6 An Opportunity

"Woah, look at all those lights and buildings! They are so pretty~" I muttered to myself on the bus ride back to Seoul from Busan.

Throughout the whole ride, I busied myself with the scenery in an effort to forget about all the bad memories.

'I can't look back at the past anymore, other than gathering motivation from the past to move forward I will not look back. I have a goal and I will complete it. No matter what.'

As I was thinking about what should my next step be now that I am in South Korea the bus came to a halt. I looked around in a daze to see Taehyung oppa at the bus stop.

'What the hell? Why is he here? W-wait is this my stop!?'

I looked up at the screen to see that it was. Jumping out of my seat, I tried to quickly get off the bus since I was the last one, but I was a bit late...the door caught the end of my bag and I felt myself falling.

'Shit. I am so going to fall on my face.'

Just as that thought flew across my mind I felt someone hold me as I was falling and pulled the bag out of the way. I ended up landing in someone's embrace. What a great entrance to my first day in Seoul. Just like an old movie.

'So embarrassing. I bet Taehyung saw this! Aish, he is so not going to stop teasing me.'

"Um, so are you going to let go of me now?" The man's voice sounded familiar.

'W-wAiT. No way!'

I looked up to see who it was and guess what. It was KiM TaEHyUnG. Fuck.

'I knew that voice was the devil's.'

"How about you let go first, mister?"

"I am pretty sure you are the one grabbing onto my shirt right now."

I looked at my hands to see he was fucking right. I think I grabbed onto his shirt as I was falling. Crap, he got me. I gave him my fakest smile ever and let go. Only to find myself crushed into his chest in a bear hug.

"Yah I camh braeatheee Taehyuunnagh!"

"Oh right, sorry. Not sorry. You kind of deserved it."

I only glared at him as I was too busy trying to gasp for air. Survival comes first. Once I was good Tae oppa only started at me. I knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to see if I was broken if I needed him to fix me back up again before heading home, but I wasn't going to let him see through my facade. Not yet or ever if possible. I can't burden him.

"Yah! I know I am beautiful and you missed me like crazy, but you can stop now." I smacked his shoulder trying to divert his attention.

"Ha-ha-ha very funny. Who missed who again? Who jumped out of the bus and into my arms? I missed you? What a joke!"

Just as I was about to reply I heard some giggles from the people around us and as I looked around I saw some of the older people looking at us and saying...

"Oh aren't they so cute!"

"Young love, good times I tell you."

"What a cute young couple!"

'Ah seriously?! We weren't a couple!'

I suddenly felt Taehyung put his arms around my shoulder and pull me closer to him. I looked up at him in surprise only to find him giving me a wink before looking at the people to say, "Yes, thank you. We make a cute couple right?"

I was shocked. What did this dumb shit say again?

''We make a cute couple right?' Has this idiot lost his damned mind?!'

I tried to quickly push away from him but failed. He was way stronger than me. So I looked up to shoot some glares at him, which he ignored with no problem. The people at the stop just continued to smile at us as Taehyung grabbed my bag and me and started walking towards home.

After we had walked into one of the alleyways I stepped on his foot and pushed him away.

"Hello, mister? What do you think you are doing right now? Have you finally gone crazy?"

Honestly, when he said that out loud it had made me feel shy and embarrassed. I felt like I was being set on fire. But, why would he lie to those innocent people for no reason? Bad, bad, bad.

"Oh~is that a blush I see?" Taehyung oppa said as he walked back to my side laughing at me.

"S-shut up you stupid! Why would I blush? It's just a hot day!" I said as I stopped to yell at him some more. I turned around at the wrong time though, he was already leaning towards my face.

"Hm, really? Your blush has nothing to do with me? You sure?" Taehyung oppa leaned down bit by bit to see my face. His voice had gotten softer and softer as he got closer to me.

I tried to ignore him and continue walking. As I was turning away from him, he grabbed onto my hand and pulled me back making me lose my balance and land in his arms, again. His arms naturally wound their way around me and he pulled me closer while lowering his head some more. His face was only about a couple of inches away from me.

"E-excuse me Kim Taehyung ssi, but I have to head home right now and am extremely tired from all the traveling so if you'll excuse me." I tried to move away from him, but he wound his arms around my tiny waist even tighter, pulling me ever so closer to his body. I could feel his heartbeat now and it was pounding crazily.

'What's going on? What situation is this in the middle of the freaking alleyway!?'

I was internally screaming but tried to keep my face straight as I tried to keep eye contact with Taehyung, but my cheeks were on fire by now. There was no way he missed it.

"Aren't you being too cold towards the person who missed you the most?" he whispered in his deep husky voice while looking at me dead in the eye.

My eyes could probably pop out of their sockets at any moment now. I didn't know how to react to this. I said the first thing that popped into my head.

"Who are you and what have you done to Kim Taehyung?"

No answer. He just stared at me...until he cracked up.

"Buhahahahahahaah! Oh my god, you should have seen your face! It was priceless! Oh my god, my stomach hurts! Yah Y/N you should never be an actress you would be terrible!"

He was an inch from rolling on the alleyway. I blushed even harder, but I had my pride to protect.

