Taehyung stormed out of the doll's bedroom and walked down the stairs, his steps echoing through the big empty hallways. His face looked angry yet worried at the same time, he had mixed feelings. Taehyung didn't want this to go like this. He could hear Sunhee and Jimin nearby and turned to the left entering the library. He walked straight to Jimin, startling the doll.

"Jimin!"

"a-ah" the doll flinched and turned around.

"what have you done!"

"w-what-"

"Did you offer yourself to her!!??"

"i..."

"why!? Why would you do that? you can't. I want you here, with me!"

"I..i didn't want you to get hurt..you did nothing wrong...."

"Jimin, you don't know everything about me."

"I don't mind, I love you, I don't want her to hurt you."

"jimin.....she won't, I don't want to lose you. you're my pride, my best creation, you're perfection itself. how can you just give up all i gave you.."

"I'm sorry...but I made my choice, I want you to live. Unlike you, I am already dead."

"jimin...." the man sighed and shook his head. "I am going for a walk" Taehyung turned around and walked away, leaving the two in the library. Sunhee looked at him confused, she didn't understand what had happened and what the other was talking about.

"What's going on Jimin?" she asked the doll. one of the dolls she doesnt think is scary. jimin was a kind boy with a warm personality, he just looks a bit odd because he wasn't a human of flesh and blood.

"I met up with Doll a few times. '' Jimin started, she hummed with a nod and meanwhile continued dusting off the shelves with Jimin's help. "she told me she wanted to kill taehyung as her revenge. but she gave me an option. to trade places with taehyung. so i...accepted her offer"

"really...." Sunhee stopped wiping and turned her head to the other. She was quite fond of Jimin who danced so beautifully and was oddly enough a nice company to be around.

"yes. I don't want Taehyung to get hurt. it's his father who did the things, he didn't hurt us. there is no reason to kill him."

"hm yes that's true, but mr. Kim is already dead."

"Yeah, I know. she already killed him, she is horrible."

"you're just too kind Jimin. it's not something normal that a person forgives the person that brought them so much pain."

"yea......maybe you're right, i don't know." The doll sighed and kept helping Sunhee until it was time for dinner. Sunhee had left to go search for taehyung asking what he wanted first for dinner. Meanwhile, Jimin was changing his clothes. He knew taehyung had sewn him new things. He was excited to see what was made for him again. knowing he didn't have the time of forever anymore he was gonna enjoy the time he still had, pretending he doesn't see the small cracks appearing in the porcelain around his joints.

"red? o that's pretty" jimin said looking at the new outfit which was made of an expensive red fabric. It looked really soft. it wasn't a cheap bright red but a deep almost blood red. Jimin eagerly undressed and got into the red outfit before leaving his room, where he almost bumped into Sunhee who was just heading to his room.

"Ah Jimin , I didn't expect you to come out." she smiled but then looked a little concerned. "uhm do you know where taehyung went? I can't find him anywhere."

"oh, no not really. he said he was gone for a walk, maybe he is in the garden. he can't be that far"

"I checked the garden as well, and I walked around twice. but he wasn't there either. not even in his workplace..'' Sunhee looked worried for the other seeing the way she looked around her and her brows had a tilted frown.

"he will show up eventually. maybe we should wait with dinner until he comes to us?"v jimin suggested. Sunhee hummed and nodded.

"if he gets angry i will be hurt"

"I don't think he will. Oh, have you also checked mr.kim's bedroom?"

"I actually did, but he isn't there either. I checked literally every room this place has."

"Hmm, he will come eventually. '' Taehyung said he won't deny he wasn't a little worried himself. What if something had happened to taehyung?

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Taehyung hadn't returned all day so the two did one last searching round before calling it a day and went to bed. Jimin just laid on his bed with his eyes wide open staring at the ceiling, his hearing was sharp trying to listen well waiting until he would hear taehyung's bedroom door. but it didn't come, yet he didn't stop listening so closely. He didn't want to miss taehyung's arrival, he wanted to know the other was safe.

but the deep in the night Taehyung decided to show up. not that anyone noticed him leaving and entering during that night. no one should notice. This had to be done in secret for now. The raven haired man walked through the hallways heading to the basement with his lantern lighting up his way. It was a cold evening. He could feel it by the cold air in the basement, but that didn't stop him from going down into the dark cold room. His steps were loud and clear, no other sound was down here. no other sound than soft whimpers coming from inside.

Taehyung hung the lantern on the hook at the roof so it would light up this whole area. Then he faced one of the middle cells. grabbing one of the iron bars he looked inside, his eyes meeting those scared ones of the boy inside.

"Time for business," Taehyung said and grinned at him.

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oh, someone is through it lmao. see you in next chapter. 

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