Graduation was finally here, although nothing had really changed, specially for the one thing that made his life a bit out of the ordinary..
He'd still see them, almost everyday. Floating around like dark clouds or their humanoid form, showing their round.. bright eyes; always following following someone, old people mostly.. and it was a constant reminded of Jimin.
He sighed as they forced to listen to the principal's speech, he just wanted to get his diploma and be done with it.
"Hey" the boy sitting next to him at the auditorium whispered "we're gonna go for a couple drinks afterwards. Wanna join us?"
"I don't mean to be rude but.."
he thought for a second. He had never even bothered memorizing his classmates's names
"Minseok" he reminded him
"Sorry, Minseok"
"Come on, the whole class is going. It's like a 'goodbye' thing"
Is not like he wanted to, but he really had nothing to do until it was time to go to work
"Okay. Just for a bit, though"
"Sweet" Minseok smiled "Stick with me then"
And it wasn't the way he had imagined it.
To him it never made sense to grow attached to anyone there because, they would obviously leave.
But that afternoon, finally after a long time, he had fun, in between laughter and alcohol.
He exchanged phone numbers with some of his new friends, not forgetting Minseok's. If it wasn't for him, he would've spent that afternoon alone like any other day
"Take care, Taehyung!"
"You too" he waved goodbye and started heading to the store.
The streets were fairly empty, which wasn't really strange at that time of the day.
Only a little girl holdilg her mother's hand and a balloon were standing accross the road, waiting for the light to change as her mother looked for something inside her purse.
But something else caught his attention right away...
why was there a reaper there?
was it following them?
There was no one else around and none of them looked sick. It was unusual to see one close to a kid.
Tae observed his every movement, maybe it was just passing by.. but it wouldn't leave them
Something was definitely wronng, and his intuition proved to be accurate when he watched the balloon fly away from the little girl's hand and into the street.
Everything happened way too fast.
Before the woman could even react, Taehyung had thrown himself in front of the screeching car, pushing the girl back to safety.
The voice of the horrified driver as he called the ambulance and the mother's cry, holding her daughter and Taehyung's hand was the last thing he heard before his eyes started slowly closing.
He looked up one last time as the 'reaper' showed his human form, reaching for him
"Come on, Taehyung. It's time to go now"
..........
Tae opened his eyes to find himself inside a gray room.
Was he at the hospital?
"Taehyung!!" the shorter boy threw himself over him, and he didn't need a second to process it, wrapping his arms around Jimin and holding him as tight as he could.
"You lied to me" he mumbled, not letting him go.
After all this time, it was finally Jimin.. his Jimin
"I'm sorry Tae. I'm so sorry" he buried his face on the crook of his neck and Taehyung kissed the top of head
"I tried.. so many times. I had to find you. But they wouldn't let me die"
"But.. how did you know you'd be chosen too?"
"What do you mean chosen?"
"Tae.." he pulled back and stared at his eyes "not everyone becomes one of us when they die"
"Wait, what?!"
Jimin giggled "you're insane"
"It was worth trying" he took his hand, intertwining their fingers
"Taehyung, are you insinuating you fell in love with a 'thing' like me?" he smiled
"Hey, didn't you fall for an otaku like me?" he chuckled and put his hand on the back of Jimin's head, pulling him into a gentle kiss
"By the way, is the kid okay?"
"Uh, yeah.. that was..
They just used it so you wouldn't notice it was for you" he chuckled awkwardly "Nothing was gonna happen to her either way, don't worry she's fine"
"You guys are such jerks" he laughed
"I love you, Tae.. i'm happy you're here"
"So.. you're happy I finally died.."
"Oh my God! No!"
Taehyung couldn't help but laugh at how cute Jimin looked, touching foreheads
"I love you too, Jimin"
........
"I think he's ready" Hobi said "You've trained him well.
So Tae, you're going on your first assignment. But Jimin.." he turned to him "you're going with him, like I should've done with you the first time" he ordered and Yoongi nodded showing approval
"And are you sure there's no one else who has the same.. ability I have?"
"Absolutely positive" Yoongi replied
"That was a mess" Jimin said laughing
"I still can't believe how lame you were when trying to kill me" he mocked him and Jimin hit him with his elbow
"Oh, he tried to kill you??" Yoongi apparently wasn't aware of it but seemed amused
"Yeah" Tae continued "First he wanted me to slip and fall.. and then he tried to make me choke"
"Hey! The date thing doesn't count!"
"Of course it does!"
"That would've been funny because then it would've been two of yo~"
And as soon as Jimin said that he realized what he'd done and looked at Yoongi, who was giving him a death glare, and he couldn't do anything but to grab Taehyung's hand and run for their 'lives'
......
"Okay, Tae. He's supposed to die electrocuted. We should stay close, got it? He can't see us anyways" Jimin said and they stepped inside the place
The raven haired boy was messing with some wires and had gone into the kitchen, when he suddenly walked out.. and froze, letting the scissors fall to the floor while he stared right at them..
"OH MAN, HOLY SHIT"
