The Cult

Chapter one: She's dead

“Mom.” Jimin calls his mother's attention as he entered the house.

He came back home as soon as he could.

Bringing news.

His mother turns to him.

There she is, in the kitchen holding a spoon as she was about to taste the soup she made. She drop the spoon as she hurried to welcome her son with a warmest embrace she could.

“Son, I missed you.” She breathe.

Jimin embraced his mother tightly not letting her to pull away as she was about to, he buries his face on her neck and breaks into tears.

His mother's brow furrowed for his actions. “Jimin what's wrong?”

“Mom, Noona....-”

Footsteps we're heard but Jimin didn't mind as he was about to break the news of her older sister possibly killing herself for the letter seems to be a suicidal note.

Her last letter to him.

“Dara, your brother's-”

Jimin pulls away from his mother and turn for the mention of his older sisters name got his attention.

He turns to find her standing at the kitchen door looking at them.

He wipes his tears away.

His sister stares back at him and as a few seconds pass she turn to head up the stairs leaving him speechless.

His mother pats his back. “Son is something wrong?”

“Nothing Mom, I was just tired I guessed. ” He brushes it off, beaming a smile to his mother. “Mom I'm just gonna head upstairs and checked Noona.” He stated leaving his duffel bag on the kitchen floor and rushed to reach upstairs to see his sister who he thought was supposed to be dead.

He knocks on her door. “Noona?”

Thousands of questions runs in his mind for his sisters letter.

He knocks again.

No answer.

He turns the knob and the door opens, leaving it open as he entered.

“Noona we need to talk.” He says out loud.

He looks around the room as he remembered its still the same and untouched.

He sees the room empty.

He knocks on the bathroom door. “Noona are you in there?” He asks.

He leans his ear on the door.

He hears whispers and soon he heard someone vomiting. “Noona?, are you okay?” He asks now worry filled his voice.

He knocks again. “Noona let me in., what's going in there?!, hey! are you okay?-” He twist the knob trying to open the door.

“Jimin!, didn't know your home?” A voice caught his attention, turning he saw his sisters best friend Lee Chaerin.

“Chaerin noona.” He greeted.

“What are you doing inside Dara's room?” She asks.

“I heard someone vomiting and she's not opening the door can you call her out maybe she'll listen to you.” He explains. Worry evident on his face.

Chaerin sees this so she curiously walk towards him knocking on the door softly before speaking. “Dara it's Chaerin, open the door. ”

Silence only answered them.

Chaerin turns to look at Jimin before she holds on the door knob twisting it the door opens.

Chaerin walks inside the room.

Jimin follows.

The room welcome them with emptiness.

Chaerin turns to face Jimin. “Kid are you trying to pull a prank on me?”

He shakes his head. “No, noona I swear I heard someone inside-”

“Dara! Omo!, there you are!, your little brother was trying to pull a prank on me.” Chaerin says walking over to her.

Jimin turns to face his sister who blankly looks at him.

Chaerin then took her hand out of the room stating. “We're going shopping it's been so long best, anyway Jimin nice seeing you again kid.”

Before he could even utter a word to his sister Chaerin already drag her sister away from him, out of the house.

“Hyung!” Someone yells as he alone walks on his way, away from the house gatedoor.

After having lunch with his mother he decided to wonder around the place having nothing to do alone in the house.

“Jungkook?” He asks.

The latter nods. “It's been a long while since you visit back hyung.”

He nods. “Yeah. How are you though?”

“I'm all right, hyung., just got back from uni too since it's summer break like you though what made you visit now? as I remembered you usually come back home during winter break. ” Jungkook stated questioningly for they are long time neighbors and their families have been friends for a long time making them friends in the process since they we're younger.

Jimin is two years older than Jungkook making Jungkook as a freshman this year in the university.

“I came back because of some stuff-, um... had you seen my Noona by any chance?” He asks instead of answering.

Jungkook steps back from him. “She's dead.”

Jimin's brows furrows. “Dead?, I saw her this afternoon-, wait Jungkook!” He calls for the younger turns his back and runs away from him.

Jimin runs too chasing Jungkook although as Jungkook turns to the block Jimin got confused as he reached to choose between left and right side of the path which would had Jungkook chosen.

Jimin scratches the back of his neck. “Shit.” He pants. “What does he mean she's dead?”