Taehyung's POV

I wake up to the sound of moment in this old, dusty house. Every creak, rain drop, and echo, your can hear it as clear as day.

I open my eyes to the hazy darkness and occasional puke color of the basement. 

I blink a couple of times, and a shocking pain flows through me face. "Dammit," I whisper to myself as I lightly touch one cheek. I think that guys punched left bruises.

Man it stings.

I tense the muscles in my shoulder in an attempt to prop myself up, but that was a bad decision.

My stomach shoots pain through my whole body, and I'm not sure if its from the multiply kicks from yesterday or the overdue yogurt I ate; it might be both.

I lie back down to avoid anymore pain of moving, just staring at the dangling twitching light bulb on the ceiling.

I feel like I just got my ass beaten by a bully in a public school. It's pathetic I couldn't stand up to that witch and her gorilla boyfriend.

Why do I even stay here? I question myself. Why do I tolerate this kind of treatment. I could've easily run away anytime I wanted? But to be honest, I already know the answer to these questionable thoughts.

It's because I'm weak, and I'm a wimp. This might be terrible treatment, but I'm I don't know if I'll really be able to survive the big bad world by myself if I run away.

I'll have to go far if I'd want to successfully escape here, but that also means leaving Jiminie behind.

Click*

The door to the basement creaks open, and natural sunlight shines through the figure standing between.

I turn my head and instantly squint my eyes trying to adjust them to the brightness.

"Hey twerp,"She says as she moves no where closer to me, instead throwing something in my direction.

I jerk back, which I soon regretted, in attempt of avoiding the impact of the unknown object.

My body starts to burn, especially my stomach, and I roll around a little.

"YOU IDIOT," she laughs as she takes a smoke." it's your breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so don't waste it."

It stays silent for a few minutes, and no one moves for those minutes.

"You know," she says with a tone that I don't like."If you behave better and swear that you won't go outside again, there's a chance I'll let stop locking you up."

I struggle my eyes open to look at her. Her eyes look a little puffy and you can tell her massacre was running a couple of hours before this.

"Aww," I say with a scratchy voice." Did your gorilla boyfriend dump you again."

She flinches at my words, and I know I'm right.

"Well he was trash," I say with a long pause after. "But even so, he's way out of your league."

She scoffs at my comment with a bitter smile on her face, glaring thousand of daggers down at me.

"F*cking brat," she slams the door close right after.

A smirk finds its way onto my bruised face. I might not be able to defend myself physical, but at least I get her  back verbally.

I stare in the direction of the door, and I didn't hear the click of the lock. Maybe she forgot to lo-

Click*

Never mind.

Well what did I expect, she'd forget in unlocked. That was a naive thought.

She knows I go out behind her back all the time. I guess she only gets upset when she catches me in the act.

I lay their for some time, until the accomplishment of shutting her up faded into a simple useless memory.

She's not gonna let me out, so I might as well start looking for a way to escape.

For the first time, I look around the old basement, and I realized this place is basically empty, with nothing more than a flat mattress, cold sheets, and half disabled light.

Nothing to actually get me out of here.

It doesn't hurt as much as when I first woke up, so I start to move around a little more.

Looking more thoroughly around the place for anything that I can pick the lock with.

After finding nothing I realize something. I don't even know how to pick a lock.

"There's literally nothing that can help me now," I say a little frustrated.

I notice the weird object she threw at me earlier is still something. I pick it up, turning and twisting it at different angles to see what it is.

Bread.

I suddenly get extremely frustrated and throw harshly across the room, hitting something metal and making a huge echoing sound.

I feel a pain in my chest from throwing that bread, so I sit down holding my right shoulder. There's nothing for me to get out of here.

"Taehyung?"

Great, now I'm hearing Jiminie's voice.

Knowing I'm not getting out here, I'm starting to turn delusional.

"Taehyung, you here? "

"Yeah, whatever," I mumble yell to my imaginary Jiminie voice.

