[Short Story] Unborn between the deads

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The action took place in a graveyard, somewhere at the edge of Seoul. The place is known as being haunted and people are afraid to go there during nights. There is only one boy that always went there and would always grab stuff like pens, notebooks, blanket, food... 

He would always dress in white and run to the graveyard after the clock would announce 00:00AM.

Nobody knew why he was sneaking around the graveyard and each time his parents tried to punish him, he would lock his door and jump outside the window to go to the graveyard. The boy come back home everytime at 03:00AM. He was never late! 

Things continued like that for two years and it all started after one of his best friends had died. Everybody tried to explain him that his friend was gone and their parents even took him to specialists to speak to him but he would still not listen and claim that his friend was still alive!

Today was a very important day. It was his best friend's birthday and he wanted to make something special for him. Remembering of how much he liked chocolate, he went to the store and bought of all his money. 

Later that day, he arranged a meeting with one of his best girl friends, asking her if she wanted to come to the graveyard with him after the middle of the night. Curious to see why the boy would always go there, she accepted and settled an hour when to meet. 

The name of the boy was Taemin. People from the neighbor hood considered him a very kind child but in the same time crazy. Many feared him because he wandered around the graveyard and because of that he didn't have many friends.

Most of them left him because they personally thought that their friend has gone mad or because their parents had forbid them. Older children were also making fun of them if they hang out with Taemin. 

Despite all the humilation, Taemin would just smile and keep on walking. He knew how everybody stared at him. In a time, he also had nicknames like 'dead lover' or 'unborn'. 

Just because of his way of being different of others... 

Taemin knew that they were just mean because they were bored and didn't have on whom else to pick, one of the reasons he never bothered himself to fight back with them. 

At home, Taemin kept on staring at the clock and while waiting for 11:30PM to come so he could meet up with his best girl friend, he packed some random stuff that he would usually take with him at the graveyard. 

After he finished packing, he wrapped the chocolates with a red and white foil and placed it carefully in his bag. 

11:30PM finally came and Taemin silently jumped outside the window so he could go and meet his friend to go to the graveyard. Luckily for him that he was living at a house. It would have been impossible for him to sneak out like that if he lived in an apartment. Especially if it was a high floor!

They met in front of her building and Taemin smiled excited when he saw that she was really going to come. She didn't have anything with her! Which suprirsed Taemin in a way because he had carried a lot of stuff and also bought a present for his friend!

Grabbing her hand so she won't be scared of the dark and empty streets that were looking rather scary, he started running. 

"Why are we in  a hurry?" she asked.

"We must be there at exactly 00:00AM or it will be useless!"

"Why exactly 00:00AM?" she asked, confused as she tried to catch her breath from too much running.

"You`ll see!" he said with a warm smile and kept on running.

When they were in front of the graveyard, Taemin looked at his clock to see if he was late and exhaled relieved when he saw it was pointing 11:58PM. 

"Yes!!" he said to himself and looked around, walking slowly in the graveyard and searching for his best friend's grave.

His friend followed him silently and kept on shivering of fear. There were a lot of graves around and they were all looking scary! Knowing that dead people where resting under her feet was not something she wanted to experience, especially in the middle of the night! 

"Come!" Taemin said with another warm smile and walked faster, stopping all of a sudden and checking the clock again.

It was finally indicating 00:00AM and he looked around as if he was waiting for someone.

His friend, who's name is Chan Ha, looked around with wide eyes and wrapped her arms around his, feeling really scared. She was surrounded by graves and the only thing that kept her company was Taemin and the full moon that was shining really bright on the sky.

Chan Ha looked at Taemin and then at the grave of his best friend. 

 

Choi Minho

n. 9th December 1991  - d. 10 November 2009

 

As she stared at his grave, she remembered how he died and wrapped her arms even tighter around Taemin's. Choi Minho was Taemin's best friend since he was 10 years old. They met in front of a candy store while Minho was waiting for her mother to buy him some chocolate. Taemin used to play in front of the candy store all the time with a couple of his friends.

The moment they had seen each other, they clicked right away! It was like it would have been destiny for them to meet. The way Minho showed his kindness to Taemin was by sharing his chocolate with him. Since that day, Minho always took care of Taemin like he would have been his little brother.

They were inseparable and they shared absolutely everything! None of them dared to do something without telling the other one. Like they would have commited a crime if they did or something even worst!

One day, Minho was waiting for Taemin to come outside so they could wander around the city. Because Taemin's mother asked him to clean his room, he was late at the meeting and while Minho was waiting, the tragedy happened.

Minho had died innocent! He died because he was in the wrong place at the wrong moment! He died because of that one kid that had stolen his father's car. Since he didn't know how cars were 'working' he pushed the accelerator deeper and deeper until he lost control and got out of street, approaching where Minho was waiting on the sidewalk.

