Of course Jungkook wants to hide, but that won't fix anything. She saw too much. Much more than he ever wanted to reveal to her.
"What was that about?" Luna asks pretending to not have seen his memory.
"Nothing," Jungkook says avoiding eye contact. He sits down on the bed and lets out a heavy sigh. "We just got into a little fight."
"Little?" She asks sitting next to him. "He sounded like he wanted to kill you."
"He probably does."
"Why? What did you do?"
"I just...brought up things that he doesn't like for me to bring up." Jungkook hates that she pretending to not know. He wouldn't have showed her his memory if she was just going to make him say it anyway.
"What's that?" She wants him to say it. She wants him to face it and then maybe he can learn that keeping everything inside isn't good.
"Nothing...I asked him about my mom and why she left." He looks at the ceiling fighting the feelings that are threatening to pour out of his eyes.
Luna can tell he's about to hide. She can see the look deep in his eyes that he always gets when he's about to run away from the emotions that plague him. He closes his eyes and she quickly grabs his wrist taking him by surprise.
"Don't," she says. "Please don't. You can't hide from your feelings forever."
"I can try," he mumbles.
"Jungkookie," she says sending paralysis through his body. "I just want to help you. Or just be a shoulder for you I guess. I just hate to see you constantly looking like you're about to explode because you've been holding on to centuries worth of shit. It's not good for you."
Her show of support only makes things harder for him. The way she says his name breaks him down so easily it makes him mad. He can't be mad at her though.
"Since when do you care?" He chuckles.
"I always care," she say's offended. "Well kind of."
"What does that mean?"
"I mean, you're a creepy little spawn of satan, but you're also kind. You've been looking out for me since the beginning. Even if you were a bit stalkerish about it at first," she laughs. "What I'm saying is that if you ever need to vent or get something off your chest, I'm here."
"Who would I go to when you're gone?"
"Oh," she says softly. "Well...if things work out you could always come visit me, right?"
"If things work out?" He huffs in amusement. "You mean if somehow we're magically able to resolve all of our problems in 2 weeks and you'll be able to go home?"
"Yeah...it's possible, right?"
"LuLu, how possible do you really think it is?"
"There's a chance, right? If there's a chance then it's worth trying."
"It's a slim chance. Maybe we could figure everything out, but two weeks isn't enough time. How long will you wait before you accept what I'm telling you?"
"I don't know," she whispers. He's not wrong and she knows it. At some point she'll have to come out of her denial and accept that time is quickly running out.
"What do you have at home that you can't leave behind?" He asks watching her eyes dart across the room. "If you need to bring any of your possessions here then you can. So who do you not want to leave behind?"
"No one," she says sadly. "But I've built my entire life there. What could I possibly do here? What would I have here?"
"Me," he whispers. "If there's anything you need I could show you where and how to get it. Yes you would have to start over, but you wouldn't be alone. Wouldn't that be better than just dropping dead?"
Luna can't answer. No matter how right she knows he is, she can't bring herself to admit it. Home is home, she has to at least try until the very end to restore the normalcy she's worked so hard to find.
"If I'm not enough, I'm sure Jimin would love to have you around too," Jungkook says with a hint of sass.
"You love bringing up Jimin, don't you?" She asks noticing how he clinches his jaw.
"I thought that would sway you. You seem to like him a lot."
"Jungkook," Luna says raising her brow. "Are you jealous of Jimin?"
"No," he scoffs. "Why would I be jealous of him?"
"I don't know, but your face and your tone make it seem that way."
"What's wrong with my face?" He asks rubbing his cheeks.
"You just look like a jealous little pup," she chuckles stroking his face.
The moment is quick but spastic as a vision appears. She can see Jungkook walking into a room where he sees two people making out. He looks upset in a raging type of way. The image changes and he's working out with his father standing over him.
"You can be mad about it all you want, but I told you she would just be a distraction. Was being stabbed in the back worth getting behind in your training? Next time you'll listen to me when I tell you to stop looking for relationships. That's not what your purpose is!"
The image quickly changes again to show Jungkook behind a building somewhere punching a wall and cursing through tears.
