Be My Only Sin (TAEKOOK 18+) Complete

Chapter 16

The silence still hangs between them when JungKook adds his final plea, the thing that he hopes will finally assuage Taehyung.

"It's not doing you a favour, I don't want to marry you just because you need that to survive, I don't want you to feel like you owe me anything or that you have taken something from me by marrying me... I'm the one who will gain the most because I will have you... Taehyung, even if there were no Hell below us and above us only sky, I'd still marry you."

He seals his words with a kiss, a tender kiss that he hopes holds everything that he is trying to say, everything that he feels in his heart -the very heart he thought was cold and dead- suddenly brought to life by the light that is Taehyung.

The salt of their tears mixes into the languid kiss and when there is a gentle clearing of throat behind them, they know -not only that it's time to go, but also where they are going.

Hell

"This looks nothing like I imagined Hell would look like... these colours are just breath-taking..." Taehyung says and gazes up at the sky of Hell, a kaleidoscope of colours gently swirling like some van Gogh painting in motion.

"I always thought it would be like red and burning, you know, people screaming and frying in the flames kind of thing, lots of horned, red naked people running around?" He chuckles until he hears JungKook's answer.

"Well, there are places like that too -this is just another part of Hell, the same way as there are other parts to Heaven or Earth."

Where they are, the scenery is truly beautiful. A flower meadow filled with crimson poppies and bright blue cornflowers, weeping willows with purple leaves, bright yellow birds singing strangely melancholy tunes in direct contrast to the bright colours. It's perfect for his mood because Taehyung feels bright but he also feels a little blue.

He doesn't have a lot to leave behind, not many friends, hardly any family and Hoseok is the only person he used to see regularly. But change is always scary and if it weren't for the incredibly and totally unexpected optimism of the Incubus he is about to marry, Taehyung would be feeling much more nervous than he actually is.

"Lucky for us, it's beautiful here -almost as beautiful as you..." JungKook coos, fingers flicking under Taehyung's chin, who grins widely, eyes crinkling at the purposefully cheesy words meant to alleviate his obvious nervousness.

Yoongi makes gagging noises behind them which make Hoseok chuckle.

"They are so gross, seriously."

"Oh c'mon Yoongi, they're cute, admit it." Hoseok challenges.

"I'm going to die if I have to look at them until the end of eternity." He whines like a child until Jimin catches his eye, then suddenly he straightens his hair and the embroidered collar of his shirt out and clears his throat, working on trying to look all important.

"Look who's talking..." Hoseok snorts under his breath. "...don't think I can't see you eyeing Jimin, don't think I don't know why you asked for him specifically to come down here with me..." he taps the side of his nose like some old fortune-teller.

Flustered, cheeks burning, Yoongi replies "What do you mean, of course he's here because we need two heavenly witnesses and of course it has to be him because he is the only correctly ranked Angel who knows Taehyung enough to be his witness -and the only one who was able to come with no notice whatsoever..."