LOST (Yoongi ff)

2. Blur

Everything hurts. As stinging pain travels through my body like a shock. Merciless screams of women, men and children. Running footsteps. No, escaping footsteps that I can feel with my entire body. I want to open my eyes but I can't.

How long is this dream going to last?

"Yah"

"Hey!"

"Hey!!!"

"Are you okei?" Someone shaking me violently while trying to help my hurled up figure from under an seat. As he sat me to the seat next to him I roar immediately to the astonishing pain I was in. That's when he softly covers my mouth with a panicked expression on his face looking around.

"Blood!" He whispered while pointing at my nose. I was still unable to talk due to his hands and my vision was blurry.

"You this"

"Take this"

The owner of the voice handed me something as I am finally able get a good look as my eyes focus to see a pale face.

He touches somewhere in the center of my face with his thumb and brings his thumb in front of me to see the-

With that I black out again but not before I am able to take a glance at what he handed me earlier so secretively.

It was a handgun.

That's when I realised. The screams, they were still there. They hadn't stopped for a second. This wasn't a dream.

It's a nightmare.

                                      — 余 —

15 hour earlier

As I got to the boarding gate I could see most people already lining up in front of the "economic class" desk, even though they weren't accepting passes just yet. Despite the Covid 2 meter distance rule, people were practically falling on top of eachother in the boarding line. I too get in the line behind two elderly people, making sure I'm keeping my distance. And so I prepare myself for a long wait.

"Going or returning back?"

Said an old man turning towards me with his arms locked to an elderly woman who I assumed was his wife. They both seemed over eighty years old and caucasian. My eyes fell down to their chin looking at the hanging mask which was not being used at all.

They broke our distance and approached me.

"Dubai is a wonderful city or so I've heard, is that true?"

Asked the woman smiling at me with much healthier looking teeth than I'd have expected for someone her age.

"Uhmm actually, I've never been to Dubai before, I'm not headed there as my final destination." I said to them making sure I keep my distance and mask ideally.

"I have a two-hour transit in Dubai airport then I'm taking a flight to Tokyo." I explained to the elderly lady who almost seemed sad when I couldn't answer her question. So I said,

"But I've seen pictures online and I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time there."

"On the line?", she questioned with a confused expression plastered on her face.

"It's the internet, that's how we see the grandkids. Jeez women try to keep up", said the man beside her.

I gave them a small smile, even surprising myself by the sudden small eruption of emotion. I was genuinely flattered by how cute they were together.