alien affairs // jjk X reader

12. chance

"How about we make a deal? You beat one of our warriors," Lord Cheon motioned the crowd of muscled brutes behind him, men you couldn't beat even if you trained endlessly, "And you can stay, freely, and do..." He motioned between the you and Jungkook, "whatever this is."

"And if I lose?" You asked, skeptically.

Lord Cheon grinned, a cat playing with a mouse, "Then you're to stay as a hostage..." His eyes flickered to Jungkook, "And he'll have to pay for bringing you here."

You bit your lower lip, "What do you mean, pay?"

Lord Cheon leaned back into the chair, staring at the pair of you amused, "Plucking of course."

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"Just go home, Y/N." Jungkook said as he laid out all of your clothes on your shared bed.

"I'm staying." You muttered, putting the clothes back into the closet as he brought them to the bed.

"Y/N, just go."

"No."

"Y/N-"

"No, I'm staying."

"Just run away, it's easier."

"No."

Jungkook sighed, closing his eyes like he had a migraine, "Y/N, war-prisioners don't get treated well here-"

You snorted, "They don't on Earth either."

Jungkook clenched and unclenched his fist, the tattooed figures on his fingers dancing with every movement, "Just go.... Y/N... please." He pleaded.

"I'm not going to leave you here!"

"Y/N, please, just go."

You took a step back, "You don't believe me."

"What?"

"You don't think I can win." You whispered.

"No, Y/N-"

"I want to train Kook. I want to take a chance." Stay calm Y/N, stay calm...

"Y/N-"

"No, Jungkook!" Jungkook flinched at your sudden rise in volume,  making you slightly cringe. "If there's even a grains worth of me beating a soldier then I want to take it." I don't want to take the other path...

Jungkook took in a deep breath, "You're going to hang your neck up for a grains worth of chance?"

You nearly laughed, "Do I have any other choice?"

"Yes!" Jungkook shouted, "You could leave and live your life like none of this happened. Yeah, there might be a war, but you won't have to be in the middle of it like you are right now! You won't have to be directly impacted like I am or my hyungs are. We were born into this! You weren't! You don't have to stay..." Jungkook poked his cheek with his tongue, clenching his jaw, "You don't have to get hurt, Y/N. You don't have to, you have a choice. You don't have to stay in this house of cards with no foundation."

You slowly grazed Jungkook's face with the tips of your fingers, ghosting over his cheeks, making him face you, "What are my choices?"

"Life or death." Jungkook mumbled.

"Life being on Earth?"

"Of course."

"But I don't want that life." Jungkook's eyes finally met yours, maybe I'm being too bold. Maybe you were, but the thought of him disappearing from your life... forever made you choke, "I won't ever forget this place... or you. I'll regret leaving without taking a chance." Jungkook leaned into your touch slightly, making you smile, "Yeah, maybe we're in a house of cards right now, maybe it'll fall.... It'll probably fall while we're inside, but I'd rather die inside the house of cards than wait for it fall. I'd rather be a pillar holding up the house instead of a bystander watching it collapse."