haunted |☠︎︎| vkook ✔︎

𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻.

     "𝕎hat is it?" the man asked, looking at the three boys with a frown on his face. "where's jungkook?"

"i know it will sound crazy, but i'm one-hundred percent serious about this." taehyung said, the older boys allowing him to do the explanation. "seokjin and namjoon said that jungkook was on vacation with his boyfriend so you wouldn't worry, but... truth is, jungkook is right here with us. he's standing next to me, actually." he said, watching how jungkook's parents looked at them with wide eyes. "he's a ghost. he appeared on my house some weeks ago and has been living with me since."

long seconds went by full of silence, which soon turned into minutes. the man and woman were just staring at them, staring at each other, pressing their lips together, analyzing the situation in front of them.

after some minutes, the man sighed. "is there some way to know you're actually telling the truth?"

"tell him about the time we went to buy mom a ring for their anniversary but, when we got out of the store, he tripped and the ring fell out of the bag and onto a sewer, so we had to buy another one. we never told anyone about it." jungkook said, taehyung nodding and repeating jungkook's words. that made them both wide their eyes, the woman covering his mouth in shock, their hearts beating quickly in their chests.

"is my son dead?" the lady, iseul, breathed out. jungkook's father, jungho, hugged her, the woman hiding her face in the man's neck while tears rolled down her cheeks.

"n-no, we don't believe he is exactly dead." namjoon talked this time, grabbing the parents' attention. "it's really complicated, but... we believe an old lady did that to him. not killing him, but... taking away his soul from his body, you know?"

they sat down at the couch and told jungkook's parents about what happened, jungho comforting iseul while jungkook could just float in front of them and listen to their conversation.

it took jungho a minute, but when he realized what could possibly be going on, he gasped loudly, grabbing everyone's attention. "f-fuck, that can't be..."

"what is it?" iseul asked, breaking the hug to look at her husband, who was biting his nails anxiously. he looked at taehyung, the silver haired boy looking back at him with a small frown on his face.

only when he took a good look at him, he realized the necklace the boy was wearing; a silver chain with a heart red ruby shining proudly. "w-where did you get that from?"

"i found it in a box on my basement." he explained, jungho getting closer to look at it. "have you seen it before?"

namjoon was the first one to connect the dots, widening his eyes in realization. "you were her soulmate, mr. jeon!"

the man pressed his lips together, standing up from the couch and walking to the attic without saying a single word. while he was looking for something, everyone was staring at each other in shock.

"of course, it all makes sense." jungkook breathed out, watching how his father returned with a single picture on his hand.

"i suppose you recognize where this picture is from if you have that necklace, right?" he said, showing them the picture. it was broken, where a young jungho has his arm around someone's shoulder, blonde hair peeking at the corner before the rest of the picture vanished. his smile was wide and he was holding a single red rose in his left hand.

"h-how- what-"

"she was my girlfriend." he started, leaving the picture in namjoon's hands. "we were both young and lovestruck, i was happy with her. we dated for a year, until i met a girl in a restaurant and felt instantly connected. she's the mother of my son nowadays." he said, iseul smiling slightly at that. "as the days passed, i fell more in love with iseul, until i decided it was time to stop my relationship with her before things got messy. but she didn't take it necessarily well." he sighed, holding his lover's hand as he spoke. "she said that she would take revenge because i lied to her. i completely forgot about it, but..."

"she's now taking revenge through jungkook." namjoon completed, the man nodding with his lips pressed against each other. "that was a smart move, not gonna lie."

"and how did you know we saw that exact same picture?" seokjin asked, pointing at the broken picture his boyfriend was holding.

"i went the next day to beg for her forgiveness again, but she didn't say a word. she was placing stuff in a box and ripped apart the picture of us hugging, gave me this part and asked me to leave." he explained, seokjin humming while nodding. "what a dirty move."

"i mean, she knows your weak point." namjoon shrugged, now looking at jungkook, who was looking at his father while biting his lip in worry. "did you know she was a witch when you were dating?"

"of course i didn't. i wouldn't have dated her if i knew."

"tell them that i'm okay and to not worry too much." jungkook suddenly said, watching how his mother was tearing up once again. "and tell them that i love them so much."

"jungkook said that he's okay and you shouldn't worry too much." taehyung said, which caused his mother to do the complete opposite and spill salty tears. "and that he loves you so much."

"i love you too, jungkookie. we'll help you out, we'll find the way." iseul sobbed, her husband hugging her again.

"i'm so sorry, jungkook." jungho breathed out, trying his best to hold back his tears. "it's all my fault."

"it isn't you fault." taehyung said before jungkook could send the message. "you didn't know she was a psychotic witch and you did the right thing when you broke up with her. it's not anyone's fault."

after calming down and comforting each other, they decided it was the right time to leave. they promised to keep jungkook's parents updated whenever something new happened and walked to the exit, taehyung being stopped by jungho before he left the house.

"oh, and by the way," he said, taehyung looking at him with raised eyebrows. "her name is suni."

—☠︎︎—

shoutout to Otptuki for being the first one to figure out who the soulmate was, here's a cookie 🍪, great job!

what will suni do next? stay tuned to find out! thanks for reading! ♡︎