To Get You Back || TaeJinKook

⁶Lucky Ghost

My world seemed to slow down for a moment when Cat said those words. As they sank in, I slowly began to speak.

"So, we have a special job," I started.

"That's correct," was the cat's reply.

"And that's to bring Jungkook back, to life?" I asked.

"Correct again."

"So we make him alive again?"

"Yes."

"Resurrect him?"

"In a way, yes."

"Wish upon a star and poof, he's back?"

"Not really."

"So we, WE, have to bring back life, to him?"

"Yes. I believe I made my point very clear," Cat said, getting annoyed again.

"So... he becomes undead, like a zombie?" asked Taehyung, causing both of us to give him a weird look.

"I may have the gift of reading minds, but that doesn't mean I understand them. Yours especially," Cat remarked.

"Welcome to my world," I commented.

"What I mean is, you can bring him back to life, AS A HUMAN," the cat re-explained, all while glaring at Taehyung. He just gave another sheepish grin.

"Guide these guys, He said. It will be fun, He said," Cat muttered. I think he deliberately wanted us to hear that.

"Okay, so we have this job, I understand, but why us?" I asked.

"The two of you were the most desperate the day he died. Of course, all seven of you were, I will not deny, but you two, were especially desperate. The both of you still are, and if given the chance you would pounce on it. You are, at last, being given one," Cat clarified.

"But what do we do? It's not like Jungkook will just return from the dead if we just ask him. Boy is stubborn as hell,"
Taehyung said.

Cat said with confidence in his voice, "It's simple really. All you have to do is to complete your tasks along with Jungkook. His job is different though. When the three of you finish your tasks, well then, prepare for a reunion."

"What does Jungkook have to do?" Taehyung asked.

"That, you don't need to know for now," the cat said tiredly.

"Then can we at least know what our tasks are?"

Cat (somehow) smirked. He licked his paw and said, " you have the list with you already. Just find it and you will know what to do."

The cat turned to leave, but stopped and turned back.

"Ah yes, one last thing. There is a time limit. You must complete the tasks within two months from now, or else your brother cannot return. I wish the two of you good luck. If you need me, I will meet you in your dreams."

So saying this, the cat started walking away, and the graveyard started turning black.

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Jungkook POV -

I looked up at the moonlit sky and sighed. Stargazing, my new hobby. It feels so strange. I left my painful life to suffer a regretful afterlife. But was it really painful? Did I really suffer that much when I was alive?

Since I got buried here, I began living as a ghost in this graveyard, always wandering. The more I explored my hometown, the more I saw people suffering, much more than I did. There were so many people, some who were really sick, some who lost their families, some who didn't even have a home. Kids who got brutally bullied. Single parents who were judged. Yet they were still staying alive, fighting their hardships each day. And me? I had my hyungs, my family, ARMY, a good home, everything. I had everything, and I ended it and gave it all up because I couldn't handle problems that could be solved.

I could have apologised and patched things up with hyungs, helped my parents by talking them into taking up counselling, and simply ignored the hate messages, but I chose to listen to that stupid voice in my head, even when I had doubts. Even when I had a chance to still live. It told me I would be free, I would be happy again. Look where that got me. Now I'm all alone, missing my favourite people everyday.

Every night, I look up at the moon and think, what if I hadn't done what I did? What if I just ignored that voice in my head a little bit longer, told it to shut up for some more time, and just tried to solve my problems? How I wish for a second chance.

"What if I told you that you could have a second chance?"

Who said that? No one is going to roam the streets at this time. Besides, no one can see me, right? I'm a ghost!

"But I can see you."

There it is again. I turn and see... a white cat? No, there's no way a cat could-

"Talk? Then I guess I'm not your everyday cat."

How is a white cat looking at me, talking to me, and knows what I'm thinking about?

"Because, if you heard me, I'm not your everyday cat." He sounded irritated.

He reminds me of Yoongi. Hang on- 

"No I am not Yoongi in true form. He is very much human and I am very much a powerful, heavenly, supernatural CAT," he said, getting more annoyed. So he can see ghosts, can talk like a human and can read minds, because he isn't our everyday cat. Now I have seen everything.

"Yes, you have, or have you?"

"Okay stop that, that's freaky... please?" I ask. I'm totally freaked out.

"My apologies."

"So... who do I refer to you as?" I ask awkwardly.

"Supernatural Heavenly Guidance Cat, or you may simply call me Cat."

Nervously, I ask, "Okay, Cat. May I ask you WHY you are here, talking to me and sort of freaking me out?" 

"You said it yourself, you want a second chance, right?"

"Yes, but how? People don't just come back to life after being dead for so long, right?"

"Yes, generally, but once every fifty years, when a soul is found to be deserving of redemption, they are given another chance of life. You, Jungkook, are that lucky soul, but first you have to prove yourself."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. So, once every fifty years, a ghost is given a chance of redemption in life, and this time, I'm the lucky ghost, but I have to prove myself?

"Yes, you heard correctly," Cat interjected, reading my thoughts again.

"Mr. Cat, please stop that," I said, as politely as I could. This cat is low-key freaky.

"Mr. Cat? How polite, alright, I will," Cat replied. Wait was he blushing? I don't think- You know what I'll just drop it.

"So Mr. Cat, if I prove myself, I will actually come back to life? Solid?"

"Yes."

"Like a zombie?"

The cat's bashful look turned back into an annoyed one.

"Oh dear God, another one. No, a HUMAN."

"Oh good. Just confirming."

The cat muttered something I couldn't quite hear, but I swear he was talking about someone.

"So what do I need to do?" I ask, determined to redeem myself and see my hyungs again.

The cat - somehow - smirked.

"I'm glad you asked. Follow me."

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Weird-ass and short chapter, but that was what was on my weirder-ass mind. 

Idk what else to say so... Byeee, next chapter soon!