Solar: A sequel to Eclipse

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Jimin woke up and stretched. Since he was officially out of the hospital, he wanted to use the rest of his energy to figure out what happened.

He looked at his wrist. The negative sign was still there, although it wasn't a light blue, like before. Instead, it was black.

He rubbed it gently with his other thumb.

So back in high school, huh?

How old was he anyways? Was he still 23? Or was that an illusion too? He'll figure it out. He wanted to ask someone. But who? Everyone was super friendly to him before, but everyone seemed to hate Hoseok.

What did he do? Was he part of the reason Jimin couldn't remember anything?

He felt a small bolt of determination. He was gonna ask Hoseok.

As he got off his bed and walked to the door, he took a deep breath. He was probably going to need it.

The house was quiet. Jimin wasn't used to quiet since his dream was always loud. Whether that be in conversation, argument, or just watching tv. But reality was so different.

When he walked out of the small hallway, he saw Jungkook sitting on the couch and watching some kind of Anime.

"Hey." Jimin calmly said. Jungkook turned to him and paused the show.

"Hey, you feeling alright?" He asked curiously. Jimin nodded.

"Yeah, I'm feeling better. My head still hurts a bit but it's not too bad." Jimin replied honestly. Jungkook nodded and got up.

"Let me get you a water. The doctor did say to stay hydrated."

Jimin stopped Jungkook before he could go to the kitchen.

"Before you go, can we agree to talk about what happened?"

Jungkook didn't say anything for a second, almost as if he was in thought, but eventually he let out a soft smile and nodded. Jimin watched as he went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of cold water.

When he came back, he handed the bottle to Jimin and turned the TV off. He sat down on the couch and made room for Jimin.

Jimin sat down and cleared his throat. For a moment, there was an uncomfortable silence, but then Jungkook took a deep breath.

"Okay, how much do you wanna know?"

Jimin looked to him.

"Everything you can tell me."

Jungkook looked uncomfortable.

"I can only tell you where I was involved. But let's start."

Jungkook then described the way their group started.

"We all met in 8th grade. I was introduced you since I wasn't there when everyone else met you. You were pretty shy back then, but you were super nice too." Jungkook smiled fondly remembering the memory.

"That long ago?" Jimin asked. The younger guy nodded.

"Yeah, and that's basically where everything started. After we all met, we would try to hang out all the time. Weekends, or after school. It was never a new thing to invite someone over."

Jimin smiled.

"Then high school started, and you and Hoseok started bickering about small things. I only saw parts of it, but you guys wouldn't have super mean arguments. Not around me, anyway. But as the years went on, all of us just started bickering about stupid things."

Jimin nodded and listened. It sounded like things were going downhill from Jungkook point of view.

"But just as we all thought things were going to get worse, you and Taehyung announced that you two were together romantically. That put everyone in a spiral. Some people were okay with it, but one person wasn't."