Chapter 1;The Faces in the Mirror
"Even broken stars still shine. Especially in the darkest skies."
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: standing in the moonlit bathroom, staring into the mirror
//That face... It's mine, but it's not just mine.//
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: //The mole under the eye. The lips. The exact curl of hair... There's three of me.//
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: "Who are you? Why do I feel you breathing when I'm alone?"
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The lights flicker for a second. In the glass, a second reflection—identical—stares back with a smirk.
Kim V
V: "Looking for someone, hyung?"
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: startled, backing away
"V?"
Kim V
V: "Or maybe... just looking for yourself?"
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: //That voice. I know that voice. It’s mine—but deeper, colder.//
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[Location: Seoul. Midnight.]
[Jungkook]: texting rapidly on his phone, pacing outside a closed gym
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "Jungguk, you there? I need to talk. I saw him again."
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: "You saw who?"
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "Taehyung. But not Taehyung. The other one. He looked like him—but it wasn’t him."
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: //He's spiraling again... but what if he's right? What if I saw the same boy, too?//
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: "Where are you?"
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "Back alley behind Unit 17. Where we first met. Come quick."
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Elsewhere, in a dorm cluttered with books and violin strings...
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: //We’re connected somehow. I feel their pain like it’s mine. When Jungkook cries, my chest aches. When Taehyung stares too long, I see the stars he never speaks of.//
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: "I’m on my way."
[Back to Taehyung, in his bedroom now, clutching a sketchbook]
[Taehyung]: opens a page filled with drawings of identical boys—some smiling, some bleeding
Credit:goes to its owner not me
Kim V
V: "You called, Taehyung. You opened the mirror."
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: "What are you?"
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
[Taehyung]: voice trembling "Stay out of my dreams."
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[Location: Back alley, Unit 17]
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "He was standing right here. Same hair. Same hoodie. He said... he said my name like he loved me."
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "No. It was... different. Colder. He had the same eyes, but it was like looking into a black hole."
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: //I’ve seen him, too. In my dreams. Reaching out through fire.//
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: "We need to find him. Or them."
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "Before they find us."
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[Meanwhile, in the shadows]
Kim V
V: //Three hearts. All broken. All mine.//
V: "Soon, we’ll be one again."
Somewhere hidden in a hospital’s records archive... A file blinks on a screen:
“Subject 04-TGK: Clones Detected. Unstable Psychological Merge. Risk Level: RED.”
Kim Taehyung (MC1)
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[Taehyung]: texting Jungkook
"Can we talk? About the dream… and other u?"
Jeon Jungkook
[Jungkook]: "I was just about to text you. It’s time we all met."
Jeon Jungguk
Jungguk: "All four of us."
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