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[Contains a little angst]

"Can I?" Taehyung asks for the last time and his eyes are the most shiny Jungkook has ever seen right now.

Jungkook can only think about Taehyung's deep voice resonating inside the little room of his brain while his eyes are throwing daggers full of undefined emotions towards his own.

His heart is itching to hold out his hand and trace the sharp lines of Taehyung's jaw that go down towards his lean throat and masculine adam's apple.

Taehyung leans down, baring his teeth, which can be called fangs as well, onto the tender-looking skin on Jungkook's neck and Jungkook feels like his soul is leaving his body because of how nervous he is!

Jungkook should be complaining, he should be stopping Taehyung from doing all of this. They've agreed to go by the rules of the game. He needs to remember it.

When Jungkook opens his mouth to speak, a faint groan-like sound coming from his stomach interrupts him and Taehyung also halts in his movements. It's like the spell is broken by the sound and Taehyung realises what he was about to do.

"Fuck..." is what Taehyung whispers before he exhales a deep sigh and pushes further onto Jungkook's shoulder to get up on his feet and when he does, his eyes are closed and he gulps before opening them again.

Jungkook is still dumbfounded, a little embarrassed because of his body's normal and natural reaction caused by hunger.

"Get up," Taehyung says, but it sounds more like an order.

Jungkook does as he says and the small water puddle disappears as soon as he gets back on his feet. He looks at Taehyung, waiting for him to say something because he isn't going to utter a single word after what just happened!

"Are you hungry?"

"Of course, I am," Jungkook clears his throat, looking away from him and continues, "because I'm a human, unlike you." his eyes find Taehyung's once again.

"Alright, Mr Human. Let's get you something to eat." Taehyung silently starts walking as Jungkook follows him, surprised that Taehyung isn't mocking or roasting him this time.

As if ignoring the elephant in the room, they don't talk about what just took place and what could have happened if Jungkook wasn't hungry!

After a while of walking through the thick and thin, tall and short bushes and trees, they come across a place which has some fruit trees. It looks like some kind of wild berries to Jungkook.

Taehyung stops just beside the small trees full of berries and turns to him.

"Eat," is all he says and goes silent again.

"This?" Jungkook looks hesitant as his eyes roam around the reddish-orange and yellow berries hanging on the loose stems of the trees.

"It's tasty, but if you're still doubtful we can eat it together like we drank the water before... should we?" Taehyung asks and Jungkook zips his mouth before violently shaking his head as no.

"Good,"

Jungkook doesn't waste much time to raise his hand and gently plucks the berries from the tree. The leaves bounce up when the fruits are detached from them and go back to their place eventually after some time.

Jungkook takes a bite, scared that it would be bitter or tasteless but it turns out to be tasty. Too much that he shoves some of them into his jeans' pocket while being careful not to smash them into juice 'cause of excessive force.

"Now you like it, huh?"

There it is! Taehyung mocks him as he watches Jungkook's actions.

"Whatever!" Jungkook mumbles, pouting as he pops some more berries inside his mouth.

Taehyung doesn't say anything more but keeps his gaze fixed, somehwere far away in the woods.

"So, do you ever eat anything? How can just drinking blood keep you alive?" Jungkook is still eating up, not sure if a small amount of fruit can completely fill his stomach. Whatever the situation might be, he is always curious.

"It's not really necessary to eat every day, but yes, we do eat once in a while." Taehyung shrugs, glancing at Jungkook.

"You're scary..." it was sudden and random.

"You're noticing that just now?" Taehyung raises a brow at him.

"It is not about your appearance," Jungkook continues to act normally, eating up now and then.

"Imagine if you were to sneak into our university, no one would suspect you because you look no different than a human."

Taehyung is intrigued to listen more now.

"Even if you hurt someone, like, draining someone dead off their blood or attacking someone, you are most likely to go unsuspected because of the way you can control your emotions and facial expressions. It almost scared me at first." Jungkook finishes, making Taehyung amused.

"Wow!" Taehyung scoffs, "and what do you mean by almost scared you?" he sounds offended for some reason.

"I mean-"

"Aren't you actually scared of me, young boy?" Taehyung has a strange smile set on his lips, still amused and surprised as he cuts Jungkook's words.

"You don't look scary, but you are scary as a person- vampire." Jungkook quickly corrects himself.

"Then how do I look according to you?"

Jungkook keeps his eyes on him, slowly trailing his gaze down from his face to his torso and from his arms to his legs.

Taehyung's shirt is now not as drenched as before but his hair remains messy; he couldn't care less about it right now but Jungkook had to come back to Taehyung's hair, just to admire its messed up beauty.

Jungkook takes a moment or two to think about it and answers. "If you were a human, well, I'd say that you're an attractive male and-"

Taehyung presses his lips together, slightly surprised. He wasn't expecting Jungkook to be so straightforward.

