[C] The Cosmos' Nonpareil || KookV BTS GOT7 (BL)

chapter 15 b

Notice: Double update in case you haven't read chapter 14 b

Bambam bellowed in both pain and rage. Pain from having his lungs squeezed relentlessly by Jinyoung's tail, thankfully his hide is sturdy enough to prevent being cut by his scales, and rage from the horrifying possibility that his ribs are going to break. They wouldn't, but it sure felt close.

Jinyoung is definitely doing this because he called him fishboy months ago. Bambam knows it.

Bambam spreaded his wings, flying upwards to the sky while trying to shake Jinyoung off.

Bambam bared his fangs and snapped near Jinyoung's neck, "are you sure you can survive the fall from up here?"

Jinyoung looked down to the field which is getting smaller by the second and looked back up without an ounce of fear, "then I have to hang on to you."

Argh, this stubborn hyung.

"And you won't let me fall."

Which is also true because the group of seven are thicker than a bunch of thieves by now, even Jinyoung, who is more fond of the manticore than he lets on.

Bambam concedes defeat, "I'm sorry for whatever I've done in the past so... truce?"

Jinyoung loosens his grip enough for Bambam to breathe normally, "truce."

"Ahhhhh oxygen, I love you," Bambam breathes in deeply as if he had just recovered from a flu and his nasal passageways are finally cleared, and he makes his way back down to the field, where the other recruits and trainers are waiting.

The recruits have been trained for a few months and today's schedule includes sparring against each other.

"Good, go to first aid there and next we have Jackson and Yugyeom. Jackson?"

The other recruits looked around, Jackson was indeed missing from their midst. Where is he? They hadn't noticed Jackson slipping away.

At the first aid corner, Jinyoung told Bambam, "don't shift back yet."

"Why? Hehhhhh hyung, why are you blushing?"

"Shut up, you. Jackson?"

"Hey, Bam!" Jackson grinned at the surprised expression of the Manticore after he appeared in front of them, morphing from the small stud on Jinyoung's ear to his human form, using Bambam's Manticore form as cover so that no one else noticed him.

"I gotta go, cheer for me, okay? And Nyoung, you killed it." Jackson said and morphed into a butterfly to sneak back into the crowd of recruits.

"So..." Bambam turned to Jinyoung, the shit-eating grin on his goat head making him look dorky.

"Your personal protector, eh?" Bambam continues teasing as he shifts back to human form, "I suppose if you fell, Jackson would have shifted to save you even though other recruits are not to interfere in our match. Ooooh, how brave, how close you two are, how scandalous!"

Jinyoung exhaled deeply. It was only a few moments ago that they agreed to a truce and Jinyoung decided to break it.

Jinyoung doesn't understand how he can be so patient while spending centuries in the deepest depths of the sea but once out of the water and in front of this particular recruit, his patience just dries up.

"Even if we are together, it's not scandalous. There's no rule banning relationships. But Bam...you know what I saw?"

The hairs on Bambam's neck stood at attention. That tone is never good news.

"Um, what?"

"I saw Yugs in the shower room and..."

Bambam gulped. Oh no.

"...on his thigh had a mark, strikingly similar to what a tail with spikes wrapped around it would leave. Who do you think left it? Hmmm, can you show your tail again?"

"Look at that!" Bambam shouts loudly instead of answering, pointing to where Yugyeom and Jackson are at.

"I have to watch up close," Bambam exclaims then runs over, squeezing his way through to the front row, far far away from Jinyoung who is still at the first aid corner.

Jinyoung made his way over. Bambam was the one who started the topic but he's the one who got shy when it's about him. What is that word that Yugyeom likes to say? Ah, yes, dealing with this boy was easy.

The recruits looked up. Jackson had gotten stronger over the months, his shapeshifting getting more precise, taking on the most advantageous traits against his opponents. His favourite is a combination of Valkyrie wings and two whip-like tails — one with Siren scales,n and the other with Manticore spikes.

Deadly and hella troublesome. No one likes to spar with the seven, but Jackson takes the cake. All while holding back his trump card which no one had yet to see...

"I think they are ready to go on the field," one of their trainers, Kim Jisoo, Agent 12, said to her brother, Jin.

"We have no choice, there are more attacks against Galactica personnel and this year, the number of casualties is the highest in ten years. Meanwhile, we do the best we can with these recruits," Jin said.