he trusts him. he's helped him countless times, and jisung has saved his life se

the merchant lays unmoving on the ground, a pool of blood spreads out from his chest and he is dying rapidly, it seems like a knife is lodged between his ribs.

jeongin screams in terror as he drops the merchant's body and rushes forward, pulling his dagger from the sheath strapped to his leg. he takes aim at the perpetrator and stabs the man straight through the heart before dropping to his knees.

he looks up at the person who killed the merchant, hoping it might end all of this. it's not a murderer, he realizes, he is an angel, but jeongin's mind cannot process that fact right now.

all jeongin can focus on is the angel holding a lantern, staring directly into his eyes, his hair is flowing around him as he kneels, "oh my god," he mutters to himself.

the angel takes a step closer to him, he takes the opportunity to attack the angel with all of the strength that he has in his arms, he manages to hit the angel's shoulder and the lantern falls to the ground, the angel raises his sword and cuts jeongin across his forearm, blood begins dripping down his arm and onto the ground.

the angel lifts his blade above his head and lets it fall down on jeongin's torsodoes not hesitate, he simply closes his eyes, waiting for death to claim him.

he does not know how much longer he'll survive, he doesn't know if his mother will even forgive him for killing the man that took advantage of her kindness.

it is after what feels like hours that he begins to feel light headed and the world spins around him.

then the angel removes his sword from jeongin's body.

as he lays there, weak and tired from the ordeal, he sees the angel's face, it's a beautiful face, dark skinned and golden haired, with sharp almond shaped eyes that were full of compassion. the angel reaches out his hand and takes jeongin's.

he helps him stand up, and then he wraps an arm around jeongin's waist to carry him. as he holds jeongin's weight, jeongin notices that the angel's grip around his waist tightens and his lips begin moving, he tries to listen, but he loses the ability to speak as the darkness consumes him.

when he wakes up, he is laying on a soft bed, he can feel warm sunlight streaming through the curtains covering the window.

jeongin sits up and looks around, the room is unfamiliar to him, it smells strongly of alcohol and sweat, but at least he knows he hasn't jeongin looks down at his own body and finds that he is completely bare, but he notices that his pants are tucked into his boots. he slowly gets out of the bed and walks down the hallway, eventually coming upon a bathroom. he enters the stall and shuts the door behind him.

he takes a quick shower and changes into a simple white T shirt, a pair of black skinny jeans, and a leather jacket. he brushes his teeth quickly and then heads back into the bedroom, where he finds a stack of neatly folded clothes on top of the bed. he recognizes the clothing as belonging to the boy he found in that alleyway a few weeks ago. he picks them up and examines them, he finds a pair of socks that are too big for him. he pulls his shoes on and grabs a pair of black gloves from the pile. he opens the door gently and steps out into the hall.

after walking around the apartment for what feels like forever (though it could actually have only been 30 minutes), jeongin finds himself standing outside of the building where he lives. he hesitates at first, but then he figures that if there is ever a chance for him to escape, he has to take it.

so he climbs up the fire escape that leads to the roof of the building. when he gets to the roof, he breathes in deeplyied.there is another person there, he doesn't recognize them, but he's still relieved, he has a feeling that this man is helping him. maybe he's just someone who happens to be passing by.

"you know, I'm pretty sure you're trespassing," the stranger says suddenly, jeongin whips his head towards the man and gasps slightly at the sight of his face. it's none other than jisung.

jisung doesn't wait for jeongin to say anything else before telling him to climb down the fire escape ladder, he does what he's told without hesitation. he climbs down the ladder with the same speed and grace as jisung did, he lands safely on the ground.

they don't exchange words for a while, jisung keeps looking down at the ground and jeongin keeps glancing over at the younger to see if he would tell him what happened.

eventually, jisung speaks, "what do you think happened?" he asks, jeongin looks up at him, confused, "why?"

jisung looks back at him, "because we should try to figure out who did this, or what caused this."

jeongin nods and follows after jisung, although he doesn't understand why they need to know this, he wants to trust the older.he trusts him. he's helped him countless times, and jisung has saved his life several times as well.

they spend their entire morning searching for answers, they even look in every corner of the city and find nothing.

jeongin goes home that day with a heavy heart, his mother has stopped asking any questions and has decided to let him stay in his own room rather than in his bed. jeongin hopes that the next few days will be better.

jeongin isn't expecting anything different though.

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jeongin has been staying in his room since the incident at the market, he hasn't eaten or slept well at all in two weeks.

his mother is constantly begging him to eat or sleep, but he refuses to do either.

one morning, however, when he leaves his room, he discovers that his mother has bought him some clothes to wear. jeongin isn't surprised because he can tell that she is very worried. he wonders whether he could convince her to give him money for food, she is probably sick of buying him the same meal everyday.

she gives him a bowl of ramen and tells him to eat, so he does. it's been four days since the incident and jeongin is still starving, but eating will keep him alive long enough until he manages to get back home.

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