"yah! get up!" jungkook scowls, kicking at the door of his car, standing outside of a huge a mansion. the girl flinched awake at the loud voice of the older male who looks unbothered by her tormented expression.

her eyes scan the place, following jungkook with short steps on the paved way that bisects the big lawn into two, one for the right and one for the left. despite being midnight, the grass and flower bushes look green under the lights from the lampposts lining all the way to the stares of the mansion as it is situated a few feet above ground level.

some cars are parked at the side, all reflecting the lights dimly. the mansion has an elegant exterior, looking even more beautiful with the lights glowing inside and the lampposts outside. aera tears off her gaze, fixing it on jungkook's back again as they enter a spacious lounge aera where wide stairs curling down from either side in symmetry.

aera glances down at her feet, suddenly feeling the hard surface turning into a much a softer one and realises it's a mushy grey carpet. her sight stalls unsurely at the man who brought her here and tilts her head, "now what? are you going to kill me?"

jungkook smirks, looking down at her and shrugs, "who knows? you gotta do some explaining first."

"will you kill me after that?"

jungkook's brow arches up, "why are you so desperate to die?"

"just tell me, are you going to kill me or not?"

he sighs, pulling out his gun from his pocket and waves it in front of her, "this is not a toy little girl, you can actually die."

"i know that," aera says with disinterest, but it manages to increase jungkook's curiosity as he lets out an airy chuckles, pointing the gun at her head. although the situation becomes less funny for him when the girl doesn't even react and anticipates the pulling of the trigger.

"you know what?" he leans down, "i won't kill you, just hurt you here and there. and that will hurt a lot, more than death."

aera stares at him, still looking unfazed by his little recital in an attempt to scare the fourteen-year-old. their attention shifts towards the side as a tall man walks in, his smile on seeing jungkook is replaced with a perplexed scowl on seeing the unknown guest.

he walks up to the two, having his eyes on the girl, "who is she?" his voice is heavy as he speaks to jungkook who shrugs in response.

"i found her in an alley." he answers and turns to aera, squinting his eyes on her while his words are well directed to the tall silver headed man, "it's a very troublesome kid."

"and you brought her here?" the other man presses his full lips together, showing off the prominent dimples either side on his cheeks.

"yeah, she's a witness of a kill." jungkook tells him, "two in fact, the other one was because of her."

"what?"

"i'll tell you, call everyone," jungkook nods, quickly looking at the younger girl, "and you, better not do anything stupid. i can still shoot your charley."

aera nods slowly, glancing at her dog who is sitting a few inches away from her feet. she sits quietly on the carpeted floor, beside charley while jungkook's orders a maid to call the rest of the guys. his eyes frequently stumble upon the girl, having an uneasy feeling arising everytime he'd look at her for too long. she wants to die.

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aera is made to sit on the single chair, facing a group of guys, probably the ones jungkook was referring to earlier. they're six other than jungkook himself, who stare at her with confusion laden gazes along with a hint of worry for having a kid at a place like theirs.

aera's eyes linger over the six men, from the extreme left where this man with brown hair sits, dressed in a cozy attire that compliments the sharp features of his heart shaped face. next to him is a blonde man with full, plump lips, dark eyes as he's leaning a bit forward, looking back at aera with his head tilted slightly in confusion. there's another blonde guy, his shade is a bit darker than the previous one, lips are pressed into a thin line as he glances between jungkook and the girl. he straightens himself, adjusting the sweatshirt on his broad shoulders and sits back again, as if restraining himself from saying anything.

then is a man with light brown hair, his eyes are round and lips are thin with a mole on the lower one. next is dark brown headed man, almost ranging to red against his pale skin, probably paler than the rest of them. his cat-like eyes, hold zero emotions, staring at aera and then at the dog back with the same look that she has.

by the looks of it, they don't seem like hitmen or any kind of criminals.

the tall man from earlier clears his throat, earning a glance from the young girl who looks much smaller in front of the tall and muscular group of men. more fragile and figure subjected to empathy due to her appearance. she sighs softly, shifting her gaze shifts to jungkook, waiting for him to say something, "are you just going to sit here?"

"first, you cannot talk to me like that." jungkook growls, leaning forward from his place, now resting his elbows on his knees as he shoots are frustrated glare at the kid, "the only reason i'm not hurting you is because you're so young. don't take my mercy for granted."

"i told you just kill me." aera stares at him, "are you scared? you killed those men, why not me?"

"you're crazy," his hand rakes up against the dark fringes of his hair, letting them fall back on his face, a little more frizzy this time. he tosses his gun towards the girl, nodding his head at the weapon, "do it yourself. let me see how bad you wanna kill yourself, because i'm definitely not in the mood to do it for you right now."

"jungkook, are you stupid?" one of the blondes snarl, glaring at him, "take the gun back."

"she won't-"

"fuck no!" the cat eyed man, springs up, snatching the loaded weapon from the girl's hand who had it pointed on her forehead. "are you out of your bloody mind?! why do you wanna die so bad?! what is so wrong that you think living is not worth it?! idiot!"

aera huffs in response, not saying anything and sits crossing her arms on her chest while jungkook snorts mockingly, "he's yoongi. and trust me, you don't wanna mess with him."

"i'm jin," the taller blonde says, and points at the man next to him, "he's jimin, that is hoseok, this is taehyung. you already know jungkook and yoongi as he told you, then that is namjoon." he says, pointing at each one of them and glances back at the girl, "who are you?"

"aera"

"and why did you bring her here?" his words are now directed to jungkook, making the latter sigh deeply and glance at the girl.

"she saw me killing." he answers, "moreover she made me shoot another man who was following her for some reason."

"jeon jungkook, seriously?" hoseok exhales, massaging his temples, "you do that in front of a kid?"

"i didn't know she was there. but, seems like she's used to it." jungkook scoffs.

the guys frown, turning back to aera as the jimin guy speaks this time, "again, who are you?"

"aera ?" she answers again.

"no, but where are you from? and what were you doing out there at night alone?"

"why?" she asks back.

the man breathes deeply, saying, "because we might need to send you back home? you're not needed here, in fact you shouldn't be here."

"no, don't send me back." she shakes her head quickly and turns to jungkook, pointing at his gun, "kill me. but don't send me back."

the seven sit still in their places, watching the girl pleading jungkook to kill her instead of sending her back home. an uneasy feeling crept up their bodies, acknowledging that this kid has more of history to dig in. jungkook cracks his neck and places the gun away, showing his empty hands to the girl.

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a/n- what do you like to do when you're bored?