demonic (Taekook)

9

Jungkook drug himself out of bed to get ready for his shift at the shop after a long sleepless night. His eyes were slightly bloodshot and dark circles ghosted underneath his swollen eyes, staining his pale fair skin. He frowned at his appearance in the mirror before stripping down and washing before dressing and heading out.

He made it through the afternoon and well into the night with few issues save a few broken bowls carelessly dropped due to his sleep deprived state. His slow pace meant he would be staying late just to finish, more torture to his already tired body. His mind lilted aimlessly as he washed bowl after bowl, sudsing them up, scrubbing, rising, drying, and stacking. The pattern threatened to lull him to sleep if it weren't for his hyperactive mind. Images of the night before flashing through his mind. He had been so ready to die. So desperate to grab onto what little power he had left and free himself from being the plaything of a demon that he didn't even notice that it was just another one of Taehyungs games to render him utterly powerless. He stared at the last bowl a moment before rinsing and drying it, taking a deep breath before locking up and heading home.

The outside air was brisker than it had been all week, Jungkook faintly regretted not bringing a jacket. He stumbled along the semi familiar roads, half asleep when he went to turn only to find that there wasn't a street. He shook himself from his exhausted haze and realized he had no fucking idea where he was. Slight panic edged its way up in his mind, but he forced it down, pulling out his phone to get directions back to his apartment. He turned back the way he came, heading back to the entrance of the narrow road he was on when a group of men walked out from the shadow of one of the buildings. Jungkook narrowed his eyes as the men seemingly walked from the shadows, as if the shadows were a physical thing that had hid them. He blamed his tired eyes tricking him and rubbed them to clear some of the haze.

"Yah.... are you lost man?" One of the men called out to Jungkook, eyebrow raised, smirk playing at his lips.

"M'not lost..." Jungkook mumbled out, not wanting to pick a fight with a bunch of gangsters or whatever these guys were supposed to be. He stuffed his hands into his hoodie as the group surrounded him. He tried pushing his way out, back the way he came, but was shoved back hard.

"You're leaving? But we've just met?" A cheery voice sounded from the back of the group and a slight part was made as a shorter blond haired boy that looked around Jungkooks age came forth.

The guy stopped and stared at Jungkook while a wide smile went beyond just his lips, going so far as to crinkle around his eyes. Jungkook stood confused. This guy didn't look like a gangster at all...

He circled him, eyeing him up and down. "I can see why he's taken an interest in you..." He shut his eyes, lids forming into delicate crescents as he inhaled through his nose "You smell so strong, its even driving me nuts."

The blond haired male opened his eyes and grinned again, this time his features hinted at a more fiendish nature that made Jungkooks heart jolt. His eyes flickered around the group, his brain noting the many things he somehow missed at first glance. The pointed ears on some of the men along with sharp, pointy toothed grins.

He backed up in the opposite direction, running away from the short blond boy, legs stumbling to reach to the high speed his brain demanded.

He ran, no hands holding him back this time. The haunting laughter he heard as he wheeled around the corner of the street made his stomach drop to his feet. He ran for about a block and a half, lung wheezing for air as he shoved past people, ignoring the angry shouts thrown at him as he sped by. As he rounded another street, he felt his whole body get tugged harshly to the side like a ragdoll, sending him skittering into a cluster of garbage cans. The air was forced from his lungs at the sudden impact until they righted themselves and began sucking in greedy gulps of rancid smelling air.