Daryl and Taehyung immediately noticed the shift in Jungkook as they headed home. He didn't hear anything they said and kept his gaze locked onto the view outside. His coffee coloured eyes had dusted over with an unfocused haze, and body was completely still. His cheek was squished against the window and arms were laying limply over his lap.

Despite his calm demeanour outside, Jungkook's mind was running and pondering over everything Katelyn said. Her words had left an imprint on Jungkook's mind, and, unfortunately, unlocked everything he had tried to suppress and hide away from himself. Every time Jungkook was about to shake his head at himself and deny the things he did, it was like Katelyn was standing next to him and hissing into his ear to stop lying to himself.

The more Jungkook thought about his recent actions, the more he noticed the change he had went through. He was able to compare the person he used to be at the farm and the person he is now, and he quickly realised that he was scared of the person he has become.

Jungkook never wanted his hands to be tainted with the blood of the innocent, nor did he ever want to lose himself in the midst of revenge. But despite the excuse that Marley's death was the reason he was this way, Jungkook knew it wasn't a good enough reason to go around and slaughter innocent people.

The more Jungkook thought things through and came to these realisations, the more he realised something crucial. Jungkook had become someone he hated the most.

He had turned into Kolten.

Jungkook was Kolten to the people that he had killed and their loved ones. He realised that the people he killed were just like Marley, and that he was indeed the Kolten in their lives. Perhaps the same thing, that happened to Jungkook, happened to Kolten, and maybe that's why he was the way he was.

Jungkook could only wonder and speculate, but the one thing he knew for sure, was that he wouldn't allow himself to turn into Kolten's clone and he'll find a path back to his old self.

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"Welcome back home, fetus!"

Jungkook's eyes lifted away from the fence in front of him and head swung around in the direction of Maggie's voice. The sun shone onto Maggie, making her skin glisten and brown hair shine as the warm rays landed on her. The front of her grey T-shirt was a bit darker and stuck to her stomach- showing off her defined muscles.

The girl rushed towards Jungkook with a beaming grin and engulfed his larger frame into a tight hug. Jungkook immediately melted against her and returned the hug by wrapping his muscular arms around her, "Hi." He whispered quietly- lips twitching up as Maggie's hand slid over his spine and hair tickled his nose.

The brown haired girl pushed back and placed her hands on top of Jungkook's shoulders before quirking a brow and tilting her head to the side, "You smell. You should take a shower." Maggie teased lightheartedly, stretching out a hand and poking a finger into Jungkook's hard abs, only for him to flinch and slap her hand away with red cheeks.

"Stop it." He grumbled, pressing his palm against the place where she poked. Jungkook offered her a small smile before glancing back out to the field. His smile slowly slipped from his face before he cleared his throat and gestured towards the prison, "I'll go take a shower."

"Wait, Jungkook." Maggie's hand grabbed a hold of his sleeve and tugged him back, causing Jungkook to turn around halfway and scrunch up his nose, "Ever since you came back...from your trip or wherever you went, you haven't really spent a lot of time with us. It almost seems like...you're avoiding us." Maggie lowered her voice and allowed her hand to drop to her side. Her fingers twitched by her side as she peered up at Kook before lifting her hand and brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I'm...I'm not avoiding you." Jungkook quickly mumbled, sinking his teeth into the corner of his lip and taking a step closer to Maggie. His teeth nipped at a loose piece of skin on his lip and tugged it off, earning himself a small stinging sensation in that place, "It's just that..." Jungkook winced and pressed his hand against the back off his neck, his eyes dropped down to his sneakers and stayed glued on the spots of blood soaked into his shoes.

Maggie watched him carefully- concern visible in her eyes as she breathed out a soft sigh before raising her hand and pinching his side. Jungkook yelped and jumped back- eyes snapping up to Maggie and hands flying down to guard his sides.

"Stop that, it tickl-"

"You haven't spent a lot of time with us but you have spent a lot of time with Taehyung- the person you supposedly hate." A teasing grin stretched Maggie's lips apart, and her southern accent intertwined with a hint of mischief, "To me, it seems like you like him."

