Hollow | Taekook

Ch2 Baby Reaper

"He is soo cute"
"Aww"
"He is soo pale"
"And he pouts in sleep too" fingers touched his lips and hands touched his cheeks.
"Aww soo cute. Is he ours now?"
"Stop it guys.."
"Why doesn't he wake up? Is he dead again?"
"No, stop. Don't disturb him. He will wake up" the hands touched his face lightly.
"But it's already past the initiation time"
"We'll wake him up" a hand pulled his hair.
Jungkook frowned and opened his eyes slowly.
"He woke up!!" the people in robes clapped.
Jungkook felt scared looking at them. They were all wearing grey robes. He widened his eyes as he moved back in the bed.
"Shh!! Get away. He is scared. Get away!" the people got a little away and stood eagerly looking at him.
"Hi I'm Jimin. I'm a baby reaper here. I'm the cutie, lovely and sexy one. Welcome to the hollow" he extended his hand.
Jungkook looked around. He is lying in a bed, in a hospital ward kind of thing, with multiple beds in rows. The walls looked dull and worn, the bedsheets a dull grey color. There were balloons nearby in different colors.
Jungkook tried recollecting what happened. He clearly remember the grimm reaper. His face is scary like death itself.
Jimin touched him softly on the cheek.
"Hello dear, my name is Jimin"
Jungkook looked at him startled.
"Hello...J-Jungkook" he shook Jimin's hand.
"He talked" one boy behind Jimin clapped his hands in joy.
"Nice to meet you Jungkook" Jimin said. Jungkook gave a smile back.
"This is jin, hoseok, bambam, mingyu, eunwoo..." he introduced the other boys.Jungkook smiled at them.
He waved lightly.
"Why am I here?" he asked.
"Ohh you don't know?" one boy came forth and sat on his bed. Everybody moved closer. A boy put his hand around Jungkook on his shoulder.
"You are too weak to move on. So you're stuck here in the hollow"
The door opened and shut loudly.
"Who took my balloons? " a voice shouted deeply.
The boys scrambled around. They left Jungkook and rushed to a bed each. Some went completely under the blanket,some peeked from their blankets. Jungkook looked at the scary grimm reaper.
He felt the fear bubble up as he took a good look at the reaper's face. It looked like a black hole. One of the boys went near him and bowed.
"Master V, we thought w-we'll help you with initiation a-and blow them"
"Baby Jin, how many balloons did you get for your initiation?"
"O-One master V" the boy Jin shook badly.
"And why did you start it without me?"
"M-master, forgive us. The time for initiation has already passed. And he woke up asking questions..we..we just answered them. Please forgive us"
The reaper moved past him pushing him slightly with his leg. Jin fell down sideways with a pout.
Jungkook got down from the bed stepping back into the wall.
"Jungkook, come with me" the reaper went into a different room. Jungkook followed him on shaky legs.
The room looked like an old office. With bookshelves on a wall. The reaper sat at the table.
"Jungkook,you are dead"
"I, but I'm-"
"You didn't move on to afterlife cause you lacked the spirit energy required for it"
"This is the hollow and you will stay here. You'll be a baby reaper along with your fellow baby reapers" he gestured to other room.
"You'll train under me and help me with reaping ghosts and other creatures"
"G-ghosts?"
"Yeah ghosts, dead people who are unwilling to move on. Also you'll be punished for any and every misbehaviour as I deem fit."
Jungkook looked at him with wide eyes.
"I'll send you your robes. The bed is yours. I see you already introduced yourself to other Baby reapers. You can ask them if you have any questions. Also you get only one balloon. Take one and return all of them to the office.Now..get going" he tapped the table and gestured him out.
Jungkook didn't want to be in the scary being's presence, so he rushed out and grabbed the balloons. He put a purple one aside for himself and took the others back to office.
"Here M-Master" he bowed and ran out to his bed, got on it and covered himself, pretending to sleep just like everybody else. The reaper spent a little time in the office and went out shutting the door loudly. The boys peaked around slowly coming out of blankets.
They came around Jungkook again in a matter of minutes.
"So what are we gonna call him guys?"
"Baby Jungkook"
"Baby Jungoo"
"Ohh or baby kook"
"Koo" everybody agreed.
"You'll be baby koo then" they clapped.
Jungkook smiled at them. He thought they are adorable.
"Baby Koo, don't do anything without telling me. One mistake can cost you very dearly. Yes we are dead, but master V can make it more miserable or worse he-"
"Don't scare him hoseok, he just got here. He doesn't need to know all that right away"
"Okay Jin", Hobi said scared.

What don't I need to know?

"Here, I got you some spooky cookies and a morbid muffin" Jin gave him the box.
"You can eat these to gain strength"
"Speaking of which, master V will take us on an errand tomorrow. It is better to sleep and be productive tomorrow" one boy said.
"Ya"
"Yes Good night guys"
"Good night..good night koo"
They said their good nights and left to their beds.
But I just woke up..