Genevieve never thought the cannibal would actually behave like this.

“Take it”

Jimin held his palm open in front of her on top of which rested a green apple sitting in the cup of his hand. Jimin was squatting down sitting on his toes in front of the girl while she was made to sit on the same bundle of rags used as a bed under the roof pit.

“I said take it.” That usual low growl rumbled at the back of his throat making Genevieve gasp and reach forth to the small fruit and grab it.

He was not being fierce or intimidating but well Genevieve felt as if he will just suck her soul through those monolid eyes of his. They looked so intense so threatening and so cold. He stared at her as she clutched the apple in her hands.

“Eat it.”

He is being weird or have I hit my head too hard? Genevieve thought to herself.

“It’s not poisoned.” His head tilted to the side as he kept peering at her with those mischievous and curious eyes.

“W-why did you give me this, weren’t you going to k-kill me?”

“Should I?”

“N-no” she shook her head vigorously thinking back to how stupid she acted. Asking for the death to embrace her.

“Then eat it.”

Is he being generous to me? That’s absurd, he’s a cannibal and you look like a whole course meal to him right now. But what if he is actually being generous? Why would he be….

“Either you eat it or I will let you starve unless my mother prepares your pot.” The said made Genevieve gulp dryly she brought the apple up to her mouth and bit into it chunking a piece out, it left the juice to sting on her bruised lip to which she whimpered yet took the chunk in mouth and slowly chewed on to it.

It’s poisoned for sure or why would he feed me that?

“I want you to tell me everything about humans.” He spoke while his curious eyes stayed watched how she took her time to chew the food, certainly not a beastly way.

Genevieve stopped from taking another bite, she looked up towards the cannibal still scared to make an eye contact.

“Humans?” She questioned shocked over the fact he would actually ask her something like this.

“Yes, Humans. They are very unpredictable and interesting species. You are a human too, you must know it all” His curiosity was so evident from his words and tone.

Isn’t he one himself too? Even if a cannibal… Genevieve thought to herself.

“Um, what do you want to know about them?”
Jimin peeled his gaze off of her face and his head turned to the side, his eyes squinted a little with a soft roll of his lower lip outwards. He was thinking.

Genevieve observed him cautiously of course to stay alert if he tries to kill her or anything even if she knew she stands no chance against him to survive.

It was then when the boy’s eyes rose up and his gaze stopped at the roof pit. He suddenly got to his feet and latched forth towards the girl making Genevieve shriek yet Jimin placed his hand on her mouth to stop her from making any noises.

“Are you crazy? If they heard you being up here, we both are dead meat.” Jimin snarled to which Genevieve just looked at him with scared eyes and hitched breath.

“Do not scream, Or I will kill you myself. Understood?”

She gave a hesitant soft nod to which Jimin pulled his hand away from her mouth. He grabbed her by both shoulders and pushed her down on the bed a bit roughly, a gasp left her mouth and she quickly placed her hand on her mouth to stop herself from scream though she was at the verge to burst out blaring.

What is he doing?

Do they perhaps use humans as sex slaves?

WAIT, IS HE GOING TO RAPE ME?

The reckless thoughts drove her sanity closer to extinction.

Jimin pressed her down over his bed and slowly his figure moved off of her while he let go of her shoulders. He plopped beside her on the same bed that was even smaller for one person yet he squeezed in with her on it, even if their legs practically dangled from over it.

Genevieve clutched the apple to her heart as she stayed stiff trying her best not to scream, yet her body shook lightly as she held onto her hands trying to stay sane.

“That.” Jimin pointed his finger towards the roof pit right over their heads, or more like he pointed towards the sky outside it. Genevieve looked up and out towards the inked sky that looked as if a million diamonds were thrown over it just like that.

“S-stars?” Genevieve asked.

“It’s called stars? Stars.” He repeated the word and liked how it gave that soft yet hard feeling to his tongue that it rose to touch the roof of his mouth all of sudden.

“You don’t know?” She was shocked to know he didn’t know about stars.

“No, Why do you humans always look at it, so lost?” He questioned yet again while his eyes counted the numerous diamonds of the sky. Genevieve peered to the sky as well.

