🖤💜Redolence Of Yours💜🖤 (Taehyung×OC)

28. Lost

💜: I close my eyes and I'm still standing here; lost in the desert and the sea. I'm still wondering, where to go?

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The cold of the night had long curtailed the stir of life in the woods. Dew drops heavy with angst occasionally fell down from the tips of dark green leaves; splattering into million pieces of pain that never received judgement. Behind the scarred, worn out wooden bulls eye the little squirrel hid it's form, trying to protect itself from the freezing chills as well as predatory creatures. A wolf spider crawled slowly upwards at the squirrel's direction; moving soundlessly as it left a trail of silky web behind it. The squirrel, inside the false perception of safety, was oblivious to the death that was approaching it step by step. With its hairy podes, the spider decreased its pace to the minimum; preparing for the stealth. It was just about to happen in milliseconds; the predator was just about to snap it's paws on the poor creature when suddenly, a bone splitting sharp kunai knife pierced the wolf spider and stuck it's mangled form on the dry bark. The squirrel rushed away at the startle; only the disgusting sticky liquid sipped down the bark from the stabbed body of the spider.

A pair of dense crimson eyes glowed in the dark; followed by a deep throated growl.

"That's enough..... " Said the approaching voice.

"What do you want?" The growl deepened.

"You've been at this for ten hours straight. Time to rest."

"That's not your decision to make; provided making me miss my target isn't already a bad idea....."

"Sometimes I feel the urge to show you your place..... "

A knife was thrown at the voice's direction which seemed to be caught in mid air.

An owl hooted and flew away; rustling through the leaves.

".... So that you don't get obsessed and overwork."

"You think you're better than me?"

"You think you're better than me?"

"Are you asking for a fight.... ?"

"No. I'm not."

The source of the voice gradually become visible. He stepped closer and handed her the kunai knife that he had caught.

She has been working on her weaponry for the last couple of months; especially with long range attacks. Her recent workout was to hit multiple targets at once while jumping up in the sky. Looking around, he found eight targets precisely pierced with those same weapons; even the one at the blind spot.

Now, he doubts if even he can beat her; which made his chest fill with nothing but sheer pride. After all, she was his disciple at the beginning of her life. Raising his hand, he freed a twig from her hair.

"Let's go now, dawn is in few hours. Besides, father has asked for you."

"Of all the time he had on earth....."

The weapons dropped on the ground with clanking sounds; her exhausted form bumping into his figure before escaping the area.

The bloodlust thickened up in the air made him  gulp in temptation. It has become even heavier over the past few years; and he couldn't blame her because of the amount of time she was spending training her body. His gaze fell on the bloodied knuckle wrappers on the ground and a sigh escaped his lips.

"Don't turn out to be like me, baby sis.... "

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The soil under her feet was supple from the dew precipitation. While walking through the residence, she looked around and as usual, she noticed that half of the population wasn't home. At this time, in the dead of night, they usually go out for either hunting in the city or stealing cash from ATM machines or run some errand for the Blood Moon clan.