Hold My Back | Rosekook AU

Will do whatever it takes

The old man held him tightly when finally jungkook couldn't hold it anymore and had started crying out loud as if it wasn't him who was dead but rather his lover

"Hmm...I am sorry for your state, son. The dead came to me, told me their stories, asked me the same thing over and over. But life is unfair. Death is even more so. You have to accept this.....child."

Jungkook looked up at him

"I don't value my life for my own sake. If there was a reason for me to live long enough, it was Chaeyoung, I love her.... Its just that she has better future with Taehyung, she's supposed to be engaged next year after she moves to Daeg-u..... We won't meet anytime soon after she goes away. So, this is my final year with her... was"

He took in a deep breath

"We never knew our parents, you know. She deserves a good life..... at least one in which she can live with her brother what she referred me as, for as long as possible. And so I have to be with her. Please, let me keep my promise. That's all I ask of you. I swear I'll be back as soon as it is done."

The old man seemed to consider his words, his sadness deepening. Years of dealing with the disturbing wishes of the dead had done this to him.

"Well there's something I can do, but the constraints are really...... Nevermind. I think its better you stay this way."

Jungkook saw a chance, an opening. He prompted the man

"No tell me more.... I will do whatever it takes."

"Son, a dead soul among the living.... Do you know how painful it is? That is when you will endure. It is not as easy as it sounds. I have seen such deals made...... it is heartbreaking just to watch them being carried out. I don't want to see another of those situations."