4. Ghosts
Kim Wonwoo
*pointed at the jacket in the back of the car and said: "Wear that."
Taehyung put on his dad's jacket as warm air blew from the vents, and he felt a little better. But the cold feeling still lingered like a shadow, yet to completely dissipate. Taehyung wrapped the jacket more tightly around himself and curled up to sleep on the passenger's seat.
When they arrived at the school, it was already the last class of the evening. Taehyung and his dad went to eat together nearby. After, they were greeted by a swarm of students while they entered the school gate, on their way to the dormitory. Tae's body was uncomfortable and unsteady, and he periodically felt nauseous. He felt like he had a fever.
In the short period of time that he spent walking back to the dormitory, his condition seemed to have gotten worse. Taehyung's cheeks were burning as if they were on fire, his eyes felt stabbing pain, and his body felt so cold that he couldn't stop shivering.
Kim Taehyung
*Without taking off his uniform, he took the quilt off his bed and wrapped it around his body then began to search up and down for a thermometer.*
As a result, five minutes later when Jungkook returned to the dorm room, this is the kind of scene that he saw: the arrogant bastard wrapped in a big quilt, dejectedly sitting on a swivel chair and reading the thermometer in his hand. His delicate face was completely red and his eyes were moist; who knew if it was from sickness or from crying. His whole body exuded a very pitiful aura, similar to a rooster whose tail had been plucked bald.
Kim Taehyung
*Dazed with fever and blurted out: "39°C......".
Jeon Jungkook
"What are you looking for?" *crossed his arms and leaned on the doorframe.*
Kim Taehyung
*After a moment, Tae realized that something was off. He hurriedly halted his words and used his remaining strength to roll his eyes as he heard the other, weakly saying: "Is it any of your business?"
Kim Taehyung
*Kicked the suitcase back under the bed and hoarsely mumbled to himself: "Whatever it is, I couldn't find it, you're talking so much today."
Kim Taehyung
*He felt embarrassed that his pitiful appearance was seen by his archnemesis. Therefore, he wanted to act as if nothing was wrong and wait until Jungkook left so he could go down to buy some medicine.*
Hence, Taehyung went to throw the quilt back onto his bed. However, what he thought was him exhibiting skillful and strong movements actually looked more like a tortoise slowly climbing his way up to the top bunk. He felt nauseous after climbing up and gagged, but nothing came out after retching for a while. His nausea persisted so Taehyung could only climb back down, take a clean washbasin, place it on the bedside, and slowly climb up again. The whole process took three minutes, he really looked like a sloth......
Jeon Jungkook
*Stood below, silently watching the whole thing: "......"
Jeon Jungkook
(This little idiot successfully aroused my paternal instinct.)
As a result, several minutes later, there was a plastic bag beside Taehyung's pillow. Inside the plastic bag was: a small bowl of warm congee, a bottle of water, a box of flu medicine, and a strip of painkillers.
[Congee - a kind of rice porridge]
Jeon Jungkook
*Softly called: "Hey."
Kim Taehyung
*Stuck his head out from under the blanket. Looking at the things in front of him, he suspiciously asked: "Did you put this here?"
Kim Taehyung
"Then who?....."
Jeon Jungkook
*The corner of Jungkook's lips raised in a mocking smile and he said: "It was Santa Claus."
Jeon Jungkook
*Seeing that Taehyung wasn't going to respond, he said: "Should I put this in a stocking for you?"
Seeing as the other party was ready to forgive and forget, the extremely petty Kim Taehyung didn't want to look like he was too small-minded.
Kim Taehyung
*After struggling for a while, he awkwardly said in a small voice* "Thank you."
The two words were so quiet it was almost like he was talking to himself......
However, Jungkook heard it and generously waved his hand then turned his head and left, heading for the night self-study class.
Taehyung looked at the medication. Although he didn't want to accept Jungkook's goodwill, his body felt really weak. He tore open the box of medicine and took the correct amount and also obediently drank the small bowl of warm congee until not a drop was left. After he drank, his body warmed up a lot and the chill that had lingered was gone without a trace. He wiped his mouth and went to sleep comfortably.
Taehyung didn't know how long he slept but when he woke up, the dorm room light was already turned off. A soft light shone from below; Jungkook must be using a small lamp to read a book.
Kim Taehyung
*He squinted. He wasn't fully awake.*
The first thing that entered his mind was the fact that his grandpa had passed, which immediately made him feel sad again. The second thing was that his fever seemed to have gone away and the weakness he felt before sleeping was mostly all gone. His head didn't hurt and he also didn't feel nauseous. He felt the weakness was only 'mostly' gone because it seemed as though a small part of the cold energy still lingered in his body.
Taehyung didn't pay attention to this and only thought that the medicine Jungkook bought was very effective. He licked his lips; his throat and mouth were very dry, so he just wanted to get up and drink some water. Suddenly, a strange male voice could be heard beside his ear--
Ghosts
"Wake up, wake up everyone, the sky is completely dark, get up high!"
