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Third person P.O.V

There was an irritating beeping of machines, and the smell was odd as well but the bed felt soft. It took a little while to finally open his eyes and come across the white walls and no being around.

Taking a few minutes to recall what happened, he gasped in horror.

Did he catch me again?

The room was a bit larger than the one he was kept in by none other than Jungkook but the terror was still fresh to remind him of every little detail. One part of him really wanted to believe that he was finally free but the other part was poking him continuously.

With his parched tongue, he licked his dry lips and removed the IV needle from the back of his pale palm. His body was extremely tired and stiff, but he ignored that all to stand up on his weak legs.

Rushing to the door, he felt a jolt of relief when it clicked open but he had to halt quickly when someone was already standing there with wide eyes.

"Tae-" Taehyung blinked, hands tightly clutching over the door when the person softly murmured.

No, it must be another hallucination of my mind.

Thinking that he gulped and tried to rush out of the room before the other could get him. But his steps once again stopped when another person came across with a more shocking reaction, a small paper bag fell from his hand, and in the next second Taehyung was in a warm embrace.

"Oh, God! Finally, you are awake. Look Jimin, he is fine now." Taehyung silently let the other two hug him. Taking a deep shaky breath, he pulled back only to touch the older's face over and again like he was trying to believe what he was seeing.

"It's- it's really you, Jin hyung?" The said person let out a wet chuckle, softly cupping the brunet's wet cheeks and brushing away the tears.

"Yes, Taebear." Jimin was also crying silently at the reunion. After a minute or two, Taehyung did the same with him as well, making sure that his friends were actually in front of him.

"Tae, we are here, ok. Calm down." Even when after inspecting for several minutes, the disbelief didn't vanish from his eyes that the other two caught very clearly.

Licking his dry lips again, the brunet roamed his eyes around before rushing past the two shocked males. His eyes found a number of people in the corridor, a few in casual clothes while the others in their specific uniform, the latter must be the staff of the hospital.

Even after that, he felt the need to actually believe in his freedom and started to run out of the corridor. Jin and Jimin widened their eyes when they saw Taehyung running away.

"Call the doctor, I'm going behind him!" Jin ordered in a great hurry before rushing behind the brunet. The people around them gave them a look, some looked worried while the others looked weirded out.

Taehyung's mind was still restless even after looking at a lot of people, deep down he knew that he was really out of that hell but making sure was very important for his sanity.

Once, he was out of the main entrance of the building, he met with the gentle sunrays of the evening and a soft breeze. A small park in front of the parking lot was filled with many patients and their families, children giggling as their nurses were entertaining them.

A rush of emotions hit his mind and he almost fell on his knees if it wasn't for Jin to catch him right on time. The older was very worried about his behavior but he can't help.

"It's- it's real. I'm really out of that hell. I- I made it... I made it." Those eyes were still leaking tears but there was a hint of happiness.

"Yes, you are fine now. You are back to us, Taebear." Taehyung nodded lightly, hugging his hyung tightly after an abrupt turn. Jin hugged back and felt the bones at the back of the brunet, making him feel extremely disturbed.

Soon, Jimin came out with a doctor and a nurse who escorted the brunet back to his room and ran a thorough check-up. After that, both of them entered the room to see a dazed brunet with tear-filled eyes.

It was like a mystery for them yet as they didn't get to know where Taehyung was for all this time, what happened to him during that period to leave him this weak and mentally disturbed. The doctor had already informed him about the sleeping aids the other was having for a long time. Also, they remember the blood-stained clothes in which the brunet was brought to the hospital by an unknown male.

"Tae, how are you feeling now?" Jimin politely asked, taking the other's pale hand in his own, softly caressing the back gently.

Taehyung smiled at them and nodded his head. They asked a few things about his health and told him about the changes happened in the company in the past year.

"A- a whole year?" Jin nodded with a sad smile.

"A whole year if we count this month as well." It was another shock to know that he was out for two weeks after leaving the forest. Taehyung leaned back on the headboard, biting his lips as he remember only a few months from this one year.

"Bear, do you remember where were you?" And that's how he ended up telling them all that happened in this whole year. Jin and Jimin's expressions turned from disbelief to horror to anger.

He asked for the jacket, recalling the envelopes of two poor souls that he promised to deliver. When he was handed over those still save envelopes, he cried out once again. His loud cries made his two friends cry with him on his miseries.

The matter got to the police after his savior (who was a police officer) showed up with flowers as Jimin informed the former because the officer was really concerned about the brunet.

The envelopes were delivered to the mentioned addresses and Taehyung wasn't brave enough to see their reaction, so the police did the deed for his sake.

