Dead Winter Academy (Jikook)
Ep 1
The New Student Smells Like Secrets.
The sky over Edelridge Academy always looked like it had secrets. Pale grey even at noon, chocked with clouds that never cried. Like the whole place was holding its breath.
Park Jimin had barely stepped past the iron gates when he felt it:
His father called this a fresh start.
It felt more like a warning.
The receptionist didn't look up when Jimin walked in.
Receptionist
Room 3B. East wing.
Receptionist
No wondering after lights-out.
Receptionist
And don't talk to Jeon Jungkook.
She slid a worn keycard across the desk.
Receptionist
You'll understand soon.
Room 3B wasn't so bad--- aside from the frost on the inside of the window.
By lunch, Jimin found himself pulled into the orbit of three students who didn't hesitate to sit beside him.
Jimin just looked at them.
Kim Seokjin
Oh! Sorry hi I am jin, Kim Seokjin.
Park Jimin
Ohh nice to meet you Jin.
Kim Taehyung
I'm Kim Taehyung.
Jung Hoseok
And I'm Jung Hoseok. But you can call me j-hope.
Park Jimin
Nice to meet you all.
They talked for sometimes and in no time they became good friends.
Kim Taehyung: chaotic hair, sleepy eyes, he always knew more than he said.
Kim Seokjin: Too pretty to be real, loud enough to cover up how observant he was.
Jung Hoseok: Sunshine on the outside, but something unreadable just lingered beneath.
They talked to Jimin like they already knew him. Laughed when he made a sarcastic comment. Invited him to sit with them like he belonged.
It was the first time that day he didn't feel like he was being watched.
Across the cafeteria, another table sat in the shade.
Min Yoongi: Always reading something ancient, eyes sharp under long lashes.
Kim Namjoon: Build like a strom, voice low and rare, presence heavy.
Jackson Wang: too charming, too still. Like he was playing a role no one could guess.
Especially when Taehyung leaned too close to Jimin. When Hoseok laughed too loud. When Jin touched Jimin's shoulder and made him blush.
Jimin first saw him by the west stairwell.
Back against the stone wall.
Every student who passed him gave him space, like he was fire and everyone else was just paper.
When Jimin's gaze lingered too long, Jungkook looked up.
Jeon Jungkook
You're the transfer, right?
Jungkook smirked, pushing off the wall.
Jeon Jungkook
Room 3B huh? Good luck.
Park Jimin
What's that supposed to mean?
Jungkook leaned in, voice low.
Jeon Jungkook
You are sleeping in the room of the last guy who vanished.
Jeon Jungkook
You'll figure it out. If you don't vanish first.
He walked away like it meant nothing.
Jimin's hands were suddenly cold.
That night, Jimin stayed long. He swears he heard something-- a scratching behind the wall, faint murmuring in a language he didn't understand.
At the same time, in the west dorms yoongi marked a passage in his book.
Kim Namjoon
It's starting again.
Namjoon said from his bed, not looking up.
Jackson Wang
Another new kid in that cursed room.
Yoongi's eyes flickered to the window, to the East Wing.
Min Yoongi
And this time he is not alone.
Ep 2
Park Jimin couldn't sleep.
Room 3B had grown colder since he spoke to Jungkook. He didn't know if it was the heating or the fear creeping into his chest, something about the walls felt.....
And the scratching sound?
The next day, Jimin didn't go to the first period.
He fucked into the back of the library instead, not to make sound. The archive section was deserted-- dusty, dimly lit, full of locked cabinets and old wooden shelves that smelled like stories no one dared to read.
He found an old attendance ledger. It creaked as he opened it.
He read aloud, his finger pushing over the name.
？？？
Looking for something?
Jimin jumped, slamming the book.
Jungkook stood at the end of the aisle, one hand on the shelf, expression unreadable.
Jeon Jungkook
Trust me. I looked.
Park Jimin
Why do you care?
Park Jimin
If you don't want me here just say it.
Jungkook stepped closer, quiet.
Jeon Jungkook
Because I saw him the night he vanished.
Jeon Jungkook
He was running.
Jeon Jungkook
He looked terrified.
Jeon Jungkook
And then......
Jeon Jungkook
They said he transferred, but no one does.
Later that night, Jimin sat outside with Taehyung, Hoseok and Jin, trying to shake the feeling that someone was following him.
Jin said, offering a juice like it was a cure.
Kim Taehyung
You met Jungkook, didn't you?
Taehyung asked, watching him closely.
Jung Hoseok
Everyone knows him.
Jung Hoseok
But no one KNOWS him.
Kim Seokjin
He used to be normal.
Kim Seokjin
Before Minseok disappeared.
Park Jimin
He was close to him?
Kim Taehyung
Like.....Very
Jung Hoseok
Some people think Jungkook had something to do with it.
Jung Hoseok
Others think he's the only one who knows what really happened.
Yoongi, Jackson and Namjoon sat on the edge of the sports field, half-watching the soccer game, half-ignoring it.
Jackson Wang
That Jimin kid's got the others wrapped around his finger already.
Jackson commented, arms crossed.
Jackson Wang
Even Taehyung.
Yoongi's gaze flickered towards the group under the tree.
Min Yoongi
Taehyung was always drawn to the broken ones.
Kim Namjoon
Then he should stay away from you.
Jackson Wang
Think Jimin will stir up more than just gossip?
Yoongi didn't answer. But his hand clenched around the black thread bracelet on his wrist-- the one that had once belonged to Minseok.
That night, Jimin found a note under his pillow.
"Room 3B's walls aren't empty. The boy before you left something behind."
Find the loose panel behind the dresser.
But be careful.
Not everything hidden wants to be found.
Just shaking, jagged handwriting.
Jimin's fingers trembled.
And he pulled the dresser back.
Hands shaking, and then he saw it:
Ep 3
The photo he found behind the dresser stayed on the desk--- creased and worn, edge stained. Four boys in a uniform. Three unknown. One unmistakable.
But it wasn't just the photo.
It was the symbol carved into the wall: a crooked circle with three slashes. It pulsed in Jimin's mind like a silent scream.
Out in the courtyard that morning, Jungkook sat on a low stone wall beneath the dead tree , hoodie pulled over his dead, headphones in.
Beside him, lounging like they owned the world, were Min Yoongi, Kim Namjoon and Jackson Wang.
Yoongi, always reading, eyes calculating behind his long lashes.
Jackson, legs crossed, sunglasses on, chewing gum like he had all the answers.
Namjoon, tall and watched, speaking Little but saying everything in his silence.
Min Yoongi
Jimin's been picking around, again.
Yoongi muttered, flipping a page.
Jeon Jungkook
He found something.
Jungkook said, not looking up.
Jackson raised an eyebrow.
Jackson Wang
You told him anything?
Namjoon stared ahead, voice low.
Kim Namjoon
Maybe you should. Before he finds the park we buried.
Across campus, Taehyung, Hoseok, Jin, and Jimin were walking past the art room when Hoseok finally asked.
Jung Hoseok
Why do you keep disappearing?
Park Jimin
Just...... looking into something.
Taehyung stepped forward, serious for once.
Kim Taehyung
Is this about Room 3B?
Park Jimin
Did something happen there before?
Kim Seokjin
You're talking about Minseok, aren't you?
No one said anything for a moment.
Jung Hoseok
He was friends with Jungkook.
Jung Hoseok
Before he disappeared.
Park Jimin
Everyone keeps saying that.
Park Jimin
But no one tells me what it means.
Taehyung stared across the field--- at Jungkook with his three silent shadows.
Kim Taehyung
It means they know more than they're saying.
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