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We had to close the cafe a little earlier today. There's no way Taehyung can make more cakes with his lip bleeding like this.

Everyone sits around the diner as Taehyung dabs alcohol on his lip and but keeps hesitating.

"Are you okay Taehyung?" Gretchen asks. "A-are you sure you don't need help?"

"Nah..." He hisses in pain.

I look over while I clean a dirty table and can't help but feel guilty. I didn't even realise I kicked him so hard. But I panicked! He hovered over a child for God's sake! But it is technically my fault that the cafe closed early. Heck, I could get fired for this.

Jimin stands next to Sam and scratches the back of his head. "Yeah uh, sorry I didn't say anything sooner... he would have got mad at me. We didn't mean to cause drama though, right Sam?"

He looks over to Sam who crosses his arms and pouts angrily like an infant.
"Apologise to Taehyung." Jimin demands.

Sam looks away from Taehyung in embarrassment. "S...Sorry... and sorry Lilo..."

I look at him in shock, but he continues to stare at his feet.

"It's just not fair. Everybody always makes me feel bad for liking girly things. You'll never amount to anything if you keep playing dress up Sam. That's all I hear over and over, so I was too embarrassed to take my wig off. Mom and dad tell me I have to act more like a boy and grow out of this phase. But it's not a phase. And I thought the only way I could prove that was to find my perfect prince as a girl, and live a perfect life with him. I just wanted to prove people wrong."

Another tear swells in his eye, but he wipes it before it can escape. Everyone watches in silence.

"I wasn't trying to bully you Lilo. But when I saw you holding hands in the roller rink I thought you were the one thing standing in the way of me and my Prince. That made you my competition."

I walk over to Sam and crouch down to meet his height.

"Sam, I'm sorry if you saw me as competition. There was never any need for you to keep everything a secret. We would have accepted you, and as you grow up everyone else will too. They'll realise it's not a phase and it's who you are. So don't sweat it."

"Also..." We all turn around to look at Taehyung, "Nobodies perfect. Not even me. So it's a waste of time trying to be. Or finding someone who is."

"See Sam?" Jimin asks. "I told you there was nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Yeah... thanks." He smiles. I return the favour before he takes his puffy blonde wig and puts it back on his head.

"Alright you can all stop staring at me now! I already apologised jheeze Louise! Jimin, take me home now!" He slaps Jimin in the back of the head once more and leaves the store.

"That's probably as nice as he'll get. Catch you later guys." He follows her out.

"Wow, that was something. Perhaps we should change now." Gretchen tells the girls. The girls then go to the changing room.

I look at Taehyung once more, feeling tons of guilt. I put down my rag and pull a chair next to his, taking the cotton wool from his hand and dabbing the wound for him.

"I can do it myself."

"Well I'm the one that caused it so it's only right that I fix it. I didn't mean to kick you so hard, but you shouldn't have taken it so far and made a move on Sam!"

"It's what he wanted. I just did what he asked."

"Well there's other ways to go about things than making a move on an 11-year-old." I sigh. "If you knew Sam was a boy the whole time, why didn't you tell us?"

He shrugs his shoulders. "It wasn't my place to say anything."

I stick a strip bandage over his cut and close the first aid kit. "There." Taehyung gets up and stretches.

"I guess you can go home now, I'm going upstairs to change." He says. I look at his shirt and realise it has hints of blood on the collar. Oh...

"So I'm not fired?" I stupidly ask.
He pinches his chin with a dangerous grin on his face. "Oh that's right, I could fire you, couldn't I?"

A throaty gag gets trapped in my mouth as my body stiffens like a board.

"Nah... I want to keep you for a while. But let this be a warning. The next time you kick me in the face, I will not be in such a generous mood."

Lol why did this chapter come out so deep and short tf... the chapters are longer throughout the story so this won't happen again. Mianhae

[Edit: yeah I updated the bio so it's a little different]