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    "Alright, should we play rock paper scissors? Draw straws? Jae's number game again?" Namjoon asked. Tae's eyes lit up at that, and Jungkook mumbled, "Rigged." Jae was sitting around a small campfire they had built in the center of three separate tents that were set up around them. Small, but comfortable. Thunder clapped above them, and Jae jumped hard at the noise. She hoped it wouldn't storm for long.

    She zoned out a little as they talked among themselves. Everyone looked so bright from the campfire's light, and it softly bounced on each of their handsome faces. It made Jae feel so warm the heat from the campfire couldn't begin to compare and she could feel her heart was having trouble beating at a regular pace.

    She tried to pull herself together as she heard Hobi say, "It's settled then. We already chose which tents each of us are in. So you can just choose one. The catch is you won't know who you're with till you choose." She glanced at the tents and she became flustered when all eyes were staring her down with anticipation.

  "Guys, I-I can't choose with you all staring at me like that..." she said, looking down at her lap. She eyed the tent in the middle, so she went with her first thought and pointed at it. Mixed reactions of joy and disappointment spread, but it wasn't hard to figure out who she was sharing a tent with.

Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook were beaming while the rest were wearing long faces. Jimin was smirking, "I told you so. That's ten pushups, Jin." He groaned and started right away over enthusiastically while making a fuss, making everyone laugh.

Once everyone was ready to turn in, they all said goodnight and Jae stayed outside with Jimin who volunteered to clean up and put out the campfire. He had gone back into the tent to ask Jungkook for his help moving a bunch of heavy firewood so Jae was wandering, looking at the dark sky above her. She wished she could see the stars, but the clouds were covering them.

    "Can you believe they're just so shamelessly out in the open like that?"

    "I know, I mean, there are children here. What are we supposed to tell them?"

    Jae couldn't help but overhear two female hybrids whispering nearby. She crept closer and peaked from behind a tree. It was a cheetah and some other cat hybrid that she couldn't identify at first glance. Jae almost stopped breathing entirely in hopes that they wouldn't notice her presence. "It's bad enough a human girl is here, but for her to be surrounded by seven of our kind all the time?"

   "I know! And do you notice the way they look at her? I mean, what did she do to them? It's too suspicious. No one gets along with a human just like that." What did they mean by that? The more they talked the more Jae felt like she was going to be sick.
"She's probably just a slut who wants some variety. Everyone knows hybrids are better in bed. That's why the brothels exist." the hybrid shuddered.

  "Now those naive boys are trapped with her succubus ways, and we're stuck with her shacking up with them in our camp. It's a shame, really."
"You mean shameful! I respect Yeona I do, but honestly what was she thinking? We could be in danger here."

    Jae was so engrossed in their hurtful words she hadn't noticed that Jimin was practically right behind her. His hand lightly brushed her arm and she would have yelped but he quickly wrapped his hand around her mouth. Once she knew it was him, she relaxed, and Jimin let go of her. The other female hybrids then took their conversation elsewhere, leaving the two alone. How much had he heard?

  "It's not true. I don't want you thinking what they say is true for a second, Jae. Do you understand?" Jimin told her, bending down to try to meet her eyes. She was trying to ignore the sting in her eyes as she avoided his gaze.