The buzzing from my pocket wakes me up. My phone is vibrating, indicating a Facetime from Taehyung.

It's nearly 3 AM- why would he even be calling me at this time?

I put my headphones on and slip outside my room.

"Hey, why are you calling me- BRUH where are you?"

Taehyung seems to be outside. All I see behind him in the video call is the pitch black sky.

"I'm off to find Jimin and help you."

"What the heck? No you aren't. Come back here right now."

Taehyung shakes his head. "Hear me out- I'm completely useless at your house. My powers are all drained out. It kills me that I can't help you and my brother can die at any moment."

"You aren't useless. Where are you even going?"

"To Supernatural Court. And Eun-Kyung, my half-demon friend is going to help me transport there."

He seems determined in his mission and I've realized nothing I can say will stop him.

"Why didn't you at least say goodbye in person?" I ask.

"I knew if I told you this in person, you wouldn't let me go."

He's right. I wouldn't have.

I massage my temples. "How much time do I have left? Like 3 days right?"

"Well, actually a little more than 2 days."

"WHAT?" I squawk.

Taehyung sighs. "Y/N, you have until 6:12AM on Monday for this mission."

"Why until then?"

"Because that was the time and day Jungkook took his life."

I gasp. Today is Saturday.

"Facetime doesn't work in the Heavens or Hell- I'll find another way to contact you when I can."

I sigh. "Is there anyway I can convince you to come back home?"

Taehyung shakes his head. "Nope. And remember when I asked you to reserve a favor for me weeks ago? The favor I need you to do is to not waste your time trying to find me and instead take care of Jungkook."

"Alright. I guess this is goodbye then, Taehyung." I couldn't help but tear up.

"It's only goodbye right now. We'll see each other soon. Promise." He smiles that box-shaped adorable grin.

"Promise," I wave. "Good luck."

"Good luck to you, too."

Then he hangs up the phone.

Don't have an anxiety attack, I tell myself. Whenever I get super nervous, I just freak out and cry and I can't act rational for hours on end.

I return to my room. I find Jungkook curled into a ball on my bed, snoring softly. I lie down beside him and try to sleep.

***

"Where's Taehyung?" Jungkook asks, at the dining table. He helped me make breakfast for my whole family.

"He's off to find Jimin," I honestly answer, stirring my coffee.

"Oh. Should we help him find him?"

"No," I tell him. "This journey he has to do all on his own."

"Alright." Jungkook nods.

"Hey Coach Kookie, can you teach me how to do that soccerball trick? The Hocus Pocus?" Hyuck asks.

Oh yeah. Jungkook used to be Hyuck's Soccer Coach.

"Sure, Hyuckie. I only got three hours until work!"

I watch them run around and kick a soccer ball in the apartment lot. Jungkook is smiling like he doesn't have a care in the world. How can someone who is so full of life want to die so bad?

****

A few hours later, one of the Bangtan Boys vehicles picks us up from the front of my apartment.

"Do you got any idea what we're doing today?" I ask.

"Usually, I do. But not today. Apparently it's supposed to be some sort of surprise," Jungkook answers.

We enter one of the Jeon hotels, which felt eerily empty.

We go to the meeting room and Mayor Jeon was projected on the flat screen at the front.

"You have to put on your best behavior for the clients today. They're really important guests. They're giving high quality money so we need to give them high quality service," Mayor Jeon explains.

"Okay." Namjoon says. "What are they here for?"

"There's supposed to be a transaction."

"What type of transaction?"

"A transaction of humans."

Namjoon widens his eyes. "But Father-"

"It's Sir to you. And no buts. Do as you're told." The screen is turned off and the meeting abruptly ends.

"What's going on?" I ask Jungkook but he doesn't respond. His eyes are vacant and he seems like a blank-faced zombie. It's as if he turned his emotions off.

Namjoon presses a button on his phone, which opens a pathway to a secret elevator. Namjoon and Jungkook step in and I try to follow, but Namjoon stops me.

"Y/n, you go greet the Yangs." He gestures to the lobby.

I follow his instructions and arrive at the front lobby. There's a well dressed man in his mid 50s and I also recognized someone from school there.

"Y/n? What are you doing here?" Eun Ha, one of the richest girls at my school asks me.

"I-I'm apart of the Bangtan Boys," I respond, shocked to see her, too.

"So wait- when Jungkook said you were apart of the Bangtan Boys in front of the whole school, he meant it? Impressive." She whistles.

"Yeah, I guess. What are you doing here?"

"I'm here with my father for the transaction."

"The transaction of humans?" I widen my eyes.

"Yup. My father is gonna pick out the best looking and bring them home for entertainment purposes," She answers me like she's helping her dad pick up groceries.

How could she be so desensitized to these horrors?

The man next to her, presumably her father, shakes my hand. "Hello, I'm Mr. Yang. Oh, Eun Ha dear, have you invited her to the party?"

"What party?" I ask, disgusted with his proximity.

"To celebrate this deal, there'll be a party at our mansion tomorrow. At 6 PM. All of the Bangtan Boys will be invited."

A party at Eun Ha's mansion... Now why does that sound familiar?

Oh my god.

Tomorrow is Sunday, November 7th. The day before Jungkook is predicted to die.

And before Taehyung rewinded time, on that day, Eun Ha had a party. Where I confronted Jungkook and said his soul was ugly.

And I thought it was my confrontation with Jungkook that led to his end.

But the same day he died, it was reported in the news that a bunch of prostitutes were found brutally tortured to death and dropped in the Han River on the night of September 7th.

Could it be possible that the humans that the Bangtan Boys are selling today, were the same ones that were found to be brutally mangled in the news?

Could it be possible that the results of this deal is what triggered Jungkook to take his life?

And if I stop this transaction today, then maybe I can prevent Jungkook's early end?

AUTHOR'S NOTE: honestly writing chapters now feels rly hard and time consuming, but im trying my best to finish this story for my readers 💓

random but damn i see a LOT of ppl hating on the main character. and look jk did hve a hard life in this story but still she didn't need to go all the way to the depths of hell and sacrifice her mental health & wellbeing  for him just saying.. i read this one piece on how ppl needlessly hate main female protagonists and i didn't believe it til i saw my readers comments 🤨 i may elborate on this one day, wow some of y'all rly hate women lolol