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a loud bang is heard and the door flies open.

jeongguk slowly blinks awake, pushing himself up on his mattress as the sheets pool around his body.

the boy looks so pure, like an angel that had just stirred awake from their slumber.

but the little angel was a classified murderer.

jeongguk's eyes were heavily hooded as he tried to adjust to the whiteness of room once again, only making out three moving figures in his room.

he heard loud noises, a trolley moving and being pushing across the stone floor, the shuffling of clothes rubbing against each other, the squeak of posh clean shoes padding against the ground.

"jeon jeongguk." the steel voice spoke from behind him. jeongguk rolled his eyes and groaned as he turned around and sat up on his bed, legs falling off the side so his feet touched the floor.

the teen rubbed his eyes, his vision finally clearing as he spotted the one face he has really been hating for the past few days.

"sup doc." he grumbled out with his hoarse voice, already feeling a headache crawling into his mind from being trapped into this stuffy clean boring room.

"arms." the doctor stated, and jeonggul gave another eyeball as he lifted his arms up and let the man clad in a white coat bound his wrists together with some sort of bandage. then they rolled up the young one's sleeve and crunched it up at the top of his shoulder.

suddenly the doctor yanked jeongguk's head back by pulling at his hair roots, making the teen's neck strain as he grunted at the harsh movement.

"open up." jeongguk peeked through his eyelids to capture the sight of the doctor smiling down at him, the expression on the older man's face was so sickening. that lunatic smile only looked good on taehyung.

the teenager didn't obey the command, making the doctor snarl and a nurse had to come over and forcibly hold his jaw open.

the doctor proceeded to shove several pills down his throat, jeongguk started to choke as they got caught in his throat. the nurse stuck his hand down jeongguk's throat to make sure the boy didn't trying spitting any of the drugs out.

jeongguk was forced to swallow.

the two men finally released him, the teen hunched over and cough violently, eyes tearing up from almost choking.

he couldn't even catch a break when the doctor grabbed his arm and soon the tip of an injection pierced his skin, sinking into his artery and pumping him full of god-knows-what.

jeongguk was still coughing, the tow nurses were holding him place to stop him from thrashing around.

the drugs were already kicking in, blurring his vision and silencing his mind as a ringing was playing at the back of his ears.

eyes rolling back, jeongguk feels the hardness of the mattress meet his back and faintly hears how all the men exit his room by slamming the door shut.

all he is thankful for is that the white fades out as darkness overtakes him.

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jimin scowls as he peeks around the corner of a fucking MENTAL INSTITUTE.

why was he here again?

oh right, he was doing taehyung a favour, again.

jimin sighs and silently shakes his head at himself. although his and taehyung's relationship was strange, at the end of the day, they were best friends. and jimin would do anything to help him.

making sure no one was around, jimin snuck around the corner and started taking quick steps to jeongguk's room.

oddly, not many people were around.

keys were dangling at the edge of fingertips as he twirled them around in his hold.

"jeonggukie~" the cop sings out, smiling as he approaches the door and slides the keys into the lock.

but his brows furrow when he realises that the door isn't locked.

jimin skeptically pushes the door open, poking his head through the gap.

it was quite obvious what happened.

after all, crimson red blatantly stands out in contrast to white.

 jimin clicked his tongue in disapproval as he open the door all the way, eyes scanning the state of the situation.

two men lay dead on the floor in pools of their blood, a trolley had been kicked down with scalpels, scissors, and other medical tools scattered across the ground. 

the cop locked gaze with the teen sitting on the bed, having a firm headlock grip around (who jimin was guessing) a doctor, a scalpel digging into his throat. 

jeongguk's eyes were wide-open, almost looking a little scared, but more on the totally insane side. his muscular arms were caging the doctor in his grip, which only tightened since someone walked into the room.

"officer park?" jeongguk mutters, confused. it's been a while since he saw him.

"hey there, jeongguk." jimin gives a little wave before his sight lands down at the struggling man in the boy's arms. "what you got here?" 

jimin walked closer, bending down so that his knees cracked when levelling with the doctor who was trying to pry jeongguk's grip off of him.

"h...help... m-me..." the man choked out, wincing at how the blade dug into his skin, making blood trickle down his throat. "pl-please..."

jimin just observed, head tilting to the side.

"g-get away. or-or i'll kill him!" jeongguk stuttered out, not letting this chance at freedom slip from his hands. jimin flickered his eyes back up at the teen.

"hmm..." the cop hummed before standing up. "alright, hurry up so we can get out of here. taehyung is waiting and as we both know he is very impatient."

jimin almost laughed at how jeongguk's eyes blew up at the mention of taehyung.

"t-tae...hyung?" the teen muttered through his delicate pale lips. 

jimin walked towards the door, stepping over all he bodies and fluids that could possibly stain his shoes.

"you coming?" the cop asks as he looks over his shoulder.

jeongguk blinked numerous times before processing what jimin was telling him.

then that recognisable dark smile etched out across his mouth.

the scalpel dove right into the doctor's artery, blood spurting out as the man screamed. jeongguk let the body fall limp in his arms, it slid down and thumped down onto the floor. the teenager was totally unbothered at how the red liquid had smeared across his entire face and covered his clothes.

the teenager whizzed past jimin, letting the blood drip down from him onto the floor, creating a little trial behind him.

the cop chuckled at the pure expression of glee written all over jeongguk's face, which didn't even fall when they came across another nurse who shrieked at the sight of the boy doused in the crime of murder. he didn't even hesitate to slice her neck.

"this kid is insane." jimin snorted. "no wonder taehyung likes him."

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taehyung grunts impatiently as he flicks out his wrist to look at his watch once again. jimin promised it would be quick, so why weren't there here yet?

well, to be honest, they weren't late but it was killing taehyung to wait a second longer before he could feel his boy in his arms.

his foot was nervously tapping on the floor, his frame leaning back against his car with crossed arms. black sunglasses were perched at the top of his nose and he was clad in a black suit.

he was restless.

it felt like hours until the back door of the building swung open, a jimin walking through before stepping to the side to reveal the person taehyung has so desperately ached for.

there, stood his angel. dripping in blood and ivory skin covered in crimson.

beautiful.

jeongguk caught eyes with him. and god— taehyung was sure that his heart stopped.

and there it was, that precious precious bunny smile.

jeongguk came running, and taehyung didn't hesitate to open his arms and catch his darling as the boy jumped up.

the older twirled them around, not caring at how his own expensive attire was being smothered in the dirty blood.

he didn't care about anything other than jeongguk jeongguk jeongguk.

the teenager crammed his face into taehyung's neck, immediately inhaling the smell of sweet whiskey and burnt charcoal. 

they held each other tightly, basking in their warmth and mind peacefully stilling at their hearts beating in sync.

"let's go home, darling."

end of 31

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i wanna finish this shit before my bday which is why i SPEEDRUN

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