"Hey, Tae you ok?"

This is sad. Now I'm making my imaginary friend worry about me. Just great.

"Boi,"Jiminie's voice says," look at me when I'm talking to you." I turn towards his voice, and tilt my head up a little to a small window slit.

Jiminie's eyes were peaking through it and a piece of his nose.

How did I not notice that earlier. Am I blind or something?

It's actually you," I say astonished.

"Of course," he says with a little eye smirk, "the one and only."

"Yeah yeah," I say as I roll my eyes." anyway, can you get me out of here."

Just go out that door." He says looking towards my one exit then back at me.

"Don't you think I've try that captain obvious. It's locked."

"How'd you get locked in?" He says confused, like it's an impossible situation I've got myself in.

"I'll tell u later, just- can you get me out of here," I say a little desperate.

"Pfft, can I?" he says as he starts to get up. "Give me a few minutes." His voice says a little distant as he walks away.

I sit the in silence, not knowing what to do for the time.

What should I tell him when he gets me out.? Actually, if he can even get me out of here.

Most likely she has the keys with her. How does he plan on opening the two doors between us.

Wait, why is he even here in the first place. I never told him where I lived.

Click*

Told you I'd get it." He says as he opens the door with a triumphant look on his face. I look at him with disbelief.

How did you even get into the house," I question as I get up slowly, making sure not to make any sharp movements.

"With this," he says as he whips out a bobby pin. "This thing can open anything."

So he basically has the skills of a thief. Ok then.

"Oh," he says as he steps back to get to the other side of the door." The key was in this door too."

I laugh at what he says.
This woman, seriously.

"So why are u here?" I question him as I close the door to the basement behind me. I head to the kitchen and he follows right behind me.

Ugh, my throat hurts, I really need some expired yogurt in my life right now.

"Well, you didn't meet me today."

"Huh?" I say not knowing what he meant, as I reach in the fridge and grab one.

"You always met me at my house in the morning. It's midday by now."

"Well maybe I just didn't feel like coming today." I say sitting down at the table and Jiminie sitting directly across from me.

"Huh, I didn't think about it that way."

"Wait how did you find this place anyway? I say a little confused."

"Same way you found mine," he says a little distracted." Just went straight passed the tree in the middle. Hey Tae, is that yogurt expired?"

I pause to look at him.

"Yeah," I say with a shrug as I continue eating." So?"

"DUDE, GROSS," he says with a disgusted look towards the yogurt. "Throw that away. It looks like it's growing mold."

"No," I say a little offended that he'll tell me to throw it away.

"Whatcha gonna do about it" I say as I stuff an entire spoon full in my mouth.

He leans over the table, bring his face closer to mine. My heat starts to beat rapidly and I squirm under his stare "Okay dude, I'll throw it away just back up."

He doesn't move back at all though, and his eyes trace my face. My breathing becomes shallow with his face only inches from mine.

My eyes move down from his eyes to his lips. I gulp as I stare at them, with my heart beating loudly in my ear.

Tae," he says as he caresses my cheek, and that snapped me out of my absent state, but it doesn't make my heart calm down."Where did u get this bruise?"

My skin starts to heat up when I see the worry in his eyes, and I turn away instantly. I fell," I quickly say." But I'm fine," I add right after.

"How'd you even get locked in there," he says, now questioning the whole situation. "Is something happening to you?"

I turn my head back to him, but my gaze is all over the place.

"No, it was just a little accident. You know, a one time thing. Wasn't paying attention." I add a little nervous laugh at the end to make it more believable.

He puts his hand on my head, and it surprises me.

"Just be careful, ok?" He says with a little chuckle and I nod my head. He then grabs the yogurt and throws it in the trash can. I look at him with disbelief.

"Ok you owe me something now," I say dead serious as I get up and walk towards him.

He laughs at my reaction, totally ignoring how serious I am.

"Ok. Sure, what do u want from me then," he says still grinning at what he just did.

"Teach me how to pick a lock."