Because I Love You [NCT][Jaeyong]

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"Well, I'll get my credit card in a few days," Taeil informed as the three of them met up in the evening, making sure they weren't missing out on any detail.

"You said it wasn't the same handwriting as in the letter. Maybe it was the same person, but they had asked someone else to do it?" Kun shared his thoughts.

"What did the banker look like?" Jaehyun asked.

Taeil was quick to explain: "He was around my height, just a little taller, pretty skinny yet muscular and looked very serious. He had large eyes and a jawline so sharp I thought he'd cut my face in half with it and so good skin. That guy looked kind of sad, though, and his hair was a bright orange."

"Well, except for the sadness and the orange hair, he reminds me.." Jaehyun trailed off. Kun and Taeil, who knew about Jaehyun's past, were quick to finish that sentence.

Softly, Kun asked: "Do you mean Taeyong?"

With slightly glassy eyes, Jaehyun nodded.

"I'll hack their cameras tonight so I'll be able to see whoever works there tomorrow. If that's okay, I could show you the records and you could tell me if it's really him?" Kun offered.

Jaehyun agreed, then told them he needed some time for himself. Taeil and Kun left quietly; Kun got to work immediately and Taeil went to check their inventory.

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"Taeyong, you don't look so good, do you want to take a day or two off of work?" Taeyong's coworker, Doyoung, asked. Doyoung and Taeyong had become pretty close friends over the past two years since they'd met and shared lots of things with each other.

"No, I'm fine, I just didn't sleep that well. Please don't worry about me," Taeyong tried to reassure the other while sipping his tea. They were currently on lunch break, so they could talk a little before going back to work.

"Okay, but please make sure to rest well in the afternoon, yeah?" Doyoung smiled at him. Taeyong couldn't help but flash him a smile back, saying that he'd take care of himself. Then, their break was over.

When Taeyong was back at filling in forms, his mind started to wander even though he didn't want it to.

There were only two things - people - he could think of, though, and that's exactly what he didn't want to happen.

Ten and Jaehyun.

Taeyong was trying really hard to stay focused, but as his mind started wandering further, he could feel his emotional barriers break slowly.

He moved the forms away only a second before the first of his tears fell down.

"I can't do this anymore," he whispered,  but he knew nobody could hear him.

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"No, you can, stay strong, Taeyong!" Jaehyun almost screamed as they were watching what happened in Taeyong's office after Taeyong's lunch break had ended.

"So that's really Taeyong I met yesterday?" Taeil asked in slight disbelief.

"Well, he sure has changed quite a lot over the past years, but there's no way in hell I wouldn't recognize him," Jaehyun said sternly. It was Taeyong for sure; he'd always be able to spot him.

"Also, that other guy has said his name as well, hasn't he?" Kun said.

"Yeah, you're right," Taeil replied. Then, they all looked at the screen again.

Jaehyun quietly spoke up once again, maybe not even knowing he was voicing out his thoughts: "I wish I could come to help you through whatever is making you suffer."