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You slowly unlocked the door to your apartment, the hinges creaking as it swung open. You stepped inside quickly, the sun was shining, but there was a brisk wind accompanying it

Your lips pulled upwards in a sad smile when you saw your mother sprawled across the couch. She was asleep, clearly too exhausted to make it as far as her bedroom. You walked over to her and carefully brushed her hair out of her face.

"You work too much", you whispered, it broke your heart to see her like this. "I'll get a job soon, I promise, I can earn some money then, and you can work less hours. I've sent out loads of applications, surely someone will accept". You picked up the blanket that had fallen to the floor, and draped it over her sleeping form.

You stepped into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There wasn't much, you'd have to go shopping sometime today or tomorrow. You sighed gently, and let the door close with a soft bang. You could go without food for a while, it wouldn't kill you.

-Time Skip-

You were lying on your bed staring at the ceiling when your mother peeked her head around the door. "Hey y/n", she greeted softly, giving you a sleepy smile. "How was your sleepover yesterday? You should have woken me up when you got back".

Your stomach churned at the thought of yesterday, but you simply smiled in return. "It was great", you said pretty convincingly. "That's good", she nodded in satisfaction. "I have to go out, I need to cover one of my colleagues shifts, she's having a baby". Your smile slipped at her words.

"Ok", you mumbled, playing with your fingers. "I'm really sorry darling, I know I was supposed to be off", she said sadly, reaching out to ruffle your hair. "I'll make it up to you some other time, I promise". "Sure", you sighed, giving her a wan smile. "I have to go now, did you eat?", she asked worriedly. "Yeah", you lied. She nodded and walked out the door.

As soon as you heard the door shut and lock behind her, you allowed the tears to slowly fall down your face. You let out a strangled sob, and buried your face in your pillow.

"It's not fair", you cried out to nobody. "Why does she have to work so hard, why do I have to be such a burden", you began to tremble as more tears began to flow in rivers down your face. You felt so useless, it was killing you. You couldn't do anything about your situation, not until you got a job. You felt it all the time, like a stabbing pain in your chest that never went away.

You started crying properly, choking cries jerking out of your body. You were shaking so hard as the emotional weight, combined with the trauma from last night became too much for you to handle. You took a big shaky breath as you attempted to control your hysteria. After a while, your breathing calmed to little shaky coughs as you fell asleep from exhaustion.

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Taehyung and Jimin watched you fall asleep through your window silently.

"We shouldn't be here", Hoseok piped up from behind them, he was sitting on the ground with his back leaning against the wall.

"I know", Jimin sighed quietly, guilt etched into his face. "I shouldn't have reacted like that with her". Taehyung reached out and ruffled his hair. "You weren't to know", he soothed in his deep voice. "You do need to apologize though".

"If I might make a suggestion", Namjoon said. "Don't let her know about what we saw today, she'll tell us when she's ready to tell us",

"Wow when did you get so wise?", Jungkook grinned softly, earning himself a light smack on the back of his head. "Stop being so disrespectful, I am older than you", Namjoon scolded. Jungkook just gave him an adorable bunny smile in return and wrapped his arms around his older friend's waist. Namjoon rolled his eyes, but couldn't stop the small smile that pulled at his own lips.

"So what do we do?", Jin asked. He was met with a temporary thoughtful silence.

"Proceed with the original plan I think", Taehyung pursed his lips as he spoke. "We need to protect her either way. We won't tell her that we know her situation, we've all been there and it's not the easiest thing to talk about. We just need to trust her, and hopefully she might come to trust us eventually".

The others nodded in agreement at his words. "Let's go", Hoseok said, standing up and brushing himself off. "She'll be safe tonight, the rogue wouldn't dare to come back so soon".

And they vanished silently, leaving only a few swirling dust motes to indicate they were ever here.

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