"I can't take this anymore.''
Jungkook sighs, sitting beside Namjoon. "What makes you say that, hyung?"
"I don't know, it just seems like they.. don't care." Namjoon said, looking away.
"What makes you say that? Of course they care." Jungkook asked.
"Well, Yoongi and Hoseok seem like they're more interested in the investigation. Jimin's.. well, he seems like he doesn't care. And for all I know the rest of you [which means you and Taehyung] couldn't care less." Namjoon ranted.
"But, look what you just said. You're implying that they probably don't care. You're just guessing, but you don't know if they really care. Let me tell you something, though; They do care." Jungkook said.
Namjoon was interested in what Jungkook had to say, and Jungkook noticed, continuing. "Yeah, maybe they might not be showing it emotionally, but Namjoon... everyone's hurt by it. They.. Some of them just might not be showing it the ways you do. Everyone acts differently to a death of a close one. Understand?"
"Understood, understood! Gee, you're a bit serious today." Namjoon snickered.
" No, seriously. The way you picture them is a bit selfish, you know. Also, I just think everyone's trying to help. Yoongi and Hoseok with their investigations, Jimin and Taehyung with their caring and kind selves... and then there's us." Jungkook said. "But we're not useless, and they do care, understand?
"Sorry, I get it now. I just thought they don't care. I guess I should think before I think." Namjoon said, smiling. He then frowned. "I still miss Seokjin though."
"Me too, Namjoon. Me too."
...
...
Jimin frowned after opening the front door. He couldn't find Taehyung. "I looked everywhere..."
"..Or did I?" Jimin realised. "There! He's there, he has to be!" Jimin thought to himself. He looked around and behind himself first to see if anyone was there. "Screw it. I have to go."
Jimin felt a bit scared, since he wasn't supposed to be outside. He did remember he was on house arrest. But.. he didn't care. His best friend was more important. Way more important than some stupid rule. Jimin get out, closing the door slowly.
Then Jimin starts to run, mind you in only an oversized t-shirt, shorts and slippers. If you looked outside and saw that, you'd think you were going crazy.
Jimin runs along the pavement, heavy and loud steps come and go as he runs to the spot he knows Taehyung has to be. He's not olympic fast, but he's not slow either when it comes to something important. He knows where it is, and it wasn't too far. Still, Jimin was a bit nervous. Not because of getting caught, but because of Taehyung. If he wasn't there, then where would he be?
He soon reaches the place and walks in. It's the park, but not just any local park. It was the park where Jimin and Taehyung had a lot of memories, where they made up, where they talked for hours and hours...
...And where Taehyung was. Jimin saw Taehyung sitting on the swings, not swinging but just sitting there, looking apathetic. Jimin walks over, anxiously and sits down on the swing next to him.
Taehyung looks up, surprised. He doesn't say anything, but Jimin can tell that Taehyung wanted to know why he was out. "Yes, I'm actually here. I snuck out. You're more important, anyway."
Taehyung just looks at the ground, frowning. Jimin doesn't know what to say. "So, uh.. Are you okay? Why did you run.. here?"
"I.. It was in the moment. Hoseok triggered something in me that I hadn't felt in a long time. And... I thought that if I ran here, no one would find me but the one I trusted most."
"And I succeeded! You're good though, right?" Jimin asks.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just... When Hoseok said that, when he asked if I'd murder him next... I remembered things I didn't want to remember. It's not like, anything about my dad, it's about..you guys." Taehyung said, starting to swing.
Jimin started to swing too, trying to match the pace of Taehyung's. "If you mind.. would you tell me what it is?"
"It was a series of dreams I had when I first met you guys." Taehyung said, looking away. "Okay, it all started when.."
I look off into the ceiling of my bedroom.
The urges to murder keep on coming back. It's nothing I can't do about it. It's always been that way.
I have to control myself, though. One slip up and I'll do it without hesitation, no thinking.
I sigh, closing my eyes...
Everyone's crying.
We're standing outside, on the grass. At the funeral of Jungkook.
He committed suicide. Everyone's sad. Especially Namjoon. I wonder why. I guess they always had a bond between the two.
But.. He didn't commit suicide.
I pushed him off the building.
