Bloodlust | Vmin

Chapter 34 - Now And Forever (You Have Me)

The voices in his head were making him go crazy. Jimin didn't really know where to start or what to believe. Figuring out what is and what isn't – turns out it wasn't as easy as it sounded. At this point, his whole mind was just a big mess; looking back into past memories and trying to search for signs and the hasty confessions coming from thin air that shattered his reality into a million pieces... It left a lot to think about.

In a matter of seconds, everything he thought he knew about the world, about humanity, about Taehyung, was demolished by just a few words.

He didn't really know what to do now.

He remembers Taehyung's guilty gaze when he left through the front door, blinking away tears as he pulled his weight off the ground and left Jimin to his own thoughts. And he feels bad, of course he does. Wishes he could go back in time and hold Taehyung's frame in his arms and comfort him through soft kisses.

But he also remembers the irises, red as blood and the white teeth shaped like animal fangs. That's not exactly something he can easily forget.

There's no point in trying to come up with a lie to disguise it; Jimin recognizes the feeling in his chest for what it is – fear. Though, he's not so sure if it really is the demon living in his soulmate's body that scares him.

The tips of his fingers shake slightly as they trail over his lips. Laying there on the grass in the middle of the park, Jimin closes his eyes and it's almost as if he could still feel Taehyung's lips pressed against his.

A sigh slips past his lips and he sits up. The sound of children playing fills the air around him, soft breeze carrying their laughter.

He catches footsteps approaching, a clanking noise that sounds like dangling chains following each step. Jimin doesn't move, eyes flitting over as the figure stops beside him and drops down on the grass. He nearly chuckles when he glimpses at the chunky black boots; he doesn't need to look up to know who it is.

"Fancy seeing you here," he says, a little smile pulling at his lips.

A small chuckle ripples through the other's chest, elbows resting over his knees and his hands linked lazily. "Funny, I was going to say the same."

Jimin glances up at him for just a second before returning his attention to the grass below his feet. The sound of leaves rustling in the wind feels louder in the silence that settles between them. Strangely, it doesn't feel deafening – he'll take this over the nagging voices in his head any day.

"Is it correct of me to assume something's up?" Jungkook breaks the silence Jimin was beginning to enjoy.

He shrugs. "Depends on what you think is wrong," he says simply, tone distant and uninterested.

He hears the way Jungkook takes in air, a long inhale that slips into a heavy sigh. "Something to do with blueberry boy, I presume." Jimin looks up at him. The edges of Jungkook's lips tug to a knowing grin. "Doesn't take a mad scientist to see it," he adds.

Jimin averts his gaze to the grass once again, swallowing dryly. His hands nervously play with the fabric of his jeans, messing with the rips at the knees. They slow their movement as he searches for what to say.

"I... I found out something about him. Something I didn't know until recently that he'a hidden all this time," he confesses. "A secret he kept from me since we first met."

Jungkook keeps quiet, curiously watching him and listening intently. As Jimin continues to talk, he glances at him every now and then, showing him he's listening to every word.

"And it's not the type of secret that at best makes me roll my eyes and earns him a slap on the wrist and then everything's fine the next day – No. It's life-changing." His voice cracks. "It puts everything I thought I knew about everything into a completely different perspective."