Chapter 1: Chapter I
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《 How could somebodys hands be so soft? It was really a mystery how bones,skin and meat became the most lovable thing for him. They way they would comb though his hair,pet his head or boop his nose occasionally.
-There,there my little star....-the voice sing sang. He tried to get more of that comfort,but he coukdn't move. The light burned his eyes.
-Soon my love,soon....-》
He woke up with a ghasp. Chest moving up and down in a rapid peace. He reached over to the bedside drawer for a glass of water. Hands shaking as he took one or two sips before heading to the big window.
With a single push (fortunately) it opened and fresh air filled the room. He closed his eyes,enjoying the sensation. The first sun rays penetrated through the clouds and kissed his eyelids.
Just a dream. That was all. Just a dream. A sweet lie. But why it hurted his heart so much? Like salt rubbing on an open wound.
They said it was because he couldn't enjoy his mother's love. She died before she could even hold him. That's all they said.
It would pass. Time ereases and heals thing they said. Still. Still it was there.
"Taehyung? Its the hundredth time I'm speaking! Father need us at the table." A new voice made his heart jump "Get rady quickly!"
The boy,Taehyung,sighed loudly,galncing one last time at the sunrise and leaving to where he was called.
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Taehyung hates mornings. Not the morning as....the part of the day,but the procedure of getting up and sitting on the table. Yes. That simple gesture was hard for him.
Why? Oh-nothing big. He just couldn't stand the way those voices around him violated his eardrums. The chattering,the breathing,the words.
Maby he was going crazy slowly? Like grandpa on his last days? Maby. They said it was a part of the family herritage annyways.
"Goodmorning everyone! I hope you had a good and uniterrupted sleep!" His father's heavy voice filled the room. Inside Tae winced.
"Goodmorning father." his brother muttered,while his uncle and cousins just replied with a large smile.
Tae's stomach churned and turned for bad.
"I have a great announcment to make! Finally our trip to the harsh lands of north has been approved by the grat leaders. Finally we can halp those people to be free from the horrideous creatures living there!"
The table shifted. Everyone cheered and appalused in hapliness. He could see the uncanny shining on his cousins and uncle eyes.
Cause this is what they were. Hunters. One of the last most famous families of hunters in history. His ancestors took pride in almost excintin every magical creature that lived on the same pand as theirs.
Sirens,mermaids,fairies,elfs,wiches,dragons, dire wolfes,werewolfes,annything you can imagine!
One of his father's sisters had a preserved phoneix in her room. When he was little he gently pated the flamish faethers and apologised for the pain.
The leaders,the upper hand of the nation,asked them for help and they didn't refused one single time. They took pride in that.
It was disgusting!
"Will Taehyung come this time uncle? He never comes!" Oh! Tae wanted to smack that little shit.
"No,he will not. Unfortunately he is not rady. The boy has nightmares from stepping on a bee,let alone see blood!"
"Imagine him with a virgin woman!" His uncle replied and the table bursted in laughs. His father didn't even tried to take his side.
"I'm afraid he is rotten. Just like his mother! Useless!" And everyone agreed by nodding.
Taehyung wanted to shout no! His mother was the nicest and empathic person he had ever meet. Gentle and passionant. Strict and royal as a honeybee queen.
At least this is what he heard the others speak. Although his father and familiars threw dirt on her,the others,the walls spoke a different story!
"We will go after the breakfast. You will have time to preapre the equipments and horses. I want no excuses,nor for everyone to be late!"
People might be a bit lost on why did the uncles sayed most of the time at their mansion. Well,his father wanted for him to have an example on how to be great like his cousins. The plan backfired him hen his cousins didn't even took a glance at Tae.
For them he was a runt. Probably better dead than alive.
"Thank you Amartha!" Tae said as the middle aged servant placed his breakfast. The witch smiled.
"Don't be polite with those savages! They are worth nothing." His cousin adviced him.
It was funny how some of their servants ought to be dead by now,they keeping them as servants,giving their life worthness.
"Should we live him here? What if he goes at the dungeon?" His uncle asked,as if Taehyung didn't even excist.
"He won't. He is stupid but not dumb enough. I've warned him!"
Was he now a dog?
"Good. Annyways,we should be careful!"
"Don't worry! He knows the punishmet if he does not obey!"
Eyes were watching him. Snickers were heard. Tae didn't care eough.
Suddently,the breakfast looked more like worms on a plate.
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Tae followed them to the main gates of the mansion. His cousins and brother were alrady set up in their horses,their wapons rady and polished. His father came towards him.
"Here!" He thorwed him a bunch of keys "Be useful for once. The mansion is in your care. Your duty. If I come back and find one thing missing or that the scums inside made you their servant,I will kill you altogether understood runt?!"
Taehyung manged to mutter a "Yes father!"
"Good!" As the old man was turning to leave,Tae hurried to ask:
"How much time you'll be gone father?"
"As long as it requires. But this time it will be long,I feel it."
His uncle huffed atop of his horse: "Your aunts may come one in a while for inspection. Be nice and clean!"
