The Tales of Angel and Devil

35

Day by day passes and Yoongi’s and Jungkook’s body still nowhere to be found. They’ve tried all way as they can. Taehyung even asks Namjoon their whereabout but indeed, he was being blamed. Since the polices are all there, they calmed Taehyung who was sobbing so hard and keep blaming himself by telling him that those are not his fault. Mr. Jung even calmed him. His subordinates think that maybe he did it because Taehyung is an important person to her daughter.

It is decided that Taehyung will receive a punishment of imprisonment for three years. Namjoon, on the other hand, who had killed his own brother and people, receive imprisonment for life. As for Seokjin, who only hide the culprits was sentenced for only one year, since another one year had been deducted because Sojung abort her claim on stabbing her.

At first, Namjoon was kept in a regular prison but since he tried to kill someone in the prison because of his unstoppable desire to kill, police decided to put him in mental hospital. There, he is treated for his ‘illness’. Day by day, he is improving but once he is okay, he will be put in the prison back. And now, after six month leave in mental hospital, he is back to the prison. Yeah, it’s not that hard to cure people’s addiction only if he also has the same desire to stop his madness.

“What are you doing here? Didn’t I’ve said before don’t visit me?!” Namjoon seems totally irritated. But, at least, he doesn’t seems like he hates her like before.

“Oppa, it is six months now. Are you still going to hide Jungkook and Yoongi? Taehyung misses them too.”

“Jung.Ye.Rin.” Namjoon spells the name syllable by syllable.

“Things done cannot be undo. And now, I admit that I regret it but the fact that I’ve killed my brother cannot be changed! I don’t know why it is hard for you to believe that I’ve killed them but this hand!” Namjoon lifts his hand. “This hand is the hand that put the poison gas in the room. I did it day before I met the customer. It has passed! The one who had gone, is gone! And never come back!”

“I’ve told you before that I don’t believe you have the will to kill your brother…”

“And what did I say?” Namjoon interrupted.

“That you are annoyed they betrayed you except for Jimin. And the day you put down the gun was not because of Taehyung, but because of Jimin,” Yerin answers, exactly the same with what Namjoon told her months before. Namjoon nods.

“Before, I don’t even regret it. But now, jinjja, I regret it. Yerin-ah, Taehyung was right. You ought to see things in positive views and thank you for believing that I’m a good guy. But the fact is I’m not! I’m used to kill that I can’t even stop it. Until I’ve killed my own brother. Yerin-ah, gomapta (thank you to you). If you didn’t come on that day, I think Taehyung was gonna get killed. I’m sorry for luring you to come over too. I planned. If you come before we leave that warehouse, you gonna be the witness of the kill. And you are supposed to be traumatic, seeing Taehyung shot in front of you. My point, I want you to see that this world is not as beautiful as your imagination. But the thing didn’t happen. I only killed two of brothers. I’m not going to blame myself for Jimin’s death. It’s the cop’s doing. And thank you too for putting Jimin in the Columbarium. I taught my brothers to just throw our victims’ ashes in the water but you, put him nicely in the columbarium. I’m sorry for not thanking you earlier. I hope you will stop to see me. I don’t want any visitor,” Namjoon stands up and re-enter his cell.

Yerin froze there. So, there’s no hope that the brothers are save! Since Namjoon keep insisting and after six months the story still same, Yerin found there’s no proof that they boys are still alive. Even how they handle the victims’ body is still the same.

Namjoon admitted earlier on his interrogation that they burned the body and release their ashes in river, sea, and sometimes even flush them from the toilet. The reason how the police found one of a female’s skeleton is because Taehyung is the one who handled the body. Kind Taehyung have no heart to burn them, so he buried them, hoping that one day, their family will found them. But because of his kindness, Jimin was ordered to handle the body. And earlier, Namjoon said to Taehyung, straight in his eyes, that Taehyung is the causes too. He wants to clean up by staining other people. Taehyung was taken to counselling as he seems lost with Namjoon’s words.

***

“Hey,” Yerin smiles.

“Hey,” Taehyung replies.

“How are you?”

“I’m not fine. Didn’t I tell you we only can meet once a month? This is the second time for this month. How about your studies?” Taehyung nags and Yerin laughs.

“Yah, I’m on break. Don’t worry. I’ll be in Seoul for two weeks. And I’ll visit you everyday.”

“Yah, don’t burnout yourself, okay? On break means that…”

“You are breaking from all work,” Yerin continues Taehyung’s sentence and giggled.

“Ara. But seeing you in front of my eyes relaxing me. I feel energized!” Yerin says it straight forwardly. Taehyung smiles playfully. He’s so cute being that way!

“Owh, how about Sojung and Seokjin hyung?” Taehyung asks. Since they live in different cell, Taehyung doesn’t know much about him.

“Erm.. I think they back to be like in new stages? They are just starting everything all over so I think it took some time,” Yerin replies.

Medias hardly take off their camera after Sojung since they found out Sojung always come to visit a prisoner these days. Sojung almost lose investors in her dad’s company too because media reported that she is having an affair with prisoner which is not good for the company’s image. But since Sojung became firm with them, and also actively sue several medias that have gone overboard, the investors do not dare to question her ability anymore.

They chatted a lot of things that day, just like previous days.

***

“Close the case,” Mr. Jung orders while taking off his eyes from the camera.

Actually, even though they have decided sentences to Taehyung and Namjoon, Mr. Jung still doesn’t stop to haunt for the other suspects and that, the case is not closed yet.

But since Mr. Jung orders for the case to be closed, Yoongi and Jungkook are officially declared as dead.