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The busy street was filled with life even at this hour of the night .
People going home from jobs ,students dragging themselves from school , the usual group of friends going out for a drink and of course the casual couple seeking warmth in eachother from the cold night breeze.
Humans were so complex in every fibre of their existance . No matter how much he watched them in an attempt to comprehend them ,Taehyung never could come close to figuring them out .
"Hey" the sound of the other angel's voice startled him out of his thoughts . Looking to his right ,he glared daggers at his friend ."is scaring me out of my skin becoming a hobby of yours lately ?" He huffed as he looked back down at the mass of people from his place perched on the clouds . The airy chuckle the other angel let out made his lips twitch slightly "Of course ." He let out , shuffling down to sit beside him.
"It's my favorite thing in the world." He laughed when the older glared at him.
"You're a child" he huffed .
But despite the tough act ,sooner than later he finds himself snuggling closer to his bestfriend .
Taehyung sighes quietly as he lays his head in junkook's neck.
"hey jungkookie "
"Hmm?"
"Did you ever wonder how it would be like to be human ?"
The tensing of the younger's shoulders doesn't go unnoticed , but taehyung continues anyways .
"You know .How it would be like to have a family ,a childhood ..How it would feel like to fall in love. To be loved ."
Every word seemed to pierce right through Jungkook's heart. If Taehyung only knew how much he was indeed loved .
How much suffering love caused Jungkook. Closing his eyes, Jungkook wished he could tear his heart out to show the other the wounds and scars left behind from loving him so much . But Jungkook wasn't that pathetic . Hasnt' reached that level of desperation just yet .
This wasn't the time to cry and weep ,this wasn't the time to scream at his beautiful object of affection to recognize his feelings and stop the hurting . That day would come..eventually ,Jungkook thought.
The day where he would hold Taehyung in his arms ,not as a platonic friend but as something much more .
The silence felt like a decade before Jungkook sighed heavily and opened his eyes .
"You shouldn't wish for things with such naivety tae . Sometimes what we wish for could be a curse in disguise"
Humming slowly ,Taehyung disregarded his words completely .
Looking back down at the heaps of mortals running around like ants .
Taehyung has always been a curious angel . And it had always gotten him in a lot of trouble .
But it was so enchanting , the pull that the human world had on him .
It isn't to say that he had never been down there ,walking the streets with people who had no idea he was there .Because he had .
Its part of the job.
But its not satisfying when the only human interaction he has is limited to few minutes with the soul he was meant to collect .
Not to mention ,dead spirits werent really the most eloquent conversationists ,You know. Finding out that you just died has that effect on a person.
So as much as Taehyung tries not whine about it ,he kinda hates the fact that he cant satisfy the curiousity bubbling inside of him .
Humans remain a mystery to him and he dislikes that feeling majorely .
So it doesnt come as a surprise to him when finds himself following a certain human too much .
It was a job ,he tells himself.
This guy was planned to die in a few days and Taehyung wouldnt be a good worker if he doesnt get to know what kind of person he's about to snatch.
Its a custom of his, if he may say.
a hobby .
He has done it with almost every one of the souls he collected .
This one though . it was something else .
He was a guy . Soft features and fluffy hair . Would've passed him as pre-teen if his papers didnt tell him otherwise .
He was in his early twenties , lived quite a tough life ,orphaned and stranded on the streets to fend for himself .
Closing his eyes ,Taehyung could see snippets of the young man's life .