- Chapter 18 :

You were sitting on the floor, legs and arms crossed as you tried not to fall asleep. In the bed next to you Hoseok was asleep, as he had been for many hours now. You wondered what was happening and why this didn't happen to the others when they awakened. Although the only other awakening you'd seen was Jimin.

You looked up and stared at Yoongi's body as he was on a chair, eyes closed and lips slightly parted. A few minutes ago you'd asked him to somehow use his powers to check up on Hoseok and suddenly he just died. Or at least he seemed dead. 

Feeling restless, you got up and walked around to Yoongi, leaning down to make sure he still had a pulse. That would be a real problem. You rested your hand on his chest where his heart was and closed your eyes to the beat of his heart. It was a bit relaxing, letting the stress from everything you'd been feeling for a long time go away.

This almost made you more sleepy. Well at least you'd confirmed that he was alive. 

You were sure Taehyung and Jimin were somewhere in the palace roaming the place and Hoseok was sleeping. Yoongi was supposedly in his dreams trying to wake him up which meant no one would see you right now. Which is good because you looked weird just randomly holding Yoongi with closed eyes.

You felt pieces of your white hair fall in front of you as you frowned on the inside. You had to track down this man who apparently had cursed you before the last strands on top of your hair gave into the color that was like a parasite to you.

You sighed and opened your eyes, widening a bit when you noticed that his black orbs were staring right back at you. Yoongi calmly stared back at you, eyes slowly moving to your hand on his chest before going back to your void eyes. Suddenly feeling embarrassed, you tried to move your hand when Yoongi grabbed your wrist, planting it back where you were just resting it.

And even though his face was calm and collected, you felt his heart beat increase. You looked at him with an obvious blush on your face as he intently studied you, eyes staring through you. It sent shivers down your spine.

"What were you doing?" He suddenly asked and you were suddenly aware of how low his voice truly was. You were sure Yoongi was reading your mind but shooed the thought away and looked at him again. "Checking to make sure you were alive." You said, hiding the emotion in your voice before stepping away from him with a sigh.

Your eyes went to Hoseok as the boy was still sleeping, facial expression a tad different. "What happened with Hobi?" You whispered as Yoongi followed your gaze, also staring at the red haired man with a different emotion in his eyes. An emotion that made you raise your eye brows.

"I think he'll be waking up soon." Yoongi then looked at you, "You seem sleepy too. I can see the bags under your eyes. Go sleep." He commanded as you paused, shaking your head. "Even if I'm sleepy, I'm not in my right mind. I wouldn't be able to have a good sleep." I reasoned before going to the chair next to Yoongi and sitting down with a sigh.

"What's wrong? Hoseok is fine now if that's it." He said calmly, studying your face. You frowned and shook your head at him. "No it's just.  .  .something else. I don't want to talk about it." And that was the truth. You didn't feel comfortable telling Yoongi about your dream with seeing your father and the curse.

Yoongi regarded you carefully before frowning at your hair. You followed his gaze and sighed. "I've found a way to take care of this. Don't ask me how or when, but I'll get back to normal." On cue, a set of coughing racked through your body as you struggled to stop, Yoongi rubbing comforting circles on your back and handing you a much needed glass of water that you gulped down with ease.

You rested your hand on your chest, calming yourself down as Yoongi sighed, opening his mouth to say something just when there was a small knock on the door. You both looked at the door to find Jimin and Taehyung walking in, Taehyung staring at Hoseok as Jimin stood at the end of the bed, downcast.

"What happened?" Yoongi asked even though you knew he could've telepathically asked them or looked through their head. You almost raised an eyebrow at this. Jimin sighed loudly and sat next to Hoseok's feet, brushing his hair with his hands. "We checked the whole palace. Not a single soul felt. But the people outside must be out of the hypnosis, there's so much chaos." Jimin threw a desperate look at the sleeping boy. "We need him to wake up."

A silence filled the room.

"How is  he?" Taehyung broke the silence as suddenly all eyes fell upon Hoseok. He was smiling in his sleep. You didn't know if that was good or not, but you smiled back at the adorable man. "You think Hoseok is adorable." Yoongi pointed out, looking at your reaction. You had a feeling he'd expose you and didn't deny it.

"I think all of you are adorable." You nonchalantly say, cooing when Jimin blushed and Taehyung giggled. "Except you." You glared at Yoongi as he wasn't even faced. "Yes, because you know I'm hot." He smirked as you fake gagged, slapping his chest. Jimin and Taehyung chuckled a little at that, distracted from the current situation.

