broken wings

21

the full moon was still shining through the half open window in their apartment. giving the living room a dim lighting. the digital clock placed on the cupboard below the hanging television reads 03:37 when yerim was jolt awake out of the blue. she pants heavily, catching her breath as if she just finish running a marathon. there were no weird dreams, nor strange imaginations to be blame for her short in breath.

deciding to get a cold water to cool down her throat, she wakes up from her spot and head to the kitchen. she was halfway through her drink when suddenly a loud thud were heard from the spare room they had in their apartment. she gulps down the cold water and place the glass on top of the fridge.

peeking over the kitchen door, she was surprised to see none of them were affected by the sound of something falling at least five feet from the floor. the three of them are sleeping soundlessly, each holding tight on their blanket due to the cold weather of late october. leaving a soft sighs, yerim turns to head to the spare room.

"come here"
"come closer"
"let me see you"

she heard the sound of whispering, drawing her attention closer to the mysterious room. the room was supposed to be their mini library, with sooyoung's countless magazines and yerim's novels. but, because of their lack of time to clean up the room and actually buy a bookshelf, they decided to just leave the things in a box. keeping it quiet inside the store room along with other useless items.

"kim yerim"

by the time it calls again, yerim's hand already circling the doorknob, ready to twist it by any second. she is hesitating, her curiosity told her to just barge in, but her heart tells her the opposite. should she really go in ?

wasting no more time contemplating, she opens the door only to be greeted with another silence. it was colder in this room, the chilly temperature gave yerim a goosebumps. she shivers as bloods rush through their vessels. switching the lights on, the pitch dark room now illuminated a soft peachy lighting. nothing really change since the last time yerim visited.

"through the window"

again, out of curiosity, she slowly arrange her steps towards the sealed window. despite her heart telling her not to, and her half-conscious state is begging for her to go back, yerim is determined to go to the window. something is calling for her and she really needs to check it out. so she opens the padlock that was sealing the windows together with her own bare hands.

"what the fuck." she gasps, starring at the broken padlock in her hand. she throws it aside and open the window next with no force. the cold air hit her face as if to wake her up, but nothing changes as she raises her right feet to climb the window.

"closer kim yerim"
"i could not feel you"

so she triess to go closer, ready to lift her body and raises her other legs when suddenly her name being yelled.

"holy fuck, KIM YERIM !" sooyoung's voice fills her ears in a deafening sound. "what are you trying to do ?!" she yells again. yerim looks at her, expressionless. she looks pale, her body seems weak and her pupils... GONE ?!

"oh my fuck she was possessed." hoseok screams, pointing to yerim's eyes. "she was wha-" sooyoung could barely finish her sentence when yerim cuts her off. "stay away." yerim said, her voice a lot rougher and hoarse. "what do you want from her ?" jungkook tries to settle, lifting two of his hand to show that he is unarmed. "i have nothing to do with her." yerim said, more like the thing that possessed her.

"hoseok take her away." jjungkook orders in which hoseok makes no excuse to disobey. "no, i want to know what's wrong. SHE IS MY FRIEND !" sooyoung argues, trying to escape hoseok's grip."no, it's to dangerous for you." hoseok retorts sharply. there was gentleness in his fiery voice. like he had no intentions to be fierce, and everyone knoppws he doesn't.