The next day Jungkook still did not show himself, taehyung had looked over the cliff at the beach, but he was too scared to go down. He was scared of what Jungkook might do if he was still in there... maybe he was waiting for him to enter the water.. This was a thought that kept him away from touching the water.

So to get his mind off things and have a second option he called Jimin and told him everything, and his friend, being the angel he is, invited him for a drink at the nearby restaurant. so the two were not sitting outside at a table with their empty drinks. Taehyung had been rambling about this and that but his story made no sense.

" Hold up, hold up, you got bitten?" Jimin asked with a frown. taehyung' s story was all over the place but he could clearly hear he said he was bitten by Jungkook, and that rang alarm bells in his head.

" yea, look" taehyung pulled up his pants and jimin saw the bandaid. " It's really bad." the younger began to unwrap a part of the bandage to show Jimin the wound. He felt hurt seeing it again.... Jungkook' s doing.

"Not a word Jimin'' Taehyung said looking at Jimin who opened his mouth to say something which would probably be very close to 'i told you so'. and he didn't want to hear it, not before and still not now, not even when jungkook had hurt him just like he said he wouldn't. It didn't feel right.

"are you alright?" Jimin asked looking at the bandage that taehyung wrapped back. The bite looked nasty, and then he hadn't even seen all of it. there was more hidden behind the wrapping. It looked very painful. It made him scared of the thought that Jungkook did this, a siren really was not a joke. It reminded him of a shark bite

" it hurts a lot. but... i will be fine, i cleaned it well." Taehyung sighed. " But I came to talk to you about it.... like... something doesn't make sense Jimin, I don't think he meant to do it, '' he said and sat back down in front of his friend.

" What do you mean?"

"we were chilling in the sea at the beach together when he suddenly said he had to leave. I didn't know why he wanted to leave so soon and so suddenly. so i grabbed his wrist to make him stop leaving. That's when he... well... did this. As if something just turned a switch he was completely someone else. He looked so... scary, all these black veins i have never seen before in him. he looked like a monster" taehyung said and felt a pang in his heart... saying that word made him feel bad, he doesn't want to call jungkook a monster,... but at that moment, he really looked like one. He was different.

" Well... I don't know him well but if someone suddenly leaves and then hurts you when you try to stop them... maybe it was like a warning, that he didn't like you grabbing him like that?"

"he wouldn't try to eat me! that doesn't make sense. He would just pull his arm back or something. or ask me to let go, he wouldn't... hurt me over that... I don't want to believe it. '' Taehyung replied and groaned, laying his forehead on the table. this was all so hard in his mind, everything was going so well. He just needed answers, was Jungkook really acting fake all this time or was there something else going on?

But if he didnt mean it, then why didn't he show up when he came back? Why did he not respond?

"i just want to talk to him and understand why... But what if it was real? I'm getting a bit scared to go back right now. don't want to get hurt again...." Taehyung sighed again and leaned his head on his hand, he was thinking of going back. but he was too scared, if jungkook really intended to hurt him he might not hold back next time. And he knows what the siren is capable of... he rather not experience it.

"do you want another drink?'' Jimin asked, looking at his friend a bit sadly. He was happy that Taehyung finally found someone who made him happy, and to see it now ruined made him feel bad. He just wants Taehyung to be happy. if it was with the siren he would accept that, but this isn't something he could accept. If Jungkook won't make it up, Jimin would personally come along and turn him into sushi rolls.

"No, thanks. I think I'm gonna head home. I just need to sleep it off" taehyung said and poked his straw around in his empty glass, trying to lift up one of the melting ice cubes.

"Alright, do take care Tae, and if you need anything just call me or yoongi. we don't live far and can come over any time" Jimin smiled and stood up, walking around the table to give his friend a big hug.

"thanks, chim. you're the best."

"I'd do anything for you my friend" Jimin ruffled the younger' s hair and grabbed his bag. "shall we part our ways here then?"

"Yes, thank you for taking me for a drink, I had a good time."

"anytime, bye!" Jimin waved at his friends and they both left the table heading back to their homes. Jimin went to the parking lot and Taehyung putting in his music while he walked home. His songs always managed to cheer him up, Music was like a distraction. But right now he was more focussed on his surroundings.

Ever since he left the restaurant the same man who was sitting a few tables away from them also left, and he was still walking after him. Cautiously taehyung glanced behind him, the man turned his head around looking across the street. He was wearing a jacket with a hood that blocked out most of his face.

"shit" taehyung muttered, this man seemed to be following him and it was starting to freak him out. He does not need this today. He subtly quickened his pace and made an unexpected turn into a random street, almost bumping into a man that came closely around the corner.

" sorry sir" he said and passed the man, again he looked back to see if the guy was still there... and yes... he was. Following taehyung at a bit further distance but still walking the same pace. his head down facing the ground. "this dude" he turned off his music so he could hear better and kept walking random turns, he can't go home when he is being followed. that's dangerous, he had to get rid of this person first. Maybe he should go to the police? but that is quite far, too far to walk... he was so lost in his thoughts about his stalker that he didn't notice a group of teenagers that walked in front of him and he bumped into them, almost making both of them fall over from the sudden impact.

" a-ah im so sorry, i was lost in my thought"

"are you crazy, are you blind or something?! you cant be serious" the teen he bumped into started yelling at him.

"I'm sorry, I told you. it's my bad, i'll be on my way" taehyung went around them but they didnt stop shouting at him and calling him names.

" faggot! yea, go run away!"

"don't mind them, Tae" he told himself, and kept walking. Suddenly he heard the two scream and then ran past him like lightning. "oh?" he frowned and turned around. what the hell happened with them? but behind him he saw nothing, only a kid on her colourful decorated bike and a grandma next to her.

That guy... Taehyung frowned seeing the same stalker crossing the road to the other side.

"This is getting really weird," Taehyung mumbled and quickly headed home now that the stalker had changed his path.

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sorry that i didnt have a lot of time to write last week, but i am off now so i can update again and tomorrow as well! were closing in on the middle and most exciting part of the story, cant wait to tell you everything that i have prepared for them waaaah. hope you are enjoying it so far and i will see you in the next chapter again!

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