He didn't do it because he needs the money oh no, in fact he has a lot on his pocket filled with golds and jewelry. He did it because he finds it fun, amusing, entertaining, time killer, all odds in his favor as the trill runs in his blood.
Until his eyes laid upon the most beautiful man.
Tall
Not too skinny
Not too fat
Handsome
And yet cute
Gentle
Innocent
It was when this man approached him in the cold rain where he clicked his tongue. Nature was against that he just burned down a house, it foiled his fun just a bit on top of that he had burn injuries from when the victim tried to struggle by hitting him with a wooden plank.
Then, he was offered a band aid with additional cute stickers.
"Are you ok..?" The boy in front of them had a worried look in his face.
They were in an alleyway, he was surprised why this boy decided to walk in here despite the dark. "Why are you here? Good boys like you should walk down the bright street."
The boy opens his mouth once again to answer "I always walk here. It's a shortcut to where I live."
Well tonight might be the worst street to be waking this shortcut. Might be his last too.
"You didn't answer my question.. are you ok?" The boy repeats himself hinting he wants his answers, he was obviously worried of the wounds and pain.
"A little on the rough side but I'm fine. I can still function my whole body properly but I still need rest." To that he replied.
"Oh.." The boy finds himself a bit slipped by how the injured man decided to use his words. "Do you want to rest in my place?"
"We have never met and yet this is as strange as picking someone from a club. Are you sure?"
The boy nods his head "You'll get a cold. I don't know how far is your home but mine is near." He doesn't want to just leave his umbrella and go.
"I'll accept your offer. What is your name boy?"
"Kim Taehyung" The boy Kim Taehyung reaches his hand and helps the man stand "What is your name?"
"Jeon Jungkook" and if only Kim knew that he was the most wanted serial killer by today, maybe he would never have given the offer for him to stand. "You have a beautiful name."
"Thanks, my mother gave it to me." Taehyung jokes with a laughing end.
The laugh was studied as well as the rest of his movement where even the body language and the way he walks matters. He had stranded correctly from his first appearance, to be gentle and sweet yet the laugh was a bit monotone as much as it is gentle.
No doubt Kim would find out about his identity soon and that's why he will be slaughtered like the rest of his future and past victims.
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Arriving at Taehyung's home, the first for Jungkook to notice was the shoes. The amount of outdoor shoes were not much and they all seemed to have the same size, the indoor slipper however varies as it if obvious for guests to use.
"Do you live alone?" Jungkook asks by the obvious.
"Yes." The boy smiles, lets the guest feel at home "Do you want me to wash your clothes?" He offers the hospitality.
"Actually, that'd be nice but I will refuse only because it will bother you much."
"But I insist!" The boy tugs in to him "It must be very uncomfortable to have your body feeling cold and wet.. you can use my bathroom if you like.."
This is kindness
"Very well then, only because you insist so." Jungkook chuckles lightly before his clothes was given and the way to the bathroom was showed.
The shower was warm, well adjusted, it was his preference than his victim's blood.
He could only think what the boy was planning from the beginning. To invite him is just very delusional, there was absolutely no reason for him to be aided in his warmth.
Maybe he should ask in person.
Stepping out of the shower with nothing but a towel he approached the boy. "Wh—"
Before he could finish the boy responds with a quick reflex of a gasp. "Oh my god!" And apple red appears on his cheeks. "P-Please put some clothes on! I already gave you mine" he covers his eyes as if it's a sin to be looking at Jungkook's godly body.
"Your clothes are too tight for me. I would rather go *****." Jungkook answers, he didn't get what the problem is as they were both men.
"P-put on the bathrobe please!" He quickly passed on the clothes, eyes still covered.
"Fine." He puts it on. And now they both can make a serious eye contact "Now answer me. Why are you being generous to me?"
"I-" Taehyung looks away to another direction, purposely ignoring eye contact "Because you looked like my puppy soaked in rain.."
"You took me as your pet?" He frowns.
"No uh- you just reminded me of him.. when I first found him.. so maybe.."
So he indeed was seen as a dog. Maybe he was taken pity of.
"And when I last saw him.. I lost him in the rain.."
