Save Me

10

"I never thought I'd see you here,"

Taehyung wasn't sure how fast he whipped his head to the side upon hearing that voice.

He smirked.

"Well that makes the two of us."

Jimin shrugged nonchalantly since he was already expecting the devil to answer like that. He had known Taehyung for the most part of his immortal life to know that the devil never went to church.

"But I came here to see you." Taehyung spoke again. He had been looking for Jimin for quite some time now. The church was big and he hadn't been here before so he didn't know where the angel usually went, but now he finally had the chance to sit beside Jimin. It made sense. Of course the latter would be sitting at the nave as he prayed.

Jimin was like any typical believer of God. He went to church to praise his Lord.

Angels weren't that different from people. The former also had an obligation to protect troubled human souls and go to church.

"Huh." Jimin switched his gaze from the cross on the altar to Taehyung. "This is new. Why would the devil of death want to see me?"

"Seeing that I have interrupted your talk with him," Taehyung pointed at the cross. "It would be better if I go straight to the point so you could go back to kissing his ass." His finger gun was still aimed at the altar. "So yeah. Mr. Park Jimin, I want you to stop looking after Jeongguk's sister."

The devil was prepared to hear the angel's response. In fact, he already knew what to say when Jimin asked "and why should I do that?"

Jimin was certain that without his protection, Taehyung could easily kill you.

Yes, it had been months since the devil tried to end your life, but it didn't mean that Taehyung wouldn't do it again. The only reason why he hadn't laid his hands on you was because you were looking after your stubborn brother, thus rendering you too busy to think about killing yourself.

But the thing was, even if you still wanted to end your life, Taehyung's answer remained the same. He wanted Jimin to stop protecting you "because I would protect her myself,"

Normally Jimin wouldn't fall for Taehyung's claim. It was clearly a trap, but then this was the first time he looked at the devil's eyes without detecting any lies.

Jimin was certain: Taehyung was telling the truth. He definitely wanted to protect you.

"But why?" This was the thing. Jimin didn't understand why the devil still wanted to protect you now that he had found an easy way to free himself from you.

Jimin's question had been answered shortly. As said, Taehyung was prepared for this. He never went to battle without weapons.

"Because I need you to protect Jeongguk instead,"

"That's—" Jimin swallowed hard. His eyes were focused on Taehyung, still trying to detect any form of deception.

There was none.

"—an interesting turn of event." Jimin continued and then he paused again just to knit his brows together. Curiosity was written all over his pretty face. "Are you starting to like her?"

Clearly Jimin was only teasing. He knew devils weren't capable of doing that. They only looked after themselves.

"It's more than that," but for the second time, Taehyung caught Jimin by surprise.

More than that? What was this supposed to even mean?

Luckily Taehyung explained what was running inside his head.