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Who are you? Tae musters the courage to ask between his sobs.

Jimin scoots down closer to Tae and holds Tae's cheek in his palm and softly rubs his thumb over it.

Surprisingly, it unusually calms Tae. Jimin tries to hunt down the reason for Tae existence here, at this hour. He thinks of a hundred possible scenarios that led Tae here.

But none seem to fit the situation.

"Why are you here?" Jimin questions keeping his eyes fixed over Tae's orbs to look out for any lies that he blurts out.

"I...I came in search of you. You didn't come to school since last Friday. I wanted to make sure you are okay-" Tae stopped talking as he saw bloodstains over Jimin's sleeves.

Jimin realises that he forgot to wipe the cutter before placing it back into his sleeve. His sleeve was now painted in red and no matter what he says, the boy before him isn't going to believe him.

There is no reason for him to trust Jimin. Does he?

Oddly, it hurt Jimin to see the heavy base of panic that was building in Tae's heart.

The cheerful aura of Tae that he encountered in the library was now replaced by immense anxiety. The soft giggles that escaped out of his lips have turned into whimpers and sobs. His honey tanned skin has turned pale white.

Tae is repulsed by him.

Tae despises him.

The only person that came in search of him now regrets his life decisions.

Jimin's mind was twirling with thousands of thoughts and he let them consume him. Pull out his softer side and let his insecurities take over.

The 'past' him would have made sure to leave no trace of evidence. His 'past' self would have wrapped the man before him and thrown him far away and made sure he never returns.

But now he doesn't want to do it.

Not anymore.

He doesn't want a single cut over the boy before him. He doesn't want to hurt him. Even if it means to expose himself to the world.

Was he going crazy?

Was this the end?

Jimin lifts himself and drops a transportation card in front of Tae who keeps his eyes shut unable to think about the future consequences.

"Go down straight and take the first left. You will find a bus stop and use the card in case you run out of cash."

With that Jimin leaves the place with his hands in his pockets.

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Taehyung almost squeezes his big brother as soon as he returns to his home, leaving his brother in total confusion. He drops himself on his bed, playing with the vehicle card in his fingers and shuts all his thoughts and drifts to sleep.

Tae makes up his mind to meet Jimin directly on Friday.

Any sane person would avoid dangerous situations and make sure to inform an elder about the circumstance.

But Tae was a genius; a crime story lover.

He may be crazy to keep the incident to himself. He may be calling his coffin to his door by planning to meet Jimin again.

All alone.

Because his heart was constantly telling him to know the entire truth before jumping to conclusions.

His twisted brain was making situations where he could meet the mysterious guy on Friday.

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Taehyung's brother regrets dumping Tae very early to school on that one particular day.

Now he is forced to wake up even before the sunrise and is driving a car with his frizzy hair and unbrushed teeth to drop Tae at school.

He puts brakes before the school and looks, either way, to make sure no one is looking at them.

Because the condition he is in doesn't show that he is a CEO of a very famous enterprise.

Tae almost tumbles over to the floor when his brother shuts the door in a hurry and runs the car at jet speed.

Tae smirks at his brother's fate and turns to head towards the school.

The school!

He drops his bag into his locker and shuts it with the back of his leg creating a huge sound echo through the empty walls.

But it was different today.

Tae wasn't the frightened cat that gets chills by 'moving' objects. Tae is different now.

The only thing that fears him now is the strong glares he needs to face when he steps into the library.

Tae finds Jimin in the same spot he discovered him last time. But the guy was now in a hoodie with the cap covering his entire head.

Tae shrugs his thoughts and marches towards the boy that slept peacefully over the table with a book slammed against his cheek.

Taehyung pulls the boy by his hoodie cap and starts dragging him towards the washroom.

Oh-boy! Wrong move.

Jimin instantly clicks his eyes open and shrieks at the sudden pull. But stops resisting when his eyes confirm the familiar person. He lets his feet follow the sturdy man before him who had no intention of letting go of his hoodie cap.

Nor does Jimin want him to let go. But why?

Tae closes the door of the washroom behind their back; leaving only the two of them in the closed space.

Just the two followed by a deafening silence.

"Explain!" Tae orders with his hands crossed against his chest with his eyebrows furrowed in determination.

"Explain what?" Jimin retorts back even though he got slightly intimidated by the latter's dominating persona.

"I dont want to jump to conclusions Jimin. I want to know what exactly happened that night?" Tae questions with a dropping tone.

"Doesn't concern you!" Jimin flatline cut the conversation.

"Oh, trust me Jimin it does! It fucking concerns me because I was almost pulled into whatever that was going on there." Tae almost screams back losing his shit.

"Who asked you to come there in the first place? Who asked you to put your nosy personality into action and come find me? Just why the fuck would you do that!" Jimin raised his voice almost hovering over Tae and cornering him to the sink

"Be-because I was worried about you," Tae stutters with his confidence falling to zero as Jimin growled.

Now, this strikes Jimin's inside and his sick twisted brain does one simple thing. He pulls out his cutter, slides the blade out and places it right against Tae neck.

"If those beautiful lips speak again. My blade won't think twice before painting them red!" Jimin growls in a husky tone.

Tae starts shivering as the blade starts to pull a little blood out of his skin. To which Jimin jerks back seeing Tae in this state.

I am a monster, Tae.

I am a curse that kills people by pulling out their darkest desires.

"Stay away from me," Jimin mumbles to himself and rushes out of the room without another word.

[A/n:- Let's unfold the drama shall we? Vote and comment for more my lovely readers.]