"I'm so excited for the Halloween party. I'm going as a prisoner of death." Jungkook said, emphasizing the last word in the most dramatic way ever—which is making his voice go two octaves down. No one was really paying that much attention though except for V.

"What's a Halloween party?" V looked puzzled as always. There too many things in this world that he hasn't heard of.

"It's an event where people dress up in scary costumes or as other people. It can be famous people or fictional characters like superheroes, fairies, mermaids.." Jungkook described to V in detail, letting the poor boy's imagination run wild.

"Mermaids? Wow, that's awesome! So that means I can go as a mermaid?" V exclaimed and almost made the food in my throat go down the wrong pipe, ending in me coughing like a madman and Jungkook laughing his ass off.

"Yeah, a merman." Jungkook nodded in response, not knowing that V meant it literally. "That is too common though."

"There are many mermaids?" V gasped in awe, completely forgetting all about his breakfast. "Who are you going as, Jimin?"

"I'm going to be Charlie Chaplin." Jimin bragged.

"What does he do?" V asked at the edge of his seat.

"He does silent comedies." Jimin said, sounding smart while trying to explain how artsy it is and how intelligent of a person he is for having thought of going as a classic like Charlie Chaplin.

"That's boring. He doesn't do anything." V said, quickly turning to me. "And you Haesung?"

"I'm not sure yet." I told him,

"You should go as a villain." Jungkook snickered, "Think about it. You'll save more money because you don't need a costume, you can just go as your usual self."

"Shut your mouth if you don't want to-"

"Don't want to what? What're you gonna do with those tiny fists?" Jungkook laughed. "A mosquito bite?"

"Shut up!" I stood up, making the chair behind me fall back.

"No fighting you two.." Hoseok voiced out before I could even raise my middle finger at my twin. "Jungkook, you should respect your twin sister."

"He's too dumb to know what respect is." I retorted, sticking my tongue out at him while he mocked me by imitating what I said in a high pitched voice.

"I wish I can go to school like Jimin, Jungkook and Haesung so I can join the Halloween party too." V looked melancholic as he pouted his lips out while frowning.

"You can come with us." Jimin said and V's eyes instantly became big and animatedly sparkly. "I suggested to allow outsiders to join the party. I think it'll be more fun than interacting with the same people you see everyday."

"Really? Is this for real??" V exclaimed and began to get all excited when Jimin nodded his head. "Who do I go as? Can I go as a mermaid?"

My eyes widened and I unconsciously banged my palm on the table, "No!"

Everyone looked at me, surprised and confused. V frowned at me while my brother, Hoseok, laughed. "Okay. You sure are passionate about V's costume."

"No, uh, it's because.. I planned to go as a mermaid this year." I said and mentally cursed myself. "We can't have the same concept."

"I think it's cute." Namjoon added with a smile that made his dimples more prominent.

I avoided everyone's suspecting stare. They know me well and they also know that I'm not one to be concerned about someone's halloween costume with this much passion. "What are you guys saying? Pairing is for little kids."

"Well, if V wants to go.. I think he can as long as you guys watch over him." Jin said which made V very happy. He ran over to hug Jin and immediately reconciled with him. Jin smiled as he pat V on the head, "You're welcome, V."

"What costume should I wear?" V excitedly stared at us. He can't seem to control himself. He's just moving everywhere.

"Well, we really cannot afford to buy him a brand new costume but I think there are some old costumes that Jungkook and Jimin wore before." Yoongi suggested, turning to V and checking his reaction. "Do you mind wearing hand me downs?"

V shook his head energetically and with a big smile he said, "Jungkook wore it so I think I'll look cool."

I hung my head down and silently mumbled, "If you only know what Jungkook was into before..."

"You can have my Anpanman costume!" Jungkook raised his suggestion and started to reminisce on those days when he would wait and watch the damn cartoon every Tuesday afternoon.

"Don't you want my old costumes?" Jimin asked V who was busy scheming with Jungkook.

Jungkook leaned over to V and whispered something to him before he answered Jimin, "No, thank you, Jimin."

It wasn't a big deal but Jimin felt kind of sad that V doesn't want to wear his old costumes, "Why not?"

"Jungkook said you're short so your clothes won't fit me." V replied. It's good to be honest but there are times where it's better to lie. Like right now.

"YA!"

A book flew past V's head and his whole body froze on the spot. Jungkook made a run for it upstairs, creating a lot of ruckus as his heavy footsteps thud against the wooden floor. Jimin turned to me before he was about to go after him, "What do you say, Haesung? You want revenge right?"

