𝙼𝚄𝚂𝙸𝙲 𝙱𝙾𝚇 • 𝚈𝙹𝚈

Ch21 • Dark Craft Pt IV

This is gonna be kind of a tear jerker, don't be surprised. Feel free to ball your eyes out in the comment section lmao, I'll comfort you uwu.

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۞ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐀 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 ۞

The past Jeongyeon would've called her insane, laughed in her face, and walk away blabbering about how stupid she is. And yet, she still did what her cloudy mind had said.

With hesitant steps, she walked in, feeling every step grow heavier, eyes never leaving the figure by the bed. It was translucent, second to the darkest of shades, making out what she would only presume was a person.

Like an actual shadow, except its host wasn't really there, but only its dark outline. Vividly, whether it was her mind playing tricks on her or something close to reality, she could see it with her own two eyes.

She walked in front of it, still carefully, observing the figure sitting on the edge of the bed, presumably its head hung down low. It was unmoving, which was odd to Jeongyeon, since most Unseen forms she's encountered so far were quite on the opposing end.

But something was off. She couldn't point what exactly, but it was there. There was something, something uneven to the scene. So out of fret, she walked further into the room, further than the bed.

Jeongyeon gasped quietly, as the figure in front of her began to change. As she walked farther, her vision of the shadow began to shift, like seeing a two way image. And thus there was no longer a shadow, but a person.

A person, still a figure, sadness swirling in their hollow eyes, sorrowful, grieving. It could only ever be one. And no one else.

Kim Taehyung.

Jeongyeon didn't know what came over her at that point, but whatever it is, it gave her enough courage to open her mouth, wavering slightly, but not so obvious.

"I can see you" She says, unmoving from her stance.

The figure, Kim Taehyung, now a lean man in soft dark clothes, smiles to himself, almost like a wince of bittersweetness. "I know"

The girl takes another breath, mustering up the courage to talk once more. "I'm sorry for what happened to you" She takes a step back from her position, and another step towards the man, still a fair distance far.

"Don't be" Taehyung replies, shaking his head. He looks up, and at that did Jeongyeon only notice the ash emptiness of his eyes. "It wasn't your fault, it was mine"

Jeongyeon, as the curious being she was, couldn't keep her questions to herself, especially at such hard times. "What happened?"

The man smiles again, even more bitter than earlier, almost grim. "Something that was supposed to happen years ago"

Another step. "What do you mean?"

"They've been following me"

Taehyung starts, and if you listen closely, you could hear the rage in his voice. But this was immediately layered by the thickness of his chocolate like voice. "The shadows of the house. They've been following me since I could remember"