h u n d r e d f o u r t e e n

"i'm so sorry yoongi." areum's mother apologized. "my daughter told me she had your permission to take him."

"its okay." he nodded, genuinely understanding her situation. she had been oblivious to all of it. "i'm just glad to finally have my son back."

danna hugged the two of them tightly, her cheek rested up against yoongi's shoulder. and her tears were beginning to stain his shirt. jonghyun didn't understand why they were crying, but he was glad to see his parents again.

-

so he left on sunday morning and came back the next friday in the night. i had my physical exams that friday morning because i had gotten hired for a better, higher paying job at a clinic. he had said he was going to go with me. but he wasn't able to in the end because he was barely on his way back from mexico.

we went to work together the next morning. and something about him seemed different. he was snapping at all the customers and getting into arguments with every single one of them. he even got into an argument with a dude that looked like a criminal. and the dude started making threats. he said, "watch what you say to me, mother fucker. this ain't north hollywood. this is la, this is my town. i could have you killed if i wanted to." so upon hearing that, i stepped in between A and the window separating them. and i pushed him back.

"what the fuck are you doing? stand back! he could have a gun." and then i said out the window. "im sorry. he's just really stressed. i'm the manager. i'll talk to him." and i closed the window. the dude was still shit talking for a few mins. but then he drove away. so i turn to A and scolded him. "wtf is your problem? he was threatening to kill you." and he tells me. "i'm over this fucking job. ima sign my two week notice today."

my heart sank into my stomach. sure i was also leaving. but i had agreed to staying only on saturdays because A was still here. if he left, then i woul have been staying for nothing.

so i tried to convince him to stay.

he talked to our boss after our shift that day. when he emerged from talking to her in the office, i asked. "did you sign the two week notice?" he gave a shake of his head. "no...i cut my days to only saturdays...for you."

-clary