"Go!" I told them. I quickly gave them each a hug and a kiss, then pushed them towards the door of my classroom. "Run!"

Hoseok turned towards the door, but Jungkook just stood there. "You aren't coming with us?"

"I would just slow you down, baby," I told them. "I'll text you guys when I can get service."

Jungkook still didn't move. Instead, he frowned down at me. "You're not leaving the ship with us?"

"Jungkook, I can't," I said, reaching up to touch his face. "I have to stay on board. I have a job to do. I have students that depend on me."

"But..." He pouted a little. "I thought...since we found you..."

I looked to Hoseok for help and he came back over and grabbed Jungkook's arm. "She can't just drop her entire life for us, JK." I smiled at him, glad that he understood.

"But I don't want to lose you," Jungkook said. "We just found you."

I grabbed his hand and held it, then reached for Hoseok's as well, looking back-and-forth between the two of them. "You're not losing me. We'll figure this all out eventually. But for now, I have a job, that I love, and so do you."

I watched as Jungkook sighed, his whole body slumping, but he nodded his head. "I understand...I just...wanted to take you with me."

"I want her to go with us too, JK," Hoseok told him, then he looked at me. "More than anything. I hope that you know that."

I smiled at him and nodded my head. "I do. And I hope you both know that I want to go with you. But I have a room full of teenagers that are my responsibility. I can't abandon them like that. Especially if the whole ship is going to be quarantined for who knows how long."

"Okay, you're making it worse," Jungkook said. "Who knows how long? So who knows how long it will be before we can see you again?"

I shrugged at him. "I'm sorry, baby. I wish that it could be different."

Jungkook's eyes went wide, then, just as quickly, his face went back to normal. He leaned down and kissed me, then headed for the door.

Hoseok and I both watched him in surprise, then he leaned in and kissed me, too, whispering to me. "I don't know what just ran through his little, maknae head, but he's got a plan. We'll see you soon."

I nodded, wondering what Jungkook was thinking, then I watched as my two soulmates left my classroom. I waited a moment, then I followed them. I knew that there was no way that I could keep up with them, and I didn't want them moving any slower if they knew that I was behind them. But I couldn't help taking the opportunity to catch one more glimpse of them, even if I was just watching as they left the ship.

As I was heading for the main entrance/exit from the ship, I felt the ship rumble as the engines kicked on to get ready to send us out to sea. Damn. They had better hurry up. It was killing me to let them go. More than I thought it would. I had always been pretty independent. I always thought that, even if I found my soulmate, I would still be okay on my own when or if I needed to be. Apparently...I was wrong.

A part of me wanted to grab Hoseok and Jungkook and lock them in my cabin, so that they couldn't leave me. But the rational part of my brain knew that one, that would be kidnapping. Or...Idol-napping. And two, they both had an important job to do, and so did I.

When I finally got to the main lobby, I was expecting to walk over and watch them walk down the ramp from the ship. But they were still there and the ramp had already been retracted into the ship. We were moving away from the dock. Hoseok was arguing with the captain of our ship and Jungkook was standing by with his phone held out towards the captain.

I walked up behind Jungkook and whispered to him. "What're you guys still doing here?"

"They won't let us leave," he whispered back at me. He gave me a little smirk and there was a sparkle in his eyes when they met mine.

Hoseok was right. Jungkook had been planning something, and judging by the look he was giving me, this is what he wanted. To get trapped on the ship. I giggled a little. My soulmate was kind of a brat, and I was here for it.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Hoseok yelled at the captain. "You can't keep us here. We have a concert tomorrow. Are you going to be the one to tell a stadium full of our fans that we can't come because you put us in cruise ship jail?"

The captain held his hands up in front of him. "Mr. Jung, please calm down. I'm not putting you in jail. This isn't a real cruise ship. It's a ship full of students. The closest we have to that would be detention."

Jungkook laughed at that and pointed his thumb at me. "Can our detention be with her?"

I laughed a little and smacked him in the middle of the back. "Stop it!"

Hoseok turned and glared at Jungkook. "Seriously. Stop it. What are we supposed to do now?"

The captain tried to sneak away, but Hoseok stopped him. "We weren't done here! You can be the one to tell our manager that you won't let us leave. Why did the rest of our group get to leave? Why are we the only ones stuck here?"

"There's been an Covid outbreak on the ship. The Korean government is making us quarantine a couple of miles off shore for 14 days," The captain explained. He sounded frustrated, like he'd already told him this several times. "The rest of the people who came on board with you had already left when we got the news. We assumed that you were with them. I had my first officer call into the official who gave us the news and explain that you two needed to leave, too. They said no. He tried to explain who you were, but they said that there would be no exceptions."

