A 4-year-old kid is playing with his friend who is a year younger than him at the child's play in the Serendipity Tribe. They were playing with their wooden figurine and when they happily playing with each other, then they hear a loud cries few feet...
I was peacefully sleeping in my room until I feel something wet on my face. I immediately sit up and wipe off something on my face. It's just water. "Wake up, Taetae. It's time for breakfast." And it was Jin who was the cause of having some water on my face.
"Alright. I'm up. I'll go take a bath right now."
"Hurry up." I then feel a familiar soft lip on my forehead. I just smiled at it. I hear footsteps slowly fading away. Maybe Hyung had already gone out of my room. Before I go get my hanbok out of my closet, I clean up my room a little bit before Hyung comes and scolds me for 15 minutes.
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After a bath and putting on my hanbok, I immediately go to the dining room. Jin Hyung is there and Mr Kim is also there. Every day, during every meal, I will always feel a burning in me which I assume is by Mr Kim. "Taehyung-ah?" I look up as I hear Jin call me up.
"Ne, Hyung?"
"I give one week off from training to you since I seen you sneakily training with your friends every night. I am surprised that you can look fresh every morning without having some eyebags. I'm jealous." I immediately choke on my Japchae when Jin said that.
"How the hell did you know?"
"I have eyes everywhere, sweetie. Do you forget what am I?" Jin said and I just remember that Jin Hyung said that he's a fucking witch.
"I almost forgot about that. Sorry."
"Don't be sorry, Tae. You are desperate for the sword and I can see you hard working for it. I'm so proud of you. Glad to see you one more time tonight."
"Yeah but maybe not today because Jimin told me that there's a festival in the middle of the tribe."
"Oh yeah, I have something for you to wear for tonight."
"Hyung, no need to be fancy. I just wear one of my robes."
"No no no no no no, listen to your brother. I bet Jungkook and Jimin gonna wear something too."
"Fine," I said as I chuckle. I can hear Jin Hyung chuckles too. Right after I finish all the food, I bow at both the older and then go to put on my shoes to go hang out with my buddies. I go to their house, their parents staring at me disgustingly while I wait for them. When they are out, we immediately go to our hangout. Every time we hang out, we always talk about new moves, create some troubles around the tribe and we gonna end the day by playing a game called Ssireum. For most of the round, Jungkook always wins, and surprisingly I'm in the second place despite me being a human and Jimin is in the last place of all two of us.
"Come on, Hyung. Can you at least have one win?"
"Tae, I'm a little fucking fragile fairy!! What can I do is defend and heal!! Not attacking!" Jimin yelled at both of us after he just gets takedown by Jungkook. It's my turn to fight with Jungkook. We start to tug at the clothes that are knotted at our hip and thigh.
"Starts the countdown, Hyung."
"Okay. Ready.....Set.....GO!!?" Jimin yells and I start tugging at the cloth. I and Jungkook have been turning around multiple times, trying to put or throw Jungkook to the ground. The thing is, Jungkook is too heavy for my liking, but I am confused about how he can't take me down easily because I am light as fuck. Jin Hyung literally can carry me on his shoulder.
"Hyung, stop!!" Jungkook yells at me and I immediately let him go. "Hyung, you tugging it too hard!!" Jungkook yells again while unknotting the cloth on him. When he successfully unknotting it, Jungkook immediately lifts up his shirt up, revealing red-purplish bruises.
"What the fuck? Did I do that?"
"Of course is you, Hyung. My parents didn't find out yet that I befriend you. If they did, I won't agree to play this game earlier. Where did you find all the strength?" Jungkook said, hissing between some words.
"It's impossible. Elf's strength is literally higher than human." Jimin said, starting to heal Jungkook up.
"That's what I think. How did I do that?!"
"Actually Hyung, this is not the first time," Jungkook said, shocking me and Jimin. "Bruises starts forming by you two weeks ago. I'm still confused about how did you bruising my fucking hip AND thigh? Today is worst than before. You are a mere human, Hyung." Jungkook said. I start to feel guilty by looking at the fading bruises on his hip.
"I'm sorry, Kook. I didn't know I manage to do that. I better get home now. We'll meet up here tonight so we can hang out together during the festival. B-Bye guys."
「Author's POV」
Taehyung walks away from the hangout spot after unknotting the cloth on him and slowly starts running back home. He runs straight to his room and runs past Jin who is just about to walk out of the kitchen and lock it. Taehyung opens his drawer to find a book he keeps, about all creatures that exist in the world. He found the page about his kind and what he found is that human is just normal being. No power, weak, and useless. He closes the book and put it back to where it was. He looks down at his hands and thinks, without realising he says it out loud, "How the fuck did I do that?"
"Do what?" Taehyung jumps on his bum and turns around out of shock to see Jin in his room, despite his room being locked.
"N-Nothing, Hyung."
"Tae, you stuttering. That's means you lying. Now, tell me what's wrong, tiger?" Jin said, sitting beside Taehyung, facing him. "I'm gonna sit here until you tell me what's wrong."
"Fine. I accidentally hurt Jungkook."
"What do you mean?"
"Whenever I and the boys are about to end our hangout, three of us will play Ssireum, every day. Jimin at the last place, despite him being a fairy and Jungkook obviously in the first place, him being a tough elf he is. Today, I'm kinda tugging at the cloth that knots on Jungkook's hip and thigh, create big bruises on him."
"What? How long has this been going?"
"Jungkook said it's been two weeks since I start creating bruises on him. I'm kinda confused tho how I did that. Jungkook's muscle is thick but how did I fucking do that? Gladly Jimin knows how to heal using his power." Taehyung said, throwing his face into his palms, frustrated.
"Don't worry, Tae. Now, let's prepare for the festival and go hang out with them." Jin said, without knowing that is the last day he met his little brother.