"Off we go now!" His father yelled and the group started his journey. Tae didn't bother to watch them,he turned inside.
Playing with the heavy keys,he didn't noticed the setvants gathered at the hallway. All of them,two cooking elfs, three servant fairies and a witch. His nanny,Amartha.
"Y-young master. Do you have a-any desires in changing anny rules or rutine?" One of the fairies chirped,head always down.
"W-well,no. Its okay,do what you have always done. J-just don't bother much to clean. Its okay if you don't clean like always. The main rooms are okay."
Tae then turned to the cooks "You can cook annything you want,its okay. I don't need annything fancy. A-and for anny problems you can c-come to me!"
Maby it was his imagination,but a veil of fondness and warmness fell upon their faces. They bowed and left.
Taehyung then headed to his room. Nothing interesting was to be done at the big mansion annyways. He could stay at the garden. It was boring. Reading.? Nah...he will be bored again.
Tae fell on his back at the big matress and just stared at the cieling. His room was,well,not very boysh like. With armors,knifes or swords. Not even a horse saddle or paddle. Nothing.
It was,simple. Soft. Warm. Comforting. His safe place.
Tae midnesly went through the keys. He knew the majority of them. The other room key's,his father's office,the horse stall,the dungeon,the kit-
Dungeon? Oh! The forbidden place. That key was black and heavier. Holding a dark aura that Taehyung didn't liked much.
But curiosity? What was inside that room that was so sacred for his father and uncle? Thet the coudins knew about and he didn't? It hurted a bit,but he brushed it off.
A bath!
Taehyung decited to take a bath. Yeah. That was a nice thing to do. He had almost four days without doing a proper,long and relaxing one. And now was the perfect time he could enjoy it. So he made up his mind.
Tweenty minutes later he was slumbering into a warm water filled with the best essences. He would smell like a puding later,but who cares? His joints were thanking him!
"Oh! I am sorry Tae! I didn't knew!" Amartha startled him. The old witch had some clean towels which she left in a hurry.
"WAIT! please stay Amartha!"
"Yes my master? You need annything?"
"C-can you wash my hair like you used to do?" He asked timidly. The witch smiled.
"Of course. Annything for my favourite!"
She applied some soap on his locks and started massaging the scalp gently. Her hands were skilled and cotton like. She would pat his hair to sleep when he was younger.
"I am glad they are gone." Tae confessed. Amartha raised her eyebrows.
"Really?"
"Yes. They are so handful,loud. I hate them."
"Oh don't say that!"
Tae faced her,his apparence funny with his head full of foam.
"You are awful! So....bad!"
"Oh come here,let me wash that away!"
Tae huffed and sat down in the same position.
"Now,try to relax and get some sleep. I will make your favourite dishes and later you can go to the back garden. Let your ears rest from all the...noise."
Taehyung did excatly the same. He took time for hisselfe. He was alone and free for now. Not a single soul telling him what to do or where to go. No more long hours at the living room,listening to same old stories.
This was his time alone. His.
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After a good nap like a lamb,the day for Tae went smoothly. Amartha really cooked his favourite dishes,including a big strawberry cake. Later he would go to the back garden,spending time reading in the nature and then go back inside for dinner.
The staff was more loose and happy around him. The fairies would stop and have a chat before continuing their work. As he was sitting down at the puffy couch,the keys made him curious again.
"Amartha?"
"Yes Tae?" The witch stopped sewing something.
"What is down there?"
A blink. Then two. "Down where?"
Tae snached his eyes from the keys and looked at her.
"At the dungeon? That my father wants to hide so much?"
The wich reaction was instant. She took a deep breath and her hands cluched the piece she was working on. She forced a smile.
"Nothing boy. I-I mean,something b-boring for you maby? You want some cake? There is still some left!"
"Amartha. I am not two. I thought I gained your trust,prooved myselfe by now." Tae was hurt. Cleary hurt,looking down at his hands. A sigh was heard and the place next to him dipped.
"Whatever is inside there,its strong. Powerful. I don't know how your father managed to get it inside a normal dungeon like that. And it is dangerous. Every creature can feel it. Aren't you curious why the fairies ignore that sector of the hallway?"
Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows,his mind filled with so many questions now,but decided to let them slidee away for now. The wich was cleary discomforted from the topic,and if she was so were the others.
"Okay,thank you nanny. How about we eat some cake now? Alltogether? Like we used to when I was a child?"
The wich smiled at him fondnessly. "Of course."
Tae followed her to the kitchen,taking one last glace at the heavy keys discared on the table. He was going to find what was it.
Later though.
Chapter 2: II
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Proximately five days passed since his father and the rest of the family left for their required job. They were the most beautiful,calm and regenerating days he had ever had.
"Its as if I am five again" he told one day to his old nanny.
The dungeon topic was out of his mind till one night. He was lazying in his bed,sprawled open and staring at the ring of keys. He knew it was naughty,but he wanted so much to understand what was behinde that door. So he got up and decidet to just take a small look.
What Amartha said still lingered in his mind. Something dark and powerful was in there. It made them all be afraid to go even near the hallway.
For Taehyung a strange thing occured when he thought for it.
