When the Moon Falls Asleep
Authour: SilverAndGreen
Retrieved from: Ao3
Words: 3672
Ship: Jimin×Taehyung
Summary:
When two souls meet under the light of the moon, they search for answers in each other's existence.
Or
Soulmate AU.
Based off 4 o'clock by Taehyung and Namjoon.
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As the dark swallows up the world, it chases all life away. Colours flee for the darkness, leaving behind their empty frames to remain still until the sun rises once more to call them back, safely to where they belong. Perhaps that is why the night is a feared enemy to many.
Tonight, however, the night's Guardian shines brightly. It brings a calming hue as it hangs in the sky, observant yet non-judgemental of a single man, who is dipped in that same deep indigo glow as the pebbles his feet touch, and the trees that remain completely still as he passes by them; travels through their home. Every force of life connects to him, silently; they stare after him as his footsteps softly crunch on the path he walks. This place seems familiar to him, yet he finds it mystically transformed under the light of the moon. It is a serene world. One where he hopes to find answers.
Although reason unclear, Taehyung finds a pandemonium inside of him; his head filled with things he can't grasp. None of these things take a particular form or shape, but they shout at him from afar. His mind seems to be playing tricks on him, and occasionally a small part of the chaos closes in, in ambiguous flares of colours and jolts of threatening lightning. Perhaps he has forgotten something, or perhaps he is the one who has gone forgotten. Not knowing wears him out. If only he could see clearly; to give them a place in his head.
This path he walks leads nowhere else but to the other side of the park, yet he feels this is where the road leads him tonight. Something pulls him in. Maybe in the midst of this silence he will be able to pick apart the unrest inside of him. He passes forms of life that seems to have found a permanent home in this realm, and a slight jealousy pulls at him as he observes them quietly, in respectful awe of their greatness. They look so at peace in trance under the blue moon, the only trace of their own colour to be found in the subtle scent of grass and leaves, untouched and flawless.
Unconscious his feet have stopped in their tracks, Taehyung turns his head left. He finds himself at the border of an open field, so large it could have at least fit a few hundred of him. In the middle stands a single giant lifeform proudly and powerfully rooted in the earth. A cherry blossom Protector that overlooks the park, casting a large shadow over the field as the moon hangs behind it.
From within the darkness below the tree, Taehyung feels something move; an unseen series of whispers that ripple toward him. He casts a glance back into the direction he was heading in, only to find that this is where the path stops, leaving only a thick collection of bushes for him to stare at. Granted, he's a mess, but he could have sworn he was headed further into the park.
Something up ahead rustles once more, and there is a sudden soft humming that he had not heard the first time around. A song? Is this his mind deceiving him once again? Taehyung steps off the path and lets the sound pull him in, the path of pebbles soon forgotten as the blossom Protector grows bigger before him, and the melody takes a shape. The beauty of it is not captured in mere sound. It blends in with the environment like it belongs here, unlike him.
Blue.
There is something healing about it, Taehyung finds as he closes in. In this moment, it is his only wish to absorb whatever he can; let it soothe the raging storm inside of him. This is the answer to everything, he feels. Here he will find peace.
