Chapter 5

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Jungkook actually ended up staying awake all night. When he realized his alarm was about to go off, possibly waking up the creature peacefully sleeping next to his bed, he turned it off as quickly as he could without causing a ruckus.

Then he climbed out of his bed to get dressed. The thing didn't wake up, still comfortably sleeping. For a second Jungkook thought that maybe it wasn't as dangerous as he had thought because of how harmless it looked, but then he remembered the feeling of its claws wrapped around his throat and that's where that idea ended.

The boy sleeping in his room right now was probably more dangerous than any animal he could come up with. So he tried to be as quiet as he possibly could as he sneaked around and gathered his stuff for university. Maybe... just maybe, if he was quiet enough, he could make it out of here. And once he was out of its reach he could ask for help. Even call the police.

Show them the marks on his throat. Right, the marks on his throat. Although it was probably too warm outside for him to be wearing a turtleneck he grabbed one of those light shirts to change into. He didn't want anyone asking questions.

His runaway fantasy was quickly put on hold when he looked back at the makeshift bed and saw that the boy's eyes were open now. Watching him move around the room.

"I need to go to university... I hope that's okay." He really was going to ask like this was a normal situation, wasn't he? It felt a bit weird, but it helped him stay calm in a situation he had no idea how to deal with.

The boy sat up, pushing back the blankets before nodding. Then he stood up and walked over to Jungkook, just in his sweatpants. Hair still disheveled and messy. For a second Jungkook hesitated. "Uhm, you'll need some proper clothes for that."

Quickly Jungkook went through his wardrobe, pulling a t-shirt, jeans and a vest from it. When he turned around the boy was already in the process of undressing and Jungkook had to force himself not to look at his very exposed, very naked, dangling... you get the gist.

Instead he handed the boy some underwear, this time before the other stuff. A bit reluctantly he slipped into it, cleary not happy with how restricting it was. Jungkook almost smiled when the boy tried stretching the waistband of the underwear more, adjusting for a bit before Jungkook handed him the jeans.

It all seemed so non threatening. But Jungkook also couldn't let himself forget how very scary the creature could be when he wanted to be.

Once he had gotten him into proper clothing Jungkook reached out to pat down the guy's hair since it stood up in every direction possible, but before he could his hand was slapped away and then there were those claws again, pressed against his throat. He didn't dare to breathe in, scared that the small movement could actually make it hurt more.

The guy was baring his teeth at him, hissing in warning.

With his heart beating in his throat Jungkook dropped his hand again. Fuck, he had been stupid. Why had he done that? Why had it seemed like a good idea to touch some creature, that he had no knowledge about?

He could feel the claws digging into his skin. "I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to do anything. Your hair is just a mess." He choked out, feeling so goddamn nervous. For a couple of seconds the creature stared at him, its claws still hurting his skin.

But then his expression relaxed and he pulled his hand back. For the first time Jungkook noticed that his hand didn't look normal with the claws. Instead it looked like it had been dipped in black all the way up to maybe half of his upper arm. The creature let his arm fall to his side, mustering him. Then he brought his claws up and ran them through his hair, patting it down. Just watching him touch himself with those things made Jungkook anxious, but apparently the thing didn't mind and neither did he hurt himself.

When he pulled his fingers back out of his hair the black color was fading back into a human skin tone, an abnormally pale human skin tone though, and the claws shrunk back until his hand looked human again. Jungkook watched with an odd sense of fascination.

What even was he? A mythological creature? He certainly didn't recall ever hearing of anything that really fit this creature's description.

"That's better." Jungkook put his own hand to his throat, testing for blood, but to his luck this time the claws hadn't penetrated his skin. He really had to be careful. His brain really wasn't working properly right now. One second he felt really fucking scared and the next he simply forgot about the guy in front of him being dangerous.

A mix of both would have been great, really.

"So you're going to come along to my university?" Jungkook asked, taking a step back because being a bit further away from the guy... felt a lot better than standing within reach of those claws.

The guy nodded, pushing his hair out of his face and god, he really looked so human when he wasn't threatening Jungkook. It was putting him off so much.

He really had to make sure he wouldn't forget.

