The Dark Book | One-Shots

2.1 Hide & Seek

Hide & Seek

Wednesday, 11:31 pm

Another loud thunderstrike echoed through the entire house, lighting up every room with its bright light.

The heavy rain was pouring down from the dark clouds, covering the streets and buildings with an unsatisfying wetness.

The news had shared that a power failure was expected in the entire town, which really took place an hour later.

All the light were off, every electricity source was shut down. But Jimin didn't mind, he was used to these kind of situations.

It would happen every week, thunderstorms with bad consequences, one power failure after another.

But he didn't mind, he never really cared. He would rather sit over his warm bed and read books.

There was one which had him completely stuck.

He remembered the day as if it happened yesterday, the day he found the book in the basement of his parents while he helped them clean up and sort their old stuff out.

The title said 'Hunter's Choice' but the author's name was unreadable. Due to its long time it had spent in dust and dirt, the name had been smudged away.

But Jimin still didn't care, the clean pages were all that mattered. He needed the inside of the book, after all.

He didn't need to know the psycho who sat down and wrote entire masterpiece.

But what was he actually reading?

A dark story, one that tells how a noble man had turned into a psychotic murderer. That's it.

It explained every little detail, the trauma the man had been forced through, the deaths of his own family he had to watch.

He had lost his entire world, so he made himself a new one. A better one. One in which everyone feared him, not him fearing everyone.

He had turned himself into a known murderer. A legend. So was this book, very old but very marvelous.

It was hard for Jimin to keep this book out of his head. He had read it three times now, this was his fourth. Never had he seen such a story.

How good turned into bad, how light became darkness and how hope was left hopeless.

Fear turned into strength, everything he feared had turned him into a more powerful beast.

And there was so much more, but Jimin was distracted.

Even though he had put headphones on, the loud thunderstrike had made it through his music.

He looked up and glanced over to his window, water was running down the thin glass.

Even though the room was dark, he was able to read every word over every page.

But for how long?

Was he going to wait until the power came back or would he eventually go to bed?

He didn't know, that's why he was staring at his window. He was thinking, thought after thought. It seemed like an endless trip, he couldn't decide.

He sighed loudly and stared back onto his book, he wanted to finish this chapter first. It was the one in which the hunter was facing his first fear.

After everyone in his family had been killed, he was a loner man. It seemed that it was his time, death was now knocking on his door.

The hunter didn't mind dying, he feared pain. He didn't like to suffer, he didn't like physical or mental pain.