It's now the next morning and you're already up, packing up your things to make sure you have everything you brought.

Glancing over at Yoongi's sleeping frame, you softly smile before quickly finishing getting everything ready for you to leave. You pick up your overnight bag and purse and quickly rush towards the direction of where his garage door is.

Once at the door, you quickly make your way into the garage and open the large garage door. You step towards your car door and start opening it, keys in hand.

"Y/N?" you hear a sleepy voice behind you, causing you to slightly curse under your breath. You turn around and see Yoongi standing at the door leading into his place. He reaches a hand up and softly rubs his eyes as he speaks again. "Where are you going?"

"I have to head home." You say.

"I thought you were calling in sick?" he questions. You nod your head.

"Yeah, I am but I really have to take a shower and stuff like that." You say. This causes him to nod his head behind him.

"You can shower here, you already had a bath here." He says. You bite onto your lower lip, unsure of how to say you don't want to be at his place anymore because you need to make your decision. He stares at you for a few seconds before he steps forward. "You know, this plan of yours would've worked if you had been dropped off. How were you going to close my garage door and lock everything while leaving if I hadn't have woken up?"

Shit, he has a point. You never really thought the plan through, just wanted to get the hell out of there.

"I... didn't think about that." You say, causing him to laugh and shake his head. He then lets out a soft sigh and nods his head.

"Alright, well, good thing I woke up from the sound of it opening." He states before he then scratches the back of his neck. "I was hoping you'd stick around a little longer to have breakfast or something together but I get why you want to go home. Just text me when you get home so I know you're okay, alright?" he questions. You nod your head as he steps closer to you. He pulls you into a hug and you can't help but get another whiff of his clothing as he does so.

You hug him back and he places a soft kiss on the top of your head. You widen your eyes for a second before quickly pulling away, giving him an awkward smile.

"Well, I'd better go. I'll text you." You say before he nods. You step into your car and close the door behind you before starting to reverse out of his garage as you look at your rearview camera.

He stares at you as you back your car up and gives you a wave when you start putting the car into drive. As he closes the garage door, you watch it fully close, his body slowly disappearing as it lowers before starting to drive off.

Once home, you toss your purse, keys, and overnight bag onto the coffee table before letting out a soft sigh.

You pull your phone out of your pocket and start typing out a text to Yoongi.

Y/N: I'm home.

Yoongi: Okay, I know you probably won't be stopping by the studio later because you need time to think but invite is still out there if you want to come with Jieun.

You stare down at his text message before shaking your head.

Not the time for that. You already know playing the act of creating a song with him for Jieun will be exhausting. Lying in general can be exhausting, especially when you have a big decision to make.

What you need right now? Girl time.

You bite onto your lower lip and close your text messages with Yoongi before opening the phone app. Finding your boss's phone number, you quickly dial it.

"Good morning, Y/N, what's going on?" you hear his voice immediately.

"Hi, Mr. Kim," you say before quickly faking a cough and making your voice sound hoarse. "I'm so sorry to call last minute but I'm really not feeling the best right now."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." He states before sighing softly on the other side of the line. "Did you need the day off?"

"If it's not too much to ask for." You say before nervously biting onto your lower lip. You then cough once more.

"Okay, you rarely take time off so just get some rest and try to get better soon, alright?" he questions. You nod your head before grinning softly.

"Thank you, Mr. Kim." You state.

"Any time, let me know later tonight if you need tomorrow off too."

"Okay, thank you." You two say your goodbyes and hang up.

After hanging up the phone, you stare down at the screen before quickly opening your text messages with Irene.

Y/N: Hey, are you free tonight? I could really use some girl time.

After hitting send, you lock your phone and toss it onto the couch before grabbing your overnight bag. Making your way into your room, you sigh before emptying out your overnight bag.

You start putting the dirty clothes into your hamper and put away the skincare products you brought. You then strip yourself of the clothes you're currently wearing before putting those in your hamper as well.

Grabbing a pair of comfortable lounge clothes and a fresh pair of underwear, you make your way into the bathroom and start to brush your teeth, take a shower, and do the rest of your normal morning-after routine.

After a few minutes, you finish your routine and get dressed.

Once you get back into the living room, you check your phone and see that Irene has replied.

