It Wasn't Real, Was It?
In the morning, Jungkook drags himself out of bed, feeling like he has been in a fight. He stumbles to the bathroom and starts the shower to warm the water. He looks in the mirror and gasps.
"What the fuck!?" He turns his head back and forth, tenderly, touching the bruises on his neck with his fingertips. He leans close to the mirror for a better look at the bruises, then steps back and stares in shock. The bruises are in the shape of hands. There are two hand prints of bruises on his shoulders as well.
"Just where that thing had its hands pushing me into the mattress!! Oh hell, no, no, it was a dream! It wasn't real, was it!?"
In a sudden panic, he forgets about the shower and runs back into his bedroom, looking around. He checks under the bed, in the closet, and behind the curtains in the windows. There is no sign of anyone other than himself ever being in the room.
Returning to the shower, he is about to cut the water off but stops. "You're a grown-ass man, and you're afraid to take a shower!" Frustrated with himself, he pushes his fear down and takes a shower.
When he was done with his shower and towel-dying his hair, he heard his cell phone go off. He picked it up, and it was a group text from Jin letting everyone know he decided to make breakfast at his place to celebrate their first morning in their new building.
Jungkook knew it was also because Tae and Jimin were already there, and Jin still wanted to keep an eye on Jimin.
Fully dressed, Jungkook looks around his room. He was still excited about getting all his personal things placed, but the nightmare now dampens it. He frowns slightly as he closes the apartment door and takes the elevator to Jin's.
Yoongi is startled awake by the message on his phone that he received a group text. He curses as he rolls over, slings off the cover, and grabs his phone.
He sees breakfast is at Jin's this morning. Sitting his phone down, he starts his daily routine. Once he is done and dressed, he leaves his apartment for Jin's. He stops halfway to the elevator, wondering if he should go to his studio at all today.
'Maybe I will just help everyone get more of their things moved in and talk to security.'
He considered going down and talking to security first, but his stomach growled loudly in protest.
'Okay, eat first.'
He meets Jungkook on the elevator on his way to Jin's. He steps into the elevator and pats Jungkook on the shoulder, "Morning, maknae."
Cringing in pain, Jungkook flinches from Yoongi's hand.
"What's wrong? I didn't touch you that hard, Mr. Muscle Bunny. Did you over exercise last night?" Yoongi teases him.
"No, but I had a horrible nightmare. It was one where you think you're awake, but you're not till you are. My bed was pretty messed up. I may have hurt my shoulder trying to fight whatever it was that was trying to kill me."
Yoongi notices the discoloration around Jungkook's neck, so he takes out his phone and uses the flashlight to see better.
"What the hell, Bun!? What happened?" He pulled Jungkook's collar away from his throat for a better look. "My god, it looks like hand prints! Like someone choked you!"
Before Jungkook could answer, the elevator door opens on Jin's floor. "Can I talk to you later about it?" He asks as they step out.
"Sure, but you might want to cover your throat." He hands Jungkook the light scarf he had around his neck. He hated catching a chill or running into cold spots and decided to wear one from now on. "You can wear this now or suffer the interrogation of the others at breakfast."
Jungkook wraps the scarf around his neck, thankful to his hyung (older brother). "Thank you."
"But you will come with me to my studio after breakfast before we start unpacking and moving things around." Jungkook nods as they enter Jin's apartment.
Jimin and Tae meet them. Jimin immediately notices Yoongi's scarf around Jungkook's neck but doesn't say anything.
"How are you, Jimin? Does your back still hurt?" Jungkook asks out of concern, misdirecting Jimin from staring at his throat.
"The medicine Jin hyung has been putting on it helps a lot. It's better today. I don't have to have all those adhesive bandages on it this morning."
"Turn around, Jimin. Let me take a look." Yoongi turns Jimin as he pulls up his shirt so Yoongi can see the scratches.
"Wow, those still look pretty mean."
"Yeah." Agrees Jungkook, grimacing as he looks at the scratches.
Jin steps into the living room, "Hey guys, breakfast is ready. Come eat."
They gladly join the others for breakfast. As Yoongi enters the dining room behind the maknae line, he gets a chill and mumbles, "Dammit, I should have put a sweater on. This building is drafty as fuck!"
"Sorry, Yoongi. I didn't mean to get so close." You skirt around him and stay on the other side of the room. You want to hear how they are doing. You know who hurt Jimin and tried to hurt Jungkook. You hope they talk about it so you can find out if they are really doing alright.
During breakfast, you are disappointed, as Jungkook never mentioned what happened to him last night, and Jimin must be doing better. You don't see all those bandages on him this morning. All they talked about was getting their stuff that was dropped off last night and talking with maintenance.
"The lights in my room kept flickering last night," complains J Hope. "Did it happen to anyone else?"
They all deny any such happenings in their apartments.
Yoongi says, "I guess that is something else to add to the list for maintenance this morning. I will be talking with them and security after breakfast. Do you have anything else you want checked out?"
Namjoon swallows a mouthful of food, "Um, Yeah, I know it sounds stupid, but the water kept coming on in the bathroom last night, and by the time I went to cut it off, it was already off. I think there is a water pressure issue."
He looks at Yoongi, "Well since you have taken it upon yourself to speak with maintenance, might as well get them to check the pipes in my bathroom. I didn't get much sleep, having to check on the water. The third time I did, when I went in, as I reached to turn it off, it cut off by itself."
They look around at each other—some with surprise, some with fear.
"I will let maintenance know." Yoongi is determined to find out what is going on. 'Things are just too strange around here.'
You are glad to hear that at least Yoongi is. . .
Suddenly, HE is coming. You can feel the wave of cold darkness that always precedes him before HE shows up. As you go to leave, HE comes through the wall, speeding toward you right over the table, and you quickly escape through the wall with him right behind you.
The guys jump away from the table, Jimin falling over with his chair as things scatter across the table and glasses tip over, spilling their contents.
"Damn, where did that cold breeze come from!?" shouts J Hope as he and the others rub their arms and hands for warmth.
"That was no breeze. That was a fucking wind blast!" Taehyung says as he helps Jimin up from the floor.
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