Stay Gold

The Dangers Lurking in The Cave

Elizabeth's POV

With us setting out on a new path, I knew that I needed to keep my guard up because we still don't know what lives in this very cave. I wasn't too scared or worried about it because whatever it was that tried to harm us, I knew how to defend myself. I looked up from the map, checking out the walls of the cave around me. Most of them were covered in greenery of all kinds while some of the walls were covered in crystals of different colors, I got the feeling that those crystals shouldn't be touched. "I've never seen one cave have so many crystals growing out of its walls like this." Jungkook looked around, "Yeah, me neither. Then again we've never seen that awaihane tree either." Yoongi chimed in, "It's called the Awianleye Tree, not awaihane." Namjoon corrected, "Whatever the stupid tree's name is rare. So maybe this cave changed when that awaihane-" Yoongi was once again corrected, "Awianleye," Namjoon corrected. "Whatever." Yoongi waved his hand dismissively, Jin and I just giggled at their antics while Hoseok rolled his eyes. "As I was saying maybe because of the-" Yoongi trailed off purposely, knowing that Namjoon was going to correct him again. "Awianleye Tree," Namjoon cut in, "Yes, that. Maybe because of it growing here in this cave for who knows how long, it could have changed the nature of the cave itself. Maybe it even changed the flora and fauna that live here." Yoongi finished, shooting Namjoon a glare.

"That's insane. Change them how?" I noticed that something wasn't right ahead of us and looked away from the others as we continued walking, this uneasy feeling I had was not going away any time soon. I shifted my eyes up from the map, looking at the ceiling and nearly jumped when a pair of red eyes appeared in the darkness above us. "Jimin," I whispered, he was walking right next to me and Hoseok was behind us talking with Jin. "What's up? Why are you whispering?" He leaned in closer, "Because I don't want the others to hear this. Although, I know several of the members in this group have exceptional hearing. I think we're being followed by something above us." I motioned for him to look up discreetly, which he did. "What the actual?" He noticed the eyes looking down at us, it seemed that even he was unsettled by it. "I don't know what it is but it's been watching us since we entered this way. I don't think it'll attack us just yet but we should keep an eye on it." I whispered, "Shouldn't we tell the others about this?" He looked away from the thing following and back at the others, his eyes shifting back to me when Taehyung spotted him looking. "No, not yet. There's no reason to get everyone worked up and panicked. Besides if anything happens, the two of us can handle it just fine." I whispered back, Jimin nodded and grinned.

"Yeah, we can handle anything thrown our way. We make one hell of a team, don't we?" He smirked, holding out his hand. "Yeah, we do." I high-fived him, the two of us just enjoying each other's jokes as we kept walking. I knew that I could count on Jimin to take my mind off the negativity of the cave and the past few hours, he always has a way to make me smile even in my worst moments.

"Though, I gotta say.. Hobi and I make a great team too. Maybe even better than our team." I teased, Jimin looked at me offended by my comment. "Yah!" He playfully slapped my arm, making me whine slightly. "Ow, I'm just kidding. Jeez." I laughed, rubbing the spot he hit. "Don't joke like that. You and I make an awesome team. Better than any team that could be put together from this group." Jimin stated, "Oh? Really?" I raised an eyebrow at him, "Yes. Really." He nodded, leaning back a bit. "What about a team of Taehyung and Jungkook?" Jimin looked at me, uncrossing his arms and dropped at his sides. "Sorry," I giggled at Jimin's expression, he only shook his head and scoffed. "A team with those two.." He huffed, I giggled as he pouted.

Aww, he's so cute when he starts pouting like that. I can't get over how he changed his mood so quickly either. He is just so cute, I have to touch his cute cheeks.

I reached up and poked his right cheek, making him look down at me. "Stop that. What is with you and my cheeks?" He grabbed my hand, I never realized how soft his hands felt but there was roughness to his hands suggesting he worked with them a lot. "Because you have cute cheeks, Jimin." Jimin blushed at my comment, "I don't have cute cheeks." He shook his head, holding my hand away from his face. "But you do! You have a very cute and handsome face, Jimin. Just let me poke your cheeks some more." I tried to touch his cheek but he only moved my hand away from his face, laughing as I whined. "Hey, what are you two giggling about up here?" Jimin and I jumped at the sound of Taehyung's voice speaking up right behind us, my heart pounding loudly in my chest.