You're In Danger (#WATTYS2019) [COMPLETED]

The Day My Life Ended (Pt. 2) Charter 15

Jungkook lay in the dank, dark coldness of the room he has been locked into for the last 2 1/2 days. He has not had food or water since then save the ice cold water thrown on him every morning to remind him of where he is at. He is cold beyond measure and tired because he is unable to sleep. His sleep has come in the form of sheer mental exhaustion and is fitful and plagued by horrible visions.

One such vision is of seeing Jimin. The dream starts out with him being yanked by the man he has come to know as the "The Beast", up from the floor, hands tied behind his back and a hood thrown over his head. Then he is shoved into a room where he falls to his knees harshly and the hood is removed. In the vision the light is blinding and he cannot focus as he has been in the dark for so long. Then he remembers Jimin. Oh, his sweet and wonderful Jimin. Jungkook's heart aches. The vision is surreal. It can't be real. He hasn't seen Jimin since they were taken but with sleep deprivation and starvation nothing seems real anymore. He remembers the vision of Jimin giving him sweet kisses and how he so much wanted to return them but was completely unable to due to the ties. He remembers the vision holding his face and telling him how much he loved him. He, also remembers hearing Jimin saying don't give up . Stay strong that they will get out of this. Jungkook wants to believe with all of his heart that those words are true. In his hunger addled mind he remembers hearing:

"I love you, baby." Jimin says but Jungkook just looks at him blankly.

"DAMMIT, JUNGKOOK-AH!!! LISTEN!!!" as he slaps Jungkook's face to get his attention better.

God, that hurt. Why did Jimin hit me so hard? He tries to shake off the memory of the slap even though in his mind this is all a dream.

"SHIT!  Jungkook!  Repeat after me, ok?"  Jimin says.  "Jimin loves me no matter what."

Jungkook thinks to himself, "Is that true? Does he really? Oh, yeah, this is a dream."

"Whatever happens Jimin will always love me forever."  Jimin says.

Jungkook thinks, "what's gonna happen Jiminie? I don't understand?"

"JUNGKOOK!!!  ATTENTION!!  I don't have much time left."  Jimin says.  "No matter what you see or hear, I will always be the love of your life.  Now repeat, 'No matter what I see or hear Jimin will always be the love of my life."  Jimin says in exasperation.

"No matter what I see or hear Jimin will always be the love of my life."  Jungkook repeats. He whispers this last statement to himself taking cold comfort from it but not knowing why he is repeating it.

Then the nightmare kicks in...

"No, no, no, no, Jimin-ah, no.  Please that's not what I think it is.  Please Jimin-ah..." Jungkook is panicking.  "NO!!!!! JIMIN-AH!!  NO!!!  DON'T DO THIS TO ME!!!"

From that point on Jungkook only remembers the panic at seeing the hickeys on Jimin's neck. It's all he can think of and anything before or after is a joke. His mind playing nasty tricks on him.

"I love you, Jungkook-ah!  Don't ever forget that.  I love you!"  Jimin says as the door slams shut.

He hears Jimin's last words but they do not register because all he sees are the hickeys. Jungkook's starved mind refuses to believe that Jimin was there. That he told him to hold on and believe and no matter what he loved him more than anything else.

Jungkook throws the cold damp covers off on the mattress, rolls on his back and wails in utter agony at the cruel joke of a dream. His mind, body and spirit are slowly dying and he's not sure which is worse the slow death by starvation or the slow death by degredation of his beliefs. He wants desparately to believe that the vision is real but if its not than he needs to believe that it is a vision of Jimin that the older wants Jungkook to remember to survive...but the hickeys.

Jungkook prays to a god he wasn't sure he believed in.

"God? Please hear my pray. Please save me from this hell. Please, I beg of you. Did I do something wrong to deserve such harsh treatment? Is this my punishment for loving another man? Is this the death I am to experience? If this is true then please make this the day my life ended." Jungkook pleads.

Jungkook waits in dark, cold silence yet he hears nothing in return. He lays on the nothing of a mattress and prays for some comfort to arrive. Some savior. Something...anything.