"I'm sorry, Mr Park, but there's nothing to update you on." A feminine voice spoke, hopelessness transparent in her tone as Emily past another corner.
She found Jimin earning a solemn role as the nurse left. Onyx clouds misting his under eyes along with his fatigued figure, diagnosing his deficit of sleep.
"What are you doing here, Jimin?" She inquired as she grew closer, now being able to see the sombre layer of glass that plated his eyes. "I'm h-here to see B-Bella." He answered.
Her head recoiled as her face became plagued with confusion. "Bella? How did you know that she was attacked by a rabid do—."
The pieces soon slotted together, forming the full picture that banished her look of confusion.
"You attacked Bella... didn't you?" She asked, watching Jimin's expression only grow more dejected in reaction to her words.
His temporary silence answered everything she needed to know.
"I-I-I didn't mean to... I just couldn't s-stop it. I-I only just managed to turn b-back t-to s-see what I had d-done to her." His words became weighted with tears as they slithered down his cheeks.
"Jimin, you didn't do this. That thing did." She attempted to console. "That thing is me, Emily!" He snapped back immediately, a sphere of red sketched the rings of his eyes.
The paths of his tears were lit up by the cheap, fluorescent bulbs, only making it more transparent to the girl what tortured Jimin's mind.
Not being able to control your own thoughts and emotions. Not being able to live without the fear that the monster could emerge at any time.
Falling into blissful darkness, only to wake up to crimson hands. Blind to the memories of the beast. Deaf to the screams of the ones they had hurt.
Pure torture.
Her arms orbited his figure before coming into contact with his skin, in the form of an embrace. Neglecting the tears piercing through her clothing as Jimin eventually copied her movements.
"I swear to you I will get you out of this hell. All of you." She breathed, her breath dancing in his sniffles. "How? Y-you said there w-was no cure." He replied, some words being lost in the muffling impact of her clothes.
"Nathaniel said there might be one... that's why he left. I-I didn't say because I didn't want to get your hopes up." She confessed, feeling a shiver creep down her spine as Jimin became frozen in her words.
"Mr Park, you can come in and see her if you want." The nurse spoke out before Jimin could form a reply.
He untangled himself from Emily, following the nurse just as Emily did. The blinding lights soon melted in a fatigued light as they entered the secluded room, finding Bella's lightly elevating body stitched to an army of wires.
"I know this probably isn't the best time to ask... but why exactly were you with Bella?" Emily inquired, seeing his cheeks burn from white to crimson.
"I-I—we were... just chatting." He spoke through a whisper, Emily instantly being able to crack the encryption of his words. "Yeah sure... chatting." She teased, seemingly melting the cold, sombre atmosphere into something more sultry.
As her eyes returned to the bandaged plastered figure, she let out a sigh, hating the feeling of being useless.
"How can you like him?" Jimin suddenly interrupted.
"What are you talking about?" She asked in the company of furrowed eyebrows.
"As in... how can you like Jungkook, when you know what he is?" He asked.
She realised where his question had been manifested from. It was illustrated out perfectly in his eyes.
He was scared that once Bella recovered, all she would do is run away from him. Boycott his presence out of the pure fear the beast had infected her mind with.
She wished she could answer his question. To tame his rabid feelings.
Yet she didn't even know the answer herself.
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"Anyone home?" Emily called out as her abused trainers slipped off her feet. Eyes almost frantically searching the tranquil scene in front of her.
The stillness of the air was broken into by the thundering sounds of accelerating footsteps, its origin being revealed as Hoseok and Taehyung slipped out from the basement door. Breath being recovered as they ventilated heavily.
"Why were you down there?" She puzzled, the two instantly looking at each other, waiting for the other to reply. "Are you going to ans—."
"It's... J-Jungkook." Taehyung finally muttered out, continuing to scurry away from her direct eye sight. "He came over looking for you and at first he was fine, but then he-he got riled up for no reason." He further explained.
"We only put him down there because he said he wanted to kill someone." Hoseok leapt onto Taehyung's words.
Emily didn't sacrifice her breath for a reply. Hastily passing the two boys as she almost slipped down the aching stair case, soon finding the familiar sight of Jungkook's wrists encased in slithering steel chains.
A barbed smirk crawled up his lips, already telling Emily that it wasn't Jungkook despite its exterior.
"Finally, someone who's actually sane enough to let me out of these ch—." He attempted to perform, Emily making it transparent she was not in a mood for observing his faux drama. "Cut the shit already. I know what you were trying to do before I got here." She huffed, her throat almost burning as her tone grew more acidic.
"I thought we already agreed on this. I would kill and you would stay out of trouble. So where the hell is this coming from?" She interrogated as his expression lost its playboy accent, eroding into one more of frustration. "Because your services are taking too long and I need to eat now." He replied, voice coarse as it lost a layer of its humanity.
She took a breath in. Knowing provoking the boy would only lead to her sentient pigments dying his hands.
"You're just going to have to be patient, okay? Sorry it's taking me so long to find a person bad enough to kill." She spouted. Arms folding in a suffocating hold as she felt the blistering anger pierce into her limbs.
"If you don't feed me what I want... I'll make sure you're my next meal." His polluting smirk returned, yet she couldn't find a single slash of playfulness in his eyes.
"You wouldn't—."
"I've killed before... and I'll do it again." He replied, his figure interrupting his words as a tide of pain ran through him.
She found herself almost cowering at his words. Her feet retreating at his image. "W-what is that meant to mean?" She asked, praying for the answer she begged not to hear.
"It means—." He griped as his eyes sealed shut for a temporary moment.
"I killed Sofia and Jane." He smiled.
(A/N)
I wanted to add another twist because I feel like I haven't been giving you enough lately and that's making the story boring so I hope you enjoyed that :)
Also
This book will be having 23 chapters just like Amethyst Lightning and Veleno (which is kind of creepy but okay :))
I won't be writing another book until the summer after I finish this but I have big plans for the next one I'm writing
Which I will say
Is a Jimin fan fiction ;))))