I don't know why. Revenge hit me again. I felt that urge, and therefore I had to act on it.
But I vowed not to become like my father. I think I might be slowly turning like him.
No, no. That would never happen. I hate him. I will never be like him.
Of course, he didn't do murder. But he inflicts pain on others.
His blood is practically on my hands now. Jungkook's, I mean.
" Did we do something wrong..?" Namjoon breaks. Fuck, he's doubting himself now.
" No.. we didn't. It.." Yoongi couldn't finish his sentence. Everyone didn't know why. They were so confused.
" I thought he was happy. Was he not satisfied with us? With me?" Namjoon keeps on crying. Seokjin and Yoongi (surprisingly ) comfort him. I only go to Jimin, who's bawling his eyes out, hugging Hoseok.
Namjoon looks so guilty, Seokjin looks like he saw something really bad, I guess.
Of course, I shed tears of my own. But it's not out of sadness, or guilt, or pity.
It's more of because I have to.
I'm not an emotionless brat.
"That's the first one."
"You pushed Jungkook off a building?"
"In my flashback, yeah."
It hurts when someone you love dies.
But when you're the one who caused it? You can't really say.
I stare at the man who's laying in the hospital bed.
Believe it or not, he's got sixth degree burns.
Yes, there is actually such a thing.
Hoseok actually believes that he'll survive. But these burns are so fatal.
Well, at least what google says.
Yoongi's lit his room on fire, a presumed suicide. Also almost causing the whole house to burst into flames, but luckily Namjoon took action before it could spread out of Yoongi's room.
Everyone thinks it's because before Jungkook died, him and Yoongi had a big fight.
That's actually a very good excuse. But I had to murder again.
It's only because I have to get rid of all of them.
Why, you ask?
The guy that will get me out of this shit country has to make sure that there's no one I keep in contact with before I leave.
Well.. there's my sister, of course.
But she's dead, too.
Anyway, I can see how sad everyone is.
Hoseok is still crying over Yoongi's body.
Namjoon knows he's already going to die, too. He mourns Yoongi.
Seokjin stays awfully quiet.
Jimin's.. I don't know. He seems a bit strange.
Nonetheless, all of us are sad for Yoongi.
I never expected it to be that bad, actually. I thought it would be third or fourth degree burns.
But at least Yoongi can't be alive to rat me out.
He saw me do it.
" Taehyung, what are you doing?" Yoongi asked, lazily.
Meanwhile, someone is peeking at the door, then leaves.
Taehyung held the lighter, the letters 'Y.K' smudged as he threw the lit lighter on the ground, running and jamming the door so he couldn't get out.
Yoongi could only scream as the flames engulfed him.
I once again let tears fall out.
Hoseok seems way too sad about this. Was there something between them? I mean, yeah the SOPE-ME thing, but what else really?
I don't even know. Jimin seems way too distant nowadays.
Namjoon's already sadden by Jk's death, but now Yoongi..
Seokjin's.. he thinks that since he's the eldest, he should've watched them and made sure they were happy. He's blaming it on himself.
Me? I'm fine. That's two on my hands.
"The second one."
"Wow, fire?"
"Yeah. Not sure why it's fire, though."
"Jimin!" Seokjin cries out. Water drips on the already wet floor.
I never really expected this. It hurts too much.
I just lost my best friend.
He.. He committed suicide.
At least this time the blood isn't on my hands.
Seokjin took him out of the water.
His breathing seems shallow, but he's already gone.
I stand up, walking away as Seokjin tries his best to resurrect him.
I can't bear seeing Jimin like.. that.
I walk over to a noise I hear, peeking in.
Namjoon is sulking. Hoseok's on the ground.
Resemblances. They both were pale.
And dead.
I see pills on the ground.
An overdose, huh?
Once again, more blood sheds. No more will be on my hands, I promise myself.
But two deaths in one day isn't really a good day.
I still remember the memories between us three..
" Haha! You can't catch me!" Jimin squeals, while Hoseok is scared out of his wits.
I run behind them, pretending to be a very bad monster.
When we stop, we all laugh together.
" Jeez, you really scared me.." Hoseok pouts. Jimin laughs again, while I smile.
I will always remember this moment..