Jungkook's eyes go wide like he has seen a ghost and a hand flies to his mouth as he presses it to his lips, shocked by his own word choices.

"I- I didn't mean it that way, I mean your appearance is like.. it's like a model or something," he clenches his eyes in frustration of not being able to explain himself. "I don't know, man! Damn it!!"

"Are you listening to yourself, Jungkook?"

Listening to his name coming out of Taehyung's mouth is like a reality check for him as he straightens himself up and scolds himself inside his head for behaving recklessly.

Is Taehyung offended now? But, Jungkook didn't say anything rude, did he?

"Alright, I'm sorry, I think, for you, vampires are superior to humans so you don't like being compared to or considered as a human, right?" Jungkook holds out both of his hands in the air beside his head, surrendering to him, "My bad!"

What amuses Taehyung more is, that even now, Jungkook's eyes aren't reflecting any type of fear. He can't sense any negative emotions emitting from him.

Usually, Jungkook would be all fidgety and sweaty from fear but this time, it's strange! Jungkook sure seems apologetic, but that's it!

"Ouch-" before Taehyung could speak up, Jungkook coils down in pain, clutching his head.

"What's happening?"

"I'll talk to you about this later, Jungkook. For now, it's time to say bye." with that, Jungkook closes his eyes and slips into unconsciousness.

He doesn't have time to think about what Taehyung's words mean, he falls limp on the ground, thankfully, without any injuries.

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"Look, it is not possible, okay? I will never be less attractive!" Jin scoffs, smirking while he does so.

"One day you're going to regret being this confident, loser."

"Obviously! No human's beauty is permanent or forever, if he thinks he is the God, he is dumb." a laugh booms through his ears as his smile falls.

"I know right?!" another voice speaks.

"Whatever or whoever you are, I'm not getting scared of your hollow words," Jin shouts, looking all around him.

He is in a room full of curtains. Yes, you heard it right!

Why is he in a room filled with curtains...?!

He is in a maze... a maze full of different coloured and shaped curtains surrounding his slightly anxious self and he sees no escape route in sight, and he knows that this is all a part of the game.

But, will he stop walking and cry in the corner? Nope! He is Kim Seokjin!

Jin tries to squint his eyes through the dozens of curtains in front of him which he doesn't know where they came from! Honestly, he thinks that the curtains have something hidden underneath them, but again, he doesn't really know and is scared to touch them.

"You think you are so cool and brave like that?! You're just a pathetic loser who couldn't even help his friends."

"As the eldest friend, what was your responsibility and what did you do? You could do no shit, bruh!"

The voices are back to bother Jin. He tries not to think too much about it because if he does, he will sure be walking straight into the trap and the game will be over in no time for him!

"God forgive me, but please fuck off," Jin says, cursing the voices without any guilt.

"You could do nothing, Kim Seokjin. You couldn't even stop your friend from getting into depression. You couldn't help him."

"Mind your tongue, bitch! I did help Jungkook out of depression. Who are you to tell me what I could do and what I couldn't? Seriously? Just disappear from my head. You're making my headache worse, for God's sake!" Jin kisses his teeth, frustrated and closes his eyes, taking deep breaths.

The voice laughs, "Are you angry now?" the laugh stops, "You have no right to be so proud while Jungkook, your dear friend, is still suffering."

"Do I have to ask your permission to be proud?" Jin folds his hands together, looking at nothing in particular because he knows that the voice is only inside his and nowhere else.

"You can stay as cocky as you want but you can't change the fact, Kim Seokjin. The fact is that you were unable to make everything right." the voice doesn't stop so soon this time.

"Do I have to remind you again? The first week of your military service?! Does that ring a bell?" the voice sounds venomous, it's smooth yet bitter like a terror-filled honey.

Jin doesn't reply. For the first time, he doesn't feel confident enough to speak up against the arrogant voice.

"How could you leave that poor, weak and pathetic soul to be on their own? They were just in need of a little help. If you weren't so selfish and ran off without helping them, they would still be fine and normal."

Jin is slapped with facts on his face and he doesn't know what to say but he also can't stay silent. He can't let the voice take over his mind, it would only weaken him.

"Listen-" Jin presses his fingers on his eyes as if massaging them and sighs.

"You can't even make excuses now, can you?"

"Argh!! What do you want from me?! Making me feel guilty won't make you win. You can never win against me, because I will never let you. You're such a coward, only speaking to me through my mind. If you're so brave as you sound, why don't you appear in front of me, huh?! Stupid little voice-"

Jin knows no boundaries when he gets angry, so I will spare you from reading it further.

"Goddamn! You surprise me, Kim Seokjin." That's when Jin stops his angry rap and turns to face the voice.

But, this voice is different from the one inside his head!

Who is this?!

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I'm not really satisfied with how this chapter turned out but I have to upload it anyways!
Will be back with a better one soon, till then, Vote and comment! ♡