murder

day 3 [part a]

another rude awakening for taehyung.

a prison guard down the hall was screaming at an inmate for trying to get out of his cell.

taehyung was beyond angry for being woken up in this manner, but remembering his new friend, jimin, made him happy.

walking down the stairs and to the cafeteria for roll call, taehyung easily picked out which inmate was jimin.

he giggled at jimin, who was significantly shorter than a lot, if not all the inmates.

after catching up to jimin, taehyung wrapped his arm around him, giving him quite a scare.

"ah!" jimin shouted, stepping back.

"oh," he exhaled, "it's you, tae tae!"

taehyung nodded, smiling at the new nickname he received.

"how do the crows know to retreat back here everyday?" taehyung asked, looking up into the tree he and jimin sat under.

jimin thought for a moment, but all he really understood was that these crows were carrier crows.

"carrier crows?" taehyung asked.

"yeah, you know, like the ones that deliver messages," jimin explained.

taehyung's mouth gaped open in amazement, only to cause the chewed up eggs he was eating to fall out of his mouth and onto the ground.

a few crows flew down to eat the eggs.

jimin, being the timid man he was, ran away as soon as the crows ascended onto the ground.

taehyung watched the crows up close for the first time, and noticed a small piece of paper wrapped around one of the crow's legs.

he waited carefully while the crow ate, and sneakily took the piece of paper off of the crow's leg.

Unraveling it, taehyung read:

"to whomever may be reading this:

i don't know how you were able to notice the paper on the crow, so if you did, you must be quite observant.

as pathetic as this sounds, i really need someone to talk to.

if you find this note, write back to be by sunset, because that's when the crows fly back to my backyard.

i don't know where the crows go, but i hope you're at least nice!

talk soon(?) -M.K."

jimin was right! taehyung thought.

he started wondering what this person was like.

what type of life they led...

during lunch, taehyung asked jimin if the inmates were allowed to have a pen or paper.

"pens and papers are contraband items because inmates use them to write secret codes or plot escapes," jimin started, causing taehyung to frown, "but.... I may be able to get some for you!"

taehyung lit up, causing jimin to smile at his friend's reaction.

so before evening role call, taehyung was given a small notepad and a pen, along with a mini tape dispenser.

taehyung thought of what to write to his new pen pal....