Perfect Illusion

The theater explodes with applause as the final card disappears between Jungkook’s fingers.
Smoke drifts across the stage.
Jeon Jungkook bows slowly, a faint smile on his lips.
“Magic,” he says smoothly into the microphone, “is simply the art of perfect illusion.”
In the crowd, Kim Taehyung watches him with shining eyes.
He doesn’t know yet that the man on stage is the most dangerous illusion of all.


Taehyung sits on the cold floor of a locked room, wrists trembling against metal chains.
Tears blur his vision as he looks up at the same man.
“W-why…?” his voice breaks.
“Why did you cage me?”
Jungkook crouches in front of him, calm… almost gentle.
His fingers tilt Taehyung’s chin up.
“Because,” he whispers softly,
“You were never meant to leave my illusion.”

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