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The room was completely silent.

No one spoke a word as the devil stood over the burning figure, the sound of flames crackling and popping being the only sound in the room.

"Oh my.." The devil whispered, crouching down to get a better look at whatever had just crashed through the border between hell and earth. The smell of smoke and something similar to sulfur drifted through the air. "Jimin, you may want to come here for a second."

Jimin's eyes widened. Up until that point he had just been standing back waiting for the devil to give the word on what to do, but being called up there specifically had his stomach turning. Deep down he had a hunch, but getting excited over nothing had gotten him nowhere up until now, and so he tried to push down his inner hopes.

He slowly walked towards the devil. The flames had begun to go out by now, slowly uncovering what had been burning beneath them.

A body.

Jimin took three more steps closer.

Brown hair, tanned skin.

Time had slowed down. It felt like Jimin was running through quicksand as he sprinted towards the unbelievable scene in front of him. Tears were already pouring out of his eyes before he even realized he was crying.

Truly, he didn't think he deserved this gift.

He had made a mistake. He put on a front of acting selflessly but truly he was just scared that he and Jungkook truly didn't have a place in any world. He knew heaven wouldn't have accepted him. No matter how much Jungkook said he could have pleaded Jimin knew a former demon simply couldn't walk on the clouds. On the flip side though, he could have never asked Jungkook to give up his angel status, and so what else was there to do than leave?

Jimin stopped next to the body and dropped down to his knees.

It was him.

His face was smeared with ash, but his face still looked so soft to the touch. His skin was rosy, feathery eyelashes resting against his cheeks, His hair was singed at the edges, and still somehow it fell effortlessly against his forehead, soft and fluffy.

"Jungkook." Jimin cried, bringing one hand down the cup the younger boy's face. There was still a pinkish blush to his cheeks, and slow breaths left his parted lips. His eyes stayed closed, remnants of past tears still wet under his eyelashes. "Oh, Jungkook.."

What was there to even say? What words could even begin to explain himself if Jungkook could even hear him right now? 'I'm a coward'? 'It was just too difficult'? Neither of those things would begin to justify what he had done, in his mind.

Jungkook believed they were on the brink of happiness, and Jimin snatched it away without warning.

"He was banished." The devil spoke up, making Jimin snap out of the bubble he had isolated himself in. He had honestly completely forgotten that he and Jungkook weren't the only two people in the room. "First thing I noticed was that his wings were missing."

Wings?

Jimin gasped, turning Jungkook's shoulder gently to confirm that what the devil was saying was true. More tears streamed down his face once he found out, biting his lip and his eyes scanned across the skin. Once beautiful, soft wings with shimmering feathers, now replaced with burnt leathery skin where they used to be.

Jimin ran his index finger across the scar gently, the pain in his heart growing more and more evident as time went on.

Jungkook had been banished from heaven?

Jimin knew that this was probably something he should have thought about before. Jungkook had done so many things that were against the way of life angels lived. Considering he used to be a higher ranking angel as well, was it truly a surprise that heaven decided they didn't want him back?

Jimin ran his thumb against Jungkook's cheek, soot transferring onto his finger as he did so. He couldn't help but notice that the golden angelic glow that usually highlighted Jungkook's cheek's had vanished. His wings were gone, and so was this, but it didn't stop Jungkook from still looking like an angel.

He couldn't help but wonder though...

"When you say banished," Jimin began, his hand still cupping Jungkook's face. Subconciously, his body was afraid to let him go again. "Where is he banished to?" He knew he was being incredibly roundabout with what he was asking, but with the rollercoaster of emotions that was currently running in his head, he could hardly even attempt to articulate his true question.

The devil raised an eyebrow, quickly turning and waving her hand to gesture for the other sins to join them.

They all quickly came over, obviously itching to see what was going on. When it came to Jimin and Jungkook, it was usually interesting.

"I think you already know the answer to that Jimin." She sighed, smoothing down a few stray pieces of Taehyung's hair once the other sins had made their way over. "Jungkook will stay down here. Clearly the man upstairs wants nothing to do with him if He's willing to kick him out in such an extravagant way."

Jungkook will stay down here.

The emotion Jimin felt when he heard those words, was one that could never be put into words. It was relief, excitement, remorse for the pain Jungkook went through, joy and terror all wrapped into a scrambled mess.

Was this it?

He didn't think that it would end like this. He knew he shouldn't get his hopes up before Jungkook even opened his eyes, but it was really starting to seem like things truly had been on their side. Jimin was a demon, and Jungkook was banished to hell.

What barriers did they have now? Was there anything else to overcome? It felt wrong in his mind for this the answers to those questions to be "no".

It seemed like him and Jungkook's entire relationship had been an uphill battle of proving that despite their difference they deserved to be able to love each other. It became so normal to fight for Jungkook that the idea that he might not have to anymore was something he couldn't wrap his head around.

He knew he should be happy, and he was; but until Jungkook opened his eyes and confirmed what he was thinking, he wouldn't let himself express it.

True happiness, had become foreign to him it seemed.

"Jimin?" Once again the devil's voice brought Jimin back to reality. "Did you hear me?"

"I heard you." Jimin's voice was quiet. He turned his head, gazing across each of the other sin's facial expressions. Taehyung: joy. Yoongi: relief. Hoseok: bittersweet.

He and Hoseok locked gazes, and he could tell that the former sin of envy understood exactly what he was feeling in this moment. Too good to be true. Too easy. Jungkook had literally fallen into their laps, Jimin didn't have to do anything to get him back. It felt anticlimactic.

That was the perfect word to describe this. All of that fighting and heartache, just for Jungkook to get banished the second he got to heaven.

Hell, if Jungkook had gone back a long time ago maybe this battle would have been cut in half.

Jimin felt so wrong for feeling the way he did - for not feeling overwhelming happiness, but guilt and regret for the way things played out. Hoseok's green eyes though, told him that he felt the same. That was really all of the reassurance he needed. "I won't believe anything until he wakes up." Jimin decided.

He sighed, settling from a crouched position into a seated one next to Jungkook. "If Jungkook is staying here, I want to hear those words from him. Then I think, I'll be able to believe it." His words were trembling, the occasional tear still making trails down his cheeks.

This was supposed to be the happy part, why did getting him back have to hurt too?

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a/n:
Yes it's me!! Charlie!! Making a comeback two years later to post an actual update for infatuation in 2022!
Now I'm aware that 2019 me said that there was only one chapter left, however 2022 me is gonna tell you I had NO IDEA what I was gonna do for an ending at that point in time. Luckily though, over two years gave me a lot of time to come up with ideas lmao
That said, because I've actually worked out a proper ending this time, there's actually one more chapter after this. (when the sequel is like 2x the length of the original LOL)
anyway! new readers hello! nice to finally meet you! I'm the '- Charlie' you see at the end of each chapter. I've gotten a lottttt of new readers and followers since I last touched wattpad, so I think it would be rude to not say hello hehe
Old readers, if you're still here - you're the best kind of human. thank you and ily <333
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- Charlie :)