After the thing had almost left Jungkook's apartment without putting on shoes and Jungkook had explained that you always put on shoes when you leave the house, they drove to uni. While Jungkook certainly didn't feel too comfortable with sitting this close to the guy, at least he had something else to focus on than the creature that was following him around for whatever goddamn reason.

Jungkook kind of hoped he wouldn't meet anyone he knew. And what was the first thing he saw when he stepped out of the car as the weird creature still struggled with the seatbelt? Of course it was a girl from one of his courses.

She quickly made her way over to him and Jungkook silently swore at his bad luck. What if the guy thought he was selling him out? To his relief he finally stepped out of the car and made his way over to Jungkook. Now he would hear everything and Jungkook didn't have to worry that he'd think Jungkook was plotting against him and would decide to kill both of them. Yeah, couldn't let that happen.

"Jungkookie." Mina smiled before looking at the guy standing next to him. "A new face. Who is that?"

Fuck, Jungkook hadn't even thought about who to introduce the creature as. He had been a bit busy trying to stay alive and now he had to come up with something quickly.

"That's... uhm... my cousin." Why didn't the guy talk? He needed a good excuse. "He... looks normal but he can't talk. Because his mother accidentally dropped him when he was a child and that messed with his head. It makes him behave a bit strange at times too."

Wow, that girl looked... confused. Jungkook was just great at coming up with excuses, wasn't he? In the corner of his eye the guy also seemed... kind of offended. Jungkook really was out here digging his own grave, how awesome.

For a few seconds neither of them said anything, then his classmate decided to speak up, clearly still a bit weirded out but polite enough to act like she wasn't. "Uhm... great... nice to meet you." She extended her hand for the creature to shake, but he just dumbly stared at her hand, apparently not sure what to do with it.

When he didn't take it the girl chuckled awkwardly before dropping her hand again.

"Uhm yeah... as I said... he's weird." Yep, the guy totally looked offended. Jungkook really hoped he didn't hold grudges.

"Well, it was great seeing you." Mina gave an awkward smile, quickly waving at him before jogging away, probably to escape the looming awkwardness of the situation. Jungkook followed her with his eyes, when a sudden pain in his arm startled him. He turned his head to find the guy had pinched him. With his human hands, so it wasn't too much of a problem, but it still had been a lot harder than any human would have managed.

Jungkook groaned. "What was I supposed to do? From a human's perspective you really are weird."

Another pinch and Jungkook quickly pulled his arm away. "Stop hurting me! Is that the only way you can communicate? Showing off those creepy teeth of yours and pinching me?"

To his surprise the guy glared at him but dropped his hand back down. Jungkook really was playing with the devil. Had he really just scolded this thing... he was lucky he was still alive.

"Let's go inside. I don't exactly want to cross ways with anyone else here."

For the exam Jungkook actually managed to convince the guy to let him enter the room alone, but only because there was only one door and Jungkook wouldn't have the chance to run away. It took some time but he managed. Got to take the exam, not managing to focus all that well, but that was what he had expected. Hopefully he'd at least get a passing grade and that was all he needed.

Afterwards he got the guy something to eat, both to buy his favor and because being constantly full would hopefully stop him from considering Jungkook as a snack.

Watching him eat was still quite unsettling, but at least this time it was only a sandwich. No crunching bones. Jungkook really was glad that it didn't seem bothered by eating normal food. That would make things a lot easier.

When they were back at his apartment, he didn't get a chance to walk back inside. Instead the guy gestured him to follow him into an entirely different direction. Since he certainly wasn't planning on going against the guy's will he followed him. If things got too shady he could still try to run away then anyways.

"Where are we going?"

The guy didn't answer, just continued following the street. Turned around every couple of seconds to make sure Jungkook was still there.

The sun was slowly setting, and it was getting darker already. Jungkook's last memories with him when it had been dark hadn't been the most pleasant so he could feel himself grow antsy as he followed him.

A/N

I swear to god just cuz tae doesn't speak that doesn't make him cute!

Me trying to make myself believe it^

Ppl that don't talk just seem so cute but I swear he wouldn't bat an eye if he decided to kill Jungkook._.