Jungkook did not take any sympathy. The latter however was having his own moment of melancholy. "And that's why?" He tries his best to show off the sympathy he never had. To at least act a little more human.
"He ran away because my dad hit him for eating his medicines. He ran into a truck and.." The boy was sucking up his tears.
"I see. I'm very sorry if I erupted bad memories." Further more he cannot stand if he were to see a victim to cry that's not because of his hands and lips. "Thank you. I must leave now. Once again, thank you for the hospitality."
Taehyung let's him. He first let's him in and easily let's him go the moment after. He only stared at Jungkook's back once his clothes was done. He doesn't think they'll meet again
Jungkook however has other plans. He won't kill the boy, just not yet. He has all the time in the world. He has too much time.
He'll make him his next victim and he'll take his time nice and slowly. Enough to break him in the end.
Little did Taehyung know they would meet again in such a short while.
Before school was over he gets to enjoy his time with his friends. His gentle smile attracts many love letters and admirers even from outside of the school.
"It must be nice." Considering today is Valentine's Day, he got even more chocolates than the occasional day he would. His friend puts up a pout, he tells how it must be nice to be cute and handsome
"Jimin, you're talking as if you didn't get a lot of chocolates and love confessions today.." Taehyung smiles a bit confusedly.
"They're all from girls. They don't know I'm gay and there isn't a single man out there that gave me chocolates today." So that's what became the problem. Jimin is popular to the girls population while Taehyung is popular to all genders.
Valentines is nice, having to grab a large shopping bag worth of chocolates is nice but he's not interested in any.
And when the bell rings, he became the happiest guy in the entire school.
He and Jimin never went to the same direction, Jimin knows his friend's place but he could never guess he walk down a suspicious short cut. He refuses any other that offers him a hand in hand walk because he thought it would only be a hassle.
But what he didn't expect was going to the same alleyway he would met the same guy he had previously encountered.
"You've got a lot of chocolates on your hand don't you?" It was Jungkook and the first thing he said when they met was the chocolates.
He looks down at the shopping bag and nods casually "Would you like some?" He didn't show fear, only a soft smile. "I can't eat all of them.."
"I have a lot of those cheap chocolates given to me this morning. Do you know it's dangerous to walk down here?"
Of course he knew that "Nothing has ever happened to me so I continue to walk down here. It's fine Mister."
"Would you like me to take you home? It's the least I can do now that we've met." Taehyung knows that's this meeting wasn't an accidental one, he knows he's doing this on purpose, he was waiting for him.
"It's fine." Taehyung smiles as he politely refuses.
"I insist. It's the least I can do after you've dried my clothes" Indeed he insisted it. You can tell by his eyes that a no isn't an answer.
"Alright, if you insist."
They weren't going to walk of course oh no. Jungkook doesn't live in this kinds of neighborhood. He takes him to his car and that car looks awfully high classed.
"Maybe he worked his whole savings for this" was what Taehyung thought when he saw it. It would be too far to think that his life would be compared to a korean drama.
As Jungkook was driving, his eyes trailed down to the man's arm. The burn marks are still there but it looks like it's recovering faster than expected.
"We're here." A look away from the burnt mark and he sees a glam place.
He's a bit surprised- or maybe extremely.
Unlike how yesterday they went to his plain looking home, This time to Jungkook's was an absolute magnificent mansion.
"Are you astonished?" Jungkook asks as he takes the boy in.
Taehyung nods immediately "It's bigger than my place so yea!"
Jungkook wonders; the boy is really cute, to kill him right this moment would be a shame. But he is positive it would be sweet. He can already imagine his cries when he begs to be let alive.
But then he wouldn't be able to find another like him. There won't be another to kill the void like this. He might just be the rare jewel he's looking for and when he's gone, there won't be another one at least not for a while.
"Make yourself comfortable as I'll prepare tea and crackers." Jungkook stops at the living room as he points to the TV and sofa "You can watch TV or charge your phone for the meantime."
Taehyung nods. Although his eyes and head couldn't stop from scanning all over the place. He finds everything to be covered in white and golds. Maybe it's his favorite color or maybe it's just the trend.