Jungkook was still holding his phone out, and I assumed that there was someone on it, who they were trying to make the captain talk to, but the phone started ringing.

He hit the talk button and held it up to his ear. "Hello? I know. I'm sorry, Hyung. No. Hobi is trying. What? You too? For when? So we won't-...Okay. Again, we're sorry. We just wanted to see what the classrooms were like. We didn't know this was going to happen. Yeah, that would be helpful. I don't want to have to wear this for two weeks. It's hot. Thanks, Hyung."

I raised my eyebrows at him, but he held up a finger. "Hobi-Hyung. Come here."

Hoseok abandoned his argument with the captain and walked over to us. "What now?"

"Yoongi-Hyung just called," Jungkook started, putting his phone into his back pocket. "They canceled the shows for the next two weeks, so we won't miss anything."

Hoseok sighed and rubbed at his temples. "They had to cancel because of us. I feel terrible."

"Don't," Jungkook told him. "They would have had to cancel them if we got off the ship with them, anyway. They all have to quarantine, too. Just not on the ship."

"What?" Hoseok and I both asked at the same time.

"Whoever told the ship that they had to quarantine knew that we were on board," Jungkook explained. "They called Hybe and told them the same thing. Except they took it a step further, and said that if we tried to show up to the venues, they would shut them down. Apparently they didn't think we would follow their instructions or something."

"So we aren't going to miss anything?" Hoseok asked him. "And it's not all our fault that the shows got canceled?"

"They got rescheduled already," Jungkook told him.

"Well that was quick," Hoseok said in surprise.

Jungkook shrugged his broad shoulders. "I don't know how, but it's taken care of. And Yoongi-Hyung said that they could send us clothes. They're going to our places to pack us some stuff, and then a boat will bring it out to the ship, because I guess we won't be that far off shore or something."

"This sucks," I said with a sigh.

"Why?" Jungkook asked me with a frown. "It means that we get to spend more time together."

I gave him a soft smile. "That part doesn't suck. I just feel bad that you guys are trapped here because I took you to my classroom and we kind of lost track of time."

"I'd rather be quarantined with you, than by myself," Hoseok told me. He suddenly looked a lot happier than he had five minutes ago. 

"Same here," Jungkook added. "I was fully prepared to find a way to get stuck here, anyway. But I didn't have to."

"I told you that he was planning something," Hoseok told me with a laugh.

Just then, the captain walked back over to us. "Mr. Jung, Mr. Jeon, we've found some extra cabins for you to stay in. And again, I want to apologize that I can't let you leave the ship."

"Umm...sir?" I asked. "Are these cabins in one of the student sections?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"Because I think that putting them there might cause a riot, sir," I tell him with a laugh.

"What do you suggest then, Miss Carter?"

"There are still a few empty cabins in the staff section, right?" I asked, and he thought for a moment, then he nodded. "I think that might be safer for them. You can't get in our section without a staff keycard, so the students won't be able to get near them."

"But the staff cabins are so small," the captain told me. "I'm sure that they're used to much nicer accommodations."

"We'll go with the staff cabins," Hoseok told him. I was still amazed that he could understand and speak English well enough to keep up with our conversation, since the captain didn't know Korean. "I think that she's right. It will be safer."

The captain sighed and nodded his head. "If that's what you want, then that's fine. But please understand, that each cabin section will be quarantined to their own section. You will be able to use the staff recreation areas and dining room, but you will not be able to go to the other sections of the ship."

"Sounds perfect to me," Jungkook said. "They'll be sending some clothes and stuff for us once the ship is anchored. Will you let us know when it gets here?"

The captain nodded, then asked that we please head to the staff section and not leave. We turned so that I could lead them to the staff part of the ship.

Hoseok put his hand on Jungkook's shoulder. "Well, I guess you're going to get your wish."

"Which one?" Jungkook asked in confusion.

"You said that you wanted to live here." 

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A/N: Hi, guys! I'm finally starting to feel a bit better, and I can actually go back to school on Monday. Granted...my students can't. Teachers and staff only have to be quarantined for 10 days in my district, but for some stupid reason, it's 21 days for students. I feel so bad for them. Hell, I feel bad for me. Having to teacher through zoom and videos lessons is about 500 times more work than just regular teaching. But I guess that it is what it is. 

For today's enjoyment, here are some pics of my boys that I love. Please stay healthy. 

--------------------------Kat