Across the Universe - Namjin Yoonmin Taekook

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After showing Jimin his ability to create plants out of blood, Joonie is once more left in the room with Jin. Going from that light and hopeful atmosphere with the Captain of the ship to this gloomy one is stressing the alien more than usual. Jin is completely quiet, with his back turned on him as he stares out the window. He doesn't need to see his expression to know he's still upset.

Oh, he would love to talk with him. To tell him every single detail. He walks up to Jin and tries giving him a soft hug. But obviously, the human pulls away almost instantly.

- Don't even. You knew everything from the beginning and didn't say a word. You can't just solve things with a hug. You have to talk.

The alien tries to look for a way to explain. He gets closer to the window and breathes out ready to draw on the foggy glass. However before he can start, Jin confronts him in an angry tone.

- I'm tired of playing your games. Talk. You can do it. You have functional vocal cords. And you know how important this is to me. What happened to my brother? Who was after him? Why did he end up that way?

The alien starts to breathe a little faster than usual. The words don't come out and the tears are starting to well in his eyes. He wants to sign with his hands but knows it would be impossible for Jin to get the full story like that.

- You know what? It doesn't matter. I don't trust you. My brother lost his life and you can't even give me the closure I need. All I hope is that you're not to blame for what happened to him. Or I won't be able to forgive you. Now go. I wanna be alone.

Jin knows he's not thinking straight. He's tired, emotionally hurt and everything in his head leads him to anger and panic. He left earth with the small hope of finding the missing piece of his family. But all he found was a crime scene and silence from the only person that knows what happened.

As Jin sits by the window again ready to ignore him, the alien walks out of the room with the tears running down his cheeks. It's true. Everything is his fault. A sharp pain in his chest makes him bite his lips making them bleed. Because if he could, he would cry louder than ever, scream and tell the whole truth to his favorite human in the universe. But he can't. He promised...

Years ago...

He remembers the day the human's ship landed on his planet. His entire family ran up to see what that was, excited and curious about the visitors. The pill was given to him by the Captain himself. A man with such kind eyes, he couldn't help to trust him.

- See? This way we can communicate and even track you down if we need to talk to you! All you need to do is use your voice and you'll send a signal to us so we can find you, young man!

He never thought that pill could be a curse in the future. He just swallowed it and smiled showing his dimples. He got to know a new language with so much ease, everyone was impressed with the effects. And the humans were excited to talk to him. They even gave him a name!

- Nam...I thank "Nam" will fit you perfectly!

The alien met the entire crew that week. From Leetuk, in charge of maintenance to Captain Heechul in charge of...well, everything. This last one quickly became one of Nam's favorite people he'd ever met. He wasn't expecting a human to be so kind and lovely. After all, the rumors have it that that's the species that destroyed their own planet slowly.

- And this is my room! Ah! You like that picture, Nam? I took it before leaving. That one on the right is my brother Jin! He's waiting for me back on earth

- Wow, he's...uuh... nevermind

- Handsome, huh? Don't be embarrassed. Everyone tells him that. He went to an all boys school and still got over 15 presents and flowers on Valentine's day.

Nam agreed to the idea of joining their mission and returning to earth with them. And the reason to be invited were his hands. Just like everyone else on his planet, he's always been able to create new things. Including beautiful and healthy trees and plants. He just needed a little bit of blood.

They weren't perfect since on the first tries he created trees that didn't produce oxygen. But thanks to the scientific team in that ship he managed to improve at a fast pace. The weeks past by and he got to talk to everyone in that ship. He played cards with them, he laughed and talked past bed time. He even grew a small obsession for asking about Heechul's younger brother back on earth.

- My brother will love you when we get there!

- You really think so?

- Of course! You're an alien, my friend, you'll save earth aaaaaand I think you're totally his type!

Nam went totally red staring at Jin's picture. Each time he would hear something about him it would make him more and more interested. He sounded so fun and carefree. Jin soon became his first crush even before they met. It was all going smoothly until he made a mistake...

Nam's hands can create more than just plants. They can make almost anything come true. He showed the crew time and time again all the things he could create. And between those demonstrations, he showed something beyond beautiful. He made diamonds. So shiny and delicate that it made all of them hypnotized. A never seen before material was forming them. Valuable, resistant, gorgeous.

Heechul kept one as a memory but never asked for more. That wasn't his mission. It wasn't important. He moved on with the trip. But some others in that ship couldn't ignore it that easily...

Next Chapter

I wrote it thinking of you, Jiminie

I couldn't let you go for 10 fucking years without me!

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Hi babes! Here's a new chapter for you! We saw Tae's past last time. Now Namjoon's past (or part of it).

Next time we'll see Yoonmin! Including some past Jimin. See you soon for that!

- Baby Y