Truths Of A Lie

Uncanny Chill

I opened my eyes breathing hard and clammy. I had no idea what to do of think. Agust D is the bad guy and yet, I feel he is not.. Like he has a reason to kill.. Or a reason to hate..
I thought briefly of all this before realizing that my hand was in someone else's. I looked back up and saw him right there, smiling at me.. With that same smile that he gave right before he was murdered. My skin had gained ripples of goose bumps as he said,

"Jeon Jungkook."

Then he shook my hand. I watched my hand fall from his hands once he let go and then looked back up at him.

"You look disturbed. Almost as if you had watched a murder.." He said before chuckling. "Come on. Let me show you to your room." He patted my back and we began walking to my room. Once we were there, he turned to me and said, "You will take the clothes on your bed and take it with you to wash yourself of any impurities. Your next trip will require that your body is just as clean as your soul." I just blinked. I couldn't quite understand what all was happening or what he meant, but I would soon find out. "Rest in peace." He grinned and bumped his chest twice then made a peace sign. Then, he disappeared..

I stood there, staring at where he was for a long time just thinking. I thought about what all I had witnessed and then suddenly, I stopped.

I straightened up, picked up the clothes off my bed and began walking. I didn't care where I ended up, I just knew that I couldn't stay there, staring at nothing, forever. My feet carried me to the blue room. The room where the mysterious man had pushed me into the tub. But now, I wasn't afraid. I wasn't focused on his presence, the events that had just taken place or anything.

I didn't know how to feel.
So I didn't..

When I stepped in the tub, I sat down on the ledge and noticed a picture in the water at my feet. I picked up the picture, inspecting it and at first, it was all white. Then it began to gain colors and shapes as it dried. When it was completely dry, I saw six people in the picture. Nam Joon, Jin, Agust D, Taehyung, Jungkook and another stranger that Agust had his arm around.

I never expected Agust to ever be so friendly..

I sighed and let the picture fall outside of the tub. The water had not yet stopped and started to get up to my neck. I laid back and closed my eyes. Whenever I would open them, I would just stare at the ceiling and wait. Waiting for what? I had no clue. But at the same time, I knew.

Then suddenly, all at once, I felt myself begining to be engulfed in the sadness of those whom had felt the pain in those stories.

Jin's blade in his stomach..

Nam Joon's execution..

Agust D's burned flesh..

Taehyung's years of abuse, guilt and loneliness..

Jungkook's smile as he embraced death..

I tried to open my eyes, but I could never be rid of the screams of the woman who found Jin, or the smile plastered onto Jungkook's face, Taehyung's bloody hands, or even the haunting eyes of Nam Joon and Agust D.. Their eyes burned with great fire and I had no place to hide from them.

And I didn't want to either..

I found myself wanting not to run, but to be around them. Their grim tales only being what intrigued me more.

I want to be like them and help them.

The moment thought those words, it was then that I had felt their pain. I felt a blade piercing through my stomach, cuts all over my body, punches and the electricity surge through me. It was too much to bare and I began to scream. I knew I was sweating from the intense pain, but yet, still, I was in the water.

And the water began to turn to blood and my tears blurred my vision. I couldn't cope with what I was seeing. I closed my eyes and let out a piercing scream as I covered them with my hand. Then just as soon as it came, the pain stopped and I could breathe.

I felt my body become limp and begin to sink into the water. The feeling was overwhelming me and pretty soon, my face had been submerged. It was a calm feeling and yet, it made me tense up with anxiety. I didn't know what to think and suddenly, I saw him. He was staring at me from outside of the tub and I soon found myself sitting on the floor outside of the tub, shaking and breathing hard.

The water splashing onto my back..

The images in my head..

I could see his eyes..

His green tears..

The bloody eyes..

His struggle..

And I knew he was there..

I stood up and began walking towards the rack where a dry towel was so that I could change clothes and go back to my room where I knew I would hardly sleep.
I dried my face and turned around. The water was still overflowing. I sighed before walking over to turn off the water, but when I tried to turn the water off, it wouldn't turn off. Backed up and hurried to grab my clothes so that I could put them on and leave. Once I touched the door knob, I paused. Something was different.

I turned back around to see that the water was not only off, but the whole room looked like it had never been touched by a drop of water. And then it dawned on me.

I had never even turned on the water in the first place..

So what all did I do? Why was I hallucinating? Why did I feel all those things and did I ever even take a bath?

I looked down at myself. I was wearing the clothes that were on the bed.. Confused, I left the room immediately and went straight to the room.