Take Me to the Sky✔️

Chapter - 48

Pulse-pounding, and Namjoon's words of concern echoing in his head, he reached for the switch at his fingertips without taking his eyes off the window.

What his eyes found once the room was lit was the back of a cat who was crouched and looking down. When the animal realized that Yoongi had discovered it, it hastened to jump towards one branch of the tree in front of it, displaying its flexibility and ability to jump. Yoongi stared at where the cat was before for a few moments before shaking his head and continuing with what he was doing.

"Of all the things that could remind me of the shadows, it had to be a cat sitting in the window," Yoongi said to himself.

After preparing dinner without a noteworthy incident, Yoongi brought the food to the table and sat in the chair ready to eat, and then sleep, until noon - the best plan for a weekend. The only downside is that he would have to do it in complete darkness because, apparently, he had run out of light and halfway to filling his mouth. With a curse, he got up and leaned out the window to see if he was the only one or if there was someone else who was in the same situation. Apparently, the entire building was without light, and not only it's building, but the rest of the surrounding area: the street was dark except for the lights of the cars and some apartments and small businesses the emergency lights still illuminated that.

"There has been a failure in one tower." He heard one of his neighbours say that he lived upstairs.

"Really? And how long will we be without light?," A girl asked from another of the windows.

"I'm not sure. I only know that it's a fault, but I don't know how long it will take to fix the problem."

"Well, what a chore, because my food is half done in the oven." Said an indignant woman from one of the lower floors.

"That is nothing compared to a cold shower in the middle of this time." Another girl commented.

During the next few minutes, fresh voices kept appearing, showing their discontent, indignation and resignation at the situation. Yoongi stayed leaning on the windowsill, looking up at the sky and, from time to time, appreciating the contrast between the illuminated areas of the city and those that were in darkness. The chatter of his neighbours served as background noise as Yoongi watched the rest of the apartments in front of his light up by the light of the candles that those who had a reserve for emergencies had lit.

"It seems to me that we are going to be without light all night." Said the neighbour who had spoken first.

"How can they have us all night without light?!"

"From what I have read, it's not a simple fault. It seems the turret has split."

"How is it split? You mean it has bent. "

"No-no-no. It says here that several anchors have come loose and that the weight and lack of support have caused the turret to fall 'as if they had split it in half'." The boy quoted as he read the information on his mobile.

"But if that goes soldier! What sort of people do they hire to build these things?"

"We are surrounded by incompetents!"

"How can these anchors come loose from nowhere?" The girl in the cold shower asked aloud.

"No idea." The boy said while writing something on his mobile. "But this is going to be long, so if you want to shower without freezing to death, there is a public toilet close to here."

"I have no other option." The girl sighed dejectedly.

Although these two had taken the news relatively well, the others were each more enraged and indignant. Some had become embroiled in a debate about the waste and disinvestment of the high taxes they paid, and others were talking to their friends about the event.