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CHAPTER 10 - VISITORS

He remembered it like it was a nightmare. Maybe because it was. Taehyung was filling the bottles with water when a bush jerked. When he glanced up, he heard chatter. English, it sounded like. Perhaps survivors from the plane? But when he saw the head of a person, he realized it was a male with hair way too long to have been a recent survivor, and that was without mentioning the grime stained on his face with a beard as unkept as could be.

Luckily, he was back with Y/n now. He didn't have to worry about the people for at least a few minutes. Or at least, he didn't have to worry about them attacking the pair. Taehyung was almost certain he wasn't spotted. If he was, he would've been followed. That was what he told himself to bring a small sense of comfort. It barely worked, but it worked enough that it allowed him to speak.

"People...?" Y/n said slowly, her tongue twirling and tying over each letter. It was a hypnotizing sound that allured him in deeper, his body wishing to shift closer to hers. "There's other people on this island?"

It was an oddity to see her eyes expand in such a manner. Her face dropped until he swore he saw bits of vulnerability resting on her expression. He couldn't identify where it came from. His words sparked conversation both mentally and physically, and Tae guessed both of them were stirring the same thoughts in their minds: what did this mean?

People storming the island meant they weren't alone, but was that a good thing? Tae wanted to believe the people would help. Y/n would argue with that, so he decided to treat the people like a threat until they proved otherwise. The last thing he needed was an argument with Y/n. After all, she'd be right. Tae would be dumb to trust people he didn't know, especially when they were stranded on an island.

"I only saw one, but I'm assuming there's others. I saw a guy, and he was peeking over a bush and like... I don't know, standing there cryptically. He didn't see me as far as I know," he said, resisting the urge to break out into a sequence of shivers that would rattle his bones. Y/n sensed his distress and cleared her throat to distract him, him snapping back to his senses and forcing his memories out of his mind.

"There's some good news. What else is there?"

"I don't know, all I know is that it freaked me out that other people are here, and t-there could be more people or animals or things. We just don't know because we didn't explore the other end of the island."

"Do you really want to?" she asked.

He couldn't answer. On one hand, exploring was a great idea. That way they got a feel for the land and understood what they were up against. It was important, but Taehyung didn't care. That was the other hand. Risking being in danger just to find out what else was in this hellhole didn't appeal to him. He already killed animals and fed himself berries every day for lord knows how long. Unless there was a rescue waiting on the other side of the island, exploring wasn't worth the risk in his humble opinion. But maybe the business major would think otherwise.

"Do you?" he asked, trying to hide his quivering mind behind a strong tone.

"I'm not sure. Maybe we should just stick to our side of the beach and not worry about the people. If they haven't hurt us so far and they didn't see you, then I'm sure it's fine. Makes me wonder how people are living here though. If we get desperate enough, then sure, we can seek them out. Otherwise..." She took two stones and plopped them in his hands. "We should work on starting a fire. First thing's first: I'm hungry."

"Hunger overtakes groundbreaking information?"

"Literally any day of the week," she replied in full seriousness. He wasn't sure if that was a trait of hers, or a trait her period brought out. Either one sufficed.