Doppelgänger✔️

Preparation

"You're never alone...."

"You were chosen...."

"...for a reason.."

"Accept me......"

"I'll give you everything you desire....."

"All that you have.....all that you know......"

".....will be mine...."

"So Taehyung...."

"Don't make me wait for you..."

A loud and heaving gasp startles all that were conscious and surrounding Taehyung in the middle of Mae's crowded kitchen. He coughs and croaks as he fights for a clear breath, jolting upright with wide and frightful eyes.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" he yells as he arose. Jia and Mae flinch at the outburst, shooting each other worried glances.

It takes a moment but shortly after opening his eyes, Taehyung pants frantically as he scanned his surroundings. One by one he locks eyes with the people hovering over him with worry and fear evident in their familiar faces.

"Junseo Hyung...." he slurs.

"Jung..kook...ugh...Mae?..." he says each name as he gazes around the room, saving the eyes nearest to him for last. The large brown eyes sparkling with tears of relief.

"Noona..." he sighs and Jia's chin trembles as she lunged forward. Taehyung huffs at the sudden embrace and Jia wraps her arms around his neck tightly as she sniffled.

"Tae?..." she muffles into the collar of the hoodie, squeezing him so tightly that Taehyung winces before wrapping his arms around her.

"Are...you..ok?" she asks shakily and Taehyung sighs.

"I think so...Can't be too sure just yet though.." he chuckles. Taehyung leans into her touch, inhaling the soft scent of her hair and finding comfort in his sister's presence. For a moment there, well for several moments, he feared he would never see her again. So this hug felt like rain after a long drought. A drop of water in the middle of a desert. A sliver of light in the darkness.

But their tiny period of bliss is abrupted when Jia pulls back from him and is snatching him by the collar of the hoodie menacingly. Taehyungs eyes go wide as Jia shook him as hard as she could.