"Stop," Jungkook says moving from Luna's touch. She saw too much. Way too much.
"Sorry," she says softly. "I didn't mean to..."
"Look I'm not...I'm not jealous of Jimin," he says trying to hide what he knows and hide that he's incredibly embarrassed by it.
He hates that of all memories that could have run through his mind in this moment, he had to get hit with the memory of catching his ex cheating on him. With someone he thought was a friend, no less. He had tried to forget about her, but anytime he showed interest in anyone his father would use that moment to throw in his face. The worst breakup he's ever experienced and his father thought it would be funny to keep bringing it up as an "I-told-you-so" moment. It pisses him off every single time.
"I was only teasing," Luna says remorsefully. "Sorry."
"It's ok," he says. He knows it's not her fault, but at least now maybe she won't do it again.
"JUNGKOOK!!!" His fathers voice can be heard bellowing through the hall.
Jungkook quickly jumps to his feet as his father comes blasting through the door like a freight train. Luna is paralyzed in fear as this red hot raging vampire instantly binds Jungkook in a forcefield and walks right towards her.
"Don't go near her!" Jungkook shouts.
"Stand!" He says to Luna as he tightens the grip around Jungkook.
Luna stands looking up at the menacing vampire breathing down her face. He stares at her a moment registering every detail about her face in his memory.
"I don't know who you are or what you want from my son, but you have no place here," his father says.
"Get away from her!" Jungkook yells trying to break from his father's forcefield as he did earlier, but so far it's not working.
"I-I don't want anything from him," Luna stutters.
"I don't want to have this conversation with you again," his father growls. "If you know what's best for you then you'll leave my son to his training."
"Who the fuck are you to come barging in here with some bullshit when you don't even know what's going on?!" Jungkook rages.
"I told you what would happen!" His father hisses back turning his attention to his struggling son. "Don't you dare lose sight of what you should be focused on! We will NOT have this conversation again!"
His father raises Jungkook a foot off the ground before dropping him to the floor and storming out slamming the door behind him. Jungkook doesn't move. He remains on the floor with his head hanging down.
"Are you ok?" Luna asks coming to his aid. She places a hand on his shoulder to comfort him but he quickly flinches out of her reach.
"Don't," he says. With the flashbacks running through his mind he doesn't want her touching him at all.
"I'm sorry. Are you ok though?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," he says still not lifting his head. "I'm sorry that he yelled at you like that."
"It's ok-"
"It's not ok!" He says punching the floor. "It's not ok for him to keep trying to dictate my life into the ground! All because he wants to make himself look good! Fuck him!"
"Do you want to go out and get some air?" It's the best Luna can come up with in the moment. She really doesn't know what to say to him to make him feel any better.
"No," he grumbles standing up. "I don't want to go anywhere."
He throws himself on the bed and closes his eyes. He's sure his father will stop at nothing to sabotage whatever he thinks is going on between him and Luna. She's already constantly facing danger, now he has to worry about his father getting in the way. What's worse is if his father finds out what Luna really is they could be in a lot of trouble. He wishes there were somewhere safe he could keep her without having to worry.
"Are you sure you're ok?" Luna asks sitting next to him. "Taking a walk or something could actually help."
Jungkook sighs heavily without a word until someone knocks at his door. It's a much more pleasant knock so they know it's not his father coming back for more vengeance. Jungkook doesn't move and hopes whoever it is goes away but instead they knock again.
"Jungkook, it's Tae," the voice on the other side of the door says.
"Do you want me to let him in?" Luna asks.
"Fine," Jungkook grumbles without moving.
Luna goes to the door to see Taehyung standing there looking confused.
"You guys are back?" Luna asks.
"Yeah," Taehyung says. "Where's Jungkook?"
"He's..." Luna turns around to see Jungkook is no longer on the bed. "Where...?"
Before anyone can see him hidden under his bed in his bunny form, he jumps out and goes running between Luna and Taehyung's legs and out down the hall.
"Goddammit Jungkook!" Luna shouts. "Well there he goes," she says to Taehyung who still looks confused but a little amused.
