Dark Side (Kim Taehyung & Kim So Hyun)
Episode 13 - God of Death

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Doctor Jung returned to the UKS room. Taehyung was still there alone compressing his bruised cheek. Jimin leaves him to pursue So Hyun. Seeing Taehyung still grimacing, Doctor Jung smiled faintly at the man.

“You why?” asked Doctor Jung walking slowly towards Taehyung. “What So Hyun hit you?”

Taehyung just glanced, he did not answer at all. Because the pulsation on the bruise is so gripping. However, Doctor Jung was still looking at him with a smile.

It was like waiting for the word from Taehyung. The female doctor sat down near Taehyung while still waiting for her advice.

Taehyung sniffing, “Ya.” He only took it very briefly.

Doctor Jung smiled again, this time getting wider. “Do you want to know why Eun Soo died?”

Taehyung looked at the female Doctor with seriousness, “No. I only knew that he was in the hospital.”

“That's because the god of death has already picked him up.” said Doctor Jung quickly.

Taehyung looked at Doctor Jung with a frown. He doesn't say anything. Looking at the gaze from Taehyung that was filled with confusion, “I know you are curious about what I just meant. If allowed, may I say it?”

“Tell me.” says Taehyung with his flat tone. The pulsation from the bruise is getting worse.

Doctor Jung smiling must be looking at Taehyung, “You know not that....he once asked to die to be with his mother?” Taehyung glared and nodded. “The god of death came at his request. Hence, you can't say anything.”

“You mean?” taehyung asked with his informational words.

“Hospital chief doctor says Eun Soo died in sleep. Because, that death god only came into his nightmare. On that day the god of death came. On that same day he killed ‘itu’ people, but it only happened in a dream. In fact, his call just now is not a god of death.” explains Doctor Jung at length. However, Taehyung could only listen without saying anything.

“He will save the spirits of those who are already his targets. Not only that, he can also play ‘soul’ from a weak person, as well as his feelings. If there is a person who suddenly different attitude than before, it could be the god of death was playing ‘soul’ from that person, you know. They can also disguise themselves as whatever they want. In fact, even humans. So, you have to be careful, Taehyung-ah.”, Dr. Jung continued.

“Not, his arrival’ is unpredictable?” Taehyung said half the intention. Her bruised compress was still on her cheek.

“Be careful if any new person suddenly appears. It could be a god of death or a murderer in disguise. And, the one who was originally angry with you, suddenly became very kind to you. You don't want any of your friends killed and missing again, do you?” ask Doctor Jung casually.

“No. It will not happen again.” Taehyung said for sure. He was sure after this, nothing strange happened again. Yeah, never again.

“Then..” Doctor Jung slightly hung up his words, then he got up from his seat. He exhaled, and walked towards the exit again,

“You must be ‘kan Namjoon is human or not. Because he's the only new student here, right? Who knows he's the culprit, and he's ‘devil’ him. So is So Hyun. Maybe ‘soul’nya is also being played.”

Taehyung pensively listened to Doctor Jung's speech. He felt that what he had suspected all along was true. His mind had said many times that Namjoon was the culprit.

Yeah, that's for sure. Surely Namjoon is a ‘killer god’ as Dr. Jung explains. When it comes to So Hyun, I don't know if he never felt there was anything strange about the goatee.

“I just suggest.” Doctor Jung said casually.

Taehyung was still speechless with thoughts that continued to wrestle with his feelings and brain. ‘Why the longer, the more complicated?!’ his inner rut, when he found Doctor Jung out again UKS. ‘Crazy. It's getting crazy!’

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During the lesson, Jimin and So Hyun spoke only a thousand languages. Jimin, who was now sitting next to So Hyun, could only shut his mouth.

The girl's gaze was also still very sharp and cynical towards her. Every time Jimin asked him to speak, So Hyun did not respond. Not even looking at him, what else answered him.

While studying Mathematics, Jimin just kept quiet while doodling his writing book. Meanwhile, So Hyun seemed busy trying to solve a problem that was quite difficult.

For some reason, his learning spirit was lost because of that guilt. Occasionally Jimin glanced at So Hyun, but the girl was still focused on the math problem in front of him. Again, Jimin could only exhale.

The second lesson was almost over, but the two of them did not speak at all. So Hyun stayed on his focus, Jimin still on his mind. They are both busy with their activities. Or, the prestige Jimin took So Hyun's obrol. Her head was like shrieking when it came to talking to So Hyun under these circumstances. He feels himself stupid.