It was a feeling inside him. Pulling Taehyung's heart strings towards the unknown. His hands ached to go and see what was inside. As if it was a long missing piece of his being.
While he was getting close to the ponderous door a heavy sleep sudeently hugged his body. Falling on him like a linen curtain.
How did I even got here? I was in my room wasn't I.....
And it was funny,cause he wasn't even tired....
《When he opened his eyes,Tae found hisselfe in a stony room. Walls and floor all resembled to the inside of a cave.Candles lighting it, as if it was somekind of ritualic place.
Many people filled the room. The air reeked of sweat and different herbs,sour like vinegar and sweet like honey. He gagged. Many of them were masked and had a long,black cap over their bodies.
To his horror,they were naked underneath!
-Here my friends! He is harmless! Take a look at the most powerful being!- someone laughed. It was nasty and rough.
Tae walked together with them,no one paying attention to him. As thought he was invisible to them. He saw two familiar eyes,but couldn't recronise the face because of the mask.
-Look at this beautiful being over here~~
Tae tried to take a glance too. Instant regrett washed over him,stomach churned in a bad way.
There,over a table shaped marble,was shackled a young boy. His face the most beautiful he had ever seen. Full plump lips,a fluffy blonde cloud for hair. His body? Naked as the first day he was born,slightly muscular and elegant. Lethal.
He was dry humping the air with a strange mark on his abdomen. Whimpering and trying to brake free,gone in ectassy but also wanting to fight it. Chapped lips opening and closing like a fish out of water.
-Isn't he hot? Young?- the man speaking runned a gloved hand over the boy's body -The seal won't let him acomplish his primal instict...so you can have fun and torture him as you wish my brothers and sisters~~~
His voice was filled with lust and made Taehyung wanna puke. Two mens unshackled his legs and tied them close to his torso,so his private place was acessible easily.
Tae looked away. Tears suddently gathering to his eyes. A painful wail filled the room,one of them wad having his way with him. Rough and raw. A woman was pouring a candle over his torso....
To his horror,four other mans were shackled in the walls,tears and furry in their eyes as they watched. One of them had a muzzle on him.
-Oh! I bet you like watching huh?
Laughs filled the room. Bad and hideous ones. Tae felt his body hurt. He covered his ears in deslerate attempt to end it...
It was a dream,it was a dream,it was a dream,it was a dream,it was a -
-Help me....-a small voice whispered. He lifted his eyes,only to see the boy staring at him,filled with unspoken words....-Please~~~》
Taehyung was forcefully pulled out of the dream. Like a dirty bandage. His whole body hurted. His head was spinning.
"Young master! What in the name of seven moons are you doing here!" Amartha's voice was now near him. Her hands hepling while Tae got up. The witch quickly checked for anny injuries.
"This is not a thing to play with!" She said,his chin between her fingers "Why did you come here?"
"I...I came here?"
"You who else? You got me so worried I thought you..."
Tae took her hands in his "Amartha do me a favor. Go to my room and prepare my bath with the best herbs understood?"
Amartha just blinked back.
"Trust me,we will have company soon." Tae insisted,while glaring at the door.
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It took a while to convicnce the witch and another while for him to gather his courage. Waponized with only a candle he headed down to the famous dungeon.
The dream was very much accurate because everything he saw was the same. The stone walls,the candles (half of them put off). The table. That gut wrenching table,with all its garnments was still there.
And there was he too. Just like in the dream. In the same position. So it wasn't a dream afterall?
He approached with small steps as if not to wake him up. Gently Tae brushed his fingers on the boy's arm. It was cold and warm at the same time.
What he had eaten in the morning threatened to come out when he saw what was covering the boy's body. Expecially his lover half. Tae covered his mouth.
Blood and cum. Alltogether dried in his abdomen and lower. Bruisings bloomed everywhere,with some teeth marks here and there. His beautiful lips were bitten and dry. Taehyungs placed the cabdle dkwn in a hurry and took the boy's face in his hands.
"Hey...hey please wake up..." he pleaded. Nothing. Nothing in response except some shallow breaths.
Taehyung made a quick work undoing the shackles,then taking off his room robe and covering the boy up. Thank God he was petite and the robe covered him whole.
"Don't worry now,I gotchu!"
When he was walking down the corrudeore back to his room,he meet terrified looks from eberyone. Including Amartha.
"Wha...what us he doing here?"
"My father was torturing him Amartha I...I couldn't let him there. He was....raped."
The witch nodded firmly "I made the bath rady. You go clean him while I make some soup. I'll bring also a paste."
They went seperate ways. Tae gently undressed the boy and lowered him in the warm water. A sight excaped the boy's lips,body going limp. Good,Tae could easily clean him like this.
He took the softes clothe and rubbed his body clean of blood and cum. Starting from his abdomen and up. It took a while for that Tae looked away as he was cleaning the...ehemmm...private places....
Then with his favourite lotion he cleaned the boy's fluff of hair. It was so,so soft,like cotton. His face also was scaringly beautiful. If he wanted he would convince you to jump off some bridge with just looking at you,Tae was sure for it.