"I'm going to guess that may have something to do with this," he says handing Luna a note. "It was on the door of the sparring room when we got back."
Jeon Jungkook is forbidden to be in the company of anyone who is not a member of the royal family or in an appointed royal position. Any violators will have to answer to me!
-Jeon Minseok
"What the fuck is this?" Luna asks quickly waving Taehyung in and shutting the door. Jungkook's father is probably gone by now but she doesn't want to take any chances.
"That's what I came to find out," Taehyung says. "What happened?"
"I'm not sure exactly. Jungkook said something to his dad that he didn't like. His dad came blasting in here and told me to leave his son alone. Is this...typical?"
"They fight every now and then," he says looking over the note again. "But it's not usually this bad unless Jungkook does something really bad. It hasn't been like this since..." he hesitates. "It's just been a while."
"What made him this mad before?"
Taehyung remains silent. He simply twists his mouth to the side and says nothing more. Luna can tell he's holding back and though she knows she shouldn't, she can't resist placing a hand on Taehyung's shoulder and hoping she's able to see something.
She can see something but she's not quite sure what it is. It's fuzzy but there's shouting and the sound of things crashing. Before she can make out who's shouting or what's being said, Taehyung quickly snatches her wrist and stares at her with his brow raised.
"What are you doing?" He asks.
"Oh, umm I'm sorry...I didn't mean...I mean if you don't want me to touch-"
"No, what are you doing?" His grip on her tightens.
"I-"
"Were you trying to read me?"
"What?"
"You were trying to read my brain," he says tilting his head. "How long have you been able to do that?"
"Read...your brain?" She asks trying to think of a lie quickly.
"What did you see?"
"Nothing, I-"
"Luna. What. Did. You. See?" He asks getting an inch in front of her face. Taehyung is typically in high spirits and it's hard to find him without his big boxy smile painted across his face. But right now the cold shadow encasing his eyes sends shivers down her spine.
"N-nothing," she stutters. "I didn't see anything. It was fuzzy. I just heard shouting or something, I don't know."
"You see memories?" He finally releases his grip on her wrist.
"How? How did you know?"
"You made my brain itch," he shrugs. "Happens whenever someone tries to mess with my head."
"Really?"
"How long have you been doing this? Does Jungkook know? Have you been peeking on his memories?" He asks suspiciously.
"No, I mean, I have seen some but I had no idea what was going on. It happened after that weird coma I was in. I thought I was going crazy but it kept happening whenever I touched someone."
"Have you told Jungkook?"
"No, I'm not really sure how. I also feel like it's the only way I can get him to open up without him having to open up, you know?"
"So you're just going to keep sneaking into his mind?"
"It sounds bad when you put it that way."
"Yes it does," he deadpans. "If you don't tell anyone else you have to tell him. You're with him all of the time, it's not fair to him if you keep sneaking into his head like that. Especially after everything he's done for you."
"Has anyone ever told you that you're really good at laying the guilt on someone?"
"It's my expertise," he smirks.
"Of course," she chuckles. "When do you think Jungkook will come back?"
"Whenever he's cooled down," he shrugs. "No one ever really knows how long he'll hide, we just let him have his moment."
"Taehyung, I don't think I can do that though. Can you do me a favor?"
Jungkook hadn't planned to run out of the room the way he did. He was going to stay in his bed shut off from the world, but Taehyung coming over didn't help his desire for seclusion. Old habits die hard and he found himself once again failing to resist the urge to transform. Once he did his legs just started moving.
Now he's up on the roof cursing himself for so many reasons. Cursing his dad for even more reasons. And cursing anyone who ever dared to piss him off in his life. He's changed back to his normal form and he's been staring at the moon as his mind cycles through self pity and self deprecation.
"Jungkook?"
He turns to see Luna standing behind him on the roof. She looks concerned of course, but also a bit sad.
"How did you get up here?" He asks.
"Taehyung gave me a boost," she says sitting next to him.
"I'll be sure to give Tae a boost in his ass," he grumbles rolling his eyes. "You shouldn't be up here you could fall and get hurt."
"Well I guess it's a good thing I have a really strong muscle bunny here to keep me safe," she smiles.
"Right, was this your plan to try to get me to come down?"
"Not exactly, but it works," she chuckles. "But really, if you want to stay up here you can, I just wanted to check on you."
"You worried about me?" He asks amused.
"I guess I am. It seems I worry about you more each day," she confesses. "You always hide yourself, it makes me feel...sad."
"Sad?" He asks surprised. "Why?"
"I don't know, I just get the feeling that you're too good for the shit you have to go through. You're sweet, and funny, and easy to mess with. Then you have these dark moments where you're really upset like today. It's not fair the way your dad treats you. You deserve so much better and it makes me sad when you beat yourself up because of the negativity he's been putting in your head your whole life."
"Really?" For some reason her words feel like they're strangling him. His heart is beating faster and his chest feels like it's burning, but not with a raging fire, more like a large bonfire in the freezing winter snow. "You say that like you've known me a long time."
"Well..." she hesitates struggling to reveal the truth to him about her visions. "It's just...it just seems like it."
She internally curses herself for not taking this opportunity to be honest with him. She knows he could be really upset if he finds she's been sneaking into his head without him knowing.
"I see," he says a little amused by her attempt at keeping her secret that he already knows. "What did Tae want?"
"He came to check in on you."
"Me? Why?"
"Your dad...left a note on the door of the sparring room..." she's afraid to tell him what the note says because he seems to be cooled off a bit now. She doesn't want to set him off again or do anything that would make him go back into hiding.
"Great," he mumbles. "Was it another one of his punishment training schedules he makes me do when he's mad or him saying I'm not allowed to go anywhere for a few weeks?"
"No...it was more like you're not allowed to be around anyone who's not royal. Me."
Jungkook looks away nodding though he's just trying to keep from exploding again. His father has been trying to dictate his every move his entire life and he's sick of it. All he wants is to be better, but still himself. He's been told who he can and can't be friends with, where he can go and how he can act. He knows it's because his father needs him to fix his image and the family name, but he never understood why he had to be the one to do it. He's not the one who couldn't protect the late king. He's sick of it all and he's starting to feel that if he wants his dad to back off then he'll have to fight back. He knows he's stronger than his father, he should be able to live the life he wants. He can show everyone he's better in his own way.
He looks at Luna who's anxiously waiting for his reaction. She's afraid he'll explode but he just looks at her softly. He doesn't know why, but having her next to him makes him feel empowered. He thought she was making him weak, that's what he'd been trained to think about anyone outside of the palace that got too close. But he's not weak, if anything she makes him stronger. Even through his failures she remained there reminding him that he's not a failure, even if he didn't believe her. But after talking with his mom he realized she was right about him being like his father. His mom tried her best to love and support him but he shut her out and pushed her to the point of leaving. He can see that that's all Luna is trying to do and he'd been pushing her back.
"If that's what he wants," Jungkook says focusing his doe eyes on Luna's. "Then I guess I better piss him off some more."
"What?" Luna asks tilting her head in confusion.
Jungkook reaches for her face, softly stroking her cheek. She blushes a bit but is still unsure of what he's doing. She can't say that she doesn't enjoy his tender touch though.
"I want you to..." Jungkook pauses not breaking eye contact. She looks so sweet to him. So sweet he has to taste. He leans in and gently presses his lips into hers. He doesn't know how long he'd been wanting to kiss her, but now that he is he doesn't want to stop. She's sweet like honey, electric like lightning, and soothing like warm tea. "Stay with me."
Luna is frozen in bliss. The feeling of his lips against hers fills her body with butterflies. She feels like every kiss she had before were nothing because kissing Jungkook is giving her an exhilarating feeling she's never felt before.
"Stay with you?" She asks.
"Please," he says softly resting his forehead against hers. "Every moment that passes makes me feel like I'm losing part of me because I know you don't have much time left. I know you want to try saving yourself so you can go back home, but what if you just stayed here. Convert fully and stay with me, Luna."