of her now already red cheeks.
"Shut up!"
Taehyung chuckled throwing his head to the back, "No matter how tough you want others to see you. You're still cute for me."
---
You stared at the letters again as your eyes watered.
I WANT YOU OUT OF JUNGKOOK'S LIFE.
OR ELSE YOU'LL LOSE EVERYTHING.
You look at your son sleeping peacefully.
You touched your lips as you remembered how Jungkook softly kissed you on the park earlier.
You can't lose that.
You can't lose them.
Not this time again.
I need to tell Jungkook.
That was the thing that came into your mind like lightning.
With your trembling hands, you gathered all the photos and paper, put it back on the envelope and headed for the door.
You took a quick glance at Taehyung sleeping on the sofa with his whole body covered with a blanket.
"Take care of Junghee for a while," you mumbled.
You were ready to run towards Jungkook's suit.
Ready to hear his soothing words of how he'll protect you and Junghee, --- of how you'll fight this together.
You opened the door to your suite then huriedly closed it.
Foot forward as you started those big strides forward.
One-- two-- three
Suddenly you felt a pair of strong arms around your physique squeezing you as if wanting to break all your bones at once, a handkerchief was pressed on your nose harshly.
You inhaled wanting to scream due to the shock.
But soon you realized you were f****d as your vision started to get blurry.
"Not so fast," you heard a man's voice whispered before everything went blank.
///TBC