"I'm saying this in advance. When Hoseok wakes up, he may or may not be the same as he was before." Yoongi slowly said, patting Hoseok's still hand. "Is that okay?" Taehyung questioned as Yoongi smiled in a small manner, nodding at the boy. "It will be good for all of us." You didn't know what he meant by that, but said nothing as Hoseok began to move a bit, fingers stretching.

Unknowingly, you leaned forward, watching Hoseok as finally, his eyes opened. All the breaths in the room were released as you pulled the dazed Hoseok up, hugging him. "Welcome back!" You exclaimed, Hoseok's face contorting into confusion as he still had traces of sleep on his face, expression above adorable.

Yoongi seemed to be intently watching Hoseok and you could wonder why that was. What exactly happened when Yoongi 'died'? You didn't get a chance to ask so you were now left in the dark. Without saying anything else, you sat straight and looked over Hoseok as he finally seemed to realize where he was and that he was alive.

Hoseok's face was blank before a look of euphoria bloomed over his expression, a sudden smile making his way to his lips as he turned to you, the closest person to him as you were now the confused one. He looked down at his hand and you did too, only to quirk your eyebrow. His brown bracelet which he had been wearing since you'd met him was gone and instead, the faint marks of the beads embedded in his skin was left.

"I think you lost your-" You yelped as Hoseok pulled you down, using you to get up and stand on the bed as you looked weirdly at him, the others also looking surprised at the burst of energy that seemed to overtake him. Hoseok brilliantly smiled at you he pulled you up as well, holding you by your waist, "I'm happy!" 

You didn't understand anything but had a feeling it was important to Hoseok seeing how his face glowed in a new way, as if the burden he'd been holding onto for years was gone. That was enough to make you happy as you nodded, smiling back at him. "Good job!" You cheered awkwardly as Taehyung jumped on the bed, hugging the both of you as he screamed 'group hug'.

Jimin only followed and you laughed loudly with the others, opening your eyes to see Yoongi standing in the corner, mouth in a straight line. You made a hand gesture for him to join but instead his eyes went dark and with a troubled face, he walked out the room. He looked rather sad. 

Weird.

After that, you all tried to get Hoseok to rest even though he denied every time, saying he wasn't tired and he wanted to walk around and stretch. After giving up arguing with the awfully stubborn sunshine man, you let him go as he got up, walking out the room.

"Are we going to tell him about the people outside?" Jimin poked your side as you shook your head no, looking past the door into the empty space. "No. Let him encounter it himself. He needs to see what's happening and help himself." Your voice was as quiet as a whisper as you smiled at Jimin, walking out in search of Yoongi.

His face was bothering you, how sad it was. You didn't want any of your members to look that sad. As you walked, you paused when you saw a metal bot wheel in front of you. "Tera, have you seen-" "I am sensing signs of depression from Min Yoongi." Tera said calmly as you blinked in awe. 

"How?" You asked, not sure how the bot could decipher that. "I was made to sense sudden changes in emotion and mental stability. Must find Min Yoongi and console." Tera said as it wheeled past you, purple and blue light flashing. After pausing and standing still for a moment, you began walking behind the bot, confused.

Yoongi had always been a mysterious person and even though you'd only known him for a week or two at the most, he didn't exactly always come out happy and cheerful like Hoseok. He wasn't energetic and supportive like Taehyung but at the same time he wasn't honest and doubting like Jimin. He was just Yoongi.

"Is his last name Min?" You asked, recollecting that Tera had just called him Min Yoongi. You realized that you didn't even know his full name. You knew everyone else's full name by now and small things about their lives. But from meeting Yoongi to now, everything was always so rushed and forgotten. 

When you really thought about it, while Yoongi could know anything about anyone, you knew nothing about him. You frowned at the thought as you laid a hand on Tera, pausing the robot from moving. "I'll find him Tera. You stay back." You didn't give the robot a chance to respond as you bypassed it, letting it sit still on the floor before wheeling after you slowly to show you it wasn't going to interfere.

You really did appreciate Tera.

You walked into the opposite hallways where you stopped to see a figure sitting on an open  window sill, the black sky being emphasized with the random lava pools that burst into the air. You were a little angry. how were you supposed to sympathize and work with this man, who wasn't opening up and just focused on other's thoughts.