I tear up, but this time for real. Memories always gets those tears flowing.
I can only think of how it's only the three of us.
But not for long..
"That was the third."
"You dreamed of me committing suicide?"
"Yeah. At least I didn't kill you."
I put on my jacket, running faster to the gas station where Namjoon works.
My plan? Murder him there.
I take out my knife ( I didn't have a gun, Seokjin took it from me when he found out. Ugh. ), slowly creeping up behind him.
I was wearing a mask, so he couldn't recognise me.
I went up behind him, trying to grab him. But he's big. And tall. So he easily pinned me down. Luckily I still have my knife.
" Who are you ?! Why are you trying to knife me ?! " He screams. And he reaches over to my mask.
I'm so fucking screwed. I try not to look at him, in fear he would recognise my eyes.
And just when he's about to find out who I am..
..His manager comes out. And screams at him.
Turns out he's got the police on speed dial, and they arrest Namjoon. Wouldn't even listen to him.
I get off free, luckily. I thought they would've recognised me or something. I sigh, running back home.
" So... NAMJOON'S IN JAIL?!" Seokjin asks.
" Yeah. If we can't get him out, he'll be sent to prison." I say.
Seokjin only sighs, then looks at me dead in the eyes, showing no emotion. I get a little nervous, of course.
" I know what you did." Seokjin whispers in my ear. I shudder.
" You murderer. Three people's blood on your hands, and you were the main cause of ruining four lives."
" Four?" Taehyung asks. The only people he could think of was Hoseok, Jimin, and Namjoon.
" Me." Seokjin says.
" Ah.. what should I do..? Turn you in to the police? Or should I do the same thing you did to them, back at you?"
While Seokjin's distracted, I quickly grab my knife from before, and stab him in the head. I stumble back, while he falls onto his knees.
" Just remember that you're a murderer Taehyung. And you'll always be one.' Seokjin says, before finally falling over and dying.
I only get up, hide his body, and run.
I run outside, running along the pavement. Crossing a road, but it's too late. At the last second I see the stop signal and the car hitting me...
"...And that's when I woke up." Taehyung said, suddenly going quiet.
"So.. It was just back to back, same plot dreams?" Jimin asks.
"Yes. Of course, I didn't have flashbacks of the whole thing, but it was little scenes of it, and then I remembered everything."
"Sounds like some sort of fanfiction, huh?" Jimin snickered.
"Yeah, you could call it that." Taehyung shrugs.
" ..Well, anyways I hope Hoseok apologizes." Jimin says, gritting his teeth.
"I'm sure he feels bad. He seemed really guilty after you left." Jimin says.
"Well... Okay then, we should head back." Taehyung says, jumping off the swing. Jimin gets off.
"Go ahead." Jimin says, letting Taehyung go first.
"I'm not royalty! C'mon, let's walk together." Taehyung said, holding out a hand.
"Fine." Jimin humped, holding Taehyung's hand, walking home.
The sunset glowed, making Taehyung and Jimin happy as they walked off into the distance.
Meanwhile, Jungkook let go of Namjoon. "I have to tell Yoongi-hyung and Hoseok-hyung something."
"What is it?" Namjoon asked. Jungkook froze. He didn't know what to say. Honestly, if Jungkook told him, would Namjoon get suspicious of him? Jungkook quickly came up with an answer.
"It's something private. Totally not related to this. Just something I have to tell them."
"Oh." Namjoon said, looking away. "Go, then."
"Okay.." Jungkook got up leaving. He turned back, seeing Namjoon looking a bit.. broken?
Jungkook felt bad, but he had to tell them. It was important. He closed the door, leaving Namjoon by himself.
He walked through the halls, noticing the sudden silence. He didn't see Jimin or Taehyung, and assumed they went outside.
Outside. "Fuck." Jungkook thought. "Jimin broke the rule. The house rule."
Jungkook thought about it. but decided not to tell them. They would probably get caught, anyway. And he knew that if Jimin left just like that, even if it broke an important rule... whatever he left for would've been important.
Jungkook slowly opened his door, walking to his room and opening the drawer.
He had specifically left it just for this day. He picked it up, careful not to let fingerprints on it. He wrapped the tissue around the handle and held it firmly, finding Yoongi and Hoseok in their shared room.
