Chapter 12
The Monster In My Head
By the time the call ended, 10 minutes had already passed and Jin Ae was fast asleep, her head resting on the table. Soft snores echoed in the empty cafe. Yoongi removed the strands of hair covering Jin Ae's face, slowly studying her features. For the first time in a while he felt at peace but as he got consumed in his thoughts, his peace turned into anxiety and worry.
If just watching her sleep could bring him such peace what would staying next to her be like?
"Get a hold of yourself! What are you thinking!" - Yoongi questioned himself, snapping back to reality.
Yoongi cleared his throat before calling out Jin Ae's name - "Jin Ae - shi?"
There was no way Jin Ae would get up so easily.
Realizing that him calling out Jin Ae's name would have no effect, Yoongi resorted to the next best method.He gently shook Jin Ae out of her slumber causing her to straighten up in an instant. It had become a reflex action for her to get up like that since she was so used to getting caught sleeping everywhere from the subway trains to her classes.
The moment Yoongi saw Jin Ae get up like that he couldn't stop giggling.
"Stop it, I wasn't sleeping " - Jin Ae replied seeing Yoongi's reaction.
"Wipe the drool off your face before telling that" - Yoongi teased still giggling.
Jin Ae quickly wiped using the back of her hand.
"I didn't drool, did I?" - Jin Ae questioned after a second.
"Nope" - Yoongi replied with a smirk, annoying Jin Ae.
"Yoongi shi, just wait and watch. I won't let this pass by so easily" - Jin Ae warned, getting up from her seat, picking up the empty cups.
"I'll be waiting Ms Song Jin Ae shi" - Yoongi shoot back quietly following Jin Ae.
After 5 minutes both of them walked out of the cafe still bickering.
"I swear I'm going to come up with an awesome plan to get back at you" - Jin Ae scoffed.
"Hahah we will see about that later. It's time for me to leave for now. Good night Jin Ae shi" - Yoongi replied with a soft smile before turning his back and walking his way not giving Jin Ae anytime to reply.
"He should at least let me have the last word, how dare he walks away like that!" - Jin Ae mumbled to herself before heading in the opposite direction.
Jin Ae hardly taken a few steps forward when she got the first few glances into the future. A pregnant women in her mid 20's crossing the road. A white Sedan. A pool of blood on the road which shimmered under the sunlight.
It took quite a while for Jin Ae to snap out of the sight she just saw. She always loved watching the shimmering water under the sun since it reminded her of the warmth that was missing in her but watching the blood glisten under the sunlight was a sight she would never want to witness again.
With a heart filled with the fear of what she was soon going to witness, Jin Ae continued on her lonely journey back home. At least the warmth of her bed could put her mind at ease for the time being, that's what she wished for but sadly not all wishes come true.
She twisted and tossed on her bed. As the time moved forward, her agony also started growing stronger. The recent events of all these deaths were slowly taking a toll on her mental health. It seemed as if the souls whom she helped leave this world were taking a part of herself and leaving. She was slowly losing herself and she didn't know how she was supposed to stop it.
If she could even stop it?
"Yah! Jin Ae!" - A loud bang on her door woke her up from her sleep.
"Yah Song Jin Ae! You are late again!" - Haru yelled.
"5 minutes Unnie~ " - Jin Ae tried to sound cheerful, the last thing she wanted to do was discuss the things going on with her.
"Alright, I'll drop you off to college today. Have some work there. Come quickly."
10 minutes later both the girls were jamming to their favorite song in the car. If there was anyone who could make Jin Ae feel at ease it was Haru. They had a bond closer than any blood relation.
"Why was your friend Jeo Seung in front of our house the other day?" - Haru questioned out of the blue
"Huh? Jeo Seung? " - Jin Ae replied, her mind buffering on the event.
"Ahhhhhh.. he came to talk about some girl he is with"
"He comes to your house at 11.30 pm to talk to you about some girl he is with?" - Haru shot a questioning look, not believing Jin Ae.
"I'm serious! That guy is really weird! Always finds the oddest timing to meet me and you know what! He always says these 'out of the blue' statements but surprisingly they always turn out right" - Jin Ae yammered on and on about the instances where Jeo Seung's sayings turned out right.
"Does he know about you?" - Haru worriedly asked.
"Know what about me?"
"The 'seeing the dead' thing"
"NO! NO! Only you know about it and I plan to keep it that way. Jeo Seung is the only friend I have in college and if I tell him about this I'm sure he will stop talking to me thinking I'm some psycho" - Jin Ae quickly answered, the thought of losing Jeo Seung made her break into cold sweat. Though he was rarely in college but as weird as it seemed, he was always there when Jin Ae used to have any major crisis.
"Yah! Don't lie! What do you mean Jeo Seung is your only friend? What about my dear Namjoon? huh?" - Haru jokingly glared at Jin
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