My mate

Chapter 35

Harper?.. Harper can you hear me?..
A woman's voice rings through me. I turn my gaze to the direction of the voice. But it seems like it keeps.. changing?
Harper.. Please Harper.. do it.. do it for me
Now a voice of a man, a familiar man. I swung my head around the opposite direction
"W-who is that? Do what?" I stand, my body's senses triggered.
I couldn't see anything, there was no sky, no forward, no backward, no beneath.. simply darkness.
Panic started to rise inside me. I spun, over and over, my breathing getting faster.
If you don't, it won't be good
It was a woman again.
"What won't be good? Please just who are you?" I shout at nothing. Suddenly I see a small speck of light, bright as if it were the sun.
Sacrifice, it's part of who you are. Sacrifice the most dear. To save.
"Sacrifice? Sacrifice what? For what? What do you want from me?" I aim my shouts at the speck.
Sacrifice.. Sacrifice.. Sacrifice.. Sacrifice.. Sacrifice...

Beep. Beep. Beep.
I don't want to get up. I don't want to move. So I just let my alarm carry on.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
I just stare up at the ceiling, not looking at anything in particular.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"IF YOU DONT SHUT THAT ALARM UP HARPER" Yoongi shouts suddenly, breaking the peaceful yet eerie silence that was in my mind.
I jump slightly, before shutting that alarm up.
I have to get up and get ready for training with Jungkook and Jimin, I don't have time to dwell on a mere dream. Not at the moment anyway, I have all night for that.

I jump out of bed and push the dream to the back of my mind, maybe I'll even forget it as a whole by the time we're done.

I change into sportswear and walk out of my room, making my way down into the kitchen where everyone is getting ready for breakfast. I mumble a good morning to everyone before settling down and wait for breakfast.

"Did you sleep well?" Hobi smiles as he sits down next to me, looking as bright as always.
"..Uh yeah, it was good thanks" I smile back before my attention is snagged to the figure standing by the stairs.

"I really hate that stupid alarm." Yoongi yawns, he is in his pyjamas and his hair is messy. He staggers towards us, his eyes still adjusting to the light. I peek to my side as I hear a stifled laugh, "Another thing to add to your hate list" Hobi says still covering his mouth in case he laughs louder.
"Shut up." Yoongi says as he plops down into his seat opposite Hobi.
"Right! C'mon everyone you can start now! The quicker we eat the quicker we can start training the girls" Jimin claps his hands, pointing at himself and Jungkook.
"Though, we're gonna give you a bit to digest your food to hopefully avoid anyone throwing up" Jungkook adds, we nod and begin our breakfast together.

A while later, we are in the basement. Where there are a lot of gym equipment as well as a boxing ring. Jimin and Jungkook begin explaining how first, queue dramatic music, Jimin will be analysing our body strength and noting how much we can lift with every part of our body, so we can improve on them over time. Then, Jungkook will see how fast our reflexes are, how hard our punches are, how many areas of our body we use correctly for offense and defence, as well as how long our stamina lasts in the ring.

"Guys.. did any of you get that?.." Jimin lifts his eyebrow after a moment of silence.

I'm sat in between Kacey and Charlotte on the sofa, both their heads placed on my shoulders while mine is rested on the back of the sofa slightly tilted towards Kacey. Our bodies completely limb, Kacey's mouth hanging open slightly while Charlotte's eyes are completely closed; she doesn't even try to hide it.

I flick the girls on their foreheads before sitting in a more awake position.
"Ouch that hurt you son of a-"
"Uh, yeah sorry we understand" I clear my throat, holding in my laugh as Kacey glares at me while rubbing her forehead. Without warning, Charlotte flicks my forehead.
"Ouch-" I complain, rubbing my forehead.
"You deserve that" She interrupts while standing up and following Jimin.

We're in the gym section of the basement, there are so many equipment and I don't know the majority of their names. Great start right?

We take turns to lay down on the barbell bench and begin to lift. We are corrected in our movements whenever needed to make sure we were doing it properly. Then we moved to leg press machines, pulldown machines, stationary rowing machines, leg curl machines, leg abduction machines, treadmills, you name it.

"Andddd.. you're done" We all stop the treadmills and collapse on the ground. Jungkook gives us each a small bar and water as well as a towel.

"Today really made up..for the years I didn't ..exercise" Kacey puffs out, her body lying dead-like beside me.
"Tell me.. about it. I can't breathe.." Charlotte pants next to her.
"Oh we're only getting started" Jungkook says, amusement evident in his voice.
"..sorry.. my head's spinning.. I don't know if I heard you correctly.." I over exaggerate my condition.
"Oh you heard me correct alright. Get up you guys" Jungkook says, both him and Jimin help us up.
"Go to hell" I whisper to Jungkook who only chuckles in response as he drags me to a bench.

After a couple minutes of us just sitting there and actually start to look alive again, Sir Jungkook the mood killer begins to speak.
"Okay that's enough rest c'mon now let's see what you all have to offer" He claps his hands before standing in front of the boxing ring and looking at us.

No one moves. Not even an inch, we might not be breathing either, I can't tell.

"Nope.. nope.. hell no" Kacey shakes her head while hitting her knees and standing up to leave. I quickly grab her wrist and yeet her down next to me.

"You're not getting away from this, over my dead body" I say, slightly whispering. She scrunches her face while groaning.