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The break bell rings so loud. So Hyun stared out of the classroom for a bit, then closed his math book. The girl smiled briefly, and got up from her seat.

When he was about to leave his seat without a word, Jimin immediately held So Hyun back quickly. His expression was so stern, he really felt very guilty.

“Sorry..” said Jimin half-mumbled. He looked at So Hyun sadly.

So Hyun returned the sad look with a cold look. He did not touch or take Jimin's hand off. He just silently looked at Jimin coldly and full of disappointment. So Hyun stayed on his piercing eyes, until Jimin started talking again.

“Sorry to have lied to you. I'm really sorry.” he said once again. This time, Jimin's voice became a bit raucous and slow. Different from usual.

So Hyun just sizzled cynically. He felt the time was a little wasted just to hear Jimin's raucous voice.

As So Hyun continued his steps again by letting go of the hand that was holding him, Jimin tightened his grip.

“Sorry. I'm sorry. Me and Taehyung lied to you because.” Jimin's words were cut off by So Hyun's voice that sounded so cynical.

“Because I was close to Namjoon sunbae, as Taehyung said this morning?” So Hyun replied so cynically. Flat expression, piercing gaze. That's what read on his face when he interrupted Jimin's words. “Already. Just take care of your secret.”

“I know lying is wrong. I have no intention of keeping secrets alone with Taehyung. Really am! That's what I did, because Taehyung and I don't want you to get depressed anymore. Given how depressed you are with In Hyong's death and disappearance, I don't want you to also know Eun Soo died. I know very well how sad and depressed you were then. Therefore, Taehyung and I want to keep the story about Eun Soo until they find a suitable time. Taehyung's question regarding linking to Namjoon sunbae, that's just a figurative. Taehyung deliberately made you angry. I don't know his way of thinking either. But, I'm sure he had other intentions. He did not mean to hurt your feelings with his speech so piercing.” Jimin explained with full confidence, his voice was getting louder.

“...” So Hyun just silently looked at Jimin. He closed his eyes for a moment. It was true what Jimin said to him.

“Can you forgive me?”

So Hyun let go of Jimin's hand slightly hard. He looked coldly at Jimin, “No, I can't forgive you yet.”

“Why don't you forgive me?”

So Hyun exhaled his heavy breath. He felt a thin stream of clear water begin to bathe his eye peluk. As much as possible, he refused to cry. So Hyun put on as cold a face as possible, and a sharp look at Jimin.

Hearing So Hyun's speech, Jimin could only fall into a doldrums. He was sure, So Hyun put Taehyung's words into his inner feelings. Seeing So Hyun leave at a quick pace, Jimin could only exhale in frustration.

‘Then, what should I do now?’ Jimin muttered alone through his mind. His eyes continued to follow So Hyun until he disappeared outside the classroom. ‘So Hyun-ah, what's wrong with you?’

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Before arriving at the back garden of the school, So Hyun's tears had flowed down both of his cheeks. He walked as fast as he could. Like this morning, the hope is that these tears will quickly dry up.

Being lied to by a friend you trust, how does it feel? Disillusioned. Yes, it still covers So Hyun. Plus, he was fighting with them as well. His mind was getting depressed and tight.

So Hyun stopped his steps in front of the chair he was sitting in this morning. He looked around, looking for Namjoon. However, Namjoon was not there yet.

The girl just sighed softly, then sat down on the chair. He looked around for a moment, then looked at his watch.

“When I am 5 minutes late, why sunbae has not come?” He muttered alone while swinging his legs.

When he was still staring at his watch, he heard the sound of breathing in his ear. So Hyun immediately raised his head and turned to the source of the help. There's nobody around him. There are only roses and old maple trees. Yes, the sight he had seen so often.

So Hyun looked at the surroundings in the same position. Something surprised him. When he turned to the right side, suddenly a woman's head was staring at him. Right next to her, ah no, even stuck to her right cheek. Moreover, the woman's head was crushed next to the point of exposing her skull.

“AKH!” pekik So Hyun firred while shifting his position away.

The skull woman smiled strangely with her eyes missing next door. Only one eye, it also only has the white part. There's no cornea or lens there.

It's completely white, and it shows red nerves. So Hyun's face immediately paled looking at that figure. The face of the figure was completely destroyed.

The figure kept smiling strangely to So Hyun. Meanwhile, So Hyun still shifted his seat away from the figure of the face. Until in the end, his body hit the edge of the rusty garden chair. So Hyun fumbled at the edge of the chair, with his eyes still staring at the extremely terrifying figure.