"Says the one who's heart was running a fucking marathon." I shot at him. He looked at me surprised but then continued laughing hysterically.

With all the dignity I had left I picked up my bag that he had dropped when he pulled me into his arms and walked away from him who was still laughing while holding onto the walls of the alleyway.

'It's all good, continue laughing Kim Taehyung, I can always get you back. Just you wait.'

I turned the corner and came face to face with Uncle who was waiting outside the apartment building.

"Y/N!" He came running to me and gave me a bear hug which left me breathless...again. On the other hand, it was nice to know there was at least one person who was seriously worried about me.

"Uncle, I am back!"

"I know, thank you for coming back safely. I was worried. Is everything fine?"

"Hm? Well yes. Yes, everything is fine. I am fine. We will all be fine in time."

"Right you are. Look at you, you're all grown up now. Why didn't I have you as my daughter? Instead, I get an idiot called Taehyung. Speak of the devil, there he is. He did go to pick you up, right?"

I nodded my head and whispered to Uncle as I saw Taehyung walking towards us, "You can always tell him he's not your son and adopt me as your daughter." We were laughing loudly when Taehyung finally reached us.

"You guys were talking about me behind my back again right?"

"You were in front of us when we were talking about you so technically you are wrong. Now goodbye."

I grabbed Uncle and intertwined our arms together as we walked up the stairs to my new home with Uncle and an annoying oppa.

"Wah~what a dad you are Mr. Kim you don't even defend your own son! And you Y/N I will make sure you have a great time living with me! Just wait."

I turned around to stick my tongue out at him as Uncle opened the door to our house. I was pleasantly surprised. It was perfect. It was exactly as I had remembered it from when I was a kid. It was cozy, warm and inviting. I looked up to see Uncle smiling at me.

"Is it exactly how you remembered it?" Uncle asked me.

"Yep. Completely. Thank you, Uncle, for letting me stay here with you."

"Actually, I should say thank you to you for agreeing to live with us. This house could use a woman." Uncle said as we walked in and I laughed.

"Wow, you guys have completely forgotten about me, right? Nice. I'll go to my room then, goodbye." The sulking Taehyung left us alone and went to his room to cry a river.

4 hours later at 9 o'clock in the evening

We had finished eating our dinner and were now sitting in the living room where Uncle had told me and Tae oppa to come sit.

"Yes, Uncle what is it?"

"Have you decided what you want to do now?"

"I have actually. I don't know exactly how I am going to meet my goal, but I know my next step at least. A job. I need a job before anything else." I answered.

"Oh look who's finally using her brain! I was planning on selling your unused brain for a good amount of money." Tae oppa said to me. I ignored him, I had better things to worry about.

"I see. Well, then this fits perfectly if you want to take this job that is."

"Uncle, of course, any job is fine. What is it?"

"The PSS had sent an invitation for both of you guys. It's like a job interview, but very informal. You can't even tell that you are being scored and interviewed. It's very laid back and by the end of the party you'll know if you made it or not." Uncle explained, but it seemed to easy to be true.

"That's suspicious, it sounds too easy appa. What's the catch?" Tae oppa asked my burning question, what's the catch?

"Well, they test you secretly and you never know how they are testing you or for what. You go in blind. I still don't know what they tested me for and how was I accepted, neither did your father Y/N."

"Ah, so it's like a 50-50 chance? You either make it or you don't? There's no 'waiting' list is there?"

"Nope. None of that. The decision is final at the end of the party."

"So you want us to go?" Tae oppa asked.

"If you want to. It's a decision that's completely up to you guys."

"I am in," I answered without any hesitation.

'I need this job in order to dig deeper and found out what happened 10 years ago.'

"Y/N don't be rash. I already know you want revenge and justice for your dad, heck I do too, but this is too dangerous. You can't do this alone. You must not try to do this alone, that's what your dad tried to do, but look at what happened. I don't want the same thing to happen to you. Is that understood?"

"B-but I wan-"

"Are my words understood?" I never heard Uncle raise his voice until today I was surprised. He seemed scary. He looked like someone who could kill if needed. I nodded my head in agreement.

"I am not trying to scare you Y/N, but it's the truth. I can't lose you as well. I have already lost my friend. I can't lose you as well." Uncle held my hand and explained it to me. It made sense and I know I am just being rash at the moment and I know Uncle is doing this for my own good, but I wanted to progress. Either way, I agreed.

"So what exactly is the plan?" Tae oppa asked looking all curious.

"Nothing. I need a job first."

"Only you? Don't you mean we? I am also going you know."

"No, you are not."

"Yes, I am."

"Uncle!"

"Appa!"

"Whatever he wants. Sorry Y/N but it's his choice."

"I don't want you following me!"

"Who says I am going to follow you? I am going because I think it'll be fun. Don't think ahead of yourself." Tae oppa said as he walked away to his room again.

'That asshole!'

"Understand him a little, he's bad at expressing himself."

"Yes Uncle, I get it," I replied to Uncle who then said goodnight to me and went to his room.

'I get that Taehyung is a complete asshole!'

With anger bubbling inside of me I headed towards Tae oppa's bedroom.