He quietly opened the door, seeing Yoongi and Hoseok with their backs turned, hunched over.
"Yoongi... why can't we tell them? If they found out, they'd be mad at us for not telling them about this.."
"You have to understand, Hoseok. We can't. It's too harmful. If it ever went out, chaos would erupt."
"But-" "Shut it." Yoongi interrupted, turning around. "Ah, Jungkook. It's a pleasure to see you."
"Oh, uh thanks." Jungkook said, feeling a bit awkward. Hoseok and Yoongi stood up.
Hoseok notices something. "Hey, what's in your hand?"
Jungkook holds it out. Yoongi grabs it. "A lint roller?''
"Yeah. Found it in my trash can after the murder." Jungkook said, shrugging.
"How would we know that you didn't put it in yourself?" Hoseok questioned.
"Because if I murdered Seokjin [which I didn't], why would I need a lint roller to clean my hair off the floor? Remember? I used to share a room with Seokjin. Moved out a week before Seokjin died. My hair is guaranteed to be there forever, unless.." Jungkook held up the lint roller, giving the hint. "No point in removing the hair anyway."
"Oh, okay.." Hoseok says, ruffling Jungkook's soft hair. " Anyways, I think we can determine that the lint roller was used to remove hair off the crime scene."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm not a suspect now, right?'' Jungkook asked.
Yoongi scoffs. "I still have my doubts."
"Oh." Jungkook frowned. He wanted to argue with Yoongi, but that would have to come later.
"Okay.. But anyways.. have you seen Jimin and Taehyung? I haven't seen them in a while.." Hoseok asked.
"Uhh.." Jungkook didn't say anything as they left to find them.
"They're not anywhere.." Hoseok said.
Yoongi grunted. "They must've left, then. We'll wait until they come home."
"Okay then. You guys can wait, I need to do something." Hoseok said, leaving the room.
Hoseok walked across the hallway and peeked inside a room. There, was Namjoon.
"Hey, Joon?"
"Yes?" Namjoon looked up.
"Can you cut my hair? I haven't cut it in a long time, and my hair's starting to bother me. Just a bit, though." Hoseok said, sitting down in front of Namjoon, back turned.
"Sure.." Namjoon said as he tied the trash bag around him. He grabbed some scissors, and started cutting.
"So like, Jungkook showed us this lint roller he had, and it kinda confirmed why the floor was clean. We're positively sure it wasn't Jungkook, because he wouldn't need to clean it! It probably had to been one of you guys.." Hoseok talked, blabbering about what he found.
Namjoon took it all, listening to what Hoseok had to say. After he finished, he put the scissors down and showed Hoseok. "Cool?"
"Cool.. hey, by the way...can you not tell anyone about this?" Hoseok asked.
"Why not?" Namjoon answered.
"Just.. please?"
"Okay, okay."
"Anyways, Jimin and Taehyung left the house, and when they come home they're going to totally get chewed out!" Hoseok said, giggling as he left.
Namjoon let out a small tired smile and he began to clean up the mess.
"Hey, how long has it-" Hoseok paused as he heard the door shaking.
"Must be them.." Jungkook said, walking over to the door and opening it.
"Hey!" Jimin shouted. "How are you guys?"
Jungkook raised an eyebrow. They seemed giddy... Too giddy. "Something must've happened back there..." Jungkook thought to himself.
Yoongi and Hoseok walked downstairs, glaring at them.
"Uhh.. hehe..." Jimin said, sweating.
"Why were you out? Did you not remember the rule we made?" Yoongi said, the tone of his voice making it scary.
"You told me to get Taehyung and I did...?" Jimin mumbled.
"..Come with me. We need to have a talk." Yoongi said, grabbing Jimin's hand and bringing him away.
Jungkook sensed the tension and left, running upstairs.
Now it was just Taehyung and Hoseok. Hoseok avoided eye contact while Taehyung stared at him.
"Well... are you going to apologize?" Taehyung asked.
"Are you going to tell me about what you saw?" Hoseok retorted back.
"Are you going to keep pestering me about it? I'll tell you when I'm ready."
"Well... I'm just asking you. I don't want you to get murdered or something before you tell us."
