DOLL [vmin]

22: noise

Jimin laid in his bedroom. his open eyes staring at the beautifully painted art ceiling. He was always waiting until the sun would rise and he could see Taehyung and Sunhee again. It took way too long. The nights seemed to be getting longer for him. Everyday felt so long and boring. Maybe because he didn't have the dolls haunting him when he went out of the room, or maybe it was because everything felt harder for him to do. Jimin wasn't unbreakable anymore. He was just a basic fragile doll. only his soul made him different. a soul he gave up on for taehyung's life to be spared. The doll rolled on his side when he heard something....that's strange. Jimin was sure everyone went to bed. maybe one couldn't sleep....or worse..and intruder!

Jimin, who got worried about the weird noise he heard just now, got out of bed and opened his doop peeing in the dark hallway. the moonlight being the only light source. No way Jimin was going out in the dark again, he grabbed his lantern from the nightstand and lit it with the matches, turning the kop to make the fire bigger so he had enough ight so see his way properly. He can't take the risk of falling now. If his doll shell breaks his soul will escape and he will be gone from here sooner than he had wanted.

His steps echoed through the halls which he didn't quite like at this time. if there was an intruder they would hear him coming. He wasn't sure if that would be good or bad. One good that they might run away but two they might attack him before he could find them. He held the lantern up more as he went down the stairs carefully. around the middle of the steps he heard something again. it was louder this time. and now he could hear what it was. It sounded like...a scream? Or maybe it was a screech of something being pulled? he wasn't quite sure, it could be either of those. He was nearing the sound source when he heard another loud thud and footsteps. He turned to his left and rushed to where it came from. nearing Taehyung's workplace. Did someone break in? was someone messing with taehyung's supplies? jimin was ready to defend taehyung's stuff if needed. his hand reached for the doorknob which suddenly turned before he could grab it and the door flew open.

"a-ah!" Jimin yelped in shock when Taehyung walked out, closing the door behind him. He looked at Jimin and smiled his hands behind his back, holding the doorknob and silently locking the doors with the key he had.

"Hello Jimin, what are you doing here this late?" he asked and swung an arm over jimin's shoulders guiding him away from the place back upstairs with him.

"i heard noise, i thought maybe someone had broken in"

"don't worry. no one will even dare to break in here" taehyung chuckled. "we got quite a bad reputation. people fear coming here mostly"

"oh....so what was the noise about?"

"Nothing much, just....redecorating," Taehyung said and grinned, glancing at the doll next to him. "i will go sleep now, i will see you in the morning at the breakfast table alright?"

"okay..." Jimin looked at Taehyung who walked off to his bedroom. leaving Jimin quite confused. Something didn't feel right, but Jimin couldn't really put her finger on it now. He just shrugged it off and returned to his own bedroom waiting for the morning sun to rise and greet him once more.

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The next morning Jimin sat at the breakfast table watching the two eat their food. his eyes traveled to the dolls on the shelves. they haven't moved. He would see if they did, they seemed as lifeless as they should have been. Just dolls on a shelf. nothing more. His eyes then looked at Taehyung who had finished his food now and was looking at his plate while wiping his lips with the tissue. He pushed his chair back and stood up, looking at sunhee. "please excuse me, i have work to do." He was about to walk off but then looked at Jimin meeting the eyes of the doll. "Jimin, could you help Sunhee with her shopping in the city, she always needs a lot and i don't want her to get too tired form the work"

"of course" Jimin said. He looked at Taehyung who neared him and grabbed with one hand his chin before giving the doll a soft kiss. Sunhee's eyes widened and he stopped eating for a few seconds looking at the two intensely. not daring to interrupt the moment.

"Thank you, I will spend time with you later today. i really have to do this first okay"

"I understand, don't worry," Jimin said, watching Taehyung leave the room.

"I mean, it's odd but...you're kinda cute together." Sunhee said with a smile once Taehyung was out of the room.

"you think so?"

"Yes, I have never seen a man and a doll. But I think it's kinda cute in a way," she chuckled and sipped her tea looking at jimin. "you're not really a normal basic doll but still, a doll."

"i like him, i feel happy with him"

"that's good, after all you're been through you should be happy"

"oh.....yea...." jimin looked away, sunhee didn't know jimin won't be here for long anymore. that he will leave this place.

"something wrong?"

"no no, nothing.'' Jimin stood up from his chair and grabbed some plates together. "let me help you with the dishes"

"oh, how kind of you. I appreciate it" sunhee smiled.

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