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QUADRAGINTA SEPTEM

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[ the interrogation room is cold and slightly humid. SEOKJIN blinks drowsily, his eyes giving an empty glare and without purpose. he stares at his own reflection in the mirror, although he's completely aware it's merely a one-way window and that his every movement is being watched. he sinks down in his chair, inspecting every part of his face—it looked different. his eyes looked sunken, face sickly pale, and his hair in disarray. SEOKJIN snaps out of his stance when somebody comes in, the heavy door thudding behind the man who had entered. the man pushes a small paper dixie cup filled with water towards SEOKJIN. SEOKJIN eyes the man warily before taking the cup with both his hands and sipping it. he didn't realize how dry his throat was before the water slid down. ]

??? : good morning, seokjin. it seems like you've calmed down quite a bit. that's good. [ takes a seat in front of SEOKJIN, putting down a thick file on the table ]

SEOKJIN : [ gives a soulless reply ] good morning to you too, officer.

OFFICER #1 : so. you're ready to tell me what happened last night?

SEOKJIN : [ stares at OFFICER #1 for a moment before sighing, fiddling with his thumbs of his cuffed hands ] what's there to say? i killed a cop. i—i killed, [ bites down on his bottom lip ] i killed a cop.

OFFICER #1 : why'd you do it?

SEOKJIN : does it matter? [ scoffs ] you won't believe anything i'll have to say, anyway. i'm just. i'm just some criminal, aren't i?

OFFICER #1 : [ sighs ] killing a cop is a federal offense—you must be aware by now that it's punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. i'm sure you have a valid reason to give me. you seem like a smart and nice man, seokjin. i've looked through your records—clean as it can be. with that... i just want to know why.

SEOKJIN : okay. [ his hands begin to tremble, in which he stops by clenching them tighter together ] it wasn't me.

OFFICER #1 : your DNA matched the one found at the crime scene. your DNA was all over jimin and the knife used to kill him.

SEOKJIN : i—no. [ inhales sharply, his eyebrows creasing together in irritation ] i was drugged. i... i thought i was stabbing someone else.

OFFICER #1 : [ raises an eyebrow ] someone else? so you meant to murder someone?

SEOKJIN : no, of course not—well, yes—well, i... it's—it's a long story.

OFFICER #1 : take your time. [ pauses ] but don't waste mine.

SEOKJIN : [ inhales slowly, and frankly a bit nervously ] i have a roommate. his name is jeon jeongguk.

OFFICER #1 : [ nods ] huh. i see. you've been repeating that name under your breath for the first few hours we dragged you in here. does he mean something to you?

SEOKJIN : he killed... he killed my best friend. he's the one who killed yoongi. he... he's killed so many people.

OFFICER #1 : [ narrows his eyes before nodding his head in realization ] wait. you're the guy with the 'missing' flyer of min yoongi. i was wondering why you looked so familiar.

SEOKJIN : y-yes! i've—i've been searching for him for so long, but my roommate, he, he's the one who killed him. he's killed other women too, i swear—i've seen one of them. it was all wrapped up in plastic, and—

OFFICER #1 : [ scoffs in quick disbelief ] you saw a dead body in your "roommate's" room, but you didn't do anything about it? speaking of that, we did indeed find a dead—

SEOKJIN : n-no, wait, hear me out, officer. i'm sure you've found DNA that's not mine in that room.

OFFICER #1 : [ clicks his tongue ] i'm sorry, but your story doesn't check out with what i've come to believe. we did a full sweep of your apartment. mainly, it was only your DNA in that space, along with officer jimin's. there's not enough other foreign DNA there to indicate that another person has been living with you. we'll do another one, but it likely won't yield anything substantial.

SEOKJIN : [ frowns in disbelief ] no, no. jeon jeongguk—look him up on your database or something! he's there somewhere. he—he lived with me.

OFFICER #1 : [ scribbles his name on a post-it ] i'll try, buddy. but no promises that it'll get you anywhere—there's a lot of substantial evidence against you right now. it's not looking too good for you. and if you're lying...

SEOKJIN : no, i swear. i'll go under a lie detector test and everything. everything i'm saying to you is true! [ snaps his fingers in sudden realization ] oh! a cup! mug! did you see that? did you see that in my room, next to my bed? did you? 

OFFICER #1 : we didn't find any mug beside your bed.

SEOKJIN : t-that can't be. he—jeongguk—he drugged me. he did something to that tea he gave me. i swear, i got all dizzy and i thought—

[ SEOKJIN abruptly stops talking when another officer enters the room with a mug of tea, nodding over to OFFICER #1. SEOKJIN greets her with the warmest smile he could muster. ]

OFFICER #1 : ah. [ turns to get the mug of hot tea ] officer kyung. thanks for bringing me the tea. 

OFFICER #2 : of course. [ lowers voice down to a whisper ] i'm also letting you know you only have fifteen more minutes with him. [ nods to SEOKJIN ]

OFFICER #1 : i'm aware.

OFFICER #2 : [ nods, leaving and closing the door behind her gently ]

OFFICER #1 : [ turns back to SEOKJIN, setting the mug on the table ] anyways, where were we, seokjin? feel free to start wherever—

SEOKJIN : [ when he sees the mug of tea, he feels himself hyperventilating. he can't comprehend why, but he twitches violently in his seat, his hands tugging helplessly at the handcuffs ] get—get that away from me! g-get it away! [ groans, knocking his seat over and nearly tipping the table down with his weight ]

OFFICER #1 : seokjin. kim seokjin! calm down! [ turns to the mirror ] hey! i need help in here!

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double update today because i love you guys ! (also making up for being gone for a bit heh)