A pink dust nipped at Jungkook's cheeks and the tips of his ears. His eyes had widened and brows knitted together, creating small creases on his forehead, "I...well..I never hated him." Jungkook stuttered, sliding his tongue over his bottom lip before pushing his lips up at the corners to offer Maggie a nervous smile, "I just...well it was complicated. But now I think he's quite decent, I'm actually happy that he stopped me from killing him because I would have done it, you know? I'm strong and all that, and I would've killed him if I wanted to. Actually, he never stopped me, he just...I just didn't want to kill him, you know?"

Maggie rose a brow and hummed, but didn't say anything else, except offer Jungkook a small smirk. The smirk deepened as Jungkook gulped down a ball of saliva and shifted his weight from foot to foot. Small droplets of sweat began to form on his forehead and soak into his brown hair, making it appear a shade darker.

A small laugh bubbled in Maggie's throat before she shook her head side to side, causing her short hair to swish around. Maggie licked her lips and nodded as she stared at the ground before exhaling softly and looking back up at Jungkook, "Can I ask you something?" She crossed her arms over her chest, causing a hint of muscles to press against her exposed biceps.

Jungkook smacked his lips together and gave her a firm nod, causing Maggie to look out into the field of the prison, "Is there a reason why you would rather spend your time with Taehyung than us?" Maggie questioned- voice dripping with curiosity towards the answer of the question. She slid her fingers over her exposed arms and gazed up at Jungkook, "You can answer honestly, the answer won't offend or hurt me, I'm just...curious."

As soon as the question was presented to Jungkook, his mind got to work and tried to dig up the answers. At first few seconds, Jungkook didn't know the answer, but the more he thought about it, the more he realised that all this time, the answer was placed right in front of his nose, but he just refused to notice it. Jungkook realised that his attitude and rudeness towards Taehyung was a defence mechanism, and he never hated the male. He was actually quite scared because he desired to be in Taehyung's presence more than he wanted to be in the presence of anyone else in the prison.

"I...I think it's because..." Jungkook mumbled softly, avoiding looking at Maggie and instead looking past her shoulder at the concrete wall of the prison, "It's because when I looked at you, I felt like you were...disappointed in me for what I've become. You knew me before this version of myself, so I thought that every time I was with you, you compared me to the boy I used to be and questioned what happened to me."

"Jungkook..." Maggie mumbled softly, reaching out a hand towards Jungkook, only for the boy to shake his head and take a step back.

"Taehyung he...he didn't know me before." Jungkook breathed out in realisation, slowly lifting his off of the wall to stare into Maggie's soft ones, "He didn't know me, he knew only this new version of me and yet he still never judged me. I felt like I didn't have to live up to his standards or expectations....I felt like I could be myself without fearing that someone would look at me in confusion and disappointment, and..and judgment." The corners of rose coloured lips twitched and parted, allowing Maggie to catch a glimpse of two bunny teeth.

She tilted her head to the side and analysed the expression of realisation and surprise on Kook's face, "Sounds like you have feelings for him." She whispered softly, carefully observing Jungkook's reaction to the statement.

"Wha..what? Feelings? Like romantic ones? You mean like a...like a crush?" Jungkook rambled through parted lips and wide eyes. He took a step closer to Maggie, and looked around as if someone was hiding behind the corner and eavesdropping on their conversation. Once Jungkook saw that the courtyard was empty, except for the two of them, he lowered his voice and cupped his mouth, "Is it okay for a boy to like a boy? What do you think about it?" He asked bluntly, not seeing anything wrong with the question.

Maggie huffed out a small laugh before reaching out her hands and curling her fingers around his wrists. Jungkook watched her in confusion as she lowered his hands back to his sides, "It's the apocalypse, Jungkook, things like this aren't important. If you like Taehyung, it's okay. Go be with him because you don't know what can happen tomorrow- one of you can get bit or killed and you'll regret that you didn't do anything when you had the chance." Maggie shot him a wink and patted him on the shoulder before brushing past him to head back to her spot in the watchtower, "And even if it wasn't the apocalypse, it's no ones business who you love or are attracted to. Love is love and it should be cherished. The last thing someone should be, is ashamed of loving someone." Maggie called out towards a scarlet red Jungkook, who sucked up all the information and was left on another path of decisions.