He places his shopping bag down and recalls the amount of chocolates as they passed the kitchen and the guy wasn't kidding when he said he received a lot.
His hands reached for the remote and as he was let, he was told to make himself comfortable and at home, turning to the news was what he usually does.
"Last night was a horrible night when a burglar had set the house on fire! The victim unfortunately is now blind and has lost the ability to speak due to the violence that had happened. The patient is currently in the hospital for later questioning after his recovery. Luckily, Mother Nature was on our side and—"
"Is that news from yesterday?" Jungkook appears, giving him a large heart attack just when he's so into the incident.
"Y-yea. You scared me a bit!" His heart was pounding just to recall that Jungkook had burnt scar as well. He was hiding and had an exhausted look.
"Could he be.."
"Do you live alone?" He suddenly asks after putting tea in the coffee table and brings a cup to him and himself. "I noticed yesterday that no one was home."
"I.. I do.." He couldn't calm himself down even when he told himself to.
Jungkook notices that of course but couldn't care less. "Is something bothering you?"
"Mister." Taehyung turns his head to him "Do you live alone too?"
"I do." He wasted no time to answer. "Why do you ask?"
Their conversation pauses for a short while until Jungkook had to open his lips again "Are you suspecting next to be one who set that house on fire?"
Taehyung's lips tremble "N—"
"It's understandable why you would suspect me." He lets out a funny laugh "It's fine. I would too if I was in your shoes. I was cooking dinner last night and things weren't in my favor. I ran to buy bandages but the rain started. I took shelter in that alleyway as you found me."
An "o" formed on his lips before his ears reddens "I'm sorry for suspecting you!"
"No. It's good for a boy like you to suspect a stranger. It's fine." Jungkook laughs it off like it was nothing. Little did the latter would know that he was right all along.
"B-but I still feel bad.. is there any way for me to make it up to you?"
Jungkook puts his index down his chin and a little smile appears "Well you can stay and make us dinner considering I failed the other night."
"No problem! I cook for myself all the time!"
"Great now let me show you your room." Jungkook pulls the boy's hands in advance. He just didn't hear what the request was all about until the end.
"My room..?" He stated confusedly.
"I request for you to stay and you agreed to it. Am I wrong?"
No he's not. Taehyung's just too quick to nod before he can process the whole sentence.
Jungkook showed him a room where Taehyung was sure he would never get the opportunity to sleep in all his life.
"This is my room?"
The room was modern white. The room with bed as soft as an Angel's feather. He didn't have to sit on it to know the heaven he would sink in to.
"Is it not to your liking?"
"Mister, this is my dream room! I can plug 4 electric cords just besides the bed!"
Jungkook chuckles "Then I'm glad. You can stay here as long as you want to, whenever you want to."
As much as that'd be nice, he can't do that! But Jungkook seems like he would very much like that "Well Uhm.. just in case my place falls apart or is really really messy." Oh the odds of that happening.
Jungkook excuses himself "You can take a small tour anytime you like. I'll be in the room next door to finish my pending project." He turns "I will see you at dinner."
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Long story short he didn't go anywhere. What he did was grab the chocolates from downstairs to his room where he's slowly eating the calories one by one while texting Jimin.
He didn't tell that he's staying in Jungkook's place but he did tell that there is a possibility of him coming in late or absent tomorrow. When Jimin pries for an explanation he didn't give. He just didn't want Jimin to feel weirded out.
So he continued to lay on the bad with his stomach exposed to the air in a flipped up position.
"It's dinner time." Jungkook came in to the room, having to see the boy's baby tummy he pretends to not see after the boy quickly covers up in a flustered expression.
"Ah yes!! It's dinner time!" He got up "Y-You didn't see my unattractive body part right?"
"I have definitely not seen unattractive body part from you." He giggles as he leads the boy to the kitchen.
"So what do you want for dinner? I can basically cook anything!" He proudly shows of how he can professional hold a knife.
Jungkook gave a few thoughts before he answers the question "Steaks and a chocolate cake. We can bring out my old wine while at that."
