𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀 「ᴛᴀᴇᴊɪɴᴋᴏᴏᴋ」

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 4 - ᴀʟʟᴇᴠɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ

"I wish I could help you" I whisper.
You are," he murmurs against my knee. "Just don't leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me."

As I looked up, not even one single tear had slid down my cheeks, her hand always ready to wipe them, cleansing both my body from suffering and my soul. Her voice was whispery, 'shushy', just like a breeze... My mind, without the image of reality, could almost reach and pretend the warmth of Min-Eunsoo was just as comforting as the warmth of my lost friend. Something I have never imagined finding again, yet again... life proved to be so complex and twisted, that even after the wildest happenings, it finds a way to bring us what we deserve.

"Shall I take you back to the dorms, Jungkook-ah?" She asked letting go of me for a small moment, just enough to look down at my eyes. After a small nod, she wrapped her arm around me, walking me outside the office, the rocky alley towards the dorms never feeling as light as it did now. Despite the nighttime, which I have not realized only after stepping out of the building, the first step I took being on the moonlight-shaded ground, it was still warmth. Her warmth. It felt safe and unreal, yet the moment she spoke again, was the moment I was brought back to reality.

"Are you going to be alright? Taehyung and Jin must be already asleep..."

"Yes, I will be alright." After thanking her for the care and time spent together, she let go of me, waved and secretly watched me until I closed the door, her footsteps faintly heard on the hallway, walking away right after I clicked the lock on.

...

"What have you done?! Revealed my secrets! I wish I killed you when I had the chance-" He screamed, his gun dangerously close to my neck, a whimper escaping my taped mouth as the cold barrel pressed on my skin ㅡ digging into it roughly, blocking my airways. In agony, I squirmed and screamed against the tape, pulling the bindings from around my arms, yet to avail.
His finger close to the trigger, he held the gun sunk deeply into my skin, making me gasp uncontrollably.
"I will make sure you die... after suffering... crying, bleeding, used... that is what a disobedient hybrid deserves...!"

...

"-ook! Jungkook-ah wake up, baby. Oh God... Jin hyung is here, I got you, honey... Got you, baby." He continued whispering sweet words into my ears, my breath calming down as I realized the pain I felt and the tears I shed was only because of a nightmare. His hands wrapped around me in an instant, keeping me warm and close to himself, covering me from the world, protecting and shielding me from any harm. It felt... safe. I allowed myself to cry again, yet not because of fear, but because of an eternal warmth ㅡ a piece of comfort I rarely found, and... the impulse to cling and feast on it, like an oasis of a vast desert.

There was silence, only the creaks of the bed could be heard in the middle of dark room, Taehyung's quiet breaths behind me, and Jin's constant warm heartbeat. The voice that broke the silence in the swiftest way was Taehyung's.

"Must be hard for you, isn't it..." His hand gently caressed on my back, followed by a quiet sigh, before he spoke again. "We will never reveal your secret to anybody, little one. That man... I am glad he is forever gone, there will be nobody else to repeat those memories. Don't listen to those meaningless, harmless nightmares, we got you."

...

That night, Taehyung has seen something he never thought he would, only a movies ㅡ

*Flashback:

"What do you see?!"

"Taehyung-ah! Answer me!"

"Y-you don't get it...! He- he's... "

The image of a dead looking boy, red patterns painting the floor with his blood, bunny flopped ears behind his head barely moving, his tail bumping out from underneath the fabric of his pants. His chest was heavily rising and falling, his huffs chaotic and difficult, the tears dropping off his cheeks mixing with the blood dripping from his lips and nose. His neck bruised, scratched... almost ripped by nails in some spots.
Taehyung's heart dropped at that time, any kind of thinking leaving his chain of thoughts, yet again his instincts kicked in at the speed of light. And he saved him... Now he wants to protect him at all costs...

"So small in my arms..." he thought at that time, carrying his warm body along the cold, blank hallway of the hospital. Still remembering how he sobbed into his chest until his heartbeat calmed him down, his hands clenching on him... until a sweet word and a gentle hand brough him back to his inner peace.

...

"I promise it will be better, Jungkook-ah. We will keep you safe from any nightmare from now on. Nobody will lay a finger on you under our watch..." Taehyung spoke again, moving closer, hugging me from behind, Jin's arms wrapped tight from my frontside, getting engulfed in their warmth. It felt so safe and heavenly, my eyes could no longer hold on, starting to journey through another portal of darkness, my dreams on the other side of it, waiting to take over me as I drifted into sleep... protected, the shield of the two pair of arms around me keeping me on the brightly lit path along this journey, my dreams and reality both becoming a paradise.