back from death • kth

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐼𝐼𝐼

"Wow noona," Jungkook said, "What does it say?"

"I don't know yet Kookie," I laughed.

"When will you know?" He asked munching on snacks.

"Soon." I smiled.

Jungkook was my cousin. He's still in school and was very interested in archaeology. And since I was his only source of inspiration, he'd always call me to ask about my newly gained knowledge and information. I had returned to the centre with the pictures and information we had collected. I was now in a video call with Jungkook and talking to him about the pyramid.

"Cool," he said licking his fingers, "call me when you've found out and tell me."

"Okay, Kookie," I smiled and hung up.

I sigh and fall back onto the couch. Tomorrow we would be attempting our first time at decrypted the inscriptions on the pyramid wall. I was nervous again. I had no idea why but I always seemed to be nervous when I thought about that pyramid. God, why did you find out about it?

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I was now in the computer lab at the centre with my team with several layers of books, papers and files sprawled across the table. I was watching Namjoon carefully zooming into the picturing and noting down whatever he noticed. Jin was reading through a file and Hoseok was talking to a bunch of other archaeologists and drawing something trying to figure out what could be the tunnel system inside the pyramid according to their scanned images of the structure of the pyramid.

And me...

I was sitting there nervously biting my lips being useless.

I sigh in frustration.

"Namjoon, let me help you," I say.

"Fine," Namjoon agrees, "Note down what I say or show."

I try to work diligently along with Namjoon.

But I ended up being shooed away because I was messing up. I gave up and just sat on the couch in the room with my eyes closed. My legs were jumping up and down and my lip was almost on the verge of bleeding.

"Don't bite them, dear," he said, "you're making me want to do the same."

I chuckled, "Stop being so cheesy."

"Never," I'll be everything for you he thought, "I will never stop showering you with my cheesy comments if I can see you blush and be happy."

"Gosh," I looked away from him blushing, "I can't anymore. Bye."

Taehyung chuckled as he saw me turn around and hide my face.

"No, dear. Don't hide your face from me. You're beautiful. I love you so much." 

"But Tae..." I started shyly.

"What my dear?" He encouraged.

"I," I try to form the words, "I feel useless."

"What!" He almost screamed, "Useless? How are you useless?"

"I don't know..." I sigh, "you always bring me to places, buy me gifts and do so much for me... but I... I am unable to do anything for you."

"No," Taehyung started, "my dear, you are not useless. How can you be useless when you're the only thing that makes me feel alive and makes me want to tackle another day? I wake up every day for you. Don't say that."

With that, he pulls me into a hug and kisses my hair. 

"I love you," I mumble.

"I love you too."

"YUNA!"

"WHAT!? WHAT!?" I scream.

"We're working our asses off here and you're SLEEPING?" Jin screams.

"Oh god, I'm sorry. How long was I asleep?" I ask rubbing my eyes.

"As long as we took to decrypt," Jin said, his face evident with anger rising.

"You guys decrypted without me?" I ask.

"Yeah, because you were sleeping like a log." Jin hmphs.

"I am so sorry, Jin," I said sighing. I didn't know what was going on.

"Save your sorries," Jin spat, "come take a look at what we decrypted."

Sighing and ruffling my hair, I get up and go towards the table.

I take a look at the paper Jin handed me. 

"Here lies the lover of she,
Waiting for her return,
No one shall disturb thy soul
Waiting for an innocent cause,
Those disturbing shall coil in trouble
For disturbing thy innocent soul
He shall awaken, with her return."

I scoff, "Sounds like a person who was lovesick and was unable to protect his own wife and child."

"What?" I get a questioning look from Namjoon.

I cover my mouth. How did you know that?

"I," I tried to reason, "just guessed."

"Well," Hoseok says, "she sounds part right. 'Here lies the lover of she'. So lovesick that he wanted to be addressed as 'her' lover."

"He shall awaken with her return," Jin scoffed, "Looks like she never returned."

The room broke into laughter after hearing Jin. 

"Alright everyone," Jin claps his hands, "that's enough for today. Let's go and enjoy our discovery."

Everyone claps, gather their stuff and leaves... leaving Namjoon and me behind.

I keep staring at the piece of paper repeating the things written on it in my head.

"Yuna?" Namjoon asks.

I hum in response.

"You alright?" 

"Yeah of course," I reply peeling my eyes away from it and gathering my things, "Let's go, Namjoon."

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Everyone was in the cafeteria to celebrate once before all this data was turned into a project report and sent away to the seniors for analysation. They were drinking, ordering food, etc. But I was definitely not in the mood. I just bought a plate of food and sat at a table looking at everyone enjoy. 

Meanwhile, in the pyramid,

"Dear,"

"W-what?" I stuttered.

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