Embracing The Shadows / Taekook ℭhapter⁵

𝐀 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. -𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔

『𝕰𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖘』

Taehyung [10]

Kookie stoppp! (the boy yelled while chasing another boy who was running more fast than him, both were playing tag)

Jungkook [9]

(giggles as he turns around, still running) Catch me Taetae!!

Taehyung [10]

You're running too fast! Stop! (pouts as he now stops running)

Jungkook [9]

Okiee! (he too stops running and walks towards Taehyung) How will you catch the bad guys taetae? You can't even catch me hehe.

Taehyung [10]

(shrugs) Then you will help me catch them na. We will fight them together.

Jungkook [9]

But what if I also leave like Joonie hyung did? He was a bad guy na but he was so good to Koo, why was he bad then? (he asks tilting his head with a confused pout)

Taehyung [10]

Don't know. Dada said he's bad and we shouldn't talk about him.

Jungkook [9]

My appa said that too.

Taehyung [10]

Hm but Koo is so good. You won't be a bad guy okay.

Jungkook [9]

Okie.

"What are you boys talking about mhm?" Jungkook's mom came to them with a smile.

Taehyung [10]

Aunty , I am saying that Koo is very good. He will help me fight bad guys!😁

"Of course, he will. My Kookie is so energetic and strong. He's my hero" She smiled warmly at her son.

Jungkook [9]

Really? Okiee! I will be a hero then and protect everyone!!😄

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Jeon Jungkook

I want to buy a dozen of bananas. My banana milkshake is out of stock now. (sighs)

Jungkook and his gang (which included Namjoon , Jimin , Jin and Yoongi) were currently walking through the market where vegetables, fruits were being sold. Yes , the monsters have markets and they work too sometimes. There was whole town inside that forest which other's weren't aware of.

Kim Seokjin

What do you all think? Those fakeàss people know about what's happening in here? Like markets , working place , proper houses.

Min Yoongi

Nah , they definitely don't. They are still stuck to their old thoughts even if they never came here.

Kim Seokjin

Right! They probably think we live like some wild animals with no morals , and eat by hunting each other.

Kim Namjoon

Each other? Like eating you all?

Kim Seokjin

Mhm, that only. I always used to hear that when I was a kid and I believed that crazy thing. Geez! (he laughs at that)

Jeon Jungkook

Yes, I also remember hearing something like that. Like the monsters feed on each other , or any animal they come across. They feed on flesh rather than human food.

Jeon Jungkook

Chim hyung , do you wanna eat my flesh hm?

Park Jimin

Yuck , no! It's disgusting Kookie. (he scrunches his nose af that)

Kim Namjoon

I don't get them at all. They don't come here but have probably made so many assumptions about us. I am sure half of them , we haven't even heard them yet.

Min Yoongi

Yes. Should we drag one of them here and show them this? Would they be shocked? (he says in an amused tone)

Kim Seokjin

I am sure they will die right after stepping in here. Like commit suicidè, tch.

Jeon Jungkook

Then we should bring each of them here. Easy way to kill ha (smirks)

Park Jimin

We should thank the one did all of this , gave us a proper place to live, though.

Kim Namjoon

You're right, chim. I do wonder how they managed to even start on this.

Kim Seokjin

Yea yea. I got an idea.

Kim Seokjin

Let's go to our old town tomorrow, Yoon.

Min Yoongi

There? For what?

Kim Seokjin

To scare them. Haha.

Kim Seokjin

I think they are living in too much peace.

Kim Namjoon

That's such a ridiculous reason.

Kim Seokjin

What? I am just proving them right! (shrugs)

Park Jimin

Cabbage for kimchi?

Kim Namjoon

Sure.

Suddenly a man ran in there shouting "A girl is trying to run away" at which , the others present there follow him to check.

Jeon Jungkook

A girl? (frowns)

Kim Seokjin

Let's check!

And they all too run towards that direction. As they reach where the commotion was going, they see a girl was being held by two woman trying to stop her from running, the girl was crying.

Kim Namjoon

What's happening?

Hana

I WANNA GO BACK TO MOM DAD!😭

Eldest in the monsters

This child was brought here a while ago , she turned thirteen today.

Kim Namjoon

.....

Eldest in the monsters

Two children of ours were sent away to the other side..(he says glancing at the parents who were crying silently)

Kim Seokjin

(he walks to the anxious girl) Stop crying. They don't accept you anymore.

Hana

Please take me to my parents, I am scared😭

Jeon Jungkook

You're an outcast now. You have to live here , sweetie.

Hana

M-Mumma told me g-go away😭 Even dad. Don't they love me?

Eldest in the monsters

Take her away and try to calm her. (he tells the two women who nod)

Everyone just watched the scene , remembering the time when they were the same , expecting their family to fetch them back while crying. Nothing like that happened and they were stuck here forever.

Kim Seokjin

Which land did she come from?

Eldest in the monsters

Yours. Verdantia.

Eldest in the monsters

Our kids were sent there too..

Min Yoongi

They deserved a better land, not that shitty place!

Every child after turning thirteen was given the role and they grew up in the place according to their role. When they grew up and got married to their partner, their kids were raised by them till they turned thirteen. Then they would be presented to the elders who again did the differentiation. It was a cycle. The kid of the monsters and the kid of the heroes were considered human till the age of twelve , they lived with their parents only on the land they were born. On the day of their thirteenth birthday, the elders gave them the role/title. So the monsters kid could be both , either a monster or a hero, it was upon the elders to decide. Same with the heroes , their child could be both. If the monster's kid turned out to be a hero , they couldn't live with their parents, same with the heroes kid , if they were monster then they would be sent away just like Hana came here today. So in conclusion, the role of the parents wouldn't complete define the kid's role too.

While the most of the heroes wouldn't hesitate much to sent their kids away , the monsters would weep cause they truly did love their kids but were also happy that their child wouldn't have to be called a devil and live in hell. He/she would live a respected life , this was the only hope they had.

Most of the people living here were abandoned by their families because they were out as a monsters. They have tried going back too , some returned severely injured and some returned dead , their eyes would be wide open and teary due to the betrayal that hit them. Many of them who lived there committed suicidé because they couldn't endure the words ringing their mind about them being evil , being a sinner , deserving to die , they chose to end. Some succeed while some failed and were living a life full of guilt.

If you keep telling someone the same thing for a long time even if it's a lie , at one point it gets engraved in their mind and become their only truth from which they suffer.

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Moonlight

The elders are the root cause of all the trouble as I see it and THIS thinking yours is preventing you from developing. Because they tell you that you are a monster you think of yourself as shameful. Even after living a normal life here in your 'hell' you still long for that land filled with real monsters. This is preventing you from being satisfied with your own life. Be like, 'You don't like me? Go ahead. I don't feel anything about you. You can die and get wiped out for all I care 🥱. ' Live your life to the fullest on your own without caring about those sick minded people.

2025-03-28

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Yep. Although I know the solution to the situation in the story but I also know how hard it is to actually implement it. If it was easy, there won't be any discrimination existing today.

They should have their own society which is free of any bias towards anyone. They should create the world they want instead of trying to get accepted by the so called 'heroes'.

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