rewind.

19

No one understands. Everyone can spot a problem but can't provide a solution. Jaehyun is at a crossroads. His bromance with Taeyong is now complete shit, how can he forget about his marriage that seems to be following almost every relationship in his life?

Risks are taken, sacrifices fulfilled for the one he loves. but will the other ever stop to think of him in a different light? Maybe not. Maybe all that Johnny sees is a scared little high school student. Maybe that's what everyone sees him as. Maybe everyone sees him with an injured arm.

Jaehyun relaxes on the couch like normal. somehow he couldn't stop his mind from wandering into the deep abyss of hatred. What is her name? Joey, she is coming close to seeing the bad jaehyun. the now dirty blonde scoffs at the irony. He was a secret mistress and now Johnny has replaced his secret with another one.

The lights began to flicker on and off. Jaehyun looks up at his ceiling. Stumps soon tremble his ears. He takes a deep gulp, "what is...Jackson?" Jaehyun covers his ears when horns start to blare. Soon the lights snapped off. Jaehyun tries to quickly gather himself. He wasn't scared of ghosts but he was scared of an angry Jackson.

Jaehyun sprints from his couch to the upstairs part of his house. Busting into their room to find a flashlight, Jaehyun didn't see the big pile of sheets and covers in the dark. Jaehyun falls hitting his head on the iron part of the bed. He turns over on his back feeling very queasy.

"Are you ok?"

standing over him was jackson. Jaehyun almost pooped himself right there. There is no way this man is standing above him. Jaehyun wipes under his nose when he feels something hit his shirt. He was bleeding. As he looks up to the person in front of him, his vision wavers so much. Jackson's body turns into a scribbling mess right before his blurring eyes.

With hope that this isn't fake he reaches out and grabs Jackson's hand. "warm. you are warm." the blonde whimpers. "Jackson am I dreaming or are you right here?"

There was no response to his question. All he got was something picking him up. The next thing he knew is that his head was placed on the fluffed pillow and his body was laying on top of the cozy duvet. As he was being tucked in jaehyun couldn't let this person go, someone was taking care of him. But who is it?

Jaehyun grips the hand, he feels all over hoping to find it familiar to his senses. But to no avail he didn't recognize the hand. The next best thing is to trap them. "Don't go."

"I have never left."

It is Jackson, But how. Taeyong and Yuta swore that they had beaten Jackson to death then burned his body to get rid of his body. How can Jaehyun hear this man's voice so strongly? Jaehyun opens up his droopy eyes, but there's no one there. His head is still pounding but he needs to know.

For the few months Jackson's spirit has been keeping him company. Is it strange to say that the ghost has become his best friend? Jaehyun is no longer scared. He is just curious, so curious that he tries to stand up despite the overwhelming amount of dizziness.

"Stay down."

There that voice goes again. Jaehyun crawls towards the voice, "I need to know if you are here with me or are you just a form of my imagination. tell me Jackson." Again there was no answer, but an exchange instead. Something was placed on his wrist.

As his eyes were forced closed from the impact earlier. there was a creepy sound, well it was a nursery rhyme. The blonde starts to listen more attentively, he has heard this before but from where?

Jaehyun tries to think about it more and more but everything falls darker than the already pitch black room.

~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

Yesterday was gone and Jaehyun woke up with a new look. When he woke up his hair was black with gray streaks. He looks into the mirror on the wall. His usually pale skin was tatted with marks going straight down his chest. Jaehyun can't comprehend what happened to him. But the most frightening thing is that Johnny wasn't home next to him. He looked at the clock, nine am. He was alone, but everyone always called him crazy.

"Finally you're awake."

Such a surprise. He was in too deep. He didn't even notice the small smile that spread on his lips when Johnny laid a kiss on his forehead. He wish he could scream at the top of his lungs and say IM FUCKING HURTING INSIDE! But he kept it in.

Johnny smells of his fresh soap that ceases to draw the now black head in. Johnny fingers flow through his locks, "black and gray honey.?" Johnny smiles, "it looks great on you."

why is johnny flattering him all of a sudden, he didn't even doll himself up yet. Jaehyun smiles a little more. "Thank you I literally woke up like this." He swings his hair and laughs lightly. Jaehyun winces when his hand lands on one of those marks.

"Baby wha.."

"Johnny did you do this to me?"

Johnny aggressively shakes his head no. "Baby I swear I didn't" Johnny hands grip his pants tight until his knuckles turn white. "Did you invite someone over and they did..."

"I saw one person but he is dead and gone. Also my hair was blonde when I went to sleep. You can check my schedule if you don't believe me. My hair appointment is three days from now."

Johnny checks to make sure everything checks out. The American even discreetly checks the cameras, once again he is shocked to see Jackson in his house. Johnny's mouth falls to the ground when the man faces the camera, it was Jackson. But what keeps Johnny pondering, there is also an eerie smoke around the male so Johnny can safely say that his husband is being hunted.

As if a ghost haunting his husband wasn't enough, Johnny is dealing with something so trivial inside of him. "Baby I signed us up for counseling. Let's get ready."