HEAVEN IN HELL ; YOONMIN

i can't take another night

12

HELL

yoongi can hear jimin's panicked cries through the door, worry immediately settling in his bones. he manages to unlock the door with shaky hands, and pushes it open quickly.
as soon as he enters the cell, yoongi notices something new in addition to the new cuts and bruises on jimin's face.
his robes have been torn, and immediately after yoongi unchains him, jimin pulls them up to cover his bare chest.

"thank you," jimin chokes out, his voice rough and watery with tears.
yoongi furrows his brow in confusion, and sits in front of him on his knees.
jimin meets his eyes for only a second before looking away and continuing through labored breaths and stuttering cries.
"they left because you arrived, if you hadn't come when you did, he would have-" jimin cuts himself off with a sob, his face crumbling to pure dismay.
jimin brings one arm to his face, burrowing his eyes in the crook of his elbow, while the other hand grips the front of his robes tightly to hold them in place.
"he said he's coming back tonight," he croaks.

"yoongi," he sobs, "i can't stay."
jimin lowers his arm from his face, the soft skin doing nothing to wipe away the boy's tears. jimin knows the plan was to leave the next morning, but the prospect of enduring the night sends him into a mind numbing panic.
yoongi lifts a hand to jimin's face, frowning deeply when he flinches away from the movement. yoongi drops his hand back to his lap, his heart aches at the idea of jimin fearing him, and aches even more at the idea of him staying.
jimin's eyes widen and his hand shoots out to grip the hand in yoongi's lap, he brings the hand to his face and mumbles out a mess of 'sorrys.'
the warmth of yoongi's fingers immediately spreads calming through his cheek, the soothing heat giving him comfort he could never grow tired of.

yoongi swipes a thumb across jimin's cheek for a moment, his thoughts shifting to the consequences he will face if they are caught.
yoongi stands quickly and pulls his hand away.
jimin looks up at him in shock, his hand still hovering by his face where their hands had been connected.
"we must leave quickly or we'll run out of time," yoongi says hurriedly, his fingers fumbling to tie jimin's robes at his shoulder, a makeshift knot holding them in place.

with a firm grip on jimin's ribs, he helps the boy to his feet, jimin's hands grappling at yoongi's shoulders to support himself. his knees immediately buckle and shake after not being used for so long.
yoongi moves him to stand by his side, one arm thrown over yoongi's shoulder so that he can bare most of the weight.

it is with wobbly knees that jimin takes his first step, fingers tightly gripping yoongi's shirt where it lies on his shoulder.
as fast as jimin can move, they exit the cell and turn down the hall to the main entrance.
jimin's feet often drag more than walk, the top of his foot scraping across the dirty ground and he attempts to get real steps in.
there's a blossoming pain in jimin's ribs, and his body aches from the beatings he has received during the almost week that he's been here.
yoongi checks his watch as the exit they front door, they don't have much time before taehyung will be within eyesight, and at the speed jimin in traveling, yoongi will be thrown into the pits of fire before they can reach the gate.
yoongi's mind races, brain scrambling to come up with a new plan, all the while pulling jimin down the path to the gate.

just around the side of the prison, hyuntae's eyes narrow at the two figures walking from the main entrance, his fingers leaving a crushing grip on the corner of the building.
in a fit of rage he lets out a yell of pure anger, pushing himself off the building and using his wings to fly at an incredible speed. his partner takes off behind him, mind whirling and becoming putty in his skull.

yoongi turns his head at the yell, his eyes widening when he sees the two demons approaching them quickly.
without a second to waste, yoongi scoops jimin into his arms bridal style and takes off, wings catapulting him closer to the gate every second.
jimin wraps both arms around yoongi's neck, attempting to bring himself as close to him as possible.

yoongi looks back to see the smaller of the two demons gripping at hyuntae's arm in an attempt to pull him in the opposite direction, but he doesn't seem to be making much headway. he successfully slows the taller man for a moment, before hyuntae escapes from his grasp and throws the nameless man to the ground.
yoongi's head throbs as he sees the man lying unconscious, and forces himself to turn his attention forward.
the gate is only just out of reach, yoongi pushing himself to fly faster than he ever has before.
hyuntae's fingers graze the back of yoongi's shirt, gritting his teeth in anger when yoongi pulls just enough ahead to escape his grasp.

with hyuntae only centimeters behind him, yoongi explodes through the gate and takes a sharp right turn, hyuntae instead flying straight into the wall of the alleyway in front of him.
hyuntae snarls and hits the bricks with his fist before taking off again behind them.
the short pause was enough to give yoongi a head start, but with the added weight of jimin in his arms, he can feel his speed decreasing.

jimin shakes in his arms, practically glowing at being returned to the lords presence. as if he can finally breathe, he inhaled through his nose and the air resonates through his entire being. head finally clear enough to think, jimin directs his attention to their surroundings.

"over there!" jimin points to a building just across the street. yoongi kicks it into high gear, hyuntae approaching again quickly.
in a shine of blinding light the gate to heaven opens, jimin's arms wrapping tighter around yoongi at the sight of his home.

yoongi looks behind his shoulder just long enough to see hyuntae right behind him before looking back to the gate.
if he stays on earth hyuntae will surely catch him, but if he enters heaven he will surely die.
with a shake of his head, yoongi grits his teeth and throws himself and jimin through the gate.

hyuntae's eyes widen at the entrance right in front of him, taking a sharp left turn to avoid launching himself into the realm that will destroy him.

in a puff of light grey smoke, yoongi falls to the ground with jimin still in his arms, landing on his back with jimin on his chest to avoid crushing him.
angels scream at the sight of a demon in their realm, eyes widening even more when they see jimin in his arms.
yoongi pushes away from jimin and rolls to his side, his body burning at the atmosphere attacking his being.

jimin pushes himself up on his elbows and crawls to yoongi's side as angels surround them.
yoongi gasps at the feeling of jimin's cold touch on his burning skin, both hands gripping his hair impossibly tight and face scrunched in pain.
with the feeling of jimin's ice cold touch, the pain eases just enough for sleep to overcome him.