After refilling the bath twice,finally he was done and wrapped the boy in a big towel,escoring him to his bedroom. The hard part was finding clothes,cause Taehyung's were too big for him. One thing that fitted him were a pair of old pyjamas when Taehyung was 14.
"Here,try to feed him the soup and rub this paste all over him. Both of them have stardust flower,it helps with anny kind of wound."
"Thank you Amartha. All of you can have the day off,do whatever you want."
The old witch smiled at him and got out. Tae's attention was once more all over the boy's wellness. Even though he tried to wake the boy up,it had no vail. A deep slumber had capitived his body and he looked so peaceful.
So the only thing he could do was applying the paste and wait for a miracle to happen. He didn't even knew the boy's name.
Taehyung waited. Maby for three,four,five he didn't count the hours really well. Sometimes he would change the boy's cold compress. From time to time he would twich or mutter some gibberish things in his sleep before calming down once again.
"I'll go down again."
"But...young master..." Amratha twisted her linen cap. Pure distress in her eyes.
"I need to find out more about him. In my dream were four or five more people."
So he went down once again. A newfound courage in his spirit. That boy called for imediate help and he was not going to play annymore. He was not his father. The end.
Taking a deep breath Tae placed the metalic lanter on the dirty ground. He couldn't see them really good,but he knew they were there.
"I need help from you! I-I know there is m-more people here! I...your friend is sick!" Tae wetted his lips. Thanks for the echo or otherwise his little voice wouldn't be beard enough.
Instead of a response he was pushed in the ground by who knows what. It was almost like an invisible hand wrapped around his throat...another one pinching his sides until it started to hurt.
Taehyung gasphed for air. Pushing,throwing fists at the dark air,with no avail. The grab became tighter and tighter.
"You wanna help him? You?!" A cold voice whipered to his ear
"Hah,funny!" This one dripped venom slowly.
"Bring. Him. Back!" with each word the hand tighned more. Tae couldn't breath,his vision starting to fade.
"He...hurt..."
"Yeah?" A new voice wad heard "As if it wasn't your motherfucking blood that did that!"
Nails dug on his abdomen,not enough to bleed but enough to hurt and leave a mark.
"Please...."
He was falling unconcionous,hands dropping in surrender....maby the lack of oxygen made him hallucinate but two red eyes were burning into his caramel ones...holding a staring contest before the pressure was gone.
Taehyung rolled into his side,violate coughs shook his body. He drank air like a starved man. Eyes searching the walls for annykind of creature.
With shaky hands he took the latern and approached the wall in front of him,bracing hisselfe or anny ugly and scary creature he could find.
On the other hand,his eyes meet the most beautiful and angelic face. Breathtaking red eyes and lips that challanged Jimin's,opening slightly as if he was breathing out of pain.
His body? Lethal! Shackles holding back the most elegant hands he had ever seen.That man could easily make both men and womans fall into their knees if he wanted.
"Will you just stare little human? Its rude."
Tae opened and closed his mouth. Lost.
The man raised an eyebrow "Well? You wanted help?"
"He is mesmerized,wait a few minutes!" Someone profanited. Tae moved his hand and the dim lantern light fell upon a cat-like face. The man hissed showing his fangs. Tae moved the hand away quickly.
"I..I tired. I bathed and treated his w-wounds...he is not waking u-up..."
"His body is shielding. He won't wake up till he feels safe" the man interruped his balbering. "He was tortured beyond your conception human."
Tae gulped once "He was raped."
The man's eyes turned cold as ice "Yes he was. Did you enjoy it?"
Taehyung's mouth hanged open "I wasn't even there. I saw it in a dream!" He defendet hisselfe,even though it sounded childish and crazy.
"He won't wake up,whatever you do. His mind and energy is protecting his soul from annyother harm. He will wake up on his own." The man finalized harshly.
Taehyung wetted his lips "Can I help someone else? A-Annyone of you?"
"Why are you so eager to help us little human? We are far more dangerous than you could ever know!"
"I...I just...I don't know. I just feel this pull I..."
He was lost on words. How can he describe it to them? It soumded out of this world and strange for him too,let alone them. However,the man in front of him waited for a response.
"I want to help you. Thats it."
The other raised his eyebrows mockingly "Wow. I am impressed."
"I am being serious! I have little time before my father comes home. So please,help me!" Tae begged.
The man looked at him up and down before pointing with one of his tied hands "Go there. His name is Jungkook. Help him,we can still endure."
Taehyung lighted at the direction and imetiately covered his mouth in shock. This was worst that Jimim's condition. Oh! He wanted to cry!
The boy looked younger than him or Jimin. Even under the dim light he could see his soft whitish skin. Jungkook's head hunged low his whole body supported only by his shackled hands.
Taehyung gulped and was disgusted when he recronised his uncle's work. The whip marks everywhere in the boy's body,the burn marks from the orchid extract. Every torture tool his uncle loved to use.
It took a while till he found the correct key to open the cuffs and Jungkook's body fell like a stack of potatoes into his arms. A whine escaped his lips.