"Well, it's annoying!" Taehyung shouted, stepping forward boldly to make Hoseok scared.
Hoseok had to admit he was a bit scared. Taehyung was taller, and stronger than him. A wimp like Hoseok would never get past someone like Taehyung. But Hoseok had to fight back.
And so he did. Literally. He lunged at Taehyung, pushing him down and punching him.
Taehyung was confused and angry at why Hoseok would hit him. His anger pushed him over and broke him. He grabbed Hoseok and threw him against a wall.
"hHck!" Hoseok hissed, the pain hitting dead square in his back. Hoseok grabbed a vase and tried to smash it against Taehyung's head. Taehyung dodged, pushing Hoseok to the ground.
Taehyung was spiralling out of control. He was slowly losing his real self, and he tried to snap out of it. He couldn't, though, and Hoseok was the straw that broke the camel's back. He grabbed Hoseok's hair, fisting it and banging it against the floor.
"This is what you wanted, right?!" Taehyung said, tears streaming down his face. "You don't understand. None of you do!"
Hoseok didn't say anything, but he knew that if he didn't do something soon, he would pass out. So he grabbed Taehyung and banged his head against his, in a panic.
Taehyung went limp, passing out. Hoseok whimpered. At that time, Jungkook came running back down, seeing everything that happened.
Jungkook observed the two. Hoseok, who has bruises on his back and blood dripping from his head, and Taehyung, who has a black eye and blood splatters on his clothes. He and Hoseok pick Taehyung up and puts him to bed, not saying a word. He couldn't tell them. If he did, they'd get mad at him for not stopping it, right?
Jungkook just watched as Hoseok left. Jungkook just decided to go to his room and forget about it all. Even if it was only 8:00pm, he just wanted to sleep.
He closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Jimin and Yoongi were in the living room.
"Jimin.. please fully explain why you were out-." Yoongi paused, taking off his glasses and pinching the bridge of his nose. "-when we specifically specified the rule."
"I tried looking for Taehyung, but he wasn't anywhere in the house. There is this.. place where me and him made lots of memories, I thought he was there and he was. We talked for a bit, calmed him down and came home together." Jimin immediately told Yoongi what went on.
"Really? What did you talk about?" Yoongi asked.
Jimin paused. Of course, he should tell Yoongi what they talked about, but would it be invading Taehyung's privacy?
No, it wouldn't. Taehyung did tell him after all. "He had these dreams when we all first met. It was him murdering us." Jimin told Yoongi what happened in the dreams.
"Oh... I did not know that." Yoongi said. "..I'll let you off the hook once."
"Thanks!" Jimin perked up, hugging Yoongi.
"We should probably go to bed now. Try to sleep, I don't care. Just stay quiet." Yoongi said, getting up and leaving. Jimin soon did the same.
Yoongi hastly looked around, trying to find somewhere to put the lint roller. He decided to keep it in Taehyung's room, not looking at Taehyung. He put it on the table, and ran away.
It was the next day. Everyone got up, stretching. They walked out, doing their morning routine as usual.
They then heard a scream. "TAEHYUNG!"
Everyone ran to see what had happened.
In the middle of all the commotion..
In the middle of everything that was happening..
Was Taehyung's dead body.
Profiles:
Kim Seokjin: A caring but overprotective person. He deeply cared about the members and took care of them until his death. His hobbies were cooking and modeling. He was murdered.
Min Yoongi: At first sight he may seem cold, but over time he opens up and is actually very caring. His hobby is murder cases [He looks them up on the internet, studying to be a sort of.. "detective"]. When stressed, he "shuts down".
Jung Hoseok: A cheerful person who will cheer you up. He is loving to his members, treating them as if they were his brothers. His hobby is dancing. May act out impulsively when angry.
Kim Namjoon: A witty person with a kind heart. He acts calmly even in the most pressuring situations and averts the problem to solve it. His hobbies are reading and nature. He breaks down if stressed enough.
Park Jimin: A sassy person with a sweet personality. He's very affectionate, but he'd constantly rebels despite their protests. His hobbies are modeling, singing, and dancing. He gets angry very easily.