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   Turns out Jungkook didn't have to think much about what to do, his legs moved on their own and mind went completely blank, except for the brief rushes of determination and confusion wrapping around it. And before Jungkook could blink or even think about what to say, his legs led him to the library of the prison and hand already pushed the metal door open, allowing the library to fill with the sound of a creak.

Small pants slipped past Jungkook's thin lips and his eyes danced over the room until they settled on a single chair pulled out from a table in the middle of the room. A small candle was lit and placed in the middle of the desk and an open book rested next to the candle. Yet as Jungkook eyed the area, he didn't catch a glimpse of Taehyung anywhere.

Jungkook's shoes squeaked as he took a few steps into the room, followed by the sound of a click as he shut the door behind himself. His eyes didn't stray from the book or the dancing flame, and his legs didn't stop moving until he was looming over the open book. Jungkook's fingers twitched before he raised his hand and pressed them against the paper, caressing the page with the tips of his fingers.

"Wanna join me for a reading session?" A rich, soulful whisper brushed against his ears before invading them. It wrapped around his heart and made it pump faster before travelling down to the pit of his stomach and tickling his insides.

Jungkook jumped at Taehyung's sudden appearance, earning himself a snort from the older before he brushed past him and slammed a pile of books down on the table. A gust of air slid over the table, flipping over the page of the open book and putting out the flame dancing on top of the candle.

Jungkook's tongue caressed the roof of his mouth and eyes flickered down to Taehyung's hands as he spread the books out on the table. His thick brows knitted together and fingers played with the sleeves of his shirt as he read the book covers. One of them was about the LGBT community, yet the other two were about hunting and tracking someone down.

"When you went missing, I wanted to go after you and find you, but you didn't respond to my calls so I didn't know where you were." Taehyung began to speak, gaze not leaving his hands as he took a hold of the edge of the tracking book and pulled it over to himself, "I had to go back and get Daryl, because he knew how to hunt, but we couldn't leave Rick behind without any protection. That's when I realised how important it is for someone to know how to track these days." Long fingers brushed away the dust covering the book before grabbing it firmly and holding it up for Jungkook to see, "I mean..you never know when little bunnies decide to run off on their own and you need to track them down."

Pale cheeks turned a warm shade of red as Jungkook made eye-contact with a smirking Taehyung, only for the male to release a deep chuckle and send him a wink. The blush on Jungkook's cheeks spread to his neck and ears, causing Taehyung's smirk to deepen. Yet he didn't say anything about it, only sucked in his lip to stop himself from chuckling as he slid into the seat behind him and flipped the book open.

"Why are you here, bun?"

Doe eyes blinked down at the side of Taehyung's face, watching him as his finger created a path for his eyes to follow by sliding underneath the words written in the book. Jungkook cleared his throat and pulled his sleeves over his finger. He waited for Taehyung's attention to fall on him and their eyes to connect, but the only indication, that Taehyung was listening to him, was the twitch of his lips and a small hum coming from his throat.

"I..have a question for you." Jungkook coated his lips with a fresh layer of saliva before his eyes darted to the chair next to Taehyung. He contemplated on sitting down next to him, only to shake his head and look back at Taehyung.

"Go ahead, bun, I'm listening." Taehyung murmured softly- voice calm and dripping with honey. It made Jungkook's shoulders slouch and posture relax, the blush of embarrassment washed away from his cheeks and heart stopped pounding against his chest.

"How did you know you liked boys?"

Taehyung's eyes immediately left the page and head snapped up to Jungkook. His throat bobbed up and down as he swallowed, and eyed Jungkook from head to toe with a serious expression on his face, "Why?" Taehyung asked calmly, yet his fingers tightened around the book and gaze narrowed.

Jungkook shuffled on his feet awkwardly and turned to look down at the candle in the middle of the table. Melted wax ran over the edge of the candle and slid down the side until it dripped onto the paper underneath it.

"Maybe...maybe I like boys...I don't know." Jungkook breathed out under his breath- a part of him hoping that Taehyung wouldn't hear, but judging by the sound of Taehyung releasing a small cough and leaning back into his seat, Jungkook knew he had heard, "So....?" He asked, eyes momentarily flickering up to connect with Taehyung's before snapping back down at the desk.

"So?"

