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Chapter 14

Jeongguk knew this mission was going to be hard, alright. He knew it was going to be life-threatening, especially for him. But he didn't think it was going to be this hard.

"Absolutely not," He said bluntly. Had his friend finally cracked?

Taehyung stood his ground. At least, as best as he could with Jeongguk wrestling him to the car seat, "Then I'm not letting you go."

"Do you even know what you're saying?" Jeongguk questioned incredulously, "I'm not going on a nice little trip to the poisonous–" He interrupted himself, cursing his mouth and stupidity as Taehyung's eyes widened.

He braced himself for another yelling. And yell he did, "You're going to the poisonous sea?! Have you LOST your mind?"

"I–" Jeongguk gulped, thinking of what could happen if the water so much as touched him, "Look, I told you. I'm not going on a fun voyage. You can't come with us,"

"You're going to the sea, despite knowing what even normal water does to you!" Taehyung spat, "And now you're telling me to buzz off and let you die there?! And the humans–"

He again tried to heave himself up and rush to the Earthians that stood terrified on the ground. The lanky Earthian with braided hair took an immediate defensive stance, having already been against Taehyung.

Jeongguk almost lay on top of Taehyung, "Look–I know you're worried, but attacking humans is not going to stop me from going to the sea anyway. I'd go alone, but I would lose important weapons."

"You're going to the sea, near water, knowing you can't get your body wet, along with–with humans! It's in an Earthian's nature to hunt and kill, and now you're saying you trust them over me–"

"Of course, I don't trust them! I'm not dumb. But I'll need them–"

"So you wouldn't need me there? Yoongi Hyung is already dying, now you are hopping to your death too?"

"It's dangerous for you, Hyung!" Jeongguk hissed, at the edge of losing his temper and yelling again, "You're a feline, in more danger than I'll ever be in. What if you caught the illness? You shouldn't even be out here! I could get you killed!"

"You're so dramatic." Taehyung sighed finally, "If it makes you feel better, I could always try to kill you again. That way we'd be equal!"

Jeongguk stared at him in disbelief, "You're not serious! You can't come with us!"

"Jeongguk," Taehyung sucked in a breath, looking five seconds away from sucker-punching some sense into him, "You're a rabbit. So you're prone to shock and Hypothermia in water. That sea's got nasty creatures. You're going with even nastier creatures. And you want me to sniffle and wave a hanky at you in goodbye?"

"Look–"

"I–will–come–with–you!"

They glared at each other for some time, trying to intimidate the other into accepting, before Jeongguk sighed and raised defeated eyes to the vehicle ceiling, "So. Even if I knocked you out and drove off without you–don't look at me like that–you'd still show up by the sea because now you know our destination?"

"Something like that, yeah,"

"Right," Jeongguk grumbled, "You can come with us. But please, for the love of Pluto, don't eat the Earthians,"

"Well, I can't promise–"

"I'm sure they taste horrible. Even worse than that sugared elephant calf that I and Jin Hyung gifted you as a prank," Jeongguk offered.