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Third person P.O.V

Little shuffling and the muffled voice of someone were heard by the boy on the bed. Taehyung groaned and moved his hand to feel the needle piercing through his skin. In his groggy state, he blinked his eyes when the sharp bright lights of the room hit his eyes.

"Are you awake, Mr. Kim?" He heard the polite voice of a lady. Turning his head on the voice, he saw a slim lady in her late 20s standing on the side while filling up a water glass for him.

"Y-yeah." He frowned as his voice was quite hoarse. Elbowing himself on the bed, he got up from his lying position and accepted the glass that she offered him. Despite the dull pain in his head, he gulped down the water, and the kind lady removed the needle from his hand as the IV was already empty.

"How are you feeling now?" She asked once she removed it gently.

Taehyung smiled at the polite voice and handed the glass back to the nurse. "I'm good." But suddenly, his brows frowned.

Hospital? How?

"Who brought me here?" Taehyung asked quickly, he was sure that he heard a very familiar voice and he concluded it was Minho, but still, older wasn't there.

"Oh, that kind person left already once he was informed that you are fine and after paying your bills." She smiled and checked his temperature to smile again in satisfaction. "You're fine now. Good thing, your temperature is normal again." She informed with a satisfactory smile.

Taehyung tilted his head in confusion when he couldn't remember what actually happened to him.

"Um, but what happened? I just felt queasy and dizzy." He mumbled, playing with the thread bracelet on his wrist, that was formed by his sister years ago.

The nurse smiled and patted his head lightly as she could feel his nervousness.

"Nothing much, just you starved and exhausted yourself too much. You need to eat properly boy, you are too weak to bear skipping your meals." Taehyung suddenly felt embarrassed about that.

It wasn't just because he was actually starved due to the lack of food and money, but because he was sort of exposed for the second time in front of the older male.

"Can I leave now?" Clearing his throat, Taehyung quipped after a few seconds and the nurse nodded her head.

"Sure, but make sure to feed this little tummy of yours. It's not good to starve yourself beyond the limits." She gently said and clicked her tongue when she quickly recalled something.

Taehyung looked around the room to see that the room was looking kind of expensive. He rubbed his temple in the tension of being a bother to the other... he felt debt at this point.

"Here." The nurse handed him a bag, and with a confused look, he accepted that.

"The same person gave that for you. He said, he had to leave early but also gave a message for you, and it's written on the paper inside." She explained to lessen the confusion of the brunet.

"Thank you," Even when the situation was quite unexpected, Taehyung smiled lightly.

"You aren't feeling any dizziness now, do you?" Tapping the pen over the clipboard, she asked when Taehyung got up from the hospital bed who shook his head with the same polite smile.

"That's great to know. Now, try to be a good boy and eat properly from now on.. hm?" Taehyung nodded in a gentle way. He felt happy to meet the kind girl.

"H- how much the bill is?" Taking his coat that was placed on the couch in the room, the young male asked softly.

"Well, it's paid already.. and he asked us not to tell you. So, don't burden your brain with it, and enjoy the night." The nurse waved and ruffled his hair.

Unconsciously, Taehyung pouted causing her to let out a chuckle.

"Aww, aren't you a cute one?" Taehyung huffed at the compliment as he slipped into the coat but smiled nonetheless. 

She guided him out of the room and both waved for the last time as Taehyung left the hospital. It was indeed an expensive one and for some reason, he felt his heart heavy. He asked for the station from some passersby and started walking to his house. Luckily, it wasn't too far from the hospital.

Once he entered the house, he was met with his angry Aunt. She was looking so pissed but Taehyung decided not to meddle in it. He simply ignored that and ascended upstairs to enter his room which felt so cold.

A long sigh left his lips when he removed the only coat and hung it on the hanger. Changing his clothes, he finally opened the bag to only feel his mouth-watering.

The bag was filled with some packed food and some canned fish too. There were some fruits as well and also a piece of paper that he placed on the side to read later.

"That's why it was kinda heavy." He muttered but was smiling like a fool. He grabbed the cooked packed food and opened the lid to let the delicious smell invade his nostrils.

Taking the box to the stove, he quickly warmed it up and settled the chopsticks to devour it.

Once it was enough heated, a tear of happiness left his eyes as it had been months since he actually enjoyed such food but right when he was about to take the first bite, he stopped.

Was it right to enjoy this food? Was it fine to feel this much happy when he was actually in debt? Was it fine to feed himself on food that doesn't actually belong to him?

