THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 54 EPILOGUE

Chapter 54

EPILOGUE

Jimin was standing next to the window of his bedroom peering out through the glass, trying in vain to see through the blackness outside. His vampire sight was long gone and sometimes he missed the brightly colored night that revealed itself only before vampire eyes. The frightening yet strangely appealing world of the disease that briefly revealed itself before his eyes often haunted him in his thoughts and he felt grateful for the experience although he almost paid for it with his life.

Jimin sighed, pulled the curtain down and stepped away from the window. Jungkook was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding an open book into his hands yet his gaze didn't seem to move across the pages. His eyes were absentmindedly stilled somewhere randomly on the wall while their owner looked lost in some world of his own.

Jimin sat next to him and slowly pulled the book out of his loosened fingers. The boy blinked away his bemusement and looked up at his lover.

"What are you thinking about?" Jimin closed the book and put it on the night stand.

"Nothing..."

"You can tell me." Jimin said quietly.

Jungkook stayed silent for a moment.

"I was thinking about Tae..." He looked at Jimin to see if he will be displeased by that but there was nothing but calm attention on his lover's face.

"Well he..." Jimin hesitated. "He said... that he still needs time... I think that he wants to see you, though."

Jungkook nodded and looked away. The thought of Tae evading him made the same bitter pain seep constantly inside his throat. Although he wasn't expecting much after the way he left...

"I'd like to see him too... I miss him..." He whispered quietly. Perhaps Jimin wasn't the right man to vocalize his anguish to but he had to tell him anyway. He had to tell somebody what was eating him every night he went to bed.

Jimin hummed in agreement with a worried expression on his face. His hand unconsciously pushed his hair back away from his forehead. The troublesome locks jumped back almost immediately. He didn't seem to notice, some other issue seemed to occupy his entire attention. Finally he spoke.

"I've been thinking this, Jungkookie... For quite some time..."

"What?"

"I've been thinking that somehow I managed to get it all... We made the cure... There is a lot of work to be put there, lots of effort from me and other people to make it right. But still, we have it. The first version of it is already in production. My dream had come true and can't believe it happened! I fell almost like in a dream. And I have you... and I love you so much, there is nothing else I'd rather do than spend every second of my time wit you... my love... I should be happy, right?"

"Well... Aren't you?" What was Jimin trying to say?

"I am..., it's just... I can't stop thinking about him... Just like you. I think about how lonely he is and that we are the reason for that... that my entire happiness, that everything I have is build on Tae's unhappiness. I also think that I miss him sometimes... Just like you do... Do you know what I mean?"

"Yes, Jiminie, I know what you mean." Jungkook nodded. Suddenly it didn't feel that inappropriate to talk with Jimin about Tae, it started to feel just right...

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Taehyung entered the cozy spacious room warmed pleasantly by the brightly colored afternoon rays of the setting sun. The dusty air was painted prodigally by the light and the inside of the place looked like wide orange lines were drawn here and there across it by the hand of an excited artist.