Jimin snapped his head at Jungkook.

"Oh no... Jungkook... What am I gonna do? Am I gonna...", Jimin trembled, but Seokjin suddenly cut him off.

"It's nothing! It's just a scratch."

Seokjin held Jimin by his shoulders and looked straight into his eyes. He could see the fear in his eyes but could also see something else, lurking behind his dark brown pupils.

"You'll be alright.", his voice felt assuring.

Hoseok suddenly noticed something and his breathing hitched.

"Jimin... The wound...", he couldn't complete his sentence.

Seokjin looked at the cut. It was turning purple in colour, not pure purple, but an ugly greyish purple. The colour was spreading from the cut and moved slowly towards his elbow. His veins were turning blue and his skin was losing its colour. He started shivering all of a sudden, he fell to the floor like his whole body went numb.

Hoseok quickly tore off a piece of his shirt and tied it tightly above Jimin's elbow like a tourniquet. It slowed down the blue veins from spreading, but it didn't stop.

They didn't know what to do.

"We could get the poison out of his body... We...we need something sharp...", saying this Yoongi ran inside to see whether he could find a knife or a piece of glass.

Hoseok understood what Yoongi meant and ran after him. Seokjin made Jimin sit down on the floor gently. His whole body was shaking. Jungkook and Taehyung just stood near them, petrified.

Jimin slowly turned his head towards Seokjin's face, his eyes had lost their dark brown hue and his face, ashen.

"Hyung...I'm not gonna make it..."

Jimin gulped and paused for a moment. He took in a deep breath and sighed.

"But I'm not gonna let you die."

Saying this Jimin gathered all his strength and stood up. He swiftly opened the door, got out and slammed it shut with a loud thud. He was out before Seokjin could register what just happened.

"No! Jimin... No!", Seokjin screamed.

He tried to open the door, along with Jungkook and Taehyung, but it didn't budge, not even a little bit. It was them three against Jimin, but against all odds, they were losing.

Yoongi and Hoseok came running, hearing the loud thud of the door closing, Yoongi was holding a piece of glass.

"What happened? Where's Jimin?", Yoongi inquired, seeing them wrestling against the door.

"He's outside. He's...", Taehyung shouted.

They were pulling the door handle with everything they have, yelling and shouting. But nothing happened.

Yoongi and Hoseok stepped forward to join them, but Seokjin suddenly lost his grip and fell backwards. Jungkook and Taehyung went to Seokjin to help him, so did Yoongi and Hoseok.

Seokjin stood up immediately and twisted the door handle. It was not being pulled from the outside anymore.

Seokjin paused and looked at the others. They were frozen as well. He slowly opened the door.

"Jimin?"

He peeked through the small gap that he opened, to meet the same rotten odour again. He didn't mind it, he wanted to find Jimin.

He opened the door wider to see Jimin a few feet away in the rain, in the dark, on the ground, kneeling. His head was hung low and his arms rested on his thighs. Rain dripped down his already drenched body. He was not breathing, he looked motionless.

"Jimin, buddy... Are you okay?", Seokjin took one step out of the building, the others right behind him.

Suddenly, Jimin snapped his neck and looked at Seokjin and Seokjin knew.

He knew that Jimin didn't exist anymore.

The creature, who once used to be Jimin, started twitching and crawling towards Seokjin. Somebody grabbed Seokjin by his collar and pulled him inside and locked the door.

It kept on banging on the door and after a few minutes, it stopped.

Seokjin's mind was frozen, so was his body. He had just witnessed what they were dealing with, what the entire world was fighting against and he knew that there was no escape.

"Hyung?", Jungkook tapped Seokjin's shoulder.

He flinched on his touch and looked at his face. He suddenly started crying, into Hoseok's arms. Hoseok was one who pulled Seokjin in. They couldn't believe what they had just seen. Tears came out of their eyes uncontrollably, their minds were struck with fear.

"I'm the one who killed Jimin... I asked him to go...", said Taehyung, through his sobs.

"I should've gone... I'm the one...", he broke down. Jungkook hugged him, as tightly as he could, he was crying too.

Yoongi slowly went to Taehyung and patted his arms.

"It's not you. And there's nothing we can do about it.", he said.

Hoseok helped Seokjin up and they slowly walked to their room. The room felt empty and unpleasantly quiet. They didn't speak a word after what happened, they couldn't.

June 28 | DAY 4
09 : 47 pm

Yoongi had brought dinner for them, but they refused to eat.

"You have to eat...", Yoongi compelled. "We have to get out of here... Alive."

Yoongi stared at everybody's motionless figures and sighed.

"Come on now... Take this."

He handed out the juice boxes that he had found, after ensuring that they were not spoilt.

They accepted the boxes but did not drink from it. Taehyung noticed that Yoongi had two extra juice boxes. He looked at them, his already puffy eyes started tearing up. Yoongi saw this and suddenly grabbed the boxes and gave them to Taehyung.

"I... I brought it for you... I didn't... It's actually for you.", Yoongi said, trying to hide his tears.

In fact, everybody was trying to hold back their tears.

Seokjin's mind was numb. He couldn't think properly. In addition to that, he felt really cold. He had given his jacket to Jimin when he came back, all wet and cold.

Seokjin tried not to think about what happened, because every time he did, he would remember how Jimin turned, how his skin went pale and how his eye colour faded. Every time he remembered that, his hands shuddered.

Hoseok noticed Seokjin shivering and he started looking around. He saw the pile of clothes on the floor that Jimin had been emptied from their backpacks. He rummaged through and found a jacket, big enough for Seokjin.

"Hey, I found you a jacket.", said Hoseok walking up to Seokjin.

"Thanks."

He took the jacket from Hoseok and wore it hastily, it was very chilly.

"Where did you find this?", Seokjin asked, feeling comfortable in the warmth of the jacket.

Hoseok's face dropped and he sighed.
"Must've been Namjoon's."

June 28 | DAY 4
11 : 37 pm

Seokjin couldn't fall asleep. He slowly lifted his head up to see Jungkook and Taehyung fast asleep in one corner and Hoseok in another. He looked over at Yoongi to find him sitting, leaning against the wall, staring at the ceiling blankly.

Seokjin slowly stood up and walked over to Yoongi. Yoongi noticed Seokjin coming over and he quickly wiped his tears. Seokjin sat down beside him, in the exact same position as Yoongi.

"Seokjin...", Yoongi started speaking in a very low volume. "Do you ever wish that this was all a dream, a nightmare...?"

He sighed.

"Do you ever wish that we could just wake up and find ourselves in a warm bed, safe and sound.", he turned his face to Seokjin.

Seokjin stared blankly at the ceiling, he never blinked once.

"All the time Yoongi, all the time..."

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Hey, I know this was a pretty eventful chapter and I hope I was able to bring it to you in its full effect. My writing style is simple and I'm trying to improve as I'm moving on.

DYNAMITE TEASER IS OUT AND 'SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL, SO I'MMA LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE. WHOA OH OH'

Next chapter on August 26, 2020.

Love,
PAPRIKA 💜