Freedom Call [Kim Taehyung]

🔹🔹Chapter Four🔹🔹

My first night in Busan was strangely comfortable. I found a nice quite spot where I was able to hide and rest for the night.

I didn't know for how long I was going to stay in Busan, but I knew that if I wanted to stay here a little longer, that I'd have to move eventually.

The next day I was driving around aimlessly.

As I sat my feet on the ground, after driving for 4 hours straight, I let out a relieved breath - Not because I finally made a break, but because the sight that was offered to my eyes was marvellous.

That's actually an understatement- I was speechless. This place was everything someone like me could ever dream of and more.

A tear ran down my cheek. Wow, why so melancholic KIT?

I guess this was one of these situations where my feelings went crazy with me.

I wanted to scream in happiness, but all I was able to do was let out a sobbing laugh.

This place, that was hidden behind an old abandoned manufacture settlement, was just at the coast and there was a huge cobblestone Plattform.

But something else drew my attention- at the end of the Plattform there was some kind of scaffolding.

It seemed so untouched but at the same time as if it was standing there for hundreds of years already. It appeared to be fragile but also as if it was just waiting for someone to use it.

I took my helmet of, to get a better view and slowly made my way towards the platform end.

I wasn't taking any notice of my surroundings, it was as if I was magically drawn to the scaffolding tower.

My feet were moving faster with every step I took until I finally reached it and grabbed onto the first pole.

A hollow sound clinked its way up through the scaffolding until it faded into the blue sky.

For some odd reason, that I couldn't make sense of, my hands were sweaty.

With shaking hands I made my way to the top of the tower, each grab getting more securer and confident.

At the time I reached the top my uncertainty faded and made way for pure excitement.

Endorphins rushing through my whole body, my glance focused at the edge of the small platform  that rested on top of the scaffolding and all of my thoughts suddenly blurred into one.

The one being the question how it must feel to pass the verge- how freeing the feeling would be.

I didn't know how long I was just standing there looking into the horizon, but eventually the sun was already starting to set.

I held onto the railing and slid my hand on it, as I was moving towards the edge.

A light breeze wafted my cheeks and I closed my eyes to fully relish the feeling- only one foot away from the Unknown.

I am used to standing on the verge to death, but this was different, this time there was something that would catch me once I fell, that'd consume me and if I was lucky, you could say, it would bear me again.

I took a deep breath and cleared my mind. Next thing I lost the ground under my feet- I had taken a few steps back and then pushed myself over the verge.

Finally the Adrenalin kicked in. The rush consumed me.

Right before I touched the oceans surface I hear screaming voices, as if they were there all the time, but I just enabled my hearing until this very moment.

The second before I plunge into the water I take a deep breath in.

Freezing cold water cupping me, making my whole body stiffen.

The displaced water literally dragging me into the depth.

As the air in my lungs draw to the close I was eventually able to move again and quickly started moving towards the sunlight. My sloppy movements unfortunately weren't particularly crowned with success.

But finally I managed to reach the surface with my last strength.

Hacticly trying to fill my lungs with air I inhale and exhale as deep as I can, while trying to stay on the surface.

Suddenly I feel something tugging me from behind- Thats when I started panicking and water startet getting into my mouth.

All I could think of was...

...This is not the worst way to die!

And then everything turned black.