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Chapter 6

Taehyung stared at the sweaty bodies from where he sat, taking a sip of whiskey with a straight face. He can't make the faces out clearly due to the dim and colored lights. Needless to say, he's gross out by it. He's doing absolutely fine without anyone grinding on him.

He took another sip, sighing deeply as he did so. No matter what he does, there's still some void in his chest that's itching to be filled. But how would that be possible if he already chose to seal it close.

The music is blasting in his ears and he questioned himself why he's here in the first place. He rarely goes to clubs, usually if he wants a drink he would be drinking in his own apartment, sulking. And ah, he felt someone taking a seat beside him.

"You look too deep in thoughts, mind if I interrupt?" The man chuckled, taking a sip of liquor from his own glass.

"You're already interrupting them, it doesn't matter anymore. Get on with it."

"Ah, I know that you're smart enough to know why we're here. I really don't need to tell you the full details but I assume you still have a lot of unanswered questions."

Taehyung didn't look at him, instead his gaze was on the silver ring the man was wearing on his left hand. The band was of pure silver and an emerald crescent sitting on top of it. He made a scoff when he realized it resembled Jimin's mark.

"I see you already stopped playing Cupid and started to host the Hunger games." Taehyung chuckled, this time he looked at the man fully. "You posted an announcement that whoever takes the boy's life you'd grant them a wish?" Taehyung shook his head as he laughed. "I never knew you were a genie."

"Oh, stop talking shit about me when I'm right in front of you."

"Then tell me why you're doing shit like this, Namjoon. Just kill him if you're that eager, no need to make me do it. He's human, don't wanna spend time in prison. You know that I don't kill things that are still alive and besides, I even stopped killing things that are already dead." Taehyung's eyes left Namjoon's a as they focused on anything in front if him.

"You need to move on with life, kid. I think you've spent too much time thinking about the past that you forget you're living in the present. Nothing you do can bring back the past and nothing can bring her back alive
."

Taehyung's grip on his glass tightened until his knuckles turned white. He doesn't like talking about her. But he knows Namjoon is right, he must not dwell too much on what ifs.

"If I do kill him, it would only be in vain. There's no wish that I'm willing to make, you can't bring back the dead anyway." He shrugged, he tried to make it look like he's not interested but it feels like he's being stabbed on his chest each time he remembers her.

He wants an answer to a question that never leaves his mind.

Do hearts need to be practised to get used to the pain?

"That's true, I can't bring her back." Namjoon sighed. He opened the bottle to refill his glass as well as Taehyung's. "But I can manage to steal some time and let you talk to her."

It only crushed Taehyung's heart even more. His mind is telling him to submit and make a deal so he could see her again. He would die happily once he has a glimpse of her even for just a minute.

But his heart is strongly against it. His wounds were healing. Not fully healed and it still hurts but still it's gradually healing. Seeing her once again would only add more wounds.

"No." He sternly said, his tone making it obvious that he's not going to change his mind.

"Then I need your help!"

Taehyung was already about to stand when Namjoon grabbed his wrist to stop him.

Namjoon,--Fate needs his help? Can this get any funnier? Why would Fate need him, a human, to help? And for the first time, or maybe the only time, Fate looked scared.

"He's not meant to be alive, Taehyung. Park Jimin is supposed to be dead a long time ago. And you know it's completely fair for me to take lives-" Namjoon paused when he saw a spark of anger ignite in Taehyung's dark eyes. "Death happens to everyone. But some meet it sooner in life than others. But I can't give any second chances, I can't bring back what's lost."

Taehyung rubbed his forehead, something he does when he knows he's about to have a headache. "Keep on talking."

"Park Jimin should've died thirteen years ago when he was seven. He and his cousin were murdered when a killer took interest at him. Stalking him, knowing where he lives, where he goes to school, his family's daily routine. Until he had the perfect time to kill the kid. Pretty things always made the man insane."

"Why did you bring him back?" A hint of anger is evident in his voice. Taehyung can't believe it, he felt betrayed. Why would Namjoon bring someone back and not her.

"Because I knew his mother. She was like you. Knows how the world works and all the shit. She begged me, begged me to bring her boy back and take her life instead. A life for a life. I would do no such thing but she looked too broken. She told me she'll recent me until her last breath and I was scared. I did not want her to think of me like I'm a monster. B-because she was someone dear to me."

"So what did you do?"

Namjoon sucked a deep breath, his glass seemingly forgotten on the table. "I changed fate. That day when the killer saw Jimin, I didn't make it happen. They never crossed paths on the mall. The killer was on the park that day instead."

Out of all the things, Namjoon least expected Taehyung to laugh loudly. It wasn't sarcastic, Taehyung only found the situation where Namjoon is stuck very amusing.

Oh how the turned have tables.

"I can't believe you cheated death. I can't even believe you had the guts to do so out of love." He wiped an imaginary tear at the corner of his right eye to make it more extra.

"Death is furious that I cheated. He found out a few weeks ago when he knew something was wrong in his documents. There was a missing death certificate in his collection. If I don't make this right, I'm gonna be locked away and someone else would replace me as Fate."

Taehyung raised an eyebrow at him. "Death? You mean Seokjin? Ah, he's going to have your head for it. I can't imagine the amount of paperwork he is sentenced to because of you. Never met him but I heard he has anger issues."

"So are you gonna help me." Namjoon's full attention is on the boy now.

"No Namjoon, if anything, I'm going to protect him from you." Taehyung smirked.