You padded towards Yoongi as he lifted his head, staring at you with dark eyes and a frown. He didn't say anything for a while, but opened his mouth when you stopped right in front of him. "Go away Ciel. I'm not in the mood." You pursed your lips and stood your ground. "Good because I'm not either." Yoongi paused at this and looked up at you again. That was when you noticed his eyes were a little red.

You softened a little in your stance and sat across from him on the window sill, staring right back at him. "Why you sad?" You asked, purposely using wrong grammar and smiling a little as you wondered if Yoongi would get your song pun. It was from a song named Fake Love, by a band known across the galaxy. They originated in Earth but came to many planets for tours and concerts.

"I don't know, nan molla." Yoongi held back a small smile as you giggled, moving your hair back behind your ear. You reached over the empty space and poked his hand as he looked to you once again, sorrowful.

"You've been sad all the time since I've met you and something tells me you were sad even before that. I won't force you to say anything or open up. But Yoongi, you know so much about us just by using your powers, isn't it only fair that we get to know about you?" You stated in a soft voice as Yoongi looked out the window.

"I don't know what I did to make you cry and get emotional, but you need to tell us Yoongi. I, Team Des, we're your family. We don't want to hurt you." You said as Yoongi smiled a little at that. "You remind me of my best friend from Eridani. He was like you and Jimin put together." Yoongi smiled more at the recollection of his friend as you smiled too.

Yoongi had people he cares about.

"You two must've been a great match then." You joked as Yoongi's smile darkened. He solomnly looked out the window as you wondered what you did wrong. Yoongi swallowed and closed his eyes before answering. "Yeah. Too bad matches burn."

Yoongi then got up and left, not saying anything. You sat there, still as Tera wheeled to you, standing in front of you. Yoongi had already left, but what he said didn't leave your mind.

"Matches only burn when you light them on fire. What started your fire, Yoongi?"

Jimin and Taehyung sat with Hoseok as he finished eating, sighing happily and setting his plate aside before stretching and looking at each member. "We should head out soon you know! The people are off the curse now and must be confused." He stated with a smile. Except this time, the smile was genuine.

"Of course, but.  .  .are your powers fine?" Taehyung casually asked, leaning over his chair to get a better look at Hoseok's hand. It was a little burnt and Jimin didn't ask why as he didn't want to upset the sunshine man. At that sentence, Hoseok darkened a little, his lips forming a straight line.

"Did I say something wrong?" Taehyung asked in a small voice, looking confused. Jimin also looked to Hoseok, confused on the sudden change of demeanor. Hoseok sadly smiled, frowning. "It's just that, I want to be true to myself now. I'm not going to smile when I want to frown. And I'm not going to act like I'm happy to have these powers when I'm really not."

Jimin and Taehyung faced each other, equally surprised looks on their faces. Jimin turned back to Hoseok, who was staring his dead in the eyes. "What do you mean Hoseok? You're the legend of Tauri." Jimin stated, trying to get Hoseok to accept that fact. As far as he knew, none of them wanted to be legends. It just happened and accepting it was the hardest part. But after they accepted it, using the powers became easier, and felt lighter on their minds.

Hoseok gulped as he stared down at his hand, an unreadable expression on his features. "When I was a child, fire, the element I wield, took everything from me. My family, life, reputation, everything. It took away my happiness and made me loose myself in trying to make others happy and make myself happy. Accepting this to be my power is quite.  .  .challenging." He said in a soft voice, tears brushing his eyes.

Jimin and Taehyung stared at their friend, not saying anything. There was nothing they could say. Unlike you, they weren't that talented in comforting, and unlike Yoongi, they couldn't motivate. All they could do was lean over and rub Hoseok's back as he shed a tear, looking at his hand with hatred in his eyes.

He might have accepted himself, but Hoseok didn't accept his powers, which in a way were a part of him.

Jimin felt useless as Hoseok broke down, sobbing his heart out. It was their first time seeing the happy man cry like that, and in a way, it broke them too. They were no one in the galaxy. So far, they did nothing special. They were just a bunch of kids with horrible backgrounds trying to get together and help the world from a force they could barely fight.

And when that set in, Jimin and Taehyung couldn't help but sob too.

They realized just how hopeless their situation was.

Who even are we?

Yoongi walked away from you, not even caring to look back. He could imagine how hurt your face would be, how confused you were. He wasn't one to open up, and even if you were good at comforting, no one was good enough in his eyes.