Taehyung had to gasp "I can do chocolate cake but a steak is too.. I'm also not used to wine!"
"Then anything will do. But I expected chocolate at the end."
It's valentines, of course chocolate is on the menu. He had to improvise because he can't waste all the chocolates Jungkook lays on the floor. After asking for permission he had melt the same branded chocolate to make it into another. Jungkook didn't seem to care for whatever happens to any of them at all.
Jungkook finds himself constantly peeking down whatever the boy is making. He is in fact great at cooking but just prefers not to because of the time he think he's going to waste. A simple glance and he can tell it's a basic chocolate mousse cake that he's going to let in the oven first. For other dishes he guessed fish and chips or maybe salmon sashimi. There's also stew and rice and he sees the rice cooker and pot.
"These ingredients looks so expensive.." He of course overhears the boy's mutter. To him he sounds very lovable.
Of course after everything is finished, he pretends to not oversee the process.
"I'm not the best in cooking but I hope you'll like it." And it was the same dish he had previously expected.
"They seemed delicious to me." And after a spoonful of each, it indeed was. "I like it when you were more confident."
No one has ever praised his cooking so it was natural if he gives a giddy smile. "Thank you."
Chocolate doesn't have to be finished for today, it can be tomorrow as well.
"Thank you for the meal."
When at night he worries, he actually doesn't need to when his suspicions for Jungkook slowly fades but although curiosity still arises. He wonders what kind of job the man does, what project is he working on, where his family is and how many friends does he have because he seemed very lonely of a person.
He sees Jungkook as a kind and lonely man where Jungkook himself is actually a serial killer in wanted.
He's not a teacher's pet nor the biggest need in school and he wants to skip for a day.
But he can't do that because he has a scholarship for that he needs to attend to keep getting those juicy discounts or they'll take it away very easily.
When Taehyung expected himself to wake up the earliest which is at 7, he didn't expect for Jungkook to be already up an hour ahead of him.
In the table was yesterday's left over chocolate cake which isn't very ideal for a breakfast but somehow he dreamt of having deserts as breakfast.
"Good morning to you. I assume that you have plans in the morning?"
Taehyung nods despite how complex Jungkook just made the word 'where are you going' in the worst form "I'm going to school."
"You could skip." Jungkook suggests.
"I wish.."
"Your clothes don't smell the best." Jungkook's saying that a stinky boy like him should go to school.
"I will go home and change.. then I'll go to school."
Jungkook wonders how he could possibly be involved in this all "Alright then. Since I'm the one that insisted you then I shall be the one that gives you a ride."
"Oh!" Taehyung exclaimed out loud "No, it's fine. I can walk or call a cab!"
But of course Jungkook refuses any ways that wasn't safe for him. "I was the one that insisted so it's fine." And if Jungkook is that desperate then he can't say anything that could have changed his mind.
"Thank you.." Taehyung still wasn't sure if bad things are bound to happen then had things would've hit him yesterday.
"You seemed very concern. But relax, it will be fine."
That's what he hoped for too before Jungkook builds his trust on him, never lied to him and helped him to get to school on times
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But of course it won't be an usual morning and Taehyung knows that. At the very least Jimin would freak out because he usually takes the train or walked to school. Not by car, never by a car and never by someone else that could've been seen as his sugar daddy.
Not only that, he didn't only attracted Jimin's gaze, it was the whole ground that turned their head to the school gate.
And of course, the gossips and whispers never showed any signs of fading.
"I hope you do well. Until then let's hope you meet again." Jungkook bids his farewell with a small smile, he knew about his existence having an impact and he's gotten a bit arrogant because of that. He doesn't mind.
Meanwhile, Jimin came in running as soon as the man left. "Tae!!" He quickly pulls his best friend and wraps his arms around his neck "How in the world did you get him to give you ride here?? I thought you walked!"
Taehyung tilts his head confusedly "Huh? Well he kind of owed me something and I told him it's fine but he insisted on taking me here.." He doesn't understand the attention he's getting as so why everybody is whispering.
"He's Jeon motherfucking Jungkook!!"
"I know his name but how do you know?"