The chopsticks slowly lowered down and settled on the bowl again. He wiped away the tears and sighed with his eyes focused on the delicious meal in front of him and stomach protesting again.

"What should I do?" He sniffed and asked from his heart. He can't let the food go to waste but can not pay back for it too. During that swirl in the pool of confusion, suddenly he recalled the paper in the bag. Quickly grabbing it from the other side of the mattress, he opened it.

'It's for the second time Kim, I don't know why you're being like that to yourself. Try to be kind to yourself first in this world and then to others. You need the care as well. I don't know what to do more, so kindly accept this little gift from me as your welcome in the company. And don't even bother to bring it up, if you have a little respect for me. If you're fine, it would be the payback from your side. I hope it's the last time to see you this weak. Stay safe. Take care

Your well-wisher.'

All the words were so overwhelming for him and felt his lips curve up. The feeling that someone is truly concerned about you, the happiness and warmth, that's what Taehyung felt at the moment. He brought the page to his chest and smiled more before his gaze fell on the food and he let out a little chuckle.

"Now, are you ready to fill up my hungry and angry stomach?" He chirped and grabbed the bowl and chopsticks.

"Thanks, Minho hyung." He mumbled and started eating the delicious food, moaning after a few seconds at the taste.

It was so good to have his stomach filled with delicious food but more good was the feeling that made him felt like being liked by someone else besides his family.

Cleaning his room and things, he fell on the mattress to rest. A hope in his heart to have a new friend... a true one.

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Taehyung set the file he just got from one of the workers on the table and turned to see his senior. Minho was immersed in his work so much that he didn't realize the brunet stared at him until Taehyung cleared his throat to gain his attention.

"Th- thank you so much," Taehyung mumbled lightly with a smile, fingers playing with each other.

Minho stopped whatever he was doing to see Taehyung's action. Younger's ear tip was already red as a small smile was lingering on his lips.

"Don't be, it's totally fine. Just learn to take care of yourself." Minho replied simply and Taehyung nodded his head, feeling 100% sure that he was right about his guess about his helper.

"Taehyung?" He turned back on the call to see his crush coming to him with a wide smile on her lips. At that point, Taehyung felt no more lonely.

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A week passed in a blur as the department was busy with the new project but Taehyung wasn't anymore starving himself. It wasn't like he was still dependent on the food he received as a gift, but a most surprising thing happened after 2 days of his visit to the hospital. What was that?

Well, all the level 1 employees were granted free lunch boxes every day and to be honest, Taehyung felt more than lucky about the new change in the company. Most of the seniors were annoyed by the fact but when they found out that the lunch boxes were filled only with rice and a side dish with little desserts (different each day), they didn't complain much.

Taehyung? He was so happy as he was more than grateful for the even simple lunch. He was now doing much better as the free lunch compiled a big portion of his daily meal.

Today... was such a big day for the brunet. When he received the amount in his bank account of his first proper pay, he felt so relieved. On the way back to his house, he withdrew some money for the rent and bills of the house and also for grocery shopping. He used full hours to calculate the budget wisely and to his relief, the amount was enough if he cut short his groceries for the month as well.

The pay wasn't too much but enough for him to send money to his mother after paying his rent and bills. Actually, the main motive was to save some money to gift something to his crush and friends including only Semie and Minho. Though the older one was still introverted, Taehyung wanted to be close to him.

On the first Sunday after getting his pay, he visited the mall to buy gifts for all of them and he was super excited as he planned a friendly date with his crush. He also bought a new shirt for himself for the eventful day after getting the gifts.

"So, what's with this shy smile?" Seoyun asked, sipping on the milkshake that Taehyung ordered for her after asking for the flavor.

Taehyung licked his lips and placed the pink beautifully packed box in front of her. Seoyun stopped drinking and put the glass back on the table.

"Is that for me?" She asked, pointing at the box when Taehyung nodded his head to which she squealed loudly before grabbing the box and quickly unwrapping it to see a silver pendant.

"It's nice." She said simply and Taehyung felt his heart drop a bit.

"I'm s- sorry. I wanted to buy a real one but.." He quickly cut short his words, not feeling like telling her about his situation. He looked up to see, she was totally attentive.

"I mean, I can buy you anything you want." He blurted out but felt relief wash over him when Seoyun quickly got up and hugged him tightly. The way she hugged him made him all giddy.

But before he could hug back, she pulled back and sat on the seat and started talking about the things she liked. Taehyung silently listened to her with a smile. He was willing to do anything to see that smile off hers. After all, the first crush is always so much for your heart, but he was still happy...

oblivious to the glare on him. 

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