The young police officer started to visit him on daily basis with his nephew who was very attracted to the brunet till he was finally able to leave the hospital, silently making a huge space in heart of Jimin who felt like he finally found his true love in the form of the perfect man. It was another day of emotional breakdown when he stepped inside his house after so long. In his absence, Jimin started to live there and took care of everything.

The whole house was decorated very decently and a strawberry cake was placed on the table.

"Welcome back home, Taehyung." The police officer, named Min Yoongi warmly greeted him, Hyunsu clapping very happily beside him and Jimin blushing profusely because the former had his sleeve rolled up, showing off his clear and pale skin.

Taehyung let out a small chuckle on noticing the way his best friend was thirsting over the officer and the other was trying his best not to blush under the intense gaze. Maybe, he really found the one for himself this time.

Jin showed up with another tall man beside him and introduced him as his friend but Taehyung knew better. The tall man named, Kim Namjoon had dimples, the biggest weakness of his sweet Jin hyung and a clear sign that the man wasn't just a friend.

He felt very warm at heart, felt at peace on finding his friends happy and trying to get to move on a new chapter in their lives. The night was really memorable until the smiling Hyunsu caught his attention. That bunny smile, caught his attention, making him fall back into the abyss of that night, of those nights that were once filled with love.

Jimin started living with Taehyung as the doctor already warned them about the mental state of the brunet. He still used to space out a lot, cry during nights hysterically, and wake up with nightmares to find himself trapped in that cabin again. So, Jimin decided to shift there to be with him as much as he can.

After a few days, they found that the police and the special forces successfully invaded the forest through the stream but unfortunately, there was nothing left except for the burnt bodies and lab.

That night, Taehyung had the worst panic attack as a pang of new guilt made a permanent space in his heart and soul, leaving him restless. He still blamed himself for killing dozens of people, killing Jungkook. There was a pinching pain in his heart because Jungkook was human, and might be able to recover with some medical help, but their fate was cruel.

Jimin was crying along when the brunet started to yell and call himself a killer, a murderer until his throat was hoarse and his energy was gone. That night, he was rushed to the hospital and doctors recommended to take help from a psychiatrist. Jin and Jimin wasted no time in finding a perfect psychiatrist, a well-known name in the field by the name Jung Hoseok, a positive try to bring their bubbly Taehyung back.

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Days turned into weeks and weeks into months. Taehyung was doing better than before but deep down, he was still stuck there, still stuck in that eerie jungle.

He was happy to have loads of caring people around him. Jimin and Yoongi were together and so were Jin and Namjoon. Yoongi and Namjoon were just like his best friends and were equally protective of him. He also befriended his doctor Hoseok who was like a sunray filled with hopes. He even got a new job, in Jin's company where he had to be a publishing manager.

Everything was going well, he was doing well and was kind of satisfied after his sessions with Hoseok. The whole matter was kept confidential and all of them were asked to keep that secret to keep the peace of the country stable.

The winter breeze was kinda very chilly but he didn't stop walking along the wall of the terrace of his company. It's been almost 6 months since he was free of the hell hole. During this time, he had a lot of difficulties coping with his guilt, coping with broken heart, but he managed it so far.

Closing his eyes, he stood near the edge by leaning over the wall, elbows resting over the cemented bricks as he let out puffs of breaths that quickly turned into white mist.

The waves of air brought different sounds, voices of traffic, horns, in short hustling of a city. It was about 6 in the evening when he decided to take a short break by coming out of his office and enjoying the fresh air.

His phone buzzed but he ignored that, too busy in enjoying the peaceful evening. But suddenly, he felt something was off. He opened his eyes to scan around to find nothing abnormal, but when he averted his gaze down the building, he saw people rushing here and there.

"What's happening?" This time his phone rang, he took it out and saw Jin calling.

"Jin hyung-"

"Tae, where are you? Come to my office right now! We don't have time!"

The call ended in the next second, making him more confused but he followed the other's words and left the terrace quickly. When he reached the floor where Jin's office was located, he halted in his steps, it felt like another hallucination when he saw a lot of blood on the tilted floor and on the walls.

There was no one in the corridor and when he reached Jin's office with his shaky limbs and by avoiding all the blood, he found the office empty.

"Hyung?" There was no response that made him restless. He called again and again but found no one in the office. He dialed the number of Jin only to find it out of reach. He dialed Jimin's contact, Yoongi's, and even Namjoon's contact was out of reach. Coming out of the office, he ran to the elevator to report the matter to the main desk.

