Chapter 5
Kim Joon-he pointed at the jacket in the back of the car and said,
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. Taehyung'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. 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.
Taehyung was dazed with fever and blurted out,
After a moment, Taehyung realized that something was off. He hurriedly halted his words and used his remaining strength to roll his eyes, weakly saying,
Kim Taehyung
Is it any of your business?
Jeon Jungkook
What are you looking for?
Jungkook crossed his arms and leaned on the door frame.
Taehyung kicked the suitcase back under the bed and hoarsely mumbled to himself,
Kim Taehyung
Whatever it is, I couldn’t find it, you’re talking so much today.
He felt embarrassed that his pitiful appearance was seen by his arch nemesis. 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.
Taehyung 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......
Jungkook stood below, silently watching the whole thing,
Jeon Jungkook
"This little idiot successfully aroused my paternal instinct."
This is what Jungkook thought.
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.
Taehyung stuck his head out from under the blanket. Looking at the things in front of him, he suspiciously asked,
Kim Taehyung
Did you put this here?
The corner of Jungkook's lips raised in mocking smile, and he said,
Jeon Jungkook
It was Santa Claus.
Seeing that Taehyung wasn’t going to respond, Jungkook said,
Jeon Jungkook
Should I put this in a stocking for you?
Seeing as the other party was ready to forgive and forget, the extremely petty Taehyung didn’t want to look like he was too small-minded. After struggling for a while, he awkwardly said in a small voice,
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. Taehyung 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.
Taehyung squinted. He wasn’t fully awake.
The first thing that entered his mind was the fact that his grandpa had passed, which immediately made Taehyung 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——
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Wake up, wake up ah everyone, the sky is completely dark, get up high!
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So early calling people to get up......
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! Taehyung'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 Taehyung's bed suddenly lifted her head and stared at him.
Seeing clearly the woman’s appearance for a second, Taehyung 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 Taehyung's direction. Her pale gray 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!"
This clear, cold realization was like a devastating bomb that exploded in Taehyung's heart, spreading dread that instantly tore apart his sanity!
Taehyung 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,
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What are you doing so suddenly ah! Scaring me to death!
Taehyung then pounced onto Jungkook's bed, and he actually wanted to retort——
Kim Taehyung
"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 with you?
Jungkook asked unhappily as his face sank.
Taehyung was completely straddling Jungkook's thighs. His two arms hugged his arch nemesis’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.
A weak moan came out of Taehyung's throat, just like the sound of a small animal.
Jungkook's 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,
Taehyung whimpered again. From the moment he lunged onto Jungkook's bed, he actually wanted to yell loudly,
Kim Taehyung
★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......
Taehyung's voice cracked as he howled,
Kim Taehyung
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,
Kim Taehyung
In the dorm room......★there are ghosts★
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. Taehyung closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to point in the general direction of the ghosts, feeling ill at heart.
Kim Taehyung
"The loud noises and the many “people” in the dorm room — why is Jungkook acting like he didn’t know about them at all?"
Hearing Jungkook's answer confirmed Taehyung's doubts. Jungkook had looked in the direction in which Taehyung 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 Jungkook 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 is nothing."
Taehyung was stupefied again. He was straddling Jungkook's thighs and his hands were both laying on Jungkook's chest. A pair of beautiful eyes opened wide and round, cautiously looking around like a vigilant little hamster.
Jungkook stared for a moment and asked in a rarely heard and almost gentle tone,
Jeon Jungkook
Did you have a nightmare?
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Virat Kohli RCB
Jungkook is so sweet........../Heart//Heart/
2025-08-06
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