He closed his eyes opened his mind, hearing the distant thoughts that were racing through your mind at the moment. "Matches only burn when you light them on fire. What started your fire, Yoongi?" Yoongi opened his eyes and let out a sigh. The fire wasn't caused by something, it was by someone.

Someone named Min Yoongi.

You finally got yourself up. You were utterly confused and full of distant thoughts, but still worked your way back to your room with Tera. Only to find the three boys sitting on the bed, crying their hearts out. You said nothing as you leaned against the door frame, watching them.

"Is this what y'all do when I leave for a few minutes?" You ask with a small smile as they all look up at you like a deer caught in headlights. In a way, they look funny with tears streaming down their faces and pursed lips, wide eyes. And yet you know there's something very deep and delicate that caused this. As their guide, it's your job to protect them from that and offer comfort. 

Not because you're their guide, because you are all one family.

You walk next to the bundled men who look like a type of penguin found on your planet. With a small sigh you rub their heads and force them near your body as you smile down at them, feeling quite motherly. "All of this is going to get better. It starts with us." You knew that you didn't have time to tell them an essay since you'd all have to go out to meet the confused civilians soon.

"We should start going n- what?" You look up to see a confused Yoongi. Your face immediately darkens as you recollected what just happened. Instead, you scoffed and forced the boys to get up a Tera wheeled in. "Tera, lead us out." You said in a soft voice as the bot nodded, leading all of you out. 

"I wish we could stay here longer." Taehyung groaned and you only knew he said that because he was missing the royal life of a prince. In a way, you felt bad for him. You had pulled him out from being treated royally to being stuck in a space craft. Then again you did love your space craft.

"I advise that you all get ready. There are riots outside. People are angry and confused." Tera said in its monotone voice as you stepped to the back, pushing Hoseok to the front. When he gave you a confusing look, you gave him your thumbs up. "You're the legend of this land. The people need to see you, not me." Hoseok didn't look to happy about that, but nodded anyways. You didn't make a comment on his enthusiasm. You weren't feeling that good either.

You stopped as Tera opened a door. The darkness from outside crawled into the lighted palace as you were surprised by the sudden darkness all of a sudden. The lava in the background lighted your sight as you realized you were all on terrace. 

As you looked down, you saw millions of people lined up around the building, looks of anger to utter confusion and tears ranging from person to person. You stepped back involuntarily, and felt a hand on your back as Yoongi held you up, not letting you fall. As you turned to look at him, he was staring out into the crowd, not even sparing you a glance.

As you recollected what went down earlier, you detached yourself from his abnormally warm grip and stood next to Jimin, ignoring the way Yoongi now looked at you in mild surprise. You didn't want to be close to a man who was locked. He was going to open up to you if he wanted to freely read through people'es minds.

The people immediately took in the presence of Hoseok as he stepped forward, shaking slightly. You wanted to go up and help him, but you knew that it wasn't your place. You couldn't hold their hands forever. You just had to help them reach the railing so that they could pull themselves up and walk. After all, you were just crawling as well.

Hoseok said nothing for a while, just staring into the eyes of the people, who diligently watched him too. It wasn't like Eridani where everyone could be talking and you wouldn't know. It was a complete silence.

And even though they said nothing, everything was said. 

"Many of us have grown up learning about legends. Many treat this urban tale like a simple children's story. However," Hoseok walked to the far end of the terrace and lifted his hand as fire manifested in his palm and burnt on his hand, lighting the dark sky. People's eyes widened as many stepped back, some raising their arms as if they wanted to touch the fire. "It is real. I am a legend, the legend of Tauri; the fire legend."

No one said anything as Hoseok smiled a little, obviously wanting to brighten up the atmosphere. "I am here to tell you all that from now on, Tauri will be a democracy. No more monarchy, no more rebellions. You were all under a spell by people who tried to deceive us all and manipulate us."

Once again, a silence.

"My friends and I will embark on a quest, one to free the world, no the galaxy of an impending danger. And I, can only hope that you will all endure it with me, if I'm not asking too much. My name is Jung Hoseok, and I plan to help us, all of us live together in peace. Please assist me in doing that." Hoseok stopped and bowed, his head dropping low in respect to the many people who were under him, but who's opinions were more important than his own.

For a moment, silence engulfed the dark city, red lights flickering here and there in the distance. And then it happened.

Cheers erupted from the crowd, faces of joy, some of relief, and some still of utter confusion spreading as people seemed to rejoice. Whether it be from being released of this curse, or from having a new person to depend on, they were happy.

