Aғᴛᴇʀᴡᴏʀʟᴅ || Jɪᴋᴏᴏᴋ & Sᴏᴘᴇ

Chapter eleven

A/N : a small update, I guess ?
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The stuffed room was filled with tension with the gazes that exchanged between the grown-up man and the boy who sat facing each other.

And, a pair of cold eyes fixed on the man, slightly feeling a tug at his heart when a train of dark memories hit him right in the head, so unpleasant and cringing at the same time.

" Why should I even meet him ? ", the man looked annoyingly at the police officer who stood next to him with his arms crossed over his chest.

" You weren't answering us. So, he might know something and you can't lie. "

" Yes, I know how this trash treated Jimin ", Jungkook groaned under his breath, his eyes flaring flames.

Jungkook only wanted to punch the figure in front of him, he didn't even want to look at his ugly face. ' I wish I could really kill you. ' , was the only thing that came to his mind.

" Did the boy tell you anything about any abusing ? ", the officer asked calmly.

Not when he was alive, actually. But the truth remains the truth anyways.

" Yeah, he did. "

But the man in front of him only let out a nervous laugh and said with the hope of proving that he was wrong, " Don't believe him. He's just a spoilt brat same as Jimin, good for nothing. "

But the solid gaze Jungkook had on the man was enough to bring his laugh to a halt. Maybe Jimin was a coward, but not Jungkook.

Meanwhile everything was folding in front of Jimin's eyes, he only managed to watch the scene, standing behind Jungkook's chair. He felt how his fists clenched with the anger that boiled within him, but he could not do anything.

The officer, not bothered with the crazy man's behavior only payed his attention on the young fellow, " What did Jimin tell you ? "

That's when Jungkook's eyes focused on the officer. The room was dimly lit with the bulb that was hanging right above the table and Jungkook couldn't clearly trace out the curves of the officer's face. But he fixed his gaze on the officer's face nonetheless.

" This perv pedo obviously molested him and the main reason for his suicide is this man." Jungkook began and the same moment, the man opened his mouth to defend himself but the officer was the person to shut him this time by giving him a death glare with a warning, " Don't make me lose my temper. "

So, Jungkook continued on. " Wasn't it obvious when you guys analyzed Jimin's body ? Didn't you see the bruises, the hickeys ? "

And Jungkook couldn't help but wince at his own words as he spoke. And for Jimin, it was not less a pain to hear all of those things from another person.

" Yes, we saw them. We even got the finger prints on him. But, it is always better to have more proves against him. So as a recently contacted person of the late boy, we suspected that you might know something about this. "

" Yeah, that's right ", Jungkook nodded. " You can't let this pervert go out. This mad guy has been doing this to Jimin for a long time, that he was even afraid to raise his voice " and as he continued, his blood shot eyes naturally moved on to the man's face who showed no indifference like he had already given up the debate. " He would get drunk and lose his mind and abuse Jimin as he pleases. He didn't even care about that Jimin was still a child when he started all that shit. He obviously broke Jimin down to the bottom. I wish if I could just-"

But before Jungkook's words could fully escape his mouth, it came to a halt when Jimin's voice raised for the first time in a while , " that's enough Jungkook. " That's all he said.

" I see why the boy never dared to speak to any authority about this man. " The officer nodded to himself. 

" You must put him to jail. You cannot let him out easily. He's sick. " And by the time Jungkook said it, his forehead wrinkled and his lips trembled with the anger that he let out through words.

But the old man was even enjoying how mad Jungkook was at him. With his wicked smile in the middle of his wrinkled face, he really looked like a lunatic.

" Sentencing to Jail would probably happen even as the least punishment. " The officer remarked with his calm voice as before. " Having sexual intercourse with a minor is prohibited and so is against the law, he will certainly get locked up. Since he abused and molested the boy for a longer time at extreme lengths, almost everything is filed up against him, so there's nothing to be worried about. We will see the justice. "

When the officer declared them, that made a huge weight on Jungkook's and Jimin's shoulders to disappear but not at all. Jimin still couldn't get over his dark past. And in his mind, he could never forgive the old man, even a little hate would always remain at his heart.

But both of them were relieved to know that some justice would be done to Jimin's death.

Jungkook only nodded his head slightly at the officer's words whereas the old man just held that same lunatic expression in his face.

' He is indeed sick. ' Jungkook thought to himself again.

After having a small conversation with the officer again, Jungkook got the permission to leave. He was relieved from within, to get out from that small room simply because he could not tolerate the presence of the mad man and he feared that he would also do a crime, which was much possible to happen. Because Jungkook had already killed Jimin's step dad numerous times, in his mind. Doing that with his own hands wouldn't make a difference at all.

" Glad to know that he would be punished. " That was the first thing Jimin said once they came out.

Jungkook nodded slightly. He was glad too. But not actually.

Because since Jimin would soon see the justice, that would mean that there won't be a reason for him to still linger around. But again, Jimin himself didn't know what he actually wanted. So, there was a slight chance of keeping Jimin around a little longer. Even though Jungkook's duty was to help spirits to fulfill their wishes, he didn't want to grant this spirit's wish. He wanted to keep this one.  And that was something that Jungkook had to work out.

Or else, he would have to let go.

Waiting for Jungkook, Taehyung was impatiently sitting on the place where he was told to not move. So the moment he saw Jungkook, he quickly jumped on to his feet and went up to Jungkook with anxiety written all over his face.

" What happened Jungkook ? "

Jungkook made a sound from his mouth, meaning like 'not much'. But nonetheless he added, " He would be probably sentenced to jail at least for ten years. "

Taehyung walking next to Jungkook, gasped at the news, " But that pervert should deserve more than that. "

" Didn't you hear me say, ' at least ' ? " Jungkook shook his head being annoyed.

But Taehyung kept on asking questions that didn't even make any sense until Jungkook dropped him at his house. Jungkook looked so done with Taehyung and even though how much serious Jimin looked at the station, he couldn't help but break out into fits of laughs through the whole ride.

' What's so funny with this ? ' , Jungkook could only ask in his mind and Jimin's reactions to Taehyung only managed to make Jungkook more done with everything else.

" Get lost. " Jungkook said without any emotion in his face when he stopped the car in front of Taehyung's house.

" Yeah whatever. Come back tomorrow to pick me up. " Taehyung, knowing Jungkook for years wasn't bothered by his cold words. Because he knew that Jungkook wasn't made of stone as he showed to the outside.

Just as he got off, Jungkook rode off after flashing a fake grin at Taehyung's side, finally being relieved to be alone with Jimin again.

But little did he know that not even Hoseok but another person as well would snatch his time away with Jimin once they head back home.