Jimin opens his phone and does a quick google to his name. The first link that came out is the Wikipedia page where his entire biodata was written is fine literature.
"The current CEO and the son of the founder of P.JK group which focuses on the development on lifestyle focus."
He owns a hospital, he owns a school building, he owns a 3 dollar signed cafe and restaurants, he owns the biggest fashion industry in Seoul, he owns the land that you need for the fucking cemetery.
"How in the world did you get a free ride from Jeon Jungkook??!" Jimin was still shocked, anyone would be.
"I already told you.. everything happened in a complicated night that made him felt like he owed me.." Taehyung was getting pretty tired of saying the same thing again "I don't think we'll be seeing each other again. There's no reason to." Taehyung explain what he believes.
For some reason, Kim Taehyung was even more popular today to the group of men especially the curious women.
Apparently everyone has been asking the same question Park Jimin had asked and he's getting quite tired of answering the same questions all over again.
But he can't just shove them off, that would be unnecessary and rude. Everyone knows that as well, Kim Taehyung can't say no. The boy is so sweet and gentle, perfect of being the role model of everyone.
"Maybe you should learn from me." Jimin gently tugs his hair, swaying his dangling cross earrings.
"I don't think I can be like you.." The boy smiles understanding the opposite personality that others sees of them.
Unlike Taehyung who is seen as the pure, sweet and gentle boy. Jimin on the other hand was seen as the school's **** boy. He doesn't follow dress codes, customizes his uniform, put on makeup and a pair of sick earrings and also is always seen eating a pack of gum.
"I can't blame them to be curious but if you're tired then you should tell them to **** off."
Telling them to '**** off' is the least thing he can do.
"My mamma says that if I act nice then people will act nice to me back.. I can't do that, Jimin." As always he can only smile, following the golden words of his old fashioned mother from above.
"I'm seen as a terrible person and girls are still heads to heels over me." Jimin makes his point.
"Because you're not a terrible person." Taehyung stated. Jimin almost blushed by it. "I think you're the nicest guy I know! Remember when you tried to save a kitty from a group of delinquents?"
"Well.." He starches the back of his neck in embarrassment "It's a cat! You know I love cats.."
"People who defend cats are nice people."
Sometimes it's hard to befriend Taehyung because his words always finds it's way to make someone flustered.
Later that day, the unexpected happened when the same car this morning stopped by the gates and a familiar someone stepped out with his pair of oxfords.
"Huh?" The small sound of confusion slips. He doesn't owe him anything or did the other did. There is absolutely no obvious reason why they would still meet.
Again, he is once again attracting attention from the public.
"I checked your class schedule. It seems I have came on time to pick you up."
Taehyung shook his head immediately when he wasn't thinking clear "I-I- U-Uh.. I didn't expect—"
"Are you rejecting my offer?"
He swallows. Yes, he is rejecting but he didn't want to be blunt about it.
"I still feel in debt" Jeon leans forward with lips besides his ear "And I am very curious about you"
Jimin besides him was stunned. Honestly he doesn't know how to feel but to observe as he's very familiar in relationships. He knows what is bound to happen and he isn't encouraging it.
"I will treat you dinner and I will not take any rejections." That being said he was dragged to the car, almost being kidnapped.
The last look he gave to Jimin was just absolute panic.
"Mister Jeon, I appreciate the offer but you don't have my consent to this..!"
Jungkook however doesn't take this very lightly, he shoots a very terrifying glare to the boy and he catches it. He knows he can even throw the boy out of the car and heavily injure him or maybe even kill him.
"I am very curious about you." But his mood changes once again "I'm sorry if I'm being rude but I really do want to get along with you more. Would you let me?" He acts as if there wasn't a sign of threat in his eyes.
"I—" He thinks it's not a good thing to say no "I uhm.. please tell me earlier before you take me.. it is just very sudden.."
"Very well then." He keeps in mind "Would you like to have western or eastern food for dinner?"
Both options seems very intriguing and expensive "Eastern..?"
Jungkook takes the first turn to the eastern restaurant he knows "We can exchange information. I want us to get along with each other."
It seems that Jungkook fancies his prey a little to much, the most effort he has given than before.
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