"Take good care of him. Or else..." he didn't need to finish,Taehyung understood him well!
"You haven't tell me your name yet..."
"You don't need it. Now get out of my face!"
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Taehyung did quickly what he told,carrying Jungkook on his arms. The boy was light and soft all over. His face reminded Tae of a bunny. A baby bunny.
"Cute~~~"
He followed the same procedure that he did with Jimin. He gave the boy a long and refreshing bath,then cated his body with the stardust paste. Thank God he didn't had wounds...down there....or else Tae would completly go insane!
Later he placed Jungkook next to Jimin. Like a magnet those two got close to eachother,a sigh of relief escaped their mouths.
"What did you do for them to make you like...this?" Tae asked nobody. He sat at the same chair at the same place.
And he waited.
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The first thing Jungkook saw when he opened his eyes was Jimin's face. He was sleeping so pacefully and quietly. Not a good sign. His body? Didn't ache annymore!
Instead of the cold and moldy wall his back was pressed under something soft and comfy. He peeked over his shoulder. There,next to the bed stood a human.
"Good morning! Sleept well?" The huan smiled. Jungkook gripped the douvet hard and couldn't stop the shivers. Was he gonna...
"Oh...please don't be scared! I am here to help you...Jungkook." his voice was rich and baritone,making Jungkook calm down a bit.
How do you know my name?"
"One of your friends told me. Down there."
Jungkook frowned. Did hyungs trust this human? How? After all they went through?
Whait a second....was that??? No fucking way!!
The moment their eyes meet,Jungkook saw it. It couldn't be mistaked! He wouldn't mistake it! Never! Not that!
Oh...oh how pure it was...like the first snow. Warm as the first ray of sun after the storm...strong...
"Jungkook?"
Could he trust him though? Was he like that too?
"Please don't hurt me...."
"I-I won't! I just wanna make you healthy again,even though I cannot ask for forgiveness. Could you perheaps eat some soup?"
Jungkook eyed the tray suspiciously,but after some sniffs he found nothing. So he positioned hisselfe in a sitting position and Tae placed the tray haplily in his thighs.
His stomach growled loudly.
"Oh...how cute..."
"What?" Jungkook asked. Taehyung pointed with an elegant finger over his head.
"Those two little...horns...small and cute!"
Jungkook ducked his head and blushed. He decidet do try the soup and was marveled by the taste. Within some minutes the plate was empty!
"You must have been hungry."
"Yeah...thank you for the food!"
Taehyung just smiled and took the tray away. Then he sat next to him like before.
"So do you feel a bit better?"
"Yes I do. But why did you hel me? Us? You are a human. A son of a great hunter."
Taehyung liked the boy's straightforwardness. Curious but not tacktiless. Like a small puppil.
"I am also the son of a loving and caring mother. She helped everyone regardless their kind. Human or not human. So..." Taehyung fixed his douvet,tucking Jungkook inn.
"You are kind,not like them. Your heart is pure." Without a warning Jungkook placed a hand over Tae's heart. Warmness spreaded all over his chest.
"Wha---"
"Yeah,you are pure." Jungkook smiled sleepily. Slowly he closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Tae just tucked them both and left the room.
Strange....it was strange how the moment Jungkook's hand touched his chest,Taehyung felt warm all over and pictured the boy nowhere else but in his arms.
Strange.
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Chapter 3: III
Summary:
Tae seems to have gained Jin's trust a little. But will he gain all their trusts?
Will he be albe to acomplish his biggest dream?
To not kill but heal?
Notes:
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And thank you for the kudos💜 and comments!
This chapter is a itty bitty short but I promise I will come back with something longer 😅
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Taehyung had no idea where to start. The creatures trapped inside the dungeon were far more different than anny other creature he had seen. Not werewolfes,fairies or dragons. None of that. Or elves.
While Jimin and Jungkook recovered in his bed,he searched every book for magical creatures he could find. All having descriptions and some even drawings,but nothing of what he wanted.
Were they acient? Undiscovered? Everyone that worked for him seemed to fear them but at the same time didn't knew a thing about them. It was fustrating!
When he was not searching Tae helped Jungkook move around a bit. The younger one was getting helthier as the days went by,his bunny face coloured by a blush of pink while Jimin still seelpt though everything.
"C-Can I ask something please?" Jungkook chirped as they were drinking cold strawberry tea. Once Jungkook tried it,it became his favourite drink.
"Of course" Tae smiled,heart full as the boy was not afraid of him annymore "Annything!"
Jungkook was figeting with his fingers "Can we go down? At the dungeon?"
"Anny specific reasons?" Tae tittled his head. Why would he want to go somewhere where he was tortured-
"I wanna see my mates again please! Just for a little while!" He bursted. Tae's eyes went wide. Mates?
"O-of course Jungkook. If you want we can go right now."
"If we can. I promise you I won't do annything I swear!"
Who could say no to those eyes of his?
Tae just nodded silently and helped the younger one to get up. He recalled the way to the dungeons mechanically while Jungkook seemed to follow something Taehyung couldn't see.
The moment they stepped inside the cold room,Jungkook sprinted to one of the walls and throwed hisselfe at one of the tied man.
