"Master, the V Case. Investigation is so far complete. We have found the dead bodies of all deceased of K.N.I.G.H.T.S and Devil's Eye except.... One."
"That is?"
"W-we found all except... the one named...."
"Venom"
The fire of the furnace faltered...
The wall clock kept ticking, making Jimin’s eyes move with every step the needle took making this uncomfortable feeling settling more in the pit of his stomach. His hairs were a mess by now, for the three hundred and twenty seventh time he ran his fingers through his already disheveled blonde locks, his eyes held bags by now under them. Licking his lips he stood up from the couch, rubbing his sweaty palms on the front of his jeans that he didn’t even remember to change from the time the Jeons arrived back, he began to stroll across the room.
The clock kept ticking making him more and more sick by every passing minute, he felt bile rising at the back of his throat…. His heart beating at an irregular pace. Ever since they stepped back into the cottage Jimin kept feeling eyes on them, he felt as if a gun would be pressed down their temples right that instance. Even though they stepped into their house perfectly fine and Jungkook assured him that he will make sure to protect them more than before and that he should stop overthinking and get some sleep but that night Jimin just couldn’t sleep at all, even the sight of Angel forth sleeping peacefully in the warm and cozy room didn’t seem to calm him down, it felt as if it has unlocked a window from where gush after gush the freezing chilly air entered not like the one that feels good but one that stings your skin, cutting it with every hit drawing warmth out and possessing the person like a wrathful spirit. It kept crawling up his body, the more the fear overcame his mind the more Jimin felt like he broke through the thin ice and fell into the freezing pond of water.
The black framed wall clock kept ticking rupturing the thick silence in the room. Jimin paced across the room running his fingers in his hairs for another nine times, he sighed and breathed deeply repressing the boiling bile at the back of his throat, he strolled towards the window and unlocked the pits, pushing it open, a gush of chilly yet fresh air with the familiar smell of sea kissed his face gently, he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply calming his senses down. The ticking of black clock kept going in the background.
Tick
Why?
Tick
Just why everything has to become a chaos.
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Right when I thought it can be peaceful now
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Then why?
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Don’t I have no right to live a happy and peaceful life.
Tick
I only want that much. My family to be safe and happy.
Tick
A battle was going on…..
A fierce battle…..in his mind, so much things running at one time, Jimin’s gaze fell on to the figure forth sleeping peacefully in between the soft warm covers, How peaceful she looked, eerily silent, Jimin felt shivers kissing down his spine thinking of how Venom was back then, just a blink of an eye and she turned from a calm breeze to a raging storm, Jimin couldn’t think that it was at all going to be normal now, the mere memory of Venom and Taehyung together on the previous night didn’t leave the boy to breathe relieved. What if the one they have been feeding all the time happens to the devil in disguise. What if Venom was never gone, What if…
So many questions rose in his mind together that Jimin felt absolutely suffocated. He hurriedly rushed out of the room gasping for room and shoved both hands onto the window of the hallway opening it to let chilling gushes of wind rush in. Breathing heavily he peered forth until…
He saw a small black spider, very small hanging with the ledge. Jimin’s gaze got stuck to it….
The spider… it seemed so fragile, small legs compared to its whole body.
Jimin gazed at it unconsciously, he saw the spider crawl up its string making its way towards the ledge trying to reach its web. The boy’s gaze crawled up along as he saw the little insect crawl up the thread of his life.
Jimin saw it almost reach the web but the moment it tried reaching its destination, it fell... making Jimin leap forth a little, what a beautiful heart he had…. Always hurting for others even things that went neglected by a naked eye. He always took world as a beautiful place to live in as a kid but now facing its demons and practically living among them, he felt his heart ache and bleed, he still didn’t accept it, he didn’t wanted to accept this reality, it was too harsh for his soul, but after all it’s about his family then how can just turn his back to them in the time of need.
Just when Jimin thought the spider will let go, he saw it moving its legs and reaching forth to the shinning string and starts its journey again, Jimin looked at it a little shocked, his brows shooting upwards in utter surprise, he saw the spider crawl its way back up and again as soon as it was about to reach the ledge it slipped and hung back down by the string. Jimin sighed seeing this but what happened next amazed him.
The insect won’t give up so easily, it started its journey from scratch again, and after seven unsuccessful tries, it finally crawled into its web and sat over the sack of its eggs.
Jimin smiled to this wide, he was happier then perhaps the spider itself…. But soon his smile faltered cause…..
He was hit by a big realization….
Do not give up
No matter how hard it seems, keep trying and at the last you’ll get what you want. And he wants to protect his family just like the spider. No matter how hard it is to reach the ledge or the fierce slaps of the raging wind, Jimin will not give up because his family needs his support.
Venom or Angel, Jihyun, Jungkook, they are his family and he loves them all by his heart.
A small insect taught him such a precious lesson. Jimin stood there lost in his thoughts.
I can’t give up even before trying… They have always been there when I needed them, then how can I leave them be just because of my fears
I….
I can’t….
I shouldn’t give up.
And I will not.
Never
“OPPA” A heart wrenching scream made the boy jolt in his place and pull his head out of his thoughts.
“JIMIN” It was then that Jimin recognized the feminine voice of the girl he had left in the room sleeping.
And there goes the same sickening feeling erupting in his stomach but this time Jimin breathed deeply and turned to rush his way into the room to see whatever waited for him.
