(Jimin's POV)
(Three days prior)
As we all split up into our designated teams I was very nervous about how Jungkookie would react after we came back, I wasnt sure if he'd be Okey or throw a tantrum about how Namjoonie was alone with me for too long.
At the end of the day there was nothing i could really do, I mean, I get why he has his doubts I'll be honest. As we headed into the city I could feel myself blush as Namjoonie held my thigh while driving, with Yoongi in the back.
I doubt that he did this on purpose given the fact he wasn't fazed at all, it was probably just habit, right? But then again why does he have that habit? Is he in a relationship?
For some reason the thought made me feel really jealous... That he has a secret girlfriend and didn't even bother mentioning her? Or him... Maybe him...?
I somehow let my strange jealousy get the best of me as I suddenly turned to Namjoonie and asked, "So, did you have a girlfriend before all this started?"
Namjoonie laughed, "Girlfriend? Nah, never." Which made me feel a bit better, but that could also mean he likes boys and has a boyfriend. Why am I being so worried?! You literally have a boyfriend, Jimin. What are you doing?...
"Why not?...." Stop it.
"I'm just like you, is all ill say." He smirked and looked at me with a wink, I immediately blushed and looked down avoiding his gaze as I caught on what he meant immediately.
"Jimin." I quickly looked back at Yoongi who spoke in a warning and stern voice, he looked at me with a threatening glare and shook his head no as if he already knew what i was thinking. This man is so freaking confusing, there's more to what he's letting on. I just know it.
I looked back at namjoonie, he hadn't seem to realize what was going on and just kept focus on the road.
"Speaking of, how's it with you and Jungkook?" Don't ask me that Namjoonie, you make me feel guilty.
I gulped and spoke in a shaky voice, "It's fine..." Looking down to my lap and watching as the veins in his arms popped out, I could feel myself getting more shy by the minute, "Oh really?" He asked in a strangely flirty voice, I almost screaming when I felt his hand slowly move upward, "Your voice seems hesitant, are you sure it's... 'fine'?" He asked, continuing to move his hand up my thigh.
"W-well... I-im not r-really sure....." I answered his question honestly, immediately feeling his hand squeezing my thigh, "Is that so?"
"Y-yea...." I fumbled over my words as I felt his hand slipping further up my thigh, unable to make myself continue and disrespect jungkookies trust I pushed his hand back to where it was, then felt another squeeze and decided to just push his hand off completely.
Dont get me wrong, I really like Namjoonie, but I can't make myself betray jungkookie, however.... I don't even know if he'd even care that much anymore...
He's literally admitted to cheating on me, I understand the circumstances and all, but I still feel that deep down he doesn't love me more then he does Taehyung. Clearly they have a complicated past that I'll never understand, but it seems at the end of the day I'm simply the one he was able to openly love. While Taehyung is the one he loves deeply, and behind closed doors, so he uses me as an excuse to not love him.
So am I really the bad guy for liking someone else as well? At least I'm loyal and simply blushing...
Throughout the day Namjoon as playful and teasing as usual, he didn't seem any different. Like nothing happened, I was starting to think that maybe he was teasing back then, it seems something he'd joke about? I don't know....
What I do know is that Yoongi definitely knows what's going on, he kept giving me the stink eye and completely ignored Namjoon as if it's any of his business? He's literally just a freaking background character, why does he feel he has the right to get mad at me for something I didn't even do??
The first stop we made was at a grocery store, get random things that aren't already in the hotel and simply leaving not having much else to do there. The next stop was a police station, we tried all the radios and looked for anything that might help but nothing, and we ended up taking a bunch of guns and amo for protection.
Then we continued on our journey to find somewhere to live, which is what we originally planned to do. Find a convenient and safe option for long term, we didn't find anything at all.
There was one thing though...
"This clearly isn't gonna work." Yoongi said, he's been salty all day, he immediately just turned around and left to go back to the car. Me and Namjoon stayed behind in the dark abandoned building to just continue looking around. Yoongi just set a foot in here and decided 'no' so we still wanted to take a look around.
After a few minutes I suddenly heard a noise of something falling, I swung around being completely alone in the room. Seeing a small creature scurrying to get underneath some old debris.
I was shocked at first then quickly realized whatever it was was injured, given the trail of dark red blood behind it. I slowly got closer to it as to not scare it, also not sure what it was in the first place.
I softly started to speak with it, "Hey little guy.... Are you Okey?... Do you want something to eat? Are you thirsty?..." I started slowly spilling some water into a crack in the floor to act as a water bowl. Almost immediately I saw the small critter peeking out, sniffing aggressively probably to make sure I wasn't a threat.
I backed away slowly to give it some space, as it came further and further out so I could see it i screamed and fell backwards. Scaring it and making it run back into the debris, Namjoon immediately came running into the room having heard me screaming bloody murder.
"What's wrong!?" He said loudly, he immediately grabbed me and was looking to see if I was hurt, with shaky hands I point towards the debris and the already coming back out creature. Namjoonie froze in place as he stared at the fluffy, bright green and purple small little fox-like animal. It's ears were pointy and bright red, it had the basic shape of a rabbit and a face of a fox. With bright colours popped all over it in the shape of circles, and big blue wings like a dragon. Whatever the heck this was its not natural.
