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"Listen! Listen, if we're going to stay there for a weekend, we don't need all these things, hyung!" Hobi said, very carefully, trying not to trigger Jin's temper.

"But I need them." Jin said, looking straight into his eyes.

"You need those pink flipflop sleepers...? okay," Hobi rummaged through the silver suitcase. "You need the fuckin' laundry detergent? Okay, okay, leave that. Why do you need six pairs of pajamas?" Hobi almost knocked over Jin's suitcase without looking out for Jin's reaction.

Wrong move!

"And you think you need the ten packs of sprite, extra, only for you? Haven't we packed enough of everything for the party already?" Jin had his hands fixed on both sides of his waist, head slightly tilted as he glared at Hobi.

"Well... I need sprite to survive." Hobi said, not feeling guilty.

"At this rate if I had stolen even half of the cans of sprite you consume every year, I would have been able to start my own business by now." Jin threw his hands in the air, whining.

"Shut up, you both!" Jimin said, moving Hobi and Jin aside and stands in between, his hands spread out, stopping both of them.

"Can we stop fighting?" Jimin said in a 'I am so done' voice. He turned towards Jin as soon as Jin attempted to speak. "Please?" he added.

"Fine," Jin shrugged dramatically and again sat down to rearrange his suitcase.

"Hobi hyung, can you help Suga hyung with some packing instead of fighting with him? I'll go and check on Jk." Jimin said and walked towards the hallway after Hobi nodded his head.

Jimin walked down the hallway and stopped in front of Jungkook's room. He turned the knob, clicking open the door of Jungkook's bedroom without hesitation.

"Jesus christ! Jimin!" Jungkook threw his t-shirt at him. "Can you learn how to knock?" he picked up a cardigan which was randomly laying around, covering his upper body with it.

"Don't be dramatic, I've already seen you naked before." Jimin picked up the t-shirt fallen on his feet, pretending to take a sniff.

"That was when I was in kindergarten." Jungkook rolled his eyes.

"Did you change your perfume? This kinda smells good." Jimin said, tossing the t-shirt in the laundry bag.

"Jimin?" he looked at him. There was just silence in the room. "I literally wore that t-shirt all day and I haven't showered yet. I used no perfume." he said, making Jimin speechless.

"Oh? Well," Jimin pursed his lips, sliding his tongue over them. "Let's move on. Do you need any help?" he just wanted to get away from the embarrassment.

Jungkook shook his head and ignored him, putting his clothes in the bag already half filled with everyday essentials. Jimin shrugged and joined him, trying to be helpfull.

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"Wow! Not gonna lie, I'm starting to like your choices." Jin mumbled as soon as he got out of the car and laid his eyes on the grand-looking house.

It was exactly the same as the one they've seen in the pictures. Overgrown vines covered the right side of the walls starting from the ground floor windows to the secluded-looking balcony in the corner of the second floor. This bungalow must be here for over a decade or so.

The grass in the lawn was still tamed somehow. Various birds and insects could be heard. The house was really situated in the lap of wild nature.

"At least it's not too deep inside the forest or I would have refused right away." Jimin butted in.

"Y'all gonna love it, don't worry. It may look old but the interior is amazing. I took care of everything." Hobi stayed optimistic as always.

"Yeah, that better be true." Yoongi walked past them all and entered the house first, right after Hobi opened the door with the fancy looking key.

"Where's the room you talked about?" Jungkook finally spoke.

"Let's take a look around the house first, at least?" Jimin said, ignoring jungkook who later cursed Jimin under his breath.

"We don't have much time until the others arrive." Hobi looked at the time in his phone. They all put their luggage in the living room for the time being.

"Others.. who exactly?" Jungkook asked.

"Just some other friends from my major, around 10 people, not much." Hobi said, looking around for something. "There it is!" he exclaimed, walking at the end of the huge living room where they are standing right now.

He opened the drawers searching for something. After a while, he joined them back with a bunch of keys with him.

"Just take whichever key you like and that would be your room for this weekend. Let's see who gets the best room." Hobi suggested happily.

Jin nodded following by Jimin and yoongi had no interest whatsoever. Jungkook just listened to whatever he was told to do monotonously.

They all picked random keys from the bunch and hobi gave it to them.

"The number of your room is written on the backside of the key. All the best and I won't change the room for you if you don't like it." Hobi said, walking away with his bags.

The others too, eventually scattered away upstairs to find their room.

There was a stairway in the middle of the living room. The handrails were made of fine-looking dark brown wood and was probably years old but the steps were made of marble stone, with an expensive looking dark brown rug, simply a stair runner, fitted to the middle of the stairs.

The flight of stairs led to the upper floor, opening in a hallway that led to many rooms lined up across each other.

Their voices echoed in the huge space as they bicker now and then.

"Yoongi is already gone in the room without a single complaint, why don't you learn something from him, Jimin?" Jin scolded Jimin for keeping a long face because he didn't get a room with balcony.

"Fine! Fine! I'm taking it." Jimin rolled his eyes, shutting the door close on Jin's face.

"You, little-" Jin clenched his teeth but calmed himself down, getting inside his own room across the hallway from Jimin's.

Hobi's room was on the ground floor, just beside the kitchen while Yoongi, Jimin and Jin got their room on the first floor.

"Where is Jungkook's room?" Jimin asked when they gathered back in the living room.

"At the end of this hallway, the last room on the ground floor." Yoongi said.