"No, thank you. I'm going to eat in peace. You may murder his ass for me." I replied calmly. Jimin groaned and ran after the youngest.

Not a second later, we heard the sound of fragile wood breaking. I guess Jimin hit the wall again. When will he learn to aim at Jungoo's face? He's a softie.

"Hey, this house is old! Please don't destroy the house! I haven't fully paid for the last repairs! Ya!" Jin shouted back at the both of them and sighed because he knows that he's only talking to thin air.

"Hyung, relax. Your blood pressure." Hoseok spoke, calming down the oldest one with the red face.

"Oh, I'm going to faint." Jin said as he rubbed at his nape.

"We should just sell them." Was Yoongi's remark with a facial expression that looked like he's done for today. "I would get really emotional once they're gone."

"Aww that's unexpectedly sweet coming from you, hyung." Namjoon was genuinely convinced despite Yoongi's lack of conviction.

"That emotion is called Happiness." Yoongi added.

*goat sound effect*

🐳

One bright, sunny Sunday. Everyone in our household was up early and the house is in full chaos.

"Are all you all ready? We'll be leaving in a few minutes." Yoongi asked yet nobody has heard him. The whole family was busy going back and forth into their rooms except for V who was sitting on the livingroom floor, looking up at Yoongi. "Are your things ready?"

V looked around him and found no bags nor anything beside him, "I'm only bringing myself. Does that count?"

"I have V's things!" I shouted back to Yoongi so he can hear me from my bedroom. I prepared V's stuff in a small bag last night. There's not a lot that V needed anyway.

Yoongi sent the boy a look and then told him to get up, "Just go to the van and wait there. Someone stupid might trip over you."

"What is stupid?" V asked Yoongi, cocking his head to the side has been a habit of his when he learns of a new word.

"You'll know when you see one." Yoongi patted V's head and left the boy to ponder on his words.

The boy did as he was told and proceeded down the small hallway to load himself into the van but he stopped by Haesung's room on his way out. He saw her packing her things into her sling bag. She was throwing all sorts of things in there, things that looked funny and strange. He picked up a white square thing that Haesung dropped.

"Haesung, you dropped this white thing." V said, clueless as to what it was he was holding in his hand.

Haesung turned around and quickly grabbed the sanitary pad when he saw it in V's hand, causing him to become startled. "Thanks V."

"What is that?" V asked as he watched her put in her bag, wondering why she reacted that way,  "Is it paper? Like the one I draw in?"

"Uh, yeah, something like that." Haesung immediately nodded to avoid having to explain it to V.

"Hey, V, let's go." Jimin came by to get V.

" Okay." V smiled and said goodbye to Haesung. He then followed Jimin and passed by Jungkook and Namjoon's room which was a huge mess. He peeked in and saw Jungkook folding his rash guard and swimming trunks neatly before putting it in his bag.

"Jungkook, are you done?" V asked, peeking from the door way.

"Yeah, almost. I'm just.. trying to.. fit my things in here." Jungkook said as he pushed a bunch of bulky clothes inside his bag with much difficulty.

"What did you pack?" V asked, curiously checking Jungkook's things.

"Just my swimming stuff." Jungkook let out a sigh as he finally zipped his bag close.

"Everyone get down here now. We still have a long drive. Let's get going." Namjoon shouted from the first floor of our small, crowded house while I was going down the stairs. He approached me and offered to carry my things. "Let me get that. It's too heavy for you."

I smiled at him. "Sometimes, I think I'm so lucky with my older brothers."

He glanced back at me and smiled, "Well, you are the only girl in the family. To us, you're like the ultimate older brother priority."

I beamed at him and the gave him a hug. Jungkook and V were also going down. V was helping my useless brother with some of his things when they saw us by the front door.

"Aw. That's gross." Jungkook commented, smirking towards me. One of these days I'm going to punch his face and make it disappear into a black hole.

"Your existence is gross." I replied, walking outside immediately so I wouldn't hear his answer.

I got in the van and sat at the back when I finished helping loading our things. I had my earphones in and was minding my business when V sat next to me, suspiciously looking around. I pulled my earphones out and turned to him, "You need anything, V?"

V looked into my eyes. He looked worried about something. "Something happened."

I straightened up in my seat and looked around if there was anyone around who might hear us then when I was sure there was no one, I asked him in a whisper. "What did you do?"

"I-I didn't do it.. it just came out." He said, stuttering and very anxious. "What if they see me? Are they going to sell me, Haesung?"