Jungkook could see Hoseok shaking, he could feel himself shaking. They were in the same room as two of those creatures, there was nothing much to do. They stood there, frozen, breathing the stench-filled air, praying that this was one of their nightmares.

Jungkook started looking around for some kind of tool or weapon to defend themselves, but he knew that the moment he makes a sound, Hoseok will get attacked. That's how close Hoseok was to those things.

They were lucky that the creatures hadn't noticed them yet, but their luck was short-lived and they knew that. Jungkook noticed that Hoseok had closed his eyes, his chapped lips trembling.

Jungkook still looked around for a way out, but he was in a very difficult situation. If he moves, the doors will creak and will awake the creatures from their now-dormant state and he couldn't let that happen. He couldn't close them or open them fully. He was at a safe distance from the creatures, but Hoseok wasn't.

Jungkook suddenly turned his head back to Hoseok as he noticed him moving slowly to the back, as quietly as he could, to the kitchen countertop.

Jungkook thought that he was walking closer to him but no, Hoseok was walking away from him.

"What are you doing?!", Jungkook mouthed at Hoseok when Hoseok stopped walking, his position dangerously close to those bloodthirsty creatures.

Hoseok blinked at Jungkook and smiled softly, Jungkook couldn't understand what he was up to.

"Why is he smiling?", Jungkook thought to himself as he observed Hoseok's actions, helplessly.

Hoseok slowly reached his hand to a small gas stove placed on the counter and turned its knobs.

"What is he up to?"

Jungkook tilted his head at this action of Hoseok's, his heart was beating dangerously fast.

Hoseok looked at Jungkook again and nodded his head slowly. Even though he was standing a few feet away from him, Jungkook could see tears in his eyes, tears streaming down his cheeks and falling down onto his clothed chest.

Hoseok smiled, Jungkook still confused as to why he was smiling, the same smile which gave them confidence, which gave them comfort, which gave them hope.

"Go!", he mouthed at Jungkook. He looked as if he was waiting for something.

Jungkook furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head.

"No!"

Hoseok slightly turned around and grabbed something from the countertop, from the clutter of things scattered across it. Jungkook couldn't see what he had grabbed, but Hoseok's face showed fear now and also, tension.

"Why? What was he going to do?"

Jungkook suddenly felt uneasy when he started getting tinges of a familiar odour in the undertones of the rotten meat malodour. A sulphuric, rotten egg odour suddenly took over the currently reigning blood stench and pierced into his lungs.

Jungkook suddenly looked at Hoseok and the thing he had grabbed from the countertop. It was a lighter. He was holding it quite close to the stove and Jungkook knew what Hoseok was going to do.

The only way to kill the creatures was to explode them and that was exactly what Hoseok was going to do.

Jungkook's heart dropped to the floor when he realised this, looked at Hoseok with fear-stricken eyes.

"No!", he mouthed. "No! Don't do it!"

Jungkook wanted to yell at Hoseok for even thinking of something like this but he couldn't, could he?

Hoseok lifted his hand with the lighter up and flicked it open. He placed his thumb on the small metal wheel and looked into Jungkook's eyes.

"It's gonna be okay.", Hoseok smiled again, but Jungkook felt angry.

Jungkook quickly pushed open the door, the creatures waiting for a stimulus suddenly snapped their heads at him. They staggered towards Jungkook, but Hoseok started throwing things and shouting at them.

Their focus quickly shifted from Jungkook, who now stood petrified, to Hoseok.

"Run! Jungkook... Run!", he shouted as the creatures got hold of him, biting into his flesh.

He screamed at the top of his voice. Jungkook tried to run to him but he couldn't. He twisted his head back to see that Seokjin had grabbed on his shirt tightly and was pulling him back. Jungkook quickly looked back at Hoseok, to see that his eyes were still on Jungkook.

"Run!", Hoseok shouted for the last time through the pain, the lighter still in his hand.

Seokjin quickly pulled Jungkook back by the collar and threw themselves out of the kitchen. They immediately ducked behind a concrete wall as they heard the deafening noise of the explosion, they shut their ears and covered their heads by instinct.

The fire roared through the kitchen, blowing away the doors and everything else in there, including the creatures and, Hoseok.

Hoseok was gone, he was really gone.

Jungkook couldn't believe what had just happened, he couldn't believe what he had just seen. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't swallow his spit, he couldn't even cry. His heart thumped like it wanted to break out of its cage and his vision started to blur out.

"Jungkook! Jungkook! Are you okay?"

He could hear Seokjin's faint voice, but he wasn't able to understand what was going on, what just had happened.

Was Hoseok really gone?

He quickly pushed Seokjin off, stood up and scrambled back into the kitchen.

He could see nothing except black smoke and small after-fires here and there, his senses seemed to be temporarily damaged. He faltered into the kitchen through the broken pieces of glass and burnt items, ignoring Seokjin, who was right behind him coughing due to the smoke.

"Hoseok hyung!", Jungkook yelled as he collapsed to the ground on his knees, in between the fiery debris.

He started crying, screaming at the top of his voice, he was still angry, angry at himself. Hoseok's eyes still remained clear in his mind, as he blamed himself for what had happened. He could've saved Hoseok, he could've let himself get attacked. But that was what Hoseok had done, he had sacrificed himself for Jungkook.

Seokjin lifted Jungkook up and somehow got him out of the kitchen. The fire had blackened their faces, their lungs were filled with smoke and their hearts were hurting, so much, but they had to get back to the bathroom to Yoongi and Taehyung, back to safety.

Seokjin dragged Jungkook to the bathroom, Jungkook had fallen partially unconscious and they were in danger. Every moment outside the bathroom was dangerous and Seokjin kept himself alert as he put Jungkook's arms over his shoulders and walked.

Finally, they reached the door and Seokjin knocked three times. Taehyung opened the door, his face suddenly struck with worry as he saw their black sooty faces.

"What happened?", Taehyung queried. "What was that loud noise?"

"And where's Hoseok?"

Taehyung asked them when he saw that it was just them two, nobody was behind them.

Yoongi quickly stood up and limped closer to Seokjin.

"Where's Hoseok?"

Seokjin didn't say anything. Taehyung locked the door, helped Jungkook sit down and looked at his face.

"What's this on your face? What happened to you guys and where is Hoseok?!", Taehyung yelled but Seokjin didn't speak, he couldn't speak.

He just stared at the floor, his eyes brimmed with tears.

Yoongi walked closer to Seokjin and held him tight by his collars and looked straight into his eyes.

"Where. Is. Hoseok?"

That's when Jungkook started crying. He sobbed and bawled on the cold tiled floor, his hands pulling on his hair, his head hung low, taking breaks in between to breathe.

"He's gone...", Jungkook mumbled through his sobs.

Yoongi froze hearing Jungkook's words as Taehyung kneeled down beside Jungkook and held his shoulders. Jungkook lifted his head up and looked at Yoongi.

"He's gone."

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Hey guys, how are you all? I just got the news that my closest neighbour has the virus... MARTY I'M SCARED! I think I have it too btw, but I'm okay.

Aaaaand my results are out and I was very disappointed, my marks didn't even come close to what I expected but dw I'm a very optimistic person and whatever happens, happens for good. So I'm completely fine... I'm not depressed or anything :)

Anyhoo, next chapter out on October 8, 2020.

OH HELL I FORGOT! 'BE' IS COMING ON NOV 20TH WHY ARE THEY FEEDING US SO MUCH I'M NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP BUT I'M SO EXCITED k I'll go now.