Like every other day Taehyung found himself back at work in the library. it was oddly silnet, almost no one came in. So Taehyung had all the time to sort out the books that got returned yesterday and dust the place too. He pushed the cart with books through the shelves looking for the letter 'M'. But then when he turned the corner to the other row he noticed someone standing in front of a shelf holding a black book. the man's yes went to the side looking at him.

Taehyung froze and felt unable to move or even look away. The man had Black hair and was quite tall. His whole outfit was black. Taehyung felt like he had seen him before....then he realised that this man was who he saw on the streets before. He thought he just imagined it that day but look at it now, the man was actually here.

"Uhm.. hello?" Taehyung said. The man shut the book with a dimmed smack of the pages closing. He carefully placed it back on the shelf and reached in his pocket taking out a watch. Taehyung noticed the man had a bandage wrapped around his hand and wondered what the man had done? Was he hurt? Suddenly one of Taehyung's books fell off the cart. He snapped out of his daze and bent down to pick it up, but when he came back up the man was gone.

"oh? again?" he said and looked around. there was no way the man could have left that fast. the hall was too big to just walk out of in less than two seconds. Taehyung shook his head, was he going crazy? was he hallucinating. Taehyung sighed and looked at the man standing there. a black feather was laying on the ground. He crouched down and picked it up twirling the feather in his hand interested. "huh, a feather" he said. the sound of ticks was heard, the boy was sure he was going crazy. he was seeing and hearing things. "what the-" he said but didn't get to finish when he saw a raven on top of his cart. He frowned at the animal and shoved the feather forward into the bird's face.

"Caw!" The bird made a loud sound and looked like he was about to attack, picking the boy's finger. Taehyung yelped and dropped the feather glaring at the bird.

"leave! dont come inside!'' Taehyung said, grabbing a book from the cart to scare the creature off. which it luckily did. flying up but only to move to the top of the bookshelf where the boy couldn't reach unless he got a big ladder. Taehyung groaned in annoyance hearing the bird Caw at him. it was like the bird was challenging him and rubbing it in his face that he now couldn't reach him anymore. With an annoyed feeling the boy turned to the bookshelf where the black book wasn't fully pushed into the shelf. He used his fingers to take out the book that the man was reading into. looking at the cover he noticed it was the same as earlier this week. 'demons' it said. Taehyung opened the first pages and paper fell out of the book. "oh?" He bent down, placing the book back on the shelf before picking up the paper. He looked at it, and saw elegant handwriting. 'church, 1 am'.

"what's that supposed to mean?" he mumbled. Why was this inside the book? this wasn't there before taehyung was sure of that. he had flipped through it and there was nothing. Suddenly he heard flapping and looked up seeing the raven fly out through the window near the ceiling. "hm... odd" he put the note in his pocket and went back to his cart continuing his job.

While he hummed softly to himself being on a ladder putting some books in place namjoon woke up to him motioning him to come down.

"What is it?" he asked. By now many people had entered the library so they kept their voice low.

"I have to ask you to go home earlier. something came up and i need to leave."

"oh what happened?"

"Nothing much, don't worry."

"Okay...i will go when i finish these last books then" taehyung said he only had a handful left. Namjoon nodded and walked away at a fast pace like he was in a hurry. today has been quite strange....

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"for...five...six.....seven, nice '' Taehyung was counting his instant ramen he had just bought in the store when walking home. they were all different kinds of flavours so for each day a new one. He wasn't always eating or cooking himself, being too lazy to do it. and ramen was delicious and cheap so why not buy a whole box of them for the whole week? He wasn't quite a good example to younger people but he didnt care. He was good in shape so he didn't see a reason not to.

Taehuyng heard the church nearby hit 9 o'clock and got reminded of something. He reached in his pocket and unfolded the crumbled paper note. 'Church, 1 am'. he was still not sure why and what i meant. it looked quite new seeing no discoloring in the paper or the ink. Maybe he should just go there, just to look. what if there will be some illegal or dangerous group? he can call for help and be a hero for doing something good. Taehyung chuckled and shook his head. He was too scared to even get involved with something like that, Taehyung didn't see himself as a hero. He works in a library, he wasn't an adventurer or tough dude. He was just a regular boy in his eyes. but what made him different from others were his pale red eyes, he was told to be the only one with them. He himself likes the eye color but he wondered why he was so different in color from the others that were more natural like brown and green.

"1 am hm?.." he walked to his clock and set an alarm before hopping into bed, if he was gonna go out that late he better get some sleep.

12:30... his alarm went off shaking him from his sleep. The boy groaned not getting why he was beginning to wake up. He was about to hit the device for it to shut up but he remembered the note and sat up rubbing his eyes. He looked at his torso seeing the same clothes as yesterday, he hadn't even bothered to change. well it was easier. Now he didn't have to get dressed and could just hop out of bed into his shoes. Which he did. he was already outside on the streets. He looked at the note again. "the church..'' Taehyung looked up at the huge church that was near his apartment. the tower clock being lit by light from inside the tower. It was 1:07 now. "but that right here...there is nothing" he mumbled and sighed. he was so stupid to think this was osmething, it was probably old and left here for a long time. He got too curious but he felt really stupid now for even coming here. He sighed and turned around going to go home as it was nothing when he suddenly saw someone standing on the other side of the plaza.

the only person besides him that was here in the area was awake. He had black hair and a long black coat. It was the same man of those other times. This time taehyung won't let him escape his sight, he kept his eyes focussed on the man not moving or even blinking for a second. Well he had to blink when the man suddenly walked forward slowly. his eyes looking back at the boy. And before he knew it the man was right in front of him. Taehyung gulped feeling a strange feeling inside of him when he looked at the man that was so close, but he couldn't move away.

The black haired man studied taehyung's face and hummed.

"h-hello?" Taehyung asked with a shaky voice, he mentally slapped himself for that.

"Kim....Taehyung"

"Where did you get my name from?" Taehyung asked and took a step back, slightly alarmed by this.

"I have been watching you"

"So you're a stalker?"

"More or less," the man chuckled. his eyes flashed a purple color when he did. Taehyung noticed they had a slight glow in them, it wasn't bright but it was enough for him to see the color even in the shadows. "but don't fear me, i mean to harm to you"

"says the one outside past 1 am" Taehyung whispered. "but who are you? why are you following me?"

"I have my interest in you, you don't belong here"

"I don't belong here?"

"hm. haven't you noticed?" the man asked but then looked away for a second. "It seems you're not familiar yet."

"Who are you?"

"My name is Jeon Jungkook, you probably have never heard of me."

"no i haven't, why are you here? did you make that note in that book?"

"yes i did, i made it for you"

"me? why?"

"i had to talk to you without anyone watching or listening to us." Jungkook said and glanced around for a second time. "it's dangerous for me to interact with you"

"and why is that? Are you a thief?"

Jungkook raised a brow before rolling his eyes at that question. "no i am not, i'm just not from here. I am not wanted by some people. so i keep myself hidden"

"oh...who doesn't like you to be here?"

"you wont understand if i tell you all at once.'' Jungkook said and the clock hit 1:30 he looked up for a second. "if you need me, just call me. i wont come if it's just nonsense" he added. "i will take my leave now"

"wait!" Taehyung said. the man halted and turned back around.

"yes?"

"I don't understand.."

"you don't have to. it will become clear over time, i can only tell you things are not what they seem. people, are not what they seem." and with that he left the boy alone. two feathers on the ground near taehyung who watched the man walk away disappearing in the shadows of the night.

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