Ｅｃｓｔａｓｙ Ｐ．Ｊ．

Ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ ７

"RUN OPHELIA RUN!!" We made it into the woods and Jimin whispered to me from the woods which he had made it to. I happen to be stuck in a spot where a guard could easily see me if i stood still or ran. 

I swallowed, it had felt like I swallowed a rock. I looked towards Jimin, I felt my heart race as I ran as quick as I could across the yard. I ran so fast my legs felt numb, and when I stopped I felt arms around me. Jimin had caught me before I started to step on leaves and sticks. 

"We need to be quiet now, we have to walk carefully until we get farther away from here." I nodded in understanding. He let go of me and I followed behind him slowly and carefully. 

It had seemed that Jungkook and Taehyung went off ahead. They were no longer with us, and probably got tired of my scared attitude. I would have too if I had to deal with a newcomer. 

When we got a ways away Jimin and I walked next to each other. "Ophelia?"

"Mhm?"

"Have you felt alone for a long time?" I was taken aback by his question as he continued to walk as if nothing had happened. "Yes. I have been lonely for a long while, and I this part of me....I wish I could throw it away."

Jimin laughed and I couldn't help but feel a bit offended. "You are always haunted by the idea that you are wasting your life. You shouldn't forget anything, even when the clock ticks and the next second we are in another moment. One thing I have learned myself, is even if I am standing alone it doesn't mean I am alone. It means I am strong enough to handle things all by myself."

There was a silence besides the cicadas chirping and the leaves being crushed under my feet. "I learned to accept to be alone sometimes, because not everyone will stay. Even if they promise, they might leave but we shouldn't be haunted with the idea they will always leave us. It will give us a chance to learn and make mistakes, and mistakes give us knowledge." 

"And an error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." Jimin looked up where the trees covered the night sky. "You will learn all of this, you just won't learn it here."

 I held in whatever urge there was to cry. Even if I felt like crying in this moment, I knew that right then and there I loved Park Jimin. I loved him, his morals, his voice, his face, his soul. All of him, and that he was my missing half. 

"We are here." I looked in front of me and there was a huge bonfire with maybe fifteen or more people surrounding it. Some faces were familiar and some were not. 

"I think you will learn to like these people, even if they give off the wrong impression at first." Jimin smiles and looks at someone waving at him as he walks and waves back to him. 

Learn to like them, huh? 

These people were like me, lost and deranged souls that were given a bad hand. I guess I could relate to the more than I think. 

I walked in behind Jimin and sat next to Taehyung who was sitting quietly staring at the fire. The log was a little damp but I didn't mind. "Enjoying yourself princess." He mocks as he laughs to himself and leans back. 

"I am a whole Queen, the heck." I laughed in embarrassment as I got a laugh from Taehyung. "No, a princess suits you. Innocent and clueless and a bit privileged." I scoff at his very brief summary of me. 

"I am not innocent nor am I privileged." He laughs a bit harder this time and shakes his head. "If anyone knows innocence it is me, innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know." 

"I think it did for everyone here, not that your problems aren't valid, I just want you to know you aren't alone in that thought. Everyone here has suffered from the world one way or another." 

Taehyung turns his head to look at me, "Ophelia, how can you sit there and console me when you are suffering just as much. You need to hear these words yourself, so tell them to yourself." He stands up with no more words and walks to a black haired man that looks to have just entered from the forest. 

Was he mad or was he trying to help me? I could tell it was going to take awhile to get used to the way Taehyung spoke. 

"Enjoying yourself?" I look up and Jungkook was looking down at me. He hopped over the log and sat down next to me. "the wind is harsh but its pretty warm with how big the fire is." Jungkook spoke very politely, I could tell he had a kind soul. 

"It's a nice escape from the walls that you will see daily in your room. I have a feeling Jimin might just make it more bearable for you." Jungkook looked over at Jimin who was welcoming the black haired man. 

"Who is he?" I pointed out to Jungkook, "That's Yoongi, he was in solitary for awhile and still is, he probably broke out to hang out with us tonight."

"Is he dangerous?" Jungkook laughed and stood up, "Depends on your definition of dangerous." 

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