And that made Hoseok happy too.

Hoseok grinned largely and ran to you as he engulfed you all into a hug, smiling a little too wide. "I, I feel happy right now. I don't know why though." He said as you smiled. You wanted to lecture him, but instead patted his head and looked at the others, "You deserve to be."

It wasn't long until Hoseok descended into the people. They welcomed him warmly and hugged him, patted him, and laughed along with him. Although there was a group of people standing by the side looking unhappy at this, you figured that not everyone would've been on board anyways. There were bound to be haters and supporters. However here, there were so many supporters they were like an ARMY. 

As you turned around to count the number of backpacks of new resources and supplies you'd gotten, you bumped in to a hard chest. However, you knew who it was and made no effort to walk back or apologize as you stood still, forehead lying on Yoongi's chest. He didn't make a move either but you could feel his stare on you.

"Help me carry these back." You whispered as he followed you, you both carrying the bags to the space craft. Jimin and Taehyung were enjoying the festival the Taurians had thrown, and even though they didn't understand Toha, just the smiles seemed to get them going.

You and Yoongi walked in silence until you reached a place where the noise of the crowd lessened and the road became a little bumpy. You looked at Yoongi's side profile and blinked when you found him staring right back at you.

"Why are you mad at me?" He asked in a low voice as you turned your head to the front, not looking him straight in the eyes, focused on walking into the dark town, the lava lamps illuminating your way. "Why don't you just read my mind and find out?" You whispered, with no emotion as he stiffened. 

"So this is about earlier. You're mad that I don't open up." You shot him a glare as he quirked his eyebrow. "I get it that you might have things you want to hide, I do too. But you don't even try to open up to us, and just read other's minds, getting to know things they wouldn't want to know."

Yoongi was about to open his mouth as you cut him off. "Reading the mind of our enemies, and reading my, and Team Des's minds are completely different things Yoongi." You were upset, maybe more than you should be. Maybe you were nearing your period time, who knew?

Yoongi said nothing as you neared the edge of the city, the metal poles leading down to the volcanic and lava infested land. You were still amazed that these people came together to build a land on metal plates. It was amazing.

You dropped the backpack and then turned back, not looking at Yoongi, "I'm going to go get the others. Wait here." You said and began to move just as Yoongi's hand wrapped around your wrist and pulled you back in front of him. You were about to huff and scold him when he leaned down and connected your heads together.

For a minute, you both just stood there like that, in silence as has hands were on your shoulders, heads connected. Your arms were by your side, as you looked him in his eyes. Seeing the intensity and burning fire in his eyes, you looked to the ground, feeling the heat rising to your cheeks.

"Hey." Yoongi spoke softly as you looked up to him with your big eyes. He hitched his breath and closed his eyes, "Don't give up on me yet." Your eyes widened as he said that, his lip trembling. You were about to reach up and comfort him when suddenly, you heard the footsteps of humans.

"Living on a praye- oH DAMN I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!" You turned, throwing Yoongi off to see Jimin, Taehyung, and Hoseok, all staring at you with wide eyes,they had stopped singing just to stare with wide eyes. Cursing, you coughed and dusted your shirt. "Nothing happened, Yoongi was just a little tired so I was checking his temperature." You said eerily calm.

The others didn't seem to buy it, but didn't say anything since you were a little salty at the moment. "What are you guys doing here anyways?" Yoongi asked in a calm voice once more as you wondered how he was able to push all his emotions down so quickly. "O-Oh we decided that since you guys left, we should too, so we bid the people bye and brought the bags." Taehyung said in a small voice as you smiled gratefully at him.

Tera wheeled up behind everyone and you nodded, "Tera, think you could help us get down?" You said, taking one last look at the humongous metal city. You could only hope that it would govern itself until Mogaria.  .  .no, until you were able to save everybody. Tera complied and instantly Yoongi used his powers to safely land Tera on the bottom of the rock.

You couldn't see Tera's form from all the way up here, but you could see Yoongi's purple aura around Tera, glowing brightly in the dark. A metallic claw reached up and you gladly held onto it as Jimin joined you, you both holding bags as well. The minute you tapped on the claw, you and Jimin yelped as you were both pulled down into the air, free falling.

You felt your stomach do gymnastics as you closed your eyes, landing to the ground in less than seconds. You sighed in relief as you and Jimin nodded at each other, walking to the craft as Tera got the remaining three members. You were ever so close to finishing your group. Then the real challenge would begin. 

