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6- Mistake?

Heidi

Yoongi has just mentioned one of my friends will be his. If he doesn't appear to be a vampire, I'll be glad and bewildered by now. However, I'm feeling the opposite as this is the 20th call I've made for her. No one is picking it up and this is worrying me sick. "C'mon c'mon! Pick it up, Ting..." I murmur nervously under my breath as Taehyung eyes me with the same anxious glare. I really hope that someone can help me now. No, not me, her! She's my friend, Ting.

"There's no way you can deny a vampire," states Jungkook with his 'we even have no choice but to let him' eyes as if they're afraid of something on Yoongi. "Your friend will be fine. We'll not harm our soulmates or destined partners." Although Jungkook has reassured me with his confident look, I still insist to make the call. My mind will not stop running with the bloody scene through my pathetic imagination if Ting doesn't answer my call.

"Sorry, the person you'd called is unavailable, please leave a voice message after the beep," says the woman in the phone.

This is the 21st time for me to hear this bitch's announcement! I throw the phone onto the bed, which is where I've forgotten Jin's existence. Luckily, he has recovered after drinking the glucose water and a little of his own herbs.

He catches my phone with one hand skilfully as if he's already known the future. "Lěng jìng diǎn (Calm down)." Did Seokjin-oppa just speak Mandarin?

"What did you say?" I tilt my head to the left side while trying to confirm, my eyes lock on him for answers in a meantime.

Jin shrugs then repeats. "Calm down is lěng jìng diǎn, right?" Although he almost matches the tone of the words, it's already considered as a good job if I am asked to judge this.

"Yes it is." I nod and answer with a huge smile while the three other boys are forming thin lines on their lips, until my phone vibrates and rings out of the blue in Jin's hand. Looking at the screen, Jin manages to pronounce my friend's name.

"Wen Ting?" I snatch the phone away though it is considered rude, leaving Jin with his slightly shocked face. The same is formed on the others' too as I look around and smile at them sheepishly. My mouth shape the word 'sorry' before pressing the green button.

"Hello? Ting, are you okay there?" Obviously, I end up going straight to the point. The eagerness to call her is killing me.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry for not picking up just now because I'd turned my phone into silence mode." Ting explains while I heave out a sigh of relief. "What's the matter, Dee. You sound like 'the End of the World is coming' here eh..." Thank god she still jokes just like usual, like my second mother. "Are you missing me, Heidi darling?" Unexpectedly, Ting even manages to taunt me through the other side of the call.

"I don't know what will happen to me if your beloved boyfriend hears that." I presume which earn Ting's warm chuckle. The stress in me has eventually been relieved upon her laughter. Then, I continue on hearing her nagging about school and surprise tests, or sometimes, critics which happened between SingYun and her as they are distributed to the same Matrix school. I nod and smile occasionally as her arguments are somehow, funny. "It's good to hear from you, Ting. Remember to text with us in the group chat when you're free, okay?"

I can guarantee that she will agree with me. "Sure, why not?" Besides that, I can get to know her situation easier instead of keep calling and pissing her out. "Is it something bothering you? Tell me Dee, if you're stressing out or anything."

"No. I'm fine, really. Take your results as your priority, Ting." I giggle as she hums in agreement. "I've got to go now. Remember, group chat. Bye." We bid our goodbyes before I hang off the phone. When I take a turn, it's hilarious that I've nearly forgotten the four's presence in my room. All of them are now staring at me with different expressions plastered on. "What?" I can even notice that they are examining me with their eyes and ears opened, hoping to know every single line of us in the conversation.

Of course, the boys will avoid my question. First, Jin blinks his eyes then shakes his head. Then, Jimin and Jungkook cross their arms whilst looking away. Taehyung, on the other hand, pouts again like a squirrel while squinting at me. "I-I go check out Tae's wings." Jin stands up awkwardly with his funny pretension. I can't help but snort as Jungkook and Jimin do the same after me, earning Jin's speechless glare at the three of us.

***

A portal is opened by Jin he has finished wrapping Taehyung's wounds, leading the junior members towards their own dimensions in the fastest way. I remember noticing Jin's neck. The punctured places are all healed, leaving silvery scars on it. Jin claims that he is a warlock who uses to teleport all around the world, helping everyone in need.

If Jin's job is to help, why doesn't he decide to help my friend? A blood bath will definitely happen if I don't stop Yoongi on time.

"Still worrying about your friend?" Taehyung asks while retracting his big black wings, though the hole punctured by the thorn has shrunk. I remember seeing Jungkook mentions that Taehyung's wings are injured severely just now and that he isn't indicating about the hole but the wings' colour. I assume it uses to be white before.

Taehyung lost his siblings during the chaos. He has told me that he had watched his sister descended into the sea when something thorny stuck into his wing. Some of the bones were cracked, making him unable to move. He even saw his brother being caught by something white and huge.

Seeing through his eyes, I can tell that he's missing them every day. In his heart, he must have thousands, even millions of words to tell them. Sometimes, he would curse upon his carelessness which this delays him from getting to fly around healthily, looking for the others.

My heart sinks and my lungs are feeling suffocated when I see Taehyung being sad. He used to be the V or Kim Taehyung from BTS – happy, humorous and lively. But now, he is Kim Taehyung, the fallen angel from the sky. Too bad to say that I've forgotten his hometown's name.

My wristband has stopped glowing after I have understood every single Korean word they've said. However it glows again miraculously after I mention about the feelings I feel upon Taehyung's condition just now. This time, the wristband glows in blue instead of white.

I wonder what this colour mean.

"Yes." I say as if I'd travelled around the universe just now for it's been a while until I manage to answer him. Both our eyes lock on each other warily while the faint blue on the wristband glows even more.

"You felt me, had you?" asks Taehyung with his emotional eyes still looking at me, as if they can see through my mind, knowing all of my secrets and thoughts.

I bite my lip and nod.

I've thought he'll at least smile a little upon his hard work, but what he does is dropping his jaw and covering his mouth with uncountable amount of worries. Indeed, Taehyung starts circling around the room while raking his ruffled blonde hair with his fingers in frustration. "I shouldn't have hidden in your wristband. I-I made a huge mistake!" Although he is murmuring under his breath, I still manage to identify those words he has said.

*I'm going to have an interview later for a new part-time job. So it will be the last day of the continuous daily updating of this book starting from this coming Saturday. I decide to update it once a week. How about Sunday guys?

First updated: April 9, 2017.
Last edited: September 9, 2017.