THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 37 Feeling Like Close To The End

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Chapter 37

Feeling Like Close To The End

The sound of the approaching vampires was now close, really close, just outside. The two boys could distinguish different noises. Heavy slow steps, fast, scattered rattle of someone running, breaking of dry wood as the creatures stepped on it, growling, slurping and some thin meowing sound that made the hair on both their necks bristle up with fear.
Taehyung felt like his heart was going to break free out of his chest. He'd never been that afraid his entire life. Due to the fact that their little hideaway was on the third floor of the building he could not see the monsters but the sound they produced was loud enough and made him steadily drop down into full out panic.
Jungkook was pressed against the wall on the other side of the window. Tae couldn't clearly distinguish his features in the dark but he could hear his hastened breathing although otherwise the other was as still as a stone. Their position at the window wall ensured that if anyone would try and look inside the small room through there, it would be impossible to see them. But who would look inside a window at the third floor? Those were real vampires! They could smell them, sense the warmth, anything they wanted. Tae was getting more and more scared.
Tae's attention turned back towards the sound downstairs. His fear grew in parallel with his dreadful thoughts. The noises from the forest sounded like a hundred feet were marching. The vampires couldn't be that many, could they? He suddenly had to know... Just a glimpse outside, just to be certain, he had to know what or who was that. How many were they? A quick look wouldn't hurt anyone. They were on the third floor, probably the beasts were not going to notice him anyway. Just to check and...
Tae slowly stretched his neck, trying to shape something out there, behind the dirty glass. Black. He narrowed his eyes... Suddenly a strong jerk moved him out of the window, he lost his balance and in a moment his back was pressed hard against Jungkook's warm chest, the boy's arm wrapped tight around him.
"What the..." Tae thought. It was just a quick look, no harm would come from that. He tried to break free from Jungkook's grasp but the other was holding him with all his strength. Then it happened. Something landed on the window ledge. Something big and winged. The figure seemed blindingly black. The creature grasped itself on the stone ledge, tilted its head towards the sky and a deafening beastly growl escaped its throat.
"It saw me!" Tae was thinking. "Fuck, it saw me!"
The only reason Taehyung wasn't already screaming was the fact that the maddening fear he was feeling had frozen him into a shocked, passive kind of state where he could only observe in disbelief as his brain couldn't quite digest what was happening.
But deep down he knew, he knew that the vampires had found them. A minute more and they were doomed. They had to run! They had to save their lives or just stay here and feed the monsters with their flesh. His muscles tightened, ready for action, every part of his body trembling with horror. Tae had never been that close to vampires before, he never imagined that he could be that scared.
Then he felt it. Jungkook's thumb was slowly touching the side of his neck. He wasn't making a sound but his hand kept on caressing Tae's skin in a slow steady motion while his other arm was holding him tight against his chest. The message was clear.
Tae uneasily rested his body against Jungkook chest. The boy was breathing shallowly behind him, trying to stay as silent as possible. His warm ticklish breath caressed Tae's neck as a feathery wind. Taehyung relaxed even further. His panic gave way to more clear and thoughtful understanding of the situation they were in. Every spare noise could turn the entire vampire pack on them. There was no escape from here, not by running anyway. Their only chance for survival was to stay really quiet and hope that the monsters are not going to sniff them.
Tae leaned completely back, his head dropped on Jungkook's shoulder and he closed his eyes. Jungkook's grip on his torso loosened as his friend felt his surrender. His other hand cupped his head and gently caressed his hair. In a moment like that it felt amazingly calming. They could die out here every moment now but somehow it wasn't that important to Taehyung now. They were together in this and Jungkook's presence was the only thing that mattered now. Jungkook would know what to do, nothing bad could happen to them while Jungkook was here. Tae inhaled slowly and Jungkook's scent filled his lungs. Yes, he was certain that they would survive this night.