You neared your craft and smiled at it as you landed your warm hand on the cold metallic surface. At touch, the craft lighted up as the hatch opened and gently touched the ground. You motioned to Jimin as he entered first with the bags. You then turned to find Tera strolling with the other three behind.

Tera, Yoongi, and Taehyung easily boarded, but Hoseok stood still, mouth wide open as he gulped. "Hobi, welcome to your new home." You smiled at him as he nodded, distantly. Before he walked into the craft though, you stopped him and turned him so he was facing his city. "You're going to miss it." You replied. 

Hoseok paused and went still. He stared at the land that had stolen everything from him, and had also raised him. He felt tears wet his shirt as he turned around and hugged you, delving his head into the crook of your neck. "If I stay any longer, I won't be able to leave." He whispered as you nodded.

You led Hoseok in the craft as the hatch closed behind you slowly, making a locking noise. Hoseok looked around in awe as you nodded to the seats, "You can chose one of them, and just leave the bags there." You pointed to the bag bundle in the back. 

You take your seat in front and look behind you. The seats are arranged in three rows of three. Tera is sleeping in front of the hatch, charging up already. Yoongi, Taehyung and Jimin sit in the front row as Hoseok settles into a seat in the second row, signaling that he's ready. You nod and conveniently turn on the ship, changing the destination to Denebola.

As the craft does its routine and takes off, you're eyes are transfixed outside onto the space as you bypass meteors, planets, and so many celestial bodies you've never seen before. Behind you, Yoongi and Taehyung are fast asleep and Hoseok is silently looking outside. Jimin taps your body as you turn to face him, "Can we make something to eat?" He asks as you nod and get up.

As you lead Jimin to the back, Hoseok smiles at you, a wheel of emotion in his eyes. You smile back and stop in the kitchen. You and Jimin decide what to make and even though it is quiet as you both work, you know that its not an awkward silence and one of comfort and understanding.

Slowly, the others wake up and get ready, showering and using the new clothes that you'd gotten from the Taurians. You all ate and sat in silence, the boys finally chatting in the back as you worked your way to the computer and looked into Denebola. 

It was a gray planet, large in size with black lines painting it. It had two moons, one white and one silver, the colors almost the same as they revolved the planet in fast motions. You were once again entranced by the beautiful colors and landscapes as you pushed your chair back, facing the others. Denebolians had beautiful radiant purple hair and bright green eyes. They seemed to  be more of the warrior type, ready to fight and were said to be extremely smart and loyal.

You noted that that was indeed a good thing. Unless the legend was a warrior and attacked you all.

"Get ready, we're landing soon."

They scrambled into their seats and seemed to prepare themselves. The only one who was actually a bit scared was Hoseok, but with a comforting gaze from you, he smiled as well. You buckled up as well, closing your eyes slightly as you felt the craft descend at a rapid pace, the craft allowing more cool air to block the heat that should be sizzling you all.

You note how fast it took you to travel from Tauri to Denebola, knowing that it'll take Mogaria that same amount of time, maybe even less. That wasn't good for you in any way. You frowned at the thought, and allowed yourself to be lost in the ethereal scenery outside. It calmed you down. 

It wasn't long until the craft touched the ground, Hoseok finally opening his eyes that he had so tightly closed even though he didn't really feel the land. He always got scared of the smallest things. With a pout, he got up and looked around the craft.

He hadn't been on board it for so long since the trip from his own planet to this one was only about two to three hours. The planets were extremely close to say the least. He looked to see Jimin stretching, yawning cutely as he sent an eye smile at Hoseok. Hoseok smiled back as he dusted himself, watching as the others take care of any last minute things.

You see that everyone is in the bathroom or grabbing last minute snacks as you walk to Hoseok, tapping his shoulder lightly. The man turns to you with a bright smile as you make a puppy face (and probably fail), praying with your hands. "Can you do me a huge favor?" You ask as Hoseok quirks his eyebrow.

"Depends what it is. Shoot." He winks at you as you nod and scratch the back of your hair. "I always feel like I'm behind everyone and even though I know some basic moves, I can't really do a lot with my nunchucks-" Hoseok holds up a hand and you pause, wondering what happened.