"How do you know that?" Jimin squinted his eyes.

"Of course, I know. You were the one who was busy bickering like a baby, not me." Yoongi shut him up leaving Jimin to sit down on the sofa with a sullen face.

"Okay, let's leave those two alone." Hobi said, referring to Jimin and Jungkook. "Suga hyung, you get the Bluetooth speakers ready." he turned to Jin, "You can check the kitchen and the food, drinks etcetera. I will check the house plus the lightings." he clapped his hands once, feeling proud of literally nothing.

"What about me?" Jimin was still wearing the sulking face.

"You just stay out of trouble or probably try to cheer up Jk." Hobi walked off inside, leaving him alone. Jin was already in the kitchen and yoongi was busy doing his work.

Jimin sighed, standing up from the sofa, walking towards Jungkook's room. He knocked on the door, waiting for response. The door opened as Jungkook was standing there with a 'Why are you here?' clearly written on his face.

"What? Let me in?!" Jimin said dramatically.

Jungkook stepped aside for him to walk in. Jimin took in the sight of Jungkook's room as he heard him shut the door behind.

"This is different from mine. I have a rather simple room, though it's still grand compared to mine at home." he chuckled, but got no response from Jungkook.

"Come on! Why are you even more moody after coming here?" Jimin turned around, watched Jungkook silently sit down on the bed.

"Do you wanna go back to Seoul? Should I drop you back home?" his voice was gentler as he sat down on the bed, putting a hand on Jungkook's knees.

"No, I'm fine." Jungkook replied slowly, looking outside the window. "It's not so bad, I just need some rest." he finally smiled at Jimin.

"Goddamn! It's been days since I last saw you smile." Jimin also couldn't help hut smile looking at Jungkook.

"Well then, take some rest. I'll come to pick you up when it's time to get ready." he said, eyes turning into two little crescents when his smile reached his ears.

"Pick me up? Where are we going? For picnic?" Jungkook laughed.

"You got what I mean, didn't you? Now, sleep. I'll go and help the others." Jimin stood up and exited the room, closing the door after him.

Jungkook looked outside, only to find trees and various flowers till far and far away. Now after no one was around and he looked closely in the woods, he could feel the seriousness of being apart from the world. If someone was to get lost in this forest, they'd be scared to death for sure.

He shuddered by just the thought of it and averted his eyes from the window, sliding the curtains close. He decided to take a nap while the others were working.

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"You're a genius, bro. This is such a great place." one of Hobi's friends from the university complimented.

"Just enjoy your time." Hobi said shortly. They all cheered, their cups clinking with each other and gulped down the beer.

The music was loud enough only to the volume that the sound stayed inside the walls of the house and didn't disturb the animals around the area. That was Jin's considerate idea.

Hobi had done a great job in fixing the lights all over the living room, even in the kitchen and hallway. The makeover made the ground floor look like a movie set. It was beautifully done.

Jungkook sat at the kitchen counter, holding a cup of liquor as he took a sip, not caring about anything.

"Yo, man! I haven't seen you in a while." someone sat down on the chair beside him. Jungkook didn't look up, muttering a bland 'hi'.

"Why the long face?" the person said, looking at jungkook.

"Leave him alone, Jisung." Jimin chimed in, second time in a day, draping his hand around Jungkook's neck. "He's not in the mood."

"Oh? What happened? Break up?" Jisung laughed. "Cheer up, man! I'll help you find someone better." he patted his back but Jungkook looked as uninterested as ever.

"Ah, leave it!" Jimin said, clinking his cup with Jisung's and took a sip, Jisung did the same.

"Well then, I'll see you around." Jisung got up, leaving those two alone.

"If it wasn't for Hobi's party, I would have punched that motherfucker right in his annoying face." Jungkook mumbled, looking down without any change in his expressions, only after Jisung was out of sight.

"Woah, are you drunk already?" Jimin laughed, pulling his hand away from Jungkook.

"I'm not. If I was drunk, I would have punched him already." he took another sip, still looking unbothered after he literally cursed the shit out of Jisung.

"Okay, but, Cheer up, for real!" Jimin sighed. Just then someone called his name and he left.

Jungkook gpt up, looking for Jin. After he finally found him, probably cracking jokes, sitting with Hobi and some others, he turned back, not wanting to communicate with others.

Instead, he took a U-turn, walking outside of the house, closing the door behind him.

Have you ever experienced a night in the forest? It's thrilling; there's always a hidden fear inside your chest but at the same time you enjoy the peace that the cloudless night sky has. You want to enjoy the moment but the unknown fear won't leave you.

Jungkook didn't look around, afraid he'd be scared of the darkness and went straight to the garden.

To his surprise, someone was already there.

"Are you out for some fresh air?" the person asked him first. Jungkook stood beside him, not quite interested to look at the person.

"Yeah, it was too loud inside." he replied, plucking a flower from the nearby plant.

"I think so too." the person said, looking ahead.

"How do you know Hobi hyung?" Jungkook asked trying to make a small chitchat.

"Jungkook-ah!!! Get inside, right now." Before Jungkook could look at the person, he heard Yoongi shouting his name.

Listening to Yoongi's voice, he instantly got up. If it was someone else, like Jimin, he wouldn't give a fuck.

"I gotta go." he muttered, not looking at the person as his eyes were still at the door and took off inside, his ears, filling with music again and the silence disappeared.

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Pretty much of a filler chapter, but trust the process until the real game starts!
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