Truths Of A Lie

Stigma

He lead me into the corridor that lead to outside the colorful palace. I watched as my body became nothing but a shadow before my very eyes and the skies around me became pink, gold and orange. My feet became supported by nothing and yet, I was not falling. The sky under me began to turn into a sandy and orange pathway with black trees hovering over me. As I went forward, I began to see a table with a mound of gray sand supporting the table and chairs. When I stepped onto the gray mound, the colors of my body had returned to me, but my clothes had changed from being completely blue, to my usual black pants and white shirt. I suppose that this was the formal wear for the table. I walked to the seat that was at the head of the table and placed my hands onto the cup. Once I had done so, they all began to fade into their seats.

I was the only one standing and so, I found myself lifting the glass up as they did also. "To the many lives that have much despair and the life I have yet to lose." I took the first sip and the rest of them did as I had done. Placing my cup down, I took my seat and my eyes focused in on the faces of six other members. I knew Nam Joon, Seok Jin and Agust D.. But I knew not the four strangers that looked dangerously familiar.. My eyes had become fixated on the one with the blonde hair. The one I had seen disappear in the colorful palace.. The one I knew would be next..

We ate and the silence wasn't chilling, it was almost comforting in comparison to the stare that this blonde stranger was giving me. He had a blank expression, blue eyes and an earring in his ear. Everyone at the table had the same clothes as mine.

"Taehyung, show him.." Jin said. Taehyung took an extra minute to stare at me before getting up and walking back towards the palace, not waiting for me to get up. I looked back at Jin and heard Nam Joon say, "Go."

I got up and ran towards the path that Taehyung had taken. One thing is for sure, he is a mysterious character. When I made it back inside, my clothes were transformed back into their loose and blue state. I took a moment to notice the change, in awe and wondering how this came to be.

Then again..

In this realm, what isn't possible?

I continued to walk forward through the colorful palace and it wasn't long before I had seen a glimpse of him resting on the wall in a striped robe. He began to grin as I walked towards him. It seemed like every step that I took only made him grin wider.. As if I were walking into a trap that he had planned..

I felt as if my life was being sucked through his very eyes..

Just as I had done with Agust..

My eyes widened as I grabbed my throat. Staring at the ceiling, my breath began to calm down and I eventually sat up. I heard someone stir and my mind diverted their attention to the girl laying next to me. She looked so peaceful, and by her scars, I could tell that her current state was almost never present.

I wanted to hold her and to protect her from this thing,

This person

This man that she had been trying to find shelter from..

And he, the body I was in, would be the one to end her suffering.

Forever..

I heard movement from behind me but he didn't bother looking to see who it was because he knew very well who was behind him.

Her dark cloud..

Sitting on a wooden chair, filling down the beer that he had bought the his money..

The life I was living through, this man's money. Not the poisonous drunk.

The stolen change from numerous wallets, purses and pockets..

I wanted to escape this life and pretend that I had never gotten the chance to foreshadow in his place, but I could not escape. Not even here. He was just as bound to this story as I was. I didn't enjoy suffering or seeing others suffer.

The pain of the beer glass hitting his back, splashing some of the leftover contents were accompanied by the cringing voice of the devil.

"Taehyung. I am running out of beer. Hurry up and do your daily rounds for me." Taehyung got up and stared at the girl beside him. Noona, mianhamnida.. I heard in his mind. Sorry for what? I did not know. I will find him today for you.. Find who? "Did you not hear me? I said go! Ga! Ga!" He shooed Taehyung away from the shack that they stayed in as he zipped up his hoodie and put the hood over his head.

It was a long walk from where they stayed to make the correct amount of errands to get enough money to pay for the food and beer. If he had anything leftover from his rounds, je would secretly steal something precious for his sister.

She deserved more than this. She didn't deserve this life. But she had told him the she had met someone else. Someone who makes her truly happy. If she is happy, then he too was happy.

Walking around the strange town, he stopped to think. Why am I doing this? I could just take her with me one day and we could run away.. Will this even be the day that I hand her back to Jungkook?

Jungkook? So many names and so many stories. So many unanswered questions and yet.. I have yet to see why..

He put his head back against the concrete wall and watched as a woman walked by. Then a man and then some people after that. His tired eyes not knowing the answer to one question.

What is the meaning of life if you're just a caged bird?

I could not answer the question. For it had many possible answers to it. But I knew that he didn't know what to do and all that he wanted was help. To carry his sister's burden was heavy, but to leave her alone with him was another burden on him. Although they weighed a ton on his heart and soul, he still pressed on for her.

He soon realized that it was getting dark out and that he should go back for his sister soon. Even though there had been many opportunities to make money, he took none of them. He did not delight in the pleasure of beating and killing for a few coins. Sometimes you killed for nothing and their innocent blood was on your hands. There was no rewind button. No pause and no recording over it. This was his life and it had been for a very long time. Since he had promised Jungkook to take care of his cousin.

Lee Mai Fang.

But he didn't realize that it would be this hard. Pretty soon, he found himself in front of the door to their abandoned shelter. Beer bottles everywhere. Broken glass on the floor and blood stains on the wall. Taehyung slowly opened the door and all he heard were the screams of his noona. Her tears cried out to him as he heard the demon beckoning to her again. "I told you to be still! If you would stop going to see that bastard and submit to me, you wouldn't have to face this!" I soon found myself stepping inside of Taehyung as he grabbed a nearby bottle, breaking it open and charging into the room. He pushed the man to the wall, stabbing him in the stomach with the broken glass bottle. He couldn't stop until I had stepped out of him. It was then that his sister's screams filled the air.

The demon was dead.