"You want me to teach you martial arts don't you." He sighs as you bounce up, nodding like a small child. "Pleaseeeeeeee!" You plead as Hoseok gives you a giggle, "I just don't want you to get hurt.  .  ." He talks to himself as you pout and hold his hand to get his attention. Hoseok immediately turns to you, blushing as you tighten your grip on his hand.

"Please don't look down on me. I want to do this. Please teach me." You say in a low voice, face all serious as Hoseok looks a tad bewildered. He stares right back at you as tension grows between your gazes. Finally he sighs and rakes his free hand through his hair and something tells you that you've won. 

"Fine. But I'm not going to go easy on you." He says without a smile as you nod, holding both his hands, "Thank you! I won't let you down." Hoseok tries to hide his blush and coughs awkwardly as he nods at you. "O-Of course."

"If you two are done flirting, we can leave." You look  up to see Yoongi leaned against the wall, glaring at you as Jimin walked into the room, smiling at you. You said nothing and nodded before asking someone to wake Tera, going into the kitchen to smack Taehyung and hid the rest of the snacks. You then took the whining child and moved him out as the others began sauntering out of the craft.

The land of Denebola was a tad weird. It was cold and somber, dark green stone as a floor in odd shapes and a gray looking sky, the white and silver moons visible from your perch on the ground. It was normal weather, nothing special at all. By now, the craft was closed and tucked away as everyone looked around, taking it in as Tera took in the surroundings.

"Something is wrong with this place." Tera said in a robotic monotone as you looked at it with a poker face. "What do you mean?" You asked, trying to keep any tension out of your voice. You didn't get to sleep so you were fatigued, and you had a feeling any more surprises and you would faint of fatigue.

"There are creatures nearing us on all sides. They move at a fast pace and even though they're human.  . .they aren't. This is frustrating, I'm not able to get a signal on them." Tera said, as you were now worried. Yoongi sweated a little and frowned, "I cant read any minds, but I see shadows of figures." He said swiftly. 

Hoseok, Jimin, and Taehyung were huddled together, looking at the lonely landscape. "Well we should walk away first, we don't want them to see our craft.  .  .whatever they are." You said in a spooked voice as you began walking, feeling vulnerable even though you had your nunchucks and were with a battle robot and four legends. 

For the most part it was a deathly silent and for a minute, you felt safe and comfortable. 

Wrong decision. 

"AHHHH!" You heard Hoseok's blood curling scream and turned to the back to see what was happening. The minute you saw why Hoseok was on the floor and Jimin and Taehyung were frozen, your eyes widened into owl eggs as you kept a scream down.

On top of Hoseok was a human, or what seemed like a human. It was a human with grayish skin, limbs falling off and missing eyes and body parts. You could smells its disgusting scent from your spot and watching as mucus dripped from its body. Hoseok was screaming and trying to get it off.

You realized he was too panicked to know to use his powers. Newbie.

"I had a feeling he was a bottom." Yoongi sighed as he nodded at Taehyung. Immediately, Jimin raised his shaky hand and forced the yelping creature into the air as Taehyung attacked it with a thunder bolt, killing it midair. Hoseok scrambled away as it fell dead to where Hoseok was, twisted limbs.

You ignored Yoongi's sexual comment and walked to the creature, hearing Jimin warning you softly. You lightly kicked it with your shoe and held your breath. It didn't move at all and you were sure that it was finally dead.

"What the hell is this.  .  .thing?" Taehyung frowned as he stood next to you, leaning down to get a better look. "I don't want to know." Hoseok whispered, tears in eyes.

"Guys, we should run. Right about now." Yoongi said as you frowned, not looking up and staring at the thing longer. "Huh, yeah sure why though?" You asked absent mindlessly. You felt a tug on your sleeve and looked up to see Yoongi looking at you in panic. You then leaned to look past him and cursed. 

A group of more than fifty creatures were heading toward your group, seemingly at a fast pace. The creepiest part was that they were wearing smiles, creepy smiles as their missing eyes or darkened eyes pointed you down.

"G-Good idea." You said and turned to move to the other way, just to see another group of them heading at you. "Shit, we're trapped." You cursed as Team Des huddled into a circle, watching them approach. You swung your nunchucks and gulped, "Get ready y'all." 

The others nodded at your statement and got ready as well, crouching down and ready to battle. Just as the first creature ran up at you, fatigue tugging at your body and the disgusting smell choking you, there was a loud scream and three egg sized black containers fell into the sea of 'walkers'. 

