evanescence | bts ff

달콤한 유혹 | 05

sweet temptation | p a r t f i v e

SEOKJIN WOKE UP IN A DAZE. "Huh? Why do I feel so weird?" Groggily, he sat up, rubbing his tired eyes awake.

"When did I fall asleep?" he mumbled.

His blurry vision from sleep soon faded, only to then be blinded by a bright light coming from the open window beside him. Seokjin scrambled to shield his eyes with his blanket as he mumbled something incoherently under his breath, the bright light stinging his tired eyes.

Strange. I always close the curtains before falling asleep.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to him as his brows drew together in confusion.

Wait a minute.

I don't even remember falling asleep in the first place.

Seokjin blinked hard to chase away the drowsiness, questions increasing the more he awoke; Why am I so tired? Did I drink too much at the company dinner? No, I don't remember drinking more than two glasses. So, why do I feel so--

A voice interrupted him, breaking him out of his thoughts. "Wake up already, Jin-hyung! We'll be late for the entrance ceremony!"

Seokjin's eyes widened upon hearing the male's voice, one so familiar and distinct it couldn't have been anyone else. It can't be. That voice sounded like...

Seokjin whipped around harshly, hurting the back of his neck in the process. He winced as he rubbed the back of his neck, trying to ease the pain.

That voice...

It's not possible, he thought in horror, recognizing the voice.

He's dead.

"Ah, that must have hurt. What, are you possessed, hyung?" he jested laughing at his own joke. The amused tone he always carried, the deep voice he missed so much, it was all there.

Seokjin didn't want to look up, to see him standing there with his grin plastered on his face, only to wake up all alone in his cold apartment once again. He'd lost count how many times he had had that same dream, over and over the past few years. He couldn't bear to go through that again. So, instead he kept his eyes glued to the wooden floor boards in front of his bed.

"... Taehyung?" Seokjin whispered out loud, half-expecting to wake up in cold sweat. But he never did.

Instead Taehyung blinked, confusion evident on his face, and answered him. "Yes?"

달콤한 유혹 | sweet temptation

Seokjin looked up and he was right. It was Taehyung. He couldn't believe his eyes. Taehyung was there, standing in the middle of the doorway, arms crossed wearing his signature grin on his face.

Taehyung was there.

Looking at him standing in front of Seokjin as if this were reality, it felt surreal. If he didn't know any better, Seokjin would have thought this was in fact reality.

Don't kid yourself, his inner-voice reasoned. This has to be some illusion, a mirage -- anything! There's a plausible explanation why this all seems to real because there's no way he could actually be there.

"But," he paused. "How are you here?" Seokjin said, voicing one of his thoughts out of the chaos that was his mind.

Taehyung laughed lightly, a sound that was like music to Seokjin's ears. "Well you are the one who invited me to sleep over yesterday, weren't you? Now, please hurry up or we'll be late! The others are already waiting at the school." he spoke lightly as he made his way out the door.