The creature immediately started drinking the water I let out, it's right foot seemed to be injured and bleeding. I slowly got closer to it, Namjoonie obviously telling me to stop but listening when I told him to wait.
I slowly got closer and put my hand out to it, it sniffed me momentarily but quite quickly pressed it's nose against me like a cat would to ask for pets. I flinched slightly but realized it wasn't trying to hurt me and started petting it's head which it seemed to enjoy. I carefully put my other hand on it's side by his leg, the thing quickly falling to its side showing me it's leg, there was a big cut across its right paw. I took a look and asked, "Can you understand me?" Its a long shot but after everything that's happened it's not impossible.
It nodded it's head and let out a soft purr, at this point I wasn't even shocked, "Okey... Will you let me pick you up? I can help you, I just don't have the materials with me..." I asked, again it nodded, I seemed to have gained its trust, "Okey... Don't panic.." I said, softly and carefully picking it up immediately putting it in a position that wouldn't hurt it's leg.
I walked slowly back to the car with Namjoon observing everything and seeming ready to attack at all times, "Urgh- How'd you manage to pick up a stray demon hybling?" Yoongi seemed annoyed when he saw the thing, "Hybling?" I asked, even more suspicious that he's hiding things from us.
"It's the racoon of the demons, a trash panda, a hybrid, a rouch." As Yoongi explained and the 'hybling' growled at him, I'd be offended too if someone called me a trash panda, "I said what I said and I meant what I said, you damn rodent." Yoongi said, not seeming threatened at all by the growling demon.
The huybling simply stuck it's tongue out and turned around facing my stomach, "Why does it seem so human like?" I asked, amazed at the fact that it could stick it's tongue out and know it's meant to be mockingly, "It has the brain of a human child, as it gets older it'll get bigger and 'wiser', some hyblings even turn into magnificent dragons and leaders of the underworld, but most are useless and annoying and get themselves killed within three hundred years. So the chances of getting old enough to become something great is rare."
I nodded along as Yoongi explained, gently petting the poor thing, "Well, I'm taking it home and treating it." I said getting into the car, Yoongi seemed annoyed but didn't say anything.
Namjoonie was still a bit wary but nonetheless drove us home, Yoongi explained a bit more on the way luckily, "As much as I'm not allowed to say this, but the underworld does exist, it's filled with elves, demons, fallen angels, dwarfs, anything you can think of. It's an endless pit of hell, time is almost none existent, one single second in human time is about a year to us. And those rodents are constantly annoying you, they're VERY friendly and once they take a liking in you they won't stop and be attached by the hip to you until you kill it. And then it's reincarnated and loves you again, they don't know gender and doesnt easily reproduce, but when they do one hybling gets pregnant and easily over a hundred more comes out of it. Which is why there's such a large population of them, this one is probably about two hundred years old given its size. And seeing the horns and wings it's probably male, but like I said they don't do that much," Yoongi really didn't seem to like the hyblings, he suddenly reached to the front and roughly grabbed it's left wing, "Ay, what's your name demon?" I immediately pushed his hand away and made sure Yoongi didn't hurt him while the hybling hissed at him, "Don't bother, they don't feel pain very easily, it's probably just looking for attention. That little cut won't do shit, you little whore."
"Hey! Stop it, that's really mean." I scolded at Yoongi, covering the hyblings ears to protect it from yoongis harsh words, "What's your name little one?..." I asked softly and it purred at me, "It's Douyanlie." Yoongi answered for him, "Douyanlie... That's really pretty." I giggled petting Douyanlie behind his ears which I noticed he liked.
"It's your funeral, Jimin. Don't complain when it won't leave you alone." Yoongi warned me, but I wouldn't mind, this thing is adorable and clearly harmless.
When we got back to the hotel I asked Yoongi what it eats and he said that Douyanlie said he likes carrots, I guess he understand hybling?
I didn't care much, I carefully cleaned and bandaged douyanlie's wound and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was which means heightve just wanted attention afterall, I gave him some carrots which he greatly enjoyed and seemed very happy. I took it up to my bedroom to sleep and came back down to help Namjoon and Yoongi sort threw everything we brought back, Yoongi told me to help sort out amo which was boring so I asked him to tell me more about 'the underworld'.
"You do realize that just the fact I'm telling you this could get me a sitting in Town Hall right?" He said annoyed, I asked what Town Hall meant and luckily he explained, "It's a nickname for Tollynial HallingWing, it's a punishment. The actual punishment varies from harshness based on how badly you fucked up, it goes from a simple cage being dunked under boiling water to being brutally beaten with Gowzaths hammer. And trust me, it's not fun. And they inject you with a specialized witches potion to keep you alive and conscious threw out so they can get really brutal. And the fact that I've discussed the underworld with peasant humans could get a real harsh punishment."
I felt kind of bad for asking now, so I rather shut up and quietly sorted threw the amo. After only a few minutes the others came back, I was immediately hugged and kissed by jungkookie, I felt a bit uncomfortable but was sure not to say anything.