Whalien 52 || Vkook Mermaid au

Ch/: 14

"Larilia, I told you, you need to stay inside. Where it's safe and warm." Estregon sneered.

"Papa, I'm fine. See? Look, nothing bad happened to me." The said girl twirled around, showing that she was okay.

"Young lady, do you need to be reminded?" Estregon warned.

Larilia quickly lowered her gaze, looking down at the wooden floorboards. Her long, platinum hair cascaded down her shoulders, shadowing her expression.
"But Papa, I'm almost 22, my birthday is in two days. The people need to see me, I'm afraid-"

"Larilia. Is there anything else you need to tell me?" Estregon said coldly.

"No Papa." Larilia sighed, immediately looking down at the floorboards.

"Now hurry along, go see your mother." Estregon dismissed the girl, making a shooing gesture as he pointed to the door.

Larilia sulked out the room, leaning against the doorframe with a heavy sigh.
"Oh mama, I wish you were still here."

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"Get off my bed." Jungkook hissed.

"No!" Taehyung wrapped himself around the other.

"Why didn't you sleep with Jiwhoon?"

"No!"

"Ugh." Jungkook groaned, feeling annoyed towards Taehyung.

"Ugh." Taehyung copied Jungkook.

"Get off now before I kick you off."

"I'll kick you!" Taehyung kneed Jungkook.

"That's it, you're going bye-bye." Jungkook was in the midst of pushing Taehyung off the bed, but he realized something. "Stay here." He crushed his weight on top of Taehyung, leaving the other to huff in annoyance.

"Get off!" Taehyung tried to push off Jungkook, but he wouldn't budge.

"No." Jungkook let out a small laugh.

"I no like you!" Taehyung whined.

"Let me sleep." Jungkook closed his eyes.

Taehyung huffed, squirming around uncomfortably. He twisted and turned, unable to wriggle himself out from the bone-crushing weight of the raven.

But then,

oh no,

it seemed like a good idea to him, but it really wasn't.

"yEeeaOWWwW!! WHAT THE FUCkSHSJSJSJ!!!!" Jungkook screamed himself off the bed.

Jungkook glared at Taehyung, cursing out colorful words one after another under his breath.

Taehyung has pinched him.

Pinched.

Like, super duper hard, and twisted.

But before Jungkook could get his petty revenge on the other, Taehyung was already sound asleep.

asleep. He was giggling so much on the inside he could barely keep up the act.

Jungkook sighed, standing up while rubbing his back, not forgetting to slam the pillow onto Taehyung before leaving the room.

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Larilia leaned against the roof of the tavern, gazing as the misted stars above. Her eyes gleamed with the twinkling lights, while her thoughts ventured out and beyond her fictional dreams.

Her focus was suddenly removed as she heard the snow crunching from a distance, seeing a figure tread through the snow into her direction.

The person was most likely headed for the tavern, as it was known to be open at the crack of dawn to a little after midnight.

And of course it was Jungkook, he hadn't drank since his departure after his messy breakup with Eunji.

Larilia was astonished by the foreigner, her curiosity increasing by the second. Quickly jumping off the roof, she entered the tavern, hoping to get a glimpse of the strange person.

The tavern was busier than usual tonight, all the locals gathering to gossip about the foreigners with their masks and glasses clinking every other minute.

Larilia was herself down at the bar, pulling down her mask to make sure her identity was sealed; she didn't want her father to catch her sneaking out again, especially at this hour.

To her luck, Jungkook sat down a couple of seats away from her, immediately ordering a drink for himself.

She gave up quickly on trying to stare at him and relied on her good hearing, sipping out of her glass of water every now and then.

The tavern quieted down upon seeing Jungkook enter the tavern, the locals whispering in hushed voices to one another.

As the night went on, Jungkook managed to make a conversation with the bartender, seeing as no one else dared to say a few words to him.

It was abnormal for all of them, seeing this stranger just casually lounge in their normal hang-out place. Jungkook, on the other hand, didn't even bother to keep drinking after his first glass.

Larilla huffed silently in dissatisfaction, standing up to leave the tavern. She didn't know what to even expect of the stranger, seeing as he just acted like any other villager.

Larilla was the one to seek for answers, as no one had even bother to answer her questions, she would have to find them herself.

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Taehyung rolled around in bed, tossing and turning as he couldn't even begin to fall asleep. At this point, he kinda felt sorry for Jungkook, but not really. Taehyung thought that he deserved it.

After a heavy defeat against the feeling of restlessness, Taehyung kicked off the sheets and decided to leave the room.

Taehyung didn't have an exact destination in mind, he just felt the absolute need to go outside. He wandered through the long halls aimlessly, letting his senses guide him.

It was like wandering through a maze, with all these twist and turns, accompanied by dead ends. After some time, he found himself in front of a set of doors, clearly shown to have a more detailed design than the others. He traced the carved wood, following its unique pattern.

The doors began to open. Taehyung peered inside, but couldn't see anything. Lacking the common sense not to understand the ominous aura seeping out, he waddled in.

Again, there was endless amounts of a maze, only this time, it was pitch dark, the light vanished from his eyes.

It was when he though he should maybe just give up and turn back, but he saw a flicker of light dance at the end of the hallway. He let his curiosity and desire win over him, dashing towards the light.

He found himself in a large room, decorated with a small field of white flowers, colored walls that held meaning, and a large glass box at the end.

"What do you think you're doing here?"

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I'm so so sorry for going on hiatus for longer than i promised, i have now realized i should get off my butt and stop procrastinating TwT.

Thank you so much for 1k+ !!!