Nobody could have saved him as it happened all of a sudden. Along with Minho another girl had died whom was going to the library.

Because the child was under 18 years he couldn't go to jail and could only go to a correction school for three years, which didn't mean anything for the two families that had the lost.

Since that day, Taemin never dared to believe that Minho might not be among them anymore. He was absolutely sure that he was still alive; reason why he kept on vising his grave daily for two years. 

Taemin checked hi clock again and exhaled impatient and worried. Confused, Chan Ha pulled Taemin's shirt so she could get his attention.

"Taemin why are we here?" she asked with a shivering voice.

"To give Minho his present." he said and kept on looking worried around.

"But.... but Minho isn't among us anymore... why don't you just leave it on his grave and-"

"No! I want to give it personally to Minho!" he said, looking more worried around.

"I don't want to stay here anymore! You are really crazy! Why can't you accept that Minho is dead?"

Taemin widened his eyes and slowly turned to look at Chan Ha. It was unespected to hear such harsh words from her, considering that she was one of his best girl friends. He thought that Chan Ha might trust him but apparently she didn't...

The image she had in her head was the same like the others... 

Taemin was just a scary kid that started to turn crazy from the day his best friend had died. 

He pulled his hand out of her grip and looked disappointed.

"You are just like the others!" he said and ran, trying to hold his tears to not cry. 

"Wait!!" Chan Ha tried but it was too late. 

Sighing, she looked again at Minho's photo from his grave and quickly ran home, scared to not face any ghost. 

 

Next day, Taemin refused to speak to Chan Ha and because he was feeling miserable and disappointed on everybody, he shut his phone and also locked the door of his room, refusing to drink or eat anything. 

He pushed his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them while laying down on the floor in the left corner of the room. 

Placing the wrapped chocolates in front of him, he stared at it and tears rolled down his cheek while remembering his hyung. He loved him a lot and he was the only one that understood him. 

They even did the unite blood ritual, hoping that they might be real brothers in that way. Trying to accept that he wasn't with him anymore was something he couldn't handle.

Drawning his face into his knees, he pushed his legs even more into his chest and cried silently until it was time to go again to the graveyard...

When the clock showed 11:40PM, Taemin grabbed his bag and the wrapped chocolates, jumping outside the window so he could run back to the graveyard. 

He checked the clock as usual when he was in front of the graveyard gate and prayed for everything to be okay this time. Silently and with red eyes from crying and of tiredness, he walked straight to Minho's grave and checked the clock again.

When he looked at the clock, it turned in exactly that second 00:00AM. 

Sighing, he looked around and hugged the present for Minho.

"Minho why are you avoiding me?" he said and looked around, worried that he might have disappeared forever from his life.

"Hyung! Where are you?" he said and started crying again, kneeling in front of his grave and hugging tight the present. 

His tears felt down on the wrapped chocolates and Taemin kept on staring at the black earth that was covering Minho's grave. Reaching his hand, he pulled out some grass that had grown around and looked at it with teary eyes.

The cold wind of december blowed them from his hands and Taemin followed them with his sight. He started crying harder and slowly looked up. 

"Hyung!" he said and got up really quick, running to hug Minho.  "I thought I would never see you again!" 

Minho patted his head in a comforting way and Taemin sniffed, pushing himself slowly back so he could ask him a question that bothered him.

"Hyung why didn't you appear yesterday? I wanted to give you this present! I know how much you love chocolates..." Taemin said and gave Minho the gift he had bought for him.

"You weren't alone... you know I can only appear for you." Minho said with a calm voice.

"Ohh... I am sorry! I thought that you could appear to others too..." he said with a quilty voice and looked down at their feet, trying to hold his tears back.

Minho smiled and placed his finger under his chin, raising his sight to look at him.

"I can only appear to that one person that keeps my soul alive!"

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This is my second one shot! I hope you all liked it. I personally find it very cute because of their bound but anyway, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Thank you for reading <3

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Iminthezone #1
That was short.
MhiRha
#2
woah ..it's a good fic..lol it's like 2min but at the same time it isn't..hehe get me? lolXD
LocketKay
#3
Ohh~ I liked it.
I like the whole blood brothers thing going on. :)
twominion
#4
It's damn sad!!! I wanna cry!!! Taeminnie!!! :'(<br />
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Awesome story btw :))
SHINeeTaeKeyshawol #5
It was short, but amazing!<br />
Denisaaaaaa
#6
Awee this was sooo sad, *real sniffles* but it was sweet <3
KimOffy #7
omo! The last line was amazing!! I loved it! Great one shot, good job!
starkey #8
T________T so sad....It's a sad one shots. But I kinda like the end
amsa123
#9
OMO! so sad yet so sweet! it's very sweet! <br />