"Just answer the question." Jungkook huffed- nose twitching as he inhaled a molecule of dust, only for him to release a sneeze a second later. His whole face scrunched up and hands flew up to his face to cover his nose.

Taehyung watched him in amusement, cooing softly under his breath and pressing his fingers against his lips without looking away from Jungkook's scrunched up face, "Tell me, bun, do you want to shove your dick into a pussy and pound it? Do you want to grab a girl's tits and fondle them? Hmm?"

Jungkook's eyes shot open and fingers froze against his face. Before he could stop himself, his mind filled with the images of pushing his dick into a girls vagina and grabbing a hold of her boobs. A shiver rushed through Jungkook's body and his nose scrunched up yet again, this time it was because of the disgust he felt at the thought of staring down at a girl's vagina.

Jungkook had seen porn before- the result of being forced to watch porn in one of the bathroom's of his school, because Katelyn's guy friends wanted to know his type. Jungkook was immediately filled with disgust as the camera zeroed in on the naked girl. Jungkook chose to focus on the couch underneath her- not being able to look at the girl's naked parts or hear her squeaky moans as a guy slammed his dick into her vagina. But Jungkook didn't have to stare at the white couch for too long because his attention was captured by the guy's broad back and hips as he thrusted into the girl- filling the bathroom with the sound of his balls slapping against her ass. Jungkook's friends of course thought that the reason for his enticement and arousal was because of the girl, but in reality, his eyes stayed glued on the guy's dick and bulging muscles.

"I'm guessing that's a no."

Coffee coloured eyes cleared up and slowly flickered up to an amused Taehyung. Jungkook immediately shook his head to get rid of the look of disgust on his face, "But...but that doesn't mean I automatically like guys, right?" Jungkook stuttered nervously, not being able to look away from Taehyung's piercing eyes.

"Right." Taehyung dragged out, sliding his tongue over his bottom lip and narrowing his eyes at Jungkook. The book between Taehyung's hands got slammed shut before Taehyung abruptly stood up from his chair, causing his and Jungkook's chests to brush together.

Jungkook's eyes grew large and he stumbled back, trying to create some distance between them, only for Taehyung's hands to settle on his waist and grip him tightly. Taehyung glided over to him smoothly and pressed their chests together firmly, causing them to feel the breath the other inhaled, and even feel their abs rubbing together through the thin fabric of their shirts.

Jungkook's breath hitched in his throat and eyes stayed glued on the spot near Taehyung's throat- not being able to meet Taehyung's gaze, despite feeling his eyes glaring down at him. His hands curled into fists and body tensed in Taehyung's hold, "Wha..what are you doing?" Jungkook breathed out, taking a step back, only for Taehyung to follow his steps and connect their chests yet again.

The feeling of Taehyung's large palms cupping his small waist was enough for Jungkook to freeze and lose focus on the world around him. Taehyung's hands burned against his waist and chest seemed to almost weight him down, forcing him to lean away and accidentally stumble into the table behind him. Taehyung was immediately there- curling one hand around the desk next to Jungkook's hip, while wrapping the other around his dainty waist and gently laying his palm on Jungkook's lower back.

The scent of musk, sweat and a hint of citrus slithered into Jungkook's nostrils until it reached his mind and wrapped around it like a veil. Jungkook felt dizzy as he inhaled another lungful of Taehyung's scent, before finally trying to ground himself by focusing on Taehyung's large palm pressing against his back.

But Jungkook's attempts of escaping Taehyung's intoxicating presence seemed to be futile.

The hand, pressed against his back, created a path of warmth on his skin as it slid across his back to the back of his throat. A shaky breath escaped Jungkook's parted lips and his slitted eyes traveled away from Taehyung's neck and up to his eyes, only for his breath to get knocked out from his lungs and body be shoved underneath a gallon of ice cold water as he made eye-contact with Taehyung.

The look in Taehyung's eyes was demonic- the two pools of black seemed endless and entrancing. As soon as Jungkook looked into them, he was pushed into the void of blackness and swallowed up by the darkness. Taehyung's equally black hair fell in front of his forehead in curly strands, creating paths of shadows along his sharp features, and causing his already darkened expression to appear scarier and even feral.