Kim Taehyung: An outgoing person who will bring something new in every conversation. Has an allergy to chocolate. He makes arguments real quick. Mention of his dad gets him out of control.
Jeon Jungkook: A friendly person. He acts selfish and is a troublemaker at times, but in the end he still is caring. His hobby is singing. He acts out in self defense [fighting] as a resort to proving himself\getting what he wants.
Evidence:
. Bloody Knife: The murder weapon. It was used to murder Seokjin, but it strangely has no fingerprints.
. Pictures: Seokjin's body
[ Picture 1 "Death Wound": A picture of the stab wound which killed Seokjin. ]
[ Picture 2 "Head Wound": A picture of a head wound. Trauma to the head seems likely. ]
[ Picture 3 "Le body": Seokjin's dead body. ]
[ Picture 4 "Finger": Seokjin's pointer finger. It has some blood on it. ]
[ Picture 5\6 "At an Angle": Seokjin's body at certain angles to get a "different perspective". ]
. Time: Death time was approx. 11:00. Discovery of body approx. 4:30.
. Note: Has Seokjin's dying message. Has the letter "J".
Information\Notes:
. Cause of Death: Blood loss from a stab wound to the heart.
. Fingerprints: No fingerprints on the body or the knife. It seems they used gloves.
. Head Trauma: Signs of head trauma from hitting a hard, flat surface. Concussion occured.
. Victim: Kim Seokjin, best friend. He was a caring person.
. Time: The time of death was approx. 11:00.
. Testimonies: Jimin, Jungkook, and Hoseok's testimony.
Jimin: "So... like, after I walked away from Seokjin I went to the kitchen and saw Taehyung and Hoseok arguing. I tried to like, stop them, but they didn't so I left them and went upstairs, where I saw Jungkook. We talked for a bit and then I left, going to my room. I just went on my phone for the rest of the time and showered until Hoseok had to come in and tell me about Seokjin's death. Huh. How tragic."
Jungkook: "There's nothing much I did. All I really did was play games the whole day. I went out once just to get another slice of cake, and all of a sudden everyone's mad and arguing. What a great day to be alive, huh? Couldn't say the same for Seokjin, though.."
Hoseok: "Today I bought a cake, a nice one. It was chocolate, but I made sure Jungkook covered that part. There was barely any chocolate yet, but Taehyung and I argued about it because he was allergic, but a little wouldn't hurt. Jimin tried to stop us but he ended up leaving, and after he did and Taehyung left I just went on my phone. Then, Namjoon texted me saying I had to check on Seokjin, so I did. That's when I found the body."
. "Reason" of Murder:
Jimin: "In the moment of anger, he would've murdered Seokjin because he was controlling to him."
Jungkook: "Jealousy of Seokjin hogging Namjoon. Also, he could easily murder anyone and get away with it."
Hoseok: "He was "in the room last"."
. Alibis [Everyone]:
Jungkook, Taehyung: Playing video games at the time of murder. Did not hear anything at time.
Hoseok: In the kitchen, with his phone. Namjoon texted him to open Seokjin's door, and is also when discovery of body was made.
Namjoon: On a walk, gone for 6 hours.
Yoongi: ?
Jimin: ?
. Jungkook's Account: "Because if I murdered Seokjin [which I didn't], why would I need a lint roller to clean my hair off the floor? Remember? I used to share a room with Seokjin. Moved out a week before Seokjin died. My hair is guaranteed to be there forever, unless.. No point in removing the hair anyway."
Relationships:
Good: Yoongi\Hoseok, Hoseok\Jimin, Namjoon\Yoongi, Jimin\Taehyung, Jungkook\Taehyung, Namjoon\Jungkook
Neutral: Yoongi\Jungkook, Yoongi\Jimin, Jimin\Jungkook, Namjoon\Jimin, Namjoon\Hoseok, Taehyung\Yoongi, Hoseok\Jungkook, Namjoon\Taehyung
Bad: Hoseok\Taehyung
A\N:
Taehyung has been brutally murdered, and it's up for the rest of them and you to find out who did it! Was it Yoongi, who had put the lint roller in his room? Was it Hoseok, who had fought him the night before? Or maybe... was it both?
Chapter 5 is out! This was really fun to write.
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