The lights were painfully bright when Taehyung opened his eyes. What happened? He laid there for a moment and suddenly it all came back to him. The blows to his head, Jungkook’s sneer. He shivered at the thought that this was only a warning from The Swan. He really had to watch his steps now.

“Excuse me…” he heard a quiet voice say. He slowly turned his head in the direction and squinted his eyes. When his eyes focused, he saw a beautiful young girl sitting on the chair next to his bead. 

“Hi, I don’t know who you are… am I supposed to?” Taehyung asked, his voice raspy and dry. 

The girl shook her head. “No, I found you after you were attacked and called an ambulance. I’m Irene,” she explained.

Taehyung smiled at Irene’s kindness. “Why are you still here? You didn’t have to come with me, I’m just some random guy you found beaten on the street,” he chuckled. He still wasn’t used to people being kind to him just for the sake of being kind. He had once thought The Swan was kind, but he was just being used now that he was in debt for The Swan’s actions.

“I just wanted to make sure you were okay, they couldn’t find much identification on you and I didn’t have work or anything today anyway,” she smiled. Taehyung’s heart fluttered at her smile. It was so pure and beautiful. He wished he could hug her but the thought of moving made his head pound.

“You’re so kind, Irene. Thank you so much…” he paused for a minute. He wasn’t sure of what to say before he realized he had never actually introduced himself. “I’m Taehyung by the way.”

“The name suits you. Did you know that it means ‘A unique human being’?” he asked.

Taehyung lightly shook his head. “I didn’t know that.”

“Do you know who did this to you?” she asked. Taehyung sat and thought a moment. There was no way he could tell the truth, The Swan would do more than have him beat for ratting out one of his best men.

“No, it all happened so fast, the person got me from behind,” Taehyung sighed. Irene frowned and reached for Taehyung’s hand. She slowly held it and looked up into Taehyung’s eyes. 

“I’m so sorry this happened to you…” she said, eyes swimming with worry. “Do you have any family or friends to call?” Taehyung shook his head.

“No, not really,” he frowned. He looked down at their hands. His heart felt warm. “I really appreciate you here with me, but you don’t have to stay…”

Irene smiled and removed her hand and reached into her purse and took out a pen and an old receipt. “Look, I’m going to leave my number here if you ever need anything, okay?” 

Taehyung beamed and nodded. “Thank you so much, hopefully, I can repay your kindness soon when I’m a little