A smoke covered the plain field and you felt everyone in your group go still. It was a pleasant smell, much better than the one you were just sniffing. You also noticed one more thing. All the walkers were on the ground, paralyzed at your feet, the sea of them gone to them filling the floor.

"D-Daeng." Jimin whispered as you looked up to see five people, two woman and three men. They all had purple hair and green eyes, looking serious. One of the men, a tall one walked to you, a red bandanna covering his forehead and he pushed his glasses higher onto his nose.

He stopped right in front of you and busted a heart warming smile with two deep dimples. You almost fainted at how adorable he looked at he thrust his hand out at you.  "I'm the leader of the group on Denebola. We're finding a cure against those people, infected people I mean." He said as you looked to his hand. Even though he was adorable and just saved you, you really didn't trust him and scoffed.

"Luciel." You said as he awkwardly looked down at his hand. He sighed and took it back, shoving his hand into his pocket. There was an awkward silence until the man sighed and looked up at you, still smiling as he motioned for the group in the back to lower their weapons.

"Well Luciel it's a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to our planet, I'm Kim Namjoon."

NEXT ON CHAPTER 19 : DENEBOLA

"Okay so is that Namjoon man going to formally introduce himself or keep talking to those other masked people?" Jimin nudged you as you stared at the men, while answering Jimin with squinted eyes. 

"I really don't know Jimin," You looked down on your blood stained shirt, the smell making you want to throw up as you were grossed out just in general, "But right now, we have no choice but to trust these men."

Jimin gulped, but nodded as you turned to Yoongi. His hair was a bit messy but his eyes were sharp as they were focused on the man who had 'saved' you all. You didn't trust him one bit, but had no choice.

You especially didn't like how his glasses glinted. 

Plain damn creepy.

-

"W-Who is she?" You ask as no one responds. You look up to see the man in charge confused.

Great. Trusting Namjoon was a great idea!

"I-I don't know. Her hair and eyes aren't the standard Denebola colors." He says as you look down and notice that he's correct.

Finally, the being looks up at you with wide eyes. For a minute, you pause at her pretty eyes. Hoseok and Jimin make comments on how she isn't a zombie and how deadly adorable she is. You do agree she's adorable. Until she turns deadly as well. The little girl  gets up and runs.

Right at you.

Well shit.

hello loves!!!!! i'm sorry i was late, i just had so many things to do and had to gather some motivation lol. but here's chapter 18! also ik im late but cAN WE TALK ABT THE NICKI MINAJ + BTS IDOL MV??????? *DIES AND GOES INTO OBLIVION* it was soo good and my queen nicki uGh yEs

in these days i now stan jay park, up10tion, ptl, and other groups lmao. i think i've reached 32 groups. and gg's lil touch such a bop istg- and iK AS USUAL IM SO LATE BUT JEONGGUK DAY HAS PASSED SO HAPPY LATE JEONGGUK DAY <333 chiminie is coming next hehe

fun fact: i have the same initials as Park JiMin uwu

bUT AHAH TODAY IS NAMJOON DAY AND I AM NOT LATE FOR THAT BLESS. happy bday to the most hard working and caring leader in the world! ughhh he's 24 why're they all growing upppp T-T and so namjoonie has been introduced into the book today hehe.

also i started school sept 5th, first year of high school as a freshman. can i die yet??? i hate school ugh. also these days i keep rereading bts outcast, it will forever be my fav. everyone, please read artificial by user LATTESALT, it's such a good book and it's like outcast omg its so amazing just *combusts*

i was listening to sad naruto tracks while writing this so i apologize if it was a tad sad and depressing LMAO. emotional shit is great

also.  .  . 

i have whatsoever nO artistic ability, but i've seen some authors make art for their books and i don't want to keep asking my friends to do me favors so.  .  .i tried drawing art for the book? 

i KNOW ITS UGLY AND HORRIBLE OMG IM SO SORRY THIS IS SO DAMN CRINGEY WHY CAN I NOT DRAW UGH- but oof that's luciel and my handwriting. IM SORRY I CANT DRAW *CRIES* ILL TRY AND LEARN. but i might be adding more in the next chapters to show y'all what's going down.

i also added in the denebola art above and i cringe at the thought of it-

oof, i'm out then. the preview for chapter 19 is above so i hope y'all enjoyed it. i already have some art for the next chapter made so please bring bleach for ur eyes-

how was this chapter? any comments for next chap?

well then, i love y'all and i'll to update as soon as possible <33333 see y'all in chapter 19!

-lunar