After a quite a long drive Mr. Kim finally reached his mansion, driving slowly over the tiled driveway while his guards closed the gates behind him. He was a big man in his world, that wasn't something new. But it will never feel like home, like he should be here. living this life was uncomfortable. It was only keeping him away from his son. It's not like he didn't want everything taehyung told him. He wasn't purposefully doing this. It's because he can't stop. Once you're in and you are seen by others. you can not just walk out again without consequences. Leaving the underworld would mean you are vulnerable, people with the wrong intentions or enemies you've made along the way will come for you. And Mr.Kim would not want that for Taehyung. But he will find a new way.... he will figure something out to still be a father for him...

The car came to a stop and his door was opened by his butler who walked out of the house greeting his boss with a bow. He then went to open the back side but before he could open the door Mr. Kim stopped him.

"no, it's alright. let me do it" he said and told the butler that he can go back inside. He didn't want to startle the Siren or alarm him by having an unknown person wake him. While driving the two in the back had fallen asleep. They looked cute like this. Jungkook was holding taehyung with both arms and had his head resting on top of taehyung's, one of his hands was on taehyung's cheek holding him gently against his chest. soft breaths leaving both their noses, who knows what they would be dreaming of.

"Hey.." Mr. Kim said carefully and cautiously shook Taehyung awake. But Taehyung just groaned sleepily and shifted closer against Jungkook taking a deep breath. "h-'' Mr. Kim stopped talking. The movement of the human had woken up Jungkook who's eyes were wide open staring at him, immediately Mr. Kim pulled his hand back, he didn't want to get bitten. "s-sorry to wake you but uhm.. ah.. were here" Mr. Kim felt nervous talking to the Siren now things were calm, he could really see the unnatural look of the dark haired man. He looked scary and dangerous, even if you didn't know him, he might not be the person to walk up to to have a chat. This looked like the type of man that definitely DOES bite.

"Okay, thank you," Jungkook said. his voice was soft. "for everything" he added while he carefully got out of the car and against scooped the human in his arms to carry him after Mr. Kim into the mansion.

"Don't mention it" Mr.Kim said while walking ahead to show his guest the guest bedroom that he let his butlers prepare before their arrival. He opened the door for Jungkook to enter, who then gently placed taehyung in the bed and covered him with the soft bed sheets.

"I had my butler prepare you both some house wear, feel free to change in the bathroom when you want, '' Mr. Kim said, pointing to the two neatly folded sets of simple cotton clothing for inside , for each of them a pair of soft fluffy slides to wear around the house. "I will be downstairs if you need me"

"thank you Mr.Kim"

"you're.....welcome" Mr. Kim smiled a little and then closed the door behind him.

When the man left Jungkook did just that. taking the biggest sized outfit and changing into the fresh new clothes. glad to be wearing something to cover himself, he had gotten more used to wearing clothes. It kept him nicely warm, even if Jungkook was coldblooded and didn't like warmth. He did enjoy how soft the fabrics were on his skin, keeping his body at a steady temperature.

He then approached the bed where Taehyung was still sleeping deeply. With a loving smile he bent down and placed a soft kiss on top of the human's forehead. "i will go downstairs for a moment, i'll be right back" he whispered.

Taehyung probably didn't even hear him, he seemed to be gone into dreamland. And that was fine, Jungkook was happy to see Taehyung so relaxed. He knows he caused the human stress, and he never wanted to. But things will get better now, he will explain why he did what he did to the human and hopefully restore what was damaged between them.

The siren had gone down the stairs and entered Mr. Kim's office. slowly opening the door after knocking two times to announce his arrival.

"Sorry if i disturb-"

"not at all, uhm... come in" mr. Kim sounded nervous. He got up from his chair and emptied the seat in front of his desk, taking off his suitcase that was stalled there when he was too lazy to put it away. "here, you can sit"

"oh, thanks" Jungkook sat down and looked around the room. Mr. Kim really lived like a king, the beautifully built house with a lot of old wood inside, even hand carved pillar decorations in the corners.

"Uhm so you are Jungkook. I didn't think i would get to talk to you"

"Me neither" Jungkook replied and crossed his legs, folding his hands on his lap. This made mr. Kim gulps and nervously chuckles. He may be the leader of a mafia organization but that doesn't mean he isn't afraid of things, he did feel a sort of fear for Jungkook. knowing what the creature is capable of made him feel uneasy. But if Taehyung trusts him then he will too. Taehyung seemed genuinely happy with Jungkook around, so he will try his best to accept the siren like taehyung would have wanted to.

"I know about you and my son. And that's the only reason why I helped you in the first place. He wanted me to help you. Now I'm not saying that I don't like you. I Just don't want to put my son in danger. I have kept him far away from my work which kept him safe for all those years. Doing this would risk him being a target if someone got bad intentions." mr. Kim paused for a moment. making jungkook question what he just said.

"where are you going with this?" Jungkook asked. squinting his eyes at the other. making mr. kim was more uneasy, the human was definitely watching his words right now.

"I will have to put some weight on you..." the human said and sighed. "I fear that my son will be in some sort of danger for a long time before things die down. And i... might not always be able to have someone near him. I want to ask a favor from you" he glanced at the siren who waited or the favor to be requested patiently. giving the human a look that said 'go on'. "I hope to be able to trust you will keep my son safe... I don't need anything else, I don't want money for saving. i just want you to make him happy and keep him safe for me"

Jungkook was silent for a moment. He appreciated mr. Kim for that. "of course i will, i wouldn't want anything else, sir."

"thank you" mr. Kim smiled and let out a relieved sigh.

"There is no need to be so tense mr. Kim, I have no intentions to hurt you."

"sorry, it just feels.... strange, knowing... you"

"I see, I will go back upstairs then" Jungkook stood up. Mr. Kim stood up as well trying to stop him.

"no no, i didn't mean it like that. you don't have to leave if-"

"It's fine, I want to go be with Taehyung now. I missed him a lot"

"ah... right, okay. then sleep well. I will have something to eat ready for you when you two wake up. I will be in the fridge, taehyung will know" mr. Kim said and smiled when Jungkook left after a kind 'thank you'.

And like that Jungkook had curled up next to taehyung holding onto i'm as if the human was his teddy bear. Sniffing the human's scent with his nose in his neck. He missed him so much.

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Taehyung didn't know where he was... everything was dark. It was so so cold around him, he couldn't breathe. his lungs were frozen... he can't even move at all. His body was just sinking down the ocean. moving closer and closer to that beautiful sound. It was as if there were angels all around him. memories of a happy loving family filled his head.

This was nice....

he doesn't want to move, this was fine.

he could hear his mother call for him... dinner was ready. He almost could smell it. Without any struggle he felt his body being pulled deeper and deeper until the voices were so loud it completely filled his head.

but then,

silence...

no.

the dream was fading, his mother was fading, he couldn't hear anything anymore. In a state of shock he gasped for the nonexistent air. accidentally filling his lungs with the salty seawater. He opened his eyes in panic and saw the most terrifying thing he had ever seen. faces in the dark water, their glowing eyes revealing their pale skin. their teeth made him shiver in absolute fear, so... many... teeth.... so many... eyes.

no no

but then everything turned dark...

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im so busy TT sorry for all my late updates, expect them to still be irregular for a while. im trying to fix my work hours because this is too much i barely have any time for my own career improvement and school. I just want to cry, but i wont, instead i will update here. Updating makes me happy, i will get to see all of you enjoying the story with me, thank you again for reading. and i hope to see you in the next update as well.❤🐤

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