Irene: You know I'm always free for girl time! Did you want me to stop by on my lunch break?

You smile softly down at your phone as you feel some relief knowing that your best friend is always there for you.

Y/N: Yes please, I'll send you over my half of the money for you to pick up food for us.

Irene: Nah, this one's on me, I can tell something's up.

Y/N: I can't ask you to do that for me, I'll still send you over some money.

Irene: You can try but you already know I'll send it back 🙄

You shake your head before texting her back again.

Y/N: Be here at 12?

Irene: It's a date!

You lock your phone before making your way into your kitchen and start looking through your pantry and fridge to see what you could make yourself for breakfast. As you look, you start getting your hopes up for an egg and cheese sandwich. However, you realize you don't have any bread to make that.

Sighing, you look and see if you have milk for cereal.

Again, no luck.

Suddenly, your phone goes off and you check it, thinking that it's Irene changing the time that she wants to come over.

However, you're met by a shock as you see that it's Yoongi again.

Yoongi: Just ordered you breakfast, food delivery's on their way to yours.

You stare down at the text and furrow your eyebrows, slightly confused.

Your doorbell goes off and you quickly go to your doorbell app and see the food delivery there, causing you to widen your eyes.

"Um... you can leave it at the door." You say through the microphone on the doorbell camera. The food delivery driver complies and leaves it at the door before walking away from the front door of your apartment. Biting onto your lower lip, you make your way towards the door before slowly opening it and staring down at the bag for a few seconds.

Then, you pick up the food before take it into your apartment. Closing the door and locking it after you grab the food, you head towards your living room and take a whiff of the food inside.

You smell something with bacon on it.

Something also is shaking, like a beverage filled with ice in it.

You open the bag and take out the food. Once you open the box, you're greeted by a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. You softly smile before looking at what else is in the bag. You're greeted by your go-to coffee drink, an iced coffee with oat milk, four pumps of hazelnut, sweet vanilla cold foam, and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top.

Furrowing your eyebrows, you stare at the coffee before taking a sip.

Made perfectly, just the way you like it, the exact color you like it.

You quickly grab your phone and text Yoongi.

Y/N: I've never had coffee around you, how did you know my order?

Yoongi: You're welcome. I asked Jieun... she told me to tell you she hopes you feel better soon and to let her know if you need anything, by the way.

Y/N: Thank you.

You bite onto your lower lip before quickly shaking your head.

This is starting to get really scary. Not in a 'he's obsessed with me and I need to file a restraining order' scary but in a 'if you decide to date him and you lose him, you already know you're going to be in a depressed episode' way.

Inhaling a deep breath, you quickly shake your head.

You have time to make a decision and think this through and you already asked Irene to stop by later to help you make this decision. Having her there is the smartest thing you could do right now because you already know that you're going to be pessimistic and you need someone who's optimistic to counterargue any negative things you may be thinking.

You can already picture it now. You'll say something questioning what will happen if you break up, she'll counter with what happens if you don't break up. You'll ask what happens if he cheats on you and she'll ask what happens if he proposes to you.

Knowing that you have your best friend with a differing opinion than yours is bound to help you make the best decision for yourself.

You stare down at your texts with Yoongi before smiling to yourself as you start feeling the same butterflies and a feeling of belonging.

It's an odd feeling having someone who actually pays attention to things about you and wants to learn things about you. It gives you a validation and feeling of being understood and appreciated that you have yet to feel in any of your past relationships.

He's starting to make you feel significant, like anything you do or say is important and worth something to him. That anything you feel or think is listened to and means something to him.

Whilst you're thinking about this, he double texts.

Yoongi: Not trying to influence your decision, just was worried that you went this long without eating already. You need breakfast, eat please.

You smile softly down at the text message before closing the app and starting to dig into the food he got you.

Maybe Irene's optimism has started rubbing off on you.

That, or Yoongi awakened something in you that makes you hopeful.

Regardless, you're grateful that you're not being as pessimistic about this as you normally would be.

*****
Another random update because I'm getting tempted to text someone that I shouldn't/feel like I can't text and I need something to distract me.

So, to distract me, tell me about how you all are doing please! How is your day/night going? What did you have for lunch? Anything random just so I don't get tempted to text this person lol.

I purple you, I hope you all are having a better day than me!
Kim 💜