From behind, another figure suddenly stuck to So Hyun's back while laughing. Both of his hands were thin and his fingers long. Her skin was wrinkled like a dying grandmother.

So Hyun tried hard to take off those hands. Unfortunately, the hand moved. One hand moves to the waist, the other moves to the neck. It seemed, that figure wanted to strangle So Hyun.

So Hyun clasped tightly and tugged at the hand that was around his neck. He kept trying to let go of those hands. If only he had not strangled, he would have been screaming since.

So Hyun's breath was like ‘ngik-ngik’ because of the giggling of the figure. Check it out the longer it is, the tighter it gets. Until he can also feel his stomach as twisted like wet clothes. But he did not despair. He put the cubit of the figure out loud.

The figure immediately pulled out his hand and let go of the cheque. So Hyun held something in his hand. The hand he used to press against the cubit of the figure was hard. He glanced towards what he was holding.

That's hand…

The hand of the figure broke off. Then it moved itself, like a lizard's tail. Quickly, So Hyun threw the hand.

The sound of a woman's satisfied laughter so resounded in her eardrums. He got up from the chair and looked around. There was no body attached to his back.

The severed hand was still wriggling in the grass. When So Hyun turned to look at the chair again, the woman's head was still there. But only his head. Without body.

The woman's head flew towards him with a thunderous sound of laughter. So Hyun's face was completely pale. Her lips are also bleached. Perhaps because of the chuckle earlier, he was unable to make as loud a sound as before. The girl could only look up at the flying head while laughing at it with footsteps walking backwards.

Those backward footsteps had already found a dead end. Behind him there is a maple tree cambium trunk that has been moss. So Hyun's hands fumbled at the cambium to look for a backrest.

The head without a body that flew like that bird, suddenly flew in an erratic direction. Leave a strand of hair flying towards So Hyun.

Not having time to exhale in relief, there was another figure coming. This time, squeezing and locking So Hyun's body by utilizing the old maple tree's cambium trunk suddenly.

So Hyun's right hand was gripped tightly by the figure, as well as the other. Having been too pale and dizzy, So Hyun could only close his eyes in shock.

His head was like being twisted. He cannot see clearly. Both of his legs were shaking as well. But the clutches of the figure that held his hand beside his head, like making him to remain standing forcibly.

“Barguing with friends, huh? Apparently, you are very easy to control.” the figure is relaxed.

His body felt claustrophobic, the impingement of the figure as if it wanted to fatten its body frame. So Hyun could feel a cold gasp in his right ear. At that moment, his body froze again. The bluish color re-emerged from his feet and fingertips, continuing to widen if the figure continued to exhale its cold breath.

“If I am alone later I kidnap, you.” whispered the figure in So Hyun's ear.

The bluish color began to widen almost all over So Hyun's body. The girl could recognize the voice. The same voice as the figure who had approached him in the hospital. That figure was the man who once said he would watch over her.

So Hyun started to open his eyes slowly. The man's face was already in front of him at a fairly close distance. What So Hyun had imagined all this time was wrong. The face of the man was just like an ordinary human. Not like a demon.

The man smiled cunningly while looking at So Hyun, “Do I kidnap just now, huh?” The man whispered again with his evil smile.

So Hyun looked at the man flat. Almost his entire body was bluish in color, leaving only the upper arms, thighs and face that had not been affected.

The man chuckled slightly, the hardness of victory instantly accompanying him. The grip of a very strong hand, the impact of the body that seemed to want to fatten his body, the foot that was stepped on, it all made So Hyun unable to move.

The man stopped his weakness. His eyes looked towards So Hyun's lips. The man also brought his lips closer to So Hyun's already pale white lips. A little more, the male figure seemed to be about to kiss So Hyun. However, he looked back at So Hyun.

“How about I freeze you first?” The man was five centimeters straight in front of So Hyun's nose.

So Hyun closed his eyes tightly. He took a deep breath. His eyes that closed too tightly, causing wrinkles on the edges of the eyes, nose, as well as his forehead.

The man's lips began to move closer to his lips, So Hyun rewinded his head until it completely hit the tree trunk.

The cold breath of men was so felt on So Hyun's facial skin. The girl bit her inner lips, and continued to try to dodge. He thought of all ways to escape and stay away from the strange figure. However, his body was completely squeezed. Just a little more…

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To Be Continue

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