Ghost of you |jikook|✔️

Twenty Nine

"So what are we going to do now?" Asks a deep voice. A voice that Jungkook honestly missed hearing.

"Well first we need to figure out what the hecks going on." Stated Namjoon, crossing his arms.

They all sat in Jungkook and Jimins living room, a little awkward, but comfortable.

One of be biggest main reasons why Jungkook reached out to them was because of the current situation. He knew this was something he couldn't do himself.

Some was explained, not a lot.

"So uhm—" he scratched the back of his neck, awkwardness rising in his chest.

Jimin jumped up, seeing his awkwardness. He ran over from sitting beside Yoongi to nearly hopping on Jungkooks lap and wrapping his arms around him comfortably.

Jungkooks body visibly relaxed as Jimin placed his head on his shoulder.

"Where do we even start?" Jungkook clasped his hands together, his tongue sweeping out and licking his bottom lip.

"Yoongi." The AI then calls out, his eyes concentrating on the silver haired boy on the opposite couch.

"What do you know about Kang?"

Yoongis eyes narrowed visibly as his eyebrow rose.

"What do you mean? I grew up with him. He's a childhood friend."

Then it was like Jimins eyes became stern, a stern expression of someone who made it hard to look mad. That coming from Jimin, Yoongi gulped.

"He comes from a line of doctors. Well, mostly doctors. Both of his parents were. He became interested in the researching of AIs after learning his grandfather built them." Yoongi then sat back, crossing one leg over the other as he placed his hands behind his head and leaned back comfortably.

"We were close but not really close. More like that one kind of duo that sits together in class because we didn't want to seem like a loner."—

"Though even if it was that kind of friendship we still kept in contact for years. We stopped talking for abit after high school and sometime after university I later learned that he had a son."

Jungkook leaned forward then, Jimin kind of following his movements as he was clinging to him.

"A son?"

"Yeah." Said Yoongi monotonously. "A son. Ah—what was his name again?"

Yoongi looked up at the ceiling, tapping his chin in deep thought.

"Ren? Raz?... R...R. It starts with an R."

Jimins eyes mulled over as he suddenly leaned more into Jungkook.

"Ray."

"Ray! Yes! That was his name. Wait. How did you know?"

Burying his face into Jungkooks shoulder, Jimin shook his head. His pink hair flopping around was the only thing that can be seen.

"I just do." He muffled out and Jungkook almost coo'ed at his cuteness.

Yoongi cleared his throat, getting the two boys stuck in their own world back to the conversation.

"Well, yeah. Had a son."

"So he died." Taehyung deadpanned then, his lips pursing.

"Yeah. He was pushed off a cliff." Said Yoongi, his voice stoic as he suddenly sat up more.

Jimin lifted his head as he felt Jungkook visibly tensing. As his eyes met his face all he saw was the colour drain out of Jungkooks face.

"Hey." Jimin whispered. "Are you okay?"

He obviously wasn't but it seemed like a reasonable question.

"I...I." Jungkook rambled out, he felt his stomach drop and he wanted to lurch right then and there.

Hoseok who was sitting not too far away from Jungkook pressed a hand to his forehead then.

"Hey. Jungkookie what's wrong?"

"Ray Kang." Jungkook rasped out. "How could I not have figured it out after I met Dr.Kang. Stupid stupid stupid!" He put his face in his palms. It was then that everyone nearly went quiet.

"What do you mean?" Asked Namjoon leaning closer. Eyes becoming stern. "Jungkook you didn't..."

"It... I knew him a long time ago. He erm.... we used to be in the same group. He bullied Jimin after I left and I—" he huffed out as he sat up straight then. Eyes becoming glossy.

"It was a stupid accident okay? I warned him but I didn't actually mean it!"

Everyone's eyes widened then as a sickening tense feeling ran through the room.

"You killed him." Hoseok whispered out.

"No. I didn't."

Jimin turned his head now, eyes studying Jungkook as he spoke.

"We were arguing. And it was our usual meet up spot—which was, by the way near the cliff. And he was yelling and so was I. It was becoming heated and then all of a sudden he was pointing a gun at me and I didn't know what to do." Jungkook huffed out, voice shaky but soft as he spoke. His eyes threatening with tears at the traumatic memory. "So I pushed him." He breathed out.

Silence.

"Jungkook. That's... I don't even know what to say. Why... why didn't you tell us?" Said Seokjin. There such a panic and a sadness to his voice that broke the youngers heart.

"I couldn't." He shook his head. "I know... I was stupid.  I was young and afraid. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't tell you guys because you wouldn't understand. He...continued to threaten Jimin. Making him traumatized and just straight up terrifying him. Then he pulled a gun at me... I'm sorry. I... I'm sorry." Jungkook sighed out putting his head in his hands again. His fingers tousling through his fair frustratedly.

"So..." Namjoon tapped his chin then.

"Wait." Said Yoongi as he suddenly stood up.

"Jimin why'd you'd ask me what I knew about Kang?"

Jimin, looked down as he fiddled with his fingers.

His eyes seemed to have flickered then before he closed them.

"Because he killed me and turned me into an AI. Well...half an AI." Jimin averted his eyes as he suddenly felt scared. "He tried to turn me into Ray...the data wouldn't work. So he erased my memories instead. And ... it's not all back but it's switching and—ah. I don't know."—

"It's scary and now I have an alternate personality which really is an AI. Just not Ray it's me but.. i don't know. AI me. Then there's actually me with memories but we share it."
Jimin just kept rambling on.

Normally he was going to keep this quiet but he found himself spilling everything without a second thought.

Everyone sat super quiet then. Like they stopped breathing.

Jimin nearly flinched at the sudden sharp intake of breath that left Jungkook.

"So..." Yoongi said dangerously quiet.

"If you're Jimin. Then who was the one we buried?"

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This book is close to the ending. I know I've been mostly quiet but I just wanted to say thanks to those of you who comment and vote, or just simply reading. Thanks, this by far has been my most favourites to write and I have never written this far in a fan fiction before literally. I always stopped around chapter 8. But anyways. Thanks, long chapter so I had to cut it in half.

Also thoughts on what should happen next? Anything I should possibly add before I end it soon?