The same who terrorized Taehyung last time. The same bloodshoot eyes. The same cold posture.And he was looking directly at Tae.
"Jin hyung! I-I though I lost you!" Jungkook practically sobbed at the man's shoulder.
Tae wouldn't beileve it if he had not saw it with his own eyes. Jin's face tottally morphed into the most calmest and lovable face he had ever seen. Resembling to a mother looking at her baby.
"My sweetling,you look so fine. Please,stop ruining you beautiful eyes..."
Jungkook sniffed,cleaned his runny nose and smiling through his tears. With shaky hands he took Jin's face and caressed it genlty.
"Is he treating you well? Did he do annything to you?"
"No. No Ta-Taehyung is nice. He-he healed me and Jiminie hyung is getting better and better everyday and I...I <span;>miss <span;>you hyung...." there Jungkook's voice broke and his eyes got impossibly more dangerusly cute and full of love.
"I-I can help you hug him" Tae interviwed. They both looked at him sharp "I can find the key,give me one sec-" he rumbled with the heavy keys and tried them one by one till he managed to find the right one.
Jin fell down like a sack of potatoes but his tired arms still wrapped tightly around Jungkook. His board back full of lash scars...
"My beautiful angel....hyung missed you too baby!"
Tae felt like he was odd there,to their moment,so he romaned around and tried to release the other man too.
Just to say,they were all hot. Hot bodies combined with beautiful and lethal faces,still,giving off a random persons aura. Like it was normal.It was a bit scary.
The next in line was the one who hissed at him. His face was more like a lazy cat,and the opinion got stronger when Tae spotted the cat ears over his head. Fluffy. It was cute.
The sharp teeths not as much cute.
The other one was big and gave off an calming and friendly bear vibes. A simple man. He reeked of cinnamon and sweet chocholate. He had burn scars all over his body. Tae's heart somehow cracked a bit.
And the last one was further away. Ducked in the darkest corner,a muzzle over his face.
His handsome and sharp face.
If you would look closely,the man had a deep and perfect cupid bow on his lips. But his body condition was wort than everyone. As if he was the final punching bad for all of them.
Taehyung made sure to carefully lie everyone down after he released them from the shackles. The muzzle let an ugly red over the man's face,but Tae hoped it would go away.
"Thank you. Its...a rare sight to see from a mere human." Seokjin voice was flat,his eyes light fires "If you want something just say it. Human greed can...do the worst but I won't let my mates go through it again."
"I.." Seokjin lip twiched in an almost <I-said-you-so> smirk.
"I wanna know how to help them. Sir." Tae gulped. Seokjin was taked aback,a questionable look on his face.
"You what?"
"I...I want to help. What can I do? Do you need herbs? M-medicine? My room is big you can saty there and then go. You have time till my father comes back...."
Seokjin listened the the boys rumbling silently. Humans didn't fail to amaze him. Not even a bit. But this human? Tae-something ? There was a hidden secret beneath his eyes.
"Why you wanna help us?"
"What my family does is...bad. I don't think we are superior over someones else life."
"Ah...the black sheep of the family" Seokjin grunted as Jungkook helped him get up. "What if you...were rushed?"
Tae blinked "Rushed?"
"What if we are truly the bad guys and your family was correct all the time...?"
A cliche question. The scene was almost like one of those boring romance books humans readed.
"I would have been dead by now. Why haven't you killed me?" Tae responed with the same tone.
"I will help you transport them."
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It was a rare and funny sight. Four man tucked into his bed. Their bodies covered with healing paste,herbs and given medicine for the upcoming pain.
Tae didn't help them clean. It was...emarrasing the first two times. It amazed him how Seokjin endured his pain just to touch and give love to his...mates.
"Jiminie,beautiful as always. My angel~" Seokjin sing-songed as he softly kissed the boy on his lips.
"I hope you can recover fast sir. I don't know how much longer I can hide you here."
"What do you mean?"
Tae licked his lips "My family went on a hunting saga. But I have no news from them. I just hope they don't turn back so fast."
Jin sighed and sat down carefully on the sofa. His back not touching it.
"I am still weak to transfer them on our realm." He confessed.
"I-" Taehyung's word was interrupted by a knocking.
He went to the door and after a minute came back frowning.
"What's the matter?" Jungkook asked.
"Its a letter. From my father."
"What does it says?"
Tae opened it and while reading a bubble of happiness started to grow inside of him. Word after word. At the end he smiled big!
"Good news! They will not come back as soon as I thought! We have plenty of time to nurse you guys back into health!"
Seokjin gave him an unreadable expression. He got the biggest lesson on why not to trust these greedy gremlins. However,this boy seemed to have a seed inside of him that tried to pull that thought out of his mind.
"You have my trust human. But one wrong move,and I kill you without thinking twice."
Tae shivered. Could someone be so cold?
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Chapter 4: IV
Notes:
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"Here,give me that pot" Jin's voice was heard from inside the kitchen. Low and dominant.
