Planet Earth {HIATUS]

CHAPTER: THIRTEEN

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In the night, no matter how tired thy were, they decided to sleep in turn. Two of them stayed awake, while the other's slept, and after four hours one of the others would take their place. They weren't expecting the sudden decision of keeping a look out. But when they saw the increased number of patrolling rounds and sounds they couldn't see the source to, they couldn't help but be on the edge all the time. And the only way to find a bit of peace amongst the uneasiness was when one of them was looking out for the others. 

Even though, the whole role of staying up and looking out decision was taken as measure of caution, it did prove to be useful in the end. Sometime around one or two in the morning, Jimin and Jin and woken the rest of them up and quietly asked all of them to move further upstairs. 

They weren't sure who it was, but Jin had heard the sound of a car parking right in front of the building they were in, and Jimin had noticed a few shadows down below. All of them had moved up four floors above, keeping a pin drop silence. Some of them, even held their breaths because of the anxiousness. They weren't sure who the people were. But whoever they were, the seven of them couldn't let themselves be caught. Police or not, staying outside this late at night was an action of breaking the curfew, even if the current lockdown wasn't in place. 

Though they never really found out who the people were, all of them shrugged it off as the workers on night patrol.

Other than that, the night went peacefully for them. 

In the morning, Jin as usual was the first one to wake up, and had gone downstairs to make sure there wasn't suspicious. By the time he came back up, panting lightly from climbing all the stairs, Yoongi and Namjoon were already awake. 

Namjoon, being the morning person that he was, was already busy rearranging his pack back to keep all necessary items at his reach. Yoongi on the other had had only moved from his initial position, resting against a pillar as he watched Namjoon work, almost on the verge of falling asleep for the second time. 

"Everything alright?" Yoongi asked groggily after he noticed the eldest's presence. 

"Yep, once everyone wakes up, we can leave." Jin said. But after considering about the increased traffic he had seen near the city border,  he added, "It's better if we leave early. There's a crowd of traffic. We might get some transport.''

Yoongi let out tired hum before getting started on waking the others one by one, though he pointed to Jin and then Jungkook as if to say, 'You're waking that one. Not me.'

Jin sighed, but didn't complain about it as he got started with the difficult work of waking up Jungkook. Though, thankfully, he didn't have to deal with the youngest two at once. 

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Currently, the seven of them were wandering about the city. Mostly trying to pass their time until it was midday. Walking into a not so crowded mall in a big group of seven would obviously draw suspicion during this lockdown period. Instead, they all divided themselves into three groups. One group— with Yoongi, Jimin, and Jungkook— was going to an internet cafe to do a quick research, and also to review the files they had received. 

"I didn't even know something like this existed." Jungkook mumbled, nibbling onto the purplish string of jello. The taste was odd, but addicting. And so far he had gone through three packets at once.