The two endless pools of black didn't stray from Jungkook's latte coloured eyes as Taehyung's long fingers pressed against the back of Jungkook's throat and played with the baby hairs there. A small shiver rushed through Jungkook's body and his eyes fluttered shut as he allowed himself to sink into the warmth of Taehyung's body and the feeling of his eyes piercing through his closed ones.

A warm breath brushed against Jungkook's red cheek and the hold on his baby hairs tightened, before his ears were filled with a smooth, baritone voice, "Tell me, Jeongguk." Jungkook didn't even realise that Taehyung wasn't speaking English- too entranced by the sound of his voice, and the body pressed against his own, to notice the familiar language, "Would you much rather have a man grab you and bend you over a table?" Taehyung's breath brushed over Jungkook's parted lips, only for his hand to tighten around his hair and rip his head back- exposing the unmarked skin of Jungkook's throat.

Jungkook inhaled a sharp breath and allowed his eyes to flutter open. He blinked up at the cracks running over the ceiling in front of him, before shivering at the feeling of Taehyung's warm breath gliding along the length of his throat, "Would you much rather have a man pull your pants down and spank your pretty ass until it's black and blue?" Taehyung breathed out against Jungkook's throat, pressing the tip of his nose against the bottom of his throat before slowly trailing it up the length of it until he reached Jungkook's chin.

Jungkook's eyes fluttered back shut and his nostrils flared as he inhaled Taehyung's intoxicating scent, and enjoyed the feeling of their chests brushing together, "I..." Jungkook tried to say, but his tongue was too heavy and throat too dry for him to utter a single word, earning himself a mocking chuckle from Taehyung.

The small pout on Jungkook's lips got wiped away as the older Male tugged at his hair and leaned over his hunched over frame, so that his face would be hovering over Kook's scrunched up one. A small ripple of pain ran through Jungkook's scalp and down to his toes. But weirdly enough, Jungkook liked the contrast between Taehyung's featherly touches and the harsh tug on his hair. He only wished it would be a bit rougher.

Jungkook's eyes peeled open, only to be greeted by Taehyung's face looming over his own. Their breaths mingled, and eyes clashed in a whirlpool of lust and desire, "Would you much rather have me slide my cock in your ass and pound you until you forget your own name?" Taehyung breathed out without looking away from Jungkook's slitted eyes.

Silence wrapped around them, and mixed together with the tension and hidden desire. But the small bubble of lust, Taehyung placed around Jungkook, didn't seem to last as he reached out his hand and popped it with the tip of his finger. The hold Jungkook's hair loosened before Taehyung's body slid away from his own, allowing Jungkook to inhale a sharp breath of fresh air and blink back at Taehyung with confusion.

The look in Taehyung's eyes didn't diminish and stayed the same as he peered down at Jungkook from a few steps away, yet his mouth was raised in a plastic smile, "Well..." Taehyung began- voice rougher and deeper than usual. His black eyes dragged down Jungkook's hunched body before pausing at the bulge pressed against his pants, "I'm sure that answers your questions."

Jungkook's eyes fell down to his crotch, only to widen as he noticed his dick straining against his jeans. Jungkook blushed a blood red colour and quickly grabbed the edge of his shirt to pull it over his crotch. Jungkook's eyes hesitantly flickered back up to Taehyung and he sent him a nervous smile, that came across more like a grimace.

Taehyung offered him a one last fleeting glance and a smile before turning around and marching out of the room, leaving behind a confused Jungkook to deal with his problem.

But little did Jungkook know, Taehyung had a problem of his own to take care of.

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Hey, so I'm sorry if y'all are disappointed, I promise we'll get into the good person shit later, I just wanted to switch it up and slowly built up Taekook's relationship too.

I wish I had more time to develop everything, but my time is running out because there's literally two episodes of The walking dead left before the season ends, so I have to pull everything together, which doesn't give me any time to develop anything else or take my time.

I'm sorry if we don't cover something that you wanted to cover, but I promise that there's gonna be at least two more books and I'll try to cover these things.

I really wish I could slow down and take my time, but unfortunately I don't have time. I'm sorry if the quality of the book drops and if you're not satisfied with how things play out. This is the first time I've gone this far in writing a book and this will be the first time I finish one, so I hope I pull this off and you're all happy.

Thank you, have a nice day/night!

~Benikru