Taehyung had volunteered to help him brew some potions and medicine for the others. It seemed like the one he had offered were too weak for them. Another thing that sparked the curiosity in Tae's mind.
"Does this have a name?" Tae asked while eyeing the purple paste.
"Midnight star" the answer came short.
"Beautiful name."
"Yes. For a deadly one if its not used correctly."
And again Tae was left speechless. These guy had no filter at all. Spitting the truth on his face like a cobra.
Jungkook was left in charge of taking care of Namjoon and Yoongi (he had learned the names a bit late). To his surprise Jungkook was very skilled in treating wounds. As if he was a doctor in his free time.
"How about the other one."
"Hoseok? I will take care of him."
The ice wall between them seemed to become thicker and colder every second. Everytime Tae was in the same place as Jin,a dark shadows seemed to consume and squeez the hell out of his soul.
He was petrified.
"Carry the claudron over there." Jin pointed at what they usually used to make soup. Inside a yellowish liquid rested.
Jungkook had done a good job by putting Hoseok in the tub. The poor thing seemed so out of this world,that sometimes Taehyung thought he was dead for sure.
"Hold his upper body while I patch him up."
Tae followed the instructioms and carefully placed his hands under the man's armpits and lifted him up. He was for sure not as light as he thought.
Jin then took a ladle and poured first the yellow liquid. The bathroom started to smell like fresh chamomile tea.
"Don't let it fool you,its made by a poisonous combination." Jin warned him. He just nodded.
"It desinfects the body."
Then he took a handful of the purple paste and rubbed everywhere on his body. To Teahyung's surprise it was absorbed as if the sking and millions of small mouths,letting behind some steam.
Although,Hoseok fruwoned his face and whimpered.
"There we go my love. All done!"
He took the other on his arms and placed him on the large sofa. He took some paste again and with his left hand held the head up while the other's fingers rubbed it inside his mouth.
"Nah! Don't bite baby. Endure it for me!"
Taehyung was startled when a hand touched his.
"Yes Jungkook-ah?"
"Get some rest. You look a bit...awlful. And you need a bath too."
Indeed he felt like shit. His body ached all over and his eyes burned for sleep.
"You are right. For everything I'll be on the last room on the hallway. Left."
"Of course."
He got out again and took a long breath. Things escalated so fast that he got hisselfe asking 《Is this real or nah? 》
Five creatures he knew shit about were in his room. Injured by his blood. And still,nothing happened. Strange.
The last room in the hallway used to be his mother's. Just before entering a big window showed the back garden. The decor was simple and soft.
When he was little,it used to smell like her.
Now he couldn't remember what that aroma was.
Sad.
Taehyung stripped his clothes and jumped on the tub,letting it be filled little by little. Even though the room was not used,Amartha let some salts there.
Little by little his bodyache went away and he became putty. If he only could sleep there....like a little fish. Without a worry in this world.
However,the water became cold. He must have stayed more than an hour inside. But it was worth it.
He drained the tub and put on a bathrob before leaving.
"AHHH!"
"WHAT!"
He and Jin held a staring contest. Tae lost annyway.
"I..You..."
"I called you but it seemed you were asleep there."
Tae wrapped the robe tighter under that gaze of his.
"You wanted something?"
"Yes. Jimin will be sleeping with you."
What the- out of the blue? His face must have given him because Jin said:
"It was Jungkook's idea. At least he won't be tortured with us checking the others often. He needs his own calm and safe envroinment."
"If you think so then okay." Tae whispered.
Jin walked towards him slowly. His eyes seemed redder than before. The dark shadows coming once again.
Jin stepped foward. He back. Foward,back,foward,back,foward,back..till his back hit the wall.
"If I found out your filthy hands touched him where you shouldn't" Jin's long fingers squeezed his cheeks hard "You will regret it so bad."
Taehyung gulped. His whole body frooze just like a rabbit in front on the wolf. Cold sweat rolled down his back. The shadows crawled towards him but never touched.
"Yes sir" he managed to whisper.
"Good." Jin casually turned to his selfe and went out of the room.
With shaky hands he put on some sleeping clothes before joining the sleeping figure on the bed. He checked one last time if the boy was comfortable and pulled his hands out of the covers in case he felt hot.
Not a move. Not a single eye twich. Nothing. He looked dead-but-with-a-beating-heart person.
"Goodnight Jimin."
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Yes. Goodnight Jimin. At least that boy was sleeping. Unless Taehyung. He felt more awake than his uncle when there was a war call.
His eyes simply won't close. His mind raced like a wild stallion. Having the same questions on repeat.
What were they? Were they dangerous? Did he make a mistake by letting them free? How would his father kill him? Why was the room so stuffy? Was he that weak? Where-
"I can hear your mind burning from my dreams." A soft voice interrupted him.
Tae didn't dare to move his body. He only rolled his head on his left side.
"Hello there."
Reddish-brown eyes meet the golden ones. Something finnally settled. Like the final piece of puzzle.
"H...Hello."
Plump lips moved once again "What is bothering you?"
"Nothing..."
"Don't lie to me TaeTae!" Jimin <scolded> him. Carefully the blonde one rolled his body so he was fully facing Tae. Eyes a bit puffy.