Ghosts
"Alright, get up ah....."
Ghosts
"So early calling people to get up......"
Ghosts
"The moon is shining on your asses, you lazybones!"
Taehyung grabbed the bedpost, sticking his head out from the upper bunk to look below...... only to see that the supposed-to-be-vacant dorm room was, since god knows when, squeezed full of people. There were probably fourteen to fifteen people - some of them standing, some sitting, and some even laying on the floor! Tae's heart couldn't take it anymore and wildly pounded - his chest almost burst apart. While he was engrossed in the shocking scene, a long haired woman who stood below his bed suddenly lifted her head and stared at him.
Kim Taehyung
*Seeing clearly the woman's appearance for a second, he could feel the blood in his body freeze.*
That was one heck of a horrible face.
A face with ash-grey skin and empty, pitch-black eye sockets from which a pair of white, pupilless eyeballs dangled stared horrifically in Tae's direction. Her pale grey skin was filled with crevices and holes, like a jigsaw puzzle where the pieces were incorrectly jammed together. Her entire face looked like an old, dry patch of clay, cracked to expose the dark red rotten flesh underneath......
Kim Taehyung
(Ghosts! I just saw ghosts!)
Kim Taehyung
*This clear, cold realization was like a devastating bomb that exploded in Taehyung's heart, spreading dread that instantly tore apart his sanity!*
Kim Taehyung
*He thought that he was screaming but no sound actually came out, as if his throat was sealed with fear. His whole body froze for a few seconds like a clay statue before abruptly springing into action.*
Taehyung got out of the bed in a very simplified manner: he supported himself on the bedpost with one hand, pushed off of the mattress, and jumped straight from the upper bunk to stomp heavily onto the floor.
The female ghost that almost made Taehyung's heart stop out of fear stepped back and complained loudly:
Ghosts
"What are you doing so suddenly ah! Scaring me to death!"
Kim Taehyung
*he then pounced onto Jungkook's bed and he actually wanted to retort--(go to your old man! Between us, who exactly is scaring whom to death!?)
The person who was reading a book on the lower bunk, Jungkook, was also startled. His roommate who had been sleeping on the upper bunk, without rhyme or reason, suddenly jumped down without a word and pounced on his body......
Jeon Jungkook
"What's up with you?" *asked unhappily as his face sank.*
Taehyung was completely straddling Jungkook's thighs. His two arms hugged his archnemesis's upper body with enough strength to strangle him, embracing him with all his might. His chest was hyperventilating as it pressed tightly against Jungkook's chest, and his hysterical heartbeat could be felt through his thin body.
Kim Taehyung
*A weak moan came out of Tae's throat, just like the sound of a small animal.*
Jeon Jungkook
*Mind went blank for a moment, the hand that was planning to push Taehyung away hanging stiffly in the air. His tone became much warmer and he asked again: "What is it?"
Kim Taehyung
"Wuahh......" He whimpered again.*
From the moment he lunged onto Jungkook's bed, he actually wanted to yell loudly: "There are ghosts!", but the strange thing is, no matter what, he couldn't say those three words! It's as if he was suddenly mute. Even if he worked hard to move his tongue and vocal cords, the sounds that he managed to squeeze out were all moans......
Kim Taehyung
*Voice cracked as he howled:* "Fuck! I'm a mute!"
Jeon Jungkook
"...... I can hear you"
Kim Taehyung
(How am I able to speak again?) Taehyung was embarrassed and started to talk again: "In the dorm room......" However, the three words, "there are ghosts," still got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.*
Kim Taehyung
(Even if I can't speak, I can still use my finger ah......)
Taehyung didn't think further into the reason he lost his voice; he only wanted to make Jungkook immediately aware of the strange things happening in their dorm room. He closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to point in the general direction of the ghosts, feeling ill at heart.
The loud noises and the many "people" in the dorm room why was Jungkook acting like he didn't know about them at all?
Hearing Jungkook's answer confirmed his doubts. Jungkook had looked in the direction in which Tae was pointing and calmly asked.
Jeon Jungkook
"What are you pointing at?"
Taehyung, who hadn't dared to open his eyes since he lunged himself into Jungkook's embrace, carefully and cautiously let go of him and slowly opened his eyes into a slit...... The dorm room was back in its usual state: there was no female ghost and there were also none of those strange people who until just now were making quite a ruckus.
Kim Taehyung
(There was nothing.)
Kim Taehyung
"......Huh?" He was stupefied again. He was straddling Jungkook's thighs and his hands were both laying on his chest. A pair of beautiful eyes opened wide and round, cautiously looking around like a vigilant little hamster.*
Jeon Jungkook
*Stared for a moment and asked in a rarely heard and almost gentle tone: "Did you have a nightmare?"
The crazy ghosts are finally here!
Comments
Joy D
He's so humble 😌 ✨️
2025-01-29
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Moonlight
He is kind 😇
2025-01-27
2