his vision became blurry every time he blinked. his eyes looked everywhere but the scene before him, wanting nothing more than to wake up from the awful nightmare he currently lived in. a large swallow caused his adams apple to bob up and down, his lashes becoming damp as the overbearing tears finally detached themselves from his swollen lids.

the stinging sensation he woke up with that morning, something you'd think he would have grown used to by now, left him with a jolt. seokjin's name was crossed out with heavy ink; someone he had looked up to for several years now dead.

all thanks to him.

his body floated above the water of the pool that held memories as far back as predebut. his tan skin was no longer the color that jimin had remember. under the moon's light, it looked oddly pale and cold. his hair stayed swaying with the soft movement of the liquid that had took his last breath.

it was peaceful this time. there was no screams, no agony held behind the picture, just the quietness of the water rocking his body back and forth, his dead body.

jimin sat on the patio stairs, silently crying to himself over the death of now not only three, but four best friends. his hand pulled back his black sleeve, the tattooed ink coming into view just as blurry as the image that laid behind it. the thick black lines laughed evilly at jimin.

he thought that killing one would stop the tragedies from happening. he thought that pushing hoseok over the edge of that bridge would stop the stinging, the pain, the nauseous feelings, the not knowing what's going to happen next.

next was taehyung, and when jimin finally let the thought of him being dead sink in, his crying turned into sobbing, and sobbing turned into screaming.

"God," his voice belted at the top of his lungs as his head tipped back to the sky, "please, stop," he fell forward to his knees, his hands catching himself on the patterned pavement. "please," he whispered, his body collapsing to the ground.

and he didn't stop crying until the moonlight disappeared, taking his best friend along with it.