The early morning sunrays gently hit his frame,making it look etheral. Angelic. His plump lips kissed them and turned into a beautiful yellowish orange colour.
"I have so many questions and...I am scared..."
Finally. He had admited it! An invisible burden was taked off his shoulders.
"Do not fret" a warm hand caressed his cheek "I will not let annyone harm you. Now sleep."
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"Taehyung....time...wake up...."
"Is he dead?"
"Hyung! Don't....hear...."
"Oh look...he is ..."
Taehyung groaned when the light hit his eyes. Over his head two familiar faces.
"You sleept for a day. We thought you were dead." Jin simply said.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yes. Thank you Jungkook." The boy smiled and got up slowly. Indeed his body was well rested and his head feelt very light.
"You better eat something. And drink a lot of water!"
Tae just nodded "I'll tell Amartha."
As he later figured everyone was a bit worried about him. As Amartha told him,the last time they saw him was when he went inside the room and didn't come out.
"We thought they killed you my lord" one of the fairies explained to him.
"No worries. Thank you for your words."
He took a plate with some strawberry pie,some tea and went straight to the library. He needed to do some more reading. Maby he could find an itty-bitty piece of information about the...guests.
(Thank lord his "aunts" didn't made a sudden visit!)
Taehyung spend 45 minutes standing and munching a slice of pie while looking at the shelves. He almost read every book.
Every book,but one.
It was childish. It was crazy. But he had a feeling about it.
The bedtime sotry book. The only thing left by his mother as a gift. He gently took the book and fondle the red lather.
"Help me mom." He whispered and opened the book. The first page was the note from his mother. He smiled and started reading.
Halfway through the book,something on the pages caught his eyes. He put the cup of tea he was sipping and wrote the lines from different stories down.
《....the healer stood in shock! How cpuld a being eat the purple flowers like candies! Oh for his beard! He didn't die?》
《....the boy stopped in his tracks. The shadow had glowing red eyes! His mommy was right! He should go home before it reaches....》
《-Behold my princess for I will not hurt you!
The brave princess took the cold hand on hers and got up from the ground.
-Are you a vampire? You wanna trade my blood?
-Me? No my beloved one!- the man spoke clearly-For I am not such!
-Then-the brave princess spoke once more-Can I get a name for my saviour?
-I cannot tell,but you can say it was a demon...》
Eating poisonous thing and not dying? Check!
Red eyes,cold energy,dark shadows? Check!
Being defensive over their name? Check!
Demons.They were fucking demons! But what was a demon?
And secondly,who wrote this "children" stories? How did he sleep without nightmares?
The moment he lift his eyes however,they stuck in one direction.
"Found annything interesting TaeTae?" Jimin smiled,leaning on the door frame.
"You...are awake?"
The other sat crosslegged in front of him "Only for you yes. "
Taehyung gulped. He felt nothing wrong. Just a strong home-like connection with the blonde one.
"You have found something right? I knew you would! You are so smart,like Nmajoonie!" He smiled. Eyes forming caresent moons.
"I did. I found what you guys are..."
"Aaand what are we?" Jimin tittled his head. Taehyung swallowed.
"Demons. Maby different ones."
"Correct." This time his smile was a cocky and a bit creppy,but not scary for Tae somehow.
"Now,how about I help you a bit? Telling you some more things?"
"You would-"
"Tae! Taehyung wake up! Tae!" A voice insisted. Jimin's image blured and it sound like underwater.
"Tae!"
"What!" He jumped,smacking his head with Jungkook's in the process.
"Ouch!"
"I'm sorry. Did I scare you?"
"No its okay,have a seat!" He offered while rubbing his forehead.
Jungkook sat in the opposite couch,the cardigan he was wearing pooling around his shoulders since it was a bit big.
"I came here to talk,since everyone is asleep. "
"Everyone?"
"Yes. Jin hyung is finally resting. And the others are better now. Even Hoseok!" The other beamed. That made Taehyung smiled.
"What you wanna talk about?"
"Us. About us. I figured you found something" he pointed at the scribbled letter.
"I..I did actually..."
Jungkook got comfortable,hugging his knees and looking at Taehyung soul.
"Tell me,what you wanna know?"
(A/N) I am still learning how to paste an image but it seemes like it hates me 😅,so I will let the link below on what Taehyung saw when he saw Jimin.
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Chapter 5: V
Summary:
Just photos!
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Since I never really thought about putting how the charachters look,here are some photos that can help!
As I said before,I am still learning to use this platform so I will put some likns and you can see them (I hope!)
Jin-----> https://pin.it/67gIoS1wj
Yoongi ------> https://pin.it/2MTKXKREz
Namjoon ------> https://pin.it/4Bvyu2sfI
Hoseok ------> https://pin.it/DpyY0Jb6g
Jimin ---------> https://pin.it/1aI7ypH83
Taehyung -------> https://pin.it/6FAY6Ed1C
Jungkook ------> https://pin.it/3pkOEC9wn
I worked hard to find this photos *wipes a tear* please have a look and tell me your though 🙏🥹
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