While waiting for the elevator impatiently, he dialed the emergency number to feel his heart drop at the response.

'We are sorry. The emergency service is out of reach because of the increased number of reports. We will try to reach you after a while.'

Something was wrong, terribly wrong and he was sure of that. When the elevator was finally there, he entered there to find another person standing. Ignoring him, he continued dialing emergency services but heard the same response for the nth time. Unconsciously, he muttered some curse words, the blood from the corridor was unfortunately reminding him of his horrible past.

Shrugging that feeling off, he tried to think positively and nodded to himself. When he was busy in his own pool of fears, two arms sneaked around his petite waist, taking a good hold of his body in an instant.

"What- hey! Don't touch me! What are you doing?!" The other just chuckled after leaning over his shoulder, hands slightly tightening as he was pulled back to feel the hard chest of his captor.

Taehyung's heartbeat quickened, the hold was just like that, and the voice was just like that too.

No, he is dead Taehyung! Come to your senses. He died in the explosion, no human can survive that!

Scolding himself, he tried to pray off the hands only to feel them tighten around him. "Let go!"

"No, not again...

Pretty boy."

The loud thunder-like bolt strike his soul with full power, and his breath hitched when a peck was delivered on his sweaty temple.

"You're sweating in this cold weather, not a good thing, love." His chest was hurting from holding his breath until he was turned around to face the person. A choked gasp left his pale lips when he saw very much alive Jungkook with a burnt neck and half left cheek, those bow-shaped lips still perfectly pink and skin still gleaming like porcelain but what made his knees go weak were odd eyes... one dark as usual and the other one

.... red.

"Surprised, pretty boy? Oh, breathe, please. I have got a few more surprises stored for you." Taehyung was so lost and shocked by the other's presence to even heard the ding of the elevator and loud cries from the main hallway of the ground floor.

"Shall we?" Jungkook muttered near his ear and dragged him out of the elevator as he was too out of it to move his muscles.

Jungkook was a ghoul?

The revelation was not digestible when he saw his co-workers on the floor, crying and tied up in a corner. All of his senses came back in a rush when he found Jin at the front in the same condition but with a wounded forehead.

"JIN HYUNG!" Before he could run away, Jungkook's grip made him stumble back, reminding him of his current situation.

"Are you again planning to run away from me, pretty boy? I can still reach you anywhere, I've my device inside you. I'm still hurt from your previous actions, don't make me madder." The threat was so clear that Taehyung found himself falling on the floor but Jungkook didn't let him hit the hard tiles.

The whole hall was filled with ghouls, they were still growling and gawking at their prey but kept their distance. It was like he was again trapped, but this time the trap was so vast. The cries of the people from outside of the building were screeching in his veins, resurfacing the wounds he found healed till now.

Jungkook smiled when he noticed Taehyung's gaze all over the ghouls and picked up the brunet swiftly in his arms, getting no response at all from the shell-shocked boy.

"Oh, you like my surprise, baby? You see, you left my Kingdom to be here, so~

I made your whole city my Kingdom, my Queen. I'll make this a new 'eerie jungle' for us."

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The End

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"There are demons inside every human being. They are silent most of the time, but if you try to listen to that eerie silence, you hear their loud yells to make your life tangled up in the eerie jungle, with no way out."

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Assalam o alaikum.

Ah, finally the end. I hope it's clear why it can't be a happy ending even when Taekook ended up together in a messy way ever. The plot was predefined and I really wanted to end it as I thought a year ago. 😪

A few things I want to clear up more,

1. Ghouls were brain dead and thus controlled by Jungkook but their hearts were alive. When Taehyung saw Luhan dead after Jungkook stabbed his heart, he took the hint and commanded ghouls to take their hearts out.

2. You remember when Jungkook made cuts on Taehyung's body in E-0 room of the basement, that's when he installed a chip to always track Taehyung. The reason he quickly found the boy in the big city after 'healing' himself and making a huge army of ghouls.

3. Yes, Jungkook was always a ghoul (hybrid) or you can say, a perfect success of his own experiment. He has control over his own self as well as over the other ghouls through his mind (i hope you noticed that in the previous chapter) (pendant was another source) and wasn't brain dead. The reason he survived the explosion.

*Ah, I feel sorry for Hanson, Jay, and Minha. Rip 🥺.*

Ok, so that's the official end of the book. I hope you enjoyed this bumpy journey and felt a bit terrified by my lame attempts to make it a horror story. 😬
If you liked it, tell me so that I can start another horror book, this time, the real supernatural and paranormal type of horror.
Borahae ❤ ❤ 💜💜