“Well, because it’s beautiful…”

“Beautiful? What is that?” Jimin questioned curiously as he learnt something new every time the girl spoke.

“Um, beautiful is like… like when you find someone or something pretty you say its beautiful.” She spoke a little diverted from the fact she was so close to a cannibal who could easily just snap her neck in one go.

Jimin peeled his gaze from the sky and turned his head to look at the girl. His confused yet curious eyes spoke how he didn’t understand even a single word she said.

“I don’t understand.”

Genevieve looked towards him and here little bubble of confidence burst just like that.

“Um-uh…I…”

“Make me understand it.” He demanded more than requesting or that’s what Genevieve thought so.

“I-its…. Its like a feeling you get when you look at something that feels nice to your eyes and heart.” She spoke not looking at the cannibal anymore. He scared her… a lot.

This time Jimin did catch an idea of what she said, though it was still not clear but at least he was not totally clueless.

“Stars are nice to watch that is why we star-gaze. It’s a beautiful art of the nature.”

“Nature? What is that?” and another question.
“Everything around us, even me and you… is nature.”

Jimin turned his head towards the girl yet again with another expression on his face that he himself didn’t know he was capable of giving off.

Shock.

“I’m not nature, My name is Jimin.” He spoke obviously offended. Genevieve looked to him a bit speechless as to what should she say to this. But then her focus diverted to that last word.

His name.

“Your name is Jimin?” She asked amused to learn that the cannibal had a name.

“Park Jimin, the only heir left to the Parks.”

“Left? What happened to the others?” Genevieve looked at the guy now curious to know about the cannibal.

“My parents ate them.”

“WHAT” She sat up instantly.

“Hey, I told you to be quiet.”

“HOW CAN YOU GUYS-…”

“Shutup or I will throw you back in the dungeons.” Jimin snarled all of sudden making the girl gulp her words back.

“It’s not like I was gonna be spared if only I wasn’t sick.” He mumbled falling back on the bed. Genevieve was too shocked to say anything, her mind was ringing with many thoughts and she sat there lost in the space.

This is so cruel. They are worse than the animals even, How could someone just slaughter their own kids and eat them. Its disgusting and scary. Thought Genevieve.

Jimin looked towards the girl who sat beside him lost in thoughts. He took his time to see her clearly.

Black wavy and long hair, so long that they covered her small form in them.

Big dark and intense eyes.

Pale skin with rosy cheeks and a busted lip with blood… and his focus converged onto that one thing.

It was like alcohol to him.

No matter how many times he tasted it, he just wanted more of it. Swiftly he sat and towered over the girl who jolted awoke from her palace of thoughts, she looked at him and stole her gaze away instantly.

Jimin grabbed her jaw in between his rough grip and made her look at himself, he inched closer to which Genevieve placed her hand on his chest stopping him.

“Wh-what are you doing?”

“You should be grateful for my generosity.” His eyes latched onto her lips and Genevieve felt that sudden jolt in her heart. Did it just skipped a beat or fluttered? Did it? I must be outta my mind.

Jimin inched closer only to be stopped by the girl again.

“Y-you can’t do that again and again. I-It’s…” She struggled with words.

Fear or flutter. She could not differentiate quite yet what she felt.

“I most certainly can and I will, dare to stop me and I will behead you in one go.” He grabbed her by the hair and yanked close making her breath mingle with his own.

His tongue snaked over her busted lip but before he could even capture her lip between his, a loud scream was what made him halt for a second. Genevieve who was already scared for her dear life jumped hearing the scream, she pushed Jimin off of her with all her might yet it only created a little space between them.

“Wh-what was that?” She was shaking feeling her heart beat painfully fast.

“Food” Jimin simply pulled his shoulders up in a shrug and looked back at the girl who seemed traumatized at this point.

All Genevieve could now say was they are all beasts, worst kinds of beasts possible. Even with Jimin being a little different didn’t not hide the fact that he is one of them. With all the reckless and sickening thoughts, the girl just seemed to lose her stability like the sand of the hourglass placed upside down.

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ℑ𝔶𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔳𝔬𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔡𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔰.
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Dated: 13/8/22

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