The Shadow's Oracle// A BTS Fanfiction

Chapter 17

           TW: Themes mentioning self harm are in this chapter

                 

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"No!"

"Dammit Yoongi, come on!" Lexi pleaded, throwing her hands up in desperation.

He was leaning against his bedroom door frame, arms crossed in front of his chest as he studied her, his eyes tired and unamused by the girl's antics. He wore a dark hoodie which was up over his messy hair, and a pair of sweatpants that had seen better days. If Lexi had a choice in the matter, she would have waited until Yoongi had truly awoken to ask him her favor, but desperate times called for desperate measures, which is exactly what this was. So with some hectic and chaotic banging at Yoongi's bedroom door, she now found herself here, risking her life from a drowsy and annoyed Yoongi, begging him to help out. The monsters they fought had nothing on a sleepy Yoongi.

"Lexi, I said no and that is final." Yoongi reiterated, as he readjusted the hood that sat on his head to cover more of his face in the process. It helped him block out the sun's rays that were seeping in through the hallway window. Yoongi reminded her of a vampire with how he would try and avoid the daylight.

"She asked for our help, Yoongi! You and I both know that we can't just turn our backs on her!" Lexi shouted as she watched Yoongi roll his eyes and push off his door frame to walk back into his room. Without much thought, Lexi rushed around him and blocked his way back into his room, as she extended her arms out in front of him. Realistically she knew Yoongi could just move her arms out of the way, but that wasn't going to stop her, she was determined to get him to agree, or, at the very least, hear her out.

"We definitely can turn our backs. She's not one of us, Lexi," Yoongi sighed, his exhaustion evident within his voice, "Besides, there is a good chance she could die on the first night. Are you sure you want to risk that?"

Lexi's voice took on a hardened tone as she said her next choice words, "You of all people know how close to death she was the first night you met her. She will die if we don't take her in!" Her eyes met his, for once showing a side of herself that she tended to keep hidden at most times, "At least if we train her, she will have a fighting chance," her voice lost the hardened edge as she could see her words begin to break through his grumpy exterior. Though backstories are not commonly shared among the small group, it is known that none of them chose this. They were one of many victims in the game of life, ones who were lucky enough to learn how to survive.

"Yoongi please, you should have heard her when she came here to ask for help. She knows about the monsters. I tried my hardest to keep her out of this life, but what I did wasn't good enough." Lexi sighed, as her voice softened considerably, guilt eating at her for being the reason Yuri now knew about this world. "And now, she knows and we can't change that, but we can, at the very least, help her."

Lexi could see Yoongi's eyes soften as he soaked in the words she spoke. She wondered what exactly was going through his brain as his eyes glazed over in what she was sure were memories he wanted to forget.

With a start, his eyes focused back on her as he uncrossed his arms. "She trains for a week, then we scout with her. If she can handle that, then she is more than welcome to stay." He grumbled, pushing past Lexi and storming into his room. The slam of the door being the only audible noise to echo throughout the house.