The night was young. Stars glittered like pearls through thin clouds in the ebony-black sky. Taehyung walked in silence down familiar alleyways to escape the raucous and unruly streets. The warm memory of Hoseok still lingered in his mind, his touch still fresh on Taehyung's arm. Hoseok was like a wound that Taehyung constantly kept picking, it was always bleeding and never did it heal.

He had always found such peace being with Hoseok, to Taehyung Hoseok was more than just someone he liked. Hoseok was his mind, heart and soul, Hoseok was his raw emotion. Taehyung loved Hoseok; he loved him with all his being.

But when Taehyung had seen Hoseok interlocking lips with Yoongi on that fateful day. He could only think of how much hurt he was capable of inflicting upon the genial boy, and he could not, no, he would not let that happen. Although his words were harsh and hard to voice, Taehyung knew that Hoseok would be much happier without him, he knew that one day, Hoseok would wake up and never remember who exactly Kim Taehyung was.

Taehyung chuckled softly.

It must have been almost three weeks ago, Taehyung had the most peculiar dream. He and Hoseok were by the ocean, waves crashed on jagged rock in the background and seagulls flew into the wide blue yonder. Hoseok stood before Taehyung, his hair flying wildly over his eyes, salt-kissed skin gleaming in the bright, golden sun, it was truly a beautiful sight. Taehyung had smiled ever so lightly at Hoseok, who reached out and embraced him in a hug.

"You need to rest." He had whispered into Taehyung's ear, he only now realised how unusual that was. Then Hoseok had asked him a question, a question that still remained in his mind. "How can you escape me, if I'm constantly in your head?"

After that, Taehyung had pulled away from Hoseok's warm embrace, and before he could say anything in return, Seokjin woke him up, leaving him in wonder at what he would've said. Would he be at a loss for words? Suddenly, Taehyung remembered what he had written on the photo sequence he had taken with Hoseok on their first date.

Another world.

Was there another world for them? Another universe? Another life? Maybe this was the only life that he and Hoseok would ever live, share. A cool breeze brushed past Taehyung, he looked up at the sky, clouds slowly covered the stars. It was best that Taehyung got back to Seokjin's place before it would rain again. As he lowered his gaze towards the street, a figure appeared through the darkness, not only startling Taehyung, but colliding with him, causing the figure to drop his bag.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't-"

"It's okay." The hooded figure interrupted. Taehyung narrowed his eyes, he understood that he was walking through an alleyway but meeting a person dressed in all black, with a hood over his eyes seemed mildly suspicious. Taehyung looked at the floor.

"Oh, you dropped your stuff." Taehyung mumbled, bending down to pick them up.

"No, no ill pick them up." The hooded figure shouted, causing Taehyung to jump in surprise. He watched silently asーwho he assumed was a man through his husky voiceーpicked up everything he had dropped. Taehyung laughed lightly, so lightly he almost sounded tired.

"I'm sorry, it's just that you look so...odd," the man said nothing in return, he merely stood back up, "again, I'm sorry, you just appeared out of nowhere and-"

"It's fine." Taehyung furrowed his brows as the man hurriedly walked past him, and in the pale moonlight that still shone through the clouds, he saw a light glimpse of steel-blue beneath the dark hood.

And before Taehyung knew it, he was again one with the silence. The thought of Hoseok still in his mind.

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I have exams coming up soon but I also have
another fan fic that I'm working on lel.
I hope you are enjoying this story so far
And I'